This is a list of Saini people a caste/community mainly found in Punjab Province (Present day - Four States and Two Union Territories) of North India.

Four States:

• Punjab
  Punjab
  Punjab or Panjab may refer to:Geographical regions*Punjab region, an area of South Asia stretching from central Pakistan to northwest India**Punjab, India, a state, a part of the Punjab which lies in India...
  
  
• Haryana
  Haryana
  Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...
  
  
• Himachal Pradesh
  Himachal Pradesh
  Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India. It is spread over , and is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west and south-west, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on the south, Uttarakhand on the south-east and by the Tibet Autonomous Region on the east...
  
  
• Jammu and Kashmir
  Jammu and Kashmir
  Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south and internationally with the People's Republic of China to the north and east and the...
  
  

Two Union Territories:

• Chandigarh
  Chandigarh
  Chandigarh is a union territory of India that serves as the capital of two states, Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, in the city...
  
  
• Delhi
  Delhi
  Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
  
  

Saini people have been represented in a variety of fields.

Epical Sainis

• Maharaja Shurasena
• Shini
• Vasudev
• Kunti
• Balarama
  Balarama
  Balarama , also known as Baladeva, Balabhadra and Halayudha, is the elder brother of the divine being, Krishna in Hinduism. Within Vaishnavism Hindu traditions Balarama is worshipped as an Avatar of Vishnu, and he is also listed as such in the Bhagavata Purana...
  
  
• Lord Krishna
• Satyaki
  Satyaki
  Yuyudhana , better known as Satyaki , was a powerful warrior belonging to the Vrishni clan of the Yadavas, to which Krishna also belonged. According to the Puranas, he was grandson of Shini of the Vrishni clan, and son of Satyaka. Satyaki was devoted to Krishna and his best friend Arjuna, with...
  
  
• Subhadra
  Subhadra
  Image:Jagannath, Baladev and Subadra in Radhadesh.jpg|thumb|right|250px|alt=|Subhadra, flanked by her brothers Balarama and Jagannatha . Deities of the Radhadesh temple in Belgium...
  
  

Medieval Saini warriors

• Gurdan Singh Saini
• Jarnail Sardar Nanu Singh Saini, Jagirdar, Phulkiyan
• Jarnail Sardar Sangat Singh Saini
• Bibi Sharan Kaur Pabla
• Mayya Singh Saini
• Senapati Shaheed Gulab Singh Saini

Religion

• Nanua Bairagi
  Nanua Bairagi
  Nanua Bairagi , also known as Nanua Bhagat and Jamala Singh, was a renowned mystic, humanitarian and Sikh warrior of Punjab.. He belonged to Saini community of Punjab.-Nanua as a humanitarian and spiritual mentor of Bhai Kanhaiya:...
  
  , Sikh
  Sikh
  A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...
  
   mystic, martyr and poet
• Sharan Kaur Pabla
  Sharan Kaur Pabla
  Sharan Kaur Pabla was a Sikh martyr who was slain in 1705 by Mughal soldiers while cremating the bodies two older sons of Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th Sikh Guru, after the battle of Chamkaur. She was from the village Raipur Rani which is 2 KM from the famous town of Chamkaur.Guru Gobind Singh...
  
  , Sikh
  Sikh
  A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...
  
   martyr who died while performing the last rites of Guru Gobind Singh
  Guru Gobind Singh
  Guru Gobind Singh is the tenth and last Sikh guru in a sacred lineage of ten Sikh gurus. Born in Patna, Bihar in India, he was also a warrior, poet and philosopher. He succeeded his father Guru Tegh Bahadur as the leader of Sikhs at a young age of nine...
  
  's older sons
• Labh Singh Saini
  Labh Singh Saini
  Sardar Labh Singh Saini , Akali politician and notable freedom figher, was born in 1895 and was the son of Sardar Dula Singh. He belonged to a Saini family in village Lasara of Jalandhar district. He spent his early youth at Quetta and passed his Matriculation examination from the high school...
  
  , (1895–1947) Freedom Fighter & President of Shiromani Akali Dal)
• Jathedar Sadhu Singh Bhaura
  Jathedar Sadhu Singh Bhaura
  Jathedar Sadhu Singh Bhaura , was a Sikh missionary who rose to be the Jathedar or high priest of Sri Akal Takhat, Amritsar, was born the son of Bhai Ran Singh and Mai Atam Kaur, on 6 June 1905 at Chakk No...
  
  , Jathedar of Akal Takth 1964-1980, highest spiritual & temporal authority of Sikhs

Journalism

• Sadhu Singh Hamdard
  Sadhu Singh Hamdard
  Sadhu Singh Hamdard was a well-known freedom fighter and journalist of Punjab, excelling in both Urdu and Punjabi and an innovative poet, who carried in his name the psudonym 'Hamdard', "sharing with all the pangs of their hearts," "friendly towards all."...
  
   Eminent Punjabi Journalist, Founder of Ajit Group, Padam Shri
• Pritam Saini
  Pritam Saini
  Dr. Pritam Saini was a journalist, literary critic and history scholar of Punjab. He served as Research Fellow at Punjabi University, Patiala in Indian Punjab and was also member of academic bodies such as the Punjab History Conference and Indian History Congress.- Literary and historical works...
  
  , historian and journalist
• Ajit Saini
  Ajit Saini
  Ajit Singh Saini was an eminent and critically acclaimed writer of Punjab . He was associated with the Punjabi daily "Ajit" as its managing editor and columnist. He is remembered in Punjab both as a freedom-figher and an acclaimed writer and columnist. He was an officer in Indian National Army...
  
  , Eminent Punjabi Journalist, Freedom Fighter & INA veteran; (See also Daily Ajit
  Daily Ajit
  Daily Ajit is the world's largest selling Punjabi language newspaper. The newspaper is owned by Hamdard family who are Sainis. The newspaper was founded in 1942 in Urdu language when the late Sadhu Singh Hamdard became its first editor. Veteran journalist and ex-Rajya Sabha member, Dr...
  
  )
• Barjinder Singh Hamdard
  Barjinder Singh Hamdard
  Barjinder Singh Hamdard is the managing edior the Punjabi newspaper Daily Ajit. He is also ex-parliamentarian of India's upper house, Rajya Sabha. He is the son of famous Punjabi journalist and writer Sadhu Singh Hamdard.- References :...
  
   Editor-in-Chief of newspaper Ajit, Novelist, Ex-Rajya Sabha Member
• Swati Mia Saini
  Swati Mia Saini
  Swati Maria Saini, popularly known as Mia Saini, is a financial journalist and video host who has also interned for CNBC and also worked as a freelance reporter for TheStreet.com...
  
   Former CNBC, Forbes Anchor/Reporter'
• Angela Saini
  Angela Saini
  Angela Saini is a British science journalist and author. Her first book Geek Nation: How Indian Science is Taking Over the World was published on 3 March 2011 by Hodder & Stoughton in the UK, and by Hachette in the Indian sub-continent in April 2011.She has been published in Science, Wired, The...
  
   British Science Journalist
• Late Satpal Saini, Eminent Haryanvi Journalist, The commemorative award namely SHRI SATPAL SAINI AWARD is awarded to those persons in Haryana who have did excellence work in journalism.
• Rajesh Saini, Haryanvi Journalist, Awarded by Special State Journalism Encouragement Award by Govt. of Haryana
• Manvir Saini, Journalist of Haryana, Awarded by Special State Journalism Encouragement Award by Govt. of Haryana

Authors and writers

• Rahul Saini
  Rahul Saini
  Rahul Saini is an Indian author of contemporary fiction. His books have strong comic tones and present up-beat stories that portray the fun loving, free spirited and out going character of today’s Indian youth...
  
  
• Ajit Singh Adhopia of Delhi, Hindu Indo-Canadian Religious Author & Social Activist
• Dr. Harcharan Singh Pioneer playwright of Punjabi literature. National Sahitya Academi awardee

Politics and cultural associations

• Rai Bahadur Chaudhari Dewan Chand Saini
  Chaudhari Dewan Chand Saini
  Rai Bahadur Chaudhary Dewan Chand Saini, MBE of Gurdaspur was a well-known criminal lawyer and politician of British Punjab.-Family and early life:...
  
   (1887 - unknown), criminal lawyer and politician of British Punjab
• Jagjit Singh Taunque
  Jagjit Singh Taunque
  Dr Jagjit Singh Taunque MBE, DL is the Deputy Lieutenant of the West Midlands. He has represented the Birmingham Inter Faiths Council on the University Court since 1995, becoming an Honorary Life Member of the Court in 1998...
  
  , Deputy Lieutenant of the West Midlands.
• Sunny Dhoorh
  Sunny Dhoorh
  Sunny Dhoorh is a Humanitarian, self made businessman, Community Organizer and Politician based in Michigan. He currently holds position as the vice president of the Indian National Overseas Congress USA and as President of INOC - State of Michigan. He is the Vice Chairman of The Democrat Party...
  
   Indo-American Social Activist
• V.P. Saini, (See All India Netaji Revolutionary Party
  All India Netaji Revolutionary Party
  All India Netaji Revolutionary Party, was a political party in India. AINRP was led by V.P. Saini, who is also the president of the Netaji Research Foundation. The party was founded in connection with the 5th All India Netaji Convention 1999. The party was formed in order to work the ideology of...
  
  )
• Kailasho Devi Saini, Former M.P., Haryana.
• Sardar Gurdyal Singh Saini, Former M.P., President of 'Haryana Saini Samaj'.
• Sardar Gurdial Singh, Former M.P., Punjab
• Sardar Barjinder Singh Hamdard, Former Rajya Sabha member.
• Late Sh. Sadhu Ram Saini, (See Salehpur
  Salehpur
  Salehpur is a small village located in Mullana tehsil under Ambala district in Haryana state. Its population is nearabout 2200. There are authorised votes of approximately 1100. Another very small village named Jamaal Majra is also under the control of Salehpur panchayat.Currently its Sarpanch is...
  
  , Haryana)
• Sardar Sahib Singh Saini, Former MLA from Thanesar, Haryana
• Sadhu Ram Saini, Former MLA from Panchkula, Haryana
• Raj Kumar Saini, Former MLA from Narayangarh, Haryana
• Bishan Lal Saini, Present MLA of Jagadhari constituency, Haryana
• Attar Singh Saini, Former MLA from Hansi, Haryana
• Lt. Hari Singh Saini, Former Minister from Haryana
• Manohar Lal Saini, He was the member of 6th parliament from Faridabad, Haryana
• Dr. Ram Kumar Saini, Present MLA from Gohana, Haryana
• Charanjit Singh Channi, Former MP, MLA and President, Northern Indian Saini Cultural Society, Chandigarh.

Music

• Taz (singer)
  Taz (singer)
  Tarsame Singh Saini aka Taz born 23 May 1967, Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom), is a British singer, composer and actor of Indian descent. He is the lead singer of the pop band Stereo Nation which was formed in 1996...
  
  , lead singer of the pop band Stereo Nation
• Soni Pabla
  Soni Pabla
  Soni Pabla was an Indian-born musician who sang Punjabi songs and is considered one of the best Indo-Canadian singers of all time.Soni Pabla was born and raised in Bilaspur a village near Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India. He belonged to the Saini community of Punjab. Soni Pabla moved to Toronto, Canada...
  
  , Bhangra Singer
• Satinder Sartaaj
  Satinder Sartaaj
  Satinder Sartaaj , also cited as Satinder Sartaj, is an Indian Punjabi singer and poet. Since then his popularity has seen a constant surge among the Punjabi diaspora with his shows being held in many countries across the world,...
  
  , Punjabi Sufi Singer
• Saini Surinder
• Gurkirpal Surapuri
• Angela Saini (Canadian Singer)
• G.S Saini
• Satnam Saini
• Gurmail Saini
• Harpal Ladda
• Ravinder Saini
• Micky Singh
• Neal Saini, Drummer (Lights Resolve
  Lights Resolve
  Lights Resolve is an American alternative rock band that formed in New York in 2006. The band consists of Matthew Reich , Neal Saini and Luke Daniels...
  
   band)
• Karan Saini, Haryanvi Singer & Lyricist
• Ram Kumar Saini, Haryanvi Singer

Military, police and armed insurgencies

• Sadhu Ram Chaudhari
  Sadhu Ram Chaudhari
  Sadhu Ram Chaudhari, OBE, IGP was the first police chief of the state of Himachal Pradesh and union territories of Delhi and Ajmer in independent India.- Family background :...
  
  , OBE, IGP, first police chief of the state of Himachal Pradesh
  Himachal Pradesh
  Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India. It is spread over , and is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west and south-west, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on the south, Uttarakhand on the south-east and by the Tibet Autonomous Region on the east...
  
   (then a union territory) and union territories of Delhi and Ajmer in independent India
• Joginder Singh Sahnan, winner of the Param Vir Chakra
  Param Vir Chakra
  The Param Vir Chakra is India's highest military decoration awarded for the highest degree of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy. It can be, and often has been, awarded posthumously....
  
  
• Gurbachan Singh Salaria
  Gurbachan Singh Salaria
  Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria is a military war hero, who was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest wartime military award. In the 1988 Television serial Param Vir Chakra by Chetan Anand, Captain G.S...
  
  , winner of the Param Vir Chakra
  Param Vir Chakra
  The Param Vir Chakra is India's highest military decoration awarded for the highest degree of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy. It can be, and often has been, awarded posthumously....
  
  
• Gurmukh Singh Saini
  Gurmukh Singh Saini
  Gurmukh Singh Saini , a Sikh soldier from the village Gadram Badi of Ropar in district Ambala of the province of Punjab in British India, won the Indian Order of Merit 1st Class in World War I for splendid courage on the battlefield on the night of March 1, 1916. He was also awarded the Cross of St...
  
  , Sikh
  Sikh
  A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...
  
   soldier during World War I
  World War I
  World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
  
  , winner of Cross of St. George
  Cross of St. George
  thumb|Original Cross of St. George.Ist and 2nd class were in gold.The Cross of St. George ', or simply the George's Cross, was, until 1913, officially known as the Sign of Distinction of the Military Order of St. George....
  
   and Indian Order of Merit . This medal was equivalent to British Victoria Cross, US Medal of Honor, French Legion of Honor or Indian Param Vir Chakra.
• Paul Singh Pabla, In 2006 , Sgt. Paul Singh Pabla of Fort Wayne , Indiana , another Saini soldier serving in US army laid down his life in Iraq and gained a posthumous Purple Heart.
• Gurdan Saini
  Gurdan Saini
  Gurdan Saini was a Rajput warrior and military general who fought and died heroically in the battle of Ranthambore between the Turk forces of Jalaludin Khilji and Rajput forces of Rana Hamir Dev in the 14th century CE....
  
  , 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...
  
   warrior who died fighting the Khilji dynasty
  Khilji dynasty
  The Khilji Sultanate was a dynasty of Turko-Afghan Khalaj origin who ruled large parts of South Asia from 1290 - 1320. They were the second dynasty to rule the Delhi Sultanate of India...
  
  
• Harnam Singh Saini
  Harnam Singh Saini
  Harnam Singh Saini was a notable Indian revolutionary who participated in Ghadar Conspiracy and was hanged by British colonial government on March 16, 1917 in Lahore for instigating revolt against the empire. He was tried under third Lahore Conspiracy Case trial.- Background :Harnam Singh Saini was...
  
  , Indian revolutionary
  Revolutionary movement for Indian independence
  The Revolutionary movement for Indian independence is often a less-highlighted aspect of the Indian independence movement -- the underground revolutionary factions. The groups believing in armed revolution against the ruling British fall into this category. The revolutionary groups were...
  
   who was hanged for participation in the Ghadar Conspiracy
  Ghadar Conspiracy
  The Ghadar Conspiracy was a conspiracy for a pan-Indian mutiny in the British Indian Army in February 1915 formulated by the Ghadar Party...
  
  
• Krishan Kant Saini
  Krishan Kant Saini
  Wing Commander Krishan Kant Saini, Vr.C., AVSM ' , an Indian Airforce helicopter pilot of 104 Squadron, set the world record in helicopter avionics by accomplishing the world's highest altitude helicopter landing. He attained this feat on 8 May 1969 when he landed Chetak helicopter at the...
  
  , Indian Airforce helicopter pilot of 104 Squadron, set the world record in helicopter avionics by accomplishing the world's highest altitude helicopter landing.
• Nanu Singh Saini
  Nanu Singh Saini
  Sardar Nanu Singh Saini was a Sikh army general and a well-known jagirdar in Phulkian riyasat. He was a close associate of Maharaja Ala Singh who founded the Patiala state in 1753 AD....
  
  , jagirdar and Sikh
  Sikh
  A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...
  
   military commander
• Maya Singh Saini
  Maya Singh Saini
  Maya Singh Saini, sometimes spelt as Mayya Singh Saini, was a notable Indian freedom-fighter from Naushahra in Amritsar district of the Punjab. Maya Singh Saini was an initially a cavalryman and fought in the battle of Ramnagar on 22 November 1848 during the second Anglo-Sikh war...
  
  , a notable freedom fighter and calaryman
• Sangat Singh Saini
  Sangat Singh Saini
  Sangat Singh Saini was a general in the army of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in the Sikh Empire. He oversaw the operations in the Gurdaspur District. His headquarters were based in Batala...
  
  , general of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
  Ranjit Singh
  Maharaja Ranjit Singh Ji was the first Maharaja of the Sikh Empire.-Early life:...
  
  
• Sumedh Singh Saini, (Director Vigilence Bureau,Punjab)
• Kartar Singh Taunque
  Kartar Singh Taunque
  Wing Commander Kartar Singh Taunque, then Hawai Sepoy 1st Class, became the first ever personnel of Indian Airforce to win a gallantry award. He won this award for a successful bombing raid during "Operations in Waziristan 1937-38". He was mentioned in despatches. Flt.Lt...
  
  , first soldier of Indian Air Force
  Indian Air Force
  The Indian Air Force is the air arm of the Indian armed forces. Its primary responsibility is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during a conflict...
  
   who won a gallantry
  Courage
  Courage is the ability to confront fear, pain, danger, uncertainty, or intimidation...
  
   award
• Uday Singh Taunque
  Uday Singh Taunque
  Sergeant Uday Singh Taunque was the first soldier of Sikh descent to die fighting in the Iraq War as part of the U.S. Army. His death in Iraq was widely reported in the Indian and American media.-Early Years:...
  
  , first Indian American
  Indian American
  Indian Americans are Americans whose ancestral roots lie in India. The U.S. Census Bureau popularized the term Asian Indian to avoid confusion with Indigenous peoples of the Americas who are commonly referred to as American Indians.-The term: Indian:...
  
   to die in Operation Iraqi Freedom
• Subedar-Major Jagindar Singh Saini, a Sikh officer from the Sappers, received the Indian Order of Merit and the Order of British India
  Order of British India
  The Order of British India was a medal and chivalric order which was bestowed by the East India Company for "long, faithful and honourable service", beginning in 1837. The Company's powers were removed after the Indian Mutiny, and the Order was incorporated into the British honours system in 1859...
  
   for 'conspicuous bravery' and 'striking leadership'; (See Battle of Loos
  Battle of Loos
  The Battle of Loos was one of the major British offensives mounted on the Western Front in 1915 during World War I. It marked the first time the British used poison gas during the war, and is also famous for the fact that it witnessed the first large-scale use of 'new' or Kitchener's Army...
  
  )

Sports

• Kulbir Bhaura
  Kulbir Bhaura
  Kulbir Singh Bhaura is a former field hockey player, who was a member of the gold medal winning British squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...
  
  , British hockey player, Gold Medalist in Seoul Olympics 1988
• Baljit Singh Saini
  Baljit Singh Saini
  Baljit Singh Saini is a field hockey defender and midfielder from India who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in 1995 during the Indira Gandhi Gold Cup. Baljit Singh Saini represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta,...
  
  , Indian hockey player and Olympian, Gold Medalist (Asian Games)
• Nirmal Saini
  Nirmal Saini
  Nirmal Milkha Singh was the Indian Women's Volleyball Team Captain.She was born October 10, 1938 in Shekpura, Punjab . She was Director of Sports for Women in the State Department. and graduated from Punjab University with a Masters degree in Political Science in 1958.Nirmal Saini later married...
  
  , former Indian womens volleyball captain
• Ashbeer Saini
  Ashbeer Saini
  Ashbeer Saini is India's number one junior golfer. He is the nephew of Baljit Singh Saini, who is an Olympian and Asian Games gold medalist for India in field hockey. Ashbeer Saini's father, Balwinder Singh Saini, who is also the elder brother of Baljeet Singh Saini has also represented India...
  
  , golfer
• Balwant (Bal) Singh Saini
  Balwant (Bal) Singh Saini
  Balwant Singh Saini is a former British hockey international of Indian descent. He made his debut for England on 12 March 1977 when he played against West Germany at Lords, London. He scored a spectacular goal on his debut at Lords which is still remembered...
  
  , British hockey international
• Saini Sisters
  Saini Sisters
  Saini Sisters is a popular epithet used for three sisters from Punjab who were international field hockey players, Rupa Saini, Krishna Saini and Prema Saini. At one time Saini sisters dominated woman's hockey in India and in the test series against Japan in 1970 all three sisters played together...
  
  , three Indian hockey players:
  • Rupa Saini
  • Krishna Saini
  • Prema Saini
• Hema Saini, Former captain of India hockey team women
• Nitin Saini, Cricketer, Haryana Cricket team & Kings XI Punjab
• Gurinder Saini, Cricketer, Plays for Haryana Bulls
• Sucha Singh Saini, Cyclist olympean (Year 1960)
• Murarilal Saini, Kushti Champion (Year 1966)
• Sumer Singh Saini, Member of National Hockey Team (Year 1970-1972)
• Sardar Avtar Singh Saini, Holds the national record for 400 meters race
• Joginder Singh Saini, (1997 Dronacharya Award Winner - Highest National Award in Sports Coaching)
• Ranjit Saini, Current president of National Cricket Team of Canada, See (Cricket Canada)
• Jason Saini, Car racer
• Kavita Saini, member of India national korfball team
  India national korfball team
  The India national korfball team is managed by the Korfball Federation of India , representing India in korfball international competitions....
  
  
• Sushila Saini, member of India national korfball team
  India national korfball team
  The India national korfball team is managed by the Korfball Federation of India , representing India in korfball international competitions....
  
  

Scholars and scientists

• Indu Banga
  Indu Banga
  Indu Banga is an Indian historian who specializes in the history of Punjab. She works at the Department of History of Panjab University, Chandigarh....
  
  , historian at Punjab University, Chandigarh
• Sapna Saini, First women pilot from Haryana, IAF officer
• Avtar Saini
  Avtar Saini
  Avatar Saini is an internationally renowned microprocessor designer and developer. He holds several patents related to microprocessor design. He is also former director for Intel's South Asia division...
  
  , computer engineer & scientist, designer and developer of Intel Pentium Processor
• Pritam Saini
  Pritam Saini
  Dr. Pritam Saini was a journalist, literary critic and history scholar of Punjab. He served as Research Fellow at Punjabi University, Patiala in Indian Punjab and was also member of academic bodies such as the Punjab History Conference and Indian History Congress.- Literary and historical works...
  
  , English, Hindi Punjab & Urdu writer , historian & literary critic
• Subhash Saini
  Subhash Saini
  Dr.Subhash Saini is a senior computer scientist at NASA Ames Research Center. He received a Ph.D from the University of Southern California and has held positions at University of California at Los Angeles , University of California at Berkeley , and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory .He has...
  
  , Senior Computer Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center
  NASA Ames Research Center
  The Ames Research Center , is one of the United States of America's National Aeronautics and Space Administration 10 major field centers.The centre is located in Moffett Field in California's Silicon Valley, near the high-tech companies, entrepreneurial ventures, universities, and other...
  
  , USA
• Sanjay Saini
  Sanjay Saini
  Dr. Sanjay Saini is a renowned radiologist at Harvard Medical School. He was in the news in New York Times in 2003 in relation to collaboration with offshore radiologists to provide health care in America....
  
  , Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
  Harvard Medical School
  Harvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....
  
  
• Hargurdeep (Deep) Saini
  Hargurdeep (Deep) Saini
  Dr. Hargurdeep Saini, also known as Deep Saini, is a notable scientist and is a Vice-President of University of Toronto. Additionally, he is currently also the principal of the University of Toronto's Mississauga campus. Prof Saini, was previously the dean of the Faculty of Environment at the...
  
  , Vice President and Principal of the University of Toronto
  University of Toronto
  The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
  
   at Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
• Mrs. Balvinder Saini, Chief Architect of Punjab
• Dr. Jasbir Singh Saini Chair
• Mahavarat Vidyalankar
  Mahavarat Vidyalankar
  Mahavarat Vidyalankar S/O Har Dayal Singh Saini was a prominent Indian Freedom Fighter and scholar. He was a close advisor and comrade of Subhas Chandra Bose and a founding member of the All India Forward Bloc, a leftist party which held the most uncompromising position on India's Independence...
  
  , Prominent Indian Freedom Fighter and scholar

Business

• M S Banga
  M S Banga
  Manvinder Singh Banga is a senior partner at the private equity fund Clayton Dubilier & Rice. He was previously a senior executive at Unilever as the Global President for Foods, Home & Personal Care - running all the categories, and was the lead internal candidate for the CEO position...
  
  , Corporate Executive, Ex-CEO - Hindustan Lever, Director on Board- Maruti Suzuki India Limited
• Ajay Banga
  Ajay Banga
  Ajay Banga is the current president and chief executive officer of MasterCard.MasterCard announced on April 12, 2010 that Ajay Banga, previously MasterCard’s president and chief operating officer, had been named by the Board of Directors to serve as the company’s president and chief executive...
  
  , Corporate Executive, President & COO- Mastercard, Ex CEO- Citi Group- Asia Pacific
• Jessie Singh Saini
  Jessie Singh Saini
  Jessie Singh Saini, full name Jaswinder Singh Saini, is the founder of BJS Electronics and an American industrialist of Indian descent. Jessie is also a well known political donor in California and both Bill Clinton and Al Gore have paid visits to his house during their incumbencies as President...
  
  , Indo-American industrialist
• Avtar Saini
  Avtar Saini
  Avatar Saini is an internationally renowned microprocessor designer and developer. He holds several patents related to microprocessor design. He is also former director for Intel's South Asia division...
  
  , Former Director, India Operations of Montalvo Systems and Former Vice President of Intel
• Parul Saini, Executive Director, RBS Asia Securities, Singapore
• Late Sardar Dilbhag Singh Saini, Owner Northern Transport Private Limited, India

Art

• Nek Chand
  Nek Chand
  Nek Chand Saini is an Indian self-taught artist, famous for building the Rock Garden of Chandigarh, an eighteen acre sculpture garden in the city of Chandigarh, India....
  
  , creator of Rock Garden of Chandigarh
• Reena Saini Kallat
  Reena Saini Kallat
  Reena Saini Kallat is an artist based in Mumbai, India.Kallat was born in Delhi. She works in photography, sculpture, installation and painting...
  
   ( 1973-) artist based in Mumbai
  Mumbai
  Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
  
  , 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...
  
  
• Jatinder Singh Girn (Jay), Model, Actor & Dancer New Zealand
  New Zealand
  New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
  
  
• Attar Singh Saini
  Attar Singh Saini
  Attar Singh Saini is a Cinematographer based in Mumbai, India. He has been working in Indian Film Industry, Mumbai from last fifteen years. His lighting is lyrical and every composition tells a tale of emotions. Saini has graduated from Film & TV Institute of India, Pune...
  
  , Cinematographer, Mumbai
  Mumbai
  Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
  
  , 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...
  
  
• Virender Saini, (National Film Award for Best Children's Film
  National Film Award for Best Children's Film
  The National Film Award for Best Children's Film is given annually as part of the National Film Awards ceremony in India. It is given to the film the jury panel of the awards deem the best feature that deals with themes surrounding children....
  
  )

Sainis with OBE, OBI & Rai Bahadur titles

• Sadhu Ram Chaudhari
  Sadhu Ram Chaudhari
  Sadhu Ram Chaudhari, OBE, IGP was the first police chief of the state of Himachal Pradesh and union territories of Delhi and Ajmer in independent India.- Family background :...
  
  , OBE
• Subedar-Major Jagindar Singh Saini 'Bahadur', OBI
  Order of British India
  The Order of British India was a medal and chivalric order which was bestowed by the East India Company for "long, faithful and honourable service", beginning in 1837. The Company's powers were removed after the Indian Mutiny, and the Order was incorporated into the British honours system in 1859...
  
  , IOM
• Chaudhary Dewan Chand Saini, MBE
  MBE
  MBE can stand for:* Mail Boxes Etc.* Management by exception* Master of Bioethics* Master of Bioscience Enterprise* Master of Business Engineering* Master of Business Economics* Mean Biased Error...
  
  , RB
  Rao Bahadur
  Rao Bahadur was a title of honour issued in British India to individuals who had performed great service to the nation....
  
  
• Jagjit Singh Taunque
  Jagjit Singh Taunque
  Dr Jagjit Singh Taunque MBE, DL is the Deputy Lieutenant of the West Midlands. He has represented the Birmingham Inter Faiths Council on the University Court since 1995, becoming an Honorary Life Member of the Court in 1998...
  
  , MBE
  MBE
  MBE can stand for:* Mail Boxes Etc.* Management by exception* Master of Bioethics* Master of Bioscience Enterprise* Master of Business Engineering* Master of Business Economics* Mean Biased Error...
  
  

Saini Zaildars during British era

• Chaudhari Jawahir Singh of Hoshiarpur had 19 villages under him.
• Chaudhari Jaimal Singh of Dasuya had 22 villages under him.
• Chaudhari Mohan Lal of Hissar (Present day Haryana).
• Chaudhari Nand Ram Saini s/o Zaildar Ch. Mohan Lal of Hissar (Present day Haryana). He inherited Zaildari from his father upon his death in 1906. He gave up this rank in 1921 to support freedom movement after which he became member of Congress. He was also head of Hindu Mahasabha for Hissar briefly before rejoining congress again in 1959. He died in 1973 at the age of 90.
• Chaudhari Bhola Ram of Bhola Chak 178 , Baria (Punjab-Pakistan)

Note: This list is not exhaustive. More information is needed for Ropar , Jalandhar, and Gurdaspur districts, and also for Hoshiarpur, over different periods of time before 1947.

Indian National Freedom Movement

• Gurdan Saini
  Gurdan Saini
  Gurdan Saini was a Rajput warrior and military general who fought and died heroically in the battle of Ranthambore between the Turk forces of Jalaludin Khilji and Rajput forces of Rana Hamir Dev in the 14th century CE....
  
   (Rajput General- martyred in Ranthambore)
• Mayya Singh Saini (imprisoned)
• Gulab Singh Saini (martyred-hanged on January 9, 1858 )
• Chaudhary Yograj Saini of Gambhowal (Kuka Movement, 13 years imprisonment)
• Harnam Singh Saini
  Harnam Singh Saini
  Harnam Singh Saini was a notable Indian revolutionary who participated in Ghadar Conspiracy and was hanged by British colonial government on March 16, 1917 in Lahore for instigating revolt against the empire. He was tried under third Lahore Conspiracy Case trial.- Background :Harnam Singh Saini was...
  
   (Ghadar movement, martyred - hanged on March 16 , 1917 after Lahore Conspiracy Case trial
  Lahore Conspiracy Case trial
  The Lahore Conspiracy Case trial also known as the First Lahore Conspiracy Case, were the trials held in Lahore in the aftermath of the failed Ghadar conspiracy in 1915. The trial was held by a Special tribunal constituted under the Defence of India Act...
  
  )
• Munshi Saini (Tried in Chawarian Dacoity Case, sentence unknown)
• Manohar Singh Saini s/o Lehna Singh of Amritsar - (Sentenced to death for killing a British officer employed by National Bank as a revenge for Jallianwala Bagh massacre
  Jallianwala Bagh massacre
  The Jallianwala Bagh massacre , also known as the Amritsar massacre, took place in the Jallianwala Bagh public garden in the northern Indian city of Amritsar, and was ordered by Brigadier-General Reginald E.H. Dyer...
  
   . Later death sentence commuted to transportation and life imprisonment, or 'Kalapani'. Spent 18 years and 9 months in prison at Andamans, Lahore and Peshawar)
• Bhai Bela Singh (martyr of Nankana Sahib)
• Harnam Singh of village Baghpur (Jaito Morcha, martyred, died in Jail)
• Dasondha Singh Saini s/o Sobha Singh of village Bisala(Jaito Morcha, martyred- died in jail)
• Kehar Singh Saini (martyred- killed in police encounter)
• Basant Singh s/o Prabhu Saini of Mahilpur (imprisoned)
• Dal Singh (imprisoned)
• Gurdial Singh of village Urapar (imprisoned, INA veteran)
• Amar Singh s/o Sant Ram of village Orhpur (INA veteran)
• Gian Singh of village Bajidpur (imprisoned, INA veteran)
• Bhan Singh of village Jalowal (imprisoned)
• Battan Singh of village Haveli (INA veteran, imprisoned)
• Nama Saini of Fatehgarh (Ghadar movement, martyred - hanged on January 5, 1917 after 3rd Lahore Conspiracy case trial)
• Pritam Saini (Ghadar movement, imprisoned)
• Bachan Singh Saini (Ghadar movement, imprisoned)
• Naik Gurdial Singh Saini (imprisoned, INA veteran)
• Gonda Singh (Babbar Akali, imprisoned and tortured)
• Mohinder Singh Saini of Pandori Ganga Singh (Babbar Akali, martyred, killed in Babeli Police encounter)
• Harnam Singh Saini s/o Sunder Singh of Pandori Ganga Singh (National Movement, imprisoned for 1.5 years)
• Harnam Singh Saini s/o Rajmal of Pandori Ganga Singh (imprisoned for 2 years, INA veteran)
• Hazara Singh Saini of Pandori Ganga Singh (Civil Disobedience, Babar Akali, imprisoned for 6 years)
• Inder Singh Saini of Pandori Ganga Singh (Babar Akali, imprisoned for 7 years)
• Kartar Singh Saini of Pandori Ganga Singh (Babar Akali, sentence not known)
• Arjan Singh of village Sujjon, Banga (Ghadar movement activist)
• Satya Pal Saini s/o Meharchand Saini (originally from Gurdaspur) (Royal Indian Naval Mutiny, tortured and imprisoned)
• Ishar Singh (Babbar Akali, imprisoned and tortured)
• Labh Singh Saini
  Labh Singh Saini
  Sardar Labh Singh Saini , Akali politician and notable freedom figher, was born in 1895 and was the son of Sardar Dula Singh. He belonged to a Saini family in village Lasara of Jalandhar district. He spent his early youth at Quetta and passed his Matriculation examination from the high school...
  
   (Akali leader, martyred)
• Mahan Singh Gahunia of Philippines (noted INA civilian organizer-donated his entire wealth to INA)
• Ajit Saini
  Ajit Saini
  Ajit Singh Saini was an eminent and critically acclaimed writer of Punjab . He was associated with the Punjabi daily "Ajit" as its managing editor and columnist. He is remembered in Punjab both as a freedom-figher and an acclaimed writer and columnist. He was an officer in Indian National Army...
  
   (INA veteran, imprisoned)
• Sadhu Ram Saini (veteran Gandhian, imprisoned)
• Amar Singh (imprisoned)
• Banwari Lal s/o Sandokha Ram of Hisar (Quit India Movement, Imprisoned)
• Narain Saini s/o Sanwal (Imprisoned)
• Ram Lal Saini s/o Palu Ram of village Mohalla Gudsar(Quit India Movement, Imprisoned for 22 months)
• Hari Singh Saini s/o Ujal Singh of village Kot Khurd (Imprisoned)
• Jawahir Singh Saini s/o Saini of Mandi State (Life imprisonment & confiscation of property, Mandi Conspiracy Case)
• Warayam Singh s/o Surjan Singh Saini of Chanthu Brahmana (Imprisoned)
• Lakha Singh s/o Bhagwan Singh Saini of village Mehatpur (Imprisoned for 2 years)
• Mata Din Saini s/o Thawaria (Imprisoned)
• Gurqit Singh Saini s/o Hira Singh of Ropar
• Rangil Singh s/o Assa Singh Saini of Khadiala (INA veteram)
• Mehnga Singh Saini s/o Chaudhary Amichand of Nainakot, Gurdaspur (Imprisoned, INA veteran)
• Puran Chand s/o Bansi Lal , village Ramsaran Majra (Quit India Movement)
• Narain Singh s/o Hira Singh of Saini Majra (pp 360)
• Sant Ram s/o Ralla Ram Saini of Mehatpur
• Sham Singh S/O Mangal Saini

Note: This list is not exhaustive.

Separatist militants

• Sukhdev Singh Sukha
  Sukhdev Singh Sukha
  Sukhdev Singh Sukha was a member of the militant organization Khalistan Commando Force and one of the assassins of Arun Vaidya, the Chief of Indian army at the time of Operation Bluestar and also the architect of Operation Bluestar. He was responsible for three high-profile killings; Arjan Dass,...
  
  
• Parminder Singh Saini
  Parminder Singh Saini
  Parminder Singh Saini is a convicted Indian hijacker who immigrated to Canada under a false name. He fought deportation when his identity was discovered, and stayed in the country for 15 years, earning a law degree before he was deported in 2010. He hijacked an Indian Airlines plane to Lahore in 1984...
  
  
• Surjit Singh Bhela, Chief Deputy BTF.

Bravery Award

• Gaurav Singh Saini, a 13 year old boy from Tohana
  Tohana
  Tohana is a city and a municipal council in Fatehabad district in the Indian state of Haryana.-Geography:Tohana is located at . It has an average elevation of 224 metres .-Groups:...
  
  , Haryana
  Haryana
  Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...
  
   saved 50-60 people during the 2008 Naina Devi temple stampede
  2008 Naina Devi temple stampede
  A human stampede at the Hindu temple of Naina Devi occurred on 3 August 2008 in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. 162 people died when they were crushed, trampled, or forced over the side of a ravine by the movement of a large panicking crowd. Witness accounts suggest that events were...
  
  , and received the Bharat Award, the highest award at the 2009 National Bravery Award.

External links

• http://www.SainiOnline.Com
• http://www.SainiInfo.Com
• http://www.YadavHistory.Com/Saini_Yadavs
• http://www.SainiDirectory.Com