Poonia or Punia is a clan (or

gotra In Hindu culture, the term gotra (Sanskrit: गोत्र) is considered to be equivalent to lineage. It broadly refers to people who are descendants in an unbroken male line from a common male ancestor or patriline. Generally, the gotra fo ...

) of

Jats The Jat people ((), ()) are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subse ...

. Notable people who bear the surname and may or may not be associated with the clan include: *

Jai Narayan Poonia Jai Narayan Poonia (1934 – 7 November 2021) was a Cabinet Minister and leader of Rajasthan in India. He served as Minister of Public Works. He was born in village Lakhlan Choti of district Churu in Rajasthan in the family of Choudhary Jagma ...

(1934–2021), Indian politician *

Krishna Poonia Krishna Poonia (born 5 May 1977) is an international gold-medalist Indian discus thrower, track-and-field athlete, 2 times Olympics participant, Padma Shri and Arjuna Award recipient, politician from Congress party and the current MLA from S ...

, Indian

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

er *

Navdeep Poonia Navdeep Singh Poonia (born 11 May 1986) is a Scottish cricket player. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium fast bowler. He has played One Day Internationals for Scotland, and was selected for his country for the 2007 Cricket World C ...

, Scottish

cricket player Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

Poonam Poonia Poonam Poonia (born 12 December 1994) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Services. He made his first-class debut on 1 October 2015 in the 2015–16 Ranji Trophy. He made his List A debut for Services in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy 201 ...

, Indian cricketer *

Surendra Poonia Major Dr. Surendra Poonia, VSM is an international award-winning sportsman, Limca book record holder, physician, former Special Forces officer of the Indian Army, founder of Soldierathon marathon, Fit Bharat and a politician of Bharatiya Jana ...

, Indian sportsman *

Bajrang Punia Bajrang Punia (born 26 February 1994) is an Indian freestyle wrestler, who competes in the 65-kg weight category. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Punia won a bronze medal by defeating Kazakhstan's Daulet Niyazbekov with a wide 8-0 margin. Punia ...

, Indian wrestler *

Bijender Kumar Punia Bijender Kumar Punia is the former Vice-Chancellor of Maharshi Dayanand University. He was appointed in 2016. Previously he was working in Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar as Professor in Department of Management. He ...

, vice chancellor of

Maharshi Dayanand University Maharshi Dayanand University, also called M.D. University or simply MDU, is a university in Rohtak, Haryana, India. Established in 1976 and named after the saint Dayananda Saraswati. Maharshi Dayanand University, ab initio established as Rohtak ...

Deepak Punia (cricketer) Deepak Punia (born 27 September 1993) is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Delhi. He has also played for Haryana, Saurashtra and Services. In 2016, he was bought by the Mumbai Indians for the 2016 Indian Premier League. In October ...

, Indian

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er *

Pavitra Punia Neha Singh, known by her stage name Pavitra Punia (born 22 April 1986), is an Indian actress. She is known for playing Geet Dhillon in Star Plus's ''Love U Zindagi'' and an evil queen named Timnasa in the popular Sony SAB's sitcom fantasy se ...

, Indian actress *

Savita Punia Savita Punia (born 11 July 1990) is an Indian field hockey player and is a member of the India women's national field hockey team. She hails from Haryana and plays as the goalkeeper. Savita Punia is also known as "Great Wall of India" because o ...

, Indian field hockey player *

Seema Punia Seema Punia-Antil (born 27 July 1983) is an Indian discus thrower. Her personal best throw is , achieved at the National Senior Inter-state Athletic Championships 2021. Early life Seema Antil was born in Khewda village of Sonipat district in ...

(also known as Seema Antil), Indian

er *

Priya Punia Priya Punia (born 6 August 1996) is an Indian cricketer. In December 2018, she was named in India's squad for their series against New Zealand. She made her Women's Twenty20 International cricket (WT20I) debut for India against New Zealand Wo ...

, Indian Cricket player *

Mandeep Punia Mandeep Punia is a young freelance journalist based in Haryana. He was arrested by Delhi Police during 2020-2021 Indian farmers' protest, India. He sent to Tihar Jail for 14 day. Indian Journalists protest against Punia arrest in the front of De ...

, freelance journalist from

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 most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

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