Khattar (clan)

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Khattar is a surname found among the Aroras and Jats of India and Pakistan. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Sumantra Bose (3 May 2018). Secular States, Religious Politics. Cambridge University Press. p. 316. ISBN   978-1-108-47203-6. Khattar is a Punjabi Khatri, not a Jat...
  2. Gandhi, Rajmohan (2013). Punjab: A History from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten. Aleph Book Company PVT Ltd. p. 213. ISBN   9789382277583. First, the Bengal army's 'martial' regiments of Gurkhas, Jat Sikhs and Punjabi Muslims increasingly took over ... Gakhar, Janjua and Khattar Jat.