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'''Chawla''' is a surname among Hindus and Sikhs of India. It originates from the name of a clan of the [[Arora]] [[caste system in India|caste]], likely stemming from the crop word ''chawal'', which means ''rice''.<ref name="Hanks">{{cite book |editor1-last=Hanks |editor1-first=Patrick |editor2-last=Coates |editor2-first=Richard |editor3-last=McClure |editor3-first=Peter |editor1-link=Patrick Hanks |editor2-link=Richard Coates |title=The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland |year=2016 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-967776-4 |page=480 |edition=1st |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0AyDDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA480 |quote=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’.}}</ref><br />
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==Notable people==<br />
Notable people with the surname, who may or may not be affiliated with the clan/religions, include:<br />
* [[Kalpana Chawla]] (1962–2003), Indian-American astronaut killed in the Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disaster<br />
* [[Bhumika Chawla]] (born 1978), Indian actress<br />
* [[Bobby Chawla]] (born 1982), Danish cricketer<br />
* [[Devika Chawla]], Indian pop singer<br />
* [[Harcharan Chawla]] (1926–2001), Indian Urdu writer<br />
* [[Harpinder Singh Chawla]] (born 1950), Indian dental surgeon and medical researcher<br />
* [[Himani Chawla]], Indian television actress<br />
* [[Himanshu Chawla]] (born 1991), Indian cricketer<br />
* [[Isha Chawla]] (born 1988), Indian film actress<br />
* [[Juhi Chawla]] (born 1967), Indian actress<br />
* [[Kailash Chawla]] (born 1948), Indian politician <br />
* [[Keerthi Chawla]] (born 1981), Indian actress<br />
* [[Laxmi Kanta Chawla]], Indian politician<br />
* [[Louise Chawla]], American professor<br />
* [[Piyush Chawla]] (born 1988), Indian cricketer<br />
* [[Prabhu Chawla]] (born 1946), Indian journalist and editor of ''India Today''<br />
* [[Preetika Chawla]], Indian film actress<br />
* [[Shuchi Chawla]], US-based Indian computer scientist<br />
* [[Surveen Chawla]], Indian actress<br />
* [[Tarang Chawla]] (born 1987), Indian-born Australian activist and writer<br />
* [[Yogesh Kumar Chawla]], Indian medical doctor<br />
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==Other uses==<br />
* [[Chawla (crater)]], a lunar crater named after Kalpana Chawla.<br />
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==References==<br />
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