Bindra

Bindra is a Punjabi surname found among Khatris and Jat.{{Cite book |last= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZzZuAAAAMAAJ&q=bindra+khatris |title=Punjab State Gazetteer |date=2000 |publisher=Revenue and Rehabilitation Department, Punjab |language=en |quote=The principal sub - castes among the Khatris in the district are: Malhotra, Kapur, Katial, Chopra, Sehgal, Mehta, Dhawan, Vig, Behl, Uppal, Talwar, etc.}}{{cite book |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |last2=Coates |first2=Richard |last3=McClure |first3=Peter |authorlink1=Patrick Hanks |authorlink2=Richard Coates |editor1-last=Hanks |editor1-first=Patrick |editor2-last=Hardcastle |editor2-first=Kate |editor3-last=Scherr |editor3-first=Jennifer |display-editors=1 |title=The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland |year=2016 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0199677764 |page=233 |edition=1st |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0AyDDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA233 |accessdate=21 June 2020 |quote=Bindra: ... Indian (Panjab): Sikh, based on the name of a Jat clan.}} Many Khatris clans were native to the Rawalpindi district of West Punjab before the Partition of India.{{Cite book|last1=Banga|first1=Indu|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z2xuAAAAMAAJ&q=bindra+khatris|title=Maharaja Ranjit Singh: The State and Society|last2=Grewal|first2=J. S.|date=2001|publisher=Guru Nanak Dev University|isbn=978-81-7770-029-9|language=en}}