Lakhani (name)
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Lakhani is a Sindhi
family name in Pakistan
and India
. The Muslim Lakhani also belong to Memon community. Lakhani is a prosperous business community and now also in journalism
, sports and politics
. The Lakhani in India are Hindu
s as well as Muslim
s. The surname Lakhani is a Lohana
surname.
Sindhi people
Sindhis are a Sindhi speaking socio-ethnic group of people originating from Sindh, a province Formerly of British India, now in Pakistan. Today Sindhis that live in Pakistan belong to various religious denominations including Islam, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, Sikhism and Christianity...
family name in 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...
and 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...
. The Muslim Lakhani also belong to Memon community. Lakhani is a prosperous business community and now also in journalism
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
, sports and politics
Politics
Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
. The Lakhani in India are Hindu
Hindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
s as well as Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
s. The surname Lakhani is a Lohana
Lohana
The Lohana also referred to as Luvana are an Indian caste,largely classified as merchants and are categorized as Vaishya or Bania caste although their ancient history proves that they are Kshatriya of Suryavanshi descant, claiming their lineage from Lava, son of Rama...
surname.
Members of Lakhani community
- Iqbal Ali LakhaniIqbal Ali LakhaniIqbal Ali Lakhani is a Pakistani industrialist belonging to Karachi's wealthy Lakhani family that is reported to be among the top 22 richest families in the country. He is one of four brothers controlling the Lakson Group and he is the group chairman....
- Sultan Ali LakhaniSultan Ali LakhaniSultan Ali Lakhani is one of the richest people in Pakistan. He has a B.A degree in Economics from Karachi University. Sultan Ali currently holds the following positions:* Joint owner the Lakson Group...
, one of the richest men in Pakistan - Hemant LakhaniHemant LakhaniHemant Lakhani is a British rice trader and sari salesman of Indian origin. He was convicted in 2005 of illegal arms dealing after purchasing a fake surface-to-air missile from a Russian intelligence agent posing as a disgruntled military officer then attempting to sell that missle to a FBI agent...
- Falguni Lakhani
- Faisal Lakhani one of the richest men in India
See also
- Memon people
- Memon (tribe)
- Kathiawadi MemonsKathiawadi MemonsThe ancestors of present day Memons who settled few centuries ago, in various part of the district of Kathiawar are now identified as simply Memons or Kathiawadi Memons, or Halai Memons . Kathiawadi Memons are further divided into sub-group which is generally refer to their ancestral village or...
- BantvaBantvaBantva, Bantwa is a small town in Kathiawar, a former district of the state of Gujarat in India.-Geography:Bantva is located at 21° 28' 60N and 70° 4' 60E, at an altitude of 20 meters. Nearby towns are Nanadiya, Limbuda, Manavadar, Vanthali, Junagadh, Keshod, Visavadar, Kutiyana, Dhoraji,...
- Juberi MemonJuberi MemonJuberi Memons are an ethnic group residing in the Sindh Province of Pakistan. They speak Sindhi and Kachi. They are primarily involved in agriculture, business and education unlike other Memons who tend to be only businessmen or only agriculture. They are generally believed to have been the...
- Kutchi MemonKutchi MemonKutchi Memons or Cutchi Memons are a part of larger Memons, a Muslim community of Pakistan and India, who speak the Kutchi language and are original residents of Kutch region....
- Memoni languageMemoni languageThe Memoni language is the language of Memons historically associated with Kathiawar, in West India, a Memon subgroup. Many Memons have settled in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan since the independence in 1947...
- Memons in South AfricaMemons in South AfricaMemons in South Africa form a prosperous Muslim subgroup in that country's Indian community, and are largely descended from Memons from Kathiawar who immigrated as traders, early in the 20th century from India...
- Memons in Sri LankaMemons in Sri LankaMemons in Sri Lanka arrived from Sindh , in the 1870s. They are currently an important Muslim minority in the country. Sunni Muslim by origin, they are entrepreneurs who settled in Sri Lanka for business opportunities during the colonial period...
- Sardargarh BantvaSardargarh BantvaSardargardh Bantva was a princely state founded in 1760 on the Kathiawar peninsula in Gujarat, India. It had an area of approximately 186 km², and contained 13 primarily Muslim villages. Upon independence in 1947, the princely states were forced to join either India or Pakistan...
- Sindhi MemonSindhi MemonSindhi Memons are an ethnic group residing in Sindh Province of Pakistan. They speak a dailect of Sindhi. They are primarily involved in agriculture or are high level government officials, unlike other Memons who tend to be businessmen .This community of Memons might have originated around the...
- Lakson GroupLakson GroupThe Lakson Group, was founded in 1954. Lakson Group is a well-known business group in Pakistan. The conglomerate is run by the Lakhani brothers among whom Iqbal Ali Lakhani is Chairman of the Lakson group. His siblings are Amin Lakhani, Sultan Lakhani and Zulfiqar Lakhani. Its head office is...