Sahni
Appearance
Sahni or Sawhney or Sahney is a Sikh or Hindu surname from Punjabi khatri caste from India.[citation needed]
People
Notable people with this surname include:
- Ajai Sahni, an author and expert on counter-terrorism
- Baljit Sahni (born 1987), an Indian football player
- Balraj Sahni (1913–1973), a Hindi film actor
- Bhisham Sahni (1915–2003), a Hindi writer, playwright, and actor
- Birbal Sahni, FRS (1891–1949), an Indian paleobotanist
- Harpreet Sawhney, American engineer
- Jaideep Sahni (born 1974), an Indian screenwriter, songwriter, and film producer
- Mahendra Sahni, an Indian politician
- Parikshit Sahni (born 1940), an Indian film and television actor
- Pritam Singh Sahni, also known by his pen name Kasad, a renowned Punjabi poet
- Rajan Sawhney (born 1970–71), Canadian politician
- Sartaj Sahni, a US-based computer scientist
- S K Sahni, a retired Indian Army lieutenant-general
- Nitin Sawhney British Indian musician and composer
- Mohanbir Sawhney Professor at Kellogg School of Management famous for his Let's Get Vertical theory.
See also
- Sahni, Punjab, a village near Lakhpur, India