Aulakh

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Aulakh
Jāti Jat
Religions Khanda.svg Sikhism, Star and Crescent.svg Islam, Om.svg Hinduism
Languages Punjabi
Country India, Pakistan
Region Punjab
Ethnicity Punjabi

Aulakh is a Jat clan in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. [1] [2]

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List of notable people

Notable people with the surname Aulakh, who may or may not be associated with the clan, include:

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References

  1. Journal of Regional History. Vol. 2. Department of History, Guru Nanak Dev University. 1981. p. 29.
  2. Singh, Kumar Suresh (1996). "Appendix B". Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. People of India: National series. Vol. 8 (Illustrated ed.). Delhi: Anthropological Survey of India. pp. 1355–1357. ISBN   0-19-563357-1. OCLC   35662663.