# Chaudhary

Chaudhary
Chaudhary (or Choudhury; also: Chaudhry, Chaudhuri, Choudhary, Chowdhury) is a title of honour and a common surname in the Indian subcontinent, originally derived from an Indian hereditary title.
"Chaudhary" is a term adapted from the Sanskrit word caturdhara, literally "holder of four" (four denoting a measure of land). 'Chaudhary' was first bestowed by the various rulers of the Delhi Sultanate, and the custom was continued by the breakaway Bengal Sultanate. Later, the Mughals and the Nawabs conferred the same title in great numbers. Chaudharies were local magnates responsible for land taxes alongside an amil (revenue collector) and a karkun (accountant) in the local-level administrative units known as parganas . In Odisha "Choudhury" surname holders are mostly Zamindar Karanas and Utkal Brahmins. Chaudhary is also a common last name among the Tharu community of Nepal.

## Notable people
### Business

* Binod Chaudhary (1955-), a Nepalese businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, and politician
* Fawad Chaudhry a Pakistani businessman, landlord, lawyer and politician

### Acting, modeling and entertainment

* Areej Chaudhary (1997), Pakistani actress, psychologist, Miss Pakistan Universe-2020, Miss Earth-2020, Miss Global-2022
* Ekta Chowdhry (1986-), Miss India Universe-2009
* Raja Chaudhary (1975-), an Indian television actor, writer and producer
* Gaurav Chaudhary (1991-), an Indian YouTuber, media personality, and engineer
* Ajay Chaudhary, an Indian television actor and model
* Yuvika Chaudhary (1983-), an Indian actress
* Meenakshi Chaudhary, is an Indian model
* Basanta Chowdhury (1928–2000), an Indian actor
* Saket Chaudhary, an Indian screenwriter and director
* Sakshi Chaudhary (1993), an Indian model and actress from Dehradun, Uttarakhand
* Aadesh Chaudhary, an Indian television actor
* Parull Chaudhry, an Indian television actress
* Urvashi Chaudhary (1986-), an Indian actress and model
* Raj Singh Chaudhary, an Indian actor
* Ksshitij Chaudhary, an Indian Punjabi film director
* Hema Chaudhary (1955-), an Indian actress in Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, and Tamil films
* Aastha Chaudhary, an Indian actress
* Arav Chaudhary, an Indian actor
* Ankush Choudhary, Indian actor, screenwriter, director, producer and theatre personality in Marathi cinema
* Mahima Chaudhry, Indian actress
* Aashish Chaudhary, Indian actor
* Gurmeet Choudhary, Indian actor

### Politics

* Aun Chaudhry, Pakistani politician and businessman
* Nabakrushna Choudhury, former Chief minister of Odisha
* Ramadevi Choudhury, freedom fighter & social reformer
* Gopabandhu Choudhury, Indian activist, Freedom fighter
* Harish Chaudhary politician of Congress from Rajasthan
* Haribhai Chaudhary politician of Congress from Gujarat
* Awadh Bihari Choudhary, Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
* Ram Govind Chaudhary, Former Leader of Opposition in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
* Sarveen Choudhary, cabinet minister in Bharatiya Janata Party ministry in Himachal Pradesh holding Urban, Town & Country Planning departments.
* Babulal Chaudhary (1948-), an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician
* Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary (1954-), an Indian politician and Minister of State for Coal and Mines
* Ejaz Chaudhary (1956-), a prominent Pakistani politician, social worker, civil engineer
* P. P. Chaudhary (1953-), a Union Minister of State
* Shanta Chaudhary, a social reformer and Former Member of Constituent Assembly of Nepal
* Chaudhary Manisha Ashok, an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party
* Satveer Chaudhary (1969-), an American politician
* Amarsinh Chaudhary (1941–2004), an Indian politician
* Jayant Chaudhary, an Indian politician from Mathura
* Lal Singh Chaudhary (politician) (1959-), an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir
* Chhotu Ram Chaudhary, an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party
* Balbir Prasad Chaudhary, a Nepali politician
* Hemlata Chaudhary, an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh
* Tushar Amarsinh Chaudhary (1965-), an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress in Gujarat
* Shankar Chaudhary (1970-), an Indian politician from Gujarat
* Bhairaram Chaudhary, an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party from Rajasthan
* Arun Chaudhary, an American political operative and filmmaker
* Manibhai Chaudhary (1947-) an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party
* Aruna Chaudhary, an Indian politician of Indian National Congress from Punjab
* Dayaram Chaudhary, an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh
* R. K. Chaudhary, an Indian politician and former Minister of Roadways, Health
* Roop Chaudhary, an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Uttar Pradesh
* Genda Lal Chaudhary, an Indian politician representing Hathras
* Nisha Chaudhary (1952-), a social worker and politician representing Sabarkantha
* Bhupendra Chaudhary, state minister of Uttar Pradesh
* Vijay Kumar Chaudhary (1957-) an Indian politician from Bihar
* Arvind Kumar Chaudhary, an Indian politician of the Bahujan Samaj Party
* Sanjay Chaudhary, an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party
* Laxmilal Chaudhary, a Nepalese politician of the Nepal Loktantrik Samajbadi Dal
* Amar Singh Chaudhary, an Indian politician of the Siddharth Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh
* Birendra Kumar Chaudhary, an Indian politician from Jhanjharpur (Lok Sabha constituency)
* Ram Prasad Chaudhary, an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh
* Vidya Sagar Chaudhary, an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Himachal Pradesh
* Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary Chief minister of Lumbini Province, Nepal
* Umakant Chaudhary - politician and the former minister for Water Supply of Nepal
* Resham Lal Chaudhary Nepalese politician and member of Federal Parliament.

### Sports

* Anil Chaudhary (umpire) (1965-), an Indian cricket umpire
* Saurabh Chaudhary (2002-), an Indian Sport Shooter
* Garima Chaudhary (1990-), an Indian judoka
* Ishwar Chaudhary (1988-), an Indian cricketer
* Shweta Chaudhry (1986), an Indian shooter
* Harendra Chaudhary (1976-), an Indian cricketer
* Aditya Chaudhary (1996-), a footballer from Nepal
* Shivam Chaudhary (1997-), an Indian cricketer
* Vijay Chaudhary, an Indian wrestler
* Dipendra Chaudhary (1980-), a Nepalese cricketer
* Nikhil Chaudhary (cricketer) (1996-), an Indian cricketer
* Sachin Chaudhary (1983-), an Indian powerlifter
* Nilesh Chaudhary (1983-), an Indian cricketer
* Mamta Chaudhary, a Nepali cricketer
* Sarswati Chaudhary, Nepali sprinter

### Academia, science & scholarship

* Arknath Chaudhary, a Sanskrit scholar and vice-chancellor of Shree Somnath Sanskrit University
* Ram Chet Chaudhary, an Indian agricultural scientist
* Shamila N. Chaudhary, a foreign policy expert
* Jai Bhagwan Chaudhary, a former Vice-Chancellor of Haryana Agricultural University

### Journalism

* Sudhir Chaudhary (journalist), an Indian journalist, editor
* Omkar Chaudhary (1961-), an Indian journalist, writer, and editor

### Other occupations

* Nand Kishore Chaudhary (1953-), an Indian social entrepreneur
* Akshay Chandra Chaudhury (1850-1898), an Indian poet and novelist
* Puruesh Chaudhary (1983-), a futures researcher, development and strategic narrative professional
* Aisha Chaudhary (1996–2015), a motivational speaker

## Further disambiguation pages

* Rajendra Chaudhary (disambiguation), several people
* Sudhir Chaudhary (disambiguation), several people

## Organisations

* Chaudhary Group (CG Global), a multi-national conglomerate headquartered in Nepal
* Chaudhary Charan Singh Post Graduate College, a college in Heonra-Saifai, Etawah
* Chaudhary Ranbir Singh University, a university in Jind, Haryana
* Chaudhary Bansi Lal University, a university in Bhiwani, Haryana
* Chaudhary Charan Singh University, a university in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
* Chaudhary Devi Lal University, a university in Haryana
* Dutta Chowdhury family, West Bengal, India.
* Savarna Roy Chowdhury family, West Bengal, India.

## Other

* Chaudhry and Sons, a 2022 Pakistani romantic family comedy drama television series
* Chacha Chaudhary, an Indian comic book character
* Chacha Chaudhary (2002 TV series), an Indian children's television series
* Chaudhary Karnail Singh, a 1960 Indian Punjabi-language film
* Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport, an international airport serving Lucknow
* Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport metro station in Lucknow