Chawla

Chawla, also spelled Chowla, is a surname of the Punjabi Hindus and Sikhs of India. It originates from the name of a clan of the Arora caste, likely stemming from the crop word chawal, which means rice.^[1]

Notable people

Notable people with the surname, who may or may not be affiliated with the clan/religions, include:

Anil Kumar Chawla, Indian Navy vice admiral
Bhumika Chawla (born 1978), Indian actress
Bobby Chawla (born 1982), Danish cricketer
Devika Chawla, Indian pop singer
Harcharan Chawla (1926–2001), Indian Urdu writer
Harpinder Singh Chawla (born 1950), Indian dental surgeon and medical researcher
Himani Chawla, Indian television actress
Himanshu Chawla (born 1991), Indian cricketer
Isha Chawla (born 1988), Indian film actress
Juhi Chawla (born 1967), Indian actress
Kailash Chawla (born 1948), Indian politician
Kalpana Chawla (1962–2003), Indian-American astronaut killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Keerthi Chawla (born 1981), Indian actress
Laxmi Kanta Chawla, Indian politician
Louise Chawla, American professor
Mukesh Kumar Chawla, Pakistani politician
Navin Chawla (born 1945), Indian civil servant and writer
Neeraj Chawla (born 1979), Indian cricketer
Nitesh Chawla, Indian American computer scientist
Piyush Chawla (born 1988), Indian cricketer
Prabhu Chawla (born 1946), Indian journalist and editor of India Today
Pradeep Chawla, Indian cricketer
Preetika Chawla, Indian film actress
Rajendra Chawla, Indian actor
Ram Nath Chawla (1903-1986), Indian pilot
Ratna Bhagwandas Chawla, Pakistani politician and the first Hindu woman elected to the Pakistan Senate
Sarvadaman Chowla (1907 - 1995), Indian American mathematician
Shuchi Chawla, US-based Indian computer scientist
Surveen Chawla, Indian actress
Tarang Chawla (born 1987), Indian-born Australian activist and writer
Yogesh Kumar Chawla, Indian medical doctor

Other uses

Chawla (crater), a lunar crater named after Kalpana Chawla.
Rakshata Chawla, a fictional character in the Japanese science fiction anime series Code Geass

References

^ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter, eds. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland (1st ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 480. ISBN 978-0-19-967776-4. Chawla: ... Indian (Panjab): Hindu (Arora) and Sikh name, based on the name of a clan in the Arora community, which is apparently named with čāwəl 'rice'.

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[Hanks-1] Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter, eds. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland (1st ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 480. ISBN 978-0-19-967776-4. Chawla: ... Indian (Panjab): Hindu (Arora) and Sikh name, based on the name of a clan in the Arora community, which is apparently named with čāwəl 'rice'.

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