Arora was a regional title used by Khatris living in this region. Ror region refers to South-West Punjab (such as Multan, DG Khan) and Northern Sindh as per Chachnama. Kedarnath Anand (founder of SG bat company) Another theory suggests it was a title given to Khatris on basis of their qualities such as being "joyful" Anand Khatris are likely descendants of a person named Anand. Their ancestors moved from Punjab to Allahbad during Mughal period and when they returned back to Punjab they were known as Allawadi.Īnanda is an ancient Sanskrit title. ( IAS officer, Famous Author, Poet, Authority writer on Chhattisgarh's History & Culture.) The clan was called Alakh earlier but was changed to Alagh by British ethnographers to remove confusion from Aulakh Jatts. Many of them moved to Shikarpur Sindh from Punjab Their gotra is Bharadwaj and purohit are Saraswat Brahmins.Īhuja = Ahu (sun) + ja (descendant) which indicates them of being Suryanshi. They were originally Maggo Khatris of Multan who migrated to Sindh in 1701. Adlakha was a wealth based medieval title given to those who achieved the feat of being worth over half lakh Their Kuldev is Sheshnag and Kuldevi (family deity) is Mata SajavatiĪdlakha translates to "half lakh". Raghunath Mandir, Jammu was constructed by an Abrol Khatri. They were rulers of Duggardesh (Jammu and Sialkot). The following is a list of last names of the Khatri community of Northern India and Pakistan listed in alphabetical order:
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