Shukla

Shukla () is a word of Sanskrit origin that means "bright" or "white".

Notable people with the name include:

* Abhay Shukla, Indian TV actor known for his role as Inspector Nikhil in TV series ''CID'' * Abhinav Shukla (producer), Indian film and TV producer * Abhinav Shukla, Indian actor * Abhishek Shukla (Indian Geriatrician and Palliative Care Physician) * Ajai Shukla, Indian army officer, journalist and defense analyst * Amarjeet Shukla, Indian actor * Anand Shukla, Indian cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1960 to 1978 * Anand Swaroop Shukla, Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh state of India * Anjuli Shukla, Indian film director and cinematographer, first and till date the only Indian woman to win the National Film Award for Best Cinematography * Amitabh Shukla, Indian film editor, most known for his work in ''Chak De! India'', ''Krrish'', ''Holiday'' and ''Chalte Chalte'' * Amitesh Shukla, INC Politician, member Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly and former Minister of Rural Development in the Government of Chhattisgarh * Aseem Shukla, Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery in the Department of Urology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA * Ashish Shukla, Indian author on geopolitics and terrorism, former editor of ''Cricket Samrat'' * Ashthabhuja Prasad Shukla, Indian politician, member of the 10th Lok Sabha (Lower House) of the Indian Parliament * Avay Shukla, Indian Administrative Service officer, environmentalist and writer * Baikuntha Shukla, Indian nationalist and revolutionary * Balkrishna Khanderao Shukla, Indian politician and Member of Parliament of the 15th Lok Sabha (Lower House) of the Indian Parliament from Vadodara * Balram Shukla, Indian poet and academic * Bhagwati Prasad Shukla, Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh * Chakrapani Shukla, Member of Parliament, India * Champa Devi Shukla, activist from Bhopal, India and recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize, 2004 * Chandra Prakash Shukla, Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh state of India * Chitra Shukla, Indian actress who works in Telugu-Kannada language films * Daisy Irani (actress) (Daisy Irani Shukla), Indian actress in Hindi and Telugu language films * Deepak Shukla, American molecular virologist with expertise in herpesviruses * Haimanti Sukla, Bengali singer * Jagadish Shukla, Indian meteorologist, professor at George Mason University, Virginia * Jang Bahadur Shukla, Indian mathematician * Jhanak Shukla, Indian actress * Jyoti Kiran (Jyoti Kiran Shukla), Indian politician, activist, educationist, strategist and Chair of Rajasthan's 5th State Finance Commission * Kamlesh Shukla, Indian politician from the BJP and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India * Karuna Shukla, member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India, representing Janjgir constituency of Chhattisgarh * Krishna Kant Shukla, Indian physicist, musician, poet, ecologist and educator * Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Indian cricketer and politician * Mahendra Shukla, Indian first-class cricketer * Manoj Muntashir, Indian lyricist, poet and screenwriter * Mukesh Shukla, or Mukesh, businessman and politician in Uganda * Munna Shukla, Kathak guru and choreographer of Lucknow Gharana * Narayan Shukla (also known as SN Shukla), judge of the Allahabad High Court * Nikesh Shukla, British author and screenwriter * Padma Kant Shukla (1950–2015), Indian physicist, university professor in several countries * Pratibha Shukla, Indian politician and member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Akbarpur-Raniya constituency * Pravina Shukla, professor of folklore at Indiana University Bloomington * Rahul Shukla, Indian first-class cricketer from Jaunpur district who plays for Jharkhand in domestic cricket * Raj Shukla, Lieutenant General, YSM, SM, currently serving as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) Army Training Command (ARTRAC) * Raj Kumar Shukla, Indian freedom fighter, who convinced Mahatma Gandhi to visit Champaran for the Champaran Satyagraha * Rajeev Shukla, Indian politician, journalist, political commentator and the former chairman of Indian Premier League. Presently, VP of BCCI * Rajendra Shukla (poet), Gujarati poet * Rajendra Shukla (politician), Indian politician and MLA from Madhya Pradesh * Rajendra Prasad Shukla, politician from Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, who also served as Speaker of both states' Legislative Assembly * Rajesh Shukla, Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Uttarakhand State * Rajesh Shukla (statistician), Indian researcher, author and applied statistician * Rakesh Shukla (animal welfare activist), Indian entrepreneur, motivational speaker and animal welfare activist * Rakesh Shukla (cricketer), Indian cricketer, cricket consultant and commentator * Ram Chandra Shukla (1925–2016), Indian painter and art critic * Ram Kishore Shukla, Indian National Congress leader * Ramchandra Shukla (1884–1941), known as Acharya Shukla, Indian historian of Hindi literature * Ravishankar Shukla, premier of CP & Berar and the first Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh * Ravikant Shukla, Indian first class cricketer, former captain of India U19 national cricket team * Ravi Kishan, or Ravindra Shyamnarayan Shukla, Indian actor, politician and TV personality; MP (Lok Sabha) from Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh * Richa Moorjani (nee Shukla), Indian-American actress who is best known for her role as Kamala in the series ''Never Have I Ever'' * Rishi Kumar Shukla, Indian Police Service officer and director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) * Rishabh Shukla, Indian film and television actor and a voice-dubbing artist * Riya Shukla, Indian television actress and model who made her film debut with ''Nil Battey Sannata'' * Rohit Shukla, Major at the Indian Army, Shaurya Chakra awardee * Samridhii Shukla, Indian TV actress * Sanyam Shukla, Indian badminton player * S.N.Shukla, Indian politician * Sandeep Shukla, Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur * Saurabh Shukla, Indian actor * Shilpa Shukla, Indian actress * Shivakant Shukla, Indian cricketer * Shiv Pratap Shukla, Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), former Minister of State for Finance, Government of India * Shyama Charan Shukla, three-term Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, irrigation visionary and aviator * Sidharth Shukla, Indian actor and model. * Shrilal Shukla (1925–2011), Hindi writer, recipient of the Jnanpith Award * Shri Prakash Shukla, Indian gangster and contract killer * Supriya Shukla, Indian television and film actress * Umesh Shukla, Indian movie director, best known for ''Oh My God'' * Vidya Charan Shukla, Indian cabinet minister * Vidya Dhar Shukla, Chief Hindu Priest of Thailand * Vijai Shukla, Indian-Danish food scientist * Vijay Kumar Shukla, or Munna Shukla, former Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Bihar, India * Vikramaditya Shukla, Indian film actor who has appeared in Tamil and Telugu language films * Vinay Shukla, Indian film writer and director, producer of ''Godmother'' * Vinod Kumar Shukla, modern Hindi writer and recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award * Yogendra Shukla, Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, among the founders of Hindustan Socialist Republican ASSOCIATION

Others * Shuklaganj, a suburb of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, situated on the banks of holy river Ganges

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