Pawar is an Indian surname found among the Maratha, Mahar or Koli people in Maharashtra. They claim descent from the Parmar clan of Rajput's.
Joshi is a surname used by the Brahmin (caste) in India and Nepal. Joshi is also sometimes spelled as Jyoshi. The name is derived from the Sanskrit word Jyotishi meaning "astrologer" or a person who practices jyotisha. Jyotisha refers to Hindu astrology and astronomy and is derived from jyotish.
Varmā, Verma, Varman, or Burman are surnames found in India and South-East Asia. The surnames Varmā, Verma, Varman, and Burman are indeed found in India and Southeast Asia. These surnames are commonly used by people of different castes and ethnic groups across the region. The surname Verma is used in North India by some of the groups among a cluster of castes called Kayasthas. However, in the same region, it can also be found among castes like Kurmis. and Koeris.
Das is a common last name in South Asia, among adherents of Hinduism and Sikhism, as well as those who converted to Islam or Christianity. It is a derived from the Sanskrit word Dasa meaning servant, devotee, or votary. "Das" may be inferred to be one who has surrendered to God. The surname is often used by those in the Vaishnav community.
Bhagwati Charan Verma was a Hindi author. He wrote many novels, his best work was Chitralekha (1934), which was made into two successful Hindi films in 1941 and 1964 respectively. He was awarded Sahitya Akademi Award for his epic five-part novel, Bhoole Bisre Chitra in 1961 and Padma Bhushan in 1971. He was also nominated to Rajya Sabha in 1978.
Chaudhary is a common surname in indian subcontinent, originally derived from an Indian hereditary title. "Chowdhury" is a term adapted from the Sanskrit word caturdhara, literally "holder of four". 'Chaudhary' was first bestowed by the various rulers of the Delhi Sultanate, and the custom was continued by the breakaway Bengal Sultanate. Later, the Mughals and the Nawabs conferred the same title in great numbers. Chaudharies were "local magnates" responsible for land taxes alongside an amil and a karkun (accountant) in the local-level administrative units known as parganas.
Vohra is an Indian surname belonging to the Khatri caste of the Punjab region.
Majumdar is a native Bengali surname that is used by the both Bengali Hindu and Bengali Muslim community of Indian states of West Bengal, Assam and as well as of Bangladesh.
The Garhwali people are an Indian ethnolinguistic group native to the Garhwal, in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, who speak Garhwali, an Indo-Aryan language.
Mohanty/Mahanty/Mahanti is a native Odia surname native to Odisha but is also used in neighbouring states of Odisha such as Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana migration.
Shukla is a word of Sanskrit origin that means "bright" or "white".
Krishan is a given name and surname. Notable persons with that name include:
Durga is a Hindu goddess.
Chand means Moon in Hindi.
Sarkar is a surname among the people of the Indian subcontinent. It was an honorific title given to landlords/zamindars of East India, irrespective of their religious affiliation, under the Mughal Empire and even in Sher Shah's reign, as part of the erstwhile Persian nobility. At present there are Sarkar families in different parts of West Bengal, India as well as in Bangladesh. The term is used in both Bengali Hindu and Muslim communities.
Murmu is a surname indicating a particular clan of the Santals found in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.
Saroj is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Hembram, also spelled as Hembrom; is a surname found in India. It is also an exogamous clan (kili) of the Santal and Bhumij people. Notable people with the surname include:
The name Pasi is composed of two words Pa and asi (sword), implying thereby one who hold a sword in his hand or in other words a soldier. Another etymology is that the name comes from the Sanskrit pashika, "one who uses a noose." The Pasi are said to have used nooses for climbing trees.
Rathva is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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