Asrani (surname)
Asrani | |
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Nationality | Indian |
Ethnicity | Sindhi ("Hindu") |
Religion | Hinduism |
Asrani is a common surname among Hindu Sindhis Unlike Other Hindu Sindhi's, Asrani's migrated to India, as Sindh was given to Pakistan in Partition. Many of them migrated to other countries like U.S.A, U.K., etc, Majority of Asrani's are in Mumbai, Maharashtra and CA, US.
Asrani's are "Hindu's", Minority are Sindhi Sikh.
Most of the Sindhi Surnames end with either '-ja' or -'-ani'. -ani in the surname refers to clan,or name of their forefathers. for e.g,People having Mulchandani Surname,Here Mulchand is the name of their ancestor.
Similarly , ASRANI is derived from Asromal (Name of their ancestor) Asrani Surname means "Hope" (as "Asro" / "Asra" - Means "Hope" in Sindhi Language)
The original inhabitants of ancient Sindh were believed to be aboriginal tribes speaking languages of the Indus Valley Civilization around 3300 BC. Moen-jo-Daro is the symbol of Indus Valley Civilization in World.
Asrani is the name of:
- Asrani (actor), Govardhan Asrani, popular Bollywood actor
- Apurva Asrani, filmmaker based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Naveen Asrani, former cricketer who played for Tripura
- Roma Asrani, Indian actress