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

  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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