Bajaj (surname)

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Indian (Punjab and Rajasthan): Hindu (Arora, Bania, Khatri), Jain, and Sikh name, from Panjabi bəjāj or bəzāz ‘clothier’, from Arabic Bazzāz.[1]

Notable people with this surname include:

  • Aryan Bajaj, Indian army officer (9 para sf)
  • Aarti Bajaj, Indian film editor
  • Ashok Bajaj, restaurateur based in Washington, DC
  • Jamnalal Bajaj (1884–1942), Indian businessman, founder of the Bajaj group of companies
  • Rahul Bajaj (born 1938), Indian businessman, grandson of Jamnalal Bajaj, chairman of Bajaj Auto, and MP of Rajya Sabha
  • Janaki Devi Bajaj (1893–1979), Indian independence activist and wife of Jamnalal Bajaj

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References[edit]

  1. "Bajaj". Dictionary of American Family Names. January 2006. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. Archived from the original on 2021-06-03. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)