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Pant is part of a compound of North Indian surnames of people with a Hindu Brahmin background. The Pant surname is derived from the title pandit, symbolizing the community's traditional association with scholarship. People with ''Pant'' in their surname belong mainly to KumauniBrahmin community, originally centered in Uttarakhand and to a lesser extent, Nepal but a minority of Pants belong to the Upadhaya sect of Brahmins. The ancestors of these families migrated from the western India, particularly from the Konkan area of Karnataka/Maharashtra to their current Himalayan home.Migration was done during mughal period . Brahmins in Maharashtra still retain "Pant" title in the middle names to indicate ancestral claims to ministership or high scholarship. ==Notable people== * Sumitra Nandan Pant, Poet and Philosopher * Govind Ballabh Pant, the first chief minister of Uttar Pradesh * Santosh Panta, Nepali comedian famous in Nepali sitcom "Hijo Aaja Ka Kura" * Anju Panta, Most famous Nepali female singer in social media Facebook * K. C. Pant, ex-Union Minister * Sunil Babu Pant, Social Activist Nepal * Sheila Irene Pant, wife of the first Prime Minister of Pakistan. * Shivani, Gaura Pant, Story writer for women's magazines * Sanjay Pant Phd in VLSI, Power circuit analysis and design, currently working for Apple Inc, USA. * Dharmendra Pant, Senior Journalist, Writer of a book "Sachin ke sau shatak" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pant (surname)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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