Kashmiri Pandit Surnames

Another common Indian name and not always a Kashmiri name

15th century Physician from Kashmir who treated King Zain ul Abdin.

13 Bhana Bhatt 7th century Sanskrit scholar .

14 Sheni Gopalakrishna Bhat, Yakshagana artist

15 Vidhwan Krishna Bhat, Kerekai was a noted Tala-Maddale artist from Karnataka state, India.

16 Yogaraj Bhat is a prominent Kannada film director, lyricist, producer and screenwriter.

17 Rishi Bhat ( Born 1984) is a former American child actor and a millionaire internet software entrepreneur. Rishi Bhat is of Indian Origin.

18 U. Narayan Bhat (Born 1934) is a renowned Indian born Mathematician, known for his contributions to queueing theory and reliability theory.

19 Ramesh Bhat award winning Karnatka actor and a close associate of Shanker Nag .

20 Justice U L Bhat former Chief Justice of Assam.

21 Guruja Bhat Noted Historian and scholar.

22 Actress Pooja Bhatt and her sister Alia Bhatt.


Others

1 O P Bhatt Ex Chairman State Bank of India .

2 Ajay Bhatt well known Computer Architect.

3 Pandit Sahaj Bhat and Pandit Sham Lal Bhat renowned Physicians and Hakeems from Kashmir ..

4 Balaji Vishwanath Bhat. Peshwa and founder of the Peshwa Dynasty

Surprisingly Butt is again a surname whose origin in Europe is traced to England. It is derived from old French word BUT meaning target . Some believe that it is a distorted form of the word Bath meaning Bible songs. Are these Butts of Europe also from the Bhat clan of India which lived on the Banks of Sarsawsti river ? Historians mostly say emphatic NO. Then we have Butts in France , Germany and USA as well . I can quote well known persons from Europe with Butt Surname…..

1 Issac Butt well known Irish leader

2. Maggie Butt British poet .

3 Gavin Butt British Art Historian .

4 Peter Butt American Film maker .

5 Alfred Butt British theatre Entrepreneur

6 Brent Butt Canadian actor and writer .

7 Len Butt Footballer from UK

8 Miriam Butt Linguist from Germany

9 Harry Butt cricketer from UK

10 Tom Butt Americam Politician in California .

11 Tameka Butt Australian Association Footballer.


So Long so Much …..
Sar Zameen e Hind Pe Aqvaam e aalam Ke “Firaq ”
Kaafilay Bastay Gaye Hindustaan Bantaa Gayaa"

( Firaq Gorakhpuri )

( In this land that is India, Groups from many nations of the world kept settling ,

That is how India kept emerging and Assembling itself . )

Bhat is a Kashmiri Pandit brahman surname which is used by kashmiri muslims who converted from brahman during islamic invasions. then in 18th century kashmiri muslims went to punjab during kashmir famine and during sikh/dogra raj and now are called Butts. Root of everyone is a kashmiri pandit,

I am born in kashmiri pandit Dhar family and similar to Bhat, Dar are among Kashmiri muslims and who moved to pak. Root is Dhar Kashmiri Pandit caste.

This Talat Butt is a clown who knows nothing. He thinks Kashmiri Muslims are descendants of jews/arabs. All these people Butt, Dar, Wani, Kaul, Mir, Lone, Raina are descendants of Kashmiri pandits. Kashmiris first accepted Islam from Hinduism in 14th century. I’m from Butt family living in Pakistani Punjab. Majority of people are facing identity crisis.

Bhat/Bhatt is original shortened rendition of "Bhatta which in sanskrit means scholar/teacher,

This title is being hold by brahamins and many converted Muslims who doesn't like to change their identity of previously being a hindu origin or may be any likings for the title itself.

Bhats are found all our India in J&K Gujrat, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra, Mangalore,Bengal and Uttarakhand, UP

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My full name is Khawaja Muhsin Nabi Bhat
Father: Gh Nabi Bhat
Grandfather: Khawaja Abdul Khalil Bhat
Great grandfather:Khawaja Md Abdullah Bhat
Great great gf: Khawaja Abdul Ghaffar Bhat
....
Khawaja Ab Gani Bhat
.
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We have our own lands (Apple orchards now) at Anantnag since past 200 years. Our family is business family, all of my forefathers have been traders. We belong to Bhat caste and use Khawaja as title.

Our family usually marries in castes like Rather, Lone, Bhat, Wani, and Dar, but there is no hard and fast rule to marry within these castes only. But if someone wants to marry within lower castes, they face objections. For example, if I will tell my parents that I want to marry a girl who belongs to Kumar/Najar/Sheikh/Hajam/Chopan/Ahanger/ anyother lower caste,,,they will not accept.
Sometimes, parents also don't consent a marriage if a girl belongs to Sayyid castes because of some sort of incompatibility among Bhats and Sayyids, but here rejection is not that much strong as in case of lower castes

Khawaja is a title, not a caste. Khawaja title is used by well off families who are mostly traders and have lands; it is also used to indicate some connection with sufis. Some Bhats in kashmir including my family use khawaja along with Bhat in the name.

I was thinking bhat are found only in kashmiris, but in other places too there are bhat but they are not kashmiri. So what is the origin?

one can not completely rule out links mentioned by Tallal Butt, as when you go around take a visit to thickly connected vallies lying within the mountainous surrounding of swat, including gilgit,sakardu,mansehra,abbottabad and many other places sahring boarders from north of Pakistan with Afghanistan, there are many places with the names starting with Butt,khawaja,mir. butt are in great numbers living in Pakistan and mostly are migrated from Kashmir valley and this migration took place over centuries. religion can be any but its a fact, butt are brave,intelligent,hardworking and have great love for food. it is very difficult to make them subject and hardly will accept suppression from any quarter.hindu also admit that butt or bhutt are brahmins so they must have highly been respected in any era and society which comprises over hindu majority. in islam conversion by mean of force is forbidden. in kashmir muslim scholars played a big role in conversion, as there is an appeal for all walks of life, as there is no discrimination in Islam on the basis of caste, creed and religion and all human beings are taught to be treated as "Equal".

Original Kashmiris were called Malechha people in Mahabharata and other puras of Hindus. They were clubbed together with other Malechha races of the north west sub-continent like Darada, Kamboja etc. We Kashmiri Butt are proud descendants of the Malechha Kashmiris related to Daradas and Kambojas. I am proud to have pure blood of Maleechha Kashmiris.