Lalkhani

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The Lalkhani are a Muslim Rajput community, found in North India. They are a sub-division of the Bargujar Rajput family who adopted Islam. The community is found mainly in the districts of Aligarh, Hathras, Bulandshahr, and Badaun.{{cite book |title=Bengal, Past & Present: Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society |date=1967 |publisher=The Society |pages=44,45,46 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TxbjAAAAMAAJ&q=lalkhani |access-date=6 June 2025 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Hutton |first1=John Henry |title=Caste in India: Its Nature, Function, and Origins |date=1961 |publisher=Indian Branch, Oxford University Press |pages=121 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cuHUAAAAMAAJ&q=lalkhani |access-date=6 June 2025 |language=en}}{{cite book |title=Cambridge South Asian Studies |date=1965 |isbn=978-0-521-20432-3 |pages=20 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vTBRAQAAIAAJ&q=lalkhani |access-date=6 June 2025 |language=en}}

The Lalkhani are said once held estates in the districts of Bulandshahr.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QS7FmiBwt-QC&pg=PA20 |title=Separatism Among Indian Muslims: The Politics of the United Provinces |first=Francis |last=Robinson |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2007 |pages=19–20|isbn=9780521048262}}Lalkhani estates were those of Pindrawal , Sadabad , Danpur , Dharampur , Pahasu and Chhatari.

From Lalkhani clan came Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari "Nawab of Chhatri", a prominent Muslim League politician, and last Prime Minister of the Hyderabad State.{{cite book |last1=Singh |first1=Nagendra Kr |title=Encyclopaedia of Muslim Biography: I-M |date=2001 |publisher=A.P.H. Publishing Corporation |isbn=978-81-7648-233-2 |pages=437 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qVtuAAAAMAAJ&q=NAWAB+chhatari+LALKHANI |access-date=6 June 2025 |language=en}}