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Showkat Ali Drabu says about the surname drabu I need info. regards Drabu caste(surname)
Comment was made 7 years ago
Ummer Bhat says about the surname Bhat 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?
Comment was made 7 years ago
Hot Cross says about the surname kantroo Chumar/choorey
Comment was made 7 years ago
Parul Sharma says about the surname Sharma I have met Sharmas from Assam as well. I am a Punjabi Sharma and my gotra is Bharadwaj.
Comment was made 7 years ago
Irfan Raina says about the surname Raina As per my knowledge because i am muslim Raina.two brothers bnsi lal chander and so sarm chander migrated to kashmir in mugal era.they both were belonging to chanderwanshi dynasty.when they migrated to kashmir later maharaja gulab singh welcome them,being Rajput's they placed them as sipa salar of his army because rajputs were fighters and emperors of the state.When revolution of islam came in kashmir few of them converted to islam and Khitab was given to them that Raina Khitab. (Not only who changed their religion bt all dynasty got this khitab)because they were giving their best traning to the defence army of mahraja.Raina was not a cast but later it becoms a cast.with the passage of time some of them migrated to other parts of india.Rainas are few .with different Goathrs...all Rains are one Blood ..some are pandits,musims and sikhs.
Comment was made 7 years ago
Aman Sharma says about the surname Dhar I think "nabhkosh"is adulterated form of 'nabh kaushik' or 'nand kaushik'.Provide me with any information.
Comment was made 7 years ago
Aman Sharma says about the surname Dhar I am from district kishtwar of jammu and kashmir.As far as hindu population of kishtwar is concerned it consists considerably of kashmiri pandit lineages and most of the brahmins of kishtwar can be found with their ancestry either from maternal side or paternal side.In that sense brahmins of kishtwar are admixture of kashmiri pandit lineages.Most of the brahmins in proper kishtwar trace their ancestry from raniwari, srinagar and some of the families still do their mundan{tonsure}ceremony of male child in kheer bhawani tumul.However, most of the brahmin population with the rajputs and other castes go to the sarthal devi {Ashtadashbhuja Mata},also considered as Sharika mata in her exiled form, for the abovesaid ceremony. If anyone have any knowledge regarding the gotra "nabhkosh", do tell me.
Comment was made 7 years ago
Masood Magrey says about the surname Kaul Junaid no difference the name can be written as Koul or Kaul. The word is from Sanskrit. My family name is Magrey. It origins are from Sanskrit Magasa (warrier). An indigeneous Kashmiri warrior tribe. Earlier people wrote Magasa like Ladda Magasa later it became Magrey.
Comment was made 7 years ago
Masood Magrey says about the surname Kaul Junaid no difference the name can be written as Koul or Kaul. The word is from Sanskrit. My family name is Magrey. It origins are from Sanskrit Magasa (warrier). An indigeneous Kashmiri warrior tribe. Earlier people wrote Magasa like Ladda Masaga later it became Magrey.
Comment was made 7 years ago
Manohar says about the surname Tankha Two points i would like to know quickly about Tankha surname. 1. Basis on which this surname is given 2.Any Idea as to when Tankha community left Kashmir ,100 years/200 years 300 ...ago or when 3.Post 1990 migration of KPs from Kashmir ,you hardly find any Tankha in this lot.You find some Tankhas in UP who migrated a couple of centuries ago. any prominent Persons holding high office around you know with surname Tankha? Can any one update my knowledge on this. Thanks in Advance please mail your inputs at razdanmanohar@yahoo.com
Comment was made 7 years ago