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Batra is a clan of the Arora community of Punjab, India. They are mainly followers of Hinduism and Sikhism.[1]
Notable people
Armed Forces
- Vikram Batra, PVC (1974–1999), officer of the Indian Army, posthumously awarded India's highest award for valour
Athletics
- Manika Batra, Indian table tennis player, Commonwealth Games gold medalist
- Narinder Dhruv Batra, Indian sports administrator
Bollywood
- Pallavi Batra, Indian actress
- Pankaj Batra, Indian director
- Pooja Batra (born 1976), Indian actress who was Miss India International in 1993
- Rajan Batra, Indian producer
- Rani Batra, known by her stage name Pallavi, Indian actress
- Ritesh Batra (born 1979), film director
- Saloni Batra, Indian actress
- Sanjay Batra, television actor in India
- Shakun Batra, Indian film director. He directed Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, Kapoor & Sons and Gehraiyaan
- Vicky Batra, Indian actor
Creatives
- Adrienne Batra, Indian-Canadian journalist and editor-in-chief of the Toronto Sun
- Aseem Batra, producer and writer of Scrubs
- David Batra (born 1972), Swedish-Indian stand-up comedian and TV actor
- Hemant Batra, Indian origin lawyer, public speaker and author
- Vibha Batra, Indian author, advertising consultant, poet, lyricist, translator, travel writer, playwright, and columnist
Politics
- Anna Kinberg Batra (born 1970), Swedish politician, leader of the Moderate Party 2015-2017
- Bharat Bhushan Batra, Indian politician serving as the MLA of Rohtak
- Dinanath Batra, former general secretary of Vidya Bharati, the school network run by the RSS
- Pradip Batra, Indian BJP politician and member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from the Roorkee constituency
- Shadi Lal Batra, Indian politician
Religious Leaders
- Balak Singh Batra, Sikh religious leader who founded Namdhari (Kuka) sect
Science and engineering
- Akshay Batra, Indian entrepreneur and trichologist
- Anuj Batra, research electrical engineer specializing in ultrawideband wireless technology. He was included in Innovators Under 35 "TR35" list
- Harsh Vardhan Batra, Indian scientist working in animal biotechnology in Indian Ministry of Science and Technology
- Lekh Raj Batra, (1929–1999), distinguished Indian-American mycologist
- Mukesh Batra, homeopathy practitioner, and Founder of Dr. Batra's Health Clinic Pvt Ltd.
- Ravi Batra (born 1943), Indian-American economist, author, and professor at Southern Methodist University
- Romesh Batra, professor in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Tech
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References
- ^ Hanks, Patrick (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-977169-1 – via Google Books.