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<div>{{other uses|Kamboja (disambiguation){{!}}Kamboja}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2018}}<br />
{{infobox ethnic group|<br />
| group = Kamboj<br />
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| popplace = India • Pakistan<br />
| langs = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] • [[Dogri language|Dogri]] • [[Hindi language|Hindi]] • [[Urdu language|Urdu]]<br />
| rels = [[Hinduism]] • [[Islam]] • [[Sikhism]]<br />
| related = [[Muslim Kamboh (Uttar Pradesh)|Muslim Kamboh]]<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Kamboj''' ({{lang-pa|ਕੰਬੋਜ}} ''Kamboj'', {{lang-hi|कंबोज}} ''Kamboj''), also '''Kamboh''' ({{lang-ur|{{nq|کمبوہ}}}} <small>[[ALA-LC]]:</small> {{transl|ur|ALA-LC|''Kamboh''}}), is a cultivating community of the [[Punjab region]] of [[Pakistan]] and [[India]], spanning a region from the [[Sutlej Valley]] to the north, the [[Multan district|Multan]] in the west and the [[Karnal]] area of [[Yamuna|Yamuna valley]] in the east.<ref name="Glossary">{{cite book |title=A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province: A.-K |date=1997 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist |isbn=978-81-85297-69-9 |pages=442-445 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/A_Glossary_of_the_Tribes_and_Castes_of_t/LPsvytmN3mUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Kamboh&pg=PA445&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> By religion, the [[Hindu]], the [[Sikh]] are mostly found in the east, that is the [[Punjab]] and [[Haryana]] states in India, while most of the [[Muslim]] Kamboj are found in the west in the province of [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] in Pakistan.<ref name="Glossary"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Singh |first1=Pashaura |last2=Fenech |first2=Louis E. |title=The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies |date=27 March 2014 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-100411-7 |page=84 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Oxford_Handbook_of_Sikh_Studies/7YwNAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Kamboj++caste&pg=PA84&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Kambojas]]<br />
*[[Khmer people]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Wiktionary|Kamboj}}<br />
* [https://www.kambojsociety.com/who-are-kamboj.html Kamboj Society - Who are these Kamboj people?]<br />
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[[Category:Social groups of Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of Haryana]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of Punjab, India]]<br />
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