Jaiswal Brahmin
Jaiswal is a surname used by a Hindu community (predominantly in India) which has many branches.[1]
Jaiswal Brahmin mainly belongs to Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab, adjacent areas of Uttar pradesh to these states. History shows that Jaiswal Brahmin were those who were mainly advisors for religious matters. They are the believers and devotees of Shiv. Sometimes known as Shiv Brahmins. Further, due to Muslims mismanaged societal chaos created during the past pre independence period, some of the Jaiswal Brahmin shifted to different cities and states to save themselves and theirs dependent family members. Although, there were some, who stayed there and became rulers and warriors and later got called Jaiswal Chandravansi Brahmins, and those who shifted as mentioned earlier were called Jaiswal Kanyakubj Brahmins. Some of the Jaiswal Kanyakubj Brahmin, followers of Shiv, later started doing Business to sustain their life and become part of Jaiswal Nagar Brahmins. Some of the Nagar Brahmin are from Nepal, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Delhi. Some states also have a history of classifying Jaiswal Chandravansi Brahmins as Jaiswal Rajputs since they fought against the cruelty of Muslim rulers. Some of the Jaiswals who started doing Liquor Business to serve rich people got classified into kalal etc known as baniya, later due to restrictions on distribution of Liquor, they came up into other businesses. Moving further, Some of these Jaiswals followed the Jain Dharma, and became Jaiswal Jain. Later on, these people further made their small small communities and started doing business and consultancy to earn their livelihoods. Jaiswals are belongs to a Rajputana Clan.
Notable people
- Samiksha Jaiswal (TV actress)
- Lalman Jaiswal (Chartered Accountant)
- Yashasvi Jaiswal (Indian cricketer)
- Anantram Jaiswal (Indian politician)
- Ankush Jaiswal (cricketer)
- Anupma Jaiswal (Uttar Pradesh (UP) politician)
- Dilip Kumar Jaiswal (Indian politician)
- GCR Jaiswal (Vice Chancellor, Awadh University)
- Gorakh Prasad Jaiswal (Indian politician)
- Jawahar Lal Jaiswal (Indian politician)
- K. P. Jayaswal (historian and lawyer)
- Kamini Jaiswal (Supreme Court lawyer)
- Madan Prasad Jaiswal (Indian politician)
- Manoj Kumar Jaiswal (Indian neuroscientist)
- Naina Jaiswal (table tennis player)
- Navin Jaiswal (Jharkhand politician)
- Pankaj Jaiswal (cricketer)
- Pradeep Jaiswal (Maharastra politician)
- Pragya Jaiswal (actress and model)
- Radhey Shyam Jaisawal (UP politician)
- Rahul Jaiswal (Indian footballer)
- Rai Bahadur Thakur Jaiswal (Jharkhand businessperson)
- Ravindra Jaiswal (UP politician)
- Ritu Jaiswal (Bihar Politician)
- Saligram Jaiswal (freedom fighter and politician)
- Sanjay Jaiswal (Indian politician)
- Sanjeev Jaiswal (actor)
- Sanjiv Jaiswal (film director and producer)
- Shankar Prasad Jaiswal (Indian politician)
- Shraddha Jaiswal (TV actress)
- Shreyansh Jaiswal (badminton player)
- Sriprakash Jaiswal (Indian politician)
- Rajaram Shastri (Indian educationist and politician)
- Rajani Rai (former lieutenant governor of Puducherry)
- Sanjaya Lall (prominent world economist)
- Suvira Jaiswal (Indian historian)
- Adv Prakash Jaiswal
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References
- K. S. Singh (1998). Rajasthan. Popular Prakashan. p. 438. ISBN 978-81-7154-766-1.
- Smita Tewari Jassal (2001). Daughters of the earth: women and land in Uttar Pradesh. Manohar.
- Bayly, Christopher A. (1973). Patrons and Politics in Northern India. In Gallagher, John; Johnson, Gordon; Seal, Anil. Locality, Province and Nation: Essays on Indian Politics 1870 to 1940 (Reprinted ed.). Cambridge University Press Archive. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-52109-811-3.