چودھری

• چودھری ہندی زبان کا لفظ ہے۔

• سلطنت مغلیہ میں جلال الدین محمد اکبر نے  لگان یعنی ٹیکس کا نظام رائج کیا تھا اس نظام کے تحت ہر کسان سے اُس کی فصل کا چوتھا حصہ وصول کیا جاتا تھا۔
اس چوتھے حصے کے لگان کو وصول کرنے کے لیئے جن لوگوں کو مغل سلطنت میں نوکر بھرتی کیا جاتا تھا اُن کو چودهری کا نام دیا جاتا تھا۔ 
 (فارسی   زبان میں چو کا مطلب چوتھا اور دهری کا مطلب مالک ہے) یعنی چوتھے حصے کا مالک۔
مغل سلطنت میں چوتھے حصے کے لگان کو وصول کرنے والے کو چودھری کہا جاتا ہے۔
پاکستان میں چودھری کا لفظ جٹ، ارائیں،گجر اور راجپوت ذات سے تعلق رکھنے والے لوگ اپنے خاندانی نام کے طور پر استعمال کرتے ہیں۔ عام طور پر ارائیں اپنے نام کے بعد اور راجپوت نام سے پہلے چودھری استعمال کرتے ہیں۔

املا اور معنی 
چودھری صحیح املا ہے۔
چوہدری، چوھدری، چودہری وغیرہ اصولًا نادرست ہیں۔
جان ٹی پلیٹس نے بھی اسی املا کو نقلِ حرفی کرکے Chaudhary لکھا ہے۔

قابل ذکر شخصیات

بنگلہ دیش 
 Abdul Munim Chowdhury, former MP for Habiganj-1
 Abdur Rouf Choudhury, writer
 Abu Lais Md. Mubin Chowdhury, former MP for Habiganj-3
 Abu Osman Chowdhury, Sector Commander of the مکتی باہنی
 Justice Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, 2nd President of Bangladesh
 Justice A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury, 9th President of Bangladesh
 Anwarul Karim Chowdhury, former UN Under Secretary General
 Ariful Haque Choudhury, Mayor of سلہٹ
 A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury, 13th President of Bangladesh
 Ayesha Bedora Choudhury, doctor
 Justice Badrul Haider Chowdhury, 5th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
 Fazlul Qadir Chaudhry, 5th Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan
 Chowdhury Gulam Akbar, writer and collector of بنگلہ دیشی لوک ادب for the بنگلہ اکیڈمی
 Chowdhury Tanbir Ahmed Siddiky, former Minister of Commerce
 Harris Chowdhury, former MP for Sylhet-5
 Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury, 11th Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army
 Humayun Rashid Choudhury, 41st President of the United Nations General Assembly & 7th Speaker of the Bangladesh National Parliament
 Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, diplomat and former Foreign Affairs Adviser
 Jamilur Reza Choudhury, president of Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad, vice-chancellor of University of Asia Pacific, adviser to Caretaker Government of Bangladesh
 Chowdhury Kazemuddin Ahmed Siddiky, founding president of Assam Bengal Muslim League
 Mahmudul Amin Choudhury, 11th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
 محمود الصمد چودھری, former MP for Sylhet-3
 Justice Mainur Reza Chowdhury, 12th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
 Mehazabien Chowdhury, Bangladeshi actress
 Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury, 5th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
 Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury, Bangladeshi journalist and editor turned politician. Advisor to the President of Bangladesh (2006-2007)
 Naiyyum Choudhury, biotechnologist and nuclear scientist
 Najma Chowdhury, founder of the Women and Gender Studies department in the ڈھاکہ یونیورسٹی, adviser to Caretaker Government of Bangladesh
 Nazim Kamran Choudhury, former MP
 Rashed Chowdhury, former Army officer, currently in exile in the United States
 Rezwana Chowdhury, renowned exponent of Tagore songs
 Sadruddin Ahmed Chowdhury, physicist and vice-chancellor of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology and Sylhet International University
 Salah Choudhury, editor of Weekly Blitz
 Samarjit Roy Chowdhury, painter
 Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury, Nawab of Dhanbari, ٹانگایل ضلع
 Shamima K Choudhury, physicist and advocate for women in science
 Shamsher M. Chowdhury, Bangladeshi diplomat and former secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 Shamsul Huda Chaudhury, 3rd Speaker of the Bangladesh National Parliament
 شیرین شرمین چودھری, Speaker of the Bangladesh National Parliament
 Shayan Chowdhury, Bengali indie musician and singer
 Samson H. Chowdhury, Bengali Christian entrepreneur and business leader
 Tapan Chowdhury, Bengali singer of Adhunik songs
 Yahya Chowdhury, former MP for Sylhet-2
 Yeamin Ahmed Chowdhury Munna, footballer for Chittagong Abahani
 Yakub Ali Chowdhury, Bengali essayist

بھارت 
 Mahendra Mohan Choudhury, Chief Minister of Assam and Governor of Punjab
 اپیندر کشور رائے چودھری, 19th century aristocrat
 Amitabh Chaudhry (born 1964/65), Indian banker, CEO and MD of Axis Bank
 Anjan Choudhury, Bengali film director and writer
 A. B. A. Gani Khan Choudhury, Railway Minister of India
 Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Indian film director
 Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India
 Arindam Chaudhuri, Indian author
 Rahul Chaudhari, Indian kabaddi player
 Somlata Acharyya Chowdhury, Indian singer
 Sonali Chowdhury, Indian actress
 Chumki Choudhury, Indian actress
 Rina Choudhury, Indian actress
 تریدھا چودھری, Indian actress
 Jogen Chowdhury, 21st century Indian painter
 Pramatha Chaudhuri, 19th century Bengali writer and an influential figure in بنگالی ادب
 سلیل چودھری, Indian music director & composer
 Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Indian writer
 Shankar Roychowdhury, Chief of Staff of the بھارتی فوج
 Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri, theoretical economist, academic and professor of the Delhi School of Economics.
 Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri, Chief of Staff of the Indian Army
 روی شنکر (born Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury), ہندوستان کی موسیقی and a composer of ہندوستانی کلاسیکی موسیقی
 Bula Choudhury, Indian national women's swimming champion
 Sarita Choudhury, Indian actress and model
 چرن سنگھ, 6th Prime Minister of India
 Pratik Chaudhari (born 1989), Indian footballer playing as a defender for Jamshedpur
 Veerabhadram Chowdary, film director
 رینوکا چودھری, Union Minister of State
 Saifuddin Choudhury, former Member of Parliament
 Veeramachineni Jagapathi Rao Chowdary, Telugu film actor
 چودھری دیوی لال, Deputy Prime Minister of India
 K. V. Chowdary, Indian Revenue Service Central Vigilance Commissioner
 Chaudhary Harmohan Singh Yadav, Shaurya Chakra awardee
 Shagun Chowdhary, Indian shooter
 Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Yadav, Chief Minister, Delhi
 مہیما چودھری, Indian actress and model
 Mohinder Singh Chaudhury, Indian politician
 سوفی چودھری, Indian actress and dancer
 Rita Chowdhury, established poet and novelist, ساہتیہ اکیڈمی اعزاز recipient
 Aadesh Chaudhary, Indian actor
 R. B. Choudary, Indian film producer
 Y. S. Chowdary, Indian central minister for state
 Gurmeet Choudhary, Indian television actor
 Ranjit Chowdhry, Indian actor
 Karmveer Choudhary, Indian actor
 Kamla Chaudhry (born 1908), Indian short story writer
 یوویکا چودھری (born 1983), Indian actress
 Amit Chaudhuri, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
 Ankush Chaudhari, Marathi Film actor
 Ambikagiri Raichoudhury, Assamese poet
 Moinul Hoque Choudhury, five-time MLA, two-time اقوام متحدہ جنرل اسمبلی representative and Minister of Industrial Development
 Rashida Haque Choudhury, former Minister of State of Social Welfare

نیپال 
 Binod Chaudhary, Nepalese billionaire

فجی 
 Mahendra Chaudhry, former Prime Minister of Fiji

پاکستان 
 سیسل چوہدری, Pakistani academic, human rights activist, veteran fighter pilot
 چودھری رحمت علی, Pakistani Movement activist
 چودھری محمد علی, 4th Prime Minister of Pakistan
 فضل الہی چوہدری, 5th President of Pakistan
 چودھری شجاعت حسین, 14th Prime Minister of Pakistan
 افتخار محمد چوہدری, former Chief Justice of Pakistan
 نثار علی خان, Minister of Interior of Pakistan

برطانیہ 
 Akhlaq Choudhury, Judge of the British High Court of Justice
 Anwar Choudhury, diplomat at the محکمہ خارجہ ودولت مشترکہ برطانیہ; former Governor of the Cayman Islands, British Ambassador to Peru and British High Commissioner to Bangladesh
 Anjem Choudary, Islamist political activist
 Foysol Choudhury MBE – Businessman, community activist and Chairman of Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council.
 Hamza Choudhury, midfielder for English football club Leicester City F.C.
 Khaled Choudhury, theatre personality and artist
 Mamun Chowdhury – Businessman, and founder and co-director of London Tradition.
 Navin Chowdhry - British actor
 Roshonara Choudhry, British Islamic extremist
 Shamim Chowdhury, TV and print journalist for Al Jazeera English
 Shefali Chowdhury, actress best known for the role of Padma Patil in Harry Potter
 Paul Chowdhry English comedian of Punjabi origin.

امریکہ 
 Jay Chaudhry (born 1958/1959), American billionaire, CEO and founder of Zscaler
 Michael Chowdry, founder of cargo airliner Atlas Air
 Satveer Chaudhary, former Minnesota state senator
 Subir Chowdhury, author & management consultant

چودھورانی 
 نواب فیض النساء, Muslim feminist and awarded the title نواب by ملکہ وکٹوریہ
 Indira Devi Chaudhurani, Indian literary figure, author and musician.
 Karimunnesa Khanam Chaudhurani, Bengali poet, social worker, and patron of literature.
 Sarala Devi Chaudhurani, founder of the first women's organisation in India, the Bharat Stree Mahamandal in Allahabad in 1910.

مزید دیکھیے 
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