Grewal or Garewal is a family name historically used in India and Pakistan as a gotra (clan) of Jat people.[1][2][3][4][5]
Grewal | |
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Jat clan | |
Ethnicity | Punjabis |
Religion | Sikhism, Hinduism and Islam |
Notable people
- Alexi Grewal, an Olympic Gold medalist and cyclist;
- Gippy Grewal, a singer, actor, and producer;
- Gurbir Grewal, the former Attorney General of New Jersey and current director of enforcement for the SEC;
- Gurcharan Singh Grewal, an Olympic Gold medalist and field hockey player;
- Gurmant Grewal, a former 3-term Member of Parliament in Canada and Deputy House Leader;
- Hardeep Grewal, Ontario MPP
- Inderpal Grewal, a professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Yale University;
- J. S. Grewal, an Indian writer, historian, and scholar;
- Mehtab Singh Grewal, royal Home minister in the court of Maharaja Hira Singh of Nabha State.
- Nina Grewal, a former 4-term Member of Parliament in Canada. Nina and Gurmant Grewal were the first married couple to concurrently serve in the Canadian Parliament;
- Raj Grewal, former Member of Parliament in Canada from 2015 to 2019
- Sarla Grewal, Indian bureaucrat
- Zareena Grewal, historical anthropologist and documentary filmmaker
References
- ^ W. H. McLeod (2009). The A to Z of Sikhism - Page 171 via Google Books. ISBN 9780810863446. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ Hari Dev Kohli (2010). Supreme Court On Hindu Law - Page 121 via Google Books. ISBN 9788175348226. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ Surjit Singh Gandhi (2007). History of Sikh Gurus Retold: 1469-1606 C.E Page 812 via Google Books. ISBN 9788126908585. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ Challenging the rule(s) of law : colonialism, criminology and human rights in India. Kalpana Kannabirān, Ranbir Singh. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications. 2008. p. 332. ISBN 978-81-321-0027-0. OCLC 501176322.
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Singh, Kumar Suresh (1996). "Appendix B". Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. People of India: National series. Vol. 8 (Illustrated ed.). Delhi: Anthropological Survey of India. pp. 1355–1357. ISBN 0-19-563357-1. OCLC 35662663.