Bakshi may refer to:
Indian title Bakshi is a historical title used in India, deriving from Persian word for "paymaster", and originating as the title of an official responsible for distributing wages in Muslim armies.
Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir from 1953 to 1964. Bakshi Tirath Ram Vaid, a soldier of British India.
Indian surname
Kashmir Bakshi is a surname used by Kashmiri Pandits native to the Kashmir Valley of Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Odisha In Odisha Bakshi () surname mainly used by Zamindar Karanas.
Punjab Derived from the historical title, "Bakshi" came to be used as a surname among Punjabi Hindus and Sikhs, used by the Brahmin and Jatt castes respectively, in the Punjab region in India.
Amit Singh Bakshi (1925–2024), Indian hockey player Anand Bakshi, Indian songwriter Chandrakant Bakshi, Indian author G. D. Bakshi, Major General of Indian Army Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi, New Zealand member of parliament Padumlal Punnalal Bakshi, Indian Hindi-language writer Praveen Bakshi, Lieutenant general of Indian army Ramprasad Bakshi (1894–1989), Gujarati writer Rohit Bakshi (actor), Indian actor Rohit Bakshi (neurologist), American academic Sachindra Bakshi, Indian freedom fighter participated in kakori train robbery Tirath Singh Bakshi Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG Police) during the British Raj Zorawar Chand Bakshi (1921–2018) Indian general
Jewish surname Bakshi is also a Jewish surname, from the Turkish word for garden.
Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron, a former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel Ralph Bakshi, American animator and film director
Other surname Aleksandre Bakshi, Georgian tennis player
Fictional characters
Brad Bakshi, one of the main characters in Mythic Quest. Byomkesh Bakshi, a fictional Indian-Bengali detective created by author Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. Hrundi V. Bakshi, the main character in the 1968 film The Party.
See also Bakhshi Bakshy (sometime spelled bakshi) a shamanic music by Turkish people from Northern Iran and Turkish countries Baksi (surname)
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