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 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 Sriva ...

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 ...

, Ghai,

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

, 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 t ...

which is another sub-caste of

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 ...

s. 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 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 Jhe ...

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. 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 Sikhism (), also known as Sikhi ( pa, ਸਿੱਖੀ ', , from pa, ਸਿੱਖ, lit=disciple', 'seeker', or 'learner, translit= Sikh, label=none),''Sikhism'' (commonly known as ''Sikhī'') originated from the word ''Sikh'', which comes fr ...

as well. During the times of

Guru Arjan Guru Arjan (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਅਰਜਨ, pronunciation: ; 15 April 1563 – 30 May 1606) was the first of the two Gurus martyred in the Sikh faith and the fifth of the ten total Sikh Gurus. He compiled the first official edition of t ...

, Bhai Chuhar Sethi, Bhai Sain Sethi and Bhai Lama Sethi were important leaders of Sikhs who were all good

musician A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who w ...

s too. Besides, they were very good commentators of scriptures. The Sikh Sangat including

had high appreciation for their artistic skills. A Sikh

masand A masand was a representative and tithe collector in Sikhism. They were an officially appointed missionary minister representing the Sikh Guru, who baptized conversions to Sikhism, and collected '' dasvandh'' ("the tenth" of income) as an offering ...

by the name of Sadh was a Sethi of

Balkh ), named for its green-tiled ''Gonbad'' ( prs, گُنبَد, dome), in July 2001 , pushpin_map=Afghanistan#Bactria#West Asia , pushpin_relief=yes , pushpin_label_position=bottom , pushpin_mapsize=300 , pushpin_map_caption=Location in Afghanistan ...

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bord ...

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 (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 ...

, Indian journalist and writer * Ali Sethi, 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 Geet Siriram Sethi (born 17 April 1961) of India is a professional player of English billiards who dominated the sport throughout much of the 1990s. He is also a notable amateur (ex-pro) snooker player. He is a five-time winner of the professi ...

, 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 Najam Aziz Sethi (Urdu, pa, ; born 20 May 1948) is a Pakistani journalist, businessman and cricket administrator, currently serving as the chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). He also is the founder of ''The Friday Times'' and ''Vanguar ...

Senior Pakistani Journalist and former Chief Minister of Punjab Province in Pakistan during a caretaker Government, Chairman of

Pakistan Cricket Board The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is a sports governing body for cricket in Pakistan responsible for controlling and organising all tours and matches undertaken by the Pakistan national cricket team. A member of the International Cricket Cou ...

in 2022 *

Nargis Sethi Nargis Sethi ( ur, ) is a retired Pakistani civil service officer of the Pakistan Administrative Service who served in BPS-22 grade as the Cabinet Secretary of Pakistan and Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Other heav ...

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 Ricky J. Sethi is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Fitchburg State University and the Director of Research for The Madsci Network. He was appointed as a National Science Foundation (NSF) Computing Innovation Fellow by the Computi ...

, Indian-American computational scientist *

Suresh P. Sethi Suresh P. Sethi is an American mathematician who is the Eugene McDermott Chair of Operations Management and Director of the Center for Intelligent Supply Networks at the University of Texas at Dallas. He has worked as departmental editor of ' ...

, American mathematician and economist known for the Sethi model *

Vikas Sethi Vikas Sethi (born 12 May 1976) is an Indian actor. He played the lead role in the 2003 adult drama film ''Oops!'', he went on to play supporting roles in numerous hit TV series and Bollywood films. His most notable television appearances inclu ...

, 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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