Shukla

Shukla (Sanskrit: शुक्ल) is a word of Sanskrit origin that means "white". It is used as a surname in Northern India and around Nashik in Maharashtra, mostly by Brahmins.

Notable Persons

• Acharya Shukla, literary figure
• Baikuntha Shukla nationalist and revolutionary
• Jhanak Shukla, actress
• Laxmi Ratan Shukla, cricketer
• Rajeev Shukla, journalist
• Ram Chandra Shukla, painter
• Ravi Shankar Shukla, Primier of CP & Berar & First Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
• Saurabh Shukla, actor
• Shilpa Shukla, actress
• Shyama Charan Shukla, Technocrate Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, A Great Irrigation Visionary and Aviation Flyer
• Vidya Charan Shukla,Big Game Hunter of Global Repute,Indian Cabinet Minister in various portfolios,Agriculturist
• Vinay Shukla, film director
• Yogendra Shukla, nationalist

See also

• Shukla paksha, the bright lunar fortnight in the Hindu calendar
• Shukla Yajurveda, a Hindu text, also known as the White Yajurveda