Ratra

Ratra are a Punjabi Kashyap Rajput clan found in Punjab region of Pakistan and India. Muslim Ratras live in Pakistan while Hindu and Sikh live in India. They originally belong to Sialkot (now in Pakistan) and are descendants of shri "Baba Thamman Shaheed" and of Shri Ratto on whom this clan is known as Ratra.

Before independence of Pakistan in 1947, the Hindu and Sikh Ratras migrated to India, and who were left in Pakistan gradually were converted to Islam and are called now Muslim Ratras settled in Pakistan.

The Ratras are a sub clan of Kashyap Rajput.^[1] Ratra families are living in Sialkot, qila didar Singh (gujranwala) more khunda (nankana sahib) and sheikhpura. A large number of Ratra families live in UK and USA. They have good and successful business.

References

↑ Page 246 In the Book "A Glossary of the Tribes and castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province compiled by H. A. Rose and based on the Census Report for the Punjab 1883, by Sir Denzil Ibbetson and the census report for the Punjab 1892 by Sir Edward Maclagan.

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[1] Page 246 In the Book "A Glossary of the Tribes and castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province compiled by H. A. Rose and based on the Census Report for the Punjab 1883, by Sir Denzil Ibbetson and the census report for the Punjab 1892 by Sir Edward Maclagan.