Khatri (caste)

The Khatri‌ people‌ or Kirar Baniya^[1] which symbolically used to exegete the weaker section of such epithetic varna based society^[2] and cushioned by an inbreeded criminal background, Khatris traditionally categorised as proletarian Vaishya Jati^[3] , due to their confinement under Other Backward class (OBC) except some spinning boundaries. which centrally lies between the commuted zone of Punjabi and Delhi, where they segmentally concluded under General restitution by central authority of Indian government. ^[source?]

However sometimes they aboriginally decanted as mercantile (trading) collision which further; devastated as credentialed weaver refuging in the state of India and some midstream parts of Ganga Basin, which episodically determined by Brahmin men with redundant Shudra wives, who immensely tried to claim higher status in order to priming them within"Kshatriya" manifestations to enhance their caste profiling or oppressive status similar to Kayastha hegemonic prosperity but theologically it doesn't get acceptance outside of the generic sociality whereas it reflecting to the complexities of caste dynamics.^[source?]

Identity crises

In mid 20th century, for their upward liberation, over the time, they were still able to evaluated within the Vaishya or merchant caste, making this grouping significantly weakly laddered bellow the Jat caste which social , while another theory was that they did not fit into such unicorn society or might've rejected the Priestly Brahminical order and diverged greatly from the feudal elites of the warrior confederacy.

Caste formation

Scholar Opinion

However due to diversified contentions solidified origin of Khatri is still topic of debate and some assimilative theories suggest they notably doesn't coexist within the original Indian varna system and gas-lighted their newly reformed identity with the helpful soughting of Arya Samaj movement whereas in resultant now they able respawn status of divija from outcaste wether they perform ceremonial practice advocated by Sarawat Brahmin,Over the predated eventing some of this seeking huber adjoined the Arya Samaj extremism.

Under Mughal Empire

Therefore, even since the Punjabi Khatri become Proto-bureaucrat's and largely aquatinted for clerking under Mughal officialdom and often recruited as advisory's for their strategic ministry for interacting within lahore darbar but after sometimes later some of this

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References

↑ Levi, Scott C. (2002-05-10), "The Emergence and Ethnic Composition of the Indian Merchant Diaspora", The Indian Diaspora in Central Asia and Its Trade, 1550-1900, Brill, pp. 85–120, ISBN 978-90-474-0120-9, retrieved 2024-12-29
↑ Proceedings - Punjab History Conference. Department of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University. 2006. ISBN 978-81-302-0094-1. The word kirar or khatri trader in Punjab was almost synonymous with coward, "The thieves were four and we eighty four,
↑ Kumar, Vinod; Narayan, Shiv (2012). "Colonial Policy and the Culture of Immigration: Citing the Social History of Varanasi in the Nineteenth Century". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 73: 888–897. ISSN 2249-1937. In 1901 the Khattris received a shock when classified as Vaishyas in the Census and they organized an 'all India' meeting to protest. They had always considered themselves Kshatriyas and decided to agitate until their status was recognized. Their total concentration on trade in Banaras kept them wedded to the processes of vocational and ethical training.

[1] Levi, Scott C. (2002-05-10), "The Emergence and Ethnic Composition of the Indian Merchant Diaspora", The Indian Diaspora in Central Asia and Its Trade, 1550-1900, Brill, pp. 85–120, ISBN 978-90-474-0120-9, retrieved 2024-12-29

[2] Proceedings - Punjab History Conference. Department of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University. 2006. ISBN 978-81-302-0094-1. The word kirar or khatri trader in Punjab was almost synonymous with coward, "The thieves were four and we eighty four,

[3] Kumar, Vinod; Narayan, Shiv (2012). "Colonial Policy and the Culture of Immigration: Citing the Social History of Varanasi in the Nineteenth Century". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 73: 888–897. ISSN 2249-1937. In 1901 the Khattris received a shock when classified as Vaishyas in the Census and they organized an 'all India' meeting to protest. They had always considered themselves Kshatriyas and decided to agitate until their status was recognized. Their total concentration on trade in Banaras kept them wedded to the processes of vocational and ethical training.

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