Varshney

Varshney (वार्ष्णेय) is an Indian surname and a community.[1][2] Alternative names for the group include Barahseni[3] and Bara-Saini.[4] They belong to Bania caste and were traditionally traders and substantial landowners.[5][6]

Notable people

• Alka Nupur Varshney (born 1957), Kathak dancer and former actress
• Ashutosh Varshney (born 1957), American political scientist
• Ishwar Das Varshnei (died 1948), called "father of the glass industry" in India
• Rajeev Kumar Varshney (born 1973), Director, Centre of Excellence in Genomics at ICRISAT
• Umesh Varshney (born 1957), molecular biologist
• Y. P. Varshni (born 1932), physicist

Fictional characters

• Anil Varshney in the 2012 novel The Krishna Key[7]
• Rahul Varshney and Kala Varshney in the 2014 film Ugly

References

1. Bulbul Sharma (2013). Muslims in Indian Cities. HarperCollins Publishers India. p. 96. ISBN 978-93-5029-555-7.
2. Sebastian Schwecke (2012). New Cultural Identitarian Political Movements in Developing Societies: The Bharatiya Janata Party. Routledge. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-136-84657-1.
3. Brass, Paul R. (2011). The Production of Hindu-Muslim Violence in Contemporary India. University of Washington Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-295-80060-8.
4. A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West, Volume 2 By H.A. Rose, p.61
5. Schwecke, Sebastian (2012). New Cultural Identitarian Political Movements in Developing Societies: The Bharatiya Janata Party. Routledge. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-136-84657-1.
6. William Crook, Tribes and Castes of North Western Provinces and Oudh, Volume I, pages 177–8
7. Sanghi, Ashwin. The Krishna Key, chapter 46. Westland Publishers 2012.