Mahara (surname)

Mahara or Mahra (महरा) is a surname in Uttarakhand, India, and in Nepal.

Notable people

Notable people with the surname include:

• Kalu Singh Mahara, Indian Kumaoni freedom fighter
• Krishna Bahadur Mahara (born 1958), Nepalese politician and minister
• Karan Mahara (born 1972), Indian politician
• Mahendra Singh Mahra, Indian politician and MP of Rajya Sabha for Uttarakhand
• Ummed Singh Mahra (21 January 1942 – 6 July 1971), Indian Kumaoni posthumous recipient of the Ashoka Chakra