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Dear Alrejaji,

Thank you for your contributions.--Navin c kumar 20:49, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry to say, Khatris do not recognize Arora's as being Khatris/Kshatriya. Even though intermarriage has been permitted, Khatris will not consider and Arora to be of the same status. In this day in age, it does not matter sense the caste system is full of crap and is backwards thinking, however, I am referring to the thought of the old school and the old ways which was do for many many centuries, even up until the time of partition. Even in some remote parts of Punjab, including even some urbanized sections of cities within Punjab, people still will bring up that Arora's are not Khatris.

However, Arora's a traced back to Kshatriya lineage. It does not change their caste if the Punjabi Khatris believe Arora's are not Khatri. Nobleeagle (Talk) 04:07, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Dear Sir....this topic is always an interesting debate. But tell me, if Khatris and Aroras are the same people, why do you never hear of a claim of a Khatri saying "I am an Arora".....and you only hear claims of Aroras saying "I am a part of the Khatri community".....you seen, if it was true that Aroras are part of the Khatri/Kshatriya community, you would hear Khatris claiming to be Arora in some cases, however, you dont!. You only hear Aroras saying they are Khatri, not the other way around.....does that make sense? Thanks

The complete article gives impression of having citations ,numbered as [1],[2] etc.But on clicking you will find no citation is there, a camouflage is used,highly condemnable.Plz kindly use proper ref.tags and hyperlink them with citations in brief.Holywarrior 14:10, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

I've fixed that up... Nobleeagle (Talk) 06:45, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Noble Eagle......

How can Aroras claim to be Khatris, if Khatris do not recognize them as being Khatri/Kshatriya? Why is it that an Arora will claim to be a Khatri, but a Khatri will not claim to be an Arora? If Khatris and Aroras were the same, then wouldn't they both claim to be each other?....—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jvegas (talk • contribs).

Arora are more of a subcaste of Khatri...If you look at the castes of some people it will say Arora-Khatri, as Khatri is Punjabi for Kshatriya it basically means that they are Kshatriyas of the Arora caste. Sir George Campbell did a study on exactly why Khatris do not call themselves Arora and Aroras call themselves Khatri. He came to the conclusion that both were from the same ethnic stock but during the Pasurama's persecution of some Khatri they decided to deny their caste and claim themselves to be aur (meaning "other"). However, the point is that Sir Campbell has determined that Aroras are of Kshatriya stock. Source is Provided here. Please continue talk if you have other concerns, do not change the caste without proving Sir Campbell wrong properly. Nobleeagle (Talk) 23:34, 19 September 2006 (UTC)