Puri (family name)

Puri is a family name. and also the name of a Khatri clan with origins in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan.

Origin and etymology

The surname may possibly be derived from the Purus,^[1]^[2] the ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of the Northwestern Punjab region who, siding with the Iranian tribes (e.g. Parsu), were defeated at the Battle of the Ten Kings mentioned in the Rig Veda.

Buddha Prakash, Professor of History and of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, Director of the Institute of Indic Studies, said:

The Purus settled between the Asikni and the Parusni, whence they launched their onslaught on the Bharatas, and after the initial rebuff in the Dasarajna War, soon regrouped and resumed their march on the Yamuna and the Sarasvati and subsequently merged with the Bharatas, Some of their off-shoots lingered on in the Punjab and one of their scions played a notable part in the events of the time at Alexander's invitation. They probably survived in the Punjab under the name of Puri, which is a sub-caste of the Khatris.^[1]

Notable people

Sports

Indu Puri, eight time national table tennis Champion and former international Indian Table Tennis Player. Arjuna Awardee
Sunita Puri, a former member of the Indian Women's Hockey Team. Arjuna Awardee

Businessmen

Aroon Purie, Indian businessman and the founder & editor in chief of India Today
Deepak Puri, founder of Moser Baer

Bankers

Aditya Puri, Managing Director, HDFC Bank Limited
K. R. Puri, former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India

Journalists

Balraj Puri, journalist, writer and human rights activist

Film actors

Amrish Puri, Bollywood and Hollywood film actor
Amrita Puri, Bollywood film actress
Madan Puri, Bollywood film actor
Om Puri, Bollywood and Hollywood film actor

Scientists

Ishwar K. Puri, N. Waldo Harrison Professor at Virginia Tech

References

1 2 Prakash, Buddha (1964). Political and Social Movements in Ancient Panjab. Delhi, Patna, Varanasi: M. Banarsidass. p. 77.
↑ Kosambi, Damodar Dharmanand (1966). Ancient India: A History of its Culture and Civilisation. Delhi: Pantheon Books. pp. 81–83.

Ethnic groups, social groups and tribes of the Punjab

Agrawal	Bansal Dharan Goyal Gupta Nangal Singhal

Arains	Mian Mehar Dhankhar

Brahmins	Punjabi Brahmins Saraswat Brahmins Bali Chhibber Datt Lau Mohan Mohyal Pathak Sharma

Scheduled Castes	Ad-Dharmi Balmiki Bazigar Chamar Khateek Mazhabi Sikh Mochi Mirasi Nanda Nat Ramdasia Sikh Ravidasi

Ahirs	Yaduvanshi Ahirs Ahirs Harals Ghosi Hindu Ghosi Bhurtiya Aharwar Nirban Ranghar Dagar

Gurjars	Gurjar Parihar Kasana Chechi Tomar Bhati Chauhan Solanki Baisla

Jats	Bains Bagga Bajwa Birring Chaudhary Chohan Dhaka Dhankhar Dhillon Dhaliwal Dhindsa Ghuman Gill Goraya Kharal Khokhar Khullar Ponwar Randhawa Saharan Sandhu Sidhu Sial Sodhi Sohal Virk Sanghera Sahi Nanda

Labana	Datla Ghotra Labana Nanda

Khatris	Ahuja Anand Babbar Bagga Bedi Bhasin Bindra Chadha Chopra Dhawan Duggal Ghai Khukhrain Kapoor Khanna Kohli Malhotra Malik Nanda Nayar Oberoi Puri Rehal Roshan Sabharwal Sahni Sehgal Sekhri Sethi Sodhi Suri Talwar Tandon Thapar Tuli Vohra

Rajputs	Hunjan Hun Manhas Bais Butta Bhakral Bhatti Chandel Chattar Chib Chauhan Dhulia Gohil Jamwal Janjua Jappa Mair Mekan Naroo Nauls Noon Parmar Panwar Prasad Pundir Puni Ranawat Rawat Ranial Rathore Saharan Sulehria Shaktawat Solangi Sohlan Sisodia Tuar Thakial

Tarkhans	Bhambra Panesar Rooprai Reehal Rupal Ramgharia Sohal

Aroras Bakarwal Bania Bishnois Kamboj Kumhars Sansi Sayyid

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