Sahni, Sawhney, Sahani, or Sahney is a Punjabi Khatri surname found among the Hindus and Sikhs of Punjab, India. It is also used by people from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Bengal and other parts of Central India.[1]
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Punjabis
Notable people with the surname include:
- Alaka Sahani, Indian film critic
- Anuj Sawhney, Indian actor
- Anuradha Sawhney, Indian animal rights activist
- Ajai Sahni, author and expert on counter-terrorism
- Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Indian Civil Servant (Secretary, MEITy, 2016–2022)
- Baljit Sahni (born 1987), Indian football player
- Balraj Sahni (1913–1973), Hindi film actor
- Bhisham Sahni (1915–2003), Hindi writer, playwright, and actor
- Birbal Sahni (1891–1949), Indian paleobotanist
- Bodh Raj Sawhney, Indian judge
- Daya Ram Sahni (1879-1939), Indian archaeologist
- Deepak Sahni, Indian entrepreneur
- Harpreet Sawhney, American engineer
- Indira Sawhney, the petitioner in the Indra Sawhney & Others v. Union of India case, which sought to stop quotas being provided for OBCs (landlord non modernised groups)
- Jagdish Sahni (1944-2021), Indian politician
- Jaideep Sahni (born 1974), Indian screenwriter, songwriter, and film producer
- Karan Sawhney, Indian footballer
- Kidar Nath Sahani (1926-2012), Indian politician
- Kusum Sawhney, British-Indian author
- Mohanbir Sawhney, professor at Kellogg School of Management
- Nakul Singh Sawhney, Indian documentary filmmaker
- Nilam Sawhney, Indian Civil Servant (former Chief Secretary, Andhra Pradesh)
- Nitin Sawhney, British Indian musician and composer
- Parikshit Sahni (born 1940), Indian actor
- Parlad Singh Sawhney, Indian politician
- Prem Nath Sahni (1916-1990), Indian administrator
- Pritam Singh Sahni (1924-2008), Punjabi poet
- Rajan Sawhney (born 1970/71), Canadian politician
- Ravi Sawhney, American industrial designer
- Ruchi Ram Sahni (1863-1948), Indian scientist and educator
- Savitri Sahni (1902-1985), Indian paleobotanist
- S K Sahni, Indian Army lieutenant-general
- Sartaj Sahni, US-based computer scientist
- Sonia Sahni, Indian actress
- Suryakant Sawhney, known as Lifafa, Indian musician
- Varun Sahni (born 1956), Indian theoretical physicist
- Vikramjit Singh Sahney, Indian entrepreneur and social worker
Central India
- Akhilesh Sahani, Indian cricketer
- Anil Kumar Sahani, Indian politician
- Arjun Sahani, Indian politician
- Chandan Sahani, Indian cricketer
- Hari Sahni, Indian politician
- Harvindar Kumar Sahani, Indian politician
- Jubba Sahni (1906-1944), Indian revolutionary
- Mahendra Sahni, Indian politician
- Madan Sahni, Indian politician
- Mukesh Sahani, Indian politician
- Om Sahani, Indian actor
- Parth Sahani, Indian cricketer
- Sahani Upendra Pal Singh (1930-2021), Indian vernacular writer
- Swarab Sahani, Indian cricketer
- Ramchandra Sahani, Indian politician
See also
- Sahni, Punjab, a village near Lakhpur, India
- Murder of Naina Sahni
References
- ^ Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. 2013.
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This page was last edited on 12 June 2024, at 09:49