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  • Comment: Wadia, Sophia (1938) is utterly unreliable for a caste article. Ratnahastin (talk) 14:55, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Katju, also spelt as Kathju, Kathjoo or Katjoo, is a Kashmiri Pandit clan or surname,[1][2] native to the Kashmir Valley in Jammu and Kashmir, India.[3] The surname is shared by both Hindus and Muslims in Kashmir.[4]

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  1. ^ Pandit, Bansi (March 22, 2008). Explore Kashmiri Pandits. Dharma Publications. p. 100. ISBN 9780963479860. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  2. ^ Agrawal, Premendra (August 20, 2014). Accursed & Jihadi Neighbour. Commercial Services. p. 86. ISBN 9788193051207. Retrieved June 8, 2024. Meaning of surnames found on the Kashmiri Pandit tree: Bakaya, Sapru, Bakshi, Munshi, Wazir, Chalkbast, Bhan, Langar or Langroo, Wattal, Bazaz, Taimini, Mattu, Chak, Zalpuri, Khar, Hazari, Zutshi, Razdan, Tikhu, Kathju, sopori, Thussoo, Haksar, Raina, Waloo or Wali, Wantu/Wanchu, Gamkhwar, Kakh, Mushran, Sharga, Handoo, Gurtu, Kitchlu, and Ganjoo.
  3. ^ Wadia, Sophia (1938). Aryan Path, Vol-24, Issue no.-1-12. University of Minnesota. p. 295. ISBN 9781494023942. Archived from the original on March 8, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2024. The general region from which a person comes is indicated by some surnames. Banerji, Chatterji, Mukherji are unmistakably names of Bengali families; names ending in ant such as Bhavnam, Kirpalan:, Mirchandant, Thadant and Vaswani point to Sind; and names ending in u, eg., Ganju, Kachru, Katju, Kunzru, Nebru, Saprw and Wanchy, to Kashmir.
  4. ^ Hoskote, Ranjit (July 15, 2013). I, Lalla - The Poems of Lal Dĕd. Penguin Books Limited. p. 35. ISBN 9789351182337. Archived from the original on September 13, 2019. Retrieved June 8, 2024. The diffusion of Islam has traditionally been given the credit for this unusual disappearance of intra-caste solidarity and inter-caste antagonism in Kashmir. The old identities now survive among Kashmiri Muslims only as surnames such as Bhat, Mattoo and Katju, and kram or clan names such as Dar, Lone and Tantri, with no corresponding system of caste identification or endogamous exclusivity.