Mahajan

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Mahajan is an Indian surname and caste that belongs to the Hindu khatri Community. It signifies the profession of a warriors, landlords and administrators.[1]

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

Mahajan is a khatri clan , meaning "great people." Maha means "great" and jan means "people." Most of the Mahajans come from present-day Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi.

Notable people with this surname include:

References

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