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- ↑ Punjab (India) (2000). Punjab State Gazetteer. Revenue and Rehabilitation Department, Punjab.
The principal sub - castes among the Khatris in the district are : Malhotra , Kapur , Katial , Chopra , Sehgal , Mehta , Dhawan , Vig , Behl , Uppal , Talwar , etc.
- ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). Hanks, Patrick; et al. (eds.). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland (1st ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 233. ISBN 978-0199677764 . Retrieved 21 June 2020.
Bindra: ... Indian (Panjab): Sikh, based on the name of a Jat clan.
- ↑ Banga, Indu; Grewal, J. S. (2001). Maharaja Ranjit Singh: The State and Society. Guru Nanak Dev University. ISBN 978-81-7770-029-9.
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