Bindra
Bindra (also Bhindra) is a surname with origin from the Punjab region of Northern India. Bindra is derived from the Sanskrit word Bindranath meaning 'high hill-tops'.
1 Religion.Bindra surname of Khatri from west Punjab settled after partition of India in east Punjab and delhi and other parts of India.
Religion Bindras are mostly Hindu Punjabi and Sikhs. Some are of the Jatt caste and live in and around districts of Punjab.
Notable people
- Abhinav Bindra, first person from India to win an individual gold medal in the Olympics
- Dolly Bindra, actress
- Raghav Bindra, famous diamond merchant and philanthropist
- Bindra is the first name of the female protagonist in the book In the Shadow of Crows by David Charles Manners.
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