Chawla

Chawla is a surname among 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[edit | edit source]

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

Kalpana Chawla (1962–2003), Indian-American astronaut killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
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
Keerthi Chawla (born 1981), Indian actress
Laxmi Kanta Chawla, Indian politician
Louise Chawla, American professor
Piyush Chawla (born 1988), Indian cricketer
Prabhu Chawla (born 1946), Indian journalist and editor of India Today
Preetika Chawla, Indian film actress
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[edit | edit source]

Chawla (crater), a lunar crater named after Kalpana Chawla.

References[edit | edit source]

↑ 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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