Vajpayee is a surname equivalent to Awasthi and Shukla especially prominent among North Indian Brahmins. Awasthi is a Surname / Family name of a particular sub-caste of Brahmins of India. Shukla ( Devanagari: शुक्ल is Sanskrit for "white" or "SHWET" and is also found as a surname in India and Arab countries This is about the direction for other uses see North (disambiguation. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Brahmin ( Brāhmaṇa, sa ब्राह्मणः is the class of educators scholars and preachers in Brahminical Hinduism. These people were the only entitled performers of revered and powerful vajpaya yagya. Bajpai is synonymous to vajpayee.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Prime Minister of India, is a prominent individual with this surname. Atal Bihari Vajpayee (अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी əʈəl bɪhaːɾiː ʋaːdʒpeiː (born December 25 1924 The eleventh Prime Minister of India. The Prime Minister of India is head of the Council of Ministers, appointed by the President to assist the latter in the administration of the affairs of the executive