Kanyakubja Brahmins

Kanyakubja Brahmins are a Brahmin community found in central India and certain parts of the east, mainly in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Nepal and Orissa. The word Kanyakubja means Brahmins of the Kannauj region. Kannauj region was spread to border of Vidisha in ancient times. Most of the Kanyakubjas were landlords during the colonial rule in Awadh, Kannauj region and Bhojpuri region of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh and Utkal region of Orissa. Other sub-group of Kanyakubja are the Saryupareen Brahmin, Bhumihar Brahmin andJujhautiya Brahmin.[1]

In the 19th and 20th national conventions of Kanyakubja Brahmins, organised by the Kanyakubja Mahati Sabha in 1926 and 1927 respectively, the Sabha appealed for unity among the various constituent communities, which include the Sanadhya, Pahadi,Jujhoutia, Saryupareen, Chhattisgarhi and Bengali Brahmins. ==Vanshavali[edit] == "Kanyakubj Vanshavali" mentions five branches of Kanyakubja Brahmins as Saryupareen, Sanadhya, Bhumihar Brahmin, Jujhautiya and Prakrit Kanaujia: Saryupari Sanadhyashcha Bhumiharo Jijhoutayah

Prakritashcha Iti Panchabhedastasya Prakartitah[2]

 ==Notable personalities[edit] == ===Scholars and writers[edit] === ===Freedom Fighters and Nationalists[edit] === ===Politics and Social life[edit] ===
 * Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Ram Avatar Sharma
 * Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan
 * Nalin Vilochan Sharma
 * Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
 * Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'
 * Rambriksh Benipuri
 * Vagish Shastri Sanskrit Grammarian
 * Ram Sharan Sharma Historian
 * Ram Karan Sharma Sanskrit poet and scholar
 * Kapil Muni Tiwary Linguist
 * Siyaram Tiwari Littrateur
 * Muchkund Dubey International Relations scholar
 * Acharya Kishore Kunal Hindu philosopher and Bihar Religious Trusts Board Chairman
 * Pandit Devendranath Sharma Hindi writer and scholar
 * Yogendra Shukla
 * Shaheed Baikuntha Shukla
 * Pandit Raj Kumar Shukla
 * Pandit Ravishankar Shukla
 * Mangal Pandey
 * Pandit Sheel Bhadra Yajee
 * Kailashpati Mishra Bharatiya Janta Party stalwart and national leader popularly referred to as Bhishmapitamah.