Passi (surname)
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Passi is a surname
used by people from Punjab
. Passi is also a highly prominent Khatri
/Rajput
clan from the Punjab. Most older males from the Passi Clan attain the status of "Lala", meaning "wealthly landlord", "esquire".
Passi families mainly lived in Punjab, both India
and Pakistan
. Pre-Partition, Passis were mainly into trading and land lease businesses. Many Passi families migrated from Pakistan to India during Partition.
Passi's were basically from Noormahal in Jalandhar
.Later they shifted to Phillaur
& Jagraon
.Now they are spread all over Punjab
and northern India.Some have even settled abroad in North America
& Europe
.
Now they have entered into all sorts of Business and Professions.Some being teachers,doctors,bankers,advocates,chartered accountants,engineers etc.Unlike from being a landlord they have opted for other fields also.And have achieved great success.e.g. Passi hand tools in Ludhiana.There is a residential area named Passi Nagar in Ludhiana on Pakhowal road.Also there is Passian da Mohalla in Phillaur
.
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
used by people from Punjab
Punjab region
The Punjab , also spelled Panjab |water]]s"), is a geographical region straddling the border between Pakistan and India which includes Punjab province in Pakistan and the states of the Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and some northern parts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi...
. Passi is also a highly prominent Khatri
Khatri
Khatri is a caste from the northern Indian subcontinent. Khatris in India are mostly from Punjab, region but later they migrated to regions like Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu, Uttarkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber...
/Rajput
Rajput
A Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and in some parts of Pakistan. Rajputs are descendants of one of the major ruling warrior classes in the Indian subcontinent, particularly North India...
clan from the Punjab. Most older males from the Passi Clan attain the status of "Lala", meaning "wealthly landlord", "esquire".
Passi families mainly lived in Punjab, both India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. Pre-Partition, Passis were mainly into trading and land lease businesses. Many Passi families migrated from Pakistan to India during Partition.
Passi's were basically from Noormahal in Jalandhar
Jalandhar
Jalandhar is a city in Jalandhar District in the state of Punjab, India. It is located 144 km northwest of the state capital, Chandigarh...
.Later they shifted to Phillaur
Phillaur
Phillaur is a town and a municipal council in Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab.- Overview :Phillaur is the railway junction on the border line of Ludhiana and Jalandhar Cantonment. It was a junction for Lohian and Ferozepur. In pre-partition days, it was the main timber market of...
& Jagraon
Jagraon
Jagraon is a city and a municipal council in the Ludhiana district in the Indian state of Punjab. Jagraon is more than three centuries old. It has been thought by some that the city's original name was Jagar aon, meaning A place of great flooding, although this flooding has since ceased...
.Now they are spread all over Punjab
Punjab region
The Punjab , also spelled Panjab |water]]s"), is a geographical region straddling the border between Pakistan and India which includes Punjab province in Pakistan and the states of the Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and some northern parts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi...
and northern India.Some have even settled abroad in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
& Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
.
Now they have entered into all sorts of Business and Professions.Some being teachers,doctors,bankers,advocates,chartered accountants,engineers etc.Unlike from being a landlord they have opted for other fields also.And have achieved great success.e.g. Passi hand tools in Ludhiana.There is a residential area named Passi Nagar in Ludhiana on Pakhowal road.Also there is Passian da Mohalla in Phillaur
Phillaur
Phillaur is a town and a municipal council in Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab.- Overview :Phillaur is the railway junction on the border line of Ludhiana and Jalandhar Cantonment. It was a junction for Lohian and Ferozepur. In pre-partition days, it was the main timber market of...
.