Mahajan

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Mahajan is an Indian surname. The surname is an amalgam of two Sanskrit words: "maha" meaning great, and "jan/janas" meaning people or individuals.

Majorly used by the vaishya(baniya) community in Uttar Pradesh , Jammu and kashmir and Punjab.

Notable people with this name include:

  • 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
  • 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
  • Rahul Mahajan, an Indian entertainer

Vikram Mahajan - Former Union Minister, member of Parliament ( Lok Sabha), senior advocate supreme court of India