Sahu
Sahu (or Sah, or Sahoo, or Shahu) is a surname found in India. People using the surname may belong to various castes or tribes.[1]
The meaning of the term "Sahu" may change from region to region. The term generally means "businessman" or "moneylender".[2] It means "gentle" in the Jhelum region and "patient" among Jats.[1]
Usage
In India, the surname is found among Gakhars, Marwadi, Baniya, Janjuas, Jats[1] and other Rajput communities. People of Dhund, Dhanial and Satti tribes also use the surname. In Ludhiana region, it is used by Grewal Jat people. A tribe of Jats, who are an offshoot of the Sial tribe, also use this surname. In the Kabirwala region, it is used by another Jat tribe.[1]
In Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, people with Sahu surname belong to the Marwadi business class and have been categorized in the general category.[3]
In Bihar, Jharkhand people with Sahu or Gupta surnames belonging to the Saundik, Rauniyar, caste.[4]. The Sahu people in Jharkhand mostly doing Business and JOB.
The Sahu people in Maharashtra belong to the Marwari caste. They migrated from Bundelkhand to mainly Vidarbha region to escape some war. They trace their origin to Karmabai who lived in the Jagannath Temple in Puri.[2][5]
In Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh, Sahus belong to the Vaishnavite Brahmin caste. In Odisha, Sahus belong to Kshatriyas, Halua-Brahmins mostly in and around the Ganjam district and belong to Oriya speaking community. Some of these people have migrated to coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh.
There are also people with the surname Sahu belonging to the Gupta caste in Odissa.[6] There are also some people using the surname who belong to the Chasa caste.[7]
List of people with the surname Sahu (or Sahoo)
- Archita Sahu (born 1990), actress from Odisha, India
- Chandra Sekhar Sahu (born 1950), politician from Odisha, India
- Chandu Lal Sahu, politician, represents Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh
- Gazi Saiyyed Salar Sahu (c. 11th century), a commander in the army of Mahmud of Ghazni
- Kanak Manjari Sahoo (born 1957), writer and translator from Odisha, India
- Kishore Sahu (1915–1980), film actor and director from Madhya Pradesh, India
- Laxminarayan Sahu (1890–1963), writer and politician from Odisha, India
- Nandini Sahu (born 1973), writer and critic in English literature from Odisha, India
- Nattal Sahu (c. 1132), merchant prince who lived during the reign of the Tomara kings near Delhi
- Pardeep Sahu (born 1985), cricketer, Haryana & Kings XI Punjab
- Sarojini Sahoo (born 1956), writer from Odisha, India
- Sudarshan Sahoo (born 1939), sculptor from Odisha, India
- Sunil Sahu, professor in the Department of Political Science at the DePauw University
- Tarachand Sahu (1947–2012), politician from Chhattisgarh, India
- Prakash Chandra Sahu (born 1990) from Odisha , India
- Dr Sandip Kumar Sahu (born 1978) Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar,Odisha,India.
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 Ibbetson; Maclagan (1 December 1996). Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North West Frontier Province. Asian Educational Services. p. 345. ISBN 978-81-206-0505-3.
- 1 2 B. V. Bhanu (2004). People of India: Maharashtra. Popular Prakashan. p. 1813. ISBN 978-81-7991-102-0. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ↑ "Central List of OBCs. State : Gujarat". National Commission for Backward Classes. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- ↑ "Central List of OBCs. State : Bihar".
- ↑ "Central List of OBCs. State: Maharashtra". National Commission for Backward Classes. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ↑ "Central List of OBCs. State: Odisha". National Commission for Backward Classes. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ↑ Census of India, 1961: Orissa. Office of the Registrar General. 1961. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
The people belonging to Chasa caste are divided into two sub-groups, i.e., Bisi and Sahu.