Mohapatra

Mahapatra, or Mohapatra is a family name in the India mainly of Brahmins. Usually, given to persons from the later Vedic Age and was normally gifted as an honor for "serving to the country with constant and highly leadership oriented efforts". They were constantly served with utmost respect in society even from other Brahmins, and were frequently awarded extraordinarily prestigious awards. From the beginning, Mahapatras did not belong to a caste as surname justified caste, yet it was awarded to only Brahmins classes but now it is also used by Khandayat ,Gopal and different castes in same way Sharma is used by Nai's , other than Brahmins. so , that justified their caste, that's why unknowingly, some Mohapatras/Mahapatras were classified into totally different sub-castes. Mahapatra's are mostly found in (alph. order) Bengal , Madhya Pradesh , Odisha , Uttar Pradesh and sparsed in bordering states.

Notable people

Jayanta Mahapatra (born 1928), poet
Siddhanta Mahapatra (born 1966), actor
Sitakant Mahapatra (born 1937), poet
Jadumani Mahapatra (1783–1868) Oriya court poet, humourist and satirist
Kelucharan Mohapatra (1924–2004), dancer
Manmohan Mahapatra (1951–2020), Oriya filmmaker, director, producer, and writer
Pyarimohan Mohapatra (1940–2017), bureaucrat, politician
Souvik Mahapatra, Indian engineer
Sona Mohapatra (born 1976), singer
Nirad N. Mohapatra (1947–2015), film director
Nityananda Mohapatra (1912–2012), writer
Ramesh Prasad Mohapatra (1939–1989), historian and archaeologist
Rabindra Mohapatra (born 1944), theoretical physicist
Raghunath Mohapatra (born 1943), Member of Parliament
Bibhu Mohapatra (born 1972), fashion designer

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