List of Maithil Brahmins
The clans of Brahmins belonging to Mithila region of the Indian Subcontinent are known as Maithil Brahmins.[1]
Civil service
- Lakshmi Kant Jha (1913–1988), Governor of the Reserve Bank of India[2]
Entertainment
- Udit Narayan Jha (born 1955), Bollywood playback singer[3]
Historical characters & fighters
Poets and scholars
- Vidyapati - Maithili poet and a Sanskrit writer[5]
- Gangesha Upadhyaya - 12th-century Indian mathematician and philosopher[6]
- Vachaspati Mishra - Philosopher[7]
Politicians
- Lalit Narayan Mishra – Former Indian Rail Minister[8]
References
- Pranava K. Chaudhary (Apr 3, 2007). "Family records of Maithil Brahmins lost | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- http://shivakantjha.org/pdfdocs/gopi_kant_jha_autobiography_of_a_freedom_fighter.pdf
- Shaw, Shri Ram (5 July 2020). "Exclusive – Udit Narayan on completing 40 years in Bollywood: Bitterness of struggle makes success sweeter". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- Majumdar, Bimanbehari (1962). "Political Thought of Chandesvara (A fourteenth-century philosopher-diplomat)". The Indian Journal of Political Science. 23 (1/4): 295–301. JSTOR 41853940.
- Vidyapati at the Encyclopædia Britannica
- Vidyabhusana, Satis Chandra (1920). A History of Indian Logic: Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern Schools. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 405–6. ISBN 9788120805651.
- Bagchi, Jhunu (1993). The History and Culture of the Pālas of Bengal and Bihar, Cir. 750 A.D.-cir. 1200 A.D. Abhinav Publications. ISBN 978-81-7017-301-4.
- Wajihuddin, Mohammed (31 July 2010). "Former Union railway minister L N Mishra, a Maithil Brahmin". The Times of India.
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