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265:-speaking
242:, Punjabi
195:81% Hindus
124:(7% ) and
95:See also:
58:Haryanavis
1567:10 August
1195:0971-8257
978:The Hindu
582:Hyderabad
491:Rajasthan
375:Partition
347:Partition
331:Hindkowan
105:The Hindu
1577:cite web
1410:The Wire
1390:10 April
1332:Archived
1271:Archived
1225:21 March
1093:20 April
1067:12 April
1061:India TV
988:22 March
482:190,586
451:262,098
432:479,744
421:(mainly
418:Pakistan
409:717,310
359:Bengalis
351:Punjabis
318:, Hindu
308:Calcutta
282:Migrants
259:dialects
255:Punjabis
248:Brahmins
215:ThePrint
154:India TV
146:Brahmins
114:Punjabis
62:Bengalis
54:Punjabis
1483:31 July
1415:31 July
1364:28 June
1200:31 July
1167:31 July
900:Punjabi
888:Punjabi
836:0.001%
823:0.001%
810:0.001%
797:0.002%
790:Tripura
784:0.004%
771:0.005%
647:Ireland
543:Kashmir
495:48,592
485:10.93%
469:Haryana
454:15.03%
435:27.51%
412:41.13%
371:Bengali
355:Sindhis
335:Saraiki
324:Baniyas
320:Rajputs
271:Punjabi
257:of all
244:Khatris
172:In the
163:Muslims
161:(24%),
131:A 2013
122:Gujjars
112:(10%),
66:Biharis
42:Haryana
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1455:
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860:0.01%
816:Russia
803:Ceylon
764:Orissa
758:0.01%
751:Africa
745:0.01%
738:Bhopal
732:0.02%
719:0.03%
712:Mysore
706:0.03%
693:0.04%
680:0.04%
667:0.05%
660:Malaya
654:0.06%
651:1,010
641:0.06%
638:1,073
628:0.07%
625:1,303
615:0.09%
612:1,499
599:1,695
589:0.11%
586:1,870
576:0.11%
573:1,914
563:0.22%
560:3,920
556:Madras
550:0.25%
547:4,444
537:0.33%
534:5,675
524:0.46%
521:8,082
511:0.51%
508:8,956
504:Bombay
498:2.79%
477:Punjab
475:, and
406:Delhi
312:Bengal
120:(8%),
116:(9%),
50:Yamuna
37:Yamuna
1561:(PDF)
1554:(PDF)
1453:JSTOR
896:Hindi
884:Hindi
871:100%
777:China
725:Kutch
686:Burma
673:Assam
634:Nepal
621:Bihar
608:Ajmer
602:0.1%
275:Sikhs
263:Hindi
230:Bihar
182:Dalit
128:(4%).
126:Sikhs
118:Vaish
72:etc.
33:Delhi
1583:link
1569:2015
1506:ISBN
1485:2023
1464:2024
1417:2023
1392:2024
1366:2024
1340:2015
1309:2015
1279:2021
1261:ISBN
1227:2019
1202:2023
1191:ISSN
1169:2023
1147:2021
1121:2021
1095:2021
1069:2019
1041:2018
1016:2018
990:2020
904:Urdu
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742:211
729:266
716:492
703:575
690:635
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322:and
292:Sikh
290:and
246:and
240:Jats
228:and
110:Jats
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794:34
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