Sahni, Sawhney, Sahani, or Sahney is a Punjabi Khatri surname found among the Hindus or Sikhs of Punjab, India.[1]
Notables edit
Notable people with the surname include:
- Anuj Sawhney, Indian actor
- 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
- Harpreet Sawhney, American engineer
- Jaideep Sahni (born 1974), Indian screenwriter, songwriter, and film producer
- Karan Sawhney, Indian footballer
- Mahendra Sahni, Indian politician
- Mohanbir Sawhney, professor at Kellogg School of Management
- Nilam Sawhney, Indian Civil Servant (former Chief Secretary, Andhra Pradesh)
- Nitin Sawhney, British Indian musician and composer
- Parikshit Sahni (born 1940), Indian actor
- Pritam Singh Sahni, Punjabi poet
- Rajan Sawhney (born 1970/71), Canadian politician
- Ravi Sawhney, American industrial designer
- S K Sahni, Indian Army lieutenant-general
- Sartaj Sahni, US-based computer scientist
- Vikramjit Singh Sahney, Indian entrepreneur and social worker
See also edit
- Sahni, Punjab, a village near Lakhpur, India
References edit
- ^ Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. 2013.
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