Arain
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Arain (also known as Raeen) are a large Punjabi agricultural community with a strong political identity and level of organisation. Arain are predominantly Muslims, 99.91% at the time of the 1931 census in Punjab, but a small population of Arain in India also follows Sikhism, Hinduism and Jainism.
Key facts
- Tribe.name
- Arain
- Tribe.local name
- Raeen, Rain or Arai
- Tribe.image
- Arain men in Lahore.jpg
- Tribe.caption
- Raeens or Arains, Lahore
- Tribe.ethnicity
- Punjabi
- Tribe.location
- Punjab, Sindh and Western Uttar Pradesh
- Tribe.language
- Punjabi
- Tribe.religion
- Islam
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- History
- Origins
- Medieval period
- Colonial period
- Demographics
- Numbers
- Religion
- Diaspora
- Arain clans
- Notable people
- Politics
- Arts and literature
- Entertainment
- Sports
- Military
- See also
- References
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Arain (also known as Raeen) are a large Punjabi agricultural community with a strong political identity and level of organisation. Arain are predominantly Muslims, 99.91% at the time of the 1931 census in Punjab, but a small population of Arain in India also follows Sikhism, Hinduism and Jainism.
At the beginning of the last century, they numbered around 1 million and were mainly rural cultivators and landowners concentrated in four districts: Lahore, Jalandhar, Amritsar and Ambala, all in the British Punjab province. Following the 1947 partition of India, they are now mainly present in the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh with a small population in parts of Indian Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
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