Rakesh Sachan

Rakesh Sachan(born 20 December 1964), was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) from Fatehpur (Lok Sabha constituency), contesting on the SP ticket in the Indian general election, 2009. He again contested Lok sabha Election from Fatehpur on SP Ticket which held in 2014 but he lost.

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Sachan

Sachan, (Hindi:सचान) is a indian surname which has its origin from the word Sachanna (Hindi:सचाणा). The surname is mainly used by the prominent Kurmi Kshatriya Clan living in the region of Indo-Gangetic Plain around the area of ancient Panchala Mahajanpad Region (Central Doab and Rohilkhand Region) which is currently in and around Kanpur Uttar Pradesh in Northern India. Kurmi-Sachan form around 8% of Uttar Pradesh Population

Origins

This clan served as mercenaries in the army of Shivaji and other Maratha Sardars and had taken part in the Maratha missions of Rohilkhand to crush the Rohilla Pathans before and after the 3rd war of Panipat. This clan was the part of Maratha mission 1771 AD and later settled around the Ganges in Uttar Pradesh hence the surname seems of Maratha origin. They are mainly speakers of the Hindi language.

Sachans are originally from Hamirpur and people of this clan are found in the Kanpur region of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Specially in the districts of Kanpur,//Ghatampur,//fatehpur// Bareilly, Pilibhit and Hamirpur. This region was called as Katiher due to the dominance of Katehar or Katehar Rajputs during Rajput era and this dominance continued up to the period of Moguls.