Dhai Ghar

The Dhai Ghar (also written as Dhaighar) Khatris[1] originally consisted of three family groups of North India – Kapoor (or Kapur), Khanna and Malhotra (or its alternatives, Mehra, Mehrotra and Mahara).To quote Sudhir Kakar[2] The Khatris were divided into sub-castes.The highest was the Dhai ghar (i.e Two and a half houses – the number three being considered unlucky) grouping, comprising families carrying the surnames of Malhotra, Khanna and Kapur/Kapoor.This article about an Indian ethnicity or social group is a stub.You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
KhatrisNorth IndiaKapoorKhannaMalhotraSudhir Kakar