Gangwar (surname)

For other uses, see Gang War.

Gangwar (Hindi:गंगवार Urdu: غنغور ) is the surname of a social group of the Kurmi caste of Hinduism. The Kurmis, who stay nearest the river Ganga known as Gangwar. Gangwars are mainly in the state of Uttar Pradesh in Northern India. In the districts of Rampur, Bareilly, Pillibhit & Farukhabad, they were mercenaries in the army of Shiva Ji and later settled around Ganga in Uttar Pradesh hence the surname seems of Maratha origin. They are mainly speakers of the Hindi language.

The Gangwars are primary involved in agriculture, and also the service industry and politics.

1. Er. T.N. Gangwar Project Manager, Reliance Communications Ltd. MH & Goa
2. Er. Rakesh Gangwar Software Engineer
3. Santosh Gangwar Famous BJP Leader
4. Dr. B. Gangwar Principal Scientist PDCSR
5. Jwala Prasad Gangwar BJP Leader
6. Digvijay Singh Gangwar SP Leader
7. Keshav Sharan Singh Gangwar Senior Officer, Uttar Pradesh Government
8. Raghuvir Kumar Gangwar Prof. and Head, MED, MNNIT
9. Dr. R.P.S. Gangwar Professor & Head, Dept. of Electronics and Communication Eng. G.B. Pant Uni., Pantnagar
10. Santosh Kumar doing Ph.d School of Physical Science JNU
11. Shyam M. Manohar Scientist B in NIC DIT mMCOIT
12. Amit Gangwar President & CEO of Hivesense
13. Capt Varun Singh Gangwar, Sr. Executive, Dalmia Chilli Mills, Sitapur.
14. Dr. Tarun Singh Gangwar s/o capt vs Gangwar, ex Indian army, grandson kr. Sangram Singh Kuwar of Kanasi - Academician by profession
15. Tara Gangwar - Singer-Songwriter, unconventional/political
16. Shyam Kumar Gangwar Sr. Executive - eMarketing and Web Analyst
17. Sunil Kumar Gangwar world famous defence scientist. He has published a number of papers on defence technologies.
18. Surya Pal Gangwar IIT Roorkee 1998 passout Industrial Engineer, IRS 2008 batch is Assistant Commissioner (Prob) at National Academy of Customs, Excise and Narcotics (NACEN), Faridabad.
19. Harish Kumar Gangwar Indian Telecom Service (I.T.S.) Officer, Assistant Director General, Vigilance & Telecom Monitoring Cell, DOT, New Delhi.
20. T.P. Gangwar Legal Professional, IndiLex Legal Services
21. M.S. Gangwar Chairman & Managing Director, TNG Infratel Pvt. Ltd.
22. Dr. Gyaneshwari Singh Gangwar, Ph.D. (Chemistry),Executive Director, TNG Infratel (P) Limited, Lucknow.
23. Dinesh Gangwar Project Manager, TNG Infratel Pvt. Ltd.
24. Umesh Gangwar Chairman, Sameer Group of Industries, NOIDA
25. Vinod Kumar Gangwar Electronics Engineer, Tata Communications Limited, Ludhiana
26. Aashish Gangwar Executive, TNG Infratel (P) Limited24 Harish Chandra Gangwar Ex M L A Baheri Bareilly
27. Harish Chandra Gangwar Ex M L A Baheri Bareilly
28. Dr. Rakesh Chandra Gangwar, Ph.D. (IITR), Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Sc. & Engg., Beant College of Engg. & Tech., Gurdaspur (Punjab)
29. Dr. Smita Singh Gangwar, Ph.D.(Org. Chem.), Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Govt. Degree College, Gurdaspur (Punjab)
30. Dr. Kailash Chandra Gangwar, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Milak, Rampur(U.P)
31. Dr. Shashi Katiyar Gangwar, M.B.B.S., Milak, Rampur (U.P)
32. Dr. Dal Singh Gangwar, Ph.D. (Entomology),Manager, Bajaj Hindustan Limited, Barkhera, Pilibhit.
33. Dr. Anil Kumar Gangwar, M.V.Sc., Assistant Professor, A. N. Dev Univ. of Ag. & Tech, Faizabad (U.P.)
34. Dr. Sangeeta Gangwar, M.V.Sc., Assistant Prof.,A. N. Dev Univ. of Ag. & Tech, Faizabad (U.P.)

References

http://www.kurmigroup.org/