Punjabi Hindus.

Punjabi Hindus are a group of people that follow the Hindu religion and have their roots and origin in the Punjab region of the Indian Subcontinent. In India, most Punjabi Hindus are concentrated in the states of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi. There has also been a continuous migration of Punjabi Hindus to major world countries like the US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand and Dubai.
Hinduism has been prevalent in Punjab since historical times before the arrival of Islam and birth of Sikhism in Punjab. Some of the influential Sikh figures such as Guru Nanak, Banda Singh Bahadur, Bhai Mati Das, all originated from Hindu families of Punjab. Thirteen of the fifteen Sikh bhagats who had their writings included in the SGGS were Hindu. Later many of Punjab's Hindus converted to Sikhism, initially a Hindu sect found by Guru Nanak Dev, whose family hailed from a Hindu Khatri family. The Religious composition of population percentage in census table of 1881–1941 census shows that Punjabi Hindus decreased their population. Year 1881 Muslims 47.6 Hindus 43.8 Sikhs 8.2 Christians 0.1 Others 0.3 Year 1891 Muslims 47.8 Hindus 43.6 Sikhs 8.2 Christians 0.2 Others 0.2 Year 1901 Muslims 49.6 Hindus 41.3 Sikhs 8.6 Christians 0.3 Others 0.2 Year 1911 Muslims 51.1 Hindus 35.8 Sikhs 12.1 Christians 0.8 Others 0.2 Year 1921 Muslims 51.1 Hindus 35.1 Sikhs 12.4 Christians 1.3 Others 0.1 Year 1931 Muslims 52.4 Hindus 30.2 Sikhs 14.3 Christians 1.5 Others 1.6 Year 1941 Muslims 53.2 Hindus 29.1 Sikhs 14.9 Christians 1.5 Others 1.3 Evidently, that there was a distinct fall in the percentage share of the Hindus while the Muslims and the Sikhs made a significant headway in their proportion. The Christians also recorded a noticeable increase in their numbers. In fact, Punjabi Hindus can trace their roots from the time of the Vedas. Many modern day cities in Indian Punjab and Pakistani Punjab are still named from that period like Lahore, Jalandhar, Chandigarh and so on. Examples of Punjabi Hindus include the former Prime ministers of India I.K. Gujral and Gulzari Lal Nanda and former Indian cricketer Kapil Dev and scientist Hargobind Khorana. The caste system is present among the Hindu castes of Punjab. Some prominents castes of Punjab are Jat, Brahmin, Agarwal, Rajput, Khatri, Bhatia, Arora, Chamar, Valmiki, Lohar, Saini, Gujjar etc. Punjabi Hindus have a unique culture which very closely resembles that of the Sikhs and also differs from theirs in many other ways. They usually have a very liberal lifestyle and are famous for their lavish wedding parties.

Indian Punjabi Hindus have been very dominant in business, the army, sports, and the cinema of Punjab and India. Notable Punjabi Hindus. Sukhdev Thapar, Freedom Fighter Kapoor family, famous family of the Hindi film industry. Gulshan Kumar, founder of T-Series Akshay Kumar, actor Govinda, actor Virat Kohli, Indian cricketer Sanjay Dutt,actor Hrithik Roshan, actor Vinod Khanna, actor Kulbhushan Kharbanda, actor Gautam Gambhir, Indian cricketer Himansh Kohli, actor Gulshan Grover, actor Om Puri, actor Amrish Puri, actor Ayushman Khurana, actor Har Gobind Khorana, Noble prize winner Naresh Goyal, chairman of Jet Airways Sabeer Bhatia, co-founder of Hotmail King Porus, ancient Hindu king of Paurava Mehar Mittal, famous Punjabi actor and comedian Sunil Mittal, chairman of Bharti Enterprises Kriti Sanon, actress Sidharth Malhotra, actor Kimi Verma, actress Juhi Chawla, actress Shiv Kumar Batalvi, famous Punjabi romantic poet Satish Kaul, Punjabi film actor, popularly known as the 'Amitabh Bachchan of Punjabi cinema' Divya Dutta, actress Kapil Sharma, comedian, singer and actor B.N. Sharma, Punjabi comedian Himanshu Suri, Desi rapper and activist from Queens, New York Yuyutsu Sharma, Poet Sunil Dutt, actor Ajay Devgan,actor Arjun Rampal,actor