Khullar
Khullar is a jat clan.
| Khullar | |
|---|---|
| Classification | khatri |
| Religions | Hinduism, Sikhism |
| Languages | Punjabi and Hindi |
| Populated States | Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and other parts of Northern India |
| Subdivisions | none |
Scott Cameron Levi describes Jat among the "most important merchant communities of early modern India."
Place of origin
Khullars are actually descendants of a sage in the Himalayas some 1200 years back. They are all offspring of a sage called Gomas Rishi. Later on they have scattered at different places all around the world.Religion Khullar are mostly Punjabi and Sikhs. Some are of the Jatt caste lives in and around rupnagar/hoshiarpur districts of Punjab
According to other information available, Some Khullars have migrated from Kabul (Afghanistan), and now mostly are based in Samrala, Machiwara, Rupnagar, Hoshiarpur and Firozepur (Punjab India).
Prior to the partition in 1947, Khullar clans were particularly associated with the city of Ludhiana in Eastern Punjab (today in the Indian state of Punjab (India). But prior 1947, there were some Khullars who belongs to villages Sargoda and Kahna Kacchha Pakistan.
The Khullars are also settled in the cities of Hoshiarpur Amritsar and Jalandhar for the last three centuries. The Khullars of Basti Guzan in Jalandhar have gone to other places like Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi due to their government service postings and have settled there. Some have immigrated abroad to Australia, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and various parts of Africa in search of jobs and have settled there.
Religion
Like most jat clans, the Khullar clan is Punjabi. However, a small minority has is Jatt Clan/Sikhism.
See also
References
- ↑ Levi, Scott Cameron (2002). The Indian Diaspora in Central Asia and Its Trade, 1550–1900. Leiden: BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-12320-5.
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