List of Aroras
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This is a list of famous people of the Arora
caste of the Punjab
and Sindh
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in politice AVTAR SINGH MAKKAR
Arora
Arora is an Indo-Aryan community of the Punjab region. Commentators differ in their opinions regarding the relationship between the Arora and the Khatri community....
caste of the Punjab
Punjab region
The Punjab , also spelled Panjab |water]]s"), is a geographical region straddling the border between Pakistan and India which includes Punjab province in Pakistan and the states of the Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and some northern parts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi...
and Sindh
Sindh
Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...
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Politics
- Madan Lal KhuranaMadan Lal KhuranaMadan Lal Khurana is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Delhi. He has also served as the Governor of Rajasthan.-Early life:...
- AK Luthra - Chief Commissioner of Income taxIncome taxAn income tax is a tax levied on the income of individuals or businesses . Various income tax systems exist, with varying degrees of tax incidence. Income taxation can be progressive, proportional, or regressive. When the tax is levied on the income of companies, it is often called a corporate...
. - Madan Lal DhingraMadan Lal DhingraMadan Lal Dhingra was an Indian revolutionary freedom fighter. While studying in England, he assassinated Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie, a British official, hailed as one of the first acts of revolution in the Indian independence movement in the 20th century.-Early life:Madan Lal Dhingra was born...
- political activist - Madanlal PahwaMadanlal PahwaMadanlal Pahwa came to India in 1947 as a refugee after the partition of India. The plight of refugees intensified his anger against Mahatma Gandhi and other Congress leaders...
- Hindu Mahasabha activist. - J. K. Arora - IAS officer, Additional Chief Secretary Govt of Karnataka, Member of the Board - Outreach, one of the largest NGOs in South India
Defence forces
- Lt. Gen. Jagjit Singh AuroraJagjit Singh AuroraLieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora was the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Command of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971...
- Captain Vikram BatraVikram BatraCaptain Vikram Batra, PVC , was an officer of the Indian Army, posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest award for valour, for his actions during the 1999 Kargil War in Kashmir between India and Pakistan....
- Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja
- Vice Admiral Punita AroraPunita AroraLieutenant General Punita Arora is the first woman in India to don the second highest rank i.e Lieutant General of Indian Armed Forces. and the first Vice admiral of Indian Navy.-Early life:She was born into a Punjabi family which hails from Lahore...
- Lt. Gen. Madan Lal Chawla, PVSM, VSM
in politice AVTAR SINGH MAKKAR
Films, television, and modelling
- Govinda Ahuja - actor
- Navin NischolNavin NischolNavin Nischol was an Indian actor. He made his debut with the Hindi film Sawan Bhadon in 1970.-Early life:...
- actor - Kulbhushan KharbandaKulbhushan KharbandaKulbhushan Kharbanda is an Indian actor, who worked in Hindi and Punjabi films, and is known as character Shakaal in Shaan inspired by the character of Blofeld from James Bond movies...
- actor - Raj BabbarRaj BabbarRaj Babbar is a Hindi & Punjabi film actor since 1977 and the current Member of Parliament from Firozabad which he won by defeating Dimple Yadav, wife of Akhilesh Yadav & daughter-in-law of Mulayam Singh Yadav. This is his fourth term as MP, in previous terms he was the part of Samajwadi...
- actor - Gulshan GroverGulshan GroverGulshan Grover is an Indian actor, who has acted in over 400 films through a career spanning over 30 years.Gulshan Grover is one of the first Indian actors to have made a successful transition from Bollywood into Hollywood and international Cinema....
- actor - Jas AroraJas Arora"Jas Arora" is a model come Bollywood actor. He comes from a Punjabi background.He first hit the silver screen with a forgettable film Main Solah Baras Ki, but later on bettered his record by making his presence felt in movies like, Dushman, Monsoon Wedding, Chalte Chalte and Pyar Ke Side...
- model, actor - Juhi ChawlaJuhi ChawlaJuhi Chawla is an Indian actress, film producer and television presenter.After being crowned as the winner of the Miss India beauty contest in 1984, Chawla pursued an acting career...
- actress - Malaika Arora - model and actress
- Amrita AroraAmrita Arora-Personal life and education:Arora was born in Chembur Mumbai to a Malayali mother, Joyce Polycarp, and a Punjabi father, Anil Arora. Her sister is Malaika Arora Khan....
- model and actress - Vijay AroraVijay AroraVijay Arora *Punjabi* was an actor in Hindi films and television serials, most famous for his roles in Yaadon Ki Baaraat and as Indrajit in the television serial Ramayan...
- Nikki Aneja - actress
- Rajeshwari SachdevRajeshwari SachdevRajeshwari Sachdev is a Hindi film actress, who is most known for her role in Shyam Benegal's film Sardari Begum , for which she won the 1997 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress....
- Pooja BatraPooja BatraPooja Batra in Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, is an Indian actress.-Early life and background:Pooja Batra was born to Ravi Batra, an army colonel who was wounded in the 1971 war between India and Pakistan. Her mother, Neelam Batra was a former Miss India participant in 1971...
- actress - Gulshan KumarGulshan KumarGulshan Kumar was the founder of the T-Series music label , the best known in India, and an Indian Bollywood movie producer. T series is now run by his son Bhushan Kumar...
- actor - Bhoomika Chawla - actress
- Keerthi ChawlaKeerthi ChawlaKeerthi Chawla is an Indian actress, who is working in Tamil and Telugu film industry. She has appeared in some well known films such as Aadi, Aalwar, Naan Avanillai and Uliyin Osai.- Filmography :- External links :...
- Shiney AhujaShiney AhujaShiney Ahuja is an Indian actor who won the Filmfare Best Debut Award for Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi in 2006.- Early life :...
- actor - Avie LuthraAvie LuthraAvie Luthra is an Indian film director and screenwriter.He began his filmmaking with a short film entitled Baby which won the Royal Television Society Award for Best Student Film in 2002...
- Filmmaker - Krushna AbhishekKrushna AbhishekKrushna Abhishek is an Indian film actor and a stand up comedian. He is also a dancer in numerous dance reality shows, including, Nach Baliye and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa...
- actor
Literature
- Amrita PritamAmrita PritamAmrita Pritam was a Punjabi writer and poet, considered the first prominent woman Punjabi poet, novelist, and essayist, and the leading 20th-century poet of the Punjabi language, who is equally loved on both the sides of the India-Pakistan border, with a career spanning over six decades, she...
- Jaswant Singh KanwalJaswant Singh KanwalJaswant Singh Kanwal is a novelist, short story writer and essayist of the Punjabi language. He was born in the village of Dhudike, Moga District, Punjab, India. and has lived there ever since. He was awarded the Punjabi Sahit Shiromani Award in the year 2007....
- Chetan BhagatChetan BhagatChetan Bhagat , is an Indian author, columnist, and speaker. Bhagat is the author of five bestselling novels, Five Point Someone , One Night @ the Call Center , The 3 Mistakes of My Life , 2 States & Revolution 2020: Love, Corruption, Ambition...
Sciences
- Har Gobind Khorana
- Sunder Lal HoraSunder Lal HoraSunder Lal Hora was an Indian ichthyologist.Famous for the Satpura Hypothesis, a zoo-geographical hypothesis proposed by him that suggests that the central Indian Satpura Range of hills acted as a bridge providing for the Malayan affinity of many Indian fauna and flora in the peninsula and the...
- Kalpana ChawlaKalpana ChawlaKalpana Chawla was an Indian-American astronaut with NASA. She was one of seven crew members killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.-Early life:...
- Sarvadaman Chowla
- Ravi BatraRavi BatraRaveendra Nath "Ravi" Batra is an Indian-American economist, author, and professor at Southern Methodist University. Batra is the author of six international bestsellers, two of which appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list...
- Aakash Bhushan Arora
- Rati Arora
Music
- Jaspinder NarulaJaspinder NarulaJaspinder Narula is a noted Punjabi singer and Bollywood playback singer, who shot to fame after the duet "Pyar to hona hi tha" with Remo Fernandes from the 1998 film Pyar To Hona Hi Tha for which she won the 1999 Filmfare Best Female Playback Award. Her other notable films are Mission Kashmir,...
- Arun LuthraArun LuthraArun Luthra is a jazz musician based in New York, N.Y., U.S.A.-Early life:Arun Luthra was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.A. of an Indian father and a British mother. He began his formal music training in Belgium at the age of nine, studying European classical guitar...
- Saxophonist, composer and musician in New York City. - Nipun Arora - Ad Guru,writer, philanthropist, Forbes rated him as the most accomplished individual for his own age.
Others
- Gautam GambhirGautam GambhirGautam Gambhir is an Indian cricketer, a batsman. He has been a member of the Indian national cricket team since 2003 and 2004...
- cricketer - Suresh LuthraSuresh LuthraSuresh Luthra was a fast bowler. He joined the Delhi cricket team in 1965, at the age of 20, and later went on to play for the Punjab cricket team...
- cricketer - Piyush ChawlaPiyush ChawlaPiyush Pramod Chawla is an Indian cricketer who has played for the India U-19 team and the Central Zone. His Hometown is Moradabad,. He is seen as a leg-spinning allrounder in domestic cricket, but has not fired as a batsman in the One Day International format...
- cricketer