Our History

Immigration of Jats in North America (USA and Canada) is more recent, compared to other Indian communities. Because most of our hardworking ancestors were engaged in self sufficient farming/agriculture profession and education for younger generation was never a priority. Poor socio-economic conditions were always hinders progression. Limited and sub-standard education in the village level was not enough to compete with urban education society. Sending kids to higher education abroad was limited to few Jat families.

Earliest immigration of Hindu Jats in North America started in the 1950’s, where ever there is a debate about the first Jat immigration Dr. Harswarup Singh and Dr. Ghasi Ram Verma came first.

With a very limited activity in 1960, our community started coming together from east to west and north to south with a very limited communication. “To Understand a Jat, One has to be a Jat” was a magnetic force to bring the community together. As per Dr. Raghunath Singh, in 1979: Dr. Vrendra Bisla, Sri. Krishna Kumar, Dr. Prem Singh Jaglan, Sri. Ram Arya, Dr. Surender Pal, Dr. Jagbir SIngh, Dr. Jagdish Prasad, Dr. Ram Chandra Dahiya, Dr. Raj Singh Chhikara, Sri. Ishwar Singh, Dr. Yash Pal Singh, Dr. Viran Rana, Dr. Ravi Malik, Sri. Herish Kumar, Sri. Anuj Chaudhary, and man others names worked tirelessly to bring together the Jat community under the name of “Association of Jats in America”.