Tarapore or Taraporevala (also Taraporewala) is an Indian (Parsi) toponymic surname from

Tarapur, Maharashtra Tarapur is a census town in Palghar district (earlier Palghar was taluka and has recently notified as district) in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is an industrial town located some 45 km north of Virar, on the Western Railway line ...

. Notable people with the surname include: * Ardeshir Tarapore (1923–1965), Indian lieutenant colonel in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 * Farokh Tarapore (born 1960), Indian sailor *

Keki Tarapore Keki Khurshedji Tarapore (17 December 1910 – 15 June 1986) was an Indian cricketer who played in one Test match in 1948, and a cricket administrator. Tarapore studied at Harda New High School and Elphinstone College, Bombay and captained b ...

(1910–1986), Indian cricketer *

Keki Tarapore (coach) Keki Bezon Tarapore (11 October 1922 – 12 July 2001), was an Indian cricketer and coach. He coached a number of cricketing greats including Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble Anil Kumble (; born 17 October 1970) is a former Indian cricket cap ...

(1922–2001), Indian cricketer and coach *

Shavir Tarapore Shavir Tarapore (born 26 December 1957) is an Indian One Day International and Twenty20 cricket umpire, who has umpired 4 Tests, 25 ODIs and 3 T20Is, as of 2014. Shavir Tarapore first stood in an International ODI in 1999. He also played a few ...

(born 1957), Indian cricket umpire * S. S. Tarapore (1936-2016), deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India, chairman of the

Tarapore committee The Reserve Bank of India, chiefly known as RBI, is India's central bank and regulatory body responsible for regulation of the Indian banking system. It is under the ownership of Ministry of Finance, Government of India. It is responsible for ...

Sooni Taraporevala Sooni Taraporevala (born 1957) is an Indian screenwriter, photographer and filmmaker who is the screenwriter of ''Mississippi Masala'', ''The Namesake (film), The Namesake'' and Oscar-nominated ''Salaam Bombay!'' (1988), all directed by Mira Na ...

(born 1957), Indian screenwriter and filmmaker

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