{{short description|List of notable members of the Khatri community}} {{pp-move}} {{Use British English|date=December 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} Following is a list of notable members of the Khatri community in India. {{Dynamic list}}
== Historical figures == === Sikhism === thumb|Guru Nanak|240x240px * Sikh Gurus<ref>{{cite book | title = The A to Z of Sikhism | url = https://archive.org/details/tozsikhismthetoz00mcle | url-access = limited | author = W. H. McLeod | isbn = 978-0-8108-6828-1 | publisher = Scarecrow Press | year = 2009 | page = [https://archive.org/details/tozsikhismthetoz00mcle/page/n118 86]}}</ref> ** 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 Sobti, the first of the Panj Pyare (the initial members of the Khalsa), belonged to the Sobti clan of the Khatris<ref>{{cite book | title = The Sikhs in History: a Millennium Study, with new afterwords | first = Sangat | last = Singh | publisher = Uncommon Books | year = 2001 | isbn = 978-81-900650-2-3 | page = 71 }}</ref> * 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 Sodhi (1558–1618), the eldest son of Guru Ram Das after the younger brother Guru Arjan was the founder of the Mina sect. * Bhai Gurdas (1555–1636), a Bhalla Khatri who served as the first Jathedar of Akal Takht and the first scribe of the Adi Granth * Ram Rai Sodhi, the eldest son of Guru Har Rai was the founder of Ram Raiyas sect of Sikhism. * Shiv Dayal Singh, founder of the Radhasoami religious movement.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Seth|first=Partap Singh|title=Jivan Charitar Hazur Maharaj|pages=6 and 36}}</ref> * Baba Dayal Singh Malhotra, founder of Nirankari<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jones|first=Kenneth W.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8HV4nHv8urgC&dq=born+in+a+khatri+family&pg=PA87|title=Socio-Religious Reform Movements in British India|date=1989|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-24986-7|pages=87|quote=}}</ref> * Baba Binod Singh,<ref>{{cite book |title=Journal of Religious Studies |date=2005 |publisher=Department of Religious Studies, Punjabi University. |page=129 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gOsnAAAAYAAJ&q=baba+Binod+Singh+khatri |quote=third, by Kahan Singh and '''Binod Singh ( Khatri )'''; fourth, by Dasaunda Singh ( a Jat ) and fifth, by Vir Singh ( a Rangretta )}}</ref> Sikh warrior, and first jathedar of Buddha Dal, commander of Khalsa Fauj * Vadbhag Singh Sodhi, one of the companion of <u>Sikh Gurus</u> originally prevailed from Sodhi-Bans (lineage)<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Grewal |first1=J. S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DlluAAAAMAAJ&q=vadbhag+%C2%A0was+born+under+Sikh,+Khatri |title=Sikh History from Persian Sources: Translations of Major Texts |last2=Habib |first2=Irfan |date=2001 |publisher=Tulika |isbn=978-81-85229-17-1 |page=185 |language=en}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=April 2025}}
=== Sikh Empire === thumb|Diwan Mulraj Chopra|229x229px * Hari Singh Nalwa (Uppal Khatri) (1791–1837), the Commander-in-Chief of the Khalsa army of the Sikh Empire under Ranjit Singh,<ref>{{cite book|title=Hari Singh Nalwa, "champion of the Khalsaji" (1791–1837)|isbn=978-81-7304-785-5|page=228|first=Vanit|last=Nalwa|date=13 January 2009|publisher=Manohar }}</ref> Diwan of Kashmir, Diwan of Hazara, Diwan of Peshawar * Dewan Mokham Chand Kochhar (1785–1814), General of the Khalsa Army under Ranjit Singh<ref>{{cite book |title=Khushwant Singh A History Of The Sikhs Vol. 1 |page=216 |url=https://archive.org/details/KhushwantSinghAHistoryOfTheSikhsVol.1/page/n231/mode/2up |language=English |quote=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}}</ref> * Diwan Sawan Mal Chopra, Governor of Lahore and Multan, Commander in the Khalsa Army<ref name="ReferenceA">Bobby Singh Bansal, Remnants of the Sikh Empire: Historical Sikh Monuments in India & Pakistan, Hay House, Inc, 1 December 2015</ref> * Diwan Mulraj Chopra (1814–1851), Governor of Multan, leader of a rebellion against the British which led to the Second Anglo-Sikh War<ref name="ReferenceA"/> * Sardar Gulaba Khatri, founder of Dallewalia Misl which controlled Nakodar, Talwan, Badala, Rahon, Phillaur, Ludhiana at its peak.
=== Others === * Maharaja Bijay Chand Mahtab Kapoor GCIE, KCSI, IOM, with origins from Kotli, Sialkot was the ruler of Bardhaman Raj in Bengal from 1887 till his death in 1941. At its height, the kingdom extended to around 5,000 square miles (13,000 km) and included many parts of what is now Burdwan, Bankura, Medinipur, Howrah, Hooghly and Murshidabad districts<ref>{{Cite web|title=Burdwan Municipality|url=http://burdwanmunicipality.gov.in/about.php?subject=About%20Burdwan%20Town|access-date=23 September 2020|website=burdwanmunicipality.gov.in}}</ref> * 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<ref>"No. 37119". ''The London Gazette'' (Supplement). 8 June 1945. p. 2938.</ref> * Maharaja Chandu Lal was the prime minister (1833–1844) for 3rd Nizam of Hyderabad Sikandar Jah.<ref>{{Cite news|date=29 April 2018|title=Telangana: The Deccan's hidden gem is a sikh Gurudwara|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/290418/the-deccans-hidden-gem-is-a-sikh-gurudwara.html|work=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=24 July 2022}}</ref> * Maharaja Kishen Pershad, GCIE (1864–1940) came from a Peshkari Hyderabadi Noble family and served as the Prime Minister of Hyderabad State twice<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Patel|first1=Alka|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GU8zAQAAQBAJ|title=Indo-Muslim Cultures in Transition|last2=Leonard|first2=Karen|date=7 December 2011|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-21887-1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Leonard|first=Karen Isaksen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=32aMey7k-IYC&dq=kishen+pershad+khatri&pg=PA183|title=Social History of an Indian Caste: The Kayasths of Hyderabad|date=1994|publisher=Orient BlackSwan|isbn=978-81-250-0032-7|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Bawa|first=Basant K.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h45uAAAAMAAJ&q=kishen+pershad+khatri|title=The Last Nizam: The Life and Times of Mir Osman Ali Khan|date=1992|publisher=Viking|isbn=978-0-670-83997-1|language=en}}</ref> * Raja Sukh Jiwan Mal, The ruler of Kashmir (1754-1762)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jagmohan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CWjLtfi-ssIC&dq=raja+sukh+jiwan+khatri&pg=PA61|title=My FrozenTturbulence in Kashmir (7th Ed.)|date=2006|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=978-81-7764-995-6|pages=62|language=en}}</ref> * 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.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gaur, I. D., 1956– |title=Martyr as bridegroom : a folk representation of Bhagat Singh |date=2008 |publisher=Anthem Press |isbn=978-81-905835-0-3 |location=New Delhi, India |oclc=227921397}}</ref> * Omichund, a merchant and broker during the Nawabi period of Bengal<ref>{{cite book |last1=McLane |first1=John R. |title=Land and Local Kingship in Eighteenth-Century Bengal |date=25 July 2002 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-52654-8 |page=133 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YH6ijJnUPmcC&dq=Omichund+khatri&pg=PA133}}</ref>
== Indian military == * Vikram Batra, Param Vir Chakra awardee during the 1999 Kargil War.<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 January 2013|title='Yeh Dil Mange More': An ode to Captain Vikram Batra|url=https://daily.bhaskar.com/news/CHD-yeh-dil-mange-more-an-ode-to-captain-vikram-batra-4158610-PHO.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630203940/https://daily.bhaskar.com/news/CHD-yeh-dil-mange-more-an-ode-to-captain-vikram-batra-4158610-PHO.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 June 2018|access-date=27 September 2020|website=dailybhaskar|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=22 August 2021|title=Vikram Batra's parents say Shershaah 'well made', open up about Dimple Cheema: 'Said she would live with his memories'|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/vikram-batras-parents-say-shershaah-well-made-open-up-about-dimple-cheema-said-she-would-live-with-his-memories-7465247/|access-date=26 August 2021|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> * General Pran Nath Thapar, 4th Chief of the Indian Army.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Puri|first=Baij Nath|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tXX1MAAACAAJ&q=thapar|title=The Khatris, a Socio-cultural Study|date=1988|publisher=M.N. Publishers and Distributors|pages=175–176|language=en}}</ref> * General J.J. Singh Marwah, 21st Chief of Indian Army<ref>{{Cite book|last=Singh|first=General (Retd ) J. J.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ibbjAAAAQBAJ&q=khatri|title=A Soldier's General-An Autobiography|date=21 November 2012|publisher=Harper Collins|isbn=978-93-5029-515-1|language=en}}</ref> * Admiral Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda, 7th Chief of the Indian Navy.<ref name=":1" /> * Air Marshal Om Prakash Mehra, Chief of the Indian Air Force.<ref name=":1" />
== Indian independence activists == [[File:Statues of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev.jpg|thumb|Statue of Sukhdev Thapar, along with Bhagat Singh and Rajguru|184x184px]] * Sukhdev, Indian freedom fighter, 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 Thapar Khatri.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 May 2007 |title=Mark of a martyr |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070513/spectrum/main1.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221213929/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070513/spectrum/main1.htm |archive-date=21 December 2007 |access-date=27 September 2020 |website=The Tribune}}</ref> * Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian freedom fighter, While studying in England, he assassinated William Hutt Curzon Wyllie, a British official.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Revolutionary Madan Lal Dhingra (Tribute On Death Anniversary)|url=https://www-jagran-com.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sl=hi&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc|access-date=27 September 2020|website=Dainik Jagran}}</ref> * Prem Krishan Khanna, Indian freedom fighter and a member of the Hindustan Republican Association. One of the revolutionaries prosecuted for the Kakori Conspiracy.<ref name=":8">{{cite book|last1=Puri|first1=Baij Nath|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ytuAAAAMAAJ|title=The Khatris, a Socio-cultural Study|publisher=M.N. Publishers and Distributors|year=1988|pages=142–146|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Dr. Mehrotra N.C.|title=Swatantrata Andolan Mein Shahjahanpur Ka Yogdan|publisher=|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=133}}</ref> * Purushottam Das Tandon, Indian freedom fighter who opposed the partition of India, British rule over India. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award in 1961.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Puri|first=Baij Nath|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tXX1MAAACAAJ|title=The Khatris, a Socio-cultural Study|date=1988|publisher=M.N. Publishers and Distributors|pages=137|language=en}}</ref>
== Science, technology and academics == thumb|193x193px|Hargobind Khorana, Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine in 1968 * Satish Dhawan, former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Puri|first=Baij Nath|title=Khatris, a socio cultural study|publisher=M.N Publishers and Distributors|year=1988|location=India|pages=128–131}}</ref> * Narinder Singh Kapany, Indian-American physicist and the inventor of fiber optics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Narinder Singh Kapany – The Global Sikh Trail |url=https://theglobalsikhtrail.com/stories_posts/narinder-singh-kapany/ |access-date=25 November 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Kapany |first=Narinder |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TZFOEAAAQBAJ&q=Narinder+Singh+Kapany |title=Narinder Singh Kapany: The Man Who Bent Light |date=4 October 2021 |publisher=Roli Books Private Limited |isbn=978-93-92130-00-7 |language=en}}</ref> * Har Gobind Khorana, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1968 for his work on nucleic acid structures.<ref>{{Cite web|last=shepherd|first=kancha ilaiah|title=Why Haven't the Shudras Got a Nobel Prize So Far?|url=https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/newsdetail/index/14/19544/why-havent-the-shudras-got-a-nobel-prize-so-far|access-date=26 August 2021|website=www.thecitizen.in|date=27 October 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref> * Harish-Chandra Mehrotra, Indian-American mathematician and physicist, recipient of the Padma Bhushan and the Cole Prize in Mathematics for his papers on representations of semisimple Lie Algebras and Groups. He was considered for a Field's Medal in 1958.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Howe |first=Roger |title=Harish Chandra, a Biographical Memoir |publisher=National Academy of Sciences |year=2011 |location=Washington DC}}</ref> * Daya Ram Sahni, first director-general of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)<ref name=":2" /> * Ram Nath Chopra, Father of Indian Pharmacology<ref name=":2" /> * Birbal Sahni, Indian Paleobotanist and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London (FRS)<ref name=":2" /> * Mahesh Prasad Mehray, Indian ophthalmologist who was awarded the Padma Shri in 1955 and the Padma Bhushan in 1970.<ref name=":2" /> * Mahatma Hansraj, co-founder of Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Schools (D.A.V) on whose memory Hansraj College was established.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Cush|first1=Denise|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3N4mGlbutbgC&dq=born+in+a+khatri+family&pg=PA283|title=Encyclopedia of Hinduism|last2=Robinson|first2=Catherine|last3=York|first3=Michael|date=21 August 2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-18978-5|pages=283|language=en}}</ref> * Faqir Chand Kohli, founder of Tata Consulltancy Services (TCS)<ref>{{Citation|title=Oral History of F.C. Kohli| date=27 August 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkSRrxpQDKA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/xkSRrxpQDKA| archive-date=12 December 2021 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=18 September 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
== Business and finance == * J.C and K.C Mahindra, founders of Mahindra & Mahindra. It is a part of the Mahindra Group, an Indian mu conglomerate<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Damodaran|first=Harish|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zWkfAQAAIAAJ|title=India's New Capitalists: Caste, Business, and Industry in a Modern Nation|date=15 May 2008|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-0-230-20507-9|location=|pages=69–72|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Thapar">{{cite book|last1=Chopra|first1=Pran Nath|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HAtuAAAAMAAJ&q=Pran+Nath+Thapar+khatri|title=Religions and Communities of India|publisher=East-West Publications|year=1982|isbn=978-0-85692-081-3|page=115|language=en|access-date=20 November 2020}}</ref> * Mohan Singh Oberoi, founder and chairman of The Oberoi Group<ref name=":0" /> * Karam Chand Thapar, of the Thapar Group of companies.<ref name="Thapar" /> * HP Nanda, founder of Escorts Limited<ref name=":0" /> * Ponty Chadha, founder of Wave Group<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=Damodaran|first=Harish|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=92F7DwAAQBAJ&dq=aaj+tak+punjab+kesri+khatri&pg=PT306|title=INDIA'S NEW CAPITALISTS: Caste, Business, and Industry in a Modern Nation|date=25 November 2018|publisher=Hachette India|isbn=978-93-5195-280-0|language=en}}</ref> * Om Prakash Munjal, founder of Hero MotoCorp and Hero Cycles<ref name=":0" /> * Lala Jagat Narain, founder of Punjab Kesri<ref name=":3" /> * Lala Harkishen Lal, co-founder of Punjab National Bank<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sheikh|first=Majid|date=15 February 2015|title=HARKING BACK: Man who introduced electricity to Lahore|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1163686|access-date=3 September 2021|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The rise and fall of Harkishen Lal {{!}} Political Economy {{!}} thenews.com.pk|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/562600-rise-fall-harkishen-lal|access-date=3 September 2021|website=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=May 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>
== Bollywood == * Dev Anand, Indian actor<ref name=":3" /> * Kanika Kapoor, Indian singer<ref>{{Cite web|date=21 June 2016|title=I'm not Punjabi, I don't know Punjabi: Kanika Kapoor|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/music/im-not-punjabi-i-dont-know-punjabi-kanika-kapoor-2866104/|access-date=23 September 2020|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> * Prithviraj Kapoor, Indian actor<ref>{{cite news |title=Remembering an icon: Prithviraj Kapoor |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/2010/sep/09/remembering-an-icon-prithviraj-kapoor-185155.html |access-date=26 November 2020 |work=New Indian Express |date=9 September 2010}}</ref> * Raj Kapoor, Indian actor<ref>{{cite book |last1=Khilnani |first1=Sunil |title=Incarnations India in 50 Lives |date=2016 |publisher=Penguin Books Limited |isbn=9780241208236 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=poiGCwAAQBAJ&dq=raj+kapoor+khatri+caste&pg=PT366}}</ref> * Balraj Sahni, Indian actor<ref name=":7">{{Cite book|last=Dwyer|first=Rachel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lzr8DwAAQBAJ&dq=khatri&pg=PA4|title=Yash Chopra|date=25 July 2019|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-83902-132-9|pages=4|language=en}}</ref> * B.R Chopra, Indian director<ref name=":7" /> * Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Farook |first1=Farhana |title=Rajesh Khanna's rooh is still in Aashirwad |url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/rajesh-khannas-rooh-is-still-in-aashirwad-9782.html |website=Filmfare |access-date=8 February 2021 |language=en |date=10 July 2015}}</ref> * Ayushmann Khurrana, Indian actor<ref name=":5">{{Citation |title=Ayushman Khurrana and Parineeti Chopra said that they are Khatri |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JhSQKtKj9E |work=The Kapil Sharma Show | date=13 June 2020 |access-date=2 January 2024}}</ref> * Parineeti Chopra, Indian actress<ref name=":5" />
== Literature and poetry == thumb|206x206px|Amrita Pritam, Punjabi novelist * Mirza Hasan Qatil, 18th-century Urdu and Persian poet<ref name="Alam&Subrahmanyam">{{cite book |last1=Alam |first1=Muzaffar |last2=Subrahmanyam |first2=Sanjay |title=Writing the Mughal World: Studies on Culture and Politics |date=2012 |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=978-0-231-15811-4 |page=423 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mmLOKuzT-IC&dq=Mirza+Hasan+Qatil+khatri&pg=PA423 |language=en}}</ref> * Sujan Rai Bhandari, 17th-century historian<ref name="Alam&Subrahmanyam"/> * Amrita Pritam (born in Gujranwala), Punjabi author<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Roy |first1=Anjali Gera |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YWB0GmmoOSMC&dq=amrita+pritam+arora+khatri&pg=PA2 |title=Partitioned Lives: Narratives of Home, Displacement, and Resettlement |last2=Bhatia |first2=Nandi |date=2008 |publisher=Pearson Education India |isbn=978-81-317-1416-4 |language=en}}</ref> * Devaki Nandan Khatri, Hindi author and novelist<ref>{{Cite book |last=Puri |first=Baij Nath |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ytuAAAAMAAJ&q=devakinandan+khatri+punjabi+family+a+socio+cultural |title=The Khatris, a Socio-cultural Study |date=1988 |publisher=M.N. Publishers and Distributors |language=en}}</ref>
== Politics == * Inder Kumar Gujral (born in Jhelum), 12th Prime Minister of India<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ghai|first=Rajat|date=7 May 2014|title=The office of Prime Minister: A largely north Indian upper-caste, Hindu affair|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/the-office-of-prime-minister-a-largely-north-indian-upper-caste-hindu-affair-114050700846_1.html|access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref> * Gulzarilal Nanda (born in Sialkot), Two-time Acting Prime Minister of India<ref name=":8" /> * Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir (born in Attock), Former Chief Minister of Punjab<ref>{{Cite news|last=Verma|first=Sanjeev|date=19 July 2021|title=Punjab cabinet 60% mafia, need non-Jat CM: Shamsher Singh Dullo to Sonia Gandhi|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/pb-cabinet-60-mafia-need-non-jat-cm-dullo-to-sonia/articleshow/84536971.cms|work=The Times of India|access-date=14 July 2022}}</ref> * Balraj Madhok, RSS veteran and founder of ABVP & BJS<ref>{{cite book |last=Jaffrelot |first=Christophe |title=Religion, Caste, and Politics in India |date=2010 |publisher=Primus Books |isbn=978-93-80607-04-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XAO3i_gS61wC&q=+Madhok+came+from+aJammu-based+Khatri+family&pg=PA288|language=en}}</ref> * Sheila Kapoor Dikshit (born in Kapurthala), Former Chief Minister of Delhi<ref>{{Cite book|last=Padalkar|first=Ravindra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dbgUEAAAQBAJ&dq=JAWAHAR+LAL+NEHRU+PUNJABI+KHATRI&pg=PT297|title=Ruling Dynasties of Independent India – Volume 1|date=16 January 2021|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-1-63714-799-3|language=en}}</ref> * Madan Lal Khurana (born in Lyallpur), former chief minister of Delhi<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jaffrelot|first=Christophe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XAO3i_gS61wC&q=madan+lal+khurana+khatri|title=Religion, Caste, and Politics in India|date=2010|publisher=Primus Books|isbn=978-93-80607-04-7|pages=298–299|language=en}}</ref> * Tara Singh, Indian political and religious leader<ref name="Tambiah">{{cite book |last=Tambiah |first=Stanley J. |author-link=Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah |title=Leveling Crowds: Ethnonationalist Conflicts and Collective Violence in South Asia |year=1996 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-20642-7 |page=104 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-WEKZHVKZ-cC&pg=PA104 |quote=... and Master Tara Singh, a Khatri, a leading figure in the Akali Dal, ...}}</ref> * Manmohan Singh (born Gah), 13th prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014, former finance minister of India, economist<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Jose |first1=Vinod K |date=1 October 2011 |title=Manmohan Singh at the centre of the storm |url=https://caravanmagazine.in/reportage/falling-man |magazine=The Caravan |access-date=26 December 2024}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
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