Kashmiri Pandit Surnames

Umer Raina
Hi! I'm from Muzaffarabad Azad Kashmir and i also belong to this community. I want to know more about this community but there's no such info Updloaded on internet.

Hey My self Almas Mehmood raina I'm from neelum valley Azad kashmir I'm little bit confused about my caste because I'm Muslim and my raina who are Hindus and in our surrounding there is no Raina's anymore because they convert there caste now most of them relate them as Qureshi and Rana I just wanna know that is there any raina in neelum valley.and also one more thing my ancestors are from Srinagar rainawari is there anyone from rainawari so please contact me

Hey My self Almas Mehmood raina I'm from neelum valley Azad kashmir I'm little bit confused about my caste because I'm Muslim and my raina who are Hindus and in our surrounding there is no Raina's anymore because they convert there caste now most of them relate them as Qureshi and Rana I just wanna know that is there any raina in neelum valley.and also one more thing my ancestors are from Srinagar rainawari is there anyone from rainawari so please contact me

A great number of raina family peoples is in Neelum valley Azad Kashmir

Raina is a very common names in non-kashmris - Raina doesn't automatically mean Kashmiri

Hey I am a sudan from my dad’s side and Raina from my mom’s side. My great grandparents from both the sides migrated from Azad Kashmir during the massacre of 1947 and settled in different parts of India. We are kashmiri sikhs but our gotra is reen. Would like to know more if anyone has any info about sudan sirname or the history as it is very difficult to find anywhere.

As Per my Understanding and readings, There was the Person in 16th Century known as Pandit Narain Dass who was prominent Astrologer and worked as an Astrologer in Akbars Darbar. When Akbar decided to conquer Kashmir, Pandit Narain Dass suggests him to conquer next summer. Next Summer Akbar attacked Kashmir along with Pandit Narain Dass and was able to triumph over Kashmir. By seeing the beauty of Kashmir, Pandit Narain Dass decided to stay there. He called his family and settled in Rainawari area of Srinagar. He was blessed with 11 Sons. Some of his family members and grand children settled in Pir Panjal Area (Poonch, Rajouri, Bagh, Palandhri, Sudhnati etc) and Different regions of Kashmir as well. During the course of Aurangzeb, very little population of Raina’s become Muslim. In the start of 18th Century, Many Raina’s become Sikhs in Kashmir and Poonch and Pothowar Area. By this way, you may see Raina in all of the Religions. Now a days, most of the Raina are settled in Kashmir, Jammu and Poonch Region. Small population also lives in Himachal and Punjab( Jallandhar, Patiala, Pathankot, Amritsar etc) and in other parts of India as well.


There are so many different stories related to history of Raina. It’s one of them.

For mu Raina brothers .. Originally RAINA was a brahmin surname... Used by Kashmiri Pandits ..
after some gets converted into muslims and other into sikhs .. Its the simple funda ..

i myself am a Sikh Raina of Hindu heritage, seeing so many truly idiotic people spouting feces out their little pie holes, Sikh Kashmiris exist mostly due to the Sikh Empires conquest and their subsequent conversion of a ton of us, not saying it was forced, but it got influenced, so that is why my bloodline can be and is 100% Kashmiri, but also Sikh, people can convert, you idiots.

Lmao what a baseless analysis has been done

Muslims are themselves mixed with arabs,turks and persians
They too aren't pure kashmiris
Real natives are dravidians whom aryan invaders massacred and mixed
Hence there is no concept of purity
Another thing i am shocked to see how muslims are talking about the things of kuffar naudubillah