Lodha

Lodha,  or Lodhi (also spelt as Loda, Lodhe, Lode or Lodi) is a clan found among the Gurjars of Pakistan and in some parts of north India. It is commonly found among both the Hindu and Muslim Van Gujjars of the Himalayan and Punjab regions. 

Origin
It is believed that Lodha Gujjars originally came from the Ludhiana district of the Punjab region, and they're descendants of a ruler named Raja Lodha who was a ruler of Ludhiana in present-day Indian Punjab.
Distribution
They're inhabit in Pakistani areas like Azad Kashmir, Punjab, Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Hazara. In Indian areas they're mainly  inhabit mainly in the areas like Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab (Patiala, Gurdaspur and Ludhiana), India.

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Category:Social groups of Punjab
Category:Social groups of Punjab, Pakistan
Category:Social groups of Punjab, India
Category:Social groups of Uttarakhand