Sunday, February 28, 2010

History Of Arora's

Aroras seem to have settled in bisla during the time of Maharaja Ranjit Singh or even earlier. There is a street in Amritsar named as ‘Arorianwali Gali’.

Later, Aroras got unsettled from Aror by either the numerous Muslim invaders or a curse of an angered saint (as per folklores). But from there, they did get dispersed (for whatever reasons) to various parts of Punjab (especially southern and western parts), Rajasthan (mainly Nagaur and Jodhpur) Sindh and Gujarat. Many Sindhis, Gujaratis (of Lohana community) and Rajasthani Khatris (Nagauri and Jodhpuri Khatris) have surnames of Punjabi Aroras