Lohani (surname)

For other uses, see Lohani (disambiguation).

Lohani (Hindi: लोहनी) or Lohumi(Hindi:लोहुमी) is a Kanyakubj Brahmin surname found predominantly in Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, India. They originally are the Pandey brahmins of Kannauj and Upadhyay brahmins of Banda district of Uttar Pradesh ,India who migrated to the hills of Uttarakhand in 15 and 16 century AD. They settled in Lohana village of Almora district in Uttarakhand, India [1] [2][3][4]Later some members of the community also migrated to Nepal. Notable people with the name include:

  • Ashwani Lohani, Indian bureaucrat , Former CEO of Air India ,Former railway board chairman of India , hailing from Almora district of Uttarakhand ,India[5]
  • Vinayak Lohani , Indian social worker , Padma Shri (2025) awardee, founder of Parivaar, a humanitarian institution based in West Bengal, India . His family roots are from Almora district of Kumaon region in Uttarakhand, India
  • Sushil Kumar Lohani, Indian administrative service officer of Odisha cadre

References

  1. ^ Pāṇḍe, Badarīdatta; Agrawal, Chandra M.; Pāṇḍe, Badarīdatta (1993). History of Kumaun (English version of "Kumaun ka itihas"). Almora, U.P., India: Shyam Prakashan Shree Almora Book Depot. pp. 521, 541. ISBN 978-81-85865-01-0.
  2. ^ Atkinson, Edwin T (1884). Gazetteer, Vol XI. pp. 425, 426.
  3. ^ "BRAHMINS OF KUMAON".
  4. ^ "कुमाऊं के ब्राह्मणों का इतिहास".
  5. ^ "Decades Of Neglect Taking Toll On Rail Infrastructure: Railway Board Chairman".
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