This is a list of famous and notable people from Uttar Pradesh, a state in India. The criteria of this list includes those persons who were born in the state of Uttar Pradesh and that part of the former United Provinces that now are part of the modern state of Uttar Pradesh. Though their fame could be brief, what matters is that they were well-known during the peak of their popularity. , Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: , Urdu: , IPA:  , translation: Northern Province), [often referred to as U.P.], located in central-south Asia and northern India, is the most populous and fifth largest state in the Republic of India. ... India is a federal republic comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. ... United Provinces, 1903 The United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, mainly referred to simply as the United Provinces, was a former province of British India, which existed from 1902 to 1947. ... Social status is the honor or prestige attached to ones position in society (ones social position). ...

Deities and Avtaras

Krishna as a young cowherd boy, playing the bansuri (flute).

• Rama (Birth place:Ayodhya), is a legendary or historical king of ancient India. In Hinduism, he is considered to be the seventh Avatar of Vishnu.
• Krishna (Birth Place:Mathura), is a deity worshipped across many traditions of Hinduism.
• Lakshmana (Birth place:Ayodhya), was the brother and close companion of Rama, and himself a hero in the famous epic 'Ramayana'

ImageMetadata File history File links Krishna. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Krishna. ... The bansuri (Hindi: ) is a transverse alto flute of India, made of a single length of bamboo with six or seven open finger holes. ... Rama ( in IAST, in DevanāgarÄ«) or Ramachandra is a legendary or historical king of ancient India. ... Ayodhya   (Hindi: अयोध्या, Urdu: ایودھیا IAST Ayodhyā) is an ancient city of India, the old capital of Awadh, in the Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh. ... This article tries to compile and classify all the kingdoms of ancient India mentioned in the Sanskrit/Vedic literature. ... Hinduism (known as in modern Indian languages)[1] is a religious tradition[2] that originated in the Indian subcontinent. ... This article is about the concept in Hindu philosophy. ... Vishnu (IAST , Devanagari ), (honorific: Sri Vishnu) also known as Narayana is the Supreme Being (i. ... This article is about the Hindu deity. ... , Mathura   (Hindi: मथुरा, Urdu: متھرا) is a holy city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. ... This article is about the term Deity in the context of mysticism and theology. ... Hinduism (known as in modern Indian languages)[1] is a religious tradition[2] that originated in the Indian subcontinent. ... Lakshaman (far left) with Rama (centre), Sita (far right) and Hanuman (kneeling) - Bhaktivedanta Manor Hare Krishna temple, Watford, England Lakshmana (Sanskrit: लक्ष्मण; IAST Laká¹£maṇa) was the brother and close companion of Rama, and himself a hero in the famous epic Ramayana. Within Hindu tradition Lakshmana is considered to be... Ayodhya   (Hindi: अयोध्या, Urdu: ایودھیا IAST Ayodhyā) is an ancient city of India, the old capital of Awadh, in the Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh. ... For the television series by Ramanand Sagar, see Ramayan (TV series). ...

Authors of the Great Epics

• Valmiki,wrote "Ramayan"
• Vyasa (Devanāgarī: व्यास) is a central and much revered figure in the majority of Hindu traditions who authored Mahabharata
• Tulsidasa, Awadhi poet and philosopher, wrote Rāmacaritamānasa ("The Lake of the Deeds of Rama"), an epic devoted to Lord Rama.

Valmiki composes the Ramayana Valmiki (Sanskrit: वाल्मीकि, vālmīki) born as Ratnakar is a legendary Hindu sage (maharishi) traditionally regarded as the author of the epic, Ramayana, based on the attribution in the text of the epic itself[1]. He was the tenth child of Pracheta. ... Veda Vyasa(Contemporary painting) Vyāsa (Devanāgarī: व्यास) is a central and much revered figure in the majority of Hindu traditions. ... () is an abugida script used to write several Indo-Aryan languages, including Sanskrit, Hindi, Gujarati,Marathi, Sindhi, Bihari, Bhili, Marwari, Konkani, Bhojpuri, Pahari (Garhwali and Kumaoni), Santhali, Nepali, Newari, Tharu and sometimes Kashmiri and Romani. ... Hinduism (known as in modern Indian languages)[1] is a religious tradition[2] that originated in the Indian subcontinent. ... For the film by Peter Brook, see The Mahabharata (1989 film). ... Gosvāmī Tulsīdās (1532-1623; Devanāgarī: तुलसीदास) was an Awadhi poet and philosopher. ... Awadhi is a dialect of Hindi, spoken in the Awadh (Oudh) region of Uttar Pradesh. ... The poor poet A poet is a person who writes poetry. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Sri Ramacharit Manas. ... This article is about a Hindu incarnation of God (i. ...

Yogis, Sufi poets and Mystics

• Kabir, poet and Saint
• Nizamuddin Auliya, Sufi saint born in Badayun
• Amir Khusro, Sufi mystic, one of the iconic figures in the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent.

Paramhans Yogananda

• Sant Ravidas, poet and Saint
• Salim Chishti, Sufi saint of Fatehpur Sikri.
• Waris Pak of Deva Sharif, Barabanki
• Paramhansa Yogananda, Mystic who introduced Yoga in the West
• Surdas was a blind Hindu poet, sant and musician
• Shiv Dayal Singh, Guru Maharaj of Radhasoamis
• Shriram Sharma Acharya, founder Gayatri Parivar
• Jagadguru Kripalu Ji Maharaj founder of Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat (JKP)
• Hans Ji Maharaj
• Prem Rawat, known for his message of Inner Peace
• Gopi Krishna, a yogi, mystic, teacher, social reformer, and writer.

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Freedom Fighters

Mangal Pandey

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1857

• Mangal Pandey,foremost freedom fighter of 1857
• Rani Laxmibai, Indian freedom fighter from Jhansi.
• Begum Hazrat Mahal, Indian freedom fighter in Indian Rebellion of 1857.
• Bakht Khan

For the Hindi film of the same name, see The Rising (Indian film). ... Lakshmibai, The Rani of Jhansi (c. ... , Jhansi   झांसी is a city of Uttar Pradesh state of northern India. ... Begum Hazrat Mahal, also known as Begum of Awadh, was the wife of Nawab Wazid Ali Shah. ... Combatants Rebellious East India Company Sepoys, 7 Indian princely states, deposed rulers of Oudh, Jhansi and smaller states in region, Civilians from rebellious regions. ... Bakht Khan (1797 - 1859) was commander in chief of Indian rebel forces in the Anti British uprising of 1857 (known as Indian Mutiny in British chronicles). ...

Post 1857

• Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian freedom fighter, member of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.
• Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, freedom fighter, journalist
• Ram Prasad Bismil, Indian freedom fighter and socialist.
• Govind Ballabh Pant, Indian freedom fighter and politician, became Chief Minister of the United Provinces. Also Bharat Ratna^[1] recipient.
• Ashfaqullah Khan of Kakori, Indian freedom fighter, member of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. He was close associate of Bhagat Singh and Chandrashekhar Azad.
• Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, Indian freedom fighter and socialist.
• Acharya Narendra Dev, socialist
• Ram Manohar Lohia, socialist
• Hasrat Mohani, freedom fighter and poet
• Asaf Ali, freedom fighter
• Rajendra Lahiri, freedom fighter
• Maulana Mohammad Ali, freedom fighter
• Purushottam Das Tandon, freedom fighter
• Maulana Shaukat Ali, freedom fighter
• Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari, freedom fighter
• Mahavir Tyagi, freedom fighter
• Captain Ram Singh Thakur, was an Indian Freedom Fighter, Musician and the Composer of Indian National Anthem, Jana Gana.^[2][3]
• Yogendra Shukla, Indian socialist, member of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association

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National/ International Award Winners

Param Vir Chakra

• Company Quarter Master Havildar Abdul Hamid
• Lieutenant Manoj Kumar Pandey

Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award**************** Abdul Hamid is the name of two sultans of the Ottoman Empire: Abdul Hamid I (1774 - 1789) Abdul Hamid II (1876 - 1909) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Lieutenant Manoj Kumar Pandey,PVC Lieutenant Manoj Kumar Pandey was the son of Gopi Chand Pandey, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow-Uttar Pradesh, who was awarded the Param Vir Chakra for his courage and leadership during adverse times. ...

• Dr. P.C. Pandey, 1989 SAC/ISRO, UoA Allahabad

Maha Vir Chakra

• Brigadier Mohammad Usman
• Mahendra Nath Mulla

Brigadier Mohammad Usman was the highest rank officer of Indian Army killed in the combat in independent India . ... Captain Mahendra Nath Mulla was an officer of the Indian Navy and the Captain of the INS Khukri, who went down with his ship during the 1971 war on the old tradition, captains dont abandon their ships. ...

Ashok Chakra

• Kamlesh Kumari

Kamlesh Kumari was a recipient of Ashoka Chakra Award, Indias highest peacetime award. ...

Bharat Ratna

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.

• Bhagwan Das, philosopher and Freedom Fighter
• Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
• Rajrishi Purushottam Das Tandon, Freedom Fighter
• Govind Ballabh Pant,Freedom Fighter
• Lal Bahadur Shastri, Freedom Fighter
• Indira Gandhi,Freedom Fighter
• Ravi Shankar,Sitar Maesro
• Ustad Bismillah Khan, Shehnai Maestro

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Padma Vibhushan

• Justice V. N. Khare

Justice VN Khare was Chief Justice of India from 19 December 2002 to 2 May 2004. ...

Padma Bhushan

• Prof Irfan Habib, Historian
• Qurratulain Hyder,Author
• Josh Malihabadi, Poet
• Kishan Maharaj, Tabla Maestro

Irfan Habib (1931- ) is a Marxist Indian historian, a professor at the Aligarh Muslim University and a former Chairman of the Indian Council for Historical Research. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Qurratulain Haider. ... Shabbir Hasan Khan (December 5, 1898 - February 22, 1982) was a noted poet of India and Pakistan who wrote Urdu ghazals and nazms under takhallus (Urdu for nom de plume) Josh Malihabadi (Josh, an Urdu word which means Passion/Intensity). He was born at Malihabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. ... Kishan Maharaj an outstanding Tabla player of India. ...

Padma Shree

• Muzaffar Ali, Films
• K. P. Saxena, Writer
• Kunwar Digvijay Singh Babu, Hockey Olympian
• Gopaldas Neeraj, Hindi poet and lyricist
• Bharat Bhushan,the only Padmashri awardee Yogi, founder Director of Mokshayatan International Yogashram at Saharanpur

Muzaffar Ali is an Indian film-maker, a fashion designer, a poet, an artist, a music-lover, a revivalist, a social worker. ... K.P.Saxena is a Lucknow based satirist and writer. ... Kunwar Digvijay Singh (2 February 1922 in Barabanki - 27 March 1978) popularly known as K.D.Singh or Babu was a famous indian hockey player. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Bharat Bhushan was a prominent actor of the 1950s and 1960s in Hindi films. ...

Dada Saheb Phalke Award

• Naushad Ali, Music Composer
• Majrooh Sultanpuri Lyricist

Naushad Ali (December 25, 1919 - May 5, 2006) was one of the foremost music composers of Bollywood. ... Majrooh Sultanpuri (October 1, 1919 - May 24, 2000), was an Urdu poet, lyricist and songwriter. ...

Jnanpith Awards

• Firaq Gorakhpuri, poet
• Mahadevi Verma,poet
• Qurratulain Hyder, writer
• Ali Sardar Jafri,writer and poet

This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Mahadevi Verma (1907-1987) was an Indian Poetess. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Qurratulain Haider. ... Ali Sardar Jafri (29 November 1916-1 August 2000) born in Balrampur in Uttar Pradesh was an outstanding Urdu writer. ...

Magasaysay Award

• Sandeep Pandey

Sandeep Pandey Sandeep Pandey is a senior social activist from India. ...

Arjuna Award

• Syed Modi,Badminton
• Abhinn Shyam Gupta, Badminton
• Moraad Ali Khan,shooter
• Jaspal Rana,shooter (Uttarkhand)

Syed Modi (1962-1988) was eight times National Badminton champion of India. ... Abhinn Shyam Gupta (born in Allahabad October 22, 1979) is a male badminton player from India. ... Moraad Ali Khan is one of the top shooters of India. ... Jaspal Rana was born 28 June 1976 in Uttarkashi District of Uttarakhand, India. ...

Science and Medicine

• P.C. Pandey, Founder director National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR), Goa, Eminent Scientist Polar Remote Sensing
• Ashoka Jahnavi-Prasad
• Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change^[4]. First Nobel Prize winner from Uttar Pradesh.
• Harish-Chandra, was an Indian mathematician, who did fundamental work in representation theory, especially Harmonic analysis on semisimple Lie groups.
• Zahoor Qasim, Oceanographer,leader of first Indian Expedition to Antarctica
• P. K . Sethi , inventor of "Jaipur Foot"
• Kamla Kant Pandey,notable plant geneticist
• Mriganka Sur,Neuroscientist at MIT
• Prof Raj Shankar, Neuroscientist
• HC Verma, author of Physics books and nuclear scientist
• Manindra Agrawal, Computer Scientist IIT Kanpur
• Vinod Gupta

Ashoka Jahnavi-Prasad ( A.J.Prasad) is a behavioral scientist who was the first to postulate that neuroses have a biological basis. ... Rajendra Kumar Pachauri (born August 20, 1940, Nainital, British India) was elected chief of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2002. ... IPCC is the science authority for the UNFCCC The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established in 1988 by two United Nations organizations, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), to evaluate the risk of climate change brought on by humans, based mainly on... The Nobel Prize (Swedish: ) was established in Alfred Nobels will in 1895, and it was first awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace in 1901. ... See Harishchandra for the character in Hindu mythology Harish-Chandra (11 October 1923-16 October 1983) was an Indian mathematician, who did fundamental work in representation theory. ... Leonhard Euler, considered one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is the field of mathematics. ... In mathematics Representation theory is the name given to the study of standard representations of abstract mathematical structures. ... Harmonic analysis is the branch of mathematics that studies the representation of functions or signals as the superposition of basic waves. ... In mathematics, the term semisimple is used in a number of related ways, within different subjects. ... In mathematics, a Lie group is an analytic real or complex manifold that is also a group such that the group operations multiplication and inversion are analytic maps. ... Dr. Syed Zahoor Qasim, born December 31, 1926, in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, is one of Indias leading marine scientists. ... Pramod Karan Sethi (born 1927 in Varanasi, India) is a noted Indian orthopaedic surgeon and Padma Shri awardee. ... Kamla Kant Pandey is a notable plant geneticists in the world. ... Brief biography: Mriganka Sur is the Sherman Fairchild Professor of Neuroscience and Head of the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). ... Raj Shankar (2 April 1947, Gorakhpur, India-22 August 2000), was an Indian biochemist. ... Harish Chandra Verma Harish Chandra Verma is a well-known Indian nuclear experimental physicist and educationist whose chief interest lies in Condensed Matter and Materials Applications. ... Manindra Agrawal (मणीन्द्र अग्रवाल) (born 20 May 1966 in Allahabad) is a professor of computer science at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. ... Vinod Gupta Vinod Gupta is the chairman and CEO of infoUSA (previously known as American Business Information, Inc. ...

Holders of High Offices

President

• Muhammad Hidayatullah,acting President in 1969^[disputed]

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Vice President

• Gopal Swarup Pathak, former Vice President of India

Gopal Swarup Pathak was Vice-President of India from August 1969 to August 1974. ... The Vice-President of India is second behind the President in the Executive branch of the Government of India. ...

Prime Ministers

• Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India and Bharat Ratna^[1] awardee.

Lal Bahadur Shastri

• Lal Bahadur Shastri, third Prime Minister of India and Bharat Ratna^[1] awardee.
• Indira Gandhi, fourth Prime Minister of India and Bharat Ratna^[1] awardee.
• Choudhary Charan Singh, sixth Prime Minister of India
• Vishwanath Pratap Singh, eighth Prime Minister of India
• Chandra Shekhar, ninth Prime Minister of India
• Atal Bihari Vajpayee. eleventh Prime Minister of India
• Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala, ex Prime Minister of Nepal
• Cheddi Jagan
• Seewoosagur Ramgoolam

Jawaharlal Nehru (Hindi: , IPA: , from Persian Javâher-e Laal, meaning Red Jewel) (November 14, 1889 – May 27, 1964) was a political leader of the Indian National Congress, a pivotal figure in the Indian independence movement and the first Prime Minister of Independent India. ... The Prime Minister of India is, in practice, the most powerful person in the Government of India. ... bigger File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... bigger File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Lal Bahadur Shastri (Hindi लालबहादुर शास्त्री) (October 2, 1904 - January 11, 1966) was the third Prime Minister of independent India and a significant figure in the Indian independence movement. ... A young Indira Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi, during one of the latters fasts Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (Hindi: ) (19 November 1917 - October 31, 1984) She was the Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms from 1966 to 1977 and for a fourth term from 1980 until her assassination in... This article is about the Indian Prime Minister. ... 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. ... Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Hindi: , IPA: ) (born December 25, 1924) was the Prime Minister of India, briefly in 1996, and again from March 19, 1998 until May 19, 2004. ... Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala (1914-1982) was the Prime Minister of Nepal from 1959 to 1960. ... Cheddi Jagan, also known as Cheddi Berret Jagan (March 22, 1918 – March 6, 1997), was the chief minister (1957-1964) and president (1992-1997) of Guyana. ... Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (शिवसागर रामगुलाम), LRCP, MRCS (1900–1985) was the Prime Minister of Mauritius from 1961 until 1982. ...

Governors

• Saiyid Nurul Hasan, former Governor of West Bengal
• Syed Sibtey Razi, Governor of Jharkhand
• Khurshid Alam Khan, former Governor of Karnataka
• Mohammad Yunus Saleem,former Governor of Bihar
• A R Kidwai, Governor of Haryana
• Mohammad Fazal, former Governor of Maharashtra
• Girish Chandra Saxena,former Governor of Jammu & Kashmir
• K.M. Seth,former Governor of Chhatisgarh

Saiyid Nurul Hasan was Union Minister of Education ,Social Welfare and Culture in Government of India from 1971 to 1977. ... For other uses, see Governor (disambiguation). ... , West Bengal (Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ Poshchimbôŋgo) is a state in eastern India. ... Syed Sibtey Razi (March 7, 1939 - ) is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress who is the current governor of Jharkhand. ... , Jharkhand   (Hindi: झारखंड, Bengali: ঝাড়খণ্ড,IPA: ) is a state in eastern India. ... Khurshed Alam Khan is a senior leader of Indian National Congress Party. ... Mohammad Yunus Saleem (1920-2004) was Governor of Bihar from 1990-91 and a central minister. ... Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (born July 1, 1920) is an Indian politician and the current Governor of Haryana. ... Mohammed Fazal (born July 2, 1922) was the Governor of Maharashtra from October 10, 2002 to December 5, 2004. ... Gary Saxena Girish Chandra Gary Saxena is a former governor of Jammu and Kashmir state in India. ... LT. GEN. K. M. Seth, (Retd) was the governor of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Tripura. ...

Chief Justices

• Mohammad Hidayatullah,former Chief Justice of India
• VN Khare, former Chief Justice of India
• Mirza Hameedullah Beg, former Chief Justice of India
• RS Pathak, former Chief Justice of India
• Leila Seth,Chief Justice,Himachal Pradesh

Chief Justice, Supreme Court of India. ... Justice VN Khare was Chief Justice of India from 19 December 2002 to 2 May 2004. ... Mirza Hameedullah Beg (M J Beg) was Chief Justice of India from January 1977 to February 1978. ... On Balance, Leila Seths 2003 memoir Justice Leila Seth was the first woman judge on the Delhi High Court and the first woman to become Chief Justice of a state High Court. ...

Chief Ministers

• Govind Ballabh Pant
• Sampurnanand
• Sucheta Kripalani
• Chandra Bhanu Gupta
• Choudhary Charan Singh
• Tribhuvan Narain Singh
• Kamalapati Tripathi
• Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna
• Narayan Dutt Tiwari
• Ram Naresh Yadav
• Banarsi Das
• Vishwanath Pratap Singh
• Sripati Mishra
• Vir Bahadur Singh
• Mulayam Singh Yadav
• Kalyan Singh
• Ram Prakash Gupta
• Rajnath Singh
• Mayawati, present Chief Minister of UP

Govind Ballabh Pant (September 10, 1887 - March 7, 1961) was a major figure in the Indian Independence Movement. ... Sampurnanand (born in 1891) was a teacher and politician in Uttar Pradesh, India. ... Sucheta Kripalani was an Indian freedom fighter, a famous singer and performer of Indian classical music, and the first lady Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. ... Chandra Bhanu Gupta was chief minister of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh for three times . ... This article is about the Indian Prime Minister. ... He was Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh ... Kamalapati Tripathi was a veteran Congress leader from Varanasi. ... Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna was a Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. ... Narayan Dutt Tiwari is Chief Minister of Uttaranchal, India. ... Ram Naresh Yadav was Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. ... Banarsi Das was a former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. ... Vishwanath Pratap Singh (Hindi: , born 25 June 1931) was the tenth Prime Minister of the Republic of India. ... Sripati Mishra was a former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. ... Vir Bahadur Singh was a Congress Leader from Gorakhpur and a former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. ... Mulayam Singh Yadav (born November 22, 1939) is a politician in Uttar Pradesh, India. ... Kalyan Singh (born 5 January 1932) is a former chief minister of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. ... Ram Prakash Gupta was chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and governor of Madhya Pradesh . ... Rajnath Singh was born on July 10, 1951 in village Bhabhora, Tehsil Chakia of district Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh in a simple farmer’s family of the Late Ram Badan Singh and the Late Gujarati Devi. ... Mayawati (born January 15, 1956) is an Indian politician, and the Chief Minister (incumbent) of Uttar Pradesh. ...

Union Ministers

• Kamalapati Tripathi
• Narayan Dutt Tiwari
• K.C. Pant
• Mahaveer Prasad
• Shriprakash Jaiswal
• Dr.Akhilesh Das

Kamalapati Tripathi was a veteran Congress leader from Varanasi. ... Narayan Dutt Tiwari is Chief Minister of Uttaranchal, India. ... K.C. Pant ( full name :Krishria Chandra Pant ) is a former cabinet minister in federal Government of India. ... Mahaveer Prasad (born 11 November 1939) is an Indian politician. ... Shriprakash Jaiswal (born 25 September 1944) is an Indian politician. ... Shri Akhilesh Das a politician from Indian National Congress party is a Member of the Parliament of India representing Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. ...

Prominent political figures

Pre Independence

• Motilal Nehru, prominent Indian National Congress leader
• Dr.Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari, former President of Indian National Congress
• Rai Rajeshwar Bali, education minister (1924-1928)
• Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya
• Jawaharlal Nehru
• Govind Ballabh Pant
• Sampurnanand

The family of Motilal Nehru, who is seated in the centre. ... Indian National Congress, Congress-I (also known as the Congress Party and abbreviated INC) is a major political party in India. ... Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari was an Indian nationalist and political leader, and former president of the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League during the Indian Independence Movement. ... Dr. Rai Rajeshwar Bali (1889-1944) was the Taluqdar of Daryabad, which is a princely state in north India and falls in the state of Uttar Pradesh (United Provinces). ... Portrait of Madan Mohan Malaviya unveiled by the Dr. Rajendra Prasad on 19 December 1957. ... Jawaharlal Nehru (Hindi: , IPA: , from Persian Javâher-e Laal, meaning Red Jewel) (November 14, 1889 – May 27, 1964) was a political leader of the Indian National Congress, a pivotal figure in the Indian independence movement and the first Prime Minister of Independent India. ... Govind Ballabh Pant (September 10, 1887 - March 7, 1961) was a major figure in the Indian Independence Movement. ... Sampurnanand (born in 1891) was a teacher and politician in Uttar Pradesh, India. ...

Post Independence

• Govind Ballabh Pant
• Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
• Ram Manohar Lohia
• Choudhary Charan Singh
• Narayan Dutt Tiwari
• Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna
• Kamalapati Tripathi
• Indira Gandhi
• Feroze Gandhi
• Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
• Mohsina Kidwai
• Sheila Kaul
• Raj Narain
• Noor Bano
• Mahendra Singh Tikait, Kisan leader
• Rajeev Shukla, journalist and political leader
• Amar Singh, political leader
• Murli Manohar Joshi,former Union HRD Minister
• Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, political leader
• Arif Mohammad Khan, political leader
• Chaudhary Ajit Singh, political leader
• Satish Mishra, Deputy CM of UP
• Kalraj Mishra,former Minister
• Beni Prasad Verma, former minister and leader
• Shriprakash Jaiswal, Union Minister
• Akhilesh Das,Union Minister
• Raj Babbar,Member of Parliament
• Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, Gandhian, first lady Minister of India
• Kamal Nath, politician
• Prakash Vir Shastri, Member of Parliament and advocate of the Arya Samaj movement
• Kailash Nath Katju, Former Union Home Minister and Lawyer
• Satyapal Singh Yadav former union minister

Govind Ballabh Pant (September 10, 1887 - March 7, 1961) was a major figure in the Indian Independence Movement. ... Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya (September 25, 1916 - February 11, 1968), along with Dr.Syama Prasad Mookerjee, was an important leader of the Jan Sangh, now the Bharatiya Janata Party. ... Ram Manohar Lohia was an Indian freedom fighter and a socialist political leader. ... This article is about the Indian Prime Minister. ... Narayan Dutt Tiwari is Chief Minister of Uttaranchal, India. ... Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna was a Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. ... Kamalapati Tripathi was a veteran Congress leader from Varanasi. ... A young Indira Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi, during one of the latters fasts Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (Hindi: ) (19 November 1917 - October 31, 1984) She was the Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms from 1966 to 1977 and for a fourth term from 1980 until her assassination in... Feroze Gandhi (born 12 August 1912; died 8 September 1960) was an Indian politician and journalist of Parsi-Zoroastrian descent [1] He was the husband of Indira Gandhi, the former Prime Minister of India and daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Indian Prime Minister. ... Rafi Ahmed Kidwai was an Indian freedom fighter and socialist politician. ... Mohsina Kidwai is a leader of Indian National Congress party. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Raj Narain was an Indian politician who as a candidate of Janata Party in 1977 defeated Indira Gandhi- then Prime Minister of India in Lok Sabha election from Rai Bareli constituency . ... Noor Bano was a member of the 11th and 13th Lok Sabha , lower house of parliament of India. ... Mahendra Singh Tikait is a popular leader of farmers from Uttar Pradesh in India. ... Rajeev Shukla (13 September 1959) is an Indian journalist and a Member of Parliament. ... Amar Singh, born 26th January, 1956 in Aligarh, is an Indian politician from the state of Uttar Pradesh. ... Murli Manohar Joshi was the Union Human Resources Development minister of India in the NDA government. ... Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi is a former Indian federal minister and Bharatiya Janta Party leader. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Chaudhary Ajit Singh Chaudhary Ajit Singh is a prominent Jat leader from Uttar Pradesh, India. ... Satish Mishra is the cabinet minister in Mayavati ministry in Uttar Pradesh and a senior leader of BSP . ... Kalraj Mishra is an Indian politician and a senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party . ... Beni Prasad Verma (born 11 February 1941) is an Indian politican for the Kaiserganj (Lok Sabha Constituency) in Uttar Pradesh. ... Shriprakash Jaiswal (born 25 September 1944) is an Indian politician. ... Shri Akhilesh Das a politician from Indian National Congress party is a Member of the Parliament of India representing Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. ... Raj Babbar (born June 23, 1952, Agra, India) is an Indian actor who has acted in several successful Hindi films since 1980. ... Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (2nd February 1889, Lucknow – 2nd October 1964), born into the princely family of Kapurthala of undivided India, was an eminent Gandhian and freedom fighter. ... Kamal Nath is Indias Commerce Minister. ... Shri Prakash Vir Shastri was a noted Member of the Parliament of India (Sansad). ... Arya Samaj (Aryan Society or Society of Nobles) is a Hindu reform movement in India that was founded by Swami Dayananda in 1875. ... Kailash Nath Katju (1887-1968) was a prominent politician of India. ... Satyapal Singh Yadav is a former union minister of state in Government of India. ...

Authors

Hindi

• Vishnu Sarma,author of Panchtantra
• Malik Muhammad Jayasi, author of Padmavat
• Munshi Prem Chand, renowned novelist, was one of the greatest literary figures of modern Hindi and Urdu literature.
• Bharatendu Harishchandra, Hindi writer, who made major contributions in the field of journalism, drama and poetry.
• Amritlal Nagar, Hindi writer
• Bhagwati Charan Verma, Hindi writer
• Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan, popularly known by his pen-name "Ajneya" (or Agyeya), was a pioneer of modern trends not only in the realm of Hindi poetry, but also fiction, criticism and journalism
• Jaishankar Prasad, Hindi writer
• Yashpal, Hindi writer
• Rahul Sankrityayan, Hindi writer
• Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, Hindi novelist
• Baldev Upadhyaya, Hindi Scholar and writer
• Vidya Niwas Mishra, Hindi Scholar
• Rahi Masoom Raza, author of 'Topi Shukla' and 'Adha Gaon'
• Vinod Kumar Shukla, writer
• Shrilal Shukla, writer of 'Raag Darbari'
• Acharya Ram Chandra Shukla, Hindi writer and historian.

Vishnu Sarma was the author of the anthropomorphic political treatise called Panchatantra. ... The Panchatantra [1][2][3] (also spelled Pañcatantra, Sanskrit: पञ्चतन्त्र Five Principles) or KalÄ«la o Damna (Persian: ) or Anvar-i-Suhayli [4][5] or The Lights of Canopus (in Persian)[6] or Kalilag and Damnag (in Syriac)[7] or Kalila and Dimna (also Kalilah and Dimnah, Arabic: كليلة Ùˆ دمنة Kalila wa... Malik Muhammad Jayasi (Hindi: ) (1477 - 1542) was an Indian poet who wrote in the Avadhi dialect of Hindi. ... In 1540, Malik Mohammad Jaisi wrote an Awadhi poem, “Padmavat”, in which, according to him, “Chitor” stood for “body”, “Raja” for “mind”, “Ceylon” for “heart”, “Padmini” for “wisdom” and “Alauddin” for “lust”. Some student of history may throw light on this matter. ... Munshi Premchand (July 31, 1880 - October 8, 1936) (pen name: Premchand) was one of the greatest literary figures of modern Hindi and Urdu literature. ... Hindi (DevanāgarÄ«: or , IAST: , IPA:  ), an Indo-European language spoken all over India in varying degrees and extensively in northern and central India, is one of the 22 official languages of India and is used, along with English, for central government administrative purposes. ... Urdu ( , , trans. ... Bharatendu Harishchandra: Hindi Pioneer Bharatendu Harishchandra (1849-1882) is called the ‘Father of Modern Hindi Literature’. Bharatendu Harishchandra was multi-faceted. ... Journalism is a discipline of gathering, writing and reporting news, and broadly it includes the process of editing and presenting the news articles. ... For other uses, see Drama (disambiguation). ... This article is about the art form. ... Amritlal Nagar (b. ... Bhagwati Charan Verma was one of the leading literary limelights in Hindi during the later half of the twentieth century. ... Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayana (सच्‍चिदानन्‍द हीरानन्‍द वात्‍स्‍यायन) (1911–1987), popularly known by his pen-name Ajneya (or Agyeya), was a pioneer of modern trends not only in the realm of Hindi poetry, but also fiction, criticism and journalism. ... For other uses, see Fiction (disambiguation). ... Journalism is a discipline of gathering, writing and reporting news, and broadly it includes the process of editing and presenting the news articles. ... Jaishankar Prasad (January 30, 1889 - January 14, 1937) (Hindi: जयशंकर प्रसाद) was one of the most famous figures in modern Hindi literature. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Rahul Sankrityayan (1893-1963) was one of the most widely traveled scholars of India, who spent forty-five years of his life on travel and away from home. ... Acharya Hazariprasad Dwivedi (हजारी प्रसाद द्विवेदी) (1907 – 1979) was a Hindi novelist, literary historian, essayist, critic and scholar. ... Pandit Baldev Upadhyaya (पण्डित बलदेव उपाध्याय, 1899-1999) was a renowned Hindi, Sanskrit scholar, literary historian, essayist and critic. ... Vidya Niwas Mishra (1926-2005) was a scholar, a noted Hindi-Sanskrit litterateur, and a journalist. ... Dr. Rahi Masoom Reza, born in Ghazipur in eastern Uttar Pradesh (India) in a Muslim family, was a famous Urdu shayar. ... Vinod Kumar Shukla Vinod Kumar Shukla (born1 January 1937) is a modern Hindi writer known for his simple yet charming style that often borders on magic-realism. ... Shrilal Shukla (श्रीलाल शुक्‍ल) (b. ... Ram Chandra Shukla better known as Acharya Shukla (October 4, 1882 - 1942) is regarded as the first codifier of the history of Hindi literature in a scientific system by efforting great research with scanty resources and published ‘Hindi Sahitya Ka Itihaas’(1928-29). ... Hindi (DevanāgarÄ«: or , IAST: , IPA:  ), an Indo-European language spoken all over India in varying degrees and extensively in northern and central India, is one of the 22 official languages of India and is used, along with English, for central government administrative purposes. ... A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ...

Urdu

• Ibne Safi, novelist of Jasoosi Duniya fame
• Qurratulain Hyder, writer of Aag Ka Darya fame
• Ismat Chugtai, writer
• Mirza Hadi Ruswa, author of Umrao Jaan

This article does not cite any references or sources. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Qurratulain Haider. ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... This article is considered orphaned, since there are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

English

• Nayantara Sahgal, novelist and writer
• Attia Hosain, English author and journalist
• Allan Sealy, Novelist and writer
• Zameer Hassan Kazmi, Writer in English
• Vikas Swarup, Author of "Q&A"

Nayantara Sahgal (born 10 May 1927) is the second of the three daughters born to Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit and a well-regarded novelist in the English language. ... Attia Hosain is a writer, feminist and broadcaster. ... Irwin Allan Sealy is a writer born in 1951 in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Vikas Swarup is an Indian diplomat who has served in Turkey, the United States, Ethiopia and Great Britain. ...

Poets

Urdu

• Mir Taqi Mir
• Mirza Ghalib, was a renowned classical Urdu and Persian poet of the subcontinent.
• Mir Anis, Urdu Marsia poet
• Maulana Hali, Urdu poet, one of the most well-regarded biographers of Ghalib's life, and a commentator of his poetry.
• Firaq Gorakhpuri, Urdu poet, winner of Jnanpith^[5] award
• Kaifi Azmi, Urdu and Hindi lyricist, poet and songwriter.
• Safi Lakhnavi, eminent Urdu poet
• Majrooh Sultanpuri, poet and lyricist
• Josh Malihabadi,eminent Urdu poet
• Joan Elia,eminent Urdu poet
• Firaq Gorakhpuri, eminent Urdu poet
• Jigar Moradabadi, Urdu poet
• Ali Sardar Jafri, Urdu poet
• Khumar Barabankvi, Urdu poet
• Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim, Urdu poet
• Brij Narayan Chakbast, Urdu poet
• Akbar Allahabadi, poet
• Majaz, Urdu poet

Mohammed Taqi (Urdu: محمد تقی) (b. ... Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan (Urdu/Persian: مرزا اسد اللہ خان ), pen-name Ghalib (Urdu/Persian: غالب, Ä¡hālib) and Asad (former pen-name)(27 December 1796 — 15 February 1869), was an all time great classical Urdu and Persian poet of the subcontinent. ... Urdu ( , , trans. ... Farsi redirects here. ... Map of South Asia (see note) This article deals with the geophysical region in Asia. ... Mir Babar Ali Anis (1803-1874) was born in Faizabad in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. ... Marsiya (Marsia, Marsiya-Khwani, or Soazkhwani) (Persian: مرثیہ) is an elegiac poem written to commemorate the martyrdom and valour of Hazrat Imam Hussain and his comrades of the Karbala. ... Maulana Altaf Hussain Hali was an Urdu poet, and the last student of Mirza Ghalib. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Kaifi Azmi (Nastaleeq: کیفی اعظمی, Devanagari: कैफ़ी आज़मी) (b. ... Urdu ( , , trans. ... Hindi (DevanāgarÄ«: or , IAST: , IPA:  ), an Indo-European language spoken all over India in varying degrees and extensively in northern and central India, is one of the 22 official languages of India and is used, along with English, for central government administrative purposes. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The poor poet A poet is a person who writes poetry. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Syed Ali Naqi Zaidi or Safi Lakhnawi (January 2, 1862 - 1950) was a prominent Urdu poet. ... Majrooh Sultanpuri (October 1, 1919 - May 24, 2000), was an Urdu poet, lyricist and songwriter. ... Shabbir Hasan Khan (December 5, 1898 - February 22, 1982) was a noted poet of India and Pakistan who wrote Urdu ghazals and nazms under takhallus (Urdu for nom de plume) Josh Malihabadi (Josh, an Urdu word which means Passion/Intensity). He was born at Malihabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Jigar Moradabadi (nom de plume, not his real name) was a poet who hailed from Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, and is famous for his Urdu ghazals. ... Ali Sardar Jafri (29 November 1916-1 August 2000) born in Balrampur in Uttar Pradesh was an outstanding Urdu writer. ... Khumar Barabankvi (1919 - 1999) was an Urdu poet and lyricist from Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India. ... Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim (1811-1845) was a Urdu poet of the 19th century who won fame for his epic Gul Bakawali. ... Brij Narayan Chakbast (also Brij Narain Chakbast) (1882-1926) was an Urdu poet. ... Akbar Allahabadi (Urdu: اکبر الہ آبادی) (b. ... Majaz Lucknawi (1909-1955) was a romantic revolutionary poet of India. ...

Hindi

• Kedarnath Singh, major works are "baagh", "toota truck", tolstoy aur cycle", etc.
• Jaishankar Prasad, one of four major pillars of the Chhayavaadi School of Hindi.
• Harivansh Rai Bachchan, writer and poet.
• Mahadevi Varma, a major poet of the Chhayavaadi generation, a period of romanticism in Modern Hindi poetry. She won the Jnanpith^[5] award in 1982.
• Sumitranandan Pant, one of four major pillars of the Chhayavaadi School of Hindi.
• Maithilisharan Gupt, one of the most famous modern Hindi poets.
• Gopal Das Neeraj, Hindi poetKaka Hathrasi, Humorous Poet
• Shivmangal Singh Suman
• Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'
• Subhadra Kumari Chauhan

Kedar Nath Singh (1934) is a Hindi poet, essayist and writer. ... Jaishankar Prasad (January 30, 1889 - January 14, 1937) (Hindi: जयशंकर प्रसाद) was one of the most famous figures in modern Hindi literature. ... Chhayavaad refers to the romantic upsurge in the Hindi literature particularly poetry, which began in early 19th century. ... Harivanshrai Bachchan Srivastava (हरिवंशराय बच्चन श्रीवास्तव) (November 27, 1907 - January 18, 2003) was a distinguished Hindi poet, perhaps best known for his early work Madhushala (मधुशाला). He is also the father of Bollywood film superstar, Amitabh Bachchan. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Romantics redirects here. ... Sumitranandan Pant (सुमित्रानन्‍दन पंत) (1900 - December 28, 1977) was one of the most famous modern Hindi poets. ... Maithilisharan Gupt (1886-1965) was one of the most famous modern Hindi poets. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Kaka Hathrasi is widely regarded as one of the greatest Hindi satirists. ... Shivmangal Singh Suman, born on 5 August 1915 at Jhagarpur, Unnao district in Uttar Pradesh (India), is a leading Hindi writer and poet. ... Suryakant Tripathi Nirala (सूर्यकांत त्रिपाठी निराला) (January 22, 1896-October 15, 1961) was one of the most famous figures of the modern Hindi literature. ... Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904-1948) was an Indian poetess famous for her emotionally charged Hindi songs. ...

Founders of Educational Institutions

• Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, founder of Aligarh Muslim University.
• Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, founder of Benaras Hindu University.
• Jagdish Gandhi, founder of the City Montessori School.

Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (1817 - 1898) Syed Ahmad Khan Bahadur (Urdu:سید احمد خان بہا در ) (October 17, 1817, Delhi - March 27, 1898, Aligarh), was an Indian Muslim educator, jurist, and author, who led the Aligarh Movement which resulted in the formation of the Muhammedan Anglo-Oriental College, later to blossom into the Aligarh Muslim... Victoria gate, a prominent building at the university Aligarh Muslim University was established by the Indian Muslims and the Act of Indian Parliament made it University. ... Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya was a national leader and a freedom fighter of India. ... Benaras Hindu University was founded by Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya (Malviyaji) through the establishment of three engineering and technological institutions: the Benaras Engineering College (BENCO) in 1919, the College of Mining and Metallurgy (MINMET) in 1923, and the College of Technology (TECHNO) [at what year?]. These institutions offered degrees... Jagdish Gandhi, born Jagdish Agarwal is a Lucknow-based educationist and thinker who is the founder chairman of City Montessori School. ... City Montessori School is a private school that offers education up to the level of under-graduation, in Lucknow, India. ...

Defence Services

Army

• Lt. Gen K.M. Seth
• Manoj Kumar Pandey, 11 Gorkha Rifles of the Indian Army, Param Vir Chakra^[6] recipient.
• Brigadier Mohammad Usman, receipient of Maha Vir Chakra
• Abdul Hamid (soldier), 4 Grenadiers, Indian Army, Param Vir Chakra^[6] recipient.
• Lt. General Zameerud-din Shah

LT. GEN. K. M. Seth, (Retd) was the governor of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Tripura. ... Lieutenant Manoj Kumar Pandey,PVC Lieutenant Manoj Kumar Pandey was the son of Gopi Chand Pandey, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow-Uttar Pradesh, who was awarded the Param Vir Chakra for his courage and leadership during adverse times. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the post-independence Indian Army. ... Brigadier Mohammad Usman was the highest rank officer of Indian Army killed in the combat in independent India . ... Company Havildar Major Abdul Hamid, PVC Company Quarter Master Havildar Abdul Hamid of 4 Grenadiers, Indian Army was posthumously awarded the highest gallantry award of the Republic of India, the Param Vir Chakra, during the 1965 Indo-Pak War. ... Lt. ...

Air Force

• S.K. Kaul, Air Chief Marshal (Retd)
• Trevor Keelor IAF , Vir Chakra winner in Indo-Pak war of 1965
• Denzil Keelor IAF , Air Marshall (Retd), Vir Chakra winner and Kirti Chakra recipient.

Air Chief Marshal S. K. Kaul was the chief of Indian air force during 1993–1995. ... Trevor Keelor, VrC, (8 December 1934 – 27 April 2002) was a hero of the Indo-Pakistani war. ... Denzil Keelor, VrC, (7 December 1933 - ) was a hero of the Indo-Pakistani war. ...

Civil Service / Diplomacy

Indian Foreign Service

• Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was an Indian diplomat and politician, sister of Jawaharlal Nehru, and the first female President of the United Nations General Assembly.
• Asaf Ali, first Indian Ambassador to US
• Girija Shankar Bajpai, First Secretary-General of Foreign Affairs
• Braj Kumar Nehru, a relative of Jawaharlal Nehru, served as a diplomat, as ambassador to several countries and was offered the post of United Nations Secretary-General in 1951, but declined. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan award in 1999.

Vijaya Lakshmi Nehru Pandit (विजयलक्ष्मी नेहरू पंडित) (1900 - 1990) was an Indian diplomat and politician, sister of Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, and the first female President of the United Nations General Assembly. ... This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ... The President of the United Nations General Assembly is a position voted for by representatives in the United Nations General Assembly on a yearly basis. ... Asaf Ali (1888-1953) was an Indian freedom fighter. ... Sir Girja Shankar Bajpai was an eminent Indian civil servant /diplomat who was the first Secretary-General in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ... Braj Kumar Nehru (1909 - ?) was the son of Lal and Rameshwari Nehru. ... Jawaharlal Nehru (Hindi: , IPA: , from Persian Javâher-e Laal, meaning Red Jewel) (November 14, 1889 – May 27, 1964) was a political leader of the Indian National Congress, a pivotal figure in the Indian independence movement and the first Prime Minister of Independent India. ... This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ... An ambassador, rarely embassador, is a diplomatic official accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization, to serve as the official representative of his or her own country. ... The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal organs of the United Nations. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Indian Administrative Service

• Isha Basant Joshi, first woman to be appointed IAS officer
• Sir Chandrika Prasad Srivastava,eminent bureaucrat
• Naresh Chandra Saxena, Eminent bureaucrat
• Wajahat Habibullah, Chief Information Commissioner of India

Isha Basant Joshi, (31 December 1908 - ) was born Isha Basant Mukand and published books under the name of Esha Joshi. ... IAS may stand for Indian Administrative Service Indicated airspeed Ideal Adsorbed Solution, thermodynamic theory of adsorption of Minka and Myers International Accounting Standards International Adsorption Society International Affairs Specialist United States Air Force Officer Program emphasizing international understanding, cultural expertise, and adaptive language skills International Atherosclerosis Society Institute for Advanced... Sir Chandrika Prasad Srivastava KCMG is a retired Indian civil servant and international administrator and diplomat. ... Born at Allahabad on August 1, 1934. ... Wajahat Habibullah is Chief Information Commissioner of the Government of India since October 26, 2005. ...

Music and Dance

Musicians

• Ustad Bismillah Khan, Shehnai maestro, awarded the Bharat Ratna^[1], (2001), also had the distinction of being one of the few people to be awarded all the top four civilian awards.

Ravi Shankar

• Pandit Ravi Shankar, classical Sitar player, awarded the Bharat Ratna^[1] in 1999. He has also won three Grammy awards.
• Begum Akhtar, was a Ghazal singer
• Naushad, music director, was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his contributions to Indian cinema.
• Sir Cliff Richard, the popular English singer
• Kishan Maharaj, Tabla Maestro
• Hari Prasad Chaurasia, bansuri player
• Dr.Lalmani Misra was an Indian classical musician. Dean & Head, Faculty of Music and Fine Arts, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and his son
• Dr. Gopal Shankar Misra, Vichitra Veena player
• Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, eminent Musician

Ustad Bismillah Khan Sahib (March 21, 1916 – August 21, 2006) was a shehnai maestro from India. ... For the movie refer to Shehnai (film) The shehnai is an aerophonic instrument which is thought to bring good luck, and as a result, is widely used in North India for marriages and [[processions]. This tube-like instrument gradually widens towards the lower end. ... Look up Maestro, maestro in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Ravi Shankar (Bengali: Robi Shôngkor, Hindi: ) (born April 7, 1920, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India) is an Indian composer best known for his virtuosity on the sitar. ... Diagram of some sitar parts. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... Begum Akhtar was a Ghazal singer from Uttar Pradesh in India. ... This article is about the poetic form. ... Naushad Ali (December 25, 1919 - May 5, 2006) was an Indiaan musician. ... The title of music director is used by many symphony orchestras to designate the primary conductor and artistic leader of the orchestra. ... The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is an annual award given by the Indian government for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. ... India is a major regional center for cinema. ... Sir Cliff Richard OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb on 14 October 1940) is an English singer, actor and businessman. ... Kishan Maharaj an outstanding Tabla player of India. ... Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia is known internationally as the greatest living master of Bansuri, the North Indian bamboo flute. ... Dr. Lalmani Misra M.A. Ph. ... Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is a major university located in Varanasi, India. ... Dr. Gopal Shankar Misra is remembered for his cryptic comment in a television interview. ... The Vichitra Veena is a plucked string instrument used in Hindustani music. ... Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande (August 10, 1860 – September 19, 1936) was an Indian classical musician widely acclaimed to have brought in a renaissance in Indian music. ...

Singers

• Girija Devi, is an Indian singer and represents the Banaras Gharana of singers
• Shubha Mudgal, Singer
• Talat Mahmood, ghazal singer
• Anup Jalota, Ghazal and Bhajan Singer
• Siddheshwari Devi, was a famous Hindustani singer from Benares, lovingly known as Maa (mother).

Girija Devi (8th May 1920, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh) is an Indian singer and represent the Banaras Gharana of singers. ... Shubha Mudgal-Pradhan is a well-known female singer of both classical and popular Indian music. ... Talat Mahmood (February 24, 1924 -- May 9, 1998) was an Indian Bollywood singer and actor. ... Anup Jalota is a famous Indian singer/musician, best known for his performances in the Indian musical form the bhajan and the ghazal. ... Siddheshwari Devi was a famous Hindustani singer from Benares, lovingly known as Maa (mother). ... The word Hindustani is an adjective used to denote a connection to India, or, more precisely, the historical region that encompasses Northern India, Pakistan, and nearby areas. ...

Dancers

• Birju Maharaj, Kathak exponent
• Lachhu Maharaj, Kathak exponent
• Kapila Vatsyayan, scholar of Indian classical dance

Pandit Birju Maharaj (born February 4, 1937) is the current head of the Lucknow gharana of Kathak dance in India. ... Lachhu Maharaj (1901-1978) came from a family of illustrious Kathak exponents in Lucknow. ... Kapila Vatsyayan is one of the foremost modern scholars of Indian dance and the performing arts. ...

Sports

Hockey

• Dhyan Chand, former international hockey player, awarded the Padma Bhushan^[7], India's third highest civilian honour
• Zafar Iqbal, former international captain of the Indian hockey team and Chief coach of Indian hockey team.
• K. D. Singh, former National Hockey player and Olympian
• Mohammed Shahid, former international hockey player, was member of the Indian team that won Gold Medal at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. He was awarded Arjuna Award in 1980 and Padma Shri in 1986.

Commemorative stamp issued by the Indian post in 1980. ... Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a ball, or a hard, round disc called a puck, into the opponents net or goal, using a hockey stick. ... It has been suggested that Zafar Iqbal (hockey player) be merged into this article or section. ... Coach in ice hockey refers to a head coach or an assistant coach given responsibility of organizing player offence and defence. ... Kunwar Digvijay Singh (2 February 1922 in Barabanki - 27 March 1978) popularly known as K.D.Singh or Babu was a famous indian hockey player. ... Mohammed Shahid was one of Indias outstanding hockey players . ... Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a ball, or a hard, round disc called a puck, into the opponents net or goal, using a hockey stick. ... (Redirected from 1980 Olympic Games) There were two Olympic Games in the year 1980: 1980 Summer Olympics 1980 Winter Olympics This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. ... Padma Shri (also spelt Padma Shree, Padmashree, Padma Sree and Padma Sri) is an award given by the Government of India generally to Indian citizens to recognize their distinguished contribution in various spheres of activity including the Arts, Education, Industry, Literature, Science, Sports, Social Service and public life. ...

Cricket

• Ashish Zaidi,cricketer
• Manoj Prabhakar,cricketer
• Arun Lal, former Test cricketer
• Mohammed Kaif, international cricketer
• Bob Woolmer, international cricketer, professional coach and also a professional commentator.
• Suresh Raina, international cricketer
• R. P. Singh, international cricketer
• Chetan Chauhan, former Test cricketer
• Hemlata Kala, member Indian Women's Cricket team
• Gopal Sharma, cricketer
• Gyanendra Pandey, cricketer
• Piyush Chawla
• Narendra Hirwani
• Surinder Amarnath
• Raman Lamba
• Surinder Amarnath
• Rohan Gavaskar
• Rajinder Hans
• Rohan Gavaskar
• Ravikant Shukla, U-19 captain

Ashish Winston Zaidi (born September 16, 1971), in Allahabad is an Indian first class cricketer. ... Manoj Prabhakar (born April 15, 1963) is an Indian cricketer. ... Jagdishlal Arun Lal (born August 1, 1955 in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh) was an Indian cricketer. ... Mohammed Kaif   (born December 1, 1980 in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India) is an Indian cricketer, more specifically a middle-order batsman. ... This article is about the sport. ... Robert Andrew Woolmer (14 May 1948 – 18 March 2007) was an international cricketer, professional cricket coach and also a professional commentator. ... In sports, a coach or manager is an individual involved in the direction and instruction of the on-field operations of an athletic team or of individual athletes. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Suresh Kumar Raina (born November 27, 1986, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India) is an Indian cricketer from the state of Uttar Pradesh. ... Rudra Pratap Singh   (born 6 December, 1985) is a left arm fast-medium bowler who has represented India in one day cricket and Test cricket. ... Chetan Pratap Singh Chauhan (born July 21, 1947, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh) is a former cricketer who played 40 Test matches for India. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Gopal Sharma was a popular radio announcer on the Hindi Service of Radio Ceylon, the oldest radio station in South Asia. ... Gyanendra Pandey (born August 12, 1972 in Lucknow) is an Indian cricketer. ... Piyush Chawla   (born 24 December 1988, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India) is an Indian cricketer who has played for the India U-19 team and the Central Zone. ... Narendra Deepchand Hirwani   (born October 18, 1968 in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh) is a leg spin bowler who played for India. ... Surinder Amarnath Bhardwaj (b. ... Raman Lamba (1960? February 23, 1998) was an Indian cricket player. ... Surinder Amarnath Bhardwaj (b. ... Rohan Gavaskar   (born February 20, 1976 in Uttar Pradesh) is a cricket player and the son of former Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar. ... Rajinder Singh Hans (born March 10, 1953) in Mumbai is a former Indian first class cricketer. ... Rohan Gavaskar   (born February 20, 1976 in Uttar Pradesh) is a cricket player and the son of former Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar. ... Ravikant Shukla (born July 7, 1987, in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh) is a left-handed batsman who has been appointed captain of the Indian team for the U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka in February 2006. ...

Badminton

• Abhinn Shyam Gupta, former national badminton champion
• Syed Modi, former national badminton champion

Abhinn Shyam Gupta (born in Allahabad October 22, 1979) is a male badminton player from India. ... This article is about the sport. ... Syed Modi (1962-1988) was eight times National Badminton champion of India. ...

Other sports

• Moraad Ali Khan, shooter
• Ghaus Mohammad, tennis player, the first Indian to reach quarterfinal of The Championships, Wimbledon
• Jaspal Rana, shooter
• Bharat Bhushan, Body Builder [Arjuna Shri and Pratap Shri of India winner]the first ranking vegetarian Body Builder

Moraad Ali Khan is one of the top shooters of India. ... Ghaus Mohammad was the first Indian to reach the Quarter Finals in the Wimbledon. ... The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly referred to as Wimbledon, is the oldest major championship in tennis and is widely considered to be the most prestigious. ... Jaspal Rana was born 28 June 1976 in Uttarkashi District of Uttarakhand, India. ...

Journalism

Print

• Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain, Times of India & Navbharat Times
• Manikonda Chalapathi Rau, was an eminent Indian journalist and an authority on the Nehruvian thought.
• Feroze Gandhi, Managing editor of National Herald
• Dharamvir Bharati, former editor of Dharamyug magazine
• Arun Nehru, former Minister and Columnist
• Saeed Naqvi, Journalist and TV producer
• Vinod Mehta, editor Outlook magazine
• Narendra Mohan, Dainik Jagran
• Aniruddha Bahal, investigative journalist
• Kunal Pradhan, Reuters
• Pankaj Mishra, Journalist

Sahu (Hindi साहू) is an Indian surname. ... Manikonda Chalapathi Rau (MC) (1910-1983) was an eminent Indian journalist and an authority on the Nehruvian thought. ... Jawaharlal Nehru (Hindi: , Pronunciation: ) (November 14, 1889 – May 27, 1964), also called Pandit (Scholar or Teacher) Nehru, was one of the most important leaders of the Indian Independence Movement and, as the head of the Indian National Congress, became the first Prime Minister of India when India won its independence... Feroze Gandhi (born 12 August 1912; died 8 September 1960) was an Indian politician and journalist of Parsi-Zoroastrian descent [1] He was the husband of Indira Gandhi, the former Prime Minister of India and daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Indian Prime Minister. ... Dr. Dharamvir Bharati (b. ... Arun Nehru (अरुण नेहरू) is an Indian politician and columnist. ... Saeed Naqvi is a jounalist, newspaper editor and one of Indias leading columnists[1]. // Saeed Naqvi attended La Martiniere in Lucknow. ... Vinod Mehta is the editor-in-chief of Outlook as well as Outlook Saptahik/Outlook Money and Outlook Traveller owned by the Raheja group, an English language magazine in India. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Aniruddha Bahal is the founder and editor in chief of Cobrapost. ... Kunal Pradhan (born on June 29, 1978) is a leading Indian cricket writer and the youngest Sports Editor in the country. ... Pankaj Mishra is a novelist, literary critic and essayist. ...

Radio

• Attia Hosain, BBC Urdu Service
• Sanjeev Srivastava, Head of BBCHindi Service
• Kabban Mirza, anchor with All India Radio

Attia Hosain is a writer, feminist and broadcaster. ... Sanjeev Srivastava is an Indian journalist. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For the electronica band, see All India Radio (band). ...

Satire, Comedy , Cartoons

• Akbar Allahabadi, poet and satirist
• Kaka Hathrasi,satirist
• Tuntun,comedian
• K. P. Saxena
• Raju Srivastava, actor and stand up comedian

Akbar Allahabadi (Urdu: اکبر الہ آبادی) (b. ... Kaka Hathrasi is widely regarded as one of the greatest Hindi satirists. ... Tuntun, Indias most loved comedienne woman started her life as Uma Devi Khatri. ... K.P.Saxena is a Lucknow based satirist and writer. ... Raju Srivastava (sometimes also spelt Srivastav or Shrivastav) is an Indian comedian, and one of the hosts of The Great Indian Comedy Show. ...

Cinema & Theatre

Actors

• Amitabh Bachchan, Bollywood actor, and one of the most prominent figures in the Indian film industry, awarded the Padma Bhushan^[7] in 2001.
• Naseeruddin Shah, actor (not certain whre he was born)
• Marc Zuber, actor

Nimmi

• Raj Babbar, actor and Member of Parliament.
• Jaddanbai,actor
• Nargis, was an actress best known for her role in the Oscar-nominated film Mother India.
• Nimmi, film actress in the 1950s.
• Lara Dutta, actress, UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador and the 2000 Miss Universe.
• Rajpal Yadav, actor
• K.N. Singh, actor
• Tuntun, comedy actress
• Sushant Singh, actor
• Ravi Kishan, Bhojpuri film actor
• Udita Goswami, Bollywood actress

Bachchan redirects here. ... Bollywood (Hindi: , Urdu: ) is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi-language film industry in India. ... The Indian film industry is the largest in the world in terms of the ticket sales and the number of films produced annually (877 feature films and 1177 short films were released in the year 2003 alone). ... Naseeruddin Shah in the role of Mirza Ghalib Naseeruddin Shah aka Nasiruddin Shah (b. ... Marc Zuber (born 5 May 1944 in Lucknow, India - died 28 May 2003 in London, England) was an actor. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Raj Babbar (born June 23, 1952, Agra, India) is an Indian actor who has acted in several successful Hindi films since 1980. ... Jaddanbai (1892 or 1908 - April 8, 1949) was an early singer, music composer, actress and filmmaker of Bollywood and one of the pioneers of Indian cinema. ... For the town in France, see Nargis, Loiret. ... OSCAR is an acronym for Orbital Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio. ... This article is about a Hindi film. ... Nimmi publicity photo from the 50s Nimmi (1929) was a famous actress in the 1950s. ... Lara Dutta, (born April 16, 1978) is an Indian actress, UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador and the 2000 Miss Universe. ... UNFPA Goodwill Ambassadors are celebrity advocates of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and utilize their talent and fame to advocate for the human right of reproductive health. ... Miss Universe is an annual international female beauty contest, and the title for the winner of the contest, founded in 1952 by California clothing company Pacific Mills. ... In 2005 he played the leading role and wrote the screenplay for the film Main, Mere Patni Aur Woh which got him positive reviews. ... K.N. Singh (Date of Birth:1908, Dehra Dun, Uttar Pradesh, British India) was a prominent villain of Hindi films. ... Tuntun, Indias most loved comedienne woman started her life as Uma Devi Khatri. ... Sushant Singh Sushant Singh is an Indian actor. ... (Also known as Ravi Kissen) Ravi Kishan, the Amitabh Bachchan of the Bhojpuri film industry plays lead in most of bhojpuri films. ... Udita Goswami (2 September 1984) is an Indian model and actress. ...

Directors/ Producers

• K. Asif, was a film director, film producer and screenwriter who was famous for his work for the Hindi epic motion picture, Mughal-e-Azam.
• Shaad Ali, film director
• Kamal Amrohi, Director of Pakeezah fame
• Prakash Mehra, Director
• Muzaffar Ali, film producer. director
• Shama Zaidi, documentary film maker
• Waris Hussein , film maker in UK
• Abrar Alvi, film writer , director
• Prasoon Pandey, director
• Vishal Bharadwaj, Omkara director

Mughal-e-Azam Part history and part fiction, has been the best Indian period film ever made till date. ... Mughal-e-Azam (Urdu: مغلِ اعظم, Hindi: मुग़ल-ए आज़म) is an Indian romance film, a product of the Bollywood movie industry. ... Shaad Ali is a Indian film director. ... Kamal Amrohi, Indian film director, was born in Amroha, Uttar Pradesh on 17 January 1918 and is one of the most original voices in Indian cinema of the post-Independence period. ... Prakash Mehra was born on 13th July 1939 in Bijnaur, U.P- India. ... Muzaffar Ali is an Indian film-maker, a fashion designer, a poet, an artist, a music-lover, a revivalist, a social worker. ... It is proposed that this article be deleted, because of the following concern: notability If you can address this concern by improving, copyediting, sourcing, renaming or merging the page, please edit this page and do so. ... Waris Hussein (born December 9, 1938 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India) is a British-Indian television director, best known for his many productions for British television. ... Abrar Alvi is an Indian film writer, director and actor. ... Prasoon Pandey, born 1961 is a renowned Indian director of advertising films. ... Vishal Bharadwaj is an Indian film director, writer and musical composer. ... Omkara or also known as Othello is a forthcoming Hindi film to be directed by Vishal Bharadwaj starring Saif Ali Khan, Bipasha Basu, Konkona Sen Sharma, Vivek Oberoi, Ayesha Takia, Ajay Devgan, Kareena Kapoor amd Naseeruddin Shah in lead roles. ...

Singers

• Talat Mahmood
• Rajkumari Dubey
• Kailash Kher,Sufi Singer
• Begum Akhtar
• Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay
• Abhijeet
• Kabban Mirza
• Anup Jalota
• Baba Sehgal

Talat Mahmood (February 24, 1924 -- May 9, 1998) was an Indian Bollywood singer and actor. ... Rajkumari Dubey (1924 - 2000), better known by her first name, was an Indian playback singer. ... Kailash Kher is an Indian singer of popular sufi music. ... Begum Akhtar was a Ghazal singer from Uttar Pradesh in India. ... Hemanta Mukherjee Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay (Bangla: হেমন্ত কুমার মুখোপাধ্যায় Hemonto Kumar Mukhopaddhae) or Hemanta Mukherjee (1920 - 1989) was an Indian singer, composer and producer. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Anup Jalota is a famous Indian singer/musician, best known for his performances in the Indian musical form the bhajan and the ghazal. ... Baba Sehgal AKA Harjit Singh Sehgal is an iconic Indian rapper who was famous in the mid 90s. ...

Lyricists

• Shakeel Badayuni
• Indeevar
• Shakeel Badayuni
• Majrooh Sultanpuri
• Khumar Barabankvi
• Kaifi Azmi
• Ali Sardar Jafri
• Anjaan

Shakeel Badayuni is a veteran Hindi song/lyric writer. ... Indeevar (1924-1997) one of the the leading Hindi film lyricist in the 1960s, grew up in Barua-Sagar in Jhansi district from where he moved to Bombay. ... Shakeel Badayuni is a veteran Hindi song/lyric writer. ... Majrooh Sultanpuri (October 1, 1919 - May 24, 2000), was an Urdu poet, lyricist and songwriter. ... Khumar Barabankvi (1919 - 1999) was an Urdu poet and lyricist from Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India. ... Kaifi Azmi (Nastaleeq: کیفی اعظمی, Devanagari: कैफ़ी आज़मी) (b. ... Ali Sardar Jafri (29 November 1916-1 August 2000) born in Balrampur in Uttar Pradesh was an outstanding Urdu writer. ... Anjaan was the Nom-de-plume of Lalji Pandey, the Hindi_movie lyricist famous for songs such as Khaike Paan Banaraswala from Don_(1978_film) and Rote hue aate hain sab from Muqaddar_Ka_Sikandar. ...

Music Composers

• Naushad Ali
• Shantanu Moitra

Naushad Ali (December 25, 1919 - May 5, 2006) was one of the foremost music composers of Bollywood. ... Shantanu Moitra (born Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India) is a Indian music director who has composed music for the Bollywood film industry. ...

Theatre

• Nadira Babbar

juhi babbar is an Indian actress and film producer. ...

Cinematographer

• Ravikant Nagaich, Cinematographer

Ravikant Nagaich is an Indian film personality born at Atrauli- Uttar Pradesh, India in 1931- and died at Bombay, Maharashtra India on January 6th 1991. ...

Story/ Script/ Dialogue Writers

• Wajahat Mirza
• S.Ali Raza
• Javed Siddiqi, film script writer
• K. P. Saxena,dialogue writer of Lagaan , Swades
• [Divy Nidhi Sharma]film script and dialogue writer

Wajahat Mirza ( also known as Vajahat Mirza and Wajahat Mirza Changezi )( 1908-1990 ) was a Lucknow born writer who has penned the powerful dialogues of some of the most successful films in India. ... S.Ali Raza , the Lucknow born film story / dialogue writer was creatively associated with hit films like Aan, Andaz, Mother India, Reshma Aur Shera, Raja Jani and Dus Numberi. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... K.P.Saxena is a Lucknow based satirist and writer. ... Lagaan (Hindi: लगान; Urdu: لگان; English: land tax), also known as Lagaan: Once upon a time in India, is an award-winning film made in India, released on June 1, 2001. ... Swades (Devanagari: स्वदेस, Nastaliq: سودیس), literally Homeland, is a 2004 Indian film written, produced and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. ...

Nawabs of Awadh

Wajid Ali Shah

• Asaf-Ud-Dowlah, the fourth Nawab,founder of modern Lucknow
• Wajid Ali Shah, the poet, choreographer , the last King of Awadh

Image File history File links Washah1. ... Image File history File links Washah1. ... Asaf-Ud-Dowlah was the nawab wazir of Oudh from 1775 to 1797, and the son of Shuja-ud-Dowlah, his mother and grandmother being the begums of Oudh, whose spoliation formed one of the chief counts in the charges against Warren Hastings. ... Wajid Ali Shah (نواب واجد على شاه) (official name ) (1822-1887) was the tenth and last nawab of the princely kingdom of Awadh (Oudh) in present day Uttar Pradesh in India. ...

Navratnas

• Raja Todar Mal, Finance Minister and one of the Navratnas of Akbar
• Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, Hindi Poet and a Navratna of Akbar

Raja Todar Mal was the Indian Mughal emperor Akbar’s finance minister, who overhauled the revenue system in the kingdom. ... // Emerald (panna) Sapphire(Neelam) Pearl(Moti) Yellow Sapphire(pukhraj) Ruby(Manik) Red Coral(Munga) Cats Eye(Vaidurya) Diamond(Hira) Hessonite(Gomedh) The Government of India in 1997 has identified nine public sector undertakings as Navratnas, or crown jewels, that included BHEL, MTNL, BPCL, HPCL, GAIL, IOC, NTPC, ONGC, and... Abdul Rahim Khan-e-Khana (अब्दुल रहीम खान-ए-खाना), also known as Rahimdas (रहीमदास) was a poet and the son of Akbar’s trusted caretaker, Bairam Khan. ...

Television

• Roshan Abbas, TV personality
• Kamleshwar,writer and TV administrator
• Rahi Masoom Raza, dialogue writer of TV serial 'Ramayan'
• Gajendra Singh, TV programme producer
• Shweta Tiwari
• Raju Srivastav

Roshan Abbas is a TV and radio host in India. ... Kamleshwar (कमलेश्वर) (full name Kamleshwar Prasad Saxena) (January 6, 1932 - January 27, 2007), a prominent Hindi writer of the 20th century, was born in the Mainpuri district of Uttar Pradesh state, India. ... Dr. Rahi Masoom Reza, born in Ghazipur in eastern Uttar Pradesh (India) in a Muslim family, was a famous Urdu shayar. ... Gajendra Singh, is one of the most successful Indian television Producer and Director. ... Shweta Tiwari is a popular Indian Television actress. ... Raju Srivastav (sometimes also spelt Srivastava or Shrivastav) is an Indian comedian, and one of the hosts of The Comedy Show ha ha ha. ...

Judges and Lawyers

• Mohammad Hidayatullah,former Chief Justice of India
• VN Khare, former Chief Justice of India
• Mirza Hameedullah Beg, former Chief Justice of India
• Jagmohanlal Sinha, judge
• Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru,eminent lawyer
• Markandey Katju,Supreme Court judge
• Leila Seth, first woman Chief Justice of State

Chief Justice, Supreme Court of India. ... Justice VN Khare was Chief Justice of India from 19 December 2002 to 2 May 2004. ... Mirza Hameedullah Beg (M J Beg) was Chief Justice of India from January 1977 to February 1978. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Tej Bahadur Sapru (1875–1949) was a eminent lawyer and leader during Indias struggle against British rule. ... Mr. ... On Balance, Leila Seths 2003 memoir Justice Leila Seth was the first woman judge on the Delhi High Court and the first woman to become Chief Justice of a state High Court. ...

Nature Lovers

• Sundarlal Bahuguna, Environmentlist
• Billy Arjan Singh, Conservationist

Sundarlal Bahuguna is a noted activist and philosopher in the tradition of Mahatma Gandhi and an environmentalist who has fought for the preservation of forests in the Himalayas as a member of the Chipko movement. ... Feisty Billy Arjan Singh is a conservationist recognised by most tiger lovers. ...

Scholars

• Acharya Narendra Dev
• Mushirul Hasan, Historian
• Irfan Habib, Historian
• Ahmad Hasan Dani, archaeologist and historian.

Acharya Narendra Deva (1889-1956) was one of the leading theorists of the Congress Socialist Party. ... Professor Mushirul Hasan is an historian and present Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University at Delhi He has a M. A. from Aligarh Muslim University, 1969, and a Ph. ... Irfan Habib (1931- ) is a Marxist Indian historian, a professor at the Aligarh Muslim University and a former Chairman of the Indian Council for Historical Research. ... Ahmad Hassan Dani (born 1920) is a Pakistani archaeologist and linguist, and is considered to be one of the foremost authorities on South Asian archaeology and history. ...

Fine Arts

• Gogi Saroj Pal
• Ram Chandra Shukla, painter.

Gogi Saroj Pal (Born in Uttar Pradesh, India in 1945) is an eminent Indian artist. ... This article is about the Indian Artist Ram Chandra Shukla Photograph of Ram Chandra Shukla Ram Chandra Shukla is an Indian painter and art critic. ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ...

Business

• Shahnaz Husain, beautician and entrepreneur
• Subroto Roy, founder Sahara India
• K.P. Singh, President of DLF Universal Group
• Saleem Iqbal Shervani,Geep Flashlight Industry
• Vinod Gupta

Shahnaz Husain, Chief Executive Officer of Shahnaz Herbals, is a prominent Indian female entrepreneur best known for her herbal cosmetics, particularly skin care products. ... Cosmetology is the treatment of skin, hair and nails and includes, but is not limited to, manicures, pedicures, application of artificial nails, special occasion hairstyling, shampooing hair, cosmetic application, body hair removal, chemical hair relaxers or straighteners, permanent waves, coloring and highlighting of hair, and hair extensions or wig treatments. ... An entrepreneur (a loanword from French introduced and first defined by the Irish economist Richard Cantillon) is a person who operates a new enterprise or venture and assumes some accountability for the inherent risks. ... Subroto Roy Subroto Roy, who is also know as Subroto Roy Sahara is the head of the USD 10. ... Sahara India Pariwar is among Indias largest private enterprises . ... Kushal Pal Singh ( or K.P. Singh as he is known) was born on August 15, 1931, at Bulandshahar in Uttar Pradesh, Today he presides over closely held DLF group [1], One of India’s largest real estate developer with an estimated land bank of 3,000 acres (12 km... Saleem Iqbal Shervani (born 22 March 1953) is an Indian politican for the Budaun (Lok Sabha Constituency) in Uttar Pradesh. ... Vinod Gupta Vinod Gupta is the chairman and CEO of infoUSA (previously known as American Business Information, Inc. ...

Social Service

• Nanaji Deshmukh, social worker
• Sandeep Pandey

There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Sandeep Pandey Sandeep Pandey is a senior social activist from India. ...

Crime

• Phoolan Devi
• Abu Salem
• Daku Man Singh
• Nirbhay Gujjar

Phoolan Devi (Phūlan Devī) August 10, 1963 – July 25, 2001), popularly known as The Bandit Queen, was an Indian dacoit, who later turned politician. ... Abu Salem (born 1968) is an underworld don originally from Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh, India. ... Daku Man Singh was a notorious dacoit or bandit from the village of Khera Rathore in the Chambal region of India. ... Nirbhay Gujjar was the most wanted dacoit of Chambal, India. ...

Others

• Jaichand of Kannauj, historical figure
• Sheila Dixit, CM of Delhi state
• Begum Samru, historical figure
• Abdul Karim, Munshi to Queen Victoria
• Lala Deen Dayal, photographer
• Mustafa Kamil, former tutor of HH Prince Karim , Aga Khan
• Deep Tyagi, pioneer of Family Planning programme in India
• Baron Khalid Hameed,eminent doctor and social worker in UK
• Aaadietya Pandey, numerologist

Jai Chandra was Prithvirajs father in law, who sided Prithviraj in his second battle against Muhammad Ghori. ... Sheila Dikshit (sometimes rendered Dixit) (born March 31, 1938) is the Chief Minister of Delhi since 1998. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Portrait of the Munshi by Rudolf Swoboda Hafiz Abdul Karim CIE (1863?-1909), better known as the Munshi (teacher), was an Indian servant of Queen Victoria who gained her affection in the final fifteen years of her reign. ... Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819–22 January 1901) was a Queen of the United Kingdom, reigning from 20 June 1837 until her death. ... Lala Deen Dayal (1844 - 1910) (also known as Raja Deen Dayal[1]) was a pioneer Indian photographer. ... Mustafa Kamil Pasha Mustafā Kāmil Pasha (Arabic: ) (August 14, 1874, Cairo, Egypt – February 10, 1908, Cairo) was an Egyptian political figure and publisher. ... Dharmendra Kumar Tyagi, better known as Deep Kumar Tyagi or just DK Tyagi, was an Assistant Commissioner for the Indian Family Planning program until 1969. ... Khalid Hameed, CBE was Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer of the Cromwell Hospital, London He chairs the Commonwealth Youth Exchange Council. ... Pt. ...

See also

• List of people by India state
• States and territories of India
• List of Hindi authors

The following is a list of people of India, by state and territory: List of people from Andhra Pradesh List of people from Assam List of people from Bihar List of people from Chhattisgarh List of people from Delhi List of people from Goa List of people from Gujarat List... India is a federal republic comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. ... This is a list of authors who write in Hindi language, its dialects and Hindustani language. ...

Notes

• Padma Vibhushan is the second highest civilian award.
• Padma Shri stands fourth in the hierarchy of civilian awards after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan.
• Dadasaheb Phalke Award is an annual award given by the Indian government for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema.
• Sahitya Akademi is an Indian organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India.

v • d • e Indian honours and decorations
Civilian	International Gandhi Peace Prize National Bharat Ratna · Padma Vibhushan · Padma Bhushan · Padma Shri By field Sahitya Akademi Fellowship (literature) · Sahitya Akademi Award (literature) · Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship (performing arts) · Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (performing arts) · Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship (fine arts) · Dadasaheb Phalke Award (cinema) · National Film Awards (cinema) · Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award (sports) · Arjuna Award (sports) · Dronacharya Award (sports coaching)
Military	Wartime Param Vir Chakra · Maha Vir Chakra · Vir Chakra Peacetime Ashoka Chakra · Kirti Chakra · Shaurya Chakra Distinguished Service Sena Medal (Army) · Naosena Medal (Navy) · Vayusena Medal (Air Force) · Vishisht Seva Medal Others Param Vishisht Seva Medal · Ati Vishisht Seva Medal