Dogra
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- Ethnic group.group
- Dogras
- Ethnic group.image_caption
- Dogras dance
- Ethnic group.population
- 2.5 million (2011)
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- Majority: Jammu Minority: Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana
- Ethnic group.langs
- Dogri
- Ethnic group.rels
- Predominantly: 15px Hinduism Minority: 18px Islam and 15px Sikhism
- Ethnic group.related
- Punjabis, Kangris and other Indo-Aryans
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11 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Jammu Dogras
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Military history
- Notable people
- Culture
- Folk dance and music
- Cuisine
- References
- Bibliography
The Dogras, or Dogra people, are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group living primarily in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. They speak their native Dogri language. They live predominantly in the Duggar region of the Jammu Division of Jammu and Kashmir, and in adjoining areas of the states of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. Some also live in northeastern Pakistan.
Dogra Rajputs of the Jamwal clan ruled Jammu from the 19th century, when Gulab Singh was made a hereditary Raja of Jammu by Ranjit Singh, while his brother Dhian Singh was the Sikh Empire's prime minister of Punjab, until September 1843. Through the Treaty of Amritsar (1846), they acquired Kashmir as well. The Dogra Regiment of the Indian Army primarily consists of Dogras from the Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Jammu region.