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Anup Sharma says about the surname Raina I am Anup Sharma resident of a tinny village Akhlaspur near Dhariwal distt Gurdaspur of Punjab. My grandfather told me that we are inhabitant of Kashmir &your family migrated during 6th migration of Kashmiri Pandits in 1970 . our ancestors ruled Kashmir in 14th century so we are also called Rajdhan. Pandits inhabited of RainaBari& Rajdhan are same.&one
Comment was made 12 years ago
Mazhar Butt says about the surname KANDROO who are Kandroo's? I have heard that they were nan bai's of Kashmir. Can anyone shed more light on their origin, occupation, etc.
Comment was made 12 years ago
Deepak Ranabhat says about the surname Bhat I m so glad getting much more informations about the cast bhat. I m also ranabhat one of the branches of the cast bhat.there r 27 types of bhats found in Nepal.they r ranabhat,rai bhat,banjara bhat,Sapkota bhat,laudari bhat and so on.bhat people r found in the national political race and in the field of business,social work,sports too. Mr Taranath Ranabhat is the former speaker of the parliament of Nepal and as well the minister of law of the Nepal government too. I have a great hope to know more history about this cast people. Thanks.
Comment was made 12 years ago
Arshad Bhan says about the surname Bhan My last name is bhan, and this is my surname...
Comment was made 12 years ago
Sam says about the surname Dhar Kashmiri muslim cultivators living in village of kashmir have surname Daar just because it means a villager cultivator. Hindu surname Dhar is a brahmin surname which has nothing to do with kashmiri muslim Daars who are village cultivators and are most likey of dardic origin related to other dardic cultivator muslims living in gilgit and chitral.
Comment was made 12 years ago
Zahid Dar says about the surname Dhar Birbal Dhar was a leader in the Kashmiri resistance to Afghan rule in the early 19th century. He led a deputation which persuaded Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh to invade Kashmir in 1819, which ended Afghan rule
Comment was made 12 years ago
Truth Teller says about the surname Dhar Kashmiri Dars are were village feudal lords and warriors in ancient kashmir. They are mostly descended from warrior races of dardic tribes of kashmir like lone tribe.
Comment was made 12 years ago
Truth Teller says about the surname Bhat Kashmiri brahmins did not have any surnames before the time of mughals. Most of the kashmiri muslims who have surname Butt are descendants of kashmiri brahmins who accepted islam in 14th century in the times of Shahmiri dynasty. Before islam the kashmiri hindu brahmins did not have any surnames, they used to address each other as Batta (Butt in kashmiri pronunciation) meaning scholars and teachers and when they were thrown out of kashmir valley they carried only this surname to other parts of india and mixed with local brahmins of those places. The modern kashmiri brahmins have various surnames like kaul, razdan, kher etc. but all of them have originated in the last 300 years because historically all hindu brahmins in kashmir were called Batta.
Comment was made 12 years ago
ALI DAR says about the surname Dhar every thing ut i proud becouse i am dar
Comment was made 12 years ago
Yash Bhan says about the surname Bhan My name is Yash Bhan and I am a kashmiri pandit.
Comment was made 12 years ago