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{{short description|List of notable members of the Khatri community}}
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Following is a list of notable members of the [[Khatri]] community in India.

== Historical figures ==
[[File:Mural painting of Guru Nanak from Gurdwara Baba Atal Rai.jpg|thumb|Guru Nanak]]

=== Religious figures ===
* [[Sikh Gurus]]<ref>{{cite book | title = The A to Z of Sikhism | url = https://archive.org/details/tozsikhismthetoz00mcle | url-access = limited | author = W. H. McLeod | isbn = 978-0-8108-6828-1 | publisher = Scarecrow Press | year = 2009 | page = [https://archive.org/details/tozsikhismthetoz00mcle/page/n118 86] }}</ref>
** [[Guru Nanak Dev]] Bedi, founder of [[Sikhism]]
** [[Guru Angad Dev]], Trehan
** [[Guru Amar Das]], Bhalla
** [[Guru Ram Das]], Sodhi
** [[Guru Arjan Dev]], Sodhi
**[[Guru Har Gobind]], Sodhi
** [[Guru Har Rai]], Sodhi
** [[Guru Har Krishan]], Sodhi
** [[Guru Tegh Bahadur]], Sodhi
** [[Guru Gobind Singh]] Sodhi, founder of [[Khalsa]] [[File:Guru Gobind Singh portrait.jpg|thumb|Guru Gobind Singh]]
* [[Bhai Daya Singh|Bhai Daya Singh Sobti]], the first of the [[Panj Pyare]] (the initial members of the [[Khalsa]]), belonged to the Sobti clan of the Khatris<ref>{{cite book | title = The Sikhs in History: a Millennium Study, with new afterwords | first = Sangat | last = Singh | publisher = Uncommon Books | year = 2001 | isbn = 978-81-900650-2-3 | page = 71 }}</ref>
*[[Sri Chand|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]].
*[[Prithi Chand|Baba Prithi Chand Sodhi]] (1558–1618), the eldest son of [[Guru Ram Das]] after the younger brother [[Guru Arjan]] was the founder of the Mina sect.
*[[Baba Ram Rai|Ram Rai Sodhi]], the eldest son of [[Guru Har Rai]] was the founder of Ram Raiyas sect of Sikhism.
* [[Shiv Dayal Singh|Shiv Dayal Singh Seth]], founder of the [[Radha Soami|Radhasoami]] religious movement.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Seth|first=Partap Singh|title=Jivan Charitar Hazur Maharaj|pages=6 and 36}}</ref>
*[[Baba Dyal Singh|Baba Dayal Singh Malhotra]], founder of [[Nirankari]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jones|first=Kenneth W.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8HV4nHv8urgC&dq=born+in+a+khatri+family&pg=PA87|title=Socio-Religious Reform Movements in British India|date=1989|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-24986-7|pages=87|language=en}}</ref>[[File:Diwan Mulraj cell.jpg|thumb|Diwan Mulraj Chopra|382x382px]]

=== Sikh Empire ===
* [[Hari Singh Nalwa]] (Uppal Khatri) (1791–1837), the Commander-in-Chief of the [[Sikh Khalsa Army|Khalsa army]] of the [[Sikh Empire]] under [[Ranjit Singh]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Hari Singh Nalwa, "champion of the Khalsaji" (1791-1837)|isbn=978-81-7304-785-5|page=228|first=Vanit|last=Nalwa|date=13 January 2009}}</ref>
* [[Nawab Kapur Singh]] (1697–1753)(Virk Khatri), Founder of modern day city Kapurthala, Punjab and he was also the founder of [[Dal Khalsa]] a Sikh Misl (Singhapuria).<ref>{{https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawab_Kapur_Singh#Early_life}} </ref>
* [[Dewan Mokham Chand|Dewan Mokham Chand Kochhar]] (1785-1814), General of the [[Sikh Khalsa Army|Khalsa Army]] under [[Ranjit Singh]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Khushwant Singh A History Of The Sikhs Vol. 1 |page=216 |url=https://archive.org/details/KhushwantSinghAHistoryOfTheSikhsVol.1/page/n231/mode/2up |language=English |quote=Mokham Chand, the most distinguished of the Darbar's generals was the son of Wisakhi Mal, a Khatri tradesman of the village Kunjah, near Gujrat}}</ref>
* [[Diwan Sawan Mal Chopra]], Governor of [[Lahore]] and [[Multan]], Commander in the [[Sikh Khalsa Army|Khalsa Army]]<ref name="ReferenceA">Bobby Singh Bansal, Remnants of the Sikh Empire: Historical Sikh Monuments in India & Pakistan, Hay House, Inc, 1 December 2015</ref>
* [[Diwan Mulraj Chopra]] (1814–1851), Governor of [[Multan]], leader of a rebellion against the British which led to the [[Second Anglo-Sikh War]]<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
* [[Sardar Gulab Singh|Sardar Gulaba Khatri]], founder of [[Dallewalia Misl]] which controlled [[Nakodar]], Talwan, Badala, [[Rahon]], [[Phillaur]], [[Ludhiana]] at its peak.

=== Others ===
*[[Muzaffar Shah I|Sultan Muzaffar Shah I]], the founder of the [[Gujarat Sultanate]], a Muslim Khatri kingdom and it's ruling [[Muzaffarid dynasty, Gujarat|Muzaffarid Dynasty.]] He was a Tanka [[Khatri]] convert to Islam.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Watt|first=W. Montgomery|date=January 1965|title=The Rise of Muslim Power in Gujarat: A History of Gujarat from 1298 to 1442. By S. C. Misra. pp. xii + 252. Asia Publishing House. London. 1963. 45s.|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0035869x00123998|journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland|volume=97|issue=1|pages=79|doi=10.1017/s0035869x00123998|issn=0035-869X}}</ref>
* [[Bijay Chand Mahtab|Maharaja Bijay Chand Mahtab Kapoor]] [[Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire|GCIE]], [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India|KCSI]], [[Indian Order of Merit|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 [[Bardhaman district|Burdwan]], [[Bankura district|Bankura]], [[Medinipur Sadar subdivision|Medinipur]], [[Howrah district|Howrah]], [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]] and [[Murshidabad district|Murshidabad]] districts<ref>{{Cite web|title=Burdwan Municipality|url=http://burdwanmunicipality.gov.in/about.php?subject=About%20Burdwan%20Town|access-date=23 September 2020|website=burdwanmunicipality.gov.in}}</ref>
* [[Uday Chand Mahtab|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<ref>"No. 37119". ''[[The London Gazette]]'' (Supplement). 8 June 1945. p. 2938.</ref>
*[[Chandu Lal|Maharaja Chandu Lal]] was the [[prime minister]] (1833–1844) for 3rd [[Nizam]] of [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad]] [[Sikandar Jah]].
* [[Kishen Pershad|Maharaja Kishen Pershad]], [[Order of the Indian Empire|GCIE]] (1864-1940) came from a Peshkari Hyderabadi Noble family and served as the [[Prime Minister of Hyderabad state|Prime Minister of Hyderabad State]] twice <ref>{{Cite book|last1=Patel|first1=Alka|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GU8zAQAAQBAJ|title=Indo-Muslim Cultures in Transition|last2=Leonard|first2=Karen|date=7 December 2011|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-21887-1|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Leonard|first=Karen Isaksen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=32aMey7k-IYC&dq=kishen+pershad+khatri&pg=PA183|title=Social History of an Indian Caste: The Kayasths of Hyderabad|date=1994|publisher=Orient BlackSwan|isbn=978-81-250-0032-7|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Bawa|first=Basant K.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h45uAAAAMAAJ&q=kishen+pershad+khatri|title=The Last Nizam: The Life and Times of Mir Osman Ali Khan|date=1992|publisher=Viking|isbn=978-0-670-83997-1|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Raja Sukh Jiwan Mal]], The ruler of Kashmir (1754-1762)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jagmohan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CWjLtfi-ssIC&dq=raja+sukh+jiwan+khatri&pg=PA61|title=My FrozenTturbulence in Kashmir (7th Ed.)|date=2006|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=978-81-7764-995-6|pages=62|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Todar Mal|Raja Todar Mal Tandon]], finance minister of Akbar. He rebuilt the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in 1585.<ref>{{Cite book|last=McLane|first=John R.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YH6ijJnUPmcC&dq=todar+mal+khatri&pg=PA131|title=Land and Local Kingship in Eighteenth-Century Bengal|date=25 July 2002|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-52654-8|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Udayakumar S.P|title="Ramarajya: Envisioning the Future and Entrenching the Past" : Presenting the Past: Anxious History and Ancient Future in Hindutva India.|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=2005|pages=99}}</ref>
* [[Haqiqat Rai|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.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gaur, I. D., 1956-|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/227921397|title=Martyr as bridegroom : a folk representation of Bhagat Singh|date=2008|publisher=Anthem Press|isbn=978-81-905835-0-3|location=New Delhi, India|oclc=227921397}}</ref>

== Indian military ==
*[[Vikram Batra]], [[Param Vir Chakra]] awardee during the [[Kargil War|1999 Kargil War]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 January 2013|title='Yeh Dil Mange More': An ode to Captain Vikram Batra|url=https://daily.bhaskar.com/news/CHD-yeh-dil-mange-more-an-ode-to-captain-vikram-batra-4158610-PHO.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630203940/https://daily.bhaskar.com/news/CHD-yeh-dil-mange-more-an-ode-to-captain-vikram-batra-4158610-PHO.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 June 2018|access-date=27 September 2020|website=dailybhaskar|language=en}} </ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=22 August 2021|title=Vikram Batra's parents say Shershaah 'well made', open up about Dimple Cheema: 'Said she would live with his memories'|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/vikram-batras-parents-say-shershaah-well-made-open-up-about-dimple-cheema-said-she-would-live-with-his-memories-7465247/|access-date=26 August 2021|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Pran Nath Thapar|General Pran Nath Thapar]], 4th [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief]] of the [[Indian Army]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Puri|first=Baij Nath|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tXX1MAAACAAJ&q=thapar|title=The Khatris, a Socio-cultural Study|date=1988|publisher=M.N. Publishers and Distributors|pages=175–176|language=en}}</ref>
*[[J. J. Singh|General J.J Singh Marwah]] , 21st [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief]] of Indian Army<ref>{{Cite book|last=Singh|first=General (Retd ) J. J.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ibbjAAAAQBAJ&q=khatri|title=A Soldier's General-An Autobiography|date=21 November 2012|publisher=Harper Collins|isbn=978-93-5029-515-1|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Admiral]] [[Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda]], 7th [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief]] of the [[Indian Navy]].<ref name=":1" />
*[[Air Marshal]] [[Om Prakash Mehra]], [[Chief of Staff|Chief]] of the [[Indian Air Force]].<ref name=":1" />

== Indian independence activists ==
* [[File:Statues of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev.jpg|thumb|Statue of [[Sukhdev Thapar]], along with [[Bhagat Singh]] and [[Shivaram Rajguru|Rajguru]]|191x191px]] [[Sukhdev Thapar|Sukhdev]], 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mark of a martyr|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070513/spectrum/main1.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221213929/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070513/spectrum/main1.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 December 2007|access-date=27 September 2020|website=The Tribune|date=13 May 2007}}</ref>
* [[Madan Lal Dhingra]], Indian freedom fighter, While studying in England, he [[Assassination|assassinated]] [[Curzon Wyllie|William Hutt Curzon Wyllie]], a British official.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Revolutionary Madan Lal Dhingra (Tribute On Death Anniversary)|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=hi&u=https://www.jagran.com/blogs/days/madan-lal-dhingra-indian-revolutionary-freedom-fighter/&prev=search&pto=aue|access-date=27 September 2020|website=Dainik Jagran}}</ref>
*[[Prem Krishna Khanna|Prem Krishan Khanna]], Indian freedom fighter and a member of the [[Hindustan Republican Association]]. One of the revolutionaries prosecuted for the [[Kakori Conspiracy]].<ref name=":8">{{cite book|last1=Puri|first1=Baij Nath|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Khatris_a_Socio_cultural_Study/7ytuAAAAMAAJ?gbpv=1|title=The Khatris, a Socio-cultural Study|publisher=M.N. Publishers and Distributors|year=1988|pages=142–146|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Dr. Mehrotra N.C.|title=Swatantrata Andolan Mein Shahjahanpur Ka Yogdan|publisher=|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=133}}</ref>
*[[Purushottam Das Tandon]], 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.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Puri|first=Baij Nath|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tXX1MAAACAAJ|title=The Khatris, a Socio-cultural Study|date=1988|publisher=M.N. Publishers and Distributors|pages=137|language=en}}</ref>

== Science, technology and academics ==

* [[Satish Dhawan]], former chairman of the [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] (ISRO)<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Puri|first=Baij Nath|title=Khatris, a socio cultural study|publisher=M.N Publishers and Distributors|year=1988|location=India|pages=128–131}}</ref>
* [[Har Gobind Khorana]], Nobel Prize winner<ref>{{Cite web|last=shepherd|first=kancha ilaiah|title=Why Haven't the Shudras Got a Nobel Prize So Far?|url=https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/newsdetail/index/14/19544/why-havent-the-shudras-got-a-nobel-prize-so-far|access-date=26 August 2021|website=www.thecitizen.in|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Daya Ram Sahni]], first director-general of the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] (ASI)<ref name=":2" />
* [[Ram Nath Chopra]], Father of Indian [[Pharmacology]]<ref name=":2" />
* [[Birbal Sahni]], Indian [[Paleobotany|Paleobotanist]] and elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] of London (FRS) <ref name=":2" />
* [[Mahesh Prasad Mehray]], Indian [[Ophthalmology|ophthalmologist]] and the founder of Sitapur Eye Hospital<ref name=":2" />
*[[Mahatma Hansraj]], co-founder of [[D.A.V. College Managing Committee|Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Schools (D.A.V)]] on whose memory [[Hansraj College]] was established.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Cush|first1=Denise|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3N4mGlbutbgC&dq=born+in+a+khatri+family&pg=PA283|title=Encyclopedia of Hinduism|last2=Robinson|first2=Catherine|last3=York|first3=Michael|date=21 August 2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-18978-5|pages=283|language=en}}</ref>
*[[F. C. Kohli|Faqir Chand Kohli]], also known as "father of Indian software Industry", founder of [[Tata Consultancy Services|Tata Consulltancy Services (TCS)]]<ref>{{Citation|title=Oral History of F.C. Kohli|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkSRrxpQDKA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/xkSRrxpQDKA| archive-date=12 December 2021 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=18 September 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

== Business and finance ==

*[[Jagdish Chandra Mahindra|J.C]] and [[Kailash Chandra Mahindra|K.C Mahindra]] ,founders of [[Mahindra & Mahindra]].It is a part of the [[Mahindra Group]],an Indian [[Conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Damodaran|first=Harish|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zWkfAQAAIAAJ|title=India's New Capitalists: Caste, Business, and Industry in a Modern Nation|date=15 May 2008|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-0-230-20507-9|location=|pages=69–72|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Thapar">{{cite book|last1=Chopra|first1=Pran Nath|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Religions_and_Communities_of_India/HAtuAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Pran+Nath+Thapar+khatri&dq=Pran+Nath+Thapar+khatri&printsec=frontcover|title=Religions and Communities of India|publisher=East-West Publications|year=1982|isbn=978-0-85692-081-3|page=115|language=en|access-date=20 November 2020}}</ref>
*[[Mohan Singh Oberoi]] ,founder and chairman of [[The Oberoi Group]]<ref name=":0" />
* [[Karam Chand Thapar]], of the [[Thapar Group]] of companies.<ref name="Thapar" />
*[[Har Prasad Nanda|HP Nanda]], founder of [[Escorts Limited]]<ref name=":0" />
*[[Ponty Chadha]], founder of Wave Group<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=Damodaran|first=Harish|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=92F7DwAAQBAJ&dq=aaj+tak+punjab+kesri+khatri&pg=PT306|title=INDIA'S NEW CAPITALISTS: Caste, Business, and Industry in a Modern Nation|date=25 November 2018|publisher=Hachette India|isbn=978-93-5195-280-0|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Om Prakash Munjal]], founder of [[Hero MotoCorp]] and [[Hero Cycles]]<ref name=":0" />
*[[Lala Jagat Narain]], founder of [[Punjab Kesari|Punjab Kesri]]<ref name=":3" />
*[[Lala Harkishen Lal]], also known as "Napoleon of Finance", co-founder of [[Punjab National Bank]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sheikh|first=Majid|date=15 February 2015|title=HARKING BACK: Man who introduced electricity to Lahore|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1163686|access-date=3 September 2021|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The rise and fall of Harkishen Lal {{!}} Political Economy {{!}} thenews.com.pk|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/562600-rise-fall-harkishen-lal|access-date=3 September 2021|website=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}}</ref>

== Bollywood ==
* [[Dev Anand]], Indian actor<ref name=":3" />
* [[Kanika Kapoor]], Indian singer<ref>{{Cite web|date=21 June 2016|title=I'm not Punjabi, I don't know Punjabi: Kanika Kapoor|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/music/im-not-punjabi-i-dont-know-punjabi-kanika-kapoor-2866104/|access-date=23 September 2020|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Prithviraj Kapoor]], Indian actor<ref>{{cite news |title=Remembering an icon: Prithviraj Kapoor |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/2010/sep/09/remembering-an-icon-prithviraj-kapoor-185155.html |access-date=26 November 2020 |work=New Indian Express |date=9 September 2010}}</ref>
* [[Raj Kapoor]], Indian actor<ref>{{cite book |last1=Khilnani |first1=Sunil |title=Incarnations India in 50 Lives |date=2016 |publisher=Penguin Books Limited |isbn=9780241208236 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Incarnations/poiGCwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=raj+kapoor+khatri+caste&pg=PT366&printsec=frontcover}}</ref>
*[[Balraj Sahni]], Indian actor<ref name=":7">{{Cite book|last=Dwyer|first=Rachel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lzr8DwAAQBAJ&dq=khatri&pg=PA4|title=Yash Chopra|date=25 July 2019|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-83902-132-9|pages=4|language=en}}</ref>
* [[B. R. Chopra|B.R Chopra]], Indian director<ref name=":7" />
* [[Rajesh Khanna]], Indian actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Farook |first1=Farhana |title=Rajesh Khanna's rooh is still in Aashirwad |url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/rajesh-khannas-rooh-is-still-in-aashirwad-9782.html |website=Filmfare |access-date=8 February 2021 |language=en |date=10 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Ayushmann Khurrana]], Indian actor<ref name=":5">{{Citation|title=Ayushman Khurrana and Parineeti Chopra said that they are Khatri|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JhSQKtKj9E|language=en|access-date=26 August 2021}}</ref>
*[[Parineeti Chopra]], Indian actor<ref name=":5" />

== Literature and Poetry ==
[[File:Amrita Pritam-New Delhi-Dec 1969-Pic Ravinder Ravi.jpg|thumb|202x202px|Amrita Pritam, Punjabi novelist]]

* [[Amrita Pritam]] (born in [[Gujranwala]]), Punjabi author<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Roy |first1=Anjali Gera |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YWB0GmmoOSMC&dq=amrita+pritam+arora+khatri&pg=PA2 |title=Partitioned Lives: Narratives of Home, Displacement, and Resettlement |last2=Bhatia |first2=Nandi |date=2008 |publisher=Pearson Education India |isbn=978-81-317-1416-4 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Devaki Nandan Khatri]], Hindi author<ref>{{Cite book |last=Puri |first=Baij Nath |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ytuAAAAMAAJ&q=devakinandan+khatri+punjabi+family+a+socio+cultural |title=The Khatris, a Socio-cultural Study |date=1988 |publisher=M.N. Publishers and Distributors |language=en}}</ref>

== Politics ==

* [[Inder Kumar Gujral]] (born in [[Jhelum]]), 12th Prime Minister of India<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ghai|first=Rajat|date=7 May 2014|title=The office of Prime Minister: A largely north Indian upper-caste, Hindu affair|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/the-office-of-prime-minister-a-largely-north-indian-upper-caste-hindu-affair-114050700846_1.html|access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref>
*[[Gulzarilal Nanda]] (born in [[Sialkot]]), Two-time Acting Prime Minister of India<ref name=":8" />
*[[Giani]] [[Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir|Gurmukh Singh Musafir]] (born in [[Attock]]), Former Chief Minister of Punjab
*[[Balraj Madhok]], [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|RSS]] veteran and founder of [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad|ABVP]] & [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|BJS]]
*[[Sheila Dikshit|Sheila Kapoor Dikshit]] (born in [[Kapurthala]]), Former Chief Minister of Delhi<ref>{{Cite book|last=Padalkar|first=Ravindra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dbgUEAAAQBAJ&dq=JAWAHAR+LAL+NEHRU+PUNJABI+KHATRI&pg=PT297|title=Ruling Dynasties of Independent India - Volume 1|date=16 January 2021|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-1-63714-799-3|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Madan Lal Khurana]] (born in [[Lyallpur]]), Former Chief Minister of Delhi<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jaffrelot|first=Christophe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XAO3i_gS61wC&q=madan+lal+khurana+khatri|title=Religion, Caste, and Politics in India|date=2010|publisher=Primus Books|isbn=978-93-80607-04-7|pages=298–299|language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Lists of Indian people by community|Khatri]]

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