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

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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,

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 ...

, Sethi, (Sawhney) and Suri. The surname is also found among

Arora Arora is a community of Punjab, comprising both Hindus and Sikhs. The name is derived from their native place Aror. Historically, the Arora section of the Khatri community had been principally found in West Punjab, in the districts to the sou ...

which is another sub-caste of Khatris. Historian Kamal Shankar Srivastava writes that all Khukrains including Sethis were originally found near the banks of Indus and Jhelum river especially in the towns of Pind Dadan Khan, Peshawar and Nowshera. In Peshawar, the Sethi Khatri was associated with mercantile activities along the Karakorum Highway. The Sethi muhallah in the old walled-city of Peshawar housed which was established by the Sethi clan is very close to the oldest settled location in the walled city known as Gor Khatri (Grave of the Khatris), famous for its religious structures and bustling bazars. Sethi is derived from the word "Sreshta" meaning "Pure" or "Superior" . Many Sethi Khatris adopted Sikhism as well. During the times of Guru Arjan, Bhai Chuhar Sethi, Bhai Sain Sethi and Bhai Lama Sethi were important leaders of Sikhs who were all good

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s too. Besides, they were very good commentators of scriptures. The Sikh Sangat including Guru Arjan had high appreciation for their artistic skills. A Sikh masand by the name of Sadh was a Sethi of

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, Afghanistan who arranged horses for Guru Arjan in an emergency situation when Guru's son fell ill. During 1782, a poet named Agra Sethi wrote "Haqiqat Rai di Var" which was about the real life incident of Haqiqat Rai Puri, a Hindu martyr.

Notable people

Akshay Sethi Akshay Sethi (born 2 October 1980) is an Indian model and television actor. He is well known for playing the double role in ''Sasural Genda Phool'' on Star Plus. Early life Akshay Sethi was born on 2 October 1980 in Maharashtra, India. Caree ...

(born 1980), Indian television actor *

Aman Sethi Aman Sethi (Hindi: अमन सेठी) is an Indian journalist and writer. He is the editor-in-chief of openDemocracy. Sethi was editor-in-chief of HuffPost India until it ceased operations in November, 2020. He is known for his debut ''A Fre ...

, Indian journalist and writer *

Ali Sethi Ali Aziz Sethi (Urdu/; ; born July 2, 1984) is a Pakistani singer, songwriter, composer, and author. Sethi rose to prominence with his debut novel, '' The Wish Maker'' (2009). In 2012, Sethi began focusing on his musical career and made his film ...

, Pakistani singer and author * Arjun Sethi (entrepreneur), Indian American entrepreneur, investor and executive *

Arjun Singh Sethi Arjun Singh Sethi is a Sikh American civil and political rights writer, human rights lawyer, and adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center and Vanderbilt University Law School. Background and career Sethi grew up in Virginia. ...

, Indian American civil rights writer and lawyer * Geet Sethi, Indian billiards player *

Kiran Sethi Kiran Sethi is a police officer in Delhi, India, known for organizing women's self-defense and police services training camps throughout India, for which she was honored by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in 2015. Biography Kiran Sethi's fa ...

, Indian police officer * Mira Sethi Pakistani Actress. * Najam Sethi Senior Pakistani Journalist and former Chief Minister of Punjab Province in Pakistan during a caretaker Government, Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board in 2022 * Nargis Sethi Senior Pakistani civil servant * Prem Gopal "Biloo" Sethi, Indian golfer * Parmeet Sethi, Indian actor *

Pramod Karan Sethi Pramod Karan Sethi (28 November 1927 – 6 January 2008) was an Indian orthopaedic surgeon. With Ram Chandra Sharma, he co-invented the " Jaipur foot", an inexpensive and flexible artificial limb, in 1969. He was awarded the Magsaysay Awar ...

, Indian orthopaedic surgeon and coinventor of the Jaipur leg * Rajeev Sethi, Indian art curator, scenographer and designer * Ramesh Sethi, Kenyan cricketer * Ram Sethi, Indian actor-director-writer * Ravi Sethi, Indian computer scientist * Ricky J. Sethi, Indian-American computational scientist * Suresh P. Sethi, American mathematician and economist known for the Sethi model * Vikas Sethi, Indian actor * Sethi K.C. Poet ,Writer , 5 World ,3 Asia and 3 India Book of Record holder in literature & and Art.d Art

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