List of Saraswat Brahmins

This list comprises notable Saraswat Brahmins , by profession.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Politics

• Motilal Nehru, lawyer ^[1]
• Jawaharlal Nehru, former Prime Minister ^[1]
• Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister ^[1]
• Beena Kak, Minister, Rajasthan ^[2]
• Manohar Parrikar, former Chief Minister of Goa ^[3]
• P. N. Haksar, bureaucrat and diplomat ^[4]
• Tej Bahadur Sapru, lawyer ^[5]
• B.N. Rau, Indian civil servant, jurist, diplomat and statesman ^[6]
• N. G. Chandavarkar, former President Indian National Congress. ^[7]

Military

• Tapishwar Narain Raina, 9th Chief of the Army Staff of Indian Army ^[8]

Police force

• Sanjiv Bhatt, Indian Police Service officer of the Gujarat-cadre ^[9]
• Daya Nayak, police officer ^{[10] [11]}

Cinema

• Aditya Dhar, film director, screenwriter and lyricist ^[12]
• Guru Dutt, film director ^[13]
• Manav Kaul, actor ^[14]
• Mani Kaul, film director ^[15]
• Anupam Kher, actor ^[16]
• Kunal Khemu, actor ^[17]
• Raaj Kumar, actor ^[18]
• Deepika Padukone, Indian actress ^[19]
• M. K. Raina, actor ^[20]
• Mohit Raina, actor ^[21]
• Pallavi Sharda, actress ^[22]
• Amrita Rao, actress ^[23]
• Girish Karnad, actor, writer, theatre personality. ^[24]

Sports

• Prakash Padukone, badminton player. ^[19]
• Suresh Raina, cricketer. ^[25]

Entertainment and music

• Samay Raina, stand-up comedian and YouTuber ^[26]
• Sunil Dutt, actor and politician ^[27]
• Sanjay Dutt, actor ^[28]

References

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2. "Rajasthan Government - Council of Ministers". Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Secretariat. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
3. "Forward castes must think forward as well". Hindustan Times. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
4. Singh, Kuldeep (2 December 1998). "Obituary: P.N. Haksar". www.independent.co.uk. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
5. Mohan Kumar (1981). Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru: a political biography. Vipul Prakashan. Retrieved 25 March 2007. Even now there are many distinguished scholars of Persian among the Kashmiri Brahmins in India. Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru and Raja Narendranath to mention two of them.
6. Newbigin, Eleanor (19 September 2013). The Hindu Family and the Emergence of Modern India: Law, Citizenship and Community. Cambridge University Press. p. 140. ISBN   978-1-107-43475-2.
7. Fozdar, Vahid Jalil (2001). Constructing the "brother": Freemasonry, Empire, and Nationalism in India, 1840-1925. University of California, Berkeley. p. 140.
8. "Kashmiri Pandit soldiers to the fore". Hindustan Times. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
9. @sanjivbhatt (14 April 2018). "985204040500957185" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 March 2022– via Twitter.
10. "My life resembles a movie: Daya Nayak". DNA India. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2025. I hate being called an 'encounter specialist'. I'm a Brahmin
11. "Encounter specialist to take on fiesty actress". Bangalore Mirror. 11 November 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2025. Daya Nayak belongs to the Rajapur Saraswat Brahmin community
12. Sinha, Seema (15 January 2019). "Uri director Aditya Dhar on telling the story of surgical strikes and why it's an army film, not propaganda". Firstpost. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
13. "What Guru Dutt & Deepika Padukone have in common?". www.rediff.com. 21 September 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
14. Tarannum, Asira (31 January 2016). "I have faith in my performance: Manav Kaul". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
15. "Film maker Mani Kaul passes away". Jagran. 6 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
16. "Anupam Kher to work for Empowerment of Kashmiri Pandit Community". Hindustan Times. 11 April 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2013. as a member of the [Kashmiri Pandit] community
17. "Kunal Khemu On Being Kashmiri Pandit: "I did Feel like an OUTSIDER Every now and Then But…"". Bollywood Hungama. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
18. Taneja, Nidhima (8 October 2022). "Raaj Kumar—Bollywood prince left the police force to live a king-sized life in his white shoes". ThePrint. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
19. Gupta, Priya (8 April 2014). "I don't have an issue marrying an actor: Deepika Padukone". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
20. "Slow trotter, going places ..." The Hindu . 15 April 2002. Archived from the original on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
21. Shah, Shreya (18 August 2013). "Oh My God!". Verve Magazine. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
22. Gupta, Priya (29 August 2013). "I always regretted not being born in India: Pallavi Sharda". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
23. "'We spoke in Konkani but there was no swearing'". Rediff. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
24. Srinivasaraju, Sugata (13 June 2019). "The untold story of Girish Karnad". Mint. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
25. Misra, Itishree (31 August 2015). "Raina is a very caring husband, says wife Priyanka". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
26. "'Standing up' for Kashmir". The New Indian Express. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
27. Syed, Abdul Rasool (21 September 2018). "Hussaini Brahmins and the tragedy of Karbala". Daily Times. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
28. "Sanjay Dutt In General Mohyal Sabha 125th "Sthapna Divas", New Delhi". YouTube. Live Today Nettv. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2023.