Shukla
Shukla (Sanskrit: शुक्ल) is a word of Sanskrit origin that means "white". It is used as a surname in North India and around Nashik in Maharashtra,
Notable persons
- Ramchandra Shukla, literary figure
- Baikuntha Shukla nationalist and revolutionary
- Jagdish Shukla, meteorologist
- Jhanak Shukla, actress
- Laxmi Ratan Shukla, cricketer
- Padma Kant Shukla, India-born German professor
- Rajeev Shukla, journalist
- Ram Chandra Shukla, painter
- Ram Kishore Shukla, Indian National Congress leader
- Ravishankar Shukla, premier of CP & Berar and the first Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
- Saurabh Shukla, actor
- Shilpa Shukla, actress
- Siddharth Shukla, television actor mainly known for his lead role in Balika Vadhu.
- Shyama Charan Shukla, three-term Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, an irrigation visionary and aviator
- Sri Lal Sukla, who won the Sahitya Akademi and Jnanpith awards for literary contribution to the Hindi language.
- Vidya Charan Shukla, Indian cabinet minister who held various portfolios
- Vijai Shukla, Indian-Danish food scientist.
- Yogendra Shukla, Indian nationalist.
See also
- Shukla paksha, the bright lunar fortnight in the Hindu calendar
- Shukla Yajurveda, a Hindu text, also known as the White Yajurveda
- Shukla, Bhopal, a village in Madhya Pradesh India
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