Bakshi

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.

Kashmir
Bakshi is a surname used by Kashmiri Pandits native to the Kashmir Valley of Jammu and Kashmir, India.

Punjab
Derived from the historical title, "Bakshi" came to be used as a surname among Hindus and Sikhs of 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

 * Byomkesh Bakshi, a fictional Indian-Bengali detective created by author Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay.
 * Hrundi V. Bakshi, the main character in the 1968 film The Party.