Bajwa

Punjabi Jat Surname

Bajwa (Punjabi: ਬਾਜਵਾ (Gurmukhi); باجوہ (Shahmukhi)) is a Jat surname and tribe name commonly found among the Sikhs, Muslims and Hindus of the Punjab region in India and Pakistan.[1]

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
  • Najm Us Saqib Bajwa (born 1983), a Pakistani entrepreneur
  • Neeru Bajwa (born 1982), Indo-Canadian actress
  • Poonam Bajwa, Indian actress
  • Pratap Singh Bajwa (born 1957), Indian politician
  • Qamar Javed Bajwa (born 1960), a Pakistani Military General, retired as Army Chief;
  • 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
  • Ehsan Ul Haq Bajwa, Pakistani politician
  • Muhammad Asif Bajwa, Pakistani politician
  • Ali Zia Bajwa, Pakistani jurist
  • Iram Hassan Bajwa, Pakistani politician

References

  1. ^ Singh, Kumar Suresh (1996). "Appendix B". Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. People of India: National series. Vol. 8 (Illustrated ed.). Delhi: Anthropological Survey of India. pp. 1355–1357. ISBN 0-19-563357-1. OCLC 35662663.
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