Sahni

'Sahni' or 'Sawhney' is a Hindu surname. Sahni is one of the superior cast among all Hindus. They belong to the Khukhrain sub-caste of Punjabi Khatris. The Khukhrain comprise 8 clans who originally belonged to the Sind Sagar Doab (Indus-Jhelum interfluve) and Jech Doab (Jhelum-Chenab interfluve) region which mainly comprised Khushab, Pindi Gheb, Talagang, Chakwal, Mitihali, Nara, Pind Dadan Khan, Peshawar and Nowsherain in Punjab region of Pakistan. After the Partition of India in 1947 they spread out all over India and also overseas.

While overall the clan has been enterprising some noted personalities are :-

• Ajai Sahni, an author and expert on counter-terrorism
• Baljit Sahni (born 1987), an Indian football player
• Balraj Sahni (1913–1973), a Hindi film actor
• Bhisham Sahni (1915–2003), a Hindi writer, playwright, and actor
• Birbal Sahni, FRS (1891–1949), an Indian paleobotanist
• Jaideep Sahni (born 1974), an Indian screenwriter, songwriter, and film producer
• Mahendra Sahni, an Indian politician
• Parikshit Sahni, an Indian film and television actor
• Pritam Singh Sahni, also known by his pen name Kasad, a renowned Punjabi poet
• Sartaj Sahni, a US-based computer scientist
• Prateek Sahni (Born 1986) an Indian born Australian business men
• S K Sahni, a retired Indian Army lieutenant-general
• Nitin Sawhney British Indian musician and composer
• Mohanbir Sawhney Professor at Kellogg School of Management famous for his Let's Get Vertical theory

See also

• Sahni, Punjab, a village near Lakhpur, India

Sahani belongs to Kshatriya
Sahani mostly found in North India.