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Mazhar Butt says about the surname Bhat BHAT IS A MARHATTA RACE . tHE TRUE KASHMIRI 'GAUT' OR 'GOT' WHICH MEANS RACE OR CASTE IS 'BAT' which has become Butt with usage. Once they were regarded as the best of bards,singers and jugat baaz(jesters) in the world-they were a wild and nomadic clan. Many inferior races of Kashmir now have adopted this sir name and they have largely settled down in Pakistan. Some people also confuse this sir name with bhatti which is a name adopted by low class kashmiri converts of christians from hindus.
Comment was made 20 years ago
RAJEEV KARWAYUN says about the surname karwayun My grandfather Late.Pt. Narender Nath Karwayun migrated from lahore in 1947 and our family finally settled in Ghaziabad.My father Sh.R.N.Karwayun Retd.from govt.service and Mother Smt. Rohini a housewife.
Comment was made 20 years ago
Deepa Narayanan says about the surname Raina Rainas are achievers.are they brahmins?
Comment was made 20 years ago
Abhinav Gurkhoo says about the surname Gurkhoo hi sudeep i agree with u tottally!
Comment was made 20 years ago
SUdeep Gurkhoo says about the surname Gurkhoo Well, I have this surname and I can say that it is a 100% Kashmiri surname, Background as i heard from my grandfather was that we had kept a "gorkha" as watchman/help in our home.
Comment was made 20 years ago
Anita says about the surname Lahori Lahori is a surname also used by Punjabis. But In Kashmir There is only one Lahori family originating from Shopian
Comment was made 20 years ago
Rahul says about the surname Kaul Indian (Kashmir): Hindu (Brahman) name, from Sanskrit kaula ‘well-born’ (from Sanskrit kula ‘family’). According to Koul (1994), the surname Kaul is derived from Mahakaul meaning ‘the great Kaul’, which is an epithet of the god Shiva.
Comment was made 21 years ago
Satish Toshkhani says about the surname toshkhani Toshkhani's are basically Kauls. "Toshkhani" actually "Toshakhani" means, caretaker of "Tosha", money. What I have heard from my elders is our ancestors were king's treasurers or something of that sort.
Comment was made 21 years ago
Atul Magazine says about the surname Magazine All about the Magazines at http://www.magazinefamily.com/
Comment was made 21 years ago
Ashwani Raina says about the surname Raina its a very good attempt
Comment was made 21 years ago