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''Lubana'' (Also pronounces as Lubana, Labana,[[Lavana]],Lubhana) is a tribe that lives in and around Indian subcontinent. Basically,'''Labana''' is [[Trader]] [[Merchant]] and [[Transportation]] community engaged in Maritime trade and Land Trade which includes Trading and transportation of Goods like [[Saltpetre]], [[Silk]], [[ Diamonds]] etc. In [[Punjab]] Region, during socio-economic reforms,Labanas overwhelmingly became agriculturists. Labanas have their own dialect called "Lubanki" which is said to be mixture of Marwari, [[Saraiki language|Saraiki]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], and [[Marathi language|Marathi]]. The Labanas of [[Punjab]] and [[Haryana]] are mostly Sikhs and speak mainly Punjabi or Hindi. They are also called lohana (in [[Rajasthan]], [[Gujarat]] and [[Maharashtra]]. [[Lavana]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Singh|first=Birinder Pal|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=tSKmZ7b7MEsC&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=banjara+vs+lubana+caste&source=bl&ots=gdWwtB-u1u&sig=ACfU3U1TZZU3ze5EwCmQDRZLx94QuR5CVg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjFiuH17-vxAhXWV30KHcn9Asg4ChDoATAJegQIBhAC#v=onepage&q=banjara%20vs%20lubana%20caste&f=false|title='Criminal' Tribes of Punjab|date=2012-04-27|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-136-51786-0|language=en}}</ref> Many states of India labanas are also known as [[Banjara]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=बंजारा-लबाना की प्रतिष्ठित बैठक हरियाणा के अंबाला शहर में : S P Singh Labana, North India President, AIBSS - Goar Banjara|url=https://goarbanjara.com/%e0%a4%ac%e0%a4%82%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%be-%e0%a4%b2%e0%a4%ac%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%be-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%aa%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%a4%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b7%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%a0/|access-date=2021-07-18|language=en-US}}</ref>