Shrivastava
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Srivastava (literally "The Guru") is a common surname in Northern India, generally used among the Kayastha caste. Spelling variations include Shrivastava, Srivastav, Srivastwa, and Shreevastava. It can refer to:
Origin
Shree Shribhanu(Srivastava): His Rashi name was Dharamdwaj. Maharaj Chitraguptji sent Shree Shribhanu to establish a Kingdom in the Shrivaas(Srinagar)region in Kashmir and Kandhar. He was married to Nagaraj Vaasuki’s daughter Devi Padmini and two divine sons named Shree Devdatta and Shree Ghanshyam were born. Shree Devdatta got the rulership over Kashmir and Shree Ganshyam got the rulership over the banks of Sindhu river. They were called Srivastava ‘Khare’ born from second wife Kheri.Two divine sons named Shree Dhanvantari and Shree Sarvagya were born. They were called Srivastava ‘Doosre’.The Srivastavas are divided into 65 main Als.
Notable people named Shrivastava (or its variations) include:
- Aadesh Shrivastava, music director
- Ashirwadi Lal Srivastava, historian
- Chandrika Prasad Srivastava, retired Indian civil servant and international administrator and diplomat
- Hari Shankar Srivastava (born 1922), historian
- Nirmala Srivastava (born 1923), founder of Sahaja Yoga
- Rajendra Srivastava, Professor of Marketing at the Goizueta Business School of Emory University
- Raju Srivastav (born 1963), comedian
- Sanjeev Srivastava, journalist
- Praveen Srivastava, Software Engineer
The following or their ancestors were born Srivastava but changed their family name:
- Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904 - 1966, born Lal Bahadur Srivastava), 2nd Prime Minister of Independent India
- Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907 – 2003, born Harivanshrai Srivastava), Indian poet
- His son Amitabh Bachchan (born 1942), Indian actor
- His grandson Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor
