Chaturvedi
Chaturvedi is a Hindu surname of Indian origin. The name "Chaturvedi" literally means expert of the Atharva Veda.[1]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Avani Chaturvedi, one of the first female fighter pilots of India
- B. K. Chaturvedi, civil servant
- Chaturvedi Badrinath (1933–2010), IAS officer and writer
- Juhi Chaturvedi, screenwriter
- Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi, Indian politician, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader of Rajasthan, member of the Rajya Sabha
- Makhanlal Chaturvedi (1889–1968), Hindi writer
- Nishi Chaturvedi, British epidemiologist
- Priyanka Chaturvedi, previously Indian National Congress spokesperson
- Sanjiv Chaturvedi, bureaucrat
- Siddhant Chaturvedi, actor
- Surendra Chaturvedi (1929–1977), journalist and activist
- T. N. Chaturvedi, Governor of Karnataka from 2002 to 2007
References
- ^ Wendy Doniger (March 2014). On Hinduism. OUP USA. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-19-936007-9.