Khatri

Khatri is a caste from the northern Indian subcontinent. Khatris in India are mostly from the Punjab region, but they later migrated to regions like Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu, Uttarkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Khatris played an important role in India's transregional trade under the Mughal Empire. With the Mughal patronage, they adopted administrative and military roles outside the Punjab region as well. Scott Cameron Levi describes Khatris among the "most important merchant communities of early modern India."

All the Sikh Gurus were Khatris. The current Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, is also a Khatri.