Bajaj (surname)

Indian (Punjab and Rajasthan): Hindu (Arora, Bania, Khatri), Jain, and Sikh name, from Panjabi bəjāj or bəzāz ‘clothier’, from Arabic Bazzāz.[1]

Notable people with this surname include:

  • Aarti Bajaj, Indian film editor
  • Ashok Bajaj, restaurateur based in Washington, DC
  • Jamnalal Bajaj (1884–1942), Indian businessman, founder of the Bajaj group of companies
  • Rahul Bajaj (born 1938), Indian businessman, grandson of Jamnalal Bajaj, chairman of Bajaj Auto, and MP of Rajya Sabha
  • Janaki Devi Bajaj (1893–1979), Indian independence activist and wife of Jamnalal Bajaj

See also

References
  1. "Bajaj". Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford Reference. Oxford University Press. January 2006. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. Archived from the original on 2021-06-03.


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