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Khatris
ClassificationKshatriya
ReligionsHinduism, Sikhism, Islam, Christianity, Jainism
LanguagesPunjabi, Hindi, Sindhi, Pashto and Urdu
Populated statesPunjab, Delhi, and Sindh
SubdivisionsAathghar, Barahghar, Bawanjahi, Charghar, Dhaighar, Kukhran, Sareen and others

Khatri (Punjabi: ਖੱਤਰੀ, Hindi: खत्री) is the Punjabi language adaptation or pronunciation of Sanskrit word Kshatriya (Hindi: क्षत्रिय, Kşhatriya)[1][2][3] In Punjab region the local Kshatriya are known as Khatri, in fact they are one and the same. Khatri is a Punjabi language word for Kshatriya the warrior caste. The Kshatriya are the traditional members of the Hindu military order. As administrators and rulers, Kshatriya were assigned with protecting Dharma, and serving humanity and the world. In course of time, however, as a result of economic and political exigencies, the Khatri also expanded into other occupations.

The Khatri community traces its origins to the Potohar and Majha regions of the Punjab, and beyond to Central Asia. These regions are historically connected with the composition of the Vedas, the Mahabharata, Ramayana and Puranas as well as more modern religious texts such as the Guru Granth Sahib.

The Khatris are most numerous in the Jalandhar, Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Lahore and Amritsar districts. Another very high concentration of Khatris is in Delhi. They can also be found in major towns of Haryana like Karnal, Panipat, Ambala, Sirsa, Kurukshetra and Hisar. Historically, there were very high concentrations of Khatris in the North-West Frontier Province, notably in Peshawar.

Khatris along with other Punjabi tribes like Rajputs, Jatts, Aroras, Banias and Harijans, historically bore the brunt of all invasions into India yet remaining to the core-Indian.Khatris have a significant role in shaping the Punjabi culture (the smiling soul of India). All throughout their history Punjab has been their beloved homeland. And it is a slog of destiny that they had to leave their ancestral home of Punjab upon the partition of India. It is a huge loss of culture, heredity and traditions for Punjabi people. When Pakistan and India gained independence, most of the Khatris in what became Pakistan migrated to India. Today Khatris live in all regions of India, but are concentrated in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Gujrat. Though well accepted and integrated in India, in modern times, the Khatri plays a significant role in the Indian economy, serving as businessmen, civil and government administrators, landlords and military officials.

Punjabi Khatris were adversely affected by the partition of India, as it resulted in the loss of their traditional home regions. These Khatris migrated to India, where they were forced to start anew their lives. Despite losing their land, businesses, and all other material assets during the partition of India, Khatris earned the clout that they held in pre-partitioned India.

Most Khatris are Hindu or Sikh, and a smaller minority belong to other faiths such as Jainism. Khatris of all these faiths collectively form one community and traditionally intermarry.

Khatri Family Names

Main article: List of Khatri surnames on Wiktionary

Origin and Distribution

See also: Hinduism in Punjab, Indian caste system, and Potohar

From the GAZETTEER LUDHIANA

Khatris. – Khatri is a popular variant of the Sanskrit word Kashtrya, which was used to describe the warrior caste among the Hindu according to the varanashram propounded by the Shastras. In course of time as a result of economic and political exigencies, however, the Khatris also resorted to mercantile occupations, which were originally adopted by the Vaisas, the trading classes.

Like Brahmans there are further sub-divisions amongst Khatris-Bannjais, Sarin, Dhaigharas, chargharas, etc. in the reign of Alaudin Khiliji widoe re-marriage was enforced. Fifty-two castes of Khatris are said to have submitted a memorandum, duly signed, to the Emperor. The signatory castes are called Banjais. Certain castes of eastern Punjab refused to sign the memorandum and were called Shari-Ain, later corrupted to that of Sarin. The Khokhrain baradari is said to consist of the descendants of certain families of Khatris who were believed to have joined the Khokhars in a rebellion and with them other Khatri families were loath to have matrimonial relations. The Bahri section of the descendants of Mehr Chand, Khan Chand and Kapur Chand, three Khatris who went to Delhi in attandance upon one of Akhar’s Rajput wives, and who thus separated from rest of the Khatri castes, married only within each other’s families.8 (8.These appear to be conjectural for the same division appears among the Brahmans of western plains.) the number of the members of this caste is fairly large. The more prominenty, however, in point of social rank are the Mehra or Mehrotra, Khanna, Kapur and the Seth sub-castes.
Prior to partition certain castes, such as churamani, Nanda. Khullar, Jerath, Chopra and Vig were particularly associated with Ludhiana ; Bahl, Kapur, Mehra, Seth, Beri Sencher and Dhir with jagraon ; Batte, sondhi and Karir with Machhiwara and Bahlolpur ; sehgal and Thapar with Rai kot and Had and Cham with Khanna. After partition different castes of Khatris have been widely dispersed with the result that it is very difficult to ascertain their numbers caste-wise, especially because compilation of statistics according to castes has been discontinued since 1947.
Khatris are generally mild in disposition. They are mostly literate and law abiding.

Khatris in the district are a great commercial class. They have also made their mark in industry. In Payal sub-tahsil they are generally land-owners. They also engage themselves in Government or private service[4]

Source: People, GAZETTEER LUDHIANA, Department of Revenue, Government of Punjab (India)

The Khatris are a prominent Indian community that originated in the Potohar region of north-western Indian subcontinent. This region is of considerable historical significance in the development of the Indian culture since the composition of the Vedas and classics like the Mahabharata, Ramayana and Puranas.

Khatris have an extensive military tradition and have excelled in the Armed Forces having received many honors and gallantary awards for their service. Within the Indian Armed Forces (Bharatiya Thalsena) the present Chief of Indian Army Staff, General Deepak Kapoor is Khatri and he took charge from another Khatri, General Joginder Jaswant Singh Marwah who took charge from another Khatri, General Nirmal Chander Vij.

For the most part, Khatris have served in the civil, government, and military sectors for centuries.[5]. In addition, Khatris have significantly contributed to Indian Cinema since the times of Prithviraj Kapoor and continue to flourish in Bollywood today. Prithviraj Kapoor & his 3 sons Raj Kapoor,Shammi Kopoor & Shashi Kapoor have left an indelibele mark on Indian cinema. Raj Kapoor is called the greatest show man of all times for his acting directing & producing films. He started the RK FILMS & STUDIOS which has given biggest hits of Indian cinema. His sons Randhir ,Rishi & Rajeev are also actor-director. Randhirs daughters Karisma & Kareena are also famous bollwood leading ladies. Latest to enter bollywood from Kapoor clan is the hearthrob of the nation Ranbir Kapoor,Rishi's son. Khanna's have also made bollywood proud.Rajesh Khanna was the 1st ever superstar of bollywood.There was a time when every movie of his was super hit.He was the darling of the 70's.Her daughters Twinkle Khanna & Rinkie are also bollywood starlets. Vinod Khanna was a also a big star. His sons Akshaye & Rahul Khanna are actors of great repute.

The Dasam Granth account

In the 17th century Dasam Granth, Guru Gobind Singh Ji gives a detailed account of two Khatri lineages, his Sodhi lineage and Guru Nanak Dev Ji's Bedi lineage in the autobiographical Bachittar Natak portion of the granth. He begins by stating that he is of the Sodhi clan which belongs to the Suryavanshi Kshatriya dynasty. Guru Gobind Singh Ji further traces the Sodhi and Bedi Khatri clans to the two sons of Lord Sri Rama Ji, Luv and Kush. [6].

Luv and Kush were born to Sita at Ram Tirath, which is a temple situated on the outskirts of Amritsar. The place gets a special mention in the great Hindu epic "Ramayana". It was here that Sita was given shelter by the great sage Valmiki, who is also the author of Ramayana, after she was ostracised from Ayodhya on the doubts about her chastity. Luv and Kush were trained in shastras and art of warfare by rishi Valmiki.

The Dasam Granth states that Lahore was named after Lava, son of Lord Rama, who supposedly founded the city. To this day, the Lahore fort has a deserted temple dedicated to Luv (also pronounced as Loh, hence "Loh-awar" or fort of Loh). Another legend says the town of Kasur (now in Pakistan) was named after Kusha, the younger son of Lord Rama.

He mentions that the Bedis got their clan name because of the study of the Vedas, a tradition that has continued among the Khatris.

Prominent historical Khatris

One of the most important character of famous Punjabi legend Raja Rasalu is minister Mahita Chopra[7], [8] Most scholars agree that Raja Rasalu ruled from Sialkot and lived sometime between 400 to 500 AD.[9] If it is true then Chopra clan name originated in that time.[10]

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Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of the Sikh Panth, was born in the Bedi Khatri clan.

Many prominent historical figures have emerged from the Khatri. All ten Sikh Gurus were Khatri. The four gots of Sikh gurus existed at least since 15th century AD: As also the names of most Khatris included the word 'Dev', such as Guru Nanak Dev Ji, Guru Angad Dev Ji etc.

Raja Fateh Chand was a Maini Khatri chieftain of Bihar who served Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji with dedication during his visit in 1665. Raja Fateh Chand and his wife converted their house into a dharamsala for the sangat or devotees to assemble in holy congregation. The place came to be known as Maini Sangat. On the site now stands Gurdwara Bal Lila Maini Sangat.

Haqiqat Rai was a Puri Khatri whose martyrdom was celebrated on Basant Panchami in Lahore until independence. Hari Singh Nalwa [11], Maharaja Ranjit Singh's most feared general was an Uppal Khatri. The father and son pair of the Diwans Sawan Mal and Mul Raj Chopra were successive governors of Multan under Ranjit Singh. Sadhu Singh Gulla from the clan of Rame Shah Gulla & Shame Shah Gulla, Shah of Gujranwala - Sialkot & uncle of Amarnath Gulla- a well known noble person & scholar called by people as - Bauji, fought against the British Empire in the 19th century.

Nanak : Science and Allah are truth .

Nanak : ve can have our feet tovards mosque , temple (Ayodhya , Golden) , Turban , Cap , Granth , Kuran , Bible .
Other Person asked : vhy ?
Nanak : God is every vhere .

Religion

Sanatan Khatris

A majority of Khatris are Sanatan Hindus [12]. As noted in the introduction, the Khatri community have been positioned in roles of administration, rule and warfare within Punjab. The Khatris were the patrons ('yajamansas' or in Punjabi 'jajmani') of the Saraswat Brahmins. [13]. The Khatris are among the very few non-Brahmin communities that have traditionally studied the Vedas.[14] Additionally, Saraswat Brahmins accept both Kachcha and Pakka food from Khatri's.

Arya Samaj Khatris

Swami Dayanand was invited to Punjab to counter the missionaries by prominent individuals who also founded the Singh Sabha. He established Arya Samaj in Lahore in 1877, which was against casteism, rituals, idol worship and promoted strict monotheism, which he claimed was the essential message of the Vedas. Arya Samaj became popular among Punjabi Hindus, especially Khatris [15]who were attracted to a similar message by the Sikh Gurus earlier [16]. Arya Samaj inspired individuals like Swami Shraddhanad and institutions like Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Schools System started by Lala Hansraj[17].

Sikh Khatris

A portion of the Khatris are Sikh.[18] All the Ten Sikh Gurus were Khatris from the Sodhi, Bedi, Trehan and Bhalla clans which claim Suryavanshi Kshatriya descent according to the autobiographical Bichitra Natak by Guru Gobind Singh. [19]. During the lifetime of the Gurus, most of their major supporters and Sikhs were Khatris. A list of this is provided by Bhai Gurdas in Varan Bhai Gurdas, a contemporary of the Sikh Gurus[20].

The martial development by the Sikh Gurus is well documented, with the first master (Guru Nanak Dev) Ji, calling upon Sikhs to make a "ball of their head" to play the game of love. The second Guru (Guru Angad Dev) Ji encouraged physical activities of Sikhs by encouraging wrestling bouts and Kabaddi. The 6th Guru (Guru Hargobind Dev) Ji took up the sword and fought many battles against neighboring Rajputs and Mughals. The 9th Guru Guru Teg Bahadhur Dev Ji fought many battles with the 6th Guru and was an accomplished martial artist. The 10th master Guru Gobind Singh Ji, was proficient in the art of warfare as well as an accomplished swordsman, marksman and equestrian. The tenth Guru's maternal side of the family were accomplished warriors and fighters in their own right. Guru Gobind Singh Ji's maternal uncle, Kirpal Chand Ji served as a General in Guru Hargobind Ji army and guided Guru Gobind Singh ji from an early age.

The sacred sections of the Khatris :-There are four sacred sections among the Khatris , whose position must be touched upon , These are the :-

Bedi (Guru Nanak Dev) Ji of the Dharman-Bunjahi or Chota -Sarin sub group .
Sodhi (Last seven Gurus) of the Chota Sarin sub-Group.
Trehan (Guru Angad Dev) Ji of the Bara-Sarin sub group
Bhalla (Guru Amar Das Dev) Ji of the Bara-Sarin sub group .
These four sections became sanctified by the births of the various Sikh Gurus to them

[21]

Sahib Singh Bedi (1756-1834), was tenth in direct descent from Guru Nanak Dev Ji, and much revered in Sikh times for his piety as well as for his martial prowess. He was born at Dera Baba Nanak, Gurdaspur district. At the time of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's coronation at Lahore on April 11, 1801, Baba Sahib Singh Bedi placed the tilak or mark of sovereignty on Ranjit Singh's forehead anoiting him Maharaja of Punjab.

Bhai Binod Singh, was a Khatri of the Trehan clan and a direct descendent of the second Sikh Guru Guru Angad Dev Ji. Bhai Binod Singh was a devoted disciple of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, and was one of the few Sikhs to accompany the tenth master to the South in 1708. Bhai Binod Singh fought many battles as a Commander and was leader of the Tatt Khalsa, (True Khalsa). It was Bhai Binod Singh whose Tatt Khalsa declared the official Sikh Warcry to be Sat Sri Akal.

Bhai Daya Singh- Was a Khatri of the Sobti clan and the "first" of the Panj Pyare
. In the historic divan in the Keshgarh Fort at Anandpur on 30 March 1699, Bhai Daya Singh was the first to rise at the Guru's call and offer his head.

One more head of the family Baba Tikka Baba Harbhajan Singh Bedi is based in Chandigarh, India. Tikka Baba Harbhajan Singh Bedi is the 16th Descendent in the bloodline starting from Guru Nanak Dev Ji with two sons Tikka Surjinder Singh Bedi and Kunwar Arvinder Singh Bedi. Arvinder Singh Bedi is blessed with two sons Tikka Nain Noor Singh Bedi and Kunwar Gagandeep Singh Bedi making the 18th current bloodline starting from Guru Nanak Dev Ji.

Many Hindu Khatri families raised at least one Sikh son after the formation of the Khalsa in 1699. This resulted in Khatri clan names being present in both Hindu and Sikh communities worldwide.

See also: Hinduism and Sikh Panth

Sikhism does not believe in Castism although Sikhs do

This is an ironical statement but very true .The Sikh Gurus tried their best to eradicate castism .Langar was introduced with keeping this view, where all people from all castes ,religions gather together and eat food . Furthermore Guru Gobind Singh Ji gave all sikh men the lastname "Singh" and all Sikh women the lastname "Kaur" to remove castism as everyone is considered equal in Sikhism.

But slowly and slowly Sikhs of today have regained their old caste system inherited by Hinduism . Most of the marriages are done between Sikhs of same castes.

Jain Khatris

The number of Khatris who are Jain is very small. However one of the best known Jain munis in recent times, Acharya Atmaram (also known as Shri Vijayanandsuri [22]) (1841-1900) was a Kapoor Khatri, born at Lahra, Firozepur. [23].

Muslim Khatris

The Muslim Khatri (Urdu: کهتری ) are the Khatri converts to Islam. With the advent of Islam following invasions by Turkic tribes from Afghanistan and the North West Frontier Province from the 11th century onwards, there were conversions of Hindus to the faith from among various Punjabi communities, including Khatris .Generally they retained their tribal, clan or caste affiliations as has been the norm in the region. Similarly, the Khatris who converted to Islam, continue to retain a strong social identity and are known as Punjabi Shaikhs.

Pakistan continues to have a prominent community of Khatris known as Punjabi Shaikhs as well as Khawaja Shaikhs. Some Muslim Khatris like the Sahgal family of Pakistan are examples of well-known and successful Muslim Khatris. They are also known as Qanungoh Shaikh, Khoja and Chiniotis.

Muslim Khatris of Kashmir

But there are still Khatris in Srinagar known as Bohras and engaged in trade, who are cut off from communion whith Khatris of the Punjab, and there are certain Musalman tribes who trace their origin to Khatri ancestors[24]

Other Krams are believed to have sprung from Khatri origins, an ancient history mentions that the bearers of these names in Hindu times were military and warlike people. Among these Krams may be mentioned the Magres, Tantres, Dars, Dangars, Rainas, Rathor, Thakurs and Naiks [25]

Khatris in Maharashtra

Maharashtra By K. S. Singh, B. V. Bhanu, B. R. Bhatnagar, Anthropological Survey of India, D. K. Bose, V. S

Khatri's in Central Asia

The Khatris, along with Aroras and Lohanas engaged in trade in Central Asia[26] [27] . The Hindu temples of Kabul and the Hindu Fire Temple of Baku built and maintained by them still exist.

Khatri Organizations

The sessions of Akhil Bhartiya Khatri Mahasabha were held in Lucknow in 1916, 1936, 1952 and 1980. Lucknow Khatri Sabha was established in 1927 and publication Khatri Hitashi was started in 1936[28].

Divisions among the Khatris

There are social divisions within the community which includes the Dhai-Ghar (2&1/2 Houses), Bara-Ghar (12 Houses), Bunjahi (52 Houses), Sarin and Kukhran Khatris. [29]

The Bunjahi Khatris include the Bedi and Sodhi clans, to which belonged the founders of the Sikh faith.

Histrory of Khatris recorded in the Ain-i-Akbari

A general view of the country having now been cursorily given, I proceed to record the succession of its rulers and the duration of their reigns. Twenty-four princes of the Khatri caste, kept aflame the torch of sovereignty from father to son in succession during 2418 years.

Rájá Bhagrat, Khatri reigned 218
Anangbhím, " 175
Ranbhím, " 108
Gajbhím, " 82
Deodæt, " 95
Jag Singh, " 106
Barmah Singh, "
97 Mohandat, " 102
Benód Singh, " 97
Silar Sén, " 96
Sattarjít, " 101
Bhúpati, " 90
Sadhrak, " 91
Jaydhrak, " 102
Udai Singh, " 85
Bisú singh, " 88
Bírmáth, reigned 83
Rukhdeva, " 81
Rákhbínd, (Rukhnand) " 79
Jagjíwan, " 107
Kálúdand, reigned 85
Kámdeva, " 90
Bijai Karn, " 71
Sat Singh, " 89

[30]


Divisions recorded in the Ain-i-Akbari

Divisions among the Khatri groups were reported by Emperor Akbar's close adviser Abu'l Fazal in his book Ain-i-Akbari (compiled in 1590 AD).

The division into the bara and Bunjahi groups is noticed in the Ain-i-Akbari:- "The Kshatriya (now called Khatris ) form two races , the Sun Dynasty/Suryavanshi and Lunar Dynasty/Somvanshi * * There are more than 500 tribes of these Kshatriyas , of whom 52 (Bawanjai) are pre-eminently distinguished and 12 (Baraghar) are of considerable importance [31]

The The Hindu philosophers reckon four states of auspiciousness which they term varṇa.* 1. Bráhmaṇa. 2. Kshatriya vulgarly, Khatrí. 3. Vaiśya vulgarly Bais. 4. ´Súdra, vulgarly súdra. Other than these are termed Mlechchha. At the creation of the world the first of these classes was produced from the mouth of Brahma, a brief account of whom has already been given: the second, from his arms; [32]


There are several subdivisions within the Khatri clans. There are the Dhai Ghar (i.e. 2 1/2 houses - the number 3 being considered unlucky) grouping comprising of Mehra/Mehrotra/Mehrota/Malhotra, Khanna and Kapur/Kappor/Kapoor.[33] Along with the Seth clan these four subdivisions form the Char Ghar (4 houses) grouping.[34].

With the Bhandari, Chopra, Dhawan, Sahgal, Talwar, Tandon, Vohra, Wadhawan, and Wahie sub castes, all 12 form the Barah-Jati grouping [35]. Another group is called Bavanjai (52)[36]. Other regional clan groupings include the Sarin and the Kukhran.

Regionally Nanda, Khullar, Jerath, Chopra and Vig were particularly connected with Ludhiana; Bahl, Kapoor, Mehra, Seth, Beri, and Dhir with Jagraon; Sondhi with Machhiwara and Bahlolpur; Sehgal and Thapar with Raikot; Gulla with Sahowala, Bhopalwala - Daska Gujranwala - Sialkot, Delhi & Ghaziabad and Had and Cham with Khanna[37]

Kukhran

Dr. Manmohan Singh with President of the United States George W. Bush

Kukhran (also spelt Khukhrain/Kukhrain) are a regional subcaste of Khatris [38] of nine clans of Punjab, originally from the town of Bhera in the Jech doab (Jhelum - Chenab interfluve) region of Sargodha district of Pakistani Punjab. A significant number adopted Sikhism during the 18th and 19th centuries. The nine Kukhran family names are Anand, Bhasin, Chadha, Chandok, Kohli, Sabharwal, Sahni/Sawhney, Sethi and Suri. The Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh is a Kukhran of the Kohli clan.

Sarsut Brahmans and Khatris

The Sarsut is essentially the Brahman of the Punjab , just as the Khatri is distinctively a Punjabi caste . The Sarasut , as a body minister to all the Hindu castes, possibly even to those which are unclean and so stand outside the pale of Hinduism . Upon this fact is based the leading principle of their organisation ,which is that the status of each section depends on the status of the caste to which it ministers . In accordance with this principle we may tentatively classify the Sarsut thus :-

Sub Group i - Brahmins of Brahmins , called Shukla .
Sub Group ii -Brahmans of the Khatris :-
1 Panchzati , 2 Chhe-zati . ,3 Asth-Bans . ,4 Bunjahis . 5 Khokharan ,6 Sarin ,
Sub Group iii - Brahmans of Aroras .
Sub Group iv -Brahmans of Jats .
Sub Group v -Brahmans of inferior castes eg the Chamarwa .

[39]

Distinguished Khatris

In addition to three Indian prime ministers, many distinguished soldiers, administrators, writers, businessmen and artists have been Khatri, a list appears at List of distinguished Khatris.

Main article: List of distinguished Khatris

See Also

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  • Denzil Ibbetson, Edward MacLagan, H.A. Rose "A Glossary of The Tribes & Casts of The Punjab & North-West Frontier Province", 1911 AD, Page 501-526, Vol II,
  • Ibid, Page 537-538, Vol II.
  • Temple, R.C. "The Legends of The Panjab", 1884, Reprinted by Institute of Folk Heritage, Islamabd, 1981.
  • Khatris are Kshatryas http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_ldh8.htm
  • Mahan Kosh by Bhai Kahan Singh Nabha
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