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<div>'''Bisht''' is a surname found in the Indian state of [[Uttarakhand]],<ref name="Ramila_2002"/> [[Himachal Pradesh]] and country [[Nepal]].<ref name="Jan_2009"/> The term "Bisht" originally referred to someone who held a [[land grant]] from the government. The Bisht families in Uttarakhand were chiefly Thokdars<ref name="Ajay S Rawat">{{cite book |author=Ajay S Rawat |title=Garhwal Himalayas: A Study in Historical Perspective |date=November 2002 |isbn=9788173871368 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=olP_A60L-CMC&pg=PA69 }}</ref> of Thuljat{{efn|name=Thuljat}} origin.<ref name="Ramila_2002">{{cite book |author=Ramila Bisht |title=Environmental Health in Garhwal Himalaya: A Study of Pauri Garhwal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P-6-UzljIAoC&pg=PA50 |year=2002 |publisher=Indus |isbn=978-81-7387-132-0 |page=50 }}</ref> In Nepal, Bisht was adopted as a surname by [[Raute people|Raute]] and [[Raji language|Raji]] people.<ref name="Jan_2009">{{cite book |author=Jana Fortier |title=Kings of the Forest: The Cultural Resilience of Himalayan Hunter-Gatherers |url=https://archive.org/details/kingsofforestcul0000fort |url-access=registration |year=2009 |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |isbn=978-0-8248-3322-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/kingsofforestcul0000fort/page/187 187] }}</ref> Bishta, as [[Bista]], was also used as a surname used by [[Khas people]],<ref>{{Cite book | last = Adhikary | first =Surya Mani | title = The Khasa Kingdom: A trans-Himalayan empire of the middle age | publisher = Nirala Publications | year = 1997 | isbn = 8185693501 | pages = 210 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=cH5uAAAAMAAJ&q=the+khas+kingdom+suryamani+adhikari&dq=the+khas+kingdom+suryamani+adhikari}}</ref> group under the caste [[Chhetri]].<ref name="SinghUP2005">{{cite book|title=People of India: Uttar Pradesh (3 pts.)|author1=Singh, K.S.|author2=Anthropological Survey of India|date=2005|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India|isbn=9788173041143|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6QVuAAAAMAAJ|access-date=2017-06-11|quote=The Chhetri clans (thar) include Adhikari, Bania, Basnet, Bhandari, Bist, Bohra, Burathoki, Charti, Karki, Khanka, Khatri, Kanwar, Manghi, Mahat, Panwar, Rana, Rawat, Roka, Thapa, etc.}}</ref><ref name="Subba1989">{{cite book|title=Dynamics of a hill society: Nepalis in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas|author=Subba, Tanka Bahadur|date=1989|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=9788173041143|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1yZuAAAAMAAJ|quote=Some of the Chhetri clans are Adhikari, Baniya, Basnet, Bist, Bohra, Bura or Burathoki, Gharti, Karki, Khadka, Khatri, Khulal, Mahat, Raut, Rana, Roka, Thapa, etc.}}</ref><br />
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==Notable people==<br />
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*[[Yogi Adityanath|Ajay Mohan Bisht]], better known as [[Yogi Adityanath]]; Indian politician and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh<br />
*[[Barkha Sengupta|Barkha Bisht]] (born 1979), Indian television actress<br />
*[[Dan Singh Bisht]], Indian businessman and philanthropist <br />
*[[Donal Bisht]], Indian television actress <br />
*[[Ekta Bisht]], Indian cricket player<br />
*[[Harish Bisht]], vice admiral of the Indian Navy<br />
*[[Hira Singh Bisht]], Indian politician<br />
*[[Madhumita Bisht]] (born 1964), Indian badminton player<br />
*[[Mohan Singh Bisht]] (born 1957), Indian politician<br />
*[[Puneet Bisht]] (born 1986), Indian cricketer<br />
*[[Ranbir Singh Bisht]] (1928–1998), Indian painter<br />
*[[Ravindra Singh Bisht]] (born 1944), Indian archaeologist<br />
*[[Shruti Bisht]] (born 2002), Indian film and television actress<br />
*[[Sonam Bisht]], Indian model and actress<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Bista]]<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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{{efn|name=Thuljat|The term "Thuljat" refers to [[Brahmin]]s and Rajputs who claim to be later immigrants from [[Indo-Gangetic Plain|the plains]]<ref>{{cite book |author=Ramachandra Guha |title=The Unquiet Woods: Ecological Change and Peasant Resistance in the Himalaya |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UHfJLK6g_a8C&pg=PA12 |year=2000 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-22235-9 |page=12}}</ref>}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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