Baniya or Bania (Nepali: बानियाँ) is a surname of people belonging to the Hindu Chhetri (Kshatriya caste) of Nepal. The alternate spelling of Bania is used by Chhetris and in India (Hindi: बनिया). Notable people with these surnames include:
Baniya
- Chandra Prakash Baniya (born 1951), Nepali writer, columnist, educator and politician
- Kanhaiya Baniya, Nepalese politician
- Mohan Baniya, Nepalese politician
- Rabindra Singh Baniya, Nepalese actor, producer and theatre actor/director
- Rayyan Baniya (born 1999), Italian footballer
Bania
See also: Bania, a European surname- Indra Bania (1942–2015), Indian theatre actor, playwright, film actor and director
See also
References
- Subba, Tanka Bahadur (1989). Dynamics of a hill society: Nepalis in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas. Mittal Publications. ISBN 9788173041143.
Some of the Chhetri clans are Adhikari, Baniya, Basnet, Bist, Bohra, Bura or Burathoki, Gharti, Karki, Khadka, Khatri, Khulal, Mahat, Raut, Rana, Roka, Thapa, etc.
- Singh, K.S.; Anthropological Survey of India (2005). People of India: Uttar Pradesh (3 pts.). Anthropological Survey of India. ISBN 9788173041143. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
The Chhetri clans (thar) include Adhikari, Bania, Basnet, Bhandari, Bist, Bohra, Burathoki, Charti, Karki, Khanka, Khatri, Kanwar, Manghi, Mahat, Panwar, Rana, Rawat, Roka, Thapa, etc.
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