Kashmiri Pandit Surnames

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

I wanted to know the ancestry of Surname Raina and Reen.
Some are saying
1. Raina is Kashmiri surname descended from one Raina family from Rainawari.
2. Raina is Sikh surname, they were brought by Sikh rulers.

Can anyone help me refer any book where I can find the old ancestry of Surnames Raina and Reen. We are Saraswat Brahmins. My gotra is Agastya.My forefathers are from Chirah/Plandari / Bagh which are part of Pakistan.
I wanted to know my roots . Why Raina is called Reen as well.
Please help me.
I can me reached at my email
vishalraina84@gmail.com
Regards
Vishal Raina

It is all mixed up as these mountain tribes were ruled by many dynasties and worked with many great rulers, I am not sure that any Poonchi Tribe came from Afganistan or any outside Tribes. These are very tough lands and only people can survive in this land are Pharee people ,mountain men so all those lived in these areas from centuries ago can not be from Durrani or Sydozai , it must be a plain to avoid the origin of tribe, the reason was hate against Hindu religion as Dogra Raj was was brutal & they did not want to have any conection with Hindus (Raja Habib Jalib

Actually all Rainas have Central Asian Aryan Kashmiri Brahmin background. Many converted to Islam such as the famous Musa Rania and a very few to Sikhism. Most Sikhs in the Valley are non-ethnic Kashmiris and came from the Punjab and Jammu. Thus ignore disinformation. The Jews are often planting this. Kashmiri language or people have nothing to do with the Punjabis (the Jews are pushing this fake theory), Kashmiri in its pure form is an Aryan Dardic language and Kashmiris Central Asian Aryans.

Hi ! I'm Musa Qaisar Raina (Muslim) from Pakistan, our ancestral land is Rainawari Srinagar. Our family migrated during partition and now are settled in Gakkhar Punjab Pakistan form 74 years. It's good to see Raina community from different ethnicities and religious beliefs in one place! In Pakistan Raina community is very few in number but I'm glad to see more of us!