Punjabi Hindus are the third-largest religious group of the Punjabi community, after the Punjabi Muslims and the Punjabi Sikhs. While Punjabi Hindus mostly...
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politics. During the 1947 partition, millions of Punjabi Hindus (including Hindkowan Hindus and Saraiki Hindus) migrated from West Punjab and North-West Frontier...
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religions. Historically, the Punjabi Sikhs and Punjabi Hindus have used the ancient Bikrami (Vikrami) calendar. Punjabi Muslims use the Arabic Hijri calendar...
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and roti. Another important retention of Punjabi culture was the disposition of the body upon death. The Hindus and Sikhs insisted upon cremation, then...
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Hinduism in Pakistan (redirect from Pakistani Hindus)
percentage of Hindu residents in the country at 54.6%, while Tharparkar district has the most Hindus in absolute numbers at 811,507. Hindus are also found...
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(namely, the late 19th century and early 20th century) Punjabi Sikhs, Punjabi Hindus and Punjabi Muslims formed two separate regiments. The regiments were...
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among Punjabi Muslims and Punjabi Hindus was noted and documented by officials in census reports: "In other parts of the Province, too, traces of Hindu festivals...
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million Punjabi Sikhs and Hindus who predominantly live in India. The Punjabi Muslims typically observe the Islamic festivals, do not observe Hindu or Sikh...
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423. ISBN 978-0-19-513977-8. Hindus and Sikhs generally use the Gurmukhi script; but Hindus have also begun to write Punjabi in the Devanagari script, as...
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number that does not include Sindhi Hindus who no longer speak the Sindhi language. The vast majority of Sindhi Hindus living in India belong to the Lohana...
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Hinduism in India (redirect from Indian Hindus)
from Bangladesh to India. Kashmiri Hindus Sindhi Hindus Punjabi Hindus Bengali Hindus Meitei Hindus Tamil Hindus Hinduism in Maharashtra Hinduism in...
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in the building. The Kapoors are Punjabi Hindus. After the Partition in 1947, members of the family, like other Hindus, left the city and the building...
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Nanakpanthi (category Hindu denominations)
terms of religious affiliation, as it's the case with numerous Punjabi Hindus and Sindhi Hindus. The term was first used in the Janamsakhis of the Miharvan...
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Punjabi Sikhs are adherents of Sikhism who identify ethnically, linguistically, culturally, and genealogically as Punjabis. Punjabi Sikhs are the second-largest...
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(1955). Hindus and the Punjabi State: A Psycho-political Discussion on the Conception & Rationale of Punjabi State. Ambala Cantt.: The Hindu Prachara...
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Kurukshetra War that is central the Hindu epic poem, the Mahabharata. Historically, the Punjabi Hindus and Saraiki Hindus followed mainly a Brahminical form...
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Kapoor family (category Punjabi Hindus)
Shweta Bachchan Nanda and Alia Bhatt Kapoor. The Kapoor family is of Punjabi Khatri origin belonging to the Kapoor gotra. Prithviraj Kapoor was the...
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and Information Note Afghanistan: Sikhs and Hindus/" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-03-27. "Population of Sikhs, Hindus declined drastically in Afghan: MP". Business...
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Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus. Punjabi Christians are traditionally divided into various castes, and are largely descendants of Hindus who converted to Christianity...
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Khatri (redirect from Punjabi Khatri)
Arya Dharm: Hindu Consciousness in 19th-century Punjab. University of California Press. pp. 4–5. ISBN 978-0-520-02920-0. Among Punjabi Hindus the Vaishyas...
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Prithviraj Kapoor (category Punjabi Hindus)
Prithvinath Kapoor on 3 November 1906 in Samundri, British India, into a Punjabi Hindu Khatri family of the Kapoor gotra. His father, Dewan Basheshwarnath...
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Mohyal Brahmin (category Punjabi Brahmins)
Medieval India.[page needed] As a part of this transformation, many Punjabi Hindus, including the Mohyals, revered and followed Guru Nanak. This devotion...
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Har Prasad Nanda (category Punjabi Hindus)
Har Prasad Nanda (9 January 1917 – 13 April 1999), also spelled Har Parshad Nanda, was an Indian automotive industrialist and the founder of Escorts Group...
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needed] Punjabi Hindus follow the Bikrami calendar to observe religious festivals. 0 In addition to the above, Punjabi Hindus observe other Punjabi festivals...
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Randhir Kapoor (category Punjabi Hindus)
Bombay, Bombay Presidency, India (now known as Mumbai, Maharashtra) to Punjabi Hindu parents. His family moved from their Kapoor Haveli in Peshawar (now...
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Raj Kapoor (category Punjabi Hindus)
Qissa Khwani Bazaar neighborhood of Peshawar, British India into a Punjabi Hindu family of the Kapoor clan, who belonged to the Dhai Ghar Khatri community...
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Mukesh Khanna (category Punjabi Hindus)
Pyaara Pyaara (2012–2013). He has also worked in Punjabi cinema. Khanna was born into a Punjabi Hindu family with roots in Multan and Dipalpur, cities...
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Kashmiri Hindus are now settled in the Jammu division of Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of the country. The largest group of Kashmiri Hindus are the...
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Virat Kohli (category Punjabi Hindus)
from T20Is. Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 in Delhi into a Punjabi Hindu family. His father, Prem Nath Kohli, worked as a criminal lawyer, and...
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Kundan Lal Jaggi (category Punjabi Hindus)
Lal Jaggi was born in Peshawar to Gandamal Jaggi & Channan Devi, a Punjabi Hindu family. One of many children, Kundan Lal Jaggi left home early in life...
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