Dayal is a name and given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Benny Dayal (born 1984), a UAE born Indian playback singer
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Bhagwat Dayal Sharma or B. D. Sharma (1918–1993), first Chief Minister of Haryana of Independent India
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Bhawani Dayal Arya College, formerly known as Bhawani Dayal High School, a school established in Fiji in 1972
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Dadu Dayal (1544–1603), saint from Gujarat, India
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Data Dayal Maharishi or Maharishi Shiv Brat Lal, born in Bhadohi District of Uttar Pradesh state in India in 1860
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Dau Dayal Joshi, former member of Lok Sabha from Kota
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Dayal Ji or Advaitanand Ji (1846–1919), son of Tulsi Das Ji, born in Pukh, Nakshatra in the province of Bihar, India
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Dayal Padmanabhan (born 1970), Indian film director and producer
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Dayal Thakur (born 1952), Indian classical singer in the North Indian Hindustani music tradition
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Deen Dayal Upadhyaya or Deendayal Upadhyaya (1916–1968), leader of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, now the Bharatiya Janata Party
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Har Dayal (1884–1939), Indian nationalist revolutionary who founded the Ghadar Party in America
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Ishwar Dayal Mishra, Nepalese politician, belonging to the Tarai Madhes Loktantrik Party
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Ishwar Dayal Swami or I.D. Swami, former union minister of state of India
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John Dayal, (born 1948), Indian Christian activist and self-proclaimed "Dalit rights" activist
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Lala Deen Dayal (1844–1905), Indian photographer
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Manav Dayal I.C.Sharma, spiritual leader of Manavta Mandir Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India
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Manish Dayal, American film and television actor
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Manjula Dayal, Fijian businesswoman
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Param Dayal or Baba Faqir Chand, (1886–1981), Indian master of Surat Shabd Yoga
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Ram Dayal Munda (1939–2011), Indian scholar and regional music exponent
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Ranjit Singh Dayal or Ranjit Singh Dyal (1928–2012), Indian Army general and an administrator
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Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena (सर्वेश्वरदयाल सक्सेना) (1927–1983), Hindi writer, poet, columnist and playwright
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Shankar Dayal (1969 or 1970–2024), Indian film director
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Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918–1999), the ninth President of India serving from 1992 to 1997
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Shankar Dayal Singh (1937–1995), contributor to the society and literature, and politician
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Shiv Dayal Batish (1914–2006), Indian musician born in Patiala, India to a Brahmin family
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Shiv Dayal Singh (1818–1878), Sant Mat guru
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Vishwambhar Dayal Tripathi (1899–1959), Indian lawyer and politician
Diyal name also found in pashtoon saraiki caste.
See also
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Dau Dayal Institute Of Vocational Education, Agra
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Dayal Bagh, Garden of the Merciful Lord
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Dayal Pur, census town in state of Delhi, India
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Dayal Singh College, Lahore, affiliated to University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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Deen Dayal Upadhyay College of physically handicapped
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Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
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Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College college of the University of Delhi in India
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Kot Dayal Das industrial city in the province of Punjab
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Ram Dayal Joshi or Baidyanath group, pharmaceutical firm specialising in Ayurvedic medicines
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Dadyal
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Diyala (disambiguation)
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Diyale
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Diyallı
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Djali
