Mahajan

Mahajan is an Indian surname and caste that belongs to the Hindu Baniya Community. It signifies the profession of a moneylender, merchants, bankers and administrators.^[1]

The word Mahajan generally refers to a trader, and the last name may be found in that caste.^[2]^[3]

Mahajan is a Bania subgroup, meaning "great people." Maha means "great" and jan means "people." Most of the Mahajans come from present-day Rajasthan.

Notable people with this surname include:

Poonam Mahajan, Indian politician
Ashwani Mahajan, Indian 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, Indian politician (Maharashtra State)
Rahul Mahajan, American blogger
Rahul Mahajan, Indian reality TV personality
Sumitra Mahajan, Indian politician, 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, Indian politician, Senior Advocate (Supreme Court of India)
Girish Mahajan, Indian politician

References[edit]

^ Ian Stone (25 July 2002). Canal Irrigation in British India: Perspectives on Technological Change in a Peasant Economy. Cambridge University Press. pp. 356–. ISBN 978-0-521-52663-0. mahajan : merchant , moneylender
^ Jonathan P. Parry, ed. (13 September 2013). Caste and Kinship in Kangra. Routledge. pp. 110–. ISBN 978-1-136-54585-6.
^ Bam Dev Sharda (24 August 2005). "Status allocation in middle India". In David Bills (ed.). The Shape of Social Inequality: Stratification and Ethnicity in Comparative Perspective. Elsevier. pp. 229–. ISBN 978-0-08-045935-6.

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[Stone2002-1] Ian Stone (25 July 2002). Canal Irrigation in British India: Perspectives on Technological Change in a Peasant Economy. Cambridge University Press. pp. 356–. ISBN 978-0-521-52663-0. mahajan : merchant , moneylender

[Parry2013-2] Jonathan P. Parry, ed. (13 September 2013). Caste and Kinship in Kangra. Routledge. pp. 110–. ISBN 978-1-136-54585-6.

[Bills2005-3] Bam Dev Sharda (24 August 2005). "Status allocation in middle India". In David Bills (ed.). The Shape of Social Inequality: Stratification and Ethnicity in Comparative Perspective. Elsevier. pp. 229–. ISBN 978-0-08-045935-6.

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