Arora (surname)

Arora (Hindi: अरोरा, Punjabi: ਅਰੋੜਾ) is a surname common in the Arora caste in South Asia. It most likely originated in Sindh, and spread to India after the Partition of India. There are c. 360,000 people with this surname.^[1]

Notable People

Notable people with the surname include:

• Amrita Arora (born 1981), Indian actress
• Chandan Arora, an Indian film editor and director
• Damodar Das Arora, Punjabi poet
• David Arora (born 1953), American mycologist, naturalist, and writer
• Jagjit Singh Arora (1916–2005), commander of the Indian army in the Eastern front in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
• Jas Arora, a model and Bollywood actor
• Karan Arora (born 1973), a London-based Indian film producer, entrepreneur and founder of High Ground Enterprise
• Kush Arora, American music producer
• Malaika Arora , Indian model and actress
• Manish Arora, Indian fashion designer
• Monish Arora (born 1971), Indian born Singaporean cricketer
• Nikesh Arora, Senior Vice President and Chief Business Officer at Google
• Nira Arora, Canadian radio personality
• Punita Arora, the first woman to hold the rank of Lieutenant General of Indian Armed Forces and Vice admiral of Indian Navy
• Rahul Arora, Indian television presenter
• Sam Arora (born 1981), Maryland politician
• Samir Arora (born 1965), American businessperson
• Sanjeev Arora (born 1968), theoretical computer scientist
• Shalini Arora (born 1971), Indian television actress
• Surinder Arora, Punjabi English businessman
• Tarun Arora, Indian male model turned actor
• Udai Prakash Arora (born 1944), Indian historian pioneer in Graeco-Indian Studies
• Vijay Arora (1946–2007), Indian actor

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