Grewal

{{Infobox gotra|name=Grewal|type=Jat clan|ethnicity=Punjabis|religion=Sikhism, Hinduism and Islam}}

Grewal or Garewal is a family name historically used in India and Pakistan as a gotra (clan) of Jat people.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vgixwfeCyDAC&dq=Grewal+Jats&pg=PA171 |title=The A to Z of Sikhism - Page 171 via Google Books|author=W. H. McLeod|date=2009|isbn=9780810863446 |access-date=14 January 2021}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jQOqIjSrEEwC&dq=Grewal+Jats&pg=PA121 |title=Supreme Court On Hindu Law - Page 121 via Google Books|author=Hari Dev Kohli|date=2010 |isbn=9788175348226 |access-date=14 January 2021}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vZFBp89UInUC&q=Grewal+Jats |title=History of Sikh Gurus Retold: 1469-1606 C.E Page 812 via Google Books|author=Surjit Singh Gandhi |date=2007|isbn=9788126908585|access-date=14 January 2021}}{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/501176322 |title=Challenging the rule(s) of law : colonialism, criminology and human rights in India |date=2008 |publisher=SAGE Publications |others=Kalpana Kannabirān, Ranbir Singh |isbn=978-81-321-0027-0 |location=Thousand Oaks, Calif. |pages=332 |oclc=501176322}}{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Kumar Suresh |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35662663 |title=Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles |date=1996 |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |isbn=0-19-563357-1 |edition=Illustrated |series=People of India: National series |volume=8 |location=Delhi |pages=1355–1357 |chapter=Appendix B |oclc=35662663}}

Notable people

Alexi Grewal, an Olympic Gold medalist and cyclist;
Gippy Grewal, a singer, actor, and producer;
Gurbir Grewal, the former Attorney General of New Jersey and current director of enforcement for the SEC;
Gurcharan Singh Grewal, an Olympic Gold medalist and field hockey player;
Gurmant Grewal, a former 3-term Member of Parliament in Canada and Deputy House Leader;
Hardeep Grewal, Ontario MPP
Inderpal Grewal, a professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Yale University;
J. S. Grewal, an Indian writer, historian, and scholar;
Mehtab Singh Grewal, royal Home minister in the court of Maharaja Hira Singh of Nabha State.
Nina Grewal, a former 4-term Member of Parliament in Canada. Nina and Gurmant Grewal were the first married couple to concurrently serve in the Canadian Parliament;
Raj Grewal, former Member of Parliament in Canada from 2015 to 2019
Sarla Grewal, Indian bureaucrat
Zareena Grewal, historical anthropologist and documentary filmmaker

References

Category:Jat clans of Punjab

Category:Punjabi-language surnames

Category:Surnames of Hindu origin

Category:Surnames of Indian origin