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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Bakshi''' may refer to:<br />
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==Indian title==<br />
Bakshi is a historical title used in India, deriving from [[Persian language|Persian]] word for "paymaster", and originating as the title of an official responsible for distributing wages in Muslim armies.<ref name="Oxford_2016">{{cite book |editor1=Patrick Hanks |editor2=Richard Coates |editor3=Peter McClure |title=The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0AyDDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA123 |year=2016 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-252747-9 |page=123 }}</ref><br />
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* [[Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad]], Prime Minister of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] from 1953 to 1964.<br />
* [[Bakshi Tirath Ram Vaid]], a soldier of [[British India]].<br />
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==Indian surname==<br />
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===Kashmir===<br />
'''Bakshi''' is a surname used by [[Kashmiri Pandits]] native to the [[Kashmir Valley]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India.<ref>{{cite book |date=August 20, 2014 |last=Agrawal |first=Premendra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2E36BgAAQBAJ&dq=mattu+surname&pg=PT47 |access-date=April 5, 2023 |title=Accursed & Jihadi Neighbour |publisher=Commercial Services |page=86 |isbn=9788193051207 |quote=Meaning of surnames found on the Kashmiri Pandit tree: Bakaya, Sapru, '''Bakshi''', Munshi, Wazir, Chalkbast, Bhan, Langar or Langroo, Wattal, Bazaz, Taimini, Mattu, Chak, Zalpuri, Khar, Hazari, Zutshi, Razdan, Tikhu, Kathju, sopori, Thussoo, Haksar, Raina, Waloo or Wali, Wantu/Wanchu, Gamkhwar, Kakh, Mushran, Sharga, Handoo, Gurtu, Kitchlu, and Ganjoo. |language=en-IN }}</ref><ref name="Bansi Pandit">{{cite book |author=[[Bansi Pandit|Pandit, Bansi]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zsoC6GWr47QC&dq=bhat+butt+name+kashmir&pg=PA99 |title=Explore Kashmiri Pandits |publisher=Dharma Publications |isbn=9780963479860 |accessdate=2010-12-02}}</ref><br />
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===Odisha===<br />
In [[Odisha]] '''Bakshi''' ({{langx|or|ବକ୍ସି}}) surname mainly used by [[Karan (caste)|Zamindar Karanas]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Orissa (India) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DS5uAAAAMAAJ&q=bakshi |title=Orissa District Gazetteers: Sundargarh |date=1966 |publisher=Superintendent, Orissa Government Press |language=en}}</ref><br />
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===Punjab===<br />
Derived from the historical title, "Bakshi" came to be used as a surname among [[Punjabi Hindus]] and [[Punjabi Sikhs|Sikhs]], used by the [[Brahmin]] and [[Jat Sikh|Jatt]] castes respectively, in the Punjab region in India.<ref name="Oxford_2016"/><br />
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* [[Amit Singh Bakshi]] (1925–2024), Indian hockey player<br />
* [[Anand Bakshi]], Indian songwriter<br />
* [[Chandrakant Bakshi]], Indian author<br />
* [[G. D. Bakshi]], Major General of Indian Army<br />
* [[Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi]], New Zealand member of parliament<br />
* [[Padumlal Punnalal Bakshi]], Indian Hindi-language writer<br />
* [[Praveen Bakshi]], Lieutenant general of Indian army<br />
* [[Ramprasad Bakshi]] (1894–1989), Gujarati writer<br />
* [[Rohit Bakshi (actor)]], Indian actor<br />
* [[Rohit Bakshi (neurologist)]], American academic<br />
* [[Sachindra Bakshi]], Indian freedom fighter participated in kakori train robbery<br />
* [[Tirath Singh Bakshi]] Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG Police) during the British Raj<br />
* [[Zorawar Chand Bakshi]] (1921–2018) Indian general<br />
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== Jewish surname ==<br />
Bakshi is also a Jewish surname, from the Turkish word for garden.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}<br />
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* [[Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron]], a former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of [[Israel]]<br />
* [[Ralph Bakshi]], American animator and film director<br />
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==Other surname==<br />
* [[Aleksandre Bakshi]], Georgian tennis player<br />
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==Fictional characters==<br />
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*[[Mythic Quest#Cast and characters|Brad Bakshi]], one of the main characters in Mythic Quest.<br />
*[[Byomkesh Bakshi]], a fictional Indian-Bengali [[detective]] created by author [[Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay]].<br />
*Hrundi V. Bakshi, the main character in the 1968 film ''[[The Party (1968 film)|The Party]]''.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Bakhshi]] <br />
* [[Bakshy]] (sometime spelled bakshi) a shamanic music by Turkish people from Northern Iran and Turkish countries<br />
* [[Baksi (surname)]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Persian words and phrases]]<br />
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[[Category:Surnames of Hindu origin]]<br />
[[Category:Punjabi-language surnames]]<br />
[[Category:Kashmiri-language surnames]]<br />
[[Category:Kashmiri tribes]]<br />
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