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{{Short description|An Indian surname}}
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'''Jaiswal''' ({{IPAc-en|dʒ|ɑː|j|ə|s|ə|v|ɑː|l|}}; {{lang-sa|जायसवाल}}; {{IAST3|jāyasavāla}}) or '''Jayswal''' or '''Jayaswal''' is a surname used by many [[Hindus|Hindu]] communities. Jaiswals are mainly traders and deal in various commodities. In past, some of them excelled in the art of liquor making.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=West Bengal Commission for Backward Classes.|url=http://wbcbc.gov.in/advice/161-Kalwar.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=15 January 2022|website=[[Government of West Bengal]]}}</ref>{{cn|date=January 2022}}

== History ==
The origin of the Jaiswal community is not known, but it is speculated that their ancestors hailed from town [[Jais,_Amethi|'Jais']] in [[Uttar Pradesh]] and came to known as Jaiswals. They are mostly found in [[North India]] including [[Agra]], [[Delhi]] and [[Rajasthan]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=West Bengal Commission for Backward Classes.|url=http://wbcbc.gov.in/advice/161-Kalwar.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=15 January 2022|website=[[Government of West Bengal]]}}</ref>{{cn|date=January 2022}}

In 2003, Jaiswal Kalwars were classified and listed as an [[Other Backward Class]] by some state governments like Delhi & Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite news|date=May 19, 2003|title=7 more castes in OBC category|work=[[The Times of India]]|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/7-more-castes-in-obc-category/articleshow/46896112.cms#:~:text=NEW%20DELHI%3A%20State%20social%20welfare,or%20Rajput%20Rawat%20and%20Raikwar.|access-date=}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=August 22, 2019|title=UP CM Adityanath balances caste, regional factors in cabinet expansion|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lucknow/up-cm-adityanath-balances-caste-regional-factors-in-cabinet-expansion/story-nhYxtv1RMQalxnA7RqJhFI.html#:~:text=anupama%20jaiswal%20(obc%2C%20vaishya)}}</ref>

== Prominent Jaiswal Jains ==
{{main |Jaiswal Jain}}
* [[Ravindra Jain]], poet and music director

== Prominent Jaiswal Kalwars ==
* [[Ankush Jaiswal]] (cricketer)
* [[Madan Prasad Jaiswal]] (Indian politician)
* [[Naina Jaiswal]] (table tennis player)
* [[Pankaj Jaiswal]] (cricketer)
* [[Pradeep Jaiswal]] ([[Maharashtra|Maharastra]] politician)
* [[Pragya Jaiswal]] (actress and model)
* [[Radhey Shyam Jaisawal]] (UP politician)
* [[Rahul Jaiswal]] (Indian footballer)
* [[Samiksha Jaiswal]] (TV actress)
* [[Sanjeev Jaiswal]] (actor)
* [[Sanjiv Jaiswal]] (film director and producer)
* [[Shankar Prasad Jaiswal]] (Indian politician)
* [[Shreyansh Jaiswal]] (badminton player)
* [[Rajaram Shastri]] (Indian educationist and politician)
* [[Rajani Rai]] (former lieutenant governor of [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]])
* [[Sanjaya Lall]] (prominent world economist)
* [[Suvira Jaiswal]] (Indian historian)
* [[Yashasvi Jaiswal]] (Indian cricketer)

== Prominent Jaiswal Rajputs ==
* [[Anantram Jaiswal]] (Freedom fighter and founder of [[Samajwadi Party]])
* [[Dilip Kumar Jaiswal]] (Indian politician)
* [[Jawahar Lal Jaiswal]] (Indian politician)
* [[GCR Jaiswal]] (Vice Chancellor, [[Awadh University]])
* [[Gorakh Prasad Jaiswal]] (Indian politician)
* [[Navin Jaiswal]] ([[Jharkhand]] politician)
* [[Ravindra Jaiswal]] (UP politician)
* [[Rai Bahadur Thakur Jaiswal]] ([[Jharkhand]] businessperson)
* [[Ritu Jaiswal]] ([[Bihar]] Politician)
* [[Sanjay Jaiswal]] (Indian politician)
* [[Saligram Jaiswal]] (freedom fighter and politician)
* [[Sriprakash Jaiswal]] (Indian politician)

== See also ==
* [[Jaiswal Jain]]
*
* [[Kalwar (caste)]]
* [[Rajput]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* Bayly, Christopher A. (1973). [https://books.google.com/books?id=x104AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA63 ''Patrons and Politics in Northern India'']. In Gallagher, John; Johnson, Gordon; Seal, Anil. Locality, Province and Nation: Essays on Indian Politics 1870 to 1940 (Reprinted ed.). Cambridge University Press Archive. p. 63. {{ISBN|978-0-52109-811-3}}.
*K. S. Singh (1996). [https://books.google.com/books?id=99c-AQAAIAAJ People of India: Delhi]. P. 264, India: Anthropological Survey of India.
* {{cite book | last1=Singh | first1=K. S. | last2=Lavania | first2=B. K. | last3=Samanta | first3=D. K. | last4=Mandal | first4=S. K. | last5=Vyas | first5=N. N. | title=People of India. Rajasthan | publisher=Published by Ramdas G. Bhatkal for Popular Prakashan | publication-place=Mumbai, India | date=1998 | isbn=81-7154-769-9 | oclc=40810077}} page 438
*Smita Tewari Jassal (2001). [https://books.google.com/books?id=oDeFAAAAIAAJ&q=Jaiswal Daughters of the earth: women and land in Uttar Pradesh.] {{ISBN|978-8-17304-375-8}}.
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