Mahajan
Mahajan is an Indian surname and caste which belongs to the Bania Community. It signifies the profession of a moneylender, merchants, bankers and administrators. The word Mahajan generally is referred to a trader and the last name may be found in that caste. 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: 
 Jangi Lal Mahajan, Indian Politician 
 Poonam Mahajan, Indian Politician
 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
 Rahul Mahajan, Indian reality TV personality
 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
 Vikram Chand Mahajan, an Indian politician, Senior Advocate (Supreme Court of India)
 Girish Mahajan, an Indian politician
 Gulabrao Patil, an Indian politician

