Jha (surname)

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Jha is a surname of Nepal and India, originating from the Mithila. People having Jha as their surnames belong to the 'Maithil Brahmin' caste. They are typically native to Northern part of Bihar. Maithili, language and culture has predominantly East Indian flavours.

Notable people with this surname

Acharya Rameshwar Jha, Sanskrit scholar

Aditya Jha, Nepalese-Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist

Ajay Kumar Jha, known as Ajay Kumar, Chairman Fox Petroleum

Aditya Narayan Jha, known as Aditya Narayan, Indian actor and singer

Aditya Nath Jha, Indian Civil Service, recipient of the Padma Vibhushan

Aloknath Jha, known as Alok Nath, Bollywood Actor

Amardeep Jha, Indian film and television actress

Anshuman Jha, Indian actor

Anurita Jha, Indian actress

Bhagwat Jha Azad, Ex Chief Minister of Bihar

Bidhu Jha, Canadian politician

Binodanand Jha, former Chief Minister of Bihar

Birbal Jha, Indian author, academician and entrepreneur and founder of British Lingua in India

Chandeshwor Jha, Member of Parliament, Nepal

Durgananda Jha, Nepalese man who attempted to assassinate King Mahendra in 1961

Dwijendra Narayan Jha, Indian historian

Ganganath Jha (1842-1971), Sanskrit and philosophy scholar from Bihar

Gonu Jha, a 13th-century man known for his wit

Hetukar Jha, Indian author and professor of sociology

Kanchinath Jha "Kiran" (1906–1989), Indian Maithili-language writer

Kaveri Jha, Indian film actress

Komal Jha, Indian film actress

Kirtivardhan Bhagwat Jha Azad, known as Kirti Azad, Indian Member of Parliament and former cricketer

Lakshmi Kant Jha (1913-1988), Governor of the Reserve Bank of India

Manish Jha, Bollywood director

Nagendra Nath Jha, former Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry

Narendra Jha, Indian television actor

Swaroopam Kumar Jha known as Nigamananda Saraswati Hindu Monk

P. K. Jha, Nepalese author

Pankaj Jha, Indian actor

Parmanand Jha, the first vice president of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

Piyush Jha, Indian director and screenwriter

Prabhat Jha (epidemiologist) (born 1965), Indian-Canadian scientist working in epidemiology and economics of global health

Prabhat Jha (politician), Madhya Pradesh BJP President and Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)

Prakash Jha, Indian film producer, director and screenwriter

Prayag Jha, artist

Prem Shankar Jha, Indian journalist, author and columnist

Raghunath Jha, Indian politician

Raj Kamal Jha, Indian novelist and journalist

Ramashreya Jha (1928-2009), Indian composer and teacher of Hindustani classical music

Ramesh Chandra Jha, Indian poet, novelist and freedom fighter

Sanjay Jha, former chairman and CEO of Motorola Inc.

Sanjeev Jha, former Hind Security and Hind Motion Pictures

Saurav Jha, author

Shriya Jha, film and television actress

Sriram Jha, Indian chess player

Sriti Jha, Indian television actress

Subhash K. Jha, Bollywood film critic

Surendra Jha 'Suman', Maithili poet

Suvarna Jha, Indian television actress

Udit Narayan Jha, Nepalese, Maithili and Hindi playback singer

ujjwal jha,Madhubani ,Maithili and Technical Consultant of Clavax

References

Jha (surname) Wikipedia

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