He also was a Khatri, and was chosen by Guru Nanak in preference to his own sons.
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Sikhism was founded by Nanak, a Khatri by caste, who was born at Talwandi near Lahore in A.D.
3
The raj was founded in 1657 by Abu Ra Kapur, of the Kapur Khatri family of Kotli in Lahore, Punjab, whose descendants served in turn the Mogul emperors and the British government.