Jha (Surname)

Jha (Surname)

Jha is a surname of Nepal and India, typically originating from the Mithilanchal.Jha's are Maithil Brahmins of the supreme order originating from Darbhanga and adjoining areas in present day Bihar and southern most part of Nepal. Their mother tongue is Maithili.

Myths about Jhas:The newly formed Jharkhand state is thought by many Bengalies to be named as the "state for the Jhas".fact|date=June 2008

Jha may refer to:
*Udit Narayan, playback singer in commercial Hindi-, Tamil-, Telugu-, Malayalam-, Kannada-, and Nepali-language cinema
*Niraj Kumar Jha, Web Designer and Developer from New Delhi, India. Born in 1984 at Ujan Village(Bihar)
*Sanjay Jha, Co-CEO of Motorola Inc.
*Amishi P Jha, founder of the Jha lab for Investigating Cognition in space and time at the University of Pennsylvania.
*Niraj Jha, writer, thinker. Author of the book 'Random Thoughts'.
*Niraj K. Jha, award winning Professor of Electrical Engineering from Princeton University.
*Prakash Jha, award winning Movie Maker in the Indian Film Industry at Mumbai, India.
*Raj Kamal Jha, Indian novelist and journalist.
*Rajesh Kumarkant Jha, Indian Software Engineer.
* Ratan Jha, President of [http://www.terai.org ANTA]
* Prabhat Jha, Nepali Software Engineer and a member of [http://www.jboss.org JBoss] open source community.
* Parmanada Jha, the first Vice President of Nepal.


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