Sahni

Sahni, Sawhney, Sahani, or Sahney is a Khatri surname found among the Hindus and Sikhs of Punjab,Bihar in India and Nepal. It is also used by people from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Bengal, Nepal and other parts of Central India.

Punjabis

Notable people with the surname include:

• Alaka Sahani, Indian film critic
• Anuj Sawhney, Indian actor
• Anuradha Sawhney, Indian animal rights activist
• Ajai Sahni, author and expert on counter-terrorism
• Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Indian Civil Servant (Secretary, MEITy, 2016–2022)
• Baljit Sahni (born 1987), Indian football player
• Balraj Sahni (1913–1973), Hindi film actor
• Bhisham Sahni (1915–2003), Hindi writer, playwright, and actor
• Birbal Sahni (1891–1949), Indian paleobotanist
• Bodh Raj Sawhney, Indian judge
• Daya Ram Sahni (1879-1939), Indian archaeologist
• Deepak Sahni, Indian entrepreneur
• Harpreet Sawhney, American engineer
• Indira Sawhney, the petitioner in the Indra Sawhney & Others v. Union of India case, which sought to stop quotas being provided for OBCs (landlord non modernised groups)
• Jagdish Sahni (1944-2021), Indian politician
• Jaideep Sahni (born 1968), Indian screenwriter, songwriter, and film producer
• Karan Sawhney, Indian footballer
• Kidar Nath Sahani (1926-2012), Indian politician
• Kusum Sawhney, British-Indian author
• Mohanbir Sawhney, professor at Kellogg School of Management
• Nakul Singh Sawhney, Indian documentary filmmaker
• Nilam Sawhney, Indian Civil Servant (former Chief Secretary, Andhra Pradesh)
• Nitin Sawhney, British Indian musician and composer
• Parikshit Sahni (born 1940), Indian actor
• Parlad Singh Sawhney, Indian politician
• Prem Nath Sahni (1916-1990), Indian administrator
• Pritam Singh Sahni (1924-2008), Punjabi poet
• Rajan Sawhney (born 1970/71), Canadian politician
• Ravi Sawhney, American industrial designer
• Ruchi Ram Sahni (1863-1948), Indian scientist and educator
• Savitri Sahni (1902-1985), Indian paleobotanist
• S K Sahni, Indian Army lieutenant-general
• Sartaj Sahni, US-based computer scientist
• Sonia Sahni, Indian actress
• Suryakant Sawhney, known as Lifafa, Indian musician
• Varun Sahni (born 1956), Indian theoretical physicist
• Vikramjit Singh Sahney, Indian entrepreneur and social worker

Central India

• Akhilesh Sahani, Indian cricketer
• Anil Kumar Sahani, Indian politician
• Arjun Sahani, Indian politician
• Chandan Sahani, Indian cricketer
• Hari Sahni, Indian politician
• Harvindar Kumar Sahani, Indian politician
• Jubba Sahni (1906-1944), Indian revolutionary
• Mahendra Sahni, Indian politician
• Madan Sahni, Indian politician
• Mukesh Sahani, Indian politician
• Om Sahani, Indian actor
• Parth Sahani, Indian cricketer
• Sahani Upendra Pal Singh (1930-2021), Indian vernacular writer
• Swarab Sahani, Indian cricketer
• Ramchandra Sahani, Indian politician

See also

• Sahni, Punjab, a village near Lakhpur, India
• Murder of Naina Sahni