Following is a list of notable members of the Khatri community in India.
Historical figures
Religious figures
- Sikh Gurus[1]
- Guru Nanak Dev Bedi, founder of Sikhism
- Guru Angad Dev, Trehan
- Guru Amar Das, Bhalla
- Guru Ram Das, Sodhi
- Guru Arjan Dev, Sodhi
- Guru Har Gobind, Sodhi
- Guru Har Rai, Sodhi
- Guru Har Krishan, Sodhi
- Guru Tegh Bahadur, Sodhi
- Guru Gobind Singh Sodhi, founder of Khalsa
- Bhai Daya Singh, the first of the Panj Pyare (the initial members of the Khalsa), belonged to the Sobti clan of the Khatris[2]
- Baba Sri Chand was the founder of the ascetic sect of Udasin and was the elder son of Guru Nanak, first Guru and founder of Sikhism.
- Baba Prithi Chand (1558–1618), the eldest son of Guru Ram Das after the younger brother Guru Arjan was the founder of the Mina sect.
- Ram Rai, the eldest son of Guru Har Rai was the founder of Ram Raiyas sect of Sikhism.
- Baba Balak Singh Batra, an religious Leader who founded Namdhari Sect.[3]
- Shiv Dayal Singh Seth, founder of the Radhasoami religious movement.[4]
- Baba Dayal Singh, founder of Nirankari[5]
Sikh Empire
- Hari Singh Nalwa (Uppal Khatri) (1791–1837), the Commander-in-Chief of the Khalsa army of the Sikh Empire under Ranjit Singh[6]
- Sir Deva Singh Arora (1834 - 1890) Patiala Administrator
- Dewan Mokham Chand (1785-1814), General of the Khalsa Army under Ranjit Singh[7]
- Diwan Sawan Mal Chopra, Governor of Lahore and Multan, Commander in the Khalsa Army[8]
- Diwan Mulraj Chopra (1814–1851), Governor of Multan, leader of a rebellion against the British which led to the Second Anglo-Sikh War[8]
Gujarat Sultanate
- Sultan Muzaffar Shah I, the founder of the Gujarat Sultanate, a Muslim Khatri kingdom and it's ruling Muzaffarid Dynasty. He was a Tanka Khatri convert to Islam.[9]
His Excellency Highness Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad Bahadur, in uniform as commander of the state forces of the Indian state of Hyderabad. (He was prime minister twice as well).
Bardhaman Raj
- Maharaja Bijay Chand Mahtab GCIE, KCSI, IOM (19 October 1881 – 29 August 1941) was the ruler of Bardhaman Raj, Bengal in British India from 1887 till his death in 1941[10]
- Maharaja Uday Chand Mahtab of Bardhaman Raj, K.C.I.E., (14 July 1905 – 10 October 1984) was the last ruler of Burdwan Raj, who ruled from 1941 until 1955[11]
Hyderabad State
- Maharaja Chandu Lal was the Prime Minister (1833–1844) for 3rd Nizam of Hyderabad Sikandar Jah.
- Maharaja Kishen Pershad, GCIE (1864-1940) came from a Peshkari Hyderabadi Noble family and served as the Prime Minister of Hyderabad State twice [12][13][14]
Kashmir
- Raja Sukh Jiwan Mal, The ruler of Kashmir (1753-1762)[15]
- Jambu lochan, King of Jammu State
Hindu Martyr
- Haqiqat Rai, beheaded at the age of 14 for refusing to convert to Islam by Governor Zakariya Khan. Puri stood up against his classmates ridiculing Hindu deities.[16]
Indian military
- Vikram Batra, Param Vir Chakra awardee during the 1999 Kargil War.[17][18]
- General Pran Nath Thapar, 4th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army.[19]
- Admiral Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda, 8th Chief of the Naval Staff of the Indian Navy.[19]
- Air Marshal Om Prakash Mehra, Chief of Staff of the Indian Air Force.[19]
Indian independence activists
- Sukhdev Thappar, Indian freedom fighter, a senior member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association, he participated in several actions alongside Bhagat Singh and Shivaram Rajguru, and was hanged by the British authorities on 23 March 1931 at the age of 23. He was a Thappar Khatri.[20]
- Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian freedom fighter, While studying in England, he assassinated William Hutt Curzon Wyllie, a British official.[21]
- Prem Krishan Khanna, Indian freedom fighter and a member of the Hindustan Republican Association. One of the revolutionaries prosecuted for the Kakori Conspiracy.[22][23]
- Purushottam Das Tandon, Indian freedom fighter who opposed the partition of India, British rule over India and was instrumental in making Hindi the Official Language of the Indian Republic. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award in 1961.[24]
Science, technology and academics
- Satish Dhawan, Former Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)[25]
- Har Gobind Khorana, Nobel-prize winner[26]
- Daya Ram Sahni, First Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)[25]
- Ram Nath Chopra, Father of Indian Pharmacology[25]
- Birbal Sahni, Indian Paleobotanist and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London (FRS) [25]
- Mahesh Prasad Mehray, Indian ophthalmologist and the founder of Sitapur Eye Hospital[25]
- Mahatma Hansraj, co-founder of Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Schools (D.A.V) on whose memory Hansraj College was established.[27]
- Faqir Chand Kohli, also known as "father of Indian software Industry", founder of Tata Consulltancy Services (TCS)[28]
- Kalpana Chawla (17 March 1962 – 1 February 2003) was an American astronaut and engineer who was the first woman of Indian origin to go to space.
Business and finance
- Jagdish Chandra and Kailash Chandra Mahindra, founders of Mahindra & Mahindra. It is a part of the Mahindra Group, an Indian conglomerate[29][30]
- Mohan Singh Oberoi ,founder and chairman of the The Oberoi Group[29]
- Karam Chand Thapar, of the Thapar Group of companies.[30]
- Kunal Bahl, co-founder of Snapdeal[31]
- Rana Kapoor, co-founder of Yes Bank[32]
- Rahul Bhatia, co-founder of IndiGo Airlines[32]
- HP Nanda, founder of Escorts Limited[29]
- S.K Burman and Anand Burman, founder and chairman of Dabur respectively[33]
- Vinod Khosla, co-founder of Sun Microsystems
- Ponty Chadha, founder of Wave Group[34]
- Pankaj Chaddah, co-founder of Zomato[34]
- Sabeer Bhatia, co-founder of Hotmail.com[34]
- Kuldip Singh Dhingra, co-founder of Berger Paints[34]
- Om Prakash Munjal, founder of Hero MotoCorp and Hero Cycles[29]
- Aroon Purie, founder of India Today and Aaj Tak[34]
- Madhu Trehan , co-founder of IndiaToday and Newslaundary[34]
- Lala Jagat Narain, founder of Punjab Kesri[34]
- Lala Harkishen Lal, also known as "Napoleon of Finance", co-founder of Punjab National Bank[35][36]
Bollywood
- Dev Anand, Indian actor[34]
- Kanika Kapoor, Indian singer[37]
- Prithviraj Kapoor, Indian actor[38]
- Raj Kapoor, Indian actor[39]
- Balraj Sahni, Indian actor[40]
- B.R Chopra, Indian actor[40]
- Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor[41]
- Kabir Bedi, Indian Actor[25]
- Sidharth Malhotra, Indian Actor[18]
- Ayushmann Khurrana, Indian actor[42]
- Parineeti Chopra, Indian actor[42]
- Akshay Kumar, Indian actor[43]
Politics
- Inder Kumar Gujral, 12th Prime Minister of India[44]
- Manmohan Singh, 13th Prime Minister of India[45][46]
- Gulzarilal Nanda, Two-time Acting Prime Minister of India
- Manohar Lal Khattar, 10th Chief Minister of Haryana[47]
- Sheila Kapoor Dikshit, Former Chief Minister of Delhi[48]
- Madan Lal Khurana, Former Chief Minister of Delhi[49]
- Bhim Sen Sachar, was the Chief Minister of Punjab, thrice.
- Mangal Sein, was the deputy chief minister of Haryana from 1977 to 1979.
- Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir, Former Chief Minister of Punjab
Sports
- Abhinav Bindra, First Indian to win an Individual Olympic Gold Medal[50]
- Shikhar Dhawan, cricketer[51]
- Kapil Dev Nikhanj, captained the Indian cricket team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup.[52]
- Virat Kohli, cricketer
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Mokham Chand, the most distinguished of the Darbar's generals was the son of Wisakhi Mal, a Khatri tradesman of the village Kunjah, near Gujrat
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