Grewal

Grewal
Jat clan
EthnicityPunjabis
ReligionSikhism, Hinduism and Islam

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]

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

  1. ^ W. H. McLeod (2009). The A to Z of Sikhism - Page 171 via Google Books. ISBN 9780810863446. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  2. ^ Hari Dev Kohli (2010). Supreme Court On Hindu Law - Page 121 via Google Books. ISBN 9788175348226. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  3. ^ Surjit Singh Gandhi (2007). History of Sikh Gurus Retold: 1469-1606 C.E Page 812 via Google Books. ISBN 9788126908585. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  4. ^ 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ^ 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.
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