Bajwa
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Bajwa | |
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Ethnicity | Punjabi |
Location | Punjab region of India and Pakistan |
Varna | Jat |
Language | Punjabi |
Religion | Islam, Sikhism |
Bajwa (Punjabi: ਬਾਜਵਾ (Gurmukhi); باجوا (Shahmukhi)) is a Jat surname and clan name commonly found among the Sikhs and Muslims of the Punjab region in India and Pakistan.[1][2][3]
Notable people bearing the Bajwa name, who may or may not be affiliated with the clan, include:
- Arjan Bajwa (born 1979), Indian actor and model
- Asif Bajwa (born 1969), Pakistani field hockey player
- Asim Saleem Bajwa, Pakistani former military officer
- Charanjit Kaur Bajwa (born 1959), Indian politician
- Javed Ashraf Bajwa, Pakistani military officer
- Jugpreet Singh Bajwa (born 1994), Indo-Canadian singer
- Neeru Bajwa (born 1982), Indo-Canadian actress
- Poonam Bajwa, Indian actress
- Pratap Singh Bajwa (born 1957), Indian politician
- Qamar Javed Bajwa (born 1960), Pakistani military officer
- Rupa Bajwa (born 1976), Indian writer
- Sonam Bajwa (born 1989), Indian model and actress
- Surinder Singh Bajwa (c. 1955–2007), Indian politician
- Tariq Bajwa, Pakistani civil servant
- Tariq Mahmood Bajwa, Pakistani politician
- Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Indian politician
- T. S. Bajwa, Indian politician
- Varinder Singh Bajwa, Indian politician
References[edit]
- ^ Imran Bhindar (2018). From Sialkot To Vancouver - Pages 19, 20, 24 via Google Books. ISBN 9781642547917. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ "Lawyer's Reference: Being a Historical Survey of the Indian... Page924 via Google Books". 1918. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ "About Bajwa clan, here and in Pakistan". The Tribune (Chandigarh, India). 27 November 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2021.