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The Kamboj (Devanagari: कम्बोज, Nastaliq: کمبوج, Gurumukhi: ਕੰਬੋਜ ALA-LC: Template:Transliteration), also Kamboh (Nastaliq: کمبوہ ALA-LC: Template:Transliteration), is a caste and agrarian community of India and Pakistan.[1][2]
Demographics
Religion
As per the 1931 census of British Punjab, most Kambojs followed Sikhism (42.4%) and Islam (41.5%), with a considerable minority following Hinduism (16.1%).[3]
The Hindu Kambojs and the Sikh Kambojs are found in the Punjab, Haryana and Jammu regions in India, while most of the Muslim Kambojs, known as Kambohs, are found in the province of Punjab in Pakistan.[4]
The Muslim Kambohs were particularly influential in the administration and the military of the Mughal Empire from the times of Akbar onward. Some famous personalities include Mughal general Shahbaz Khan Kamboh and 16-century Sufi saint Shaikh Gadai Kamboh.[5]
Numbers
As per the 2017 Pakistani census, Kamboh made around 5% of Lahore's population, which back then amounted to some 550,000 individuals out of a total population of 11 million.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ The Punjab Under Imperialism, 1885-1947{{#if:Ali|, Ali}. Princeton University Press(14 July 2014). ISBN 978-1-4008-5958-0
- ↑ Haryana{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Anthropological Survey of India(1994). ISBN 978-81-7304-091-7
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- ↑ The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. OUP Oxford(27 March 2014). ISBN 978-0-19-100411-7
- ↑ The Kambohs: A Prominent Community of Indian Muslims in the Sixteenth Century (summary). Proceedings of the Indian History Congress({Template:Date).
- ↑ District Profile. District Lahore - Government of Punjab.