Arora

For other uses, see Arora (disambiguation).

Arora
ReligionsHinduism • Sikhism
LanguagesPunjabi (Lahnda − Saraiki, Thali, Riasti, Pahari-Pothwari, Hindko, Khetrani, Jatki),[1][2][3][4] Sindhi, Hindustani
RegionContemporarily
Punjab, India • Haryana • Delhi • Rajasthan • Uttar Pradesh

Historically
Derajat (Punjab • Balochistan • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Sindh and Pothohar Plateau
Related groupsKhatri • Bhatia • Sood

Arora is a Punjabi caste,[5][6] comprising both Hindus and Sikhs. The name is derived from their ancestral place Aror, Sindh.[7][8][a] In 712, the Arora people are said to have left Aror and started to settle in the cities of Punjab,[9] mainly in South Punjab.[6] However, according to W. H. McLeod, many Aroras originally came from the Pothohar area in North Punjab.[10]

Historically, the Arora section of the Khatri community had been principally found in West Punjab, in the districts to the south and west of Lahore. Scott Cameron Levi, believes that they are a "sub-caste of the Khatris".[3]

After Partition of India, Punjabis who migrated from erstwhile West Punjab were mostly Khatris and Aroras. Studies reveal that "Arora Khatri, Bedi, Ahluwalia etc. are some of the important castes among the Punjabis".[11]

The town of Rohri in Sukkur District of Sindh, sketched in 1842.
  1. ^ Oonk, Gijsbert (2007). Global Indian Diasporas: Exploring Trajectories of Migration and Theory. Amsterdam University Press. pp. 43–45. ISBN 978-90-5356-035-8.
  2. ^ Singer, André (1982). Guardians of the North-West Frontier: The Pathans. Time-Life Books. ISBN 978-0-7054-0702-1.
  3. ^ a b Levi (2002), p. 107.
  4. ^ "Blame caste for Pakistan's violent streak, not faith". Times of India Blog. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  5. ^ Bhardwaj, Surinder M. (8 July 1983). Hindu Places of Pilgrimage in India: A Study in Cultural Geography. University of California Press. p. 231. ISBN 978-0-520-04951-2.
  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference bka was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Experts, Disha (1 September 2021). Errorless 16 Year-wise MPPSC General Studies Prelims Solved Paper 1 (2003 - 21) 2nd Edition. Disha Publications. ISBN 978-93-91551-70-4. Aror is the ancestral town of the Arora Community . In 711 , Aror was captured by the army of Muslim general Muhammad bin Qasim .
  8. ^ Hanks, Patrick (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-19-977169-1.
  9. ^ Malhotra, Anshu (2002). Gender, Caste, and Religious Identities: Restructuring Class in Colonial Punjab. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195656480. Retrieved 8 October 2014. The Aroras were also said to be the Khatris of Arorkot, or Aror, the ancient capital of Sindh.
  10. ^ McLeod, W. H. (24 July 2009). The A to Z of Sikhism. Scarecrow Press. pp. 21, 213, 128. ISBN 978-0-8108-6344-6.
  11. ^ Government of Haryana, Department of Welfare. "Report of Backward Classes Commission". Welfare of Scheduled Caste & Backward Classes Department. pp. 05, 135. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)


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