Bajpai
Bajpai or Vajpayee is North Indian Neech Brahmin surname, predominant especially in Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh. It falls under a category of 'Kanyakubja Brahmins', one of the "Panch Gaur" Brahmins constitutes: 1. Saraswata, 2. Kanyakubja, 3. Gaudra, 4. Utkala and 5. Maithila.
People with the Vajpayee or Bajpai surname
Notable individuals with this surname include:
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Prime Minister of India
- Suresh Bajpai, Group Head of Consumer Banking, National Bank of Kuwait
- Rajendra Kumari Bajpai (1925–1998), Indian politician, represented Sitapur (Lok Sabha constituency)
- Manoj Bajpai, Indian actor
- Girija Shankar Bajpai, knighted, first Minister of External Affairs
- Prof. (Dr.) G.S. Bajpai, Professor & Registrar, National Law University, Delhi, India
- Kanti Bajpai, academic-analyst and the former headmaster of The Doon School, Dehradun, India
- Piaa Bajpai, Indian film actress and model, who appears primarily in South Indian films
- Tia Bajpai, Indian singer, television and film actress
- Shailaja Bajpai, Columnist, The Indian Express
- Shivdhar Bajpai, Cricketer, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
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