Varshney

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Varshney (वार्ष्णेय) is an Indian surname and a community.^[1]^[2] Alternative names for the group include Barahseni^[3] and Bara-Saini.^[4] They belong to Bania caste and were traditionally traders and substantial landowners.^[5]^[6]

Notable people

Alka Nupur Varshney (born 1957), Kathak dancer and former actress
Ashutosh Varshney (born 1957), American political scientist
Ishwar Das Varshnei (died 1948), called "father of the glass industry" in India
Rajeev Kumar Varshney (born 1973), Director, Centre of Excellence in Genomics at ICRISAT
Umesh Varshney (born 1957), molecular biologist
Y. P. Varshni (born 1932), physicist

Fictional characters

Anil Varshney in the 2012 novel The Krishna Key^[7]
Rahul Varshney and Kala Varshney in the 2014 film Ugly

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