Chawrasia's father worked as the greenskeeper at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club in Kolkata, India.

[1] Chawrasia finished second to Arjun Atwal in the 1999 Indian Open held at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club.

At the Mercuries Masters in Taiwan, he led the field by five shots at the halfway mark, but was disqualified for forgetting to sign his scorecard.

[9] He was the only player to achieve sub-par rounds on all four days in this, the biggest golf event in India.

[11] After Jeev Milkha Singh and Arjun Atwal, he became the third Indian golfer to win on the European Tour.

[13] In February 2011, Chawrasia won his second Asian Tour event, the Avantha Masters in New Delhi.

[12] Chawrasia qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics as the second highest ranked Indian player, representing India along with Anirban Lahiri.