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Mahajan is an Indian surname and caste that belongs to the Hindu Deshastha Brahmin of the deccan or Vaishya Baniya | Aggarwal community of Punjab. It signifies the profession of a merchants, bankers, and moneylenders.[1]
The word mahajan generally refers to a rich businessman, and the last name may be found in that caste.[2][3]
Mahajans of the Deccan (i.e. Maharashtra, Telangana, and north Karnataka) are mainly Deshastha Brahmin, while mahajans of North India are mainly Bania, a mercantile community.
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)
- Neha Mahajan, Indian Actress and Model
- 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
- Yogesh Mahajan, Indian actor and writer
- Sat Mahajan, Indian politician (Himachal pradesh)
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