Khattar facts for kids

Khattar is a tribe found in northern part of Punjab mainly in Rawalpindi and Attock districts and some parts of KPK in Pakistan.A small number of Khattars live in India.

The Khattars belongs to Arora clan which is one of the branches of Khatri Caste (ਖੱਤਰੀ - Kshatriya in Punjab Region). This surname is one of the most predominant Arora Khatri (ਅਰੋੜਾ ਖੱਤਰੀ) surnames whose traces were found in Multan. In post-independence India, Arora Khatris mainly reside in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Gujarat.

Notable people

Pakistan

• Nawab Muhammad Hayat Khan. A punjabi muslim administrator in Bristish rule.
• Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan ,First Prime Minister of Punjab Province in British India.
• Shaukat Hayat Khan. ,A senior Muslim league politician
• Yawar Hayat Khan senior director/producer of Pakistan Television
• General (retd) Ahsan Azhar Hayat , former senior officer of the Pakistan Army and ex-ambassador to Jordan
• Major (retd) Tahir Sadiq.(MNA NA-55 and Ex district nazim Attock)
• Ghulam Sarwar Khan.(Federal petroleum minister,MNA NA-59 and senior leader PTI party)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.na.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=723%7Ctitle=Ghulam sarwar khan|last=|first=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=

India

• Manohar Lal Khattar (Chief minister,Haryana)
• Ishaan Khattar (Bollywood Actor, half-brother of Shahid Kapoor)