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
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]
- Sripati Misra (Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh)[9]
References
- ↑ Family records of Maithil Brahmins lost | Patna News - Times of India. The Times of India(Apr 3, 2007). Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ↑ http://shivakantjha.org/pdfdocs/gopi_kant_jha_autobiography_of_a_freedom_fighter.pdf
- ↑ Exclusive – Udit Narayan on completing 40 years in Bollywood: Bitterness of struggle makes success sweeter(5 July 2020). Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ↑ Political Thought of Chandesvara (A fourteenth-century philosopher-diplomat). The Indian Journal of Political Science({Template:Year).
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- ↑ A History of Indian Logic: Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern Schools{{#if:Vidyabhusana|, Vidyabhusana}. Motilal Banarsidass(1920). ISBN 9788120805651
- ↑ The History and Culture of the Pālas of Bengal and Bihar, Cir. 750 A.D.-cir. 1200 A.D.{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Abhinav Publications(1993). ISBN 978-81-7017-301-4
- ↑ Former Union railway minister L N Mishra, a Maithil Brahmin. The Times of India(31 July 2010).
- ↑ Mishra: Uttar Pradesh: PM Modi accuses Congress of 'humiliating' its Brahmin CM. The Times of India(17 November 2021). Retrieved 2022-04-19.