Mahajan
Mahajan is an Indian surname and caste which belongs to the Hindu Community. It signifies the profession of a moneylender, merchants, bankers and administrators.[1]
The word Mahajan generally is referred to a trader and the last name may be found in that caste.[2][3]
There is a branch of Deshastha Brahmins, a Hindu Brahmin subcaste, with the last name of Mahajan, which hails from the northern part of Karnataka, a state in India.
Notable people
Notable people with this surname include:
- Jangi Lal Mahajan, Indian Politician
- Poonam Mahajan, Indian Politician
- Ashwani Mahajan, economist, National Co-Convener, Swadeshi Jagran Manch; Professor at PG DAV College
- Harsh Mahajan, Indian politician
- Mehr Chand Mahajan, former Chief Justice of India and former Prime Minister of Kashmir
- Pramod Mahajan, an Indian politician (Maharashtra State)
- Rahul Mahajan, an American blogger
- Rahul Mahajan, Indian reality TV personality
- Sumitra Mahajan, an Indian politician Who is the speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha
- Vijay Mahajan, former Dean of the Indian School of Business, a Marketing professor at the McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin
- Vikram Chand Mahajan, an Indian politician, Senior Advocate (Supreme Court of India)
- Girish Mahajan, an Indian politician
- Gulabrao Patil, an Indian politician
References
- ISBN 978-0-521-52663-0.
mahajan : merchant , moneylender
- ISBN 978-1-136-54585-6.
- ISBN 978-0-08-045935-6.
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