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'''Gururani''' is a [[surname]] / last name written by a small number of people from the [[Brahmin]] community of [[Kumaon division|Kumaon]] region of the state of [[Uttarakhand]], a northern state of India.<br />
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==Origins==<br />
Gururanis used to write [[Kaushik]] as their [[surname]] before the name Gururani came into existence, and there is a small tale on the origins of this surname. According to this tale, the name "Gururani" originated when the rulers of Kumaon hired highly educated Brahmins (GURU) to provide education to the illiterate queens (RANI) of Kumaon.<br />
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==Native Regions==<br />
'''Gururani''' is a family name for [[Brahmin]] caste mostly found in the region of [[Uttarakhand]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].<br />
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Gururani's are also found in Himachal, where a famous example of the surname is Birchand Gururani, after whom the city-forest of Bir is named.<br />
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With the Kumaoni diaspora spreading across the world, families with these surname are also found in the western nations.<br />
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==Language==<br />
The native language of Gururani is [[Kumaoni language|Kumaoni]], Devanagari.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Kumaon division|Kumaon]]<br />
*[[Kumaoni people]]<br />
*[[Kumaon Regiment]]<br />
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