Jaswal is an Indian surname found among
Jat Sikhs
Jat Sikh (also known by the more conventional endonym Jatt Sikh) is a sub-group of the Jat people and the Sikh religious group from the Indian subcontinent. They are one of the dominant communities in the Punjab owing to their large land holdin ...
and
Muslim
Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...
s of
Punjab
Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...
.
It is also a clan of
Rajput
Rajput (from Sanskrit ''raja-putra'' 'son of a king') is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the Indian subcontinent. The term Ra ...
s that commanded the former princely state of
Jaswan
Jaswan was a precolonial Indian state centred at Rajpur Jaswan, in modern-day Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, commanded by the Jaswal Rajput clan. It was founded in 1170 AD by Raja Purab Chand, a cadet of the Katoch lineage, ancient royal family of ...
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People with the surname
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Balli Kaur Jaswal Balli Kaur Jaswal is a Singaporean novelist, having family roots in Punjab. Her first novel ''Inheritance'' won the Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Australian Novelist Award in 2014, and was adapted for a film presented at the 2017 Singapore Inte ...
, Singaporean novelist
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Nishtha Jaswal
Nishtha Jaswal is an Indian academic and administrator. As of 2022, she was the Vice Chancellor of Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla. She is the first woman Vice-Chancellor of HPNLU, Shimla.
Education and career
Jaswal did her ...
, Indian academic and university vice-chancellor
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Paramjit Singh Jaswal
Paramjit S. Jaswal is an Indian academician, professor and presently the Vice Chancellor of SRM University, Haryana Delhi-NCR, Sonepat, Haryana. He is the former Vice Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law in Patiala, Punjab, Ind ...
, Indian professor
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Seema Jaswal
Seema Jaswal is a British television and radio presenter from West London.
Jaswal hosts the Premier League's worldwide coverage for Premier League Productions which includes flagship shows ''Kick Off'' and ''Fanzone''. Jaswal also presents BBC ...
(born 1985), British television and radio presenter
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Umair Jaswal
Umair Jaswal is a Pakistani actor, singer-songwriter and music producer from Islamabad.
He was also lead vocalist of the rock band ''Qayaas''.
Umair is the brother of singers Yasir Jaswal and Uzair Jaswal.
Personal life
Jaswal, whose fa ...
(born 1986), Pakistani actor and musician
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Uzair Jaswal
Uzair Jaswal is a Pakistani singer-songwriter and actor.
Career
Uzair started his career at the age of 14. At 16, he wrote his first song and was the lead singer of a band called Scar which performed alternative-rock covers. Some of his p ...
(born 1992), Pakistani actor and musician
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Yasir Jaswal
Yasir M Jaswal is a Pakistani singer, writer, filmmaker, and award-winning music director. He was the lead singer for his band Irtaash. He was also the lead vocalist for the band Call. He directed several award-winning music videos and in 20 ...
(born 1983), Pakistani actor and musician
References
{{Rajput Groups of India
Rajput clans