Khattar
Khattar is a tribe found in northern part of Punjab mainly in Rawalpindi and Attock districts and some parts of KPK in Pakistan.A small number of Khattars live in India.[1]
The Khattars belongs to Arora clan which is one of the branches of Khatri Caste (ਖੱਤਰੀ - Kshatriya in Punjab Region). This surname is one of the most predominant Arora Khatri (ਅਰੋੜਾ ਖੱਤਰੀ) surnames whose traces were found in Multan. In post-independence India, Arora Khatris mainly reside in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Gujarat.[2]
Notable peopleEdit
PakistanEdit
- Nawab Muhammad Hayat Khan. A punjabi muslim administrator in Bristish rule.
- Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan ,First Prime Minister of Punjab Province in British India.
- Shaukat Hayat Khan. ,A senior Muslim league politician
- Yawar Hayat Khan senior director/producer of Pakistan Television
- General (retd) Ahsan Azhar Hayat , former senior officer of the Pakistan Army and ex-ambassador to Jordan [3]
- Major (retd) Tahir Sadiq.(MNA NA-55 and Ex district nazim Attock)[4]
- Ghulam Sarwar Khan.(Federal petroleum minister,MNA NA-59 and senior leader PTI party)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.na.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=723%7Ctitle=Ghulam sarwar khan|last=|first=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=
IndiaEdit
- Manohar Lal Khattar (Chief minister,Haryana)
- Ishaan Khattar (Bollywood Actor, half-brother of Shahid Kapoor)
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Khattar tribe – newpakhistorian". newpakhistorian.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
- ↑ "Aroras".
- ↑ Gen Ahsan Azhar Hayat appointed as ambassador, 2013 Retrieved 2019 Aug
- ↑ "Major tahir sadiq".
