Chaturvedi
Chaturvedi is a surname of Indian origin. The name "Chaturvedi" literally means "Knower of the Four Vedas".[1] It is used by Brahmins; a related surname is Chaubey, which has the same meaning. They are from the families of rishis (saints). The Earlier family was living around Mathura but during the Mughal period some conflict happened between Aurangzeb and Chaturvedi which led to Aurangzeb sending troops towards villages for chaturvedi and the Mughal King. This event leads to the rehibitions of Chaturvedi some stayed in Mathura, some came out of mathura and settled around Agra region and many moved toward different districts of Bihar.
Notable people with the surname Chaturvedi include:
- Abhishek Chaubey, film director
- Ashwini Kumar Choubey (born 1953), MP from Buxar in Bihar
- 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
- 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
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