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Kashmiri Pandits

The Kashmiri Pandits (also known as Kashmiri Brahmins)[7] are a group of Kashmiri Hindus and a part of the larger Saraswat Brahmin community of India. They belong to the Pancha Gauda Brahmin group[8] from the Kashmir Valley,[9][10] located within the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Kashmiri Pandits are Hindu Kashmiris native to the Kashmir Valley, and the only remaining Hindu Kashmiris after the large-scale of conversion of the Valley's population to Islam during the medieval times.[11][12] Prompted by the growth of Islamic militancy in the valley, large numbers left in the exodus of the 1990s. Even so, small numbers remain.

Further information: Kashmiri Hindus

(or Bhatt)[81][82][83][84]

Bhat

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Lone

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Kaul

Raina[87]

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Kak

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Kachru

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Kichlu

Mantu (or Mantoo/Mintoo)

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Haksar

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Handoo

Ganai

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Tikoo

Tantray

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Mattoo

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Pandit

Rajguru

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Bhan

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Bakshi

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Bazaz

Rather

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Razdan

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Munshi

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Sapru

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Zutshi

Magre (or Magray)

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Yatoo

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Wali

Wazir

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Madan

Wain

lawyer and leader of Indian National Congress[88][a]

Motilal Nehru

former Prime Minister of India[88]

Jawaharlal Nehru

former Prime Minister of India[88]

Indira Gandhi

politician and diplomat[88]

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

bureaucrat and diplomat[91]

P. N. Haksar

freedom fighter, lawyer, and politician[92]

Tej Bahadur Sapru

ninth Chief of the Army Staff of Indian Army[93]

Tapishwar Narain Raina

Indian Police Service officer of the Gujarat-cadre[94]

Sanjiv Bhatt

actor[95]

Raaj Kumar

actor [96]

Anupam Kher

actor[97]

Kunal Khemu

actor[98]

Mohit Raina

actor[99]

Rajendranath Zutshi

actor[100]

Manav Kaul

Indian cricketer[101]

Suresh Raina

founder and first secretary of R&AW[102]

R. N. Kao

traveller, diplomat, and author, and an important player in the Great Game[103]

Mohan Lal Zutshi

trade union leader[104]

Sampat Prakash

Indian stand-up comedian[105]

Samay Raina

Buddhism in Kashmir

philosophy

Kashmir Shaivism

Dardic people

Hari Parbat

List of Jammu and Kashmir related articles

, The Ranbir Government Press, 1943

Census of India, 1941, Volume XXII – Jammu and Kashmir, Parts I & II

(PDF), The Ranbir Government Press, 1943

Census of India, 1941, Volume XXII – Jammu and Kashmir, Part III

Bose, Sumantra (1997), , New Delhi: Sage Publications, in association with The Book Review Literary Trust, ISBN 978-0-8039-9350-1

The Challenge in Kashmir: Democracy, self-determination, and a just peace

Evans, Alexander (2002). "A departure from history: Kashmiri Pandits, 1990-2001". Contemporary South Asia. 11 (1): 19–37. :10.1080/0958493022000000341. S2CID 145573161.

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(2008), "Kashmir, Kashmiris, Kashmiriyat: An Introductory Essay", in Rao, Aparna (ed.), The Valley of Kashmir: The Making and Unmaking of a Composite Culture?, Delhi: Manohar. Pp. xviii, 758, pp. 1–36, ISBN 978-81-7304-751-0

Madan, T. N.

Malik, Iffat (2005), Kashmir: Ethnic Conflict, International Dispute, Karachi and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. xxvi, 392,  0-19-579622-5

ISBN

; Metcalf, Thomas R. (2006), A Concise History of Modern India (Cambridge Concise Histories), Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. Pp. xxxiii, 372, ISBN 0-521-68225-8.

Metcalf, Barbara

Rai, Mridu (2004), Hindu Rulers, Muslim Subjects: Islam, Rights, and the History of Kashmir, Princeton University Press/Permanent Black. Pp. xii, 335.,  81-7824-202-8

ISBN

Zutshi, Chitralekha (2004), , C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, ISBN 978-1-85065-700-2

Languages of Belonging: Islam, Regional Identity, and the Making of Kashmir

Bose, Sumantra (2005). Kashmir: roots of conflict, paths to peace. Harvard University Press.  978-0-674-01817-4.

ISBN

Shade, Chinar (19 November 2013),

Sun Worship and Kashmir

Zutshi, Chitraleka (2008). "Shrines, Political Authority, and Religious Identities in Late-Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth-century Kashmir". In Rao, Aparna (ed.). The Valley of Kashmir: The Making and Unmaking of a Composite Culture?. Delhi: Manohar. pp. 235–258.  978-81-7304-751-0.

ISBN

Kashmir Hindu Foundation (KHF)

Panun Kashmir: A Homeland for Kashmiri Pandits

'God of Small Things,' Travelogue in The Indian Express, 5 March 2006, by Arjun Razdan

Kashmiri Pandit association of Europe