Ghai is a surname that is found among the

Khatri Khatri is a caste of the Indian subcontinent that is predominantly found in India, but also in Pakistan and Afghanistan. In the subcontinent, they were mostly engaged in mercantilistic professions such as banking and trade, they were the d ...

community of

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. They are a part of Khukhrain sub-caste among the Khatris which also includes the clans of Anand,

Bhasin Bhasin is a surname that is found among the Khatri community of India. They are a part of Khukhrain sub-caste among the Khatris which also includes the clans of Anand, Chadha, Kohli, Ghai, Sahni (Sawhney), Sethi and Suri. Kamal Shankar Srivast ...

Chadha Chadha (also spelled as Chattha, Chatha, Chaddha and Chadda) is a surname that is used by Punjabi Khatri caste. According to a traditional account, the forefathers of Chadha Khatris fought with Babur in a battle. However, all of them died exc ...

Kohli Kolhi ( sd, (Perso-Arabic), कोल्ही (Devanagari)) is a subgroup of Koli community native to Sindh, Pakistan. Kolhi's mostly are Hindu but some of them are Christian and Muslim. They engage in agriculture and most of them are poor p ...

, Ghai,

Sahni Sahni (alternatively Sawhney, Sahney, Shahani , or Sahani ) is an Indian (Khatri) surname found among the Hindus or Sikhs of Punjab. Notable people with the surname include: * Ajai Sahni, author and expert on counter-terrorism * Ajay Prakash S ...

(Sawhney),

Sethi Sethi is a surname that is found among the Punjabi Khatris of India. They are a part of Khukhrain sub-caste among the Khatris which also includes the clans of Anand, Bhasin Chadha, Kohli, Ghai, Sahni, Sethi, (Sawhney) and Suri. The surname is a ...

and Suri. Kamal Shankar Srivastava writes that all Khukrains including Ghais were originally found near the banks of Indus and Jhelum river especially in the towns of

Pind Dadan Khan Pind Dadan Khan (P.D. Khan), a city in Jhelum District, Punjab, Pakistan, is the capital of Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil, which is an administrative subdivision of the district. Location It is located at 32°35'16N 73°2'44E on the bank of River Jhelu ...

Peshawar Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...

and Nowshera.

Notable people

Kiran Ghai Kiran Ghai (born 23 August 1949) is a national vice president of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She is an MLC in Bihar state in India, and Chairperson of Child Protection and Women empowerment committee of Bihar Legislative Council. Earlier she wa ...

(born 1949), Indian national vice president of the Bharatiya Janata Party *

Rajinder Ghai Rajinder (Raj) Singh Ghai (born 12 June 1960 in Jalandhar, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the mos ...

(born 1960), Indian cricketer *

Shivani Ghai Shivaani Ghai (born 25 April 1975) is an English actress. Early life Ghai is of Indian origin and was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. She grew up in Gosforth and attended Gosforth High School. Later, she went to university, where she gained a BA ...

(born 1975), British Indian actress *

Subhash Ghai Subhash may refer to: People * Subhash Agarwal, Indian professional player and coach of English billiards and snooker * Subhash Awchat (born 1960), Indian artist and author based in Mumbai * Subhash Bapurao Wankhede (born 1963), Indian politician ...

(born 1945), Indian film maker *

Ved Kumari Ghai Ved Kumari Ghai is a sanskrit scholar from Jammu City, Jammu and Kashmir, India. She was head of the Sanskrit department in Jammu University. Early life She was born on December 16th, 1931, in Pratap Garh Mohallah, Jammu. She completed her sch ...

(born 1931), Indian Sanskrit scholar *

Yash Ghai Yash Pal Ghai CBE (born 20 October 1938) is a Kenyan academic in constitutional law. As of 2007 he is the head of the Constitution Advisory Support Unit of the United Nations Development Programme in Nepal. Until 2008, he was a United Nations S ...

(born 1938), Fellow of the British Academy

References

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