20 Facts About Jagga Jatt

Jagga Jatt or Jagga Daku, originally known as Jagat Singh, was a 20th century heroic rebel of Punjab.

Jagga Jatt is known as the Robin Hood of Punjab for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", as is typically believed about Robin Hood as well.

Jagga Jatt had two sisters and he was the only son of Makhan Singh.

Jagga Jatt owned 10 Murabba of land so he was not asked to do much work by his uncle and mother.

Jagga Jatt grew up in the care of his Chacha Roop Singh and mother Bhagan.

Jagga Jatt was very fond of wrestling and used to wrestle at the village akhara with his friend Sohan Teli.

Jagga Jatt had a strong body, medium height, wheatish skin color, double-ringed whiskers, and independent nature.

Jagga Jatt had a verbal argument with a patwari who refused to provide data regarding his land.

Jagga Jatt became quite famous for his independent nature and strong body in the nearby villages.

Jagga Jatt considered Jagga's fame a challenge to him and got Jagga imprisoned in a false case for 4 years.

Later when Jagga Jatt was released and came back home, an incident of theft happened in the nearby village of Bhai Pheru.

Jagga Jatt was killed by treachery in 1932 at the age of 29 years.

Jagga Jatt sent a message to the British lord that he will go to his house, will dine with their queen and bring them with him in his village to show British Empire the dignity and power of "Jagga Jatt " for sake of respect of his nation.

That was the time when they decided to buy a person whose nickname was Blaaki Nai and Jagga Jatt's beloved girl, daughter of Blaaki Nai Billo.

One day, Jagga Jatt went to their place to see "Billo" and get a shave as well.

Jagga Jatt's only child, a daughter named Gulab Kaur was born around 1919 and was nicknamed Gabbo.

Jagga Jatt was renamed by her in-laws to Resham Kaur at the time of her marriage.

Jagga Jatt's great-grandnephew Durga Singh Arifke was a prominent militant with Avtar Singh Brahma's Tat Khalsa and Khalistan Liberation Force during the Punjab Insurgency.

Jagga Jatt is the central heroic topic of songs by Punjabi and Bollywood songs.

Several Punjabi movies have been made about his story, including Jagga starring Dara Singh and the 1991 film "Badla Jatti Da" starring Guggu Gill.