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{{infobox caste
|caste_name = Kamboj
|classification = Agriculture, Poultry/Meat Farms, Aroma Sticks
|subdivisions = Vishnu
|populated_states = [[India]], [[UK]], Europe
|languages = [[Punjabi]], [[Hindi]] other Eurpoean languages
|religions = [[Sikhism]], [[Hinduism]], [[Islam]]}}


Sikh Kamboj - (Backward Caste), Also See [[Khinda]]
The Kambojs are a Northern Indian ethnic tribe that inhabits the Punjab, also related to Ancient Persia and Vishnu god. In Old Era & Modern Era Period in Punjab Sikh Kamboj Professions were Eye Spirit Workers, Ghost Spirit Workers, Ghost Hearing Spirit Workers, Aroma Sticks Worshippers


The Kambojs are a Northern Indian ethnic tribe that inhabits the Punjab, also related Vishnu (God)
The '''Kamboj or Kamboh''' people are the modern representatives of ancient Kambojas, a well known '''Kshatriya tribe''' of Indo-Aryans, stated to have had both Indian as well as Iranian affinities and mentioned in ancient Sanskrit texts and epigraphy.


[[File:Sikh Kamboj (Khanda).jpg|thumb|150px|left|(Sikh Kamboj)]]
The Kambojas were an Indo-European Kshatriya tribe of Iron Age India, frequently mentioned in (post-Vedic) Sanskrit and Pali literature, making their first appearance in the Mahabharata and contemporary Vedanga literature (roughly from the 5th century BCE). Their Kamboja Kingdoms were likely located in regions on both sides of the Hindukush (see Kamboja Location).


== Agriculture ==
They apparently qualify as an '''Indo-Iranian''' people, better as Iranians, cognate to the '''Indo-Scythians'''. “It seems from some inscriptions that the Kambojas were a royal clan of the Sakas better known under the Greek name of Scyths”.  
* Aroma Sticks
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In the wake of Indo-Scythian invasion of India during the pre-Kushana period, Kambojas appear to have migrated to Bengal, Sri Lanka and Cambodia in the period spanning the 2nd century BCE and the 5th century CE. Their descendants held various principalities in Medieval India, the one in north-west Bengal being seized, around middle of tenth century CE, from the Palas in Bengal.


* Agriculture
Their Muslim counter-parts living in Pakistan mostly use Kamboh instead. The Kambojs/Kambohs are the modern reprentatives of ancient Kambojas, a well known Kshatriya tribe of Indo-Aryans, stated to have had both Indian as well as Iranian affinities [1].
is the cultivation of animals, plants, vegetables, and other life forms for food, fiber, biofuel, medicinal and other products used to sustain and enhance human life. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the development of civilization. The study of agriculture is known as agricultural science, and its development has been driven and defined by greatly different climates, cultures, and technologies. In the civilized world, industrial agriculture based on large scale monoculture farming has become the dominant agricultural methodology.


Agronomy, Plant Breeding, Agrochemicals such as pesticides and fertilizers, and technological developments have in many cases sharply increased yields from cultivation, but at the same time have caused widespread ecological damage and negative human health effects. Selective breeding and modern practices in animal husbandry have similarly increased the output of meat, but have raised concerns about animal welfare and the health effects of the antibiotics, growth hormones, and other chemicals commonly used in industrial meat production.


* Poultry Meat Farms
===Traditions===
White Meat Poultry is available fresh white meat, as whole birds or as joints cuts, bone in or deboned, seasoned in various ways, raw or ready cooked. The meatiest parts of a bird are the flight muscles on its chest, called "breast" meat, and the walking muscles on the legs, called the thigh and drumstick.


Red Meat Poultry is available, as whole lamb sheep or as joints cuts, shoulder, leg and mutton, which avian myologists refer to as red muscle, is used for sustained activity chiefly walking. The dark colour comes from the protein myoglobin, which plays a key role in oxygen uptake and storage within cells.


Raising of domesticated birds such as chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese for the purpose of farming meat or eggs for food. Poultry are farmed in great numbers with chickens being the most numerous. More than 50 billion chickens are raised annually as a source of food, for both their meat and their eggs.[
'''Hindu Kambohs''' are related to the Rajputs. They came in the period of Mahabharat to the regions where they live now.


== Sikh Damdami Taksal ==
===Agriculturists===


[[File:Baba Deep Singh.jpg|thumb|180px|left|(Baba Deep Singh (Kamboj)]]


[[File:Baba Deep Singh Shrine.jpg|thumb|180px|left|(Baba Deep Singh Shrine)]]
Numerous foreign and Indian writers have described the modern ''''''Sikh Kambojs'''/Kambohs''' as one of the '''finest class of agriculturists''' of India.[6]


* Baba Deep Singh (Kamboj)
The majority of Krishi Pandit awards in Rajasthan/India have been won by the Kamboj agriculturists. Col Lal Singh Kamboj, a landlord from Uttar Pradesh, was the first Indian farmer to win the Padma Shri award for progressive farming in 1968.
Baba Deep Singh (1682–1757) is revered among Sikhs as one of the most hallowed martyrs in Sikhism and as a highly religious person. He is remembered for his sacrifice and devotion to the teachings of the Sikh Gurus. According to the Sikh legend, Baba Deep Singh (Kamboj) had vowed to avenge the desecration of the Golden Temple by the Afghan army. In 1757, he led an army to defend the Golden Temple.


* Baba Deep Singh Shrine (Kamboj Palace)
===Kamboh Sikhs===
Responsible for the distribution of the Guru Granth Sahib to other parts of the world and was the "head granthi" (head priest) of Baba Deep Singh Shrine in Golden Temple (Complex).


* (Kamboj) Shaheedan Misl
The Kambohs, who number about 150,000, are found mostly in the districts of Karnal, Umballa, Jullunder, Montgomery, Lahore and Amritsar. They are agriculturists by profession, and have a very high reputation as such.  
Baba Deep Singh (Kamboj) was appointed the leader of the Shaheedan Misl and the Mahant of the Takht Sri Damdama Sahib. In 1757, Ahmad Shah Abdali invaded India and sent an army to the Harmindar Sahib to block Sikhs from entering the Gurdwara. Baba Deep Singh and a company of men who rode with him to free the gurdwara were killed in the Battle of Gohalwar (1757) against the Durrani Army.


Sikh Kambojs their reverence for the famous Misl leader, Baba Deep Singh (Kamboj) (1743-1759), who was a Kamboj. Baba Deep Singh Shrine by Everyone Tan Tan Waheguru Sikh Kamboj Very Important in Harmandir Sahib.
About twenty-three per cent, of them are Sikhs by religion, thirty-seven per cent, are Mahomedans, and forty per cent, are Hindus. Kamboh Sikhs are very numerous in Kapurthala, and they make very good soldiers, being of fine physique, and plucky.


Sikh Kamboj 5 Northwest Frontier Province of Punjab during (Baba Deep Singh (Kamboj) - in 17th Century Punjab during Sikh Damdami Taksal
Among the other rural landowning castes among Sikhs, prominent ones  are Jat, Mahton, Saini and Kamboh.  These castes were also recruited in the Royal Indian Army in the colonial period in large numbers and were considered good soldiers .


* Khinda - Northwest Frontier Province of Punjab, Surname of Kamboj Misl of Sikh Damdami Taksal
All of these castes have pockets of their influence and dominance in certain districts where they exclusively own a number of villages , but on the whole they are  numerically overshadowed by Jats all over Punjab. Sainis have their stronghold in Hoshiarpur , Gurdaspur and Ropar districts where they  hold and dominate significant number of villages. Mahtons hold a number of villages in Kapurthala, Jalandhar and also Hoshiarpur.
* Dhanju - Northwest Frontier Province of Punjab, Surname of Kamboj Misl of Sikh Damdami Taksal
* Merhok - Northwest Frontier Province of Punjab, Surname of Kamboj Misl of Sikh Damdami Taksal
Similarly, Kamboh lead in a number of villages near  Sunam, Philaur , Kapurthala and Nakodar. Famous Indian freedom fighter and martyr Sardar Udham Singh was a Kamboh.
* Handa- Northwest Frontier Province of Punjab, Surname of Kamboj Misl of Sikh Damdami Taksal
* Jossan - Northwest Frontier Province of Punjab, Surname of Kamboj Misl of Sikh Damdami Taksal


== Kamboj Classified with Other Castes & Kamboj Matrimonials ==
== History of Sikh Kambojs ==
Historically, the Kamboj has had strong links and similarity same as [[Kumhar]] and [[Lohar]] Caste, with whom they have been very close friends and allies, a close bond that continues to this day. Kamboj Marriages are very strict have to be Kamboj Matrimonial, similer to Kumhar and Lohar Matrimonials, Mainly Kumhar and Lohar friends will find Kamboj Marimonials for Kambojs.
 
Sikh Kambojs their reverence for the famous Misl leader, Baba Deep Singh (1793-1881), who was a Kamboj.  
 
== Notable Kamboj Politicians and Miscs ==
 
Udham Singh, Bhai Tehal Singh Dhanju, Rupinder Handa
 
==Kamboj Clans==


==Kamboj Gotras==
Angiarey,   
Angiarey,   
Bajye,  
Bajye,  

Latest revision as of 13:53, 28 December 2015

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ਜਾਣਹੁ ਜੋਤਿ ਨ ਪੂਛਹੁ ਜਾਤੀ ਆਗੈ ਜਾਤਿ ਨ ਹੇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ (ਪੰਨਾ 349, ਸਤਰ 13, Nanak)

Sikhism does not endorse caste based distinctions in society that lead to unequal opportunities for some people. In fact, Sikhism completely rejects class or race based distinctions between humans, that leads us to make an inequitable society. Such distinctions have surfaced only due to ill interests of certain section of people, who, on the pretext of making a society more manageable through these classifications, eventually paved the way to an unequal grouping within the human race. This article is just for information purpose and to share how people from different castes came into the Sikh fold. So, please treat this article as a source of general information about this issue and kindly do not amend this article to highlight this important underlying Sikh principle. If you have any comments, please discuss them appropriately here

The Kambojs are a Northern Indian ethnic tribe that inhabits the Punjab, also related to Ancient Persia and Vishnu god. In Old Era & Modern Era Period in Punjab Sikh Kamboj Professions were Eye Spirit Workers, Ghost Spirit Workers, Ghost Hearing Spirit Workers, Aroma Sticks Worshippers

The Kamboj or Kamboh people are the modern representatives of ancient Kambojas, a well known Kshatriya tribe of Indo-Aryans, stated to have had both Indian as well as Iranian affinities and mentioned in ancient Sanskrit texts and epigraphy.

The Kambojas were an Indo-European Kshatriya tribe of Iron Age India, frequently mentioned in (post-Vedic) Sanskrit and Pali literature, making their first appearance in the Mahabharata and contemporary Vedanga literature (roughly from the 5th century BCE). Their Kamboja Kingdoms were likely located in regions on both sides of the Hindukush (see Kamboja Location).

They apparently qualify as an Indo-Iranian people, better as Iranians, cognate to the Indo-Scythians. “It seems from some inscriptions that the Kambojas were a royal clan of the Sakas better known under the Greek name of Scyths”.

In the wake of Indo-Scythian invasion of India during the pre-Kushana period, Kambojas appear to have migrated to Bengal, Sri Lanka and Cambodia in the period spanning the 2nd century BCE and the 5th century CE. Their descendants held various principalities in Medieval India, the one in north-west Bengal being seized, around middle of tenth century CE, from the Palas in Bengal.

Their Muslim counter-parts living in Pakistan mostly use Kamboh instead. The Kambojs/Kambohs are the modern reprentatives of ancient Kambojas, a well known Kshatriya tribe of Indo-Aryans, stated to have had both Indian as well as Iranian affinities [1].


Traditions

Hindu Kambohs are related to the Rajputs. They came in the period of Mahabharat to the regions where they live now.

Agriculturists

Numerous foreign and Indian writers have described the modern 'Sikh Kambojs'/Kambohs as one of the finest class of agriculturists of India.[6]

The majority of Krishi Pandit awards in Rajasthan/India have been won by the Kamboj agriculturists. Col Lal Singh Kamboj, a landlord from Uttar Pradesh, was the first Indian farmer to win the Padma Shri award for progressive farming in 1968.

Kamboh Sikhs

The Kambohs, who number about 150,000, are found mostly in the districts of Karnal, Umballa, Jullunder, Montgomery, Lahore and Amritsar. They are agriculturists by profession, and have a very high reputation as such.

About twenty-three per cent, of them are Sikhs by religion, thirty-seven per cent, are Mahomedans, and forty per cent, are Hindus. Kamboh Sikhs are very numerous in Kapurthala, and they make very good soldiers, being of fine physique, and plucky.

Among the other rural landowning castes among Sikhs, prominent ones are Jat, Mahton, Saini and Kamboh. These castes were also recruited in the Royal Indian Army in the colonial period in large numbers and were considered good soldiers .

All of these castes have pockets of their influence and dominance in certain districts where they exclusively own a number of villages , but on the whole they are numerically overshadowed by Jats all over Punjab. Sainis have their stronghold in Hoshiarpur , Gurdaspur and Ropar districts where they hold and dominate significant number of villages. Mahtons hold a number of villages in Kapurthala, Jalandhar and also Hoshiarpur.

Similarly, Kamboh lead in a number of villages near Sunam, Philaur , Kapurthala and Nakodar. Famous Indian freedom fighter and martyr Sardar Udham Singh was a Kamboh.

History of Sikh Kambojs

Sikh Kambojs their reverence for the famous Misl leader, Baba Deep Singh (1793-1881), who was a Kamboj.

Notable Kamboj Politicians and Miscs

Udham Singh, Bhai Tehal Singh Dhanju, Rupinder Handa

Kamboj Clans

Angiarey, Bajye, Chandi, Chatrath, Chimbe, Dhanju, Dhoat, Jaiya, Jakhpal, Jammu, Jossan, Judge, Handa, Hullar, Kambo, Kamboj, Khinda, Khinde, Kaura, Kayar, Latamba, Mardak, Mehrok, Mutti, Nagpal, Nanda, Nehra, Nibber, Pandhu, Patanrai, Sama, Sandha, Sandhay, Shahi, Thind, Turna, Unmal,

Social Groups

Rajput ♣♣ Khatri ♣♣ Lohar ♣♣ Kumhar ♣♣ Nai ♣♣ Chamar ♣♣ Arora ♣♣ Bhatra ♣♣ Agrawal ♣♣ Bania ♣♣ Sindhi ♣♣ Saini ♣♣ Julaha