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Kashmiri surname
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Raina is a surname found among Kashmiri Pandits. The people with this surname predominantly lives in Kashmir as well as diasporic communities across India.

According to Tarikh-e-Aqwame Kashmir by Muhammad din Fauq, Raina is also a last name used by the ancient Rajput tribes of Kashmir. Notable among those was Malik Ahmad Yatu also known as Malik Ahmad Raina, who was the Prime Minister of Kashmir during the reign of Sultan Hassan Shah.

People with the name

References

  1. Bhatt, Saligram (2008). Kashmiri Scholars Contribution to Knowledge and World Peace: Proceedings of National Seminar by Kashmir Education Culture & Science Society (K.E.C.S.S.), New Delhi. New Delhi, India, Asia: APH Publishing. p. 123. ISBN 978-81-313-0402-0.
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