Sahni (alternatively Sawhney, Sahney, Shahani , or Sahani ) is an Indian (

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 ...

) surname found among the

Hindus Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

Sikh Sikhs ( or ; pa, ਸਿੱਖ, ' ) are people who adhere to Sikhism (Sikhi), a monotheistic religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak. The term ' ...

s of Punjab. Notable people with the surname include: *

Ajai Sahni Ajai Sahni is an author on counter-terrorism, and serves as the Executive Director of the Institute for Conflict Management in New Delhi, which maintains the ''South Asia Terrorism Portal'', a website focusing on terrorism in South Asia. Backgrou ...

, author and expert on counter-terrorism * Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Indian Civil Servant (Former Secretary, MEITy, 2016-2022) *

Baljit Sahni Baljit Sahni (born 12 January 1987) is an Indian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Career JCT Sahni had played for JCT for 5 years. In the 2009–10 season he scored the first hat trick of the season against Shillong ...

(born 1987), Indian football player *

Balraj Sahni Brigadier Balraj (born Balasegaram Kandiah) was a senior commander of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Early life Balraj was the fifth and youngest child of Kandiah and Kannagias. He received his primary education in Kokkuthoduwaai ...

(1913–1973), Hindi film actor *

Bhisham Sahni Bhisham Sahni (8 August 1915 – 11 July 2003) was an Indian writer, playwright in Hindi and an actor, most famous for his novel and television screenplay '' Tamas'' ("Darkness, Ignorance"), a powerful and passionate account of the Partition of ...

(1915–2003), Hindi writer, playwright, and actor *

Birbal Sahni Birbal Sahni FRS (14 November 1891 – 10 April 1949) was an Indian paleobotanist who studied the fossils of the Indian subcontinent. He also took an interest in geology and archaeology. He founded what is now the Birbal Sahni Institute of Pal ...

(1891–1949), an Indian paleobotanist *

Harpreet Sawhney Harpreet Sawhney is an American electrical engineer at SRI International in West Windsor, New Jersey. He was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2012 for his work with video algorithm In ma ...

, American engineer *

Jaideep Sahni Jaideep Sahni (born 1968) is an Indian screenwriter, songwriter and creative producer, who wrote the screenplays for films like '' Chak De! India'', '' Khosla Ka Ghosla'', '' Company'', '' Bunty Aur Babli'', '' Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year ...

(born 1974), Indian screenwriter, songwriter, and film producer *

Mahendra Sahni Shri Mahendra Sahni (b 4 April 1940 Brahmapura, Muzaffarpur district, Bihar d. 6 Nov 2009) was an Indian politician of the Janata Dal (United) party who was a Member of the Parliament of India representing Bihar in the Rajya Sabha, the upper ho ...

, Indian politician * Mohanbir Sawhney, professor at Kellogg School of Management * Nilam Sawhney, Indian Civil Servant (Former Chief Secretary, Andhra Pradesh) *

Nitin Sawhney Nitin Sawhney , D.Mus (; born 1964) is a British musician, producer and composer. A recipient of the Ivor Novello Lifetime Achievement award in 2017, among multiple international awards throughout his career. Sawhney's work combines Asian an ...

, British Indian musician and composer *

Parikshit Sahni Parikshit Sahni (born 1 January 1944) is an Indian actor who is known for playing the lead in TV series Barrister Vinod, '' Gul Gulshan Gulfaam'' (Doordarshan) and ''Gaatha'' (Star Plus). He has also appeared in three of Rajkumar Hirani's bloc ...

(born 1940), Indian actor *

Pritam Singh Sahni Pritam Singh Sahni, or "Kasad" (1924–2008) was a Punjabi poet from New Delhi, India. Kasad was active in Punjabi Kavi circles. He authored more than 20 books of Punjabi poetry and was also a playwright. Kasad's family moved from Gah, Pak ...

, Punjabi poet * Rajan Sawhney (born 1970/71), Canadian politician *

S K Sahni S K Sahni is a retired lieutenant general in the Indian Army. He retired in 2006. On February 19, 2011, he was sentenced to jail by a general court martial in Jalandhar Jalandhar is the third most-populous city in the Indian state of P ...

, Indian Army lieutenant-general *

Sartaj Sahni Professor Sartaj Kumar Sahni (born July 22, 1949, in Pune, India) is a computer scientist based in the United States, and is one of the pioneers in the field of data structures. He is a distinguished professor in the Department of Computer and I ...

, US-based computer scientist *

Vikramjit Singh Sahney 'Vikramjit Singh Sahney'' (born 20 February 1962) also known as ''Vikram Sahney'', Rajya Sabha from Punjab is a Social entrepreneur, educationist, philanthropist and social activist. Vikramjit Sahney is the founder and chairman oSun Foundation ...

, Indian entrepreneur and social worker

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