Bhowal/Bhawal is an
Indian family name
Indian names are based on a variety of systems and naming conventions, which vary from region to region. Names are also influenced by religion and caste and may come from epics. India's population speaks a wide variety of languages and nearly ...
of the
Bengali Brahmin and
Kayastha
Kayastha (also referred to as Kayasth) denotes a cluster of disparate Indian communities broadly categorised by the regions of the Indian subcontinent in which they were traditionally locatedthe Chitraguptavanshi Kayasthas of North India, the C ...
s. They're found in
Assam, North Western to Central
Bangladesh and
West Bengal. Although the majority of the population migrated to
India during the Partition of India in 1947, followed by East Pakistan Genocides of 1950, 1954–1956, 1965, a minority of the population still resides in Bangladesh.
Geographical Distribution
As of 2014, 2,879 known bearers of this surname were from
India out of 3,010 people (approximately) in the World.
Others include Bangladesh, United Arab Emirates, the United States, etc. where a good number of these people reside.
Further reading
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Bhawal National Park
Bhawal National Park ( bn, ভাওয়াল জাতীয় উদ্যান) is a nature reserve and the national park of Bangladesh.
History
Bhawal National Park was established and maintained as a National Park in 1974; it was off ...
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Gazipur
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1950 East Pakistan riots
The 1950 East Pakistan riots ( bn, পঞ্চাশের পূর্ব পাকিস্তান দাঙ্গা) took place between Hindus and Muslims in East Pakistan, which resulted in hundreds of thousands of Hindus being killed in ...
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Bhawal Badre Alam Govt. College
References
Indian surnames
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