Bakshi
Bakshi The surname Bakshi is found among Sikhs, Hindus (India) and Muslims in Punjab(Pakistan) Bakshi clan was one of the Royal Clans in Punjab, The Bakshis are typically members of the both Jatt & Khatri castes and is the only surname which is commonly used by both of these castes. They were traditionally from areas of Punjab Rawalpindi area and the North-West Frontier Province that now fall in Pakistan. They relocated to India at the time of the partition of India in 1947.
Indian title
Bakshi is a historical title used in India, deriving from Persian word for "paymaster", and originating as the title of an official responsible for distributing wages in Muslim armies.[1]
- Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir from 1953 to 1964.
- Bakshi Tirath Ram Vaid, a soldier of British India.
Indian surname
Derived from the historical title, "Bakshi" came to be used as a surname among Hindus and Sikhs of the Punjab region in India.[1]
- Amit S. Bakshi, Indian hockey player
- Anand Bakshi, Indian songwriter
- Chandrakant Bakshi, Indian author
- G. D. Bakshi, Major General of Indian Army
- Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi, New Zealand member of parliament
- Padumlal Punnalal Bakshi, Indian Hindi-language writer
- Praveen Bakshi, Lieutenant general of Indian army
- Ramprasad Bakshi (b.1894), Gujrati writer
- Rohit Bakshi (actor), Indian actor
- Rohit Bakshi (neurologist), American academic
- Sachindra Bakshi, Indian freedom fighter participated in kakori train robbery
- Tirath Singh Bakshi Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG Police) during the British Raj
- Zorawar Chand Bakshi (b. 1921) Indian general
Jewish surname
Bakshi is also a Jewish surname, from the Turkish word for garden.[citation needed]
- Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron, a former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel
- Ralph Bakshi, American animator and film director
Fictional characters
- Byomkesh Bakshi, a fictional Indian-Bengali detective created by author Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay.
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See also
- Bakhshi
- Bakshy (sometime spelled bakshi) a shamanic music by Turkish people from Norther Iran and Turkish countries
References
- ^ a b Patrick Hanks; Richard Coates; Peter McClure, eds. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9.