Kohli (clan)
Regions with significant populations | |
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India, Pakistan | |
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Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu | |
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Hinduism, Sikhism, with some Muslim minority | |
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Kukhrain |
Kohli is a Khatri clan of Hindus and Sikhs originating from Punjab and parts of Jammu in Jammu and Kashmir in north-western India.
The clan is a member of the Khukhrain of the Khatri sub-caste, the other seven members being Anand, Arora, Sahni/Sawhney, Sethi, Bhasin, Sabharwal, Chadha and Suri.[1]
The neighborhood Kohlian da Mohalla (Mohalla Kohlian Wala) in Bhera, Punjab, Pakistan is named after the clan.
![Reddish, three-story residential building with balconies on the top two stories.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e7/MohallaKohlianWala.jpg/220px-MohallaKohlianWala.jpg)
A haveli (residential building) in Kohlian da Mohalla (Mohalla Kohlian Wala), Bhera, Pakistan.
Kohli is also a Swiss-German surname, originally spelled Köhli.
References[]
- ^ Singh, Kumar Suresh, ed. (1998). India's Communities. Oxford University Press (OUP). p. 1732. ISBN 978-0195633542. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
The Khokhran Khatri have eight clans, namely Anand, Bhasin, Chadha, Kohli, Sabarwal, Sawhney, Sethi, and Suri.
Categories:
- Khatri clans
- Indian surnames
- Pakistani names
- Punjabi-language surnames