Following is a list of notable members of the Khatri community in India.

Historical figures

Mural painting of Guru Nanak from Gurdwara Baba Atal Rai

Religious figures

* Sikh Gurus ** Guru Nanak Dev Bedi, founder of Sikhism ** Guru Angad Dev, Trehan ** Guru Amar Das, Bhalla **

Guru Ram Das Guru Ram Das (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਰਾਮ ਦਾਸ, pronunciation: ; 24 September 1534 – 1 September 1581) was the fourth of the ten Ten Gurus of Sikhism, Gurus of Sikhism. He was born in a family based in Lahore. His birth n ...

, Sodhi **

Guru Arjan Dev Guru Arjan (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਅਰਜਨ, pronunciation: ; 15 April 1563 – 30 May 1606) was the first of the two Gurus martyred in the Sikh faith and the fifth of the ten total Sikh Gurus. He compiled the first official edition of th ...

, Sodhi ** Guru Har Gobind, Sodhi ** Guru Har Rai, Sodhi **

Guru Har Krishan Guru Har Krishan (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿ ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ, pronunciation: ; 7 July 1656 – 30 March 1664) was the eighth of the ten Sikh Gurus. At the age of five, he became the youngest Guru in Sikhism on 7 October 1661, ...

, Sodhi ** Guru Tegh Bahadur, Sodhi **

Guru Gobind Singh Guru Gobind Singh (; 22 December 1666 – 7 October 1708), born Gobind Das or Gobind Rai the tenth Sikh Guru, a spiritual master, warrior, poet and philosopher. When his father, Guru Tegh Bahadur, was executed by Aurangzeb, Guru Gobind Sing ...

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 * 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

after the younger brother Guru Arjan was the founder of the Mina sect. * 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 Radha Soami is a spiritual tradition founded by Shiv Dayal Singh in 1861 on Basant Panchami Day in Agra, India. p. 90 note 5, Quote: "The date of Seth Shiv Dayal's first public discourse is Basant Panchami Day, February 15, 1861"., Quote: " ...

religious movement. * Baba Dayal Singh Malhotra, founder of

Nirankari Nirankari ( pa, ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰੀ, ''lit.'' "formless one") is a sect of Sikhism.Harbans Singh, Editor-in-Chief (201Nirankaris Encyclopedia of Sikhism Volume III, Punjabi University, Patiala, pages 234–235 It was a reform movement found ...

Sikh Empire

* Hari Singh Nalwa (Uppal Khatri) (1791–1837), the Commander-in-Chief of the Khalsa army of the Sikh Empire under

Ranjit Singh Ranjit Singh (13 November 1780 – 27 June 1839), popularly known as Sher-e-Punjab or "Lion of Punjab", was the first Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, which ruled the northwest Indian subcontinent in the early half of the 19th century. He s ...

* Dewan Mokham Chand Kochhar (1785-1814), General of the Khalsa Army under

* Diwan Sawan Mal Chopra, Governor of Lahore and Multan, Commander in the Khalsa ArmyBobby Singh Bansal, Remnants of the Sikh Empire: Historical Sikh Monuments in India & Pakistan, Hay House, Inc, 1 December 2015 * Diwan Mulraj Chopra (1814–1851), Governor of Multan, leader of a rebellion against the British which led to the Second Anglo-Sikh War * Sardar Gulaba Khatri, founder of

Dallewalia Misl The Dallewalia misl was a Khatri Sikh state in 18th century India. The founder of this Misl was Sardar Gulab Singh resident of the village of Dallewal near Dera Baba Nanak, in Doaba Bist Jalandhar. He took Pahul and became an active memb ...

which controlled Nakodar, Talwan, Badala, Rahon,

Phillaur Phillaur is a city and a municipal council as well as a tehsil in Jalandhar district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Punjab, India, Punjab. Overview Phillaur is the railway junction on the border line of Ludhiana Main ...

, Ludhiana at its peak.

Others

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, the founder of the Gujarat Sultanate, a Muslim Khatri kingdom and it's ruling Muzaffarid Dynasty. He was a Tanka Khatri convert to Islam. * 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,

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, Hooghly and Murshidabad districts * 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 *

Maharaja Chandu Lal Chandu Lal Malhotra (1766 – 15 April 1845 ), better known as Maharaja Chandu Lal was the prime minister (1833–1844) for 3rd Nizam of Hyderabad Sikandar Jah. He was born in Hyderabad Deccan (now Hyderabad, India) and hails from a family from ...

was the prime minister (1833–1844) for 3rd Nizam of Hyderabad

Sikandar Jah Nawab Mir Akbar Ali Khan Siddiqi Bahadur, Sikander Jah, Asaf Jah III (11 November 1768 – 21 May 1829), was the 3rd Nizam/Ruler of Hyderabad, India from 1803 to 1829. He was born in Chowmahalla Palace in the Khilwath, the second son of Asaf Jah ...

. * Maharaja Kishen Pershad, GCIE (1864-1940) came from a Peshkari Hyderabadi Noble family and served as the Prime Minister of Hyderabad State twice *

Raja Sukh Jiwan Mal Raja Sukh Jiwan Mal (died 1762) was the Punjabi Khatri ruler of Kashmir from 1754 to 1762. He rose from the rank of soldier to governor and then finally became a ruler. He was the first Hindu chief in Kashmir after a gap of nearly 400 years. E ...

, The ruler of Kashmir (1754-1762) * Raja Todar Mal Tandon, finance minister of Akbar. He rebuilt the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in 1585. * Haqiqat Rai Puri, 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.

Indian military

Vikram Batra Vikram Batra (9 September 1974 – 7 July 1999) was an officer of the Indian Army. He was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, the highest Indian military decoration, for his actions during the Kargil War; on 7 July 1999, Batra was kill ...

, Param Vir Chakra awardee during the 1999 Kargil War. * General Pran Nath Thapar, 4th

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of the Indian Army. * General J.J Singh Marwah , 21st

of Indian Army *

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Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda Admiral Sardarilal Mathradas 'Charles' Nanda (Punjabi: ), PVSM, AVSM (10 October 1915 – 11 May 2009) was an Indian Navy admiral who served as the 7th Chief of the Naval Staff from 1 March 1970 until 28 February 1973. He led the Indian Nav ...

, 7th

of the Indian Navy. * Air Marshal Om Prakash Mehra,

of the

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Indian independence activists

Statues of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev

Sukhdev Sukhdev Thapar (15 May 1907 – 23 March 1931) was an Indian revolutionary who worked to make India independent from the British Raj along with his best friends and partners Bhagat Singh and Shivaram Rajguru. A senior member of the Hindustan S ...

, 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. * Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian freedom fighter, While studying in England, he

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, a British official. * Prem Krishan Khanna, Indian freedom fighter and a member of the

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. One of the revolutionaries prosecuted for the Kakori Conspiracy. *

Purushottam Das Tandon Purushottam Das Tandon (; 1 August 1882 – 1 July 1962) was a freedom fighter from Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. He is widely remembered for his opposition to the partition of India, as well as efforts in achieving the ''Official Langu ...

, 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.

Science, technology and academics

* Satish Dhawan, former chairman of the

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(ISRO) * Har Gobind Khorana, Nobel Prize winner *

Daya Ram Sahni Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni CIE (16 December 1879 – 7 March 1939) was an Indian archaeologist who supervised the excavation of the Indus valley site at Harappa in 1920 to 1921 But the first report of Harappan excavations came out in 192 ...

, first director-general of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) * Ram Nath Chopra, Father of Indian

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Birbal Sahni Birbal Sahni Royal Society, FRS (14 November 1891 – 10 April 1949) was an Indian paleobotanist who studied the fossils of the Indian subcontinent. He also took an interest in geology and archaeology. He founded what is now the Birbal Sahni Ins ...

, Indian Paleobotanist and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London (FRS) * Mahesh Prasad Mehray, Indian

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and the founder of Sitapur Eye Hospital *

Mahatma Hansraj Lala Hansraj (19 April 1864 – 14 November 1938) also known as Mahatama Hansraj, was an Indian educationist and a follower of Arya Samaj movement founder, Swami Dayanand. He founded, with Gurudatta Vidhyarthi, the Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Schools S ...

, co-founder of Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Schools (D.A.V) on whose memory

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was established. * Faqir Chand Kohli, also known as "father of Indian software Industry", founder of Tata Consulltancy Services (TCS)

Business and finance

* J.C and K.C Mahindra ,founders of Mahindra & Mahindra.It is a part of the

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,an Indian

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Mohan Singh Oberoi Rai Bahadur Mohan Singh Oberoi (15 August 1898 – 3 May 2002)Mohan Singh Oberoi< ...

,founder and chairman of The Oberoi Group * Karam Chand Thapar, of the

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of companies. * HP Nanda, founder of Escorts Limited * Ponty Chadha, founder of Wave Group *

Om Prakash Munjal Om Prakash Munjal (26 August 1928 – 13 August 2015) was an Indian businessman, poet and philanthropist. He was the founder and chairman of Hero Cycles, the world's largest integrated bicycle manufacturing company by volume and Hero Motors, a ...

, founder of

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and Hero Cycles * Lala Jagat Narain, founder of Punjab Kesri *

Lala Harkishen Lal Lala Harkishen Lal (1864/66 – 13 February 1937) was an Indian industrialist, entrepreneur and politician. He was a co-founder of Punjab National Bank, and founder of factories and banks Punjab Cotton Press Company Ltd., the People's Bank of Ind ...

, also known as "Napoleon of Finance", co-founder of Punjab National Bank

Bollywood

* Dev Anand, Indian actor * Kanika Kapoor, Indian singer * Prithviraj Kapoor, Indian actor * Raj Kapoor, Indian actor *

Balraj Sahni Brigadier Balraj (born Balasegaram Kandiah) was a senior commander of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Early life Balraj was the fifth and youngest child of Kandiah and Kannagias. He received his primary education in Kokkuthoduwaai ...

, Indian actor * B.R Chopra, Indian director *

Rajesh Khanna Rajesh Khanna () (; born Jatin Khanna; 29 December 1942 – 18 July 2012) was an Indian actor, film producer and politician who worked in Hindi films. He is called as the "First Superstar of Hindi cinema", he consecutively starred in a record ...

, Indian actor * Ayushmann Khurrana, Indian actor * Parineeti Chopra, Indian actor

Literature and Poetry

Amrita Pritam-New Delhi-Dec 1969-Pic Ravinder Ravi

* Amrita Pritam (born in

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), Punjabi author * Devaki Nandan Khatri, Hindi author

Politics

* Inder Kumar Gujral (born in

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), 12th Prime Minister of India * Gulzarilal Nanda (born in Sialkot), Two-time Acting Prime Minister of India * Giani

Gurmukh Singh Musafir Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir (15 January 1899 – 18 January 1976) was an Indian politician and Punjabi language writer. He was the Chief Minister of Punjab from 1 November 1966 to 8 March 1967. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in Pun ...

(born in Attock), Former Chief Minister of Punjab *

Balraj Madhok Balraj Madhok (25 February 1920 – 2 May 2016) was an Indian political activist and politician from Jammu. Originally an activist of the nationalist organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), he later worked as a politician in the Bharati ...

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veteran and founder of

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& BJS * Sheila Kapoor Dikshit (born in Kapurthala), Former Chief Minister of Delhi * Madan Lal Khurana (born in

Lyallpur Faisalabad (; Punjabi/ ur, , ; ), formerly known as Lyallpur ( Punjabi, Urdu: لائل پور), named after the founder of the city, but was renamed in 1977 in honour of late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It is the 3rd largest city of Pak ...

), Former Chief Minister of Delhi * Tara Singh, Indian political and religious leader

References

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