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  2. Bhat - Wikipedia

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    The word "Bhat" (Sanskrit: भट्ट, IAST: Bhaṭṭa) means "scholar" in Sanskrit.[2] [3] While the original shortened rendition of "Bhatta" was "Bhat" or "Bhatt," [4] many of the Kashmiri Brahmin and Kashmiri Muslim migrants to the Punjab region started spelling their surname as "Butt", which is the transliteration of the name when written using the Urdu/Persian alphabet (as opposed to ...

  3. Uttarakhand - Wikipedia

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    Uttarakhand's name is derived from the Sanskrit words uttara (उत्तर) meaning 'north', and khaṇḍa (खण्ड) meaning 'section' or 'part', altogether simply meaning 'Northern Part'. The name finds mention in early Hindu scriptures as the combined region of "Kedarkhand" (present day Garhwal) and "Manaskhand" (present day Kumaon).

  4. List of Pakistani family names - Wikipedia

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    Pakistani surnames are divided into three categories: Islamic naming convention, cultural names and ancestral names. In Pakistan a person is either referred by his or her Islamic name or from tribe name (if it is specified), respectively.

  5. Category:Islam in Uttarakhand - Wikipedia

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  6. Muslim Kayasths - Wikipedia

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    The Muslim Kayasth live in the northern Indian states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and also in other states: Jharkhand, West Bengal, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. There is also a portion of Kayasth community in Delhi, capital of India. In Uttar Pradesh, the Muslim Kayasth live in the urban and ...

  7. Fasli calendar - Wikipedia

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    another document of fasliyear 1343 ic. AD 1933. Fasli Calendar is a chronological system introduced by the Mughal emperor Akbar basically for land revenue and records purposes in northern India, The differences in records dates due to the Muslim lunar calendar because of moon sighting have led him to introduce an alternate calendar which follows simultaneously with Islamic Lunar calendar and ...

  8. Rana (name) - Wikipedia

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    Some other variants of the name include Rani and Ranee as well as the surname Rane, which is more common in Goa and Maharashtra. [3] [4] In Persian, Arabic, Turkish and Kurdish; the name means "eye-catching, glittering, mesmerising" and "elegant, graceful", stemming from the word yarnū (Arabic: يرنو), meaning "to gaze at

  9. History of Uttarakhand - Wikipedia

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    After Indian independence, the Tehri princely state was merged into Uttar Pradesh (where Uttarakhand consisted of the Garhwal and Kumaon divisions). [7] Until 1998, Uttarakhand was the name most commonly used to refer to the region as political groups (including the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal, founded in 1979) began advocating statehood under its ...