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Kambojs

ਕੰਬੋਜکمبوہ
Hindu & VedicIslam & SufiSikh
Where
The Doaba and Malwa, Ferozepur and Kapurthala; Muslim Kambohs around Lahore and in the west
Traditionally
Farmers

A farming community of all three faiths, whose name recalls the ancient Kamboja people of the north-west mentioned in Sanskrit and Pali texts, though the link is uncertain.

Udham Singh, who shot Michael O'Dwyer in London in 1940 to avenge Jallianwala Bagh, was a Kamboj of Sunam.

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