Kanyakubj Brahmins are a Brahmin community found in central India and certain parts of the east, mainly in the states of Assam, Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh. The word Kanyakubja means Brahmins of the Kannauj region. Kannauj region was spread to border of Vidisha in ancient times. Most of the Kanyakubjas were landlords during the colonial rule in Awadh, Kannauj region and Bhojpuri region of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and C...
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People of this ethnicity:
- Chandrasekhar Azad ,
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee ,
- Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' ,
- Sheila Dikshit ,
- Mangal Pandey ,
- Pandit Channulal Mishra ,
- Tulsidas ,
- Ashok Kumar ,
- Rani Mukerji