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{{Infobox surname<br />
|name= Piracha<br />
|meaning= <br />
|region= Indian subcontinent <br />
|variant= Paracha, Peracha, Pracha, Paracha,peratcha<br />
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}}<br />
'''Paracha''' ([[Urdu]]: پراچہ, [[Hindi]]: पराचा) or '''Piracha''' ([[Urdu]]: پِراچہ, [[Hindi]]: पिराचा), also known as '''Peracha''', '''Piracha''' ,'''Pracha''', and '''Paracha''', is a family name in [[India]] and [[Pakistan]], most common in the [[Punjab region]].<ref name="Paracha2017">{{cite web |last1=Paracha |first1=Nadeem F. |title=Dubious ancestors |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1310016 |publisher=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |accessdate=26 March 2019 |language=English |date=22 January 2017}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
The Paracha caste is native to the [[Gandhara]] region of the Indian subcontinent, with the caste name being of [[Hindi]] origin.<ref>{{cite book |title=Journal of Asian Civilisations, Volume 28 |date=2005 |publisher=Taxila Institute of Asian Civilisations |page=72 |language=English |quote=Reminiscent of the millennium before Christ, ''Paracha'', a Hindi word, has been in common use as a tribal designation in Gandhara and surrounding provinces, for centuries.}}</ref><br />
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The ''[[Rawalpindi Gazetteer]]'' recorded the principal settlements of the Paracha as being [[Makhad]] and [[Attock]], stating that the Paracha were of [[Hindu]] origin, as with the [[Khoja]]; many Piracha later converted to Islam.<ref>{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Rawalpindi District, Revised Edition (1893-94) |publisher=Civil and Military Gazette Press|page=104 |language=English |date=1896 |quote=The principal settlements of Parachas are at Makhad and Attock, both on the Indus. They are a race of traders who transactions extend to Turkistan and the Khanates. They are converted Hindus, and seem to be much the same as Khojas.}}</ref><br />
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The ''Gazetteer of the Shahpur District'' mentioned that the Piracha caste engaged in trade and preferred to record their transactions in Hindi, as with the Khoja.<ref name="Wilson1897">{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=J. |title=Gazetteer of the Shahpur District |date=1897 |publisher=Civil and Military Gazette Press |page=91 |language=English |quote=The Musalman Khoja and Piracha traders however mostly keep their accounts in Hindi.}}</ref><br />
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Today, the Pirachas are scattered all over the world.<br />
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[[File:ParachaPoem1-1929.jpg|thumb|Poem authored by Abdul Malik Paracha, read at All India Paracha Conference at Lahore in 1929. - Part1]]<br />
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[[File:ParachaPoem2-1929.jpg|thumb|Poem authored by Abdul Malik Paracha, read at All India Paracha Conference at Lahore in 1929. - Part2]]<br />
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==Fictional characters==<br />
* [[Kaneez Paracha]], a character from ''Ackley Bridge''<br />
* [[Nasreen Paracha]], a character from ''Ackley Bridge''<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[https://www.dawn.com/news/1310016 Dubious ancestors]<br />
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[[Category:Social groups of Punjab, India]]</div>->RCTodd