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'''Batra''' is an Indian Hindu and Sikh clan of the [[Khatri|Arora Khatri]] community of Punjab.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FJoDDAAAQBAJ|title=Dictionary of American Family Names|first=Patrick|last=Hanks|date=8 May 2003|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-977169-1|via=Google Books}}</ref>{{wiktionary|batra}}<br />
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==Notable people==<br />
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=== Armed Forces ===<br />
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*[[Vikram Batra]], PVC (1974–1999), officer of the Indian Army, posthumously awarded India's highest award for valour<br />
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=== Athletics ===<br />
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* [[Manika Batra]], Indian table tennis player, [[Commonwealth Games]] gold medalist<br />
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=== Bollywood ===<br />
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* [[Pooja Batra]] (born 1976), Indian actress who was Miss India International in 1993<br />
* [[Ritesh Batra]] (born 1979) film director<br />
* [[Sanjay Batra]], television actor in India<br />
* [[Shakun Batra]], Indian film director. He directed ''[[Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu]]'' , ''[[Kapoor & Sons]] and'' [[Gehraiyaan]]<br />
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=== Creatives ===<br />
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* [[Adrienne Batra]], Indian-Canadian journalist and [[editor-in-chief]] of the ''[[Toronto Sun]]''<br />
* [[Aseem Batra]], producer and writer of [[Scrubs (TV series)|''Scrubs'']]<br />
* [[David Batra]] (born 1972), Swedish-Indian stand-up comedian and TV actor<br />
* [[Hemant Batra]], Indian origin lawyer, public speaker and author<br />
*[[Vibha Batra]], Indian author, advertising consultant, poet, lyricist, translator, travel writer, playwright, and columnist<br />
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=== Politics ===<br />
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* [[Anna Kinberg Batra]] (born 1970), Swedish politician, leader of the Moderate Party 2015-<br />
* [[Bharat Bhushan Batra]], Indian politician serving as the MLA of Rohtak<br />
* [[Dinanath Batra]], former general secretary of Vidya Bharati, the school network run by the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|RSS]]<br />
* [[Pradip Batra]], Indian BJP politician and member of the [[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Roorkee (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Roorkee constituency]]<br />
* [[Shadi Lal Batra]], Indian politician<br />
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=== Religious Leaders ===<br />
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* [[Balak Singh|Balak Singh Batra]], [[Sikhs|Sikh]] [[Religious Leader|religious leader]] who founded [[Namdhari]] (Kuka) [[sect]]<br />
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=== Science and engineering ===<br />
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* [[Anuj Batra]], research electrical engineer specializing in [[ultrawideband]] wireless technology. He was included in Innovators Under 35 "[[TR35]]" list<br />
* [[Harsh Vardhan Batra]], Indian scientist working in animal [[biotechnology]] in Indian [[Ministry of Science and Technology (India)|Ministry of Science and Technology]]<br />
* [[Lekh Raj Batra]], (1929–1999), distinguished Indian-American mycologist<br />
* [[Mukesh Batra]], homeopathy practitioner, and Founder of Dr. Batra's Health Clinic Pvt Ltd.<br />
*[[Ravi Batra]] (born 1943), Indian-American economist, author, and professor at Southern Methodist University<br />
*[[Romesh Batra]], professor in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Tech<br />
*[[Siddharth Batra]], computer scientist, entrepreneur and researcher in artificial intelligence. co-founder of X1 Card that has been dubbed "the smartest credit card ever made.".<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Surnames of Indian origin]]<br />
[[Category:Punjabi tribes]]<br />
[[Category:Indian surnames]]<br />
[[Category:Arora clans]]<br />
[[Category:Punjabi-language surnames]]<br />
[[Category:Khatri clans]]<br />
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