Bhan is a Kashmiri Pandit clan and surname native to the

Kashmir Valley The Kashmir Valley, also known as the ''Vale of Kashmir'', is an intermontane valley concentrated in the Kashmir Division of the Indian- union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The valley is bounded on the southwest by the Pir Panjal Range and ...

Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to: * Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent * Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory * Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered ...

, India. The Bhan Brahmin dynasty founded a erstwhile tribal hill state of Kashmir in the 10th century AD And it was ruled by the Bhan dynasty for two hundred years Now all the territory of this state of Bhan is found in Sidhnuti district of Azad Kashmir under present Pakistan: Bhan as a surname is also used by

Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...

Saraswat Brahmins.

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Ashok Bhan Ashok Bhan (born 1 April 1950) is a retired Indian Police Service officer (J&K-1976). A PhD in Botany, Dr. Bhan held important positions in Jammu and Kashmir State Government including that of the Commissioner of Vigilance, Director General o ...

(born 1950), retired IPS officer, Director General of Police (Intelligence) and Director General of Police (Prison) *

Gopinath Bhan Bhagwan Gopinath (3 July 1898 – 28 May 1968), born Gopinath Bhan, also called Bhagwan Gopinath Ji, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a '' jivanmukta'' (liberated soul) and his spiritual state has b ...

(1898–1968), also called Bhagwan Gopinath Ji, mystic saint of Kashmir in India *

Maharaj Kishan Bhan Maharaj Kishan Bhan (9 November 1947 – 26 January 2020) was an Indian pediatrician and clinical scientist. He received M.B.B.S. Degree (1969) from Armed Forces Medical College, Pune and M.D. Degree from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Edu ...

(1947–2020), Indian Paediatrician and Clinical Scientist *

Mona Bhan Mona Bhan is the Ford-Maxwell Professor of South Asian Studies and associate professor of Anthropology at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University. At Maxwell school, she is the senior research associate at the S ...

, cultural anthropologist and associate professor of anthropology at DePauw University *

Pushkar Bhan Pushkar Bhan (1926 in Srinagar – 5 October 2008 in Delhi ) was a radio actor and script writer from Kashmir, India. Literary career He wrote three plays in collaboration with Som Nath Sadhu - ''Grand Rehearsal'' (1967), ''Chapath'' or ' ...

(1926–2008), Indian radio actor and script writer from Kashmir * Shereen Bhan (born 1976), Indian journalist and news anchor

(Battle of the White Wood) was fought in 1721 near Attadale, in the county of Ross in the Scottish Highlands * Beinn Bhàn (disambiguation), meaning White Mountain in Gaelic, is a common name, applied to several hills in different parts of Scotland * Beinn Bhan (Applecross), a mountain in the highlands of Scotland, lying on the Applecross peninsula, on the north side of Loch Kishorn * Beinn Bhan (Arkaig), a Scottish mountain situated in the Lochaber region of the Highland Council Area * Binn Bhan, a mountain in County Galway, Ireland, the highest of the Twelve Bens, and the highest peak in Galway *

Leine bhan The Leine (; Old Saxon ''Lagina'') is a river in Thuringia and Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Aller and the Weser and is long. The river's source is located close to the town of Leinefelde in Thuringia. About downriver, ...

, ("White Shirt"), a distinctive smock which trangressors of ecclesiastical law in Scotland were at one time obliged to wear Other names including the word Bhan: *

Takali Bhan Takali Bhan is a small village in Shrirampur taluka, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying ...

, small village in Shrirampur taluka, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, India *

Bhan Syedabad Bhan Saeedabad ( ur, بھان سعید آباد) also known as Bhan is a small town near Sehwan Sharif, Jamshoro District, Sindh, Pakistan. Bhan Sayed Abad south side is Sehwan Shareef and the north side is Dadu. Bhan Syedabad is also town com ...

, a small town near Dadu, Dadu District, Sindh, Pakistan

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