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Arav Punjabi says about the surname PUNJABI the actual surname of punjabi's were mih.when our ancestors went out of station(out of kashmir)then other people(other than kashmiri pandits) would say that they are going to punjab(i don't know why they would say they are going to punjab).they often go out of station and like this other people would say us punjabi sahab.then our surname became punjabi.
Comment was made 15 years ago
Susheel Zalpuri says about the surname Zalpuri we are Zalpuri's ,used to be in Habbakadal,my grandfather Sh Prem Nath Zalpuri was a teacher,but my father and we shifted to Himachal in 1952..we love Kashmir and are proud to spread word of love and harmony thru out.
Comment was made 15 years ago
DELEEP KUMAR MATTOO says about the surname Mattoo 'We are refugees not migrants. Give us that identity. If the prime minister can ask the Sri Lankan government to give the Tamils in the island country IDP status, then why not us? We were thrown out of our own homes just because we called ourselves Indians,' Magazine told IANS.
Comment was made 15 years ago
Jessica Bhan says about the surname Razdan I had been told that there were 11 pandit families of kashmir and am suprised to see so many surnames.I am confused.
Comment was made 15 years ago
Shanoo Razdan says about the surname Razdan Razdan's are very a synonym for a kashmiri pandit.
Comment was made 15 years ago
Ashwani Kaul says about the surname Kaul I was reading a very old book - Kashmiri Pandit by Anand Koul written in 1924 and it has a table at the end on Kashmiri surnames. Interestingly the surname Kaul is never spelled as Kaul through the whole book. It is always written as Koul. This is most likely a recent change.
Comment was made 15 years ago
Deepak Kaul says about the surname Kothedar Hi, I have been told by my elders that Our actual surname is 'Kothedar/Kothdar' with gotra as 'Dar-Varshignye'. We have been writing Kaul for quite sometime now ( more than 100 yrs appx), We came to srinagar a long time back but its been said that we actually belong to District Baramulla . I just need to check that whether any other person having Surname "Kothedar" has the same gotra or belongs to Baramulla or not. This would confirm what my elders say.
Comment was made 15 years ago
Sanjay P Kaul says about the surname Sumbly Sumbal is 4-5 kms from safapur.Not all who lived in sumbal are sumbly's.But a family who owned Hundreds of Acres of land in Sumbal with Some Huge old wooden palacial houses were sumbly's. My Mothers paternal (Phoofaji)uncle was Denanath sumbley from the same family. You will find some people from that area who call themselves sumbly but they are fake.
Comment was made 15 years ago
Sanjay P Kaul says about the surname bumsoonth Dear Arun Bumchooth is a famous fruit , a varity of apple which grows in kashmir. we used to eat a lot as a fruit & as vegetable in kashmir.I had a classmate by this surname & i think his ancestors were either growers or traders of this fruit.
Comment was made 15 years ago
Varun Pahalwan says about the surname Pahalwan Thanks Sanjay Ji for this important information. If possible please send me your Maternal Family tree, to correlate the same with our family tree. Regards, Varun Pahalwan 09300054024 varunpahalwan@rediffmail.com
Comment was made 15 years ago