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
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
- Chawla (crater), a lunar crater named after Kalpana Chawla.
References
- ↑ The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Oxford University Press(2016). ISBN 978-0-19-967776-4