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'''Hindkowans''' ([[Hindko language|Hindko]]: {{Nastaliq|هِندکوان}} <small>([[Shahmukhi]])</small>, हिन्दकोवान <small>([[Devanagari]])</small>, ਹਿੰਦਕੋਵਾਨ <small>([[Gurmukhi]])</small>) or known locally as "Chachi's" are an [[Indo-Aryan people|Indo-Aryan]] ethno-linguistic group native to [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa]] province of provinces of [[Pakistan]] and the [[Punjab region]] of Pakistan and [[India]]. However, an indeterminate number have left the region and now live in other parts of [[South Asia]],<ref name="Daily Times-Hindu Hindkowans at Partition of India">{{cite web|url = http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_29-12-2003_pg7_25| title = Peshawarites still remember the Kapoor family|publisher = Daily Times |accessdate = 2007-09-14}}</ref> such as the Indian state of [[Jammu & Kashmir]].<ref name="Joshua Project-Hindko"/>

'''Hindkowans''' ([[Hindko language|Hindko]]: هِندکوان <small>([[Shahmukhi]])</small>, हिन्दकोवान <small>([[Devanagari]])</small>, ਹਿੰਦਕੋਵਾਨ <small>([[Gurmukhi]])</small>) are an [[Indo-Aryan people|Indo-Aryan]] ethno-linguistic group native to [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa]] province of provinces of [[Pakistan]] and the [[Punjab region]] of Pakistan and [[India]]. However, an indeterminate number have left the region and now live in other parts of [[South Asia]],<ref name="Daily Times-Hindu Hindkowans at Partition of India">{{cite web|url = http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_29-12-2003_pg7_25| title = Peshawarites still remember the Kapoor family|publisher = Daily Times |accessdate = 2007-09-14}}</ref> such as the Indian state of [[Jammu & Kashmir]].<ref name="Joshua Project-Hindko"/>

Hindkowans speak [[Hindko]], a [[Western_Punjabi#The_.22Lahnda.22_construct|Lahnda]] language that is primary in northern [[Punjab region|Punjab]].<ref name="Encyclopædia Britannica-Lahnda">{{cite web|url = http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/KRO_LAP/LAHNDA_properly_Lahnda_or_Lahin.html| title = LAHNDA |publisher = Encyclopædia Britannica|accessdate = 2008-08-17}}</ref> In Afghanistan, a group of Hindus still continue to speak Hindko and are referred to as [[Hindki]].<ref name="Encyclopædia Britannica">{{cite web|url = http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/PAS_PER/HINDKI.html| title = Hindki|publisher = Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition|accessdate = 2007-09-14}}</ref><ref name="Ethnologue-Hindko">{{cite web|url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=hno| title = Ethnologue Report for Hindko|publisher = Ethnologue|accessdate = 2007-09-14}}</ref>

Hindkowans speak [[Hindko]], a [[Western_Punjabi#The_.22Lahnda.22_construct|Lahnda]] language that is primary in northern [[Punjab region|Punjab]].<ref name="Encyclopædia Britannica-Lahnda">{{cite web|url = http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/KRO_LAP/LAHNDA_properly_Lahnda_or_Lahin.html| title = LAHNDA |publisher = Encyclopædia Britannica|accessdate = 2008-08-17}}</ref> In Afghanistan, a group of [[Hindu]]s still continue to speak Hindko and are referred to as [[Hindki]].<ref name="Encyclopædia Britannica">{{cite web|url = http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/PAS_PER/HINDKI.html| title = Hindki|publisher = Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition|accessdate = 2007-09-14}}</ref><ref name="Ethnologue-Hindko">{{cite web|url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=hno| title = Ethnologue Report for Hindko|publisher = Ethnologue|accessdate = 2007-09-14}}</ref>

== Religion ==

== Religion ==

* [[Pran Sikhand]], ''[[Padma Bhushan]]'',  a multiple [[Filmfare Awards|filmfare awards]] and BFJA award winning Indian Bollywood actor<ref name="The Hindi-Sikhand">{{cite web|url = http://www.hindu.com/mag/2005/01/09/stories/2005010900450400.htm| title =  Heroic villain:  An informative and entertaining biography of a daredevil Pathan.|publisher = The Hindu|accessdate = 2007-02-23}}</ref>

* [[Pran Sikhand]], ''[[Padma Bhushan]]'',  a multiple [[Filmfare Awards|filmfare awards]] and BFJA award winning Indian Bollywood actor<ref name="The Hindi-Sikhand">{{cite web|url = http://www.hindu.com/mag/2005/01/09/stories/2005010900450400.htm| title =  Heroic villain:  An informative and entertaining biography of a daredevil Pathan.|publisher = The Hindu|accessdate = 2007-02-23}}</ref>

* [[Dilip Kumar]], ''[[Nishan-e-Imtiaz]]'', an [[India]]n film actor in [[Bollywood]] and a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]]<ref>[http://www.thefrontierpost.com/News.aspx?ncat=cn&nid=1&ad=12-12-2006 The Frontier Post: Hindko journal issue on Dilip brought out]</ref><ref>[http://www.bitethemango.org.uk/2004/whatson_dilip.asp Bite the Mango Film Festival '04: Dilip Kumar - Pure Gold]</ref><ref>[http://www.upperstall.com/people/dilipkumar.html Upperstall: Dilip Kumar]</ref>

* [[Dilip Kumar]], ''[[Nishan-e-Imtiaz]]'', an [[India]]n film actor in [[Bollywood]] and a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]]<ref>[http://www.thefrontierpost.com/News.aspx?ncat=cn&nid=1&ad=12-12-2006 The Frontier Post: Hindko journal issue on Dilip brought out]</ref><ref>[http://www.bitethemango.org.uk/2004/whatson_dilip.asp Bite the Mango Film Festival '04: Dilip Kumar - Pure Gold]</ref><ref>[http://www.upperstall.com/people/dilipkumar.html Upperstall: Dilip Kumar]</ref>

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