Bamral (subcaste)

Bamral or Bhamral is an Indian subcaste of the Ahluwalia caste. They are natives of the Punjab region. ^{[1] [2]}

Bamral/Bhamral
Abbreviation	Bamra/Bhamra
Jāti	Ahluwalia (caste)
Classification	Forward caste
Religions	Sikhism Hinduism
Country	India Pakistan
Original state	Punjab
Related groups	Ahluwalia (misl) Rekhi (subcaste)
Kingdom (original)	Kapurthala State

Origin

Bamrals are also known as Bhamra or Bhamral. They are one of the various divisions under the Ahluwalia caste previously known as Karals/Kalals or Kharrals. Majority of them follow either Sikhism or Hinduism. Those Ahluwalias who became Muslims re-identified themselves as Kakezai. ^[3] The Bamrals are a part of Ahluwalias who are known to practice endogamy. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

See also

• Ahluwalia (misl)
• Ahluwalia (surname)
• Bimbat (subcaste)
• Judge (subcaste)
• Tulsi (Sikh clan)

References

1. Dogra, R. C.; Mansukhani, Gobind Singh (1995). Encyclopaedia of Sikh Religion and Culture. Vikas Publishing House. ISBN   978-0-7069-8368-5.
2. Singh, Kumar Suresh (2003). People of India: Punjab. Anthropological Survey of India. ISBN   978-81-7304-123-5.
3. van den Dungen, P. H. M. (1968). ""Changes in status and occupation in nineteenth century Panjab"". In Low, D. A. (ed.). Soundings in Modern Southern Asia History. University of California Press. pp. 70–71. OCLC   612533097. By the early twentieth century some of the Ahluwalias had gone further by claiming Khatri or Rajput origin. Long before British rule, some of the Muslim Kalals tried to conceal their antecedents by inventing a Pathan origin and calling themselves Kakezais. A further step was sometimes taken in which the Kakezai became a Shaikh.
4. McLeod, W. H. (1999). Sikhs and Sikhism. Internet Archive. New Delhi : New York : Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-564745-7.
5. W. H. McLeod (1989). Who Is A Sikh? (W. H. McLeod).
6. Singh, K. S.; Bhalla, V.; Singh, Swaran (1997). Chandigarh. Anthropological Survey of India. ISBN   978-81-7304-119-8.