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Raj (Hindi: राज) in different contexts means "rule", "king", "ruler", "emperor" or "royalty" in the Sanskrit language families of the Indian sub-continent including in Romanes, its closest Indo-European relative. Also, Raj is a Polish and Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian word meaning "paradise" or "heaven".
Raj or RAJ may refer to:
Indian history
- British Raj, the British Empire in India (sometimes referred to as Indian Empire in the UK)
- Company Raj, the British East India Company in the Indian subcontinent
- Licence Raj, the former Indian system of elaborate licences, regulations and accompanying red tape
- Mafia Raj, where public property and funds are controlled by a criminalised nexus of politicians and business interests
Ethnic group
- Raj caste, a Hindu ethnic group in India and Pakistan
- Raj, an ethnic group found in the Philippines known by their mix of Indians and Filipinos
Places
- Raj, Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland
- Raj, Pomeranian Voivodeship, north Poland
- Raj, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, north Poland
- Ráj, a village in the Czech Republic
- Raj, the Hungarian name for Brazii Commune, Arad County, Romania
People
Given name or nickname
- Raj Gupta, American business executive
- Raj Kamal Jha (born 1966), Indian novelist and journalist
- Raj Kapoor (1924–1988), Indian actor, director, and producer
- Raj Kaul, eighteenth century ancestor of Jawahar Lal Nehru
- Raj Kaushal, Indian director, producer and stunt director
- Raj Khosla (1925–1991), Indian director
- Raj Krishna, Indian economist
- Raj Manhas, American educator
- Raj Mohinder Singh Majitha, Indian politician
- Raj Mukherji, New Jersey lobbyist and real estate developer
- Raj Narain (1917–1986), Indian politician
- Raj Pannu (born 1934), Canadian educator and politician
- Raj Patel (born 1972), British-born academic, journalist, activist and writer
- Rajendra Persaud (born 1963), psychiatrist, broadcaster, and author
- Dabbala Rajagopal Raj Reddy (born 1937), pioneer in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
- Raj Rajaratnam (born 1957), former manager of the hedge fund Galleon Group, convicted in 2011 of insider trading
- Raj Thackeray (born 1968), Indian politician
Surname
- Jagdish Raj (1928–2013), Bollywood actor who holds a Guinness World Record record for being the most typecast actor
- K. N. Raj (1924-2010), Indian economist
- Maria Venus Raj (born 1988), Filipino beauty queen, TV personality, model, and actress
- Mithali Raj (born 1982), Indian cricketer
- Prakash Raj or Raj (born 1965), Indian actor and producer
Fictional characters
- Raj Koothrappali, a character of the sitcom The Big Bang Theory
- Roger "Raj" Thomas, a fictional character on the U.S. TV series What's Happening!! and What's Happening Now!!
Other
- Raj TV or RAJ, a Tamil-language entertainment channel based in Chennai, India
- Russian Academy of Justice, founded in 1998
- Raj Engineering College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
- raj, the ISO 639 code for the Rajasthani language
See also
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