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'''Bhan''' is an Indian Kashmiri Pandit and |
'''Bhan''' is an Indian [[Kashmiri Pandit]] and [[Punjab]]i [[Saraswat Brahmin]] surname. |
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Notable People with surname : |
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*[[Ashok Bhan]] (born 1950), retired Indian Police Service officer, Director General of Police Intelligence and Director General of Police Prisons |
*[[Ashok Bhan]] (born 1950), retired Indian Police Service officer, Director General of Police Intelligence and Director General of Police Prisons |
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*[[Gopinath Bhan]] (1898–1968), also called Bhagwan Gopinath Ji, mystic saint of Kashmir in India |
*[[Gopinath Bhan]] (1898–1968), also called Bhagwan Gopinath Ji, mystic saint of Kashmir in India |
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Revision as of 09:26, 16 September 2022
Bhan is an Indian Kashmiri Pandit and Punjabi Saraswat Brahmin surname.
Notable People with surname :
- Ashok Bhan (born 1950), retired Indian Police Service officer, Director General of Police Intelligence and Director General of Police Prisons
- Gopinath Bhan (1898–1968), also called Bhagwan Gopinath Ji, mystic saint of Kashmir in India
- Maharaj Kishan Bhan (1947–2020), Indian Paediatrician and Clinical Scientist
- Mona Bhan, cultural anthropologist and associate professor of anthropology at DePauw University
- Pushkar Bhan (1926–2008), radio actor and script writer from Kashmir
- Shereen Bhan (born 1976), Indian journalist and news anchor
See also
In Scottish Gaelic, the word for white is bàn (also bhàn, bhàin), as in:
- An Eala Bhàn ("The White Swan"), a Scottish Gaelic love song composed by Dòmhnall Ruadh Chorùna during the Battle of the Somme
- Battle of Coille Bhan (Battle of the White Wood) was fought in 1721 near Attadale, in the county of Ross in the Scottish Highlands
- Beinn Bhàn (disambiguation), meaning White Mountain in Gaelic, is a common name, applied to several hills in different parts of Scotland
- Beinn Bhan (Applecross), a mountain in the highlands of Scotland, lying on the Applecross peninsula, on the north side of Loch Kishorn
- Beinn Bhan (Arkaig), a Scottish mountain situated in the Lochaber region of the Highland Council Area
- Binn Bhan, a mountain in County Galway, Ireland, the highest of the Twelve Bens, and the highest peak in Galway
- Leine bhan, ("White Shirt"), a distinctive smock which trangressors of ecclesiastical law in Scotland were at one time obliged to wear
Other names including the word Bhan:
- Takali Bhan, small village in Shrirampur taluka, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, India
- Bhan Syedabad, a small town near Dadu, Dadu District, Sindh, Pakistan