Ratra

Ratra are a Punjabi clan found in Punjab region of Pakistan and India. Muslim Ratras live in Pakistan while Hindu in India. They Originally Belong to Sialkot (Now in Pakistan)and are decedents of shri "Baba Thamman Shaheed" & of Shri Ratto on whom this clan is known as Ratra

Before independence of Pakistan in 1947, the Hindu Ratras migrated to India, and who were left in Pakistan gradually were converted to Islam and are called now Muslim Ratras settled in Pakistan.

The Ratras are a sub clan of the Dogar".[1]ratra families are living in sialkot , qila didar Singh (gujranwala )more khunda (nankana sahib)and sheikhpura. A large number of ratra families live in UK and USA . They have good and successfull business .

References

  1. ↑ Page 246 In the Book "A Glossary of the Tribes and castes of the Punjab and North -West Frontier Province compiled by H. A. Rose and based on the Census Report for the Punjab 1883, by Sir Denzil Ibbetson and the census report for the Punjab 1892 by Sir Edward Maclagan.
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