Chaudhary (or Choudhary; also: Chaudhuri, Choudhuary, Chowdhury) is a common surname in indian subcontinent, originally derived from an Indian hereditary title. "Chowdhury" is a term adapted from the Sanskrit word caturdhara, literally "holder of four" (four denoting a measure of land). 'Chaudhary' was first bestowed by the various rulers of the Delhi Sultanate, and the custom was continued by the breakaway Bengal Sultanate. Later, the Mughals and the Nawabs conferred the same title in great numbers. Chaudharies were "local magnates" responsible for land taxes alongside an amil (revenue collector) and a karkun (accountant) in the local-level administrative units known as parganas.[1][2][3]
Chaudhary
Business
- Binod Chaudhary (1955-), a Nepalese businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, and politician
Acting, modeling and entertainment
- Ekta Chowdhry (1986-), Miss India Universe-2009
- Raja Chaudhary (1975-), an Indian television actor, writer and producer
- Gaurav Chaudhary (1991-), an Indian YouTuber, media personality, and engineer
- Ajay Chaudhary, an Indian television actor and model
- Yuvika Chaudhary (1983-), an Indian actress
- Meenakshi Chaudhary, is an Indian model
- Basanta Chowdhury (1928-2000), an Indian actor
- Saket Chaudhary, an Indian screenwriter and director
- Sakshi Chaudhary (1993), an Indian model and actress from Dehradun, Uttarakhand
- Aadesh Chaudhary, an Indian television actor
- Parull Chaudhry, an Indian television actress
- Urvashi Chaudhary (1986-), an Indian actress and model
- Raj Singh Chaudhary, an Indian actor
- Ksshitij Chaudhary, an Indian Punjabi film director
- Hema Chaudhary (1955-), an Indian actress in Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, and Tamil films
- Aastha Chaudhary, an Indian actress
- Arav Chaudhary, an Indian actor
- Ankush Choudhary, Indian actor, screenwriter, director, producer and theatre personality in Marathi cinema
Politics
- Awadh Bihari Choudhary, Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
- Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Yadav-First Chief Minister of Delhi.
- Ram Govind Chaudhary, Former Leader of Opposition in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
- Chaudhary Harmohan Singh Yadav-He was an Indian educationist, social worker, independence activist, and an politician from Samajwadi Party.
- Sarveen Choudhary - She is the cabinet minister in Bharatiya Janata Party ministry in Himachal Pradesh holding Urban, Town & Country Planning departments.
- Babulal Chaudhary (1948-), an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician
- Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary (1954-), an Indian politician and Minister of State for Coal and Mines
- Ejaz Chaudhary (1956-), a prominent Pakistani politician, social worker, civil engineer
- P. P. Chaudhary (1953-), a Union Minister of State
- Chaudhary Laxmi Narayan Singh, an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh
- Balram Singh Yadav-He was an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh.
- Sukhram Singh Yadav, an Indian politician. He was the Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council from 2004 to 2010, Former Member of Parliament(Rajya Sabha)
- Shanta Chaudhary, a social reformer and Former Member of Constituent Assembly of Nepal
- Chaudhary Manisha Ashok, an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party
- Satveer Chaudhary (1969-), an American politician
- Amarsinh Chaudhary (1941–2004), an Indian politician
- Jayant Chaudhary, an Indian politician from Mathura
- Lal Singh Chaudhary (politician) (1959-), an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir
- Chhotu Ram Chaudhary, an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party
- Balbir Prasad Chaudhary, a Nepali politician
- Hemlata Chaudhary, an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh
- Tushar Amarsinh Chaudhary (1965-), an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress in Gujarat
- Shankar Chaudhary (1970-), an Indian politician from Gujarat
- Chaudhary Mohammad Akbar Ibrahim, Minister of Tourism, Wildlife & Environment in Azad Kashmir
- Bhairaram Chaudhary, an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party from Rajasthan
- Arun Chaudhary, an American political operative and filmmaker
- Manibhai Chaudhary (1947-) an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party
- Aruna Chaudhary, an Indian politician of Indian National Congress from Punjab
- Chaudhary Yashpal Singh (Template:Circa–2015), an Indian politician
- Dayaram Chaudhary, an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh
- R. K. Chaudhary, an Indian politician and former Minister of Roadways, Health
- Roop Chaudhary, an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Uttar Pradesh
- Genda Lal Chaudhary, an Indian politician representing Hathras
- Nisha Chaudhary (1952-), a social worker and politician representing Sabarkantha
- Bhupendra Chaudhary, state minister of Uttar Pradesh
- Vijay Kumar Chaudhary (1957-) an Indian politician from Bihar
- Arvind Kumar Chaudhary, an Indian politician of the Bahujan Samaj Party
- Sanjay Chaudhary, an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party
- Laxmilal Chaudhary, a Nepalese politician of the Nepal Loktantrik Samajbadi Dal
- Amar Singh Chaudhary, an Indian politician of the Siddharth Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh
- Birendra Kumar Chaudhary, an Indian politician from Jhanjharpur (Lok Sabha constituency)
- Chaudhary Nand Lal, an Indian politician from Punjab
- Chaudhary Randhir Singh (1924-), an Indian freedom fighter and politician
- Ram Prasad Chaudhary, an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh
- Chaudhary Darshan Lal, an Indian politician from Punjab
- Vidya Sagar Chaudhary, an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Himachal Pradesh
Sports
- Anil Chaudhary (umpire) (1965-), an Indian cricket umpire
- Saurabh Chaudhary (2002-), an Indian Sport Shooter
- Garima Chaudhary (1990-), an Indian judoka
- Ishwar Chaudhary (1988-), an Indian cricketer
- Shweta Chaudhry (1986), an Indian shooter
- Harendra Chaudhary (1976-), an Indian cricketer
- Aditya Chaudhary (1996-), a footballer from Nepal
- Shivam Chaudhary (1997-), an Indian cricketer
- Vijay Chaudhary, an Indian wrestler
- Dipendra Chaudhary (1980-), a Nepalese cricketer
- Nikhil Chaudhary (cricketer) (1996-), an Indian cricketer
- Sachin Chaudhary (1983-), an Indian powerlifter
- Nilesh Chaudhary (1983-), an Indian cricketer
- Mamta Chaudhary, a Nepali cricketer
Academia, science & scholarship
- Arknath Chaudhary, a Sanskrit scholar and vice-chancellor of Shree Somnath Sanskrit University
- Ram Chet Chaudhary, an Indian agricultural scientist
- Shamila N. Chaudhary, a foreign policy expert
- Jai Bhagwan Chaudhary, a former Vice-Chancellor of Haryana Agricultural University
Journalism
- Sudhir Chaudhary (journalist) , an Indian journalist, editor
- Omkar Chaudhary (1961-), an Indian journalist, writer, and editor
Other occupations
- Nand Kishore Chaudhary (1953-), an Indian social entrepreneur
- Chowdhury Krishnananda Dutta (1490-1570), a Vaishnava saint.
- Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya, a former Director General of Police in Uttarakhand
- Akshay Chandra Chowdhury (1850-1898), an Indian poet and novel writer
- Puruesh Chaudhary (1983-), a futures researcher, development and strategic narrative professional
- Aisha Chaudhary (1996–2015), a motivational speaker
Further disambiguation pages
- Rajendra Chaudhary (disambiguation), several people
- Sudhir Chaudhary (disambiguation), several people
Organisations
- Chaudhary Group (CG Global), a multi-national conglomerate headquartered in Nepal
- Chaudhary Charan Singh Post Graduate College, a college in Heonra-Saifai, Etawah
- Chaudhary Ranbir Singh University, a university in Jind, Haryana
- Chaudhary Bansi Lal University, a university in Bhiwani, Haryana
- Chaudhary Charan Singh University, a university in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
- Chaudhary Devi Lal University, a university in Haryana
- Dutta Chowdhury family, West Bengal, India.
- Savarna Roy Chowdhury family, West Bengal, India.
Other
- Chacha Chaudhary, an Indian comic book character
- Chacha Chaudhary (2002 TV series), an Indian children's television series
- Chaudhary Karnail Singh, a 1960 Indian Punjabi-language film
- Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport, an international airport serving Lucknow
- Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport metro station in Lucknow
References
- ↑ Administrative System - Sultani Period.. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- ↑ University of Calicut, Kerala.. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- ↑ Odisha State Open University - M.A. (History)..