Mahajan

Last updated September 17, 2025

Mahajan is an Indian surname and title mostly used by Sikhs and Hindus Punjabi Khatris belonging to the Kshatriya or Vaishya community of Punjab. It signifies the profession of a merchants, bankers, and moneylenders.^[1]

The word mahajan generally refers to a rich businessman, and the last name may be found in that caste.^[2]^[3]

Mahajans of the Deccan (i.e. Maharashtra, Telangana, and north Karnataka) are mainly Deshastha Brahmin, while mahajans in Rajasthan are Bania, In north india, Punjab, Jammu, Himachal are from Punjabi Khatri--a mercantile community.

Notable people with this surname include:

Poonam Mahajan, Indian politician
Ashwani Mahajan, Indian 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, Indian politician (Maharashtra State)
Neha Mahajan, Indian Actress and Model
Rahul Mahajan, American blogger
Rahul Mahajan, Indian reality TV personality
Sumitra Mahajan, Indian politician, 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
Vikram Chand Mahajan, Indian politician, Senior Advocate (Supreme Court of India)
Girish Mahajan, Indian politician
Sat Mahajan, Indian politician (Himachal pradesh)
Anilesh S. Mahajan, Senior Journalist

References

↑ 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
↑ Jonathan P. Parry, ed. (13 September 2013). Caste and Kinship in Kangra. Routledge. pp. 110–. ISBN 978-1-136-54585-6.
↑ 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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[Stone2002-1] 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

[Parry2013-2] Jonathan P. Parry, ed. (13 September 2013). Caste and Kinship in Kangra. Routledge. pp. 110–. ISBN 978-1-136-54585-6.

[Bills2005-3] 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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