Shrivastava
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Shrivastava (literally "The Guru") is a common surname in Northern India, generally used among the Kayastha caste. Spelling variations include Srivastava, Srivastav, Srivastwa, Shreevastava etc. It can refer to:
A few famous Shrivastavas (or its variations) are:
- Aadesh Shrivastava, music director
- Chandrika Prasad Srivastava, retired Indian civil servant and international administrator and diplomat
- Hari Shankar Srivastava, historian
- Nirmala Srivastava, founder of Sahaja Yoga
- Rajendra Srivastava, Professor of Marketing at the Goizueta Business School of Emory University
- Raju Srivastav, comedian
- Sanjeev Srivastava, journalist
- Harivansh Rai Bachchan (adopted "Bachchan" as his pen-name)
- Lal Bahadur Shastri, Prime Minister of India, was against the caste system.
- Munshi Premchand, born as Dhanpat Rai Srivastava, adopted "Premchand" as his pen-name
For more information, see the Kayasthas.
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