Devaki Nandan Khatri was the first author of the mystery novels in Hindi. He wrote Chandrakanta, Chandrakanta Santati, Kajar ki Kothari, Bhootnath, etc.
He was born at Muzaffarpur (Bihar). After his earlier education he moved to Tekari Estate in Gaya. He became an employee of the Raja of Benares. He started a printing press called "Lahari" and started a Hindi monthly, "Sudarshan", in 1898.
The Khatris (From Sanskrit क्षत्रिय Kshatriya) are an elite community of the Kshatriya caste that originated in the Potwar Plateau region of Punjab, a region historically connected a region historically connected with the composition of the Vedas and classics like the Mahabharata and Ashtadhyayi.
The Khatris were the patrons ('yajamansas' or in Punjabi 'jajmani') of the Sarasvata Brahmins.
In keeping with Khatri traditions, Bhera was an important trading outpost on the road to Kabul, and a 'taksal' (mint) during the reign of Ranjit Singh.
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