Mahajan is an Indian surname and caste which belongs to the Hindu Community. It signifies the profession of a moneylender, merchants, bankers and administrators.[1]

The word Mahajan generally is referred to a trader and the last name may be found in that caste.[2][3]

There is a branch of Deshastha Brahmins, a Hindu Brahmin subcaste, with the last name of Mahajan, which hails from the northern part of Karnataka, a state in India.

Notable people

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.
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