چودھری

• چودھری ہندی زبان کا لفظ ہے۔

• سلطنت مغلیہ میں جلال الدین محمد اکبر نے لگان یعنی ٹیکس کا نظام رائج کیا تھا اس نظام کے تحت ہر کسان سے اُس کی فصل کا چوتھا حصہ وصول کیا جاتا تھا۔ اس چوتھے حصے کے لگان کو وصول کرنے کے لیے جن لوگوں کو مغل سلطنت میں بھرتی کیا جاتا تھا اُن کو چودهری کا نام دیا جاتا تھا۔

• (فارسی زبان میں چو کا مطلب چوتھا اور دهری کا مطلب مالک ہے) یعنی چوتھے حصے کا مالک۔

مغل سلطنت میں چوتھے حصے کے لگان کو وصول کرنے والے کو چودھری کہا جاتا ہے۔ پاکستان میں چودھری کا لفظ ارائیں، جٹ،گجر اور راجپوت ذات سے تعلق رکھنے والے لوگ اپنے خاندانی نام کے طور پر استعمال کرتے ہیں، لیکن زیادہ تر چودھری آرائیں ہی ہوتے ہیں۔

املا اور معنی

چودھری صحیح املا ہے۔ چوہدری، چوھدری، چودہری وغیرہ اصولًا نادرست ہیں۔ جان ٹی پلیٹس نے بھی اسی املا کو نقلِ حرفی کرکے Chaudhary لکھا ہے۔

قابل ذکر شخصیات

نواب فیض النساء

چودھری رحمت علی

سوفی چودھری

Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri

Rezwana Choudhury Bannya

بنگلہ دیش

• Abdul Munim Chowdhury, former MP for Habiganj-1
• Abdur Rouf Choudhury, writer
• Abu Lais Md. Mubin Chowdhury, former MP for Habiganj-3
• Abu Osman Chowdhury, Sector Commander of the مکتی باہنی
• Justice Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, 2nd President of Bangladesh
• Justice A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury, 9th President of Bangladesh
• Anwarul Karim Chowdhury, former UN Under Secretary General
• Ariful Haque Choudhury, Mayor of سلہٹ
• A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury, 13th President of Bangladesh
• Ayesha Bedora Choudhury, doctor
• Justice Badrul Haider Chowdhury, 5th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
• Fazlul Qadir Chaudhry, 5th Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan
• Chowdhury Gulam Akbar, writer and collector of بنگلہ دیشی لوک ادب for the بنگلہ اکیڈمی
• Chowdhury Tanbir Ahmed Siddiky, former Minister of Commerce
• Harris Chowdhury, former MP for Sylhet-5
• Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury, 11th Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army
• Humayun Rashid Choudhury, 41st President of the United Nations General Assembly & 7th Speaker of the Bangladesh National Parliament
• Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, diplomat and former Foreign Affairs Adviser
• Jamilur Reza Choudhury, president of Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad, vice-chancellor of University of Asia Pacific, adviser to Caretaker Government of Bangladesh
• Chowdhury Kazemuddin Ahmed Siddiky, founding president of Assam Bengal Muslim League
• Mahmudul Amin Choudhury, 11th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
• محمود الصمد چودھری, former MP for Sylhet-3
• Justice Mainur Reza Chowdhury, 12th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
• Mehazabien Chowdhury, Bangladeshi actress
• Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury, 5th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
• Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury, Bangladeshi journalist and editor turned politician. Advisor to the President of Bangladesh (2006-2007)
• Naiyyum Choudhury, biotechnologist and nuclear scientist
• Najma Chowdhury, founder of the Women and Gender Studies department in the ڈھاکہ یونیورسٹی, adviser to Caretaker Government of Bangladesh
• Nazim Kamran Choudhury, former MP
• Rashed Chowdhury, former Army officer, currently in exile in the United States
• Rezwana Chowdhury, renowned exponent of Tagore songs
• Sadruddin Ahmed Chowdhury, physicist and vice-chancellor of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology and Sylhet International University
• Salah Choudhury, editor of Weekly Blitz
• Samarjit Roy Chowdhury, painter
• Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury, Nawab of Dhanbari, ٹانگایل ضلع
• Shamima K Choudhury, physicist and advocate for women in science
• Shamsher M. Chowdhury, Bangladeshi diplomat and former secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Shamsul Huda Chaudhury, 3rd Speaker of the Bangladesh National Parliament
• شیرین شرمین چودھری, Speaker of the Bangladesh National Parliament
• Shayan Chowdhury, Bengali indie musician and singer
• Samson H. Chowdhury, Bengali Christian entrepreneur and business leader
• Tapan Chowdhury, Bengali singer of Adhunik songs
• Yahya Chowdhury, former MP for Sylhet-2
• Yeamin Ahmed Chowdhury Munna, footballer for Chittagong Abahani
• Yakub Ali Chowdhury, Bengali essayist

بھارت

• Mahendra Mohan Choudhury, Chief Minister of Assam and Governor of Punjab
• اپیندر کشور رائے چودھری, 19th century aristocrat
• Amitabh Chaudhry (born 1964/65), Indian banker, CEO and MD of Axis Bank
• Anjan Choudhury, Bengali film director and writer
• A. B. A. Gani Khan Choudhury, Railway Minister of India
• Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Indian film director
• Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India
• Arindam Chaudhuri, Indian author
• Rahul Chaudhari, Indian kabaddi player
• Somlata Acharyya Chowdhury, Indian singer
• Sonali Chowdhury, Indian actress
• Chumki Choudhury, Indian actress
• Rina Choudhury, Indian actress
• تریدھا چودھری, Indian actress
• Jogen Chowdhury, 21st century Indian painter
• Pramatha Chaudhuri, 19th century Bengali writer and an influential figure in بنگالی ادب
• سلیل چودھری, Indian music director & composer
• Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Indian writer
• Shankar Roychowdhury, Chief of Staff of the بھارتی فوج
• Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri, theoretical economist, academic and professor of the Delhi School of Economics.
• Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri, Chief of Staff of the Indian Army
• روی شنکر (born Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury), ہندوستان کی موسیقی and a composer of ہندوستانی کلاسیکی موسیقی
• Bula Choudhury, Indian national women's swimming champion
• Sarita Choudhury, Indian actress and model
• چرن سنگھ, 6th Prime Minister of India
• Pratik Chaudhari (born 1989), Indian footballer playing as a defender for Jamshedpur
• Veerabhadram Chowdary, film director
• رینوکا چودھری, Union Minister of State
• Saifuddin Choudhury, former Member of Parliament
• Veeramachineni Jagapathi Rao Chowdary, Telugu film actor
• چودھری دیوی لال, Deputy Prime Minister of India
• K. V. Chowdary, Indian Revenue Service Central Vigilance Commissioner
• Chaudhary Harmohan Singh Yadav, Shaurya Chakra awardee
• Shagun Chowdhary, Indian shooter
• Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Yadav, Chief Minister, Delhi
• مہیما چودھری, Indian actress and model
• Mohinder Singh Chaudhury, Indian politician
• سوفی چودھری, Indian actress and dancer
• Rita Chowdhury, established poet and novelist, ساہتیہ اکیڈمی اعزاز recipient
• Aadesh Chaudhary, Indian actor
• R. B. Choudary, Indian film producer
• Y. S. Chowdary, Indian central minister for state
• Gurmeet Choudhary, Indian television actor
• Ranjit Chowdhry, Indian actor
• Karmveer Choudhary, Indian actor
• Kamla Chaudhry (born 1908), Indian short story writer
• یوویکا چودھری (born 1983), Indian actress
• Amit Chaudhuri, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
• Ankush Chaudhari, Marathi Film actor
• Ambikagiri Raichoudhury, Assamese poet
• Moinul Hoque Choudhury, five-time MLA, two-time اقوام متحدہ جنرل اسمبلی representative and Minister of Industrial Development
• Rashida Haque Choudhury, former Minister of State of Social Welfare

نیپال

• Binod Chaudhary, Nepalese billionaire

فجی

• Mahendra Chaudhry, former Prime Minister of Fiji

پاکستان

• سیسل چوہدری, Pakistani academic, human rights activist, veteran fighter pilot
• چودھری رحمت علی, Pakistani Movement activist
• چودھری محمد علی, 4th Prime Minister of Pakistan
• فضل الہی چوہدری, 5th President of Pakistan
• چودھری شجاعت حسین, 14th Prime Minister of Pakistan
• افتخار محمد چوہدری, former Chief Justice of Pakistan
• نثار علی خان, Minister of Interior of Pakistan

برطانیہ

• Akhlaq Choudhury, Judge of the British High Court of Justice
• Anwar Choudhury, diplomat at the محکمہ خارجہ ودولت مشترکہ برطانیہ; former Governor of the Cayman Islands, British Ambassador to Peru and British High Commissioner to Bangladesh
• Anjem Choudary, Islamist political activist
• Foysol Choudhury MBE – Businessman, community activist and Chairman of Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council.
• Hamza Choudhury, midfielder for English football club Leicester City F.C.
• Khaled Choudhury, theatre personality and artist
• Mamun Chowdhury – Businessman, and founder and co-director of London Tradition.
• Navin Chowdhry - British actor
• Roshonara Choudhry, British Islamic extremist
• Shamim Chowdhury, TV and print journalist for Al Jazeera English
• Shefali Chowdhury, actress best known for the role of Padma Patil in Harry Potter
• Paul Chowdhry English comedian of Punjabi origin.

امریکا

• Jay Chaudhry (born 1958/1959), American billionaire, CEO and founder of Zscaler
• Michael Chowdry, founder of cargo airliner Atlas Air
• Satveer Chaudhary, former Minnesota state senator
• Subir Chowdhury, author & management consultant

چودھورانی

• نواب فیض النساء, Muslim feminist and awarded the title نواب by ملکہ وکٹوریہ
• Indira Devi Chaudhurani, Indian literary figure, author and musician.
• Karimunnesa Khanam Chaudhurani, Bengali poet, social worker, and patron of literature.
• Sarala Devi Chaudhurani, founder of the first women's organisation in India, the Bharat Stree Mahamandal in Allahabad in 1910.