Bakshi
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Bakshi is a surname found among both Hindu and Muslim Punjabis, as well as Kashmiris. Bakshi also belong to the Sikh. This is also used as a title bestowed on them by Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Sikh Bakshis are from Rawalpindi area and are khatris. Also used in the Bengali community. Bakshi is sometimes also written as 'Baxi'. They traditionally belonged to areas of Punjab and the NWFP that now fall in Pakistan. They were displaced from their traditional homes and relocated in India at the time of the partition of India in 1947.
Notable people with lastname Bakshi include:
- Amit S. Bakshi, Indian hockey player
- Anand Bakshi, Indian songwriter
- Byomkesh Bakshi, a fictional detective
- Chandrakant Bakshi, Indian author
- Ralph Bakshi, Israeli/American animator (The Lord of the Rings (1978 film) etc)
- Rai Bahadur Tirath Singh Bakshi DIG Police UP Captured Sultana a famous daquit in the British times.
- Sumeet Bakshi, Indian actress
[edit] See also
- Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir from 1953 to 1964.
- Bakshi Tirath Ram Vaid, a soldier of British India
- Bakshi Badri Nath Chhibber, a soldier of British India
- Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron, a former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel.
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