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."

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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, cheema near Wagah Border on India side and Kahna Kacchha Pakistan.

The Khullars are also settled in the cities of Hoshiarpur Amritsar Aurangabad, Maharashtra and Jalandhar for the last three centuries. The Khullars of Basti Guzan in Jalandhar and Amritsar have gone to other places like Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra 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. They are mostly Orthodox to their religious beliefs. Although very conservative within, They are socially active for upbringing the religious and social well being in society.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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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