India Pakistan Afghanistan Bhapa or (Bhaapa)[1] is a term used in Punjab by the members of the Sikh community in a pejorative sense[2][3] for Sikhs that migrated from Pakistan after the Partition of India in 1947.
The term derives from the local Rawalpindi dialect of Punjabi.
[4] Shiv Kumar Batalvi used the term "Bhaapawaad" to denote merchant class exploitation.
Bhapa is a term used in the Potohari dialect in the Rawalpindi area.
The best-known king with the title was Bappa Rawal, the founder of the Guhilot dynasty.