Dogras
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 2.5 million (2011) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Majority: Jammu Minority: Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana | |
| Languages | |
| Dogri | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly: Hinduism Minority: Islam and Sikhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Punjabis, Kangris and other Indo-Aryans |
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.