Rai (title)
Rai (Sanskrit: राय; Urdu: رائے, rāi) title of honour for certain noble rajput bhattis in South Asia. The name is usually interpreted to mean King/Chief.
Royal title in India
Rai was a title of honor for certain Bhatti Rajput rulers, like Rai Khala, the ruler of Raikot State-Ludhiana 1705 AD.and Rai Bular rular of Nankana The title today is found mostly in the India and Pakistani province of Punjab.
Famous Bhatti Rajputs
- Rai Bular Bhatti
- Khan Bahadur Rai Sultan Bhatti (Khan sb). Famous Landlord & Muslim League leader of Pakistan Movement from Barana, Jhang / Sargodha
- Rai Ghulam Muhammad Bhatti (P.C.S, Registrar Co-Operative Societies, West Pakistan)
- Sqdn.Ldr. Rai Imtiaz Bhatti (Sitara-e-Jurrat) (Pakistan Airforce – 1965-71 Wars)
- Rai Muhammad Zafar Bhatti (Retd. Sessions Judge, Advocate Lahore High Court) from Barana, Jhang , Punjab, Pakistan
- Rai Rehamat Khan Bhatti LANDLORD OF NANKANA(KOT HUSSAIN)
- Rai Hussain Khan Bhatti LANDLORD OF NANKANA(KOT HUSSAIN)
- Rai Hadayat Khan Bhatti LANDLORD OF NANKANA(KOT HUSSAIN)
- Rai Bashir Khan Bhatti Ex.MLA,MNA NANKANA (KOT HUSSAIN)
- Rai Rasheed Khan Bhatti Ex.MPA,MNA NANKANA (KOT HUSSAIN)
- Rai Shahjhan Khan Bhatti MPA, Nankana (KOT HUSSAIN)
- Rai Aslam Khan Bhatti Ex.Civil Servent.(KOT HUSSAIN)
- Rai Akram Khan Bhatti Kot Hussain
- Rai Saleem Akram Bhatti Advocate Lahore High Court, Kot Hussain
- Rai Dulla Bhatti Famous Fighter From Sandal Bar