Mahara (surname)

Mahara or Mahra (Devanagari: महरा) is a Chhetri surname from Nepal and Kshatriya (Rajput) surname in Uttarakhand. In Kali Kumaon, the Mahra(Mahara) and Phartyals were the most famous 'dharras'/(धड़ा) in the recorded history of Kumaon. Have no relation with Mahar community of other states of India.

Notable people with the surname include:

Kalu Singh Mahara, Indian Kumaoni freedom fighter
Karan Mahara (born 1972), Indian politician
Krishna Bahadur Mahara (born 1958), Nepalese politician and minister
Mahendra Singh Mahra, Indian politician and MP of Rajya Sabha for Uttarakhand.
Ummed Singh Mahra (21 January 1942 – 6 July 1971), Indian Kumaoni posthumous recipient of the Ashoka Chakra.

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