Rawal (also spelled as ''Raval'') is a surname of various
Indian and
Nepali communities. It is mainly found among the
Rajputs
Rājpūt (, from Sanskrit ''rājaputra'' meaning "son of a king"), also called Thākur (), is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating fro ...
and
Chhetri
Chhetri (Kshetri, Kshettri, Kshetry or Chhettri), ( ; IAST: ''Kṣetrī'') historically called Kshettriya or Kshetriya or Khas are Nepali language, Nepali speaking people historically associated with the warrior class and administration, some of ...
Nepali Hindus Thakurs. It was also used as a title before the name by some Rajput rulers. Notable people with include:
Surname
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Bappa Rawal
Bappa Rawal (c. 8th century) was a king of the Mewar kingdom in Rajasthan, India. The chronicles consider him to be the founder of the Guhila Rajput dynasty. He is credited with repelling the Arab invasion of India. He is identified as the r ...
, ruler of
Mewar Kingdom
The Kingdom of Mewar was an independent Hindu kingdom that existed in the Rajputana region of the Indian subcontinent and later became a dominant state in medieval India. The kingdom was initially founded and ruled by the Guhila dynasty, foll ...
as royal title.
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Bhim Bahadur Rawal, Nepali politician
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Jam Rawal
Jam Rawal Lakh (1480–1562), was a Jadeja Rajput ruler, who ruled Cutch State, Kutch State from 1524 to 1548 and later was founder-ruler of Nawanagar State from 1540 to 1562.
Ruler of Kutch
Jam Raval was son of Jam Lakhoji, the chief of Tera, ...
, ruler of Kachchh princely state in India
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Narendra Raval, Kenyan entrepreneur and philanthropist
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Jayakumar Jitendrasinh Rawal, Indian politician
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Jitendra Jatashankar Rawal
Jitendra Jatashankar Rawal (born 30 March 1943) is an Indian astrophysicist and scientific educator, recognized for his work in the popularisation of science.
Rawal has served as Director of the Nehru Planetarium Mumbai. He has published about ...
, Indian astrophysicist
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Kalpana Rawal
Kalpana Hasmukhrai Rawal (born 15 January 1946 in Bhuj, India) is a Kenyan-Asian lawyer and the former Deputy Chief Justice and Vice President of the Supreme Court of Kenya. She was sworn in on June 3, 2013 as the Deputy Chief Justice of Kenya i ...
, Kenyan lawyer and judge
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Lal Bahadur Rawal, Nepali politician
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Nisha Rawal, Indian model-actress
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Paresh Rawal
Paresh Rawal (born 30 May 1955) is an Indian actor, comedian, film producer and politician known for his works primarily in Hindi cinema, Hindi films. He has Paresh Rawal filmography, appeared in over 240 films and is the recipient of various L ...
, Indian actor
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Rajendra Rawal, Nepali footballer
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Sanjay Rawal
Sanjay Rawal (born October 30, 1974) is an Indian-American documentary film director who lives in New York City. His first feature length film '' Food Chains'' premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in its Culinary Cinema Programme in 2014 and ha ...
, American documentary film director
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Sashi Rawal
Sashi Rawal () is a Nepali pop singer. She became popular with the song called ''Chahana sakiyo bahana sakiyo'' which was written and composed by Kali Prasad Baskota from her first album ENTRANCE released in 2007. She also release her another so ...
, Nepali pop singer
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Vaibhav Rawal
Vaibhav Prem Rawal (born 9 November 1991) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Delhi in domestic cricket. He is a left-handed batsman and leg-break bowler. He is a member of the Kolkata Knight Riders squad in the Indian Premier League. He made ...
, Indian cricketer
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Vipul K. Rawal, Indian scriptwriter
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Jam Rawal
Jam Rawal Lakh (1480–1562), was a Jadeja Rajput ruler, who ruled Cutch State, Kutch State from 1524 to 1548 and later was founder-ruler of Nawanagar State from 1540 to 1562.
Ruler of Kutch
Jam Raval was son of Jam Lakhoji, the chief of Tera, ...
, ruler of Kachchh princely state in India
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Jayakumar Jitendrasinh Rawal, Indian politician
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Darshan Raval, Indian singer
Given name
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Rawal Jaisal
Rawal Jaisal Bhati (1113–1168) was the founder and first ruler of the Kingdom of Jaisalmer, ruling from 1156 to 1168 CE. Jaisal was a Rajput chief of the Bhati clan who lived during the 12th century, Jaisal rose to power in 1143 by defeating ...
, ruler of Jaisalmer state in India
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Rawal Mallinath, folk hero of Rajasthan, India
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Rawal Ratan Singh, ruler of Mewar state in India
See also
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Rawal (caste)
Rawal is an Indian community from Rajasthan and Gujarat. They are known as priests of devi temples and perform a form of dance known as Rammat during the worship. They were well respected and patronised by the Charans.
Origin
Rawals claim to be ...
References
{{Chhetri communities
Rajputs
Gurjar
Marathi people
Khas surnames
Marathi-language surnames