Sahni

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]

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

See also

References

  1. ^ Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. 2013.
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