Raj

Raj (Hindi: राज) in different contexts means "rule", "king", "ruler", "emperor" or "royalty" in the Sanskrit language families of the Indian sub-continent, including Romanes, its closest Indo-European relative. Raj is also a Polish, Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian, and Serbian word meaning "paradise" or "heaven".

Raj or RAJ may refer to:

Indian history

British Raj, the British Empire in India (sometimes referred to as Indian Empire in the UK)
Company Raj, the British East India Company in the Indian subcontinent
Licence Raj, the former Indian system of elaborate licences, regulations and accompanying red tape
Mafia Raj, where public property and funds are controlled by a criminalised nexus of politicians and business interests

Ethnic group

Raj caste, a Hindu ethnic group in India and Pakistan
Raj, an ethnic group found in the Philippines known by their mix of Indians and Filipinos

Places

Raj, Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland
Raj, Pomeranian Voivodeship, north Poland
Raj, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, north Poland
Ráj, a village in the Czech Republic
Raj, the Hungarian name for Brazii Commune, Arad County, Romania

People

Given name or nickname

Raj Gupta, American business executive
Raj Kamal Jha (born 1966), Indian novelist and journalist
Raj Kapoor (1924–1988), Indian actor, director and producer
Raj Kaul, eighteenth century ancestor of Jawahar Lal Nehru
Raj Kaushal, Indian director, producer and stunt director
Raj Khosla (1925–1991), Indian director
Raj Krishna, Indian economist
Raj Manhas, American educator
Raj Mohinder Singh Majitha, Indian politician
Raj Mukherji, New Jersey lobbyist and real estate developer
Raj Narain (1917–1986), Indian politician
Raj Pannu (born 1934), Canadian educator and politician
Raj Patel (born 1972), British-born academic, journalist, activist and writer
Rajendra Persaud (born 1963), psychiatrist, broadcaster, and author
Dabbala Rajagopal Raj Reddy (born 1937), pioneer in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
Raj Rajaratnam (born 1957), former manager of the hedge fund Galleon Group, convicted in 2011 of insider trading
Raj Singh (disambiguation)
Raj Thackeray (born 1968), Indian politician

Surname

Jagdish Raj (1928–2013), Bollywood actor who holds a Guinness World Record for being the most typecast actor
K. N. Raj (1924-2010), Indian economist
Maria Venus Raj (born 1988), Filipino beauty queen, TV personality, model, and actress
Mithali Raj (born 1982), Indian cricketer
Prakash Raj or Raj (born 1965), Indian actor and producer

Fictional characters

Raj Koothrappali, on the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory
Roger "Raj" Thomas, on the American TV series What's Happening!! and What's Happening Now!!

Other

Raj TV or RAJ, a Tamil-language entertainment channel based in Chennai, India
Russian Academy of Justice, founded in 1998
Raj Engineering College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
raj, the ISO 639-2 and -3 codes for the Rajasthani language