Dwivedi

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Dwivedi or Duvedi or Diwedi or Dubey or Dubay or Dube or Dwivedula is an Indian surname meaning expert of the Yajur Veda.[1] The surname is used by Brahmins in northern India. Dubey title are also called Dwivedi.[citation needed]

Notable people with the surname Dwivedi

  • Chandraprakash Dwivedi – Indian film director and script writer
  • Major General G. G. Dwivedi
  • Hazari Prasad Dwivedi – Hindi novelist
  • Janardan Dwivedi – Politician from Indian National Congress party
  • Kapil Deva Dwivedi – Sanskrit Scholar Padma Shri
  • Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi – Indian writer
  • Manilal Dwivedi (1858–1898) – Gujarati writer and philosopher
  • Nikhil Dwivedi – Bollywood actor
  • O.P. Dwivedi – Professor emeritus, Order of Canada, Royal Society of Canada
  • Brahm Dutt Dwivedi – BJP Leader who saved UP CM Mayawati from goons
  • Ragini Dwivedi – Kannada actress and model
  • Ram Chandra Dwivedi – (AKA Kavi Pradeep) – Poet and songwriter
  • Rewa Prasad Dwivedi – Sanskrit scholar and poet
  • Satyendra Dubey- Project Director for NHAI, murdered for fighting against corruption
  • Seema Dwivedi, Indian politician
  • Sharada Dwivedi – Mumbai-based historian and researcher
  • Sudhakara Dwivedi – Mathematician
  • Divya Dwivedi - Philosopher and author


See also

  • Trivedi, meaning versed in three vedas

References

  1. ^ "Dwivedi Community, Samaj, Religion, Gotra, Brahmin".
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