Jaiswal
(/dʒɑːjəsəvɑːl/; Sanskrit: जायसवाल; IAST: jāyasavāla) or Jayswal or Jayaswal is a surname used by many Hindu communities. Jaiswals are mainly traders and deal in various commodities. In past, some of them excelled in the art of liquor making.
History
The origin of the Jaiswal community is not known, but it is speculated that their ancestors hailed from town ‘Jais’ in Uttar Pradesh and came to known as Jaiswals. They are mostly found in North India including Agra, Delhi and Rajasthan.
In 2003, Jaiswal Kalwars were classified and listed as an Other Backward Class by some state governments like Delhi & Uttar Pradesh, although Jaiswal Jain and Rajput still belong to General Category in India’s positive discrimination system.
Prominent Jaiswal Jains
- Ravindra Jain, poet and music director
Prominent Jaiswal Kalwars
- Ankush Jaiswal (cricketer)
- Madan Prasad Jaiswal (Indian politician)
- Manoj Kumar Jaiswal (Indian neuroscientist)
- Naina Jaiswal (table tennis player)
- Pankaj Jaiswal (cricketer)
- Pradeep Jaiswal (Maharastra politician)
- Pragya Jaiswal (actress and model)
- Radhey Shyam Jaisawal (UP politician)
- Rahul Jaiswal (Indian footballer)
- Samiksha Jaiswal (TV actress)
- Sanjeev Jaiswal (actor)
- Sanjiv Jaiswal (film director and producer)
- Shankar Prasad Jaiswal (Indian politician)
- Shreyansh Jaiswal (badminton player)
- Rajaram Shastri (Indian educationist and politician)
- Rajani Rai (former lieutenant governor of Puducherry)
- Sanjaya Lall (prominent world economist)
- Suvira Jaiswal (Indian historian)
- Yashasvi Jaiswal (Indian cricketer)
Prominent Jaiswal Rajputs
- Anantram Jaiswal (Indian politician)
- Anupma Jaiswal (Uttar Pradesh (UP) politician)
- Dilip Kumar Jaiswal (Indian politician)
- Jawahar Lal Jaiswal (Indian politician)
- K. P. Jayaswal (historian and lawyer)
- Kamini Jaiswal (Supreme Court lawyer)
- GCR Jaiswal (Vice Chancellor, Awadh University)
- Gorakh Prasad Jaiswal (Indian politician)
- Navin Jaiswal (Jharkhand politician)
- Ravindra Jaiswal (UP politician)
- Rai Bahadur Thakur Jaiswal (Jharkhand businessperson)
- Ritu Jaiswal (Bihar Politician)
- Sanjay Jaiswal (Indian politician)
- Saligram Jaiswal (freedom fighter and politician)
- Sriprakash Jaiswal (Indian politician)