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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 22:31, 10 November 2021&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Modi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a surname in India, most commonly found among people from states of [[Rajasthan]], [[Gujarat]], [[Bihar]], [[Chhattisgarh]], [[Haryana]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Jharkhand]], and [[Uttar Pradesh]].{{cn|date=February 2020}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Modi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a surname in India, most commonly found among people from states of [[Rajasthan]], [[Gujarat]], [[Bihar]], [[Chhattisgarh]], [[Haryana]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Jharkhand]], and [[Uttar Pradesh]].{{cn|date=February 2020}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Modi title is used by people of Baniya castes, from Agarwal to Barnwal to Teli Baniya. It&#039;s a Baniya surname but not specific to one baniya subcaste.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Modi title is used by people of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Bania (caste)|&lt;/ins&gt;Baniya castes&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;, from Agarwal to Barnwal to Teli Baniya. It&#039;s a Baniya surname but not specific to one baniya subcaste.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Modi&#039;s from Rajasthan belong to the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Rajput &lt;/del&gt;Kshatriya Caste who are Suryavanshis.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Modi&#039;s from Rajasthan belong to the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Vaishya &lt;/ins&gt;Kshatriya Caste who are Suryavanshis.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;However, as per popular folktale, Modi Jains of Gujarat migrated from Bihar to western states like Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan over centuries. The Modis who remained in the historical Jain places in Bihar consider themselves as part of [[Barnwal]]s and practice Hinduism with reverence for Jain deities as well.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/Bokaro-MLA-stirs-Vaishya-caste-cauldron/articleshow/51402814.cms|work=- [[Times of india]]|title=Bokaro MLA stirs Vaishya caste cauldron}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/bihar/patna/news/state-and-center-giving-baranwal-status-to-obc-043047-3688961.html|work=- [[Dainik Bhaskar]]|title=Patna News - state and center giving baranwal status to obc}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;However, as per popular folktale, Modi Jains of Gujarat migrated from Bihar to western states like Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan over centuries. The Modis who remained in the historical Jain places in Bihar consider themselves as part of [[Barnwal]]s and practice Hinduism with reverence for Jain deities as well.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/Bokaro-MLA-stirs-Vaishya-caste-cauldron/articleshow/51402814.cms|work=- [[Times of india]]|title=Bokaro MLA stirs Vaishya caste cauldron}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/bihar/patna/news/state-and-center-giving-baranwal-status-to-obc-043047-3688961.html|work=- [[Dainik Bhaskar]]|title=Patna News - state and center giving baranwal status to obc}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [[Hitesh Modi]] (born 1971), Kenyan cricketer&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [[Hitesh Modi]] (born 1971), Kenyan cricketer&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [[Ishwar Modi]] (born 1940), Indian sociologist&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [[Ishwar Modi]] (born 1940), Indian sociologist&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;*[[Jashodaben Modi]] (born 1952), [[Spouse of the Prime Minister of India]], [[Narendra Modi]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [[Jivanji Jamshedji Modi]] (1854-1933), Indian Zoroastrian priest&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [[Jivanji Jamshedji Modi]] (1854-1933), Indian Zoroastrian priest&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [[Kal Penn]], stage name of Kalpen Modi, American actor&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [[Kal Penn]], stage name of Kalpen Modi, American actor&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;category deleted per &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Bharatpedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2021_July_25#Category:Barnwal&quot; class=&quot;extiw&quot; title=&quot;wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 July 25&quot;&gt;Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2021_July_25#Category:Barnwal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Modi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a surname in India, most commonly found among people from states of [[Rajasthan]], [[Gujarat]], [[Bihar]], [[Chhattisgarh]], [[Haryana]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Jharkhand]], and [[Uttar Pradesh]].{{cn|date=February 2020}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Modi title is used by people of Baniya castes, from Agarwal to Barnwal to Teli Baniya. It&amp;#039;s a Baniya surname but not specific to one baniya subcaste.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The Modi&amp;#039;s from Rajasthan belong to the Rajput Kshatriya Caste who are Suryavanshis.  &lt;br /&gt;
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However, as per popular folktale, Modi Jains of Gujarat migrated from Bihar to western states like Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan over centuries. The Modis who remained in the historical Jain places in Bihar consider themselves as part of [[Barnwal]]s and practice Hinduism with reverence for Jain deities as well.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/Bokaro-MLA-stirs-Vaishya-caste-cauldron/articleshow/51402814.cms|work=- [[Times of india]]|title=Bokaro MLA stirs Vaishya caste cauldron}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/bihar/patna/news/state-and-center-giving-baranwal-status-to-obc-043047-3688961.html|work=- [[Dainik Bhaskar]]|title=Patna News - state and center giving baranwal status to obc}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Notable people with the surname Modi include:&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Asit Kumarr Modi]], founder and director of [[Neela Tele Films]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[B. K. Modi]], chairman of Spice Global&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Gujarmal Modi]]  (1902 - 1976), India industrialist and philanthropist, founder [[Modinagar]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Hitesh Modi]] (born 1971), Kenyan cricketer&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Ishwar Modi]] (born 1940), Indian sociologist&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Jivanji Jamshedji Modi]] (1854-1933), Indian Zoroastrian priest&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Kal Penn]], stage name of Kalpen Modi, American actor&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Karishma Modi]] (born 1980), Indian model and actress&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Krishan Kumar Modi]] (born 1940), Indian businessman&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Lalit Modi]], Chief Commissioner of [[Indian Premier League]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Murugappa Channaveerappa Modi]] (1916 - 2005), Indian eye surgeon&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Narendra Modi]], [[Prime Minister of India]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Nirav Modi]], Indian jeweller&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Russi Mody]], A former chairman of [[Tata Steel]] Company&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Rusi Modi]], A former Indian Batsman (Cricket)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Samir Modi]] (born 1969), Indian entrepreneur&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Sohrab Modi]], Indian cinema actor&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Subhash Modi]] (born 1946), Kenyan cricket umpire&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Sushil Kumar Modi]], 3rd [[Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar]], leader of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Virali Modi]]  (born 1991), Indian disability rights activist&lt;br /&gt;
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==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Indian family name]] &lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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{{given name|type=both|cat1=Indian surnames|cat2=Hebrew masculine given names}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Social groups of Rajasthan]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Gujarati-language surnames]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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