This is a partial list of famous Rajputs, members of the Rajput community of Northern India and Pakistan. Rajput is a Hindu Kshatriya caste. ... The Indo-Gangetic Plain is a rich, fertile and ancient land encompassing most of northern and eastern India, the most populous parts of Pakistan, and virtually all of Bangladesh. ...

Historical

The Rajputs have contributed to many facets of Indian life, both historically and in the modern age. A few prominent Rajputs are mentioned below:

• Prithviraj Chauhan
• Maharana Pratap
• Chatrapati Shivaji
• Dulla Bhatti
• Banda Bahadur
• Mira Bai(Famous devotee and poet)
• Raja Pajawan or Pajjun (King of Amber.Brother in law and general of Prithviraj Chauhan)
• Raja Bhagwant Das (King of Amber Rajasthan.Won Kashmir and western parts for Moughals)
• Raja Man Singh I of Amber (King of Amber, Rajasthan. General of Akbar extended boundaries of India from Afganistan to Assam and far south)
• Mirza Raja Jai Singh I (King of Amber. Great warrior and statesman.He was responsible for Shivaji's surrender)
• Sawai Jai Singh II (Founder and King of Jaipur)
• Rawat Kandhal the uncle of Rao Bika who made him the dynasty'
• Rao Jodha (founded city of Jodhpur)
• Raja Amar Singh Rathore
• Veer Durga Das Rathore
• Maharaja Jaswant Singh (King of Jodhpur)
• Rao Bika (Found Bikaner city)
• Maharaja Ganga Singh (First to bring canals in the desert)
• Pabuji Rathore(Local deity of Rajasthan)
• Guru Jambhoji Panwar (Founder of Bishnoi Sect. Main temple at Mukam Rajasthan.)
• Rao Shekha
• Veer Kunwar Singh - Hero of 1857 revolts against British imperialists.
• Guru Teg Bahadur - Ninth Sikh Guru
• Guru Govind Singh - Tenth Sikh Guru

Prithviraj III (1165?-1192) was a king of the Rajput Chauhan (Chahamana) dynasty. ... MAHARANA PRATAP(1540-1597) The Grandson of the illustrious Rana Sanga. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Dulla Bhatti (Punjabi: دًﻻ بھٹى) was a famous legendary hero of Punjab, who led a rebellion against the famous mughal king Akbar. ... Portrait of Banda Singh Bahadur Baba Banda Singh Bahadur (pronounce like this: Banda- Bun-tha, Bahadur- Bah-Ha-thur {th pronounced as th in the}) is revered as one of Sikhisms greatest warriors as well as one of its most hallowed martyrs. ... It has been suggested that Meera be merged into this article or section. ... Pajawan or Pajjun was ruler of Dhundhar with his capital at Amber. ... Raja Bhagawant Das was eldest son of Raja Biharimal or Bharmal of Amber and succeeded Bharmal. ... Raja Man Singh(Man Singh I) was the Kacchwaha raja of Amber. ... Mirza Raja Jai Singh (July 15, 1611-August 28, 1667) was ruler of the kingdom of Amber (later called Jaipur). ... Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh (November 3, 1688-September 21, 1743) was ruler of the kingdom of Amber (later called Jaipur. ... Rawat Kandhal, a Rathore Rajput Brave uncle of Rao Bika, Maharaja the founder of Bikaner state in present day state of Rajasthan who always stood by him as his guardian. ... Rao Jodha was a suryavanshi rajput of rathore cula. ... A historical legendary character whose saga of bravery is sung around Agra region of India till date. ... Durga Das Rathore was a suryavanshi rajput. ... Maharaja Jaswant Singh was a suryavanshi rajput of rathore cula. ... Rao Bika was the founder of the town and principality of Bikaner in present-day Rajasthan. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Pabuji is a folk-deity of Rajasthan in India. ... Guru Jambheshwar (b. ... Rao Shekha (1433-1488) was a Rajput chieftain belonging to the Kachwaha clan. ... Veer Kunwar Singh was a prominent Indian revolutionary who played a crucial role in transforming the sepoy mutiny into the all India revolt of 1857. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Guru Gobind Singh (Punjabi: , Born in Patna, Bihar, India, on 22 December 1666 as Gobind Rai – 7 October 1708, Nanded, Maharashtra, India) was the tenth and last of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and became Guru on November 11, 1675 following in the footsteps of his father, the ninth Sikh...

Modern

National Politics

• Pratibha Patil - President of India
• Bhairon Singh Shekhawat - Vice-president of India (August19, 2002-July21, 2007)
• Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Prime Minister of India (Dec.2, 1989-Nov.10, 1990)
• Chandra Shekhar, Prime Minister of India (November 10, 1990 – June 21, 1991)
• Rajmata Vijayraje Scindia- Rajmata of Gwalior
• Vasundhara Raje- Chief Minister , Rajasthan
• Jaswant Singh - Former Leader of opposition, Rajya Sabha
• Arjun Singh - HRD Minister
• Anugrah Narayan Sinha (Eminent Freedom Fighter Leader,Gandhian & First Finance Minister)
• Karan Singh (Congress Leader from J&K)
• Maharani Gayatri Devi - Third Maharani of Jaipur
• Amar Singh - SP General Secretary.

Pratibha Patil (Marathi: प्रतिभा पाटील) (born December 19, 1934) is the 13th and current President of India. ... Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (born October 23, 1923) is a former Vice-President of India. ... Vishwanath Pratap Singh (Hindi: , born 25 June 1931) was the tenth Prime Minister of the Republic of India. ... Chandra Shekhar Singh (Hindi: ) (July 1, 1927 - July 8, 2007) was the eleventh Prime Minister of the Republic of India. ... Her Highness Maharani Vijayaraje Scindia of Gwalior was a senior Bharatiya Janata Party politician and the Rajmata(queen mother) of the erstwhile princely state of Gwalior. ... Vasundhara Raje of Dholpur, Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje, born on March 8, 1953 in Mumbai, is the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, India. ... Jaswant Singh (left) with Donald Rumsfeld Jaswant Singh (born January 3, 1938) is an Indian politician. ... Executive President Vice-President Prime Minister Dy. ... HRD Minister Arjun Singh Arjun Singh, (Hindi: born November 5, 1930, Madhya Pradesh) is a veteran Congress (I) Leader. ... Anugrah Narayan Sinha (Singh) (June 18, 1887 – 1957), known as Bihar Bibhuti, was the first Finance Minister of the Indian state of Bihar (1946 – 1957). ... Karan Singh (1931- ) is an Indian politician, author and diplomat. ... Maharani Gayatri Devi, Rajmata of Jaipur (born May 23 1919 as Princess Gayatri Devi of Cooch Behar), was the third Maharani of Jaipur from 1939 to 1970, and is currently styled (unofficially) as the Rajmata, or Queen Mother. ... Ladhabhai Nakum Amar Singh (b. ...

State Politics

• Shivraj Patil - Home Minister , India
• Digvijay Singh (Congress Leader & Former Chief Minister of MP)
• Satyendra Narayan Sinha (Congress Leader & Former Chief Minister of BIHAR)
• Deep Narayan Singh (Freedom Fighter & Former Chief Minister of BIHAR)
• Maharaja Karni Singh- Rajasthan Leader^[1]
• Mohar Singh Rathore, Churu - Rajasthan
• Tan Singh, Barmer - Rajasthan
• Harish Rawat, PCC Chief, Uttarakhand

Shivraj Patil outside the Indian Parliament Shri Shivraj V. Patil (born October 12, 1935) is the Union Minister of Home Affairs in the Manmohan Singh government. ... Digvijay Singh is a senior Congress (I) politician in India and has been the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh state for two five-year terms. ... Satyendra Narayan Sinha (also transliterated as Satyendra Narayan Singh) (born July 12, 1917 ) was an Indian politician, participant in the Indian independence movement, and the 23rd Chief Minister of Bihar. ... Deep Narayan Singh was an Indian politician, participant in the Indian independence movement, and a former Chief Minister of Bihar. ... Maharaja Karni Singh was the ruler of the Princely State of Bikaner following its cession to India. ... (A picture is worth 1000 words) Mohar Singh Rathore born 5th January 1926 atvillage Lakhau, District - Tehsil Churu,(चूरु) Rajasthan INDIA died 22 June 1985 as sitting Member Parliament of India Mohar Singh Rathore a social & Political worker born at Village Lakhau 15 Km East of Churu (चूरु) is described as Gandhi... Churu (Hindi:चूरु) is a town in the desert region of Rajasthan, India. ... , Rājasthān (DevanāgarÄ«: राजस्थान, IPA: )   is the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area. ... An MP twice from Barmer, Rajasthan, India. ... Barmer is a city and district in western Rajasthan in India. ... , Rājasthān (DevanāgarÄ«: राजस्थान, IPA: )   is the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area. ... Shri Harish Rawat a politician from Indian National Congress party is presently a Member of the Parliament of India representing Uttarakhand in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. ...

Bravery

• Thakur Sher Singh Parmara^[2]

Parmara was a medieval Kingdom in Northern India. ...

Academics

• Thakur Sher Singh Parmara^[3]
• Amin Ahsan Islahi

Parmara was a medieval Kingdom in Northern India. ... Amin Ahsan Islahi (1904–1997) was an Indian/Pakistani exegete of the Quran , who became famous for his Urdu exegeses of Quran, Tadabbur-i-Qur’an—an exegesis that he based on Hamiduddin Farahis (1863-1930) idea of thematic and structural coherence in the Quran. ...

Defence

• Sagat Singh, Churu - Rajasthan
• Karni Singh Rathore K.C.^[4]

Sagat Singh (1918 - 2001) was a General in the Indian Army who played a stellar role in many of Indias Post Independent military Operations. ... Churu (Hindi:चूरु) is a town in the desert region of Rajasthan, India. ... , Rājasthān (DevanāgarÄ«: राजस्थान, IPA: )   is the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area. ... // Born: 1953 - Died: 2005 In Service Indian Army at Delhi Cantt. ...

Administration & Civil Services

• Nikhil Kumar - Former Delhi Police Chief and Director General, NSG^[5]

Nikhil Kumar (born 15 July 1941) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. ...

Sports

• Rajyashree Kumari- Ace Shooter^[6]
• Dhyan "Chand" Singh - Olympian Hockey player pupolarly known as Magician of Hockey.
• Rudra Pratap Singh - cricketer (bowler)
• Danish Kaneria (Pakistani Rajput, cricketer)
• Dalip Singh Rana aka The Great Khali-Famous Wrestler and Bodybuilder
• Vivek Singh (hockey)
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni - (India cricket team)
• Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore - Olympic Silver Medalist

Rajyashree Kumari is an ace shooter . ... Major Dhyan Chand Singh (August 29, 1905 – December 3, 1979) was a former Indian hockey player and is often regarded as the greatest player ever to play the game. ... Rudra Pratap Singh (born December 6, 1985) is a left arm medium pace bowler who has represented India in one day cricket R.P. Singh first came into contention during the under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh in 2004. ... Danish Parabha Shanker Kaneria (Urdu: دانش پرابھا شنکر کنیریا) (born 16 December 1980), or Dinesh Kineria, popularly known as Danish Kaneria is a Pakistani cricketer (leg spin bowler). ... Dalip Singh Rana (born August 27, 1972) is an Indian wrestler, better known by his ringname The Great Khali or Khali for short. ... Dalip Singh Rana[2] (born August 27, 1972) better known by his ring name The Great Khali, is an Indian professional wrestler and actor. ... Vivek Singh is an Indian shooter. ... Mahendra Singh (MS) Dhoni   (born July 7, 1981 in Ranchi, Jharkhand) is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the Indian Twenty20 team. ... Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (born January 29, 1970, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India) is an Indian shooter who won the first individual silver medal for the country in 2004 Summer Olympics. ...

Art, Culture, Cinema & Fashion Industry

• Sunidhi Chauhan - Indian Renowned Singer
• Thakur Sher Singh Parmara^[7]
• Aditya Pratap Singh - writer, poet; has written numerous Haiku in Hindi
• Preity Zinta - Indian popular actress
• Lalita Pawar - actress
• Vishwanath Pratap Singh - writer
• Harssh Rajput - actor
• Chandrachur Singh - actor

Sunidhi Chauhan is an Indian playback singer, best known for her Bollywood songs. ... Parmara was a medieval Kingdom in Northern India. ... Hindi ( , Devanagari: or , IAST: , IPA: ), an Indo-European language spoken mainly in northern and central India, is one of the two official languages of India, the other being English. ... Preity Zinta (Hindi: , Urdu: Pronunciation: born 31 January 1975)[1] is an award-winning Indian film actress who appears in Bollywood movies. ... Lalita Pawar (April 16, 1916—February 24, 1998) was a prolific Indian character actress, appearing in over 600 Hindi and Marathi films. ... Vishwanath Pratap Singh (Hindi: , born 25 June 1931) was the tenth Prime Minister of the Republic of India. ... Harssh Rajput is an Indian actor in the Hindi Industry. ... Chandrachur Singh (born: October 11, 1968) is an Indian actor who has gained fame in the late 1990s. ...

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