Dulal is a given name and a

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

. It is a common last name in Asia, especially in Nepal, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. In Pakistan, the Dulal tribe is confined to the

Gujar Khan Tehsil Gujar Khan Tehsil (; ), headquartered at Gujar Khan, is one of the Tehsils (sub-divisions) of Rawalpindi District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is administratively subdivided into 36 Union Councils and according to the 1998 census has ...

of Rawalpindi district. The name is also found in some parts of Africa due to the importation of South Asians by the British. Notable people with the name include:

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Dulal Baruah Dulal Chandra Baruah (1 January 1932 - 4 October 2008) was a politician from Assam and Janata Dal (United) state unit President. He was deputy chief minister and PWD minister in Government of Assam headed by Golap Borbora in 1979. He was a Memb ...

(died 2008), Indian politician *

Dulal Bhuiyan Dulal Bhuiyan is an Indian politician and member of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha. Bhuiyan is a member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from the Jugsalai constituency in East Singhbhum district East Singhbhum is one of the 24 districts of J ...

, Indian politician *

Dulal Biswas Dulal Biswas (born 17 November 1973) is an Indian former footballer who played for East Bengal, Mohun Bagan AC and Prayag United. He was the captain of East Bengal for the 1997–1998 season. Honours East Bengal * IFA Shield: 1994 * Rovers ...

(born 1973), Indian footballer *

Dulal Dutta Dulal Dutta (c. 1925Sources disagree on Datta's date of birth and age at the time of his death which is claimed to be either 84 (IMDb), 85 (''Indian Express''), 86 (''Telegraph'') or 87 (''Deccan Herald''). The ''Indian Express'' further claims t ...

(c. 1925–2010), Indian film editor *

Dulal Guha Dulal Guha (1929–2001) was an Indian film director of Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (form ...

(1929–2001), Indian film director *

Dulal Lahiri Dulal Lahiri is an Indian actor and director. He has appeared in numerous Bengali films and TV series. He was critically appreciated for his directorial venture ''Cinemawalla'' (1993) a Bengali TV series starring Rituparna Sengupta. He introduce ...

(born 1947), Indian film and television actor

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Sunita Dulal Sunita Dulal ( Nepali: सुनिता दुलाल; born 28 November 1985) is a prominent Nepalese folk singer from Kathmandu, Nepal (born in Jalbire, Sindhulpalchok District). She has been singing Nepali folk, festive to modern songs f ...

, Nepalese folk singer

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