Bhan

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Bhan is an Indian Kashmiri Pandit and Punjabi saraswat Brahmin surname. Notable People with surname :

  • Ashok Bhan (born 1950), retired Indian Police Service officer, Director General of Police Intelligence and Director General of Police Prisons
  • Gopinath Bhan (1898–1968), also called Bhagwan Gopinath Ji, mystic saint of Kashmir in India
  • Maharaj Kishan Bhan (1947–2020), Indian Paediatrician and Clinical Scientist
  • Mona Bhan, cultural anthropologist and associate professor of Anthropology at DePauw University
  • Pushkar Bhan (1926–2008), radio actor and script writer from Kashmir
  • Shereen Bhan (born 1976), Indian journalist and news anchor

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In Scottish Gaelic, the word for white is bàn (also bhàn, bhàin), as in:

  • An Eala Bhàn ("The White Swan"), a Scottish Gaelic love song composed by Dòmhnall Ruadh Chorùna during the Battle of the Somme
  • Battle of Coille Bhan (Battle of the White Wood) was fought in 1721 near Attadale, in the county of Ross in the Scottish Highlands
  • Beinn Bhàn (disambiguation), meaning White Mountain in Gaelic, is a common name, applied to several hills in different parts of Scotland
  • Beinn Bhan (Applecross), a mountain in the highlands of Scotland, lying on the Applecross peninsula, on the north side of Loch Kishorn
  • Beinn Bhan (Arkaig), a Scottish mountain situated in the Lochaber region of the Highland Council Area
  • Binn Bhan, a mountain in County Galway, Ireland, the highest of the Twelve Bens, and the highest peak in Galway
  • Leine bhan, ("White Shirt"), a distinctive smock which trangressors of ecclesiastical law in Scotland were at one time obliged to wear

Other names including the word Bhan:

  • Takali Bhan, small village in Shrirampur taluka, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, India
  • Bhan Syedabad, a small town near Dadu, Dadu District, Sindh, Pakistan
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