Kharbanda
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Kharbanda (Hindi: आरॊरा, Punjabi: ਆਰੋਰਾ). It is a family name of Arora caste in India. Kharbanda are mainly spread through Northern India; most famous persons are Kulbhushan Kharbanda, film actor & Kirpal Singh Kharbanda founder of Pindi Sweets, Nai Sarak.
In India, they reside in Punjab (India, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Gujarat and other parts of the country. In Pakistan, they are mainly found in Punjab (Pakistan) and Sindh. They have also spread to all parts of the world.
They are a group of Indo-Aryans who remained in the Indus Valley throughout most of their history. However, the Arora people were separated from the other Kshatriya in their move to the city of Aror, which is believed to be at the request of the Brahmin community led by Parsurama. The Kharbanda people were originally Hindu, but over their history some of them have accepted Sikhism or Islam.
