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Contents 1 Deities and Avtaras 2 Authors of the Great Epics 3 Yogis, Sufi poets and Mystics 4 Indpendence fighters 4.1 1857 4.2 Post 1857 5 National/ International Award Winners 5.1 Param Vir Chakra 5.2 Maha Vir Chakra 5.3 Ashok Chakra 5.4 Bharat Ratna 5.5 Padma Vibhushan 5.6 Padma Bhushan 5.7 Padma Shree 5.8 Dada Saheb Phalke Award 5.9 Jnanpith Awards 5.10 Nobel Prize 5.11 Magasaysay Award 5.12 Arjuna Award 6 Science and Medicine 7 Holders of High Offices 7.1 President 7.2 Vice President 7.3 Prime Ministers 7.4 Governors 7.5 Chief Justices 7.6 Chief Ministers 7.7 Union Ministers 8 Prominent political figures 8.1 Pre Independence 8.2 Post Independence 9 Authors 9.1 Hindi 9.2 Urdu 9.3 English 10 Poets 10.1 Urdu 10.2 Hindi 11 Founders of Educational Institutions 12 Defence Services 12.1 Army 12.2 Air Force 13 Civil Service / Diplomacy 13.1 Indian Foreign Service 13.2 Civil Services 14 Music and Dance 14.1 Musicians 14.2 Singers 14.3 Dancers 15 Sports 15.1 Hockey 15.2 Cricket 15.3 Badminton 15.4 Other sports 16 Journalism 16.1 Print 16.2 Radio 17 Satire, Comedy , Cartoons 18 Cinema & Theatre 18.1 Actors 18.2 Directors/ Producers 18.3 Singers 18.4 Lyricists 18.5 Music Composers 18.6 Theatre 18.7 Cinematographer 18.8 Story/ Script/ Dialogue Writers 19 Nawabs of Awadh 20 Navratnas 21 Television 22 Judges and Lawyers 23 Nature Lovers 24 Scholars 25 Fine Arts 26 Business 27 Social Service 28 Crime 29 Others 30 See also 31 Notes

Deities and Avtaras

• Rama (Birth place:Ayodhya), is a legendary or historical king of ancient India. Rama ( IAST: rāma Devanāgarī: राम Khmer: Phreah Ream Thai: Phra Ram Lao: Phra Lam Tagalog: Ayodhya (अयोध्या IAST Ayodhyā) is an ancient city of India, the old capital of Awadh, in the Faizabad district This article is about the kingdoms as reflected in Sanskrit literature In Hinduism, he is considered to be the seventh Avatar of Vishnu. Hinduism is a religious tradition that originated in the Indian subcontinent. Avatar or Avatara (अवतार IAST Avatāra) is often inaccurately translated into English as incarnation For other meanings see Vishnu (disambiguation. Vishnu ( IAST viṣṇu Devanagari विष्णु (honorific
• Krishna (Birth Place:Mathura), is a deity worshipped across many traditions of Hinduism. Krishna (कृष्ण in Devanagari kṛṣṇa in IAST, ˈkr̩ʂɳə in classical Sanskrit is a deity worshiped across many traditions of Hinduism Mathura ( IAST mathurā)( Hindi: मथुरा is a holy City in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. See also List of deities A deity is a Postulated Preternatural or Supernatural Being, who is always Hinduism is a religious tradition that originated in the Indian subcontinent.
• Lakshmana (Birth place:Ayodhya), was the brother and close companion of Rama, and himself a hero in the famous epic 'Ramayana'

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. Lakshmana ( Sanskrit: लक्ष्मण IAST Lakṣmaṇa Malay: Laksmana Thai / Lao: Phra Lak was the brother and close companion Ayodhya (अयोध्या IAST Ayodhyā) is an ancient city of India, the old capital of Awadh, in the Faizabad district The Rāmāyaṇa ( Devanāgarī: sa रामायण is an ancient Sanskrit epic attributed to the Hindu sage ( Maharishi) Valmiki Valmiki ( Sanskrit: वाल्मीकि vālmīki) (ca 400 BCE northern India is celebrated as the poet harbinger in Sanskrit literature Vyāsa ( Devanāgarī: व्यास is a central and revered figure in the majority of Hindu traditions Hinduism is a religious tradition that originated in the Indian subcontinent. Gosvāmī Tulsīdās (1532-1623 Devanāgarī: तुलसीदास may be written as Tulasī Dāsa depending on if the name is transcribed Awadhi is an Indo-Aryan language. It is spoken chiefly in the Awadh (Oudh region of Uttar Pradesh, although its speakers are also found in Bihar A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language Śrī Rāmacaritamānas ( Devanāgarī: hi श्री राम चरित मानस ( Hindi / Avadhi) is an Epic poem composed by the Rama ( IAST: rāma Devanāgarī: राम Khmer: Phreah Ream Thai: Phra Ram Lao: Phra Lam Tagalog:
• Persuram

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. Al-Kabir "the Great" is also one of the 99 names of God in Islam Hazrat Khawaja Nizamuddin Auliya ( 1238 - 3 April 1325) (حضرت خواجة نظام الدّین اولیا also known as Hazrat Nizamuddin was a famous Ab'ul Hasan Yamīn al-Dīn Khusrow ( Hindi: hi अबुल हसन यमीनुद्दीन ख़ुसरो (1253-1325 CE better known as Amīr Khusrow Sufism ( تصوّف - taṣawwuf, Persian: صوفی‌گری sufigari, Turkish: tasavvuf, Urdu: تصوف Mysticism (from the Greek grc μυστικός mystikos, an initiate of a Mystery religion) is the pursuit of communion with identity This article deals with the geophysical region in Asia For geopolitical treatments see South Asia.

• Sant Ravidas, poet and Saint
• Salim Chishti, Sufi saint of Fatehpur Sikri. Indian Hindu religious leader and founder Satguru of the " Ravidasi " beliefs revered by most Hindus as a Sant, by Shaikh Salim Chisti ( Urdu: شيخ سلیم چشتی) was Sufi saint during Mughal Empire empire in South Asia.
• 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
• Hans Ji Maharaj
• Prem Rawat, known for his message of Inner Peace
• Gopi Krishna, a yogi, mystic, teacher, social reformer, and writer. Paramahansa Yogananda ( Bengali: পরমহংস যোগানন্দ Pôromohôngsho Joganondo, Sanskrit: परमहंस योगानं‍द Surdas (1479-1586 was a Hindu devotional poet singer and a saint ( sant) who followed the Shuddhadvaita school of Brahmavada Sant is a term that is used in India derived from the Sanskrit sat. A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a Shiv Dayal Singh (also known as Swami ji was the first Satguru to start the teachings of Radha Soami faith Shriram Sharma ( September 20 1911 – June 2 1990) was an Indian Seer, sage a visionary of the New Golden Era and the Hans Ram Singh Rawat, known as Shri Hans Ji Maharaj ( November 8 1900 - July 19 1966) was born in Gadh-ki-Sedhia north-east Prem Pal Singh Rawat (born December 10 1957 in Haridwar, India) also known as Balyogeshwar, Guru Maharaj Ji, and Gopi Krishna (1903 - 1984 of India was a yogi mystic teacher social reformer and writer
• Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud, Gazi Miya of Bharaich. Sultan Saiyyed Salar Masud Ghazi was son of the Shah Salar of Persia (the crown prince of Persia

Indpendence fighters

1857

• Mangal Pandey,foremost independence fighter of 1857, very well known historical figure, recently subject of Bollywood blockbuster
• Rani Laxmibai, Indian independence fighter from Jhansi. Mangal Pandey (c July 19 1827 &ndash 8 April 1857) (Hindi मंगल पांडे was a Sepoy (soldier in the 34th Regiment Lakshmibai The Rani of Jhansi (c 1828 – 17 June 1858) ( Hindi - झाँसी की रानी Marathi Jhansi ( Urdu: جھانسی Hindi: झांसी Marathi:झाशी is a city of Uttar Pradesh state of northern India.
• Begum Hazrat Mahal, Indian independence fighter in Indian Rebellion of 1857. Begum Hazrat Mahal, also known as Begum of Awadh was the wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah. The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of Sepoys of British East India Company 's army on the 10th of May 1857 in the town of Meerut,
• Bakht Khan

Post 1857

• Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian independence fighter, member of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. Bakht Khan Rohilla (1797 - 1859 was nominal commander-in-chief of Indian rebel forces in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 against the British East India Company Chandrashekhar Sitaram Tiwari, better known as Chandrasekhar Azad ( Hindi: चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद The Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA known as the Hindustan Republican Association until 1928 was an Indian independence association led by revolutionaries
• Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, independence fighter, journalist
• Ram Prasad Bismil, Indian independence fighter and socialist. Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil ( Urdu: پنڈت رام پراساد بسمل, Hindi: पंडित Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the Means of production and distribution
• Govind Ballabh Pant, Indian independence fighter and politician, became Chief Minister of the United Provinces. Bharat Ratna Govind Ballabh Pant ( September 10, 1887 - March 7, 1961) was a statesman of India an Indian independence activist and A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person Also Bharat Ratna^[1] recipient.
• Ashfaqullah Khan of Kakori, Indian independence fighter, member of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. Ashfaqulla Khan ( Urdu: اشفاق اللہ خان, Hindi: अशफा़क़ुल्ला ख़ान) ( October 22, 1900 WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Kakori ( Hindi: काकोरी Urdu: کاکوری) is a town and a Nagar The Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA known as the Hindustan Republican Association until 1928 was an Indian independence association led by revolutionaries He was close associate of Bhagat Singh and Chandrashekhar Azad. Bhagat Singh ( Punjabi: ਭਗਤ ਸਿੰਘ بھگت سنگھ pə̀gət̪ sɪ́ŋg ( September 27, 1907 &ndash March 23, 1931 Chandrashekhar Sitaram Tiwari, better known as Chandrasekhar Azad ( Hindi: चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद
• Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, Indian independence fighter and socialist. Rafi Ahmed Kidwai ( Hindi: रफ़ी अहमद क़िदवई (1894 - 24 October 1954 was an Indian independence activist and a Socialist,
• Acharya Narendra Dev, socialist
• Ram Manohar Lohia, socialist
• Hasrat Mohani, independence fighter and poet
• Asaf Ali, independence fighter
• Rajendra Lahiri, independence fighter
• Maulana Mohammad Ali, independence fighter
• Purushottam Das Tandon, independence fighter
• Maulana Shaukat Ali, independence fighter
• Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari, independence fighter
• Mahavir Tyagi, independence fighter
• Captain Ram Singh Thakur, was an Indian independence Fighter, Musician and the Composer of Indian National Anthem, Jana Gana. Acharya Narendra Deva (1889-1956 was one of the leading theorists of the Congress Socialist Party in India. Ram Manohar Lohia (1910-1967 was an Indian Freedom fighter and a Socialist political leader Maulana Hasrat Mohani ( Urdu: مولانا حسرت موہانی) (1875 – 1951 was a romantic poet of Urdu language journalist politician parliamentarian Asaf Ali (1888- April 1 1953) was an Indian independence fighter and noted Indian lawyer Rajendra Lahiri ( 1892 - December 17, 1927) (also known as Rajendra Nath Lahiri, রাজেন্দ্র নাথ লাহিড়ী Note: Do not confuse with Maulana Muhammad Ali Lahori Muhammad Ali (the Muslim boxer or any other people named Muhammad Ali see Muhammad Ali (disambiguation Purushottam Das Tandon पुरुशोत्तम दास टंडन August 1, 1882 &ndash July 1, 1962) was a independence fighter Maulana Shaukat Ali was an Indian Muslim Nationalist and leader of the Khilafat movement 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 Mahavir Tyagi (1899 - 1980 was an Indian independence fighter and famous parliamentarian from the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Captain Ram Singh Thakur ( 15 August, 1914 - 15 April, 2002) was an Indian freedom fighter musician and the composer of the music of the current A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history traditions and struggles of its people recognized either by a nation's Jana Gana Mana (জন গণ মন Jôno Gôno Mono) is the National anthem of India. ^[2][3]
• Yogendra Shukla, Indian socialist, member of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association

National/ International Award Winners

Param Vir Chakra

• Company Quarter Master Havildar Abdul Hamid
• Lieutenant Manoj Kumar Pandey
• Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav

Maha Vir Chakra

• Brigadier Mohammad Usman
• Mahendra Nath Mulla

Ashok Chakra

• Kamlesh Kumari

Bharat Ratna

• 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

Padma Vibhushan

• Justice V. N. Khare

Padma Bhushan

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

Padma Shree

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

Dada Saheb Phalke Award

• Naushad Ali, Music Composer
• Majrooh Sultanpuri Lyricist

Jnanpith Awards

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

Nobel Prize

Rajendra K. Bhagwan Das ( January 12, 1869 - September 18, 1958) was an Indian Theosophist and public figure Jawaharlal Nehru (जवाहरलाल नेहरू ʤəʋäɦəɾläl nɛɦɾu (14 November 1889 27 May 1964 was a major political leader of the Congress Party Purushottam Das Tandon पुरुशोत्तम दास टंडन August 1, 1882 &ndash July 1, 1962) was a independence fighter Bharat Ratna Govind Ballabh Pant ( September 10, 1887 - March 7, 1961) was a statesman of India an Indian independence activist and Lal Bahadur Shastri ( Hindi लालबहादुर शास्त्री (2 October 1904 - 11 January 1966 was the third (second and acting being Gulzarilal Nanda Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi ( Indirā Priyadarśinī Gāndhī) ( Née: Nehru (19 November 1917 - 31 October 1984 was the Prime Minister of the Pandit Ravi Shankar ( রবি শংকর Devanagari: रविशंकर "Pandit" ( Sanskrit, "learned" is honorific born April Ustad Bismillah Khan Sahib ( March 21, 1916 – August 21, 2006) was a Shehnai Maestro from India. Justice VN Khare was Chief Justice of India from 19 December 2002 to 2 May 2004. Irfan Habib (born 1931 is an Indian Historian, a former Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research and a Padma Bhushan awardee Qurrat-ul-Ain Haider ( January 20, 1926, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh &ndash August 21, 2007, NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh Josh Malihabadi ( Urdu: جوش ملیح آبادی) (born as Shabbir Hasan Khan; Urdu شبیر حسن خان) ( December 5, Kishan Maharaj ( 3 September 1923 – 4 May 2008) was an Indian musician who played the Tabla, an Indian percussion instrument Ram Kinkar Upadhyay is a noted scholar on Indian Scriptures and a recepeient of Padma Bhushan, the third highest civil award of India Muzaffar Ali (born 21 October, 1944; Lucknow) is an Indian Film-maker, a Fashion designer, a Poet, an KPSaxena is a Lucknow based satirist and writer He was employed by the Indian Railways but he was a prolific writer for magazines and newspapers Kunwar Digvijay Singh ( February 2, 1922 &ndash March 27, 1978) popularly known as "K Gopaldas Neeraj (popularly known as Niraj or Neeraj or Gopaldas Niraj) is among the best-known Poets and Authors in Hindi literature Born on April 30 1952 in the Vedic family of Pandit Bishambar Singh Yogiraj Bharat Bhushan ji is the first ever 'Padma Shri' recipient in the field of Yoga. Naushad Ali ( Nastaliq: نوشاد علی Devanagari: नौशाद अली ( December 25 1919 &ndash May 5 2006 Majrooh Sultanpuri ( October 1, 1919 - May 24, 2000) was an Urdu poet lyricist and songwriter Raghupati Sahay 'Firaq' Gorakhpuri (1896-1982 was one of the most noted contemporary Urdu poets from India. Mahadevi Varma ( Hindi: महादेवी वर्मा March 24 1907 September 11 1987) was one of the most famous modern Hindi Qurrat-ul-Ain Haider ( January 20, 1926, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh &ndash August 21, 2007, NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh Ali Sardar Jafri ( Hindi: अली सरदार जाफरी ( November 29, 1916 - August 1, 2000) was an Urdu Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change[4]. First Nobel Prize winner from Uttar Pradesh.

Magasaysay Award

• Sandeep Pandey

Arjuna Award

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

Science and Medicine

• Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change^[4]. Sandeep Pandey is a social activist from India, He co-founded Asha for Education with Deepak Gupta and V Syed Modi (1962-1988 was an Indian Badminton player He was an eight-time National Badminton champion, and won the Austrian International in 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 He was awarded the Arjuna award in 1996 Jaspal Rana (born June 28, 1976) is an Indian Shooter. He contested mainly in the 25 m Centre Fire Pistol category Rajendra Kumar Pachauri (born August 20, 1940, Nainital, India) is an Economist and environmental scientist who has First Nobel Prize winner from Uttar Pradesh. The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature
• Harish-Chandra, was an Indian mathematician, who did fundamental work in representation theory, especially Harmonic analysis on semisimple Lie groups. Harish-Chandra ( 11 October 1923 - 16 October 1983) was an Indian -born American Mathematician India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is the field of Mathematics. In the mathematical field of Representation theory, group representations describe abstract groups in terms of Linear transformations of Harmonic analysis is the branch of Mathematics that studies the representation of functions or signals as the superposition of basic Waves It investigates and generalizes In mathematics the term semisimple is used in a number of related ways within different subjects In Mathematics, a Lie group (ˈliː sounds like "Lee" is a group which is also a Differentiable manifold, with the property that the group
• 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
• Prem Chand Pandey (Prof. Padma Bhushan Syed Zahoor Qasim (born December 31, 1926 in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India) is one of India's leading marine Pramod Karan Sethi ( 28 November 1927 – 6 January 2008) was an Indian Orthopaedic surgeon Kamla Kant Pandey is a notable plant geneticists in the world Mriganka Sur (born 1953 in Fatehgarh, India) is the Sherman Fairchild Professor of Neuroscience and Head of the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the Raj Shankar ( 2 April 1947, Gorakhpur, India - 22 August 2000) was an Indian Biochemist. Harish Chandra Verma is an Indian nuclear experimental physicist and Educationist whose chief interest lies in Condensed Matter and Materials Manindra Agrawal (मणीन्द्र अग्रवाल (born 20 May, 1966 in Allahabad) is a Professor and Head of the Department of Vinod Gupta is the Chief Executive Officer ( CEO) and Chairman of infoGROUP (previously known as InfoUSA) P C Pandey, IIT Kharagpur Ex- Scientist SAC/ ISRO) Founder Director National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research NCAOR Goa, the centre for Indian Antarctic Program. The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur ( Devanāgarī:) (commonly known as IIT Kharagpur or IIT KGP) is an autonomous Engineering and The National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR as an Indian Research and development institution administered by the Department of Ocean Development Goa ( Konkani: गोंय /ɡɔ̃j/ is India 's smallest state in terms of area and the fourth smallest in terms of population. India 's Antarctic Programme opened in 1981 when the first Indian Expedition was flagged off for Antarctica from Goa

Holders of High Offices

President

• Muhammad Hidayatullah,acting President in 1969

Vice President

• Gopal Swarup Pathak, former Vice President of India

Prime Ministers

• Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India and Bharat Ratna^[1] awardee. Muhammad Hidayatullah ( 17 December, 1905 - 18 September, 1992) was the first Muslim Chief Justice of India. Gopal Swarup Pathak was Vice-President of India from August 1969 to August 1974 The Vice-President of India is the second-highest ranking government official in the Executive branch of the Government of India after the President Jawaharlal Nehru (जवाहरलाल नेहरू ʤəʋäɦəɾläl nɛɦɾu (14 November 1889 27 May 1964 was a major political leader of the Congress Party The Prime Minister of India is head of the Council of Ministers, appointed by the President to assist the latter in the administration of the affairs of the executive

• Lal Bahadur Shastri, third Prime Minister of India and Bharat Ratna^[1] awardee. Lal Bahadur Shastri ( Hindi लालबहादुर शास्त्री (2 October 1904 - 11 January 1966 was the third (second and acting being Gulzarilal Nanda
• Indira Gandhi, fourth Prime Minister of India and Bharat Ratna^[1] awardee. Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi ( Indirā Priyadarśinī Gāndhī) ( Née: Nehru (19 November 1917 - 31 October 1984 was the Prime Minister of the
• 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. Chaudhary Charan Singh (23 December 1902 &ndash 29 May 1987 was the seventh Prime Minister of the Republic of India serving from 28 July 1979 until 14 January 1980 Vishwanath Pratap Singh (विश्वनाथ प्रताप सिंह born 25 June 1931) was the 10th Prime Minister of the Chandra Shekhar Singh (चन्द्रशेखर सिंह (July 1 1927 - July 8 2007 was the 11th Prime Minister of the Republic of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee (अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी əʈəl bɪhaːɾiː ʋaːdʒpeiː (born December 25 1924 The eleventh Prime Minister of India. eleventh Prime Minister of India
• Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala, ex Prime Minister of Nepal
• Cheddi Jagan

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

Chief Justices

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

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

Union Ministers

• Kamalapati Tripathi
• [ [ dr. Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala (1914 &ndash 1982 was the Prime Minister of Nepal from 1959 to 1960 Nepal (नेपाल) is a Landlocked country in South Asia. Cheddi Berret Jagan ( March 22, 1918 &ndash March 6, 1997) was a Guyanese politician who was Chief Minister of British Saiyid Nurul Hasan, ( December 26, 1921 - July 12, 1993) was a professor a prolific author and a statesman in the Government of India A governor is a governing official usually the executive (at least nominally to different degrees also politically and administratively of a non-sovereign level of government West Bengal ( Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ Poshchim Bônggo poʃtʃim bɔŋgo is a state in eastern India. Syed Sibtey Razi ( March 7, 1939 -) is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress, and is current the governor of Jharkhand Jharkhand ( Hindi: झारखंड Bengali: ঝাড়খণ্ডdʒʰaːɽkʰəɳɖ is a state in eastern India. Khurshed Alam Khan is a senior leader of Indian National Congress Party Mohammad Yunus Saleem Life (1920-2004 Born in 1920 at Lucknow he studied at Osmania University in Hyderabad. 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 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. Muhammad Hidayatullah ( 17 December, 1905 - 18 September, 1992) was the first Muslim Chief Justice of India. Justice VN Khare was Chief Justice of India from 19 December 2002 to 2 May 2004. Mirza Hameedullah Beg ( M J Beg) (born 22 February 1913) was Chief Justice of India from January 1977 to February 1978 Raghunandan Swarup Pathak, best known as R S Pathak ( 25 November 1924 – November 17, 2007) was a former Chief Justice of 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 Bharat Ratna Govind Ballabh Pant ( September 10, 1887 - March 7, 1961) was a statesman of India an Indian independence activist and Sampurnanand (born in 1891) was a teacher and politician in Uttar Pradesh, India. Sucheta Kriplani (born Sucheta Mazumdar) (1908-1974 was an Indian Freedom fighter and politician Chandra Bhanu Gupta was chief minister of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh for three times. Chaudhary Charan Singh (23 December 1902 &ndash 29 May 1987 was the seventh Prime Minister of the Republic of India serving from 28 July 1979 until 14 January 1980 Tribhuvan Narain Singh ( August 8 1904 August 3 1982) is a former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Kamalapati Tripathi was a senior Indian National Congress leader from Varanasi. Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna (b April 25 1919 in Bhugani, Pauri Garhwal District, Uttarakhand &mdash d Narayan Dutt Tiwari (born October 18, 1925) is an Indian politician Ram Naresh Yadav was a Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was from Janata Party. Babu Banarsi Das (1912-1985 was a Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Vishwanath Pratap Singh (विश्वनाथ प्रताप सिंह born 25 June 1931) was the 10th Prime Minister of the Sripati Mishra (b December 4 1923 in Sekhpura Sultanpur District, Uttar Pradesh &mdash d Vir Bahadur Singh was a Indian National Congress Leader from Gorakhpur and a former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Mulayam Singh Yadav (born November 22, 1939) is an Indian politician and has influence mainly in Uttar Pradesh state of India Kalayan Singh (born 5 January 1932) is a former Chief minister of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and a senior leader of Bharatiya Ram Prakash Gupta (b Oct 26 1923 in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh &mdash d Early life Rajnath Singh was born in the small village of Bhabhora in the Varanasi district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Mayawati Naina Kumari ( Hindi: मायावती (born January 15, 1956) is an Indian politician and the current Chief Minister Kamalapati Tripathi was a senior Indian National Congress leader from Varanasi. murli manohar joshi]]
• Narayan Dutt Tiwari
• K.C. Pant
• Mahaveer Prasad
• Shriprakash Jaiswal
• Dr. Narayan Dutt Tiwari (born October 18, 1925) is an Indian politician KC 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 Akhilesh Das

Prominent political figures

Pre Independence

• Motilal Nehru, prominent Indian National Congress leader
• Dr. 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 Motilal Nehru ( May 6, 1861 – February 6, 1931) was an early Indian independence activist and leader of the Indian National Congress Indian National Congress-I (also known as the Congress Party and abbreviated INC) is a major Political party in India. 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

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

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. 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 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 Madan Mohan Malaviya (1861-1946 was an Indian politician notable for his role in the freedom struggle and his espousal of Hindu nationalism. Jawaharlal Nehru (जवाहरलाल नेहरू ʤəʋäɦəɾläl nɛɦɾu (14 November 1889 27 May 1964 was a major political leader of the Congress Party Bharat Ratna Govind Ballabh Pant ( September 10, 1887 - March 7, 1961) was a statesman of India an Indian independence activist and Sampurnanand (born in 1891) was a teacher and politician in Uttar Pradesh, India. Bharat Ratna Govind Ballabh Pant ( September 10, 1887 - March 7, 1961) was a statesman of India an Indian independence activist and Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya (पण्डित दीनदयाल उपाध्याय ( September 25, 1916 - February 11, 1968) along Ram Manohar Lohia (1910-1967 was an Indian Freedom fighter and a Socialist political leader Chaudhary Charan Singh (23 December 1902 &ndash 29 May 1987 was the seventh Prime Minister of the Republic of India serving from 28 July 1979 until 14 January 1980 Narayan Dutt Tiwari (born October 18, 1925) is an Indian politician Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna (b April 25 1919 in Bhugani, Pauri Garhwal District, Uttarakhand &mdash d Kamalapati Tripathi was a senior Indian National Congress leader from Varanasi. Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi ( Indirā Priyadarśinī Gāndhī) ( Née: Nehru (19 November 1917 - 31 October 1984 was the Prime Minister of the Feroze Gandhi ( 12 August 1912 - 8 September 1960) was an Indian politician and journalist Rafi Ahmed Kidwai ( Hindi: रफ़ी अहमद क़िदवई (1894 - 24 October 1954 was an Indian independence activist and a Socialist, Mohsina Kidwai is a leader of Indian National Congress party She is a member of the Congress Working Committee(CWC Sheila Kaul (born 1915 is a leader of Indian National Congress and a former minister in Congress ministries at the centre. Raj Narain (1917 &ndash December 31, 1986) was an Indian politician who as a candidate of Janata Party in 1977 defeated Indira Gandhi - then 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 (born 13 September 1959) is an Indian Journalist and a Member of Parliament. Amar Singh ( Hindi: अमर सिंह) one of the founding leaders of Samajwadi Party, born 27 January, 1956 in Aligarh 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 Janata Party leader Arif Mohammad Khan is a former minister in federal government of India Chaudhary Ajit Singh is a prominent Jat leader from Western 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 politician 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 Acting Life He is an actor known for his style of acting There are various movies are under his name Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, DStJ (February 2 1889 – October 2 1964 was the health minister in the Indian Cabinet for ten years after India's independence from Shri Kamal Nath (born 18 November 1946) is an Indian politician and the current Union Cabinet Minister of Commerce and Industry Pandit Prakash Vir Shastri ( December 30, 1923 - November 23, 1977) was a noted Member of the Parliament of India ( Sansad Arya Samaj ( Sanskrit ārya samāja sa आर्य समाज " Noble Society" is a Hindu reform movement founded in India Dr 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. Vishnu Sarma was the author of the anthropomorphic political treatise called Panchatantra. The Panchatantra (also spelled Pañcatantra, in Sanskrit: पञ्चतन्त्र 'Five Principles' or Kalīleh o Demneh Malik Muhammad Jayasi (मलिक मोहम्मद जायसी ( 1477 - 1542) was an Indian poet who wrote in the Avadhi dialect Padmavat (पद्मावत (or Padmawat) is an epic Poem written in 1540 by Malik Muhammad Jayasi in the Awadhi language Hindi ( Devanāgarī: hi [[wiktहिन्दी हिन्दी]] or hi [[wiktहिंदी हिंदी]] IAST:, IPA:) is Urdu ( ur '''{{Nastaliq اردو}}''' trans Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is a Central Indo-Aryan language Urdu is a standardised
• Bharatendu Harishchandra, Hindi writer, who made major contributions in the field of journalism, drama and poetry. Bharatendu Harishchandra (भारतेन्दु हरिश्चन्द्र Journalism is the profession of writing or communicating formally employed by publications and broadcasters for the benefit of a particular Community of people Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance.
• 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. Amritlal Nagar ( Hindi: अमृतलाल नागर born 17 August 1916 in Agra Uttar Pradesh, has been one of the prominent Bhagwati Charan Verma (भगवती चरण वर्मा ( August 30 1903 - October 5 1981) was one of the leading writers in Hindi Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayana 'Ajneya' (सच्‍चिदानन्‍द हीरानन्‍द वात्‍स्‍यायन 'अज्ञेय' ( March Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. Journalism is the profession of writing or communicating formally employed by publications and broadcasters for the benefit of a particular Community of people Jaishankar Prasad ( Hindi: जयशंकर प्रसाद) ( January 30, 1889 January 14, 1937) one of the most Yashpal (यशपाल ( December 3, 1903 &ndash December 26, 1976) was a Hindi author renowned for झूटा सच Jhutha Rahul Sānkrityāyana (राहुल संकृत्यायन ( 1893 1963) was one of the most widely-traveled scholars of India, spening forty-five ' Acharya' Hazari Prasad Dwivedi (हजारी प्रसाद द्विवेदी ( August 19, 1907 1979 was a Hindi Novelist, literary Pandit Baldev Upadhyaya (पण्डित बलदेव उपाध्याय 1899-1999 was a renowned Hindi, Sanskrit scholar literary Historian Vidya Niwas Mishra (1926-2005 was a scholar a noted Hindi-Sanskrit littérateur 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 (born 1 January 1937) is a modern Hindi Writer known for his simple Shrilal Shukla (श्रीलाल शुक्‍ल (born December 31, 1925, Uttar Pradesh) is a Hindi writer notable for his satire Ram Chandra Shukla better known as Acharya Shukla ( October 4 1882 - 1942 is regarded as the first codifier of the history of Hindi Literature Hindi ( Devanāgarī: hi [[wiktहिन्दी हिन्दी]] or hi [[wiktहिंदी हिंदी]] IAST:, IPA:) is A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as 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

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"

Poets

Urdu

• Mir Taqi Mir
• Mirza Ghalib, was a renowned classical Urdu and Persian poet of the subcontinent. Ibn-e-Safi (also spelled as Ibne Safi) ( Urdu: ابنِ صفی) was the Pen name of Asrar Ahmad ( Urdu: اسرار Qurrat-ul-Ain Haider ( January 20, 1926, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh &ndash August 21, 2007, NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh Ismat Chughtai ( Hindi: इस्मत चुगताई 1 (15 August Mirza Muhammad Hadi Ruswa ( Urdu: مرزا محمد ہادی رسوا (b Nayantara Sahgal (born 10 May 1927) is an Indian writer in English. Attia Hosain is a writer feminist and broadcaster She was born in 1913 in Lucknow in a Taluqdar (minor nobility background Irwin Allan Sealy is a writer born in 1951 in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Vikas Swarup is an Indian Diplomat who has served in Turkey, the United States, Ethiopia and Great Britain. Khuda-e-Sukhan Mir Taqi Mir ( Urdu: میر تقی میر) (b 1723 - d Dabeer-ul-Mulk Najm-ud-daulah Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan ( Urdu / Persian: مرزا اسد اللہ بیگ خان) Pen-name Urdu ( ur '''{{Nastaliq اردو}}''' trans Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is a Central Indo-Aryan language Urdu is a standardised This article deals with the geophysical region in Asia For geopolitical treatments see South Asia.
• 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. Life Mir Babar Ali Anis (Urdu میر بابر علی انیس was a renowned Urdu poet. Marsiya ( Marsia) (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 (1837-1914 ( Urdu: مولانا الطاف حسین حالی) was an Urdu Poet, and the last pupil of Mirza Ghalib
• Firaq Gorakhpuri, Urdu poet, winner of Jnanpith^[5] award
• Kaifi Azmi, Urdu and Hindi lyricist, poet and songwriter. Raghupati Sahay 'Firaq' Gorakhpuri (1896-1982 was one of the most noted contemporary Urdu poets from India. Kaifi Azmi ( Nastaliq: کیفی اعظمی, Devanagari: कैफ़ी आज़मी (1919 - May 10, 2002) was an Urdu Urdu ( ur '''{{Nastaliq اردو}}''' trans Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is a Central Indo-Aryan language Urdu is a standardised Hindi ( Devanāgarī: hi [[wiktहिन्दी हिन्दी]] or hi [[wiktहिंदी हिंदी]] IAST:, IPA:) is A lyricist is a Writer who specializes in Song Lyrics, usually paid for by a band to write a custom song(s A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both
• Safi Lakhnavi, eminent Urdu poet
• Majrooh Sultanpuri, poet and lyricist
• Josh Malihabadi, 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

Hindi

• Kedarnath Singh, major works are "baagh", "toota truck", tolstoy aur cycle", etc. Syed Ali Naqi Zaidi or Safi Lakhnavi ( January 2 1862 - 1950 was a prominent Urdu poet Majrooh Sultanpuri ( October 1, 1919 - May 24, 2000) was an Urdu poet lyricist and songwriter Josh Malihabadi ( Urdu: جوش ملیح آبادی) (born as Shabbir Hasan Khan; Urdu شبیر حسن خان) ( December 5, Raghupati Sahay 'Firaq' Gorakhpuri (1896-1982 was one of the most noted contemporary Urdu poets from India. Ali Sikandar Jigar Moradabadi (1890–1960 ( Urdu: جگر مراد آبادی) born "Ali Sikandar" was a poet who hailed from Moradabad, Ali Sardar Jafri ( Hindi: अली सरदार जाफरी ( November 29, 1916 - August 1, 2000) was an Urdu 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) Life (1882-1926 was an Urdu poet Akbar Allahabadi ( اکبر الہ آبادی) (1846 – 1921 was a famous Urdu Poet, who was born as Syed Akbar Hussain at Allahabad on 16th November For the Peruvian rodent see Paca Majaz Lucknawi ( 1909 - 5 December 1955) was a romantic revolutionary poet of India Kedar Nath Singh ( 1934) is one of the most prominent modern poets writing Hindi
• Jaishankar Prasad, one of four major pillars of the Chhayavaadi School of Hindi. Jaishankar Prasad ( Hindi: जयशंकर प्रसाद) ( January 30, 1889 January 14, 1937) one of the most Chhayavaad ( Hindi: छायावाद ( Shadowism) refers to the era of Neo-romanticism in Hindi literature particularly Hindi poetry 1917-1938
• Harivansh Rai Bachchan, writer and poet. Harivanshrai "Bachchan" Srivastav ( November 27, 1907 January 18, 2003) was a distinguished Hindi poet of
• Mahadevi Varma, a major poet of the Chhayavaadi generation, a period of romanticism in Modern Hindi poetry. Mahadevi Varma ( Hindi: महादेवी वर्मा March 24 1907 September 11 1987) was one of the most famous modern Hindi Romanticism is a complex artistic literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Western Europe, and gained strength during the She won the Jnanpith^[5] award in 1982.
• Sumitranandan Pant, one of four major pillars of the Chhayavaadi School of Hindi. Sumitranandan Pant (सुमित्रानन्‍दन पंत ( May 20[[ 900]] December 28, 1977) was one of the most famous modern
• Maithilisharan Gupt, one of the most famous modern Hindi poets. Maithilisharan Gupt (मैथिलीशरण गुप्त ( 3 August 1886 1965 was one of the most important modern Hindi poets
• Gopal Das Neeraj, Hindi poetKaka Hathrasi, Humorous Poet
• Shivmangal Singh Suman
• Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'
• Subhadra Kumari Chauhan

Founders of Educational Institutions

• Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, founder of Aligarh Muslim University. Gopaldas Neeraj (popularly known as Niraj or Neeraj or Gopaldas Niraj) is among the best-known Poets and Authors in Hindi literature Kaka Hathrasi ( Hindi: काका हाथरसी is widely regarded as one of the greatest Hindi Satirists Born on 18 September 1906 in Shivmangal Singh 'Suman' (शिवमंगल सिंह सुमन 1915 2002 was a noted Hindi poet and academician who won the Sahitya Akademi Award in Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' (सूर्यकांत त्रिपाठी 'निराला' ( January 22, 1896 October 15, 1961 Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904- February 15 1948 was an Indian Poetess famous for her emotionally charged Hindi songs Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Bahadur, GCSI (also Sayyid Ahmad Khan (سید احمد خان بہا در October 17 1817 – March 27 1898 commonly known as Sir Syed was an Aligarh Muslim University is a Residential Academic Institution which was established in 1875
• Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, founder of Benaras Hindu University. Madan Mohan Malaviya (1861-1946 was an Indian politician notable for his role in the freedom struggle and his espousal of Hindu nationalism. Banaras Hindu University (BHU Hindi: काशी हिन्दू विश्वविद्यालय is a premier Central University and a world class educational
• Jagdish Gandhi, founder of the City Montessori School. Jagdish Gandhi born Jagdish Agarwal is a Lucknow -based educator who is the founding chairman of City Montessori School. City Montessori School (CMS Lucknow (सिटी मॉन्टेसरी स्कूल लखनऊ is a private school that offers education up to the level of under-graduation

Defence Services

Army

• Lt. Gen K.M. Seth
• Manoj Kumar Pandey, 11 Gorkha Rifles of the Indian Army, Param Vir Chakra^[6] recipient. LT GEN K M Seth (Retd was the governor of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Tripura. 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 The Indian Army (Bharatiya Thalsena भारतीय थाल्सेना is one of the armed forces of India and has the responsibility for land-based
• Brigadier Mohammad Usman, receipient of Maha Vir Chakra
• Abdul Hamid (soldier), 4 Grenadiers, Indian Army, Param Vir Chakra^[6] recipient. Brigadier Mohammad Usman was the highest rank officer of Indian Army killed in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, who as a Muslim became a "symbol of" India's Company Quarter Master Havildar Abdul Hamid ( July 1, 1933 - September 10, 1965) was a soldier in the 4 Grenadiers Indian Army, who
• Lt. General Zameerud-din Shah

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. Lt General Zameerud-din Shah is the Deputy Chief of Army Staff of India. Air Chief Marshal (Retd Swaroop Krishna Kaul, born on the 20th of December 1934 was the chief of the Indian Air Force between 1993 and 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. Vijaya Lakshmi Nehru Pandit (विजयलक्ष्मी नेहरू पंडित (1900 - 1990 was an Indian Diplomat and Politician, sister Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting Negotiations between representatives of groups or states 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, 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. Asaf Ali (1888- April 1 1953) was an Indian independence fighter and noted Indian lawyer Sir Girija Shankar Bajpai, KCSI, KBE, CIE (1891 &ndash 1954 was an eminent Indian civil servant and a diplomat Braj Kumar Nehru ( September 4 1909 - October 31 2001) was the son of Brijlal and Rameshwari Nehru and a relative of India's Jawaharlal Nehru (जवाहरलाल नेहरू ʤəʋäɦəɾläl nɛɦɾu (14 November 1889 27 May 1964 was a major political leader of the Congress Party Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting Negotiations between representatives of groups or states An ambassador is the highest ranking Diplomat who represents their country The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal organs of the United Nations. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan award in 1999. The Padma Vibhushan is India 's second highest civilian honour

Civil Services

• Dharma Vira, ICS, cabinet secretary and governor of West Bengal, Mysore. Dharma Vira ( 20 January 1906 &ndash 16 September 2000) was a former Cabinet Secretary of the Government of India
• 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

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. Isha Basant Joshi ( 31 December 1908 -) was born Isha Basant Mukand and published books under the name of Esha Joshi Chandrika Prasad Srivastava Hon KCMG (1990 is a retired Indian civil servant and international administrator and diplomat Naresh Chandra Saxena (1934- is a Padma Vibhushan awarded Indian Civil Servant Wajahat Habibullah is Chief Information Commissioner of the Government of India since October 26 2005 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 Maestro means " Master " or " Teacher " in Italian.

• Pandit Ravi Shankar, classical Sitar player, awarded the Bharat Ratna^[1] in 1999. Pandit Ravi Shankar ( রবি শংকর Devanagari: रविशंकर "Pandit" ( Sanskrit, "learned" is honorific born April The sitar ( Hindi: सितार Urdu: ستار Persian: سی تار) is a Plucked stringed instrument. He has also won three Grammy awards. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
• Begum Akhtar, was a Ghazal singer
• Naushad, music director, was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his contributions to Indian cinema. Begum Akhtar ( October 7, 1914 – 1974 was a vocalist from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh in India. In Poetry, the ghazal ( Arabic / Persian / Urdu: غزل; Hindi: ग़ज़ल Turkish gazel) is a Naushad Ali ( Nastaliq: نوشاد علی Devanagari: नौशाद अली ( December 25 1919 &ndash May 5 2006 The title of music director or musical 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. The Indian film industry is the largest in the world in terms of ticket sales and number of films produced annually (877 feature films and 1177 short films were released in the year 2003
• Sir Cliff Richard, the popular English singer
• Kishan Maharaj, Tabla Maestro
• Hari Prasad Chaurasia, bansuri player
• Dr. Sir Cliff Richard, OBE, (born Harry Roger Webb on 14 October 1940 is an English Singer, Actor and Businessman. Kishan Maharaj ( 3 September 1923 – 4 May 2008) was an Indian musician who played the Tabla, an Indian percussion instrument Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia (born July 1, 1938) is known internationally as a player of the Bansuri, the North Indian Bamboo Lalmani Misra was an Indian classical musician. Dr Lalmani Misra ( August 11, 1924 - July 17, 1979) MA PhD D Mus Dean & Head, Faculty of Music and Fine Arts, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and his son
• Dr. Banaras Hindu University (BHU Hindi: काशी हिन्दू विश्वविद्यालय is a premier Central University and a world class educational Gopal Shankar Misra, Vichitra Veena player
• Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, eminent Musician

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). Dr Gopal Shankar Misra (b 1957 Kanpur d Aug13 1999 Bhopal is an Indian musician and music teacher The Vichitra Veena is a Plucked string instrument used in Hindustani music. Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande ( August 10, 1860 &ndash September 19, 1936) was an Indian classical musician widely acclaimed to Girija Devi (b May 8, 1929, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India) is an Indian singer and represents the Banaras Gharana of Shubha Mudgal is a well-known Indian singer of Hindustani classical music, Khayal Thumri Dadra and popular Indian Pop music Talat Mahmood ( February 24, 1924 – May 9, 1998) was a popular Indian playback singer and film actor Anup Jalota is a Indian singer/musician best known for his performances in the Indian musical form the Bhajan and the Ghazal. Siddheshwari Devi (1907 - 1976 was a famous Hindustani singer from Varanasi, India lovingly known as Maa (mother Hindustani ( Hindi: हिन्दुस्तानी is an adjectival form of Hindustan which originally meant people from the whole geographical region of

Dancers

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

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. Pandit Birju Maharaj (born February 4, 1938) is currently the leading exponent of the Lucknow Kalka-Bindadin Gharana of Kathak Lachhu Maharaj (1901-1978 was an Indian dancer He came from a family of illustrious Kathak exponents in Lucknow. Kapila Vatsyayan (born December 25, 1928) is a leading scholar of Classical Indian dance and Indian art and architecture Major Dhyan Chand Singh ( August 29, 1905 &ndash December 3, 1979) was a former Indian hockey player Hockey is any of a family of Sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a Ball, or a hard round rubber or heavy plastic disc called a puck Zafar Iqbal is an Indian Field hockey player He wore Indian blue jersey number 11 Coach in Ice hockey refers to a Head coach or an assistant coach given the responsibility of organizing player offense and defense.
• 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. Kunwar Digvijay Singh ( February 2, 1922 &ndash March 27, 1978) popularly known as "K Mohammed Shahid (born 14 April 1960) is a former Field hockey player from India. Hockey is any of a family of Sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a Ball, or a hard round rubber or heavy plastic disc called a puck He was awarded Arjuna Award in 1980 and Padma Shri in 1986. 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

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. 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 ( जगदीशलाल अरुण लाल) (born August 1, 1955 in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh) was Mohammad Kaif (born December 1, 1980 in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India) is an Indian Cricketer more specifically Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries Robert Andrew Woolmer ( 14 May 1948 – 18 March 2007) was an international Cricketer, professional Cricket coach and also Coach (baseball|Coach (basketball|Coach (ice hockeyIn Sports a coach or manager is an individual involved in the direction instruction and training of the operations
• 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
• Ravikant Shukla, U-19 captain
• Praveen Kumar

Badminton

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

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

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. Suresh Kumar Raina (born 27 November 1986 Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India is an Indian Cricketer from the state of Uttar Pradesh. Rudra Pratap Singh (born 6 December 1985 in Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India is a left arm fast-medium bowler who has represented India in Chetan Pratap Singh Chauhan ( चेतन प्रताप सिंह चौहान) (born July 21, 1947, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh Hemlata Kala (born 15 August, 1975) in Agra. She is an Indian cricketer who has played seven Women's test matches and 74 Women's Gopal Sharma was also the name of a former Indian cricketer Gopal Sharma was a popular radio announcer on the Hindi Service of Radio Ceylon Gyanendra Kedarnath Pandey (born August 12, 1972 in Lucknow) is an Indian Cricketer He is a left-handed batsman and a slow left-arm Piyush Pramod Chawla (born 24 December 1988 Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India is an Indian Cricketer who has played for the India U-19 Narendra Deepchand Hirwani (born October 18, 1968 in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh) is a Leg spin bowler who played for Surinder Amarnath Bhardwaj (b December 30 1948 in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh) was an Indian Test and One Day International Raman Lamba (born January 2, 1960 in Uttar Pradesh; died February 23 1998 in Dhaka) was an Indian Surinder Amarnath Bhardwaj (b December 30 1948 in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh) was an Indian Test and One Day International Rohan Sunil Gavaskar (born 20 February 1976 in Uttar Pradesh) is a Indian Cricketer who has played in 11 One Day Internationals He is a specialist middle-order Rajinder Singh Hans (born March 10, 1953) in Mumbai is a former Indian first class cricketer 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 Praveenkumar Sakat Singh or Praveen Kumar (born 2 October 1986 in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India is an Indian cricketer who has played One Day International Abhinn Shyam Gupta (born in Allahabad October 22, 1979) is a male Badminton player from India. Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players (singles or two opposing pairs (doubles who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court Syed Modi (1962-1988 was an Indian Badminton player He was an eight-time National Badminton champion, and won the Austrian International in Moraad Ali Khan is one of the top shooters of India He was awarded the Arjuna award in 1996 Ghaus Mohammad Khan from Lucknow was the first Indian to reach the Quarter Finals in the Wimbledon in 1939 where he lost to American tennis player Bobby Riggs The Championships Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest Tennis tournament in the world and is widely considered as the most prestigious Jaspal Rana (born June 28, 1976) is an Indian Shooter. He contested mainly in the 25 m Centre Fire Pistol category Sahu ( Hindi साहू is an Indian surname belonging to the Vaishya caste Manikonda Chalapathi Rau (MC (1910-1983 was an eminent Indian Journalist and an authority on the Nehruvian thought Jawaharlal Nehru (जवाहरलाल नेहरू ʤəʋäɦəɾläl nɛɦɾu (14 November 1889 27 May 1964 was a major political leader of the Congress Party
• 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
• Yogendra Yadav

Radio

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

Satire, Comedy , Cartoons

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

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. Feroze Gandhi ( 12 August 1912 - 8 September 1960) was an Indian politician and journalist Dr Dharamvir Bharati (धर्मवीर भारती ( December 25, 1926 - September 4, 1997) was an Indian writer Arun Nehru ( अरुण नेहरू) is an Indian Politician and columnist Saeed Naqvi is a journalist newspaper editor and "one of India's leading columnists" Vinod Mehta is the editor-in-chief of Outlook Group Outlook Hindi Outlook Money Outlook Traveller Outlook Business Outlook Profit Narendra Mohan was an Indian industrialist chairman and managing director of the Rs 874- Crore Jagran Prakashan publisher for India's largest selling Hindi Aniruddha Bahal is the founder and editor-in-chief of Cobrapost Pankaj Mishra (born 1969 in North India) is an Indian Essayist and Novelist. Attia Hosain is a writer feminist and broadcaster She was born in 1913 in Lucknow in a Taluqdar (minor nobility background Sanjeev Srivastava is an Indian journalist. He is the Editor of BBC Hindi service including Internet and Radio Service Kabban Mirza is a name which though associated with singing in Indian Cinema, stayed out of the spotlight All India Radio (abbreviated as AIR) officially known as Akashvani ( Devanagari: आकाशवाणी ākāshavānī ( Urdu: اکاشوانی Akbar Allahabadi ( اکبر الہ آبادی) (1846 – 1921 was a famous Urdu Poet, who was born as Syed Akbar Hussain at Allahabad on 16th November Kaka Hathrasi ( Hindi: काका हाथरसी is widely regarded as one of the greatest Hindi Satirists Born on 18 September 1906 in Tun Tun was the screen name of Indian Playback singer and actor-comedienne Uma Devi Khatri, who is often called the 'first woman comedienne of Hindi KPSaxena is a Lucknow based satirist and writer He was employed by the Indian Railways but he was a prolific writer for magazines and newspapers Raju Srivastav ( Hindi:राजू श्रीवस्तव(sometimes also spelt Srivastava or Shrivastav is an Indian Comedian, and one of the Bollywood (बॉलीवूड بالی وڈ is the informal term popularly used for the Mumbai -based Hindi-language Film industry in India The Indian film industry is the largest in the world in terms of ticket sales and number of films produced annually (877 feature films and 1177 short films were released in the year 2003
• Naseeruddin Shah, actor (not certain whre he was born)
• Marc Zuber, actor
• Raj Babbar, actor and Member of Parliament. Naseeruddin Shah aka Nasiruddin Shah (नसीरुद्दीन शाह (b Marc Zuber (born 5 May 1944 in Lucknow, India - died 28 May 2003 in London, England) was an actor Acting Life He is an actor known for his style of acting There are various movies are under his name
• Jaddanbai,actor
• Nargis, was an actress best known for her role in the Oscar-nominated film Mother India. Jaddanbai (1892 or 1908 - April 8, 1949) was an early singer music composer actress and filmmaker of Bollywood and one of the pioneers of For the town in France see Nargis Loiret; For the 2008 cyclone which devastated the Irrawaddy Delta and the city of Yangon see Cyclone Nargis "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Mother India ( Hindi: भारत माता Urdu: بھارت ماتا is a 1957 Bollywood film directed by Mehboob Khan
• Nimmi, film actress in the 1950s. Nimmi born Nawab Banoo, was a popular Indian screen actress who achieved stardom in the 1950s and early 1960s in Hindi films
• Lara Dutta, actress, UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador and the 2000 Miss Universe. 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 Miss Universe is an annual international Beauty contest run by the Miss Universe Organization.
• Rajpal Yadav, actor
• K.N. Singh, actor
• Tuntun, comedy actress
• Sushant Singh, actor
• Ravi Kishan, Bhojpuri film actor
• Udita Goswami, Bollywood actress
• Zohra Sehgal, Bollywood 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. Rajpal Yadav is an Indian actor who is known for his eccentric comedy This article refers to the actor K N Singh for the former Chief Justice of India see Kamal Narain Singh K Tun Tun was the screen name of Indian Playback singer and actor-comedienne Uma Devi Khatri, who is often called the 'first woman comedienne of Hindi Sushant Singh is an Indian actor Biography He hails from Bijnor District in Uttar Pradesh Ravi Kishan 's most recent and successful shot to popularity was his participation in Bigg Boss, the Indian version of Big Brother. Udita Goswami ( 2 September[[ 984]] is an Indian model and actress. Zohra Sehgal (born 27 April 1912, Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, British India) is an Indian actress K Asif ( June 14, 1924 - March 9, 1971) was a Film director, Film producer and Screenwriter who was famous for Mughal-e-Azam ( Urdu: مغلِ اعظم, Hindi: मुग़ल-ए आज़म is an Indian Epic film, remniscent
• Shaad Ali, film director
• Kamal Amrohi, Director of Pakeezah fame
• Prakash Mehra, Director
• Muzaffar Ali, film producer. Shaad Ali Sehgal is an Indian Film director. He is the son of Muzaffar Ali (a noted film producer and director and Subhashini Ali Sehgal (an Kamal Amrohi or Kamaal Amrohi or Syed Amir Haider Kamal (17 January 1918 - February 11 1993 was a prominent Indian Film director, Screenwriter Prakash Mehra (born 13 July, 1939) in Bijnaur, Uttar Pradesh, India) is one of the more successful veteran Bollywood film Muzaffar Ali (born 21 October, 1944; Lucknow) is an Indian Film-maker, a Fashion designer, a Poet, an director
• Shama Zaidi, documentary film maker
• Waris Hussein , film maker in UK
• Abrar Alvi, film writer , director
• Prasoon Pandey, director
• Vishal Bharadwaj, Omkara director

Singers

• Talat Mahmood
• Rajkumari Dubey
• Begum Akhtar
• Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay
• Abhijeet Bhattacharya (Singer)
• Kabban Mirza
• Anup Jalota
• Baba Sehgal

Lyricists

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

Music Composers

• Naushad Ali
• Shantanu Moitra

Theatre

• Nadira Babbar

Cinematographer

• Ravikant Nagaich, Cinematographer
• Rajeev Jain, Cinematographer

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

Nawabs of Awadh

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

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

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
• Sandeep Marwah

Judges and Lawyers

• Mohammad Hidayatullah,former Chief Justice of India
• VN Khare, former Chief Justice of India
• Vinod Swarup, former Additional Advocate General of Uttar Pradesh
• 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

Nature Lovers

• Sundarlal Bahuguna, Environmentlist
• Billy Arjan Singh, Conservationist

Scholars

• Acharya Narendra Dev
• Mushirul Hasan, Historian
• Irfan Habib, Historian
• Ahmad Hasan Dani, archaeologist and historian. Shama Zaidi (born 25 September 1938 at Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, India) is an Indian Screenwriter, costume designer art director Waris Hussein (born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India) is a British -Indian Television director and Film director best known Abrar Alvi is an Indian film writer director and actor Most of his notable works are from the 50s 60s done with Guru Dutt. Prasoon Pandey, born 1961 is a renowned Indian director of advertising films Vishal Bhardwaj is an Indian Filmmaker, Writer, screenwriter and music Composer. Talat Mahmood ( February 24, 1924 – May 9, 1998) was a popular Indian playback singer and film actor Rajkumari Dubey (1924 - 2000 better known by her first name was an Indian Playback singer. Begum Akhtar ( October 7, 1914 – 1974 was a vocalist from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh in India. Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay ( Bangla: হেমন্ত কুমার মুখোপাধ্যায় Hemonto Kumar Mukhopaddhae) also known as Hemanta Kabban Mirza is a name which though associated with singing in Indian Cinema, stayed out of the spotlight Anup Jalota is a Indian singer/musician best known for his performances in the Indian musical form the Bhajan and the Ghazal. Shakeel Badayuni ( Hindi: शकील बदायुनी Urdu: شکیل بدایونی) ( August 3, 1916 - April 20, Indeevar (1924 – February 27, 1999) was one of the leading Hindi film Lyricists in the 1960's Shakeel Badayuni ( Hindi: शकील बदायुनी Urdu: شکیل بدایونی) ( August 3, 1916 - April 20, 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 ( Nastaliq: کیفی اعظمی, Devanagari: कैफ़ी आज़मी (1919 - May 10, 2002) was an Urdu Ali Sardar Jafri ( Hindi: अली सरदार जाफरी ( November 29, 1916 - August 1, 2000) was an Urdu for the 1956 Bollywood film see Anjaan (film Anjaan was the Nom-de-plume of Lalji Pandey, the Hindi movie lyricist Naushad Ali ( Nastaliq: نوشاد علی Devanagari: नौशाद अली ( December 25 1919 &ndash May 5 2006 Shantanu Moitra (born Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India) is an Indian music director who has composed music for the Bollywood film industry Nadira Babbar is Indian theatre actress director and an actress in Hindi cinema who is the recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2001 Ravikant Nagaich is an Indian film personality born at Atrauli - Uttar Pradesh, India in 1931- and died at Bombay Maharashtra India on January 6 1991 Wajahat Mirza ( Hindi: वजाहत मिज़ॊ also known as Vajahat Mirza and Wajahat Mirza Changezi ( April 20, 1908 - August 4, S Ali Raza (1922 &ndash November 1, 2007) was an Indian film Screenwriter and director associated with writing the script for hit Javed Siddiqui ( Hindi: जावेद सिद्दीकी is an Urdu and Hindi screenwriter dialogue writer and playwright from India KPSaxena is a Lucknow based satirist and writer He was employed by the Indian Railways but he was a prolific writer for magazines and newspapers Lagaan ( Bhojpuri / Hindi: लगान Urdu: لگان translation Land tax also known as Lagaan Once upon a time in India Swades ( Hindi: स्वदेश Urdu: سودیس literally Homeland, is a 2004 Indian film written produced and directed Asaf-Ud-Dowlah ( 23 September 1748 - 21 September 1797) was the Nawab wazir of Oudh from 1775 to 1797 and the son of Shuja-ud-Dowlah Wajid Ali Shah (نواب واجد على شاه (official name. Raja Todar Mal was born in Laharpur, in Oudh, and rose to become the Finance Minister in Akbar 's Darbar. See Navaratna for the talisman set of stones and gems See Nine Gems for the well-known navratnas of Akbar and Vikramaditya's courts Abdul Rahim Khan-e-Khana (1556-1627 ( Devanagari:अब्दुल रहीम खान-ए-खाना Urdu / Persian: عبدالرحيم Roshan Idiot Abbas is a TV and radio host in India. Biography Roshan attended La Martiniere College in Lucknow. Kamleshwar (कमलेश्वर January 6 1932 January 27 2007) was a prominent 20th-century Hindi writer and script and 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 She was born on October 4 1980 in Pratapgarh ( Uttar pradesh) India. Raju Srivastav ( Hindi:राजू श्रीवस्तव(sometimes also spelt Srivastava or Shrivastav is an Indian Comedian, and one of the Sandeep Marwah is a well known stage film and Television personality Muhammad Hidayatullah ( 17 December, 1905 - 18 September, 1992) was the first Muslim Chief Justice of India. Justice VN Khare was Chief Justice of India from 19 December 2002 to 2 May 2004. Mirza Hameedullah Beg ( M J Beg) (born 22 February 1913) was Chief Justice of India from January 1977 to February 1978 Jagmohanlal Sinha (born 12 May, 1920 - 20 March, 2008) was a former Indian Permanent Judge Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru (1875&ndash1949 was an eminent lawyer political and social leader in India during the British Raj. Mr Justice Markandey Katju is a sitting Judge of the Supreme Court of India. 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 Sundarlal Bahuguna is a very noted activist and philosopher in the tradition of Mahatma Gandhi and an Environmentalist who has fought for the preservation of forests A former hunter turned avid conservationist and author Feisty 'Billy' Arjan Singh is a conservationist recognised by most tiger lovers Acharya Narendra Deva (1889-1956 was one of the leading theorists of the Congress Socialist Party in India. Professor Mushirul Hasan is an historian and present Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University at Delhi He has a M Irfan Habib (born 1931 is an Indian Historian, a former Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research and a Padma Bhushan awardee Ahmad Hassan Dani ( Urdu: احمد حسن دانی) FRAS, SI, HI (born 20 June 1920) is a Pakistani

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 Ram Chandra Shukla is an Indian painter and art critic Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e

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

Social Service

• Nanaji Deshmukh, social worker
• Sandeep Pandey

Crime

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

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

See also

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

Notes

Divisions and districts of Uttar Pradesh, India
Agra division: Agra | Aligarh | Etah | Firozabad | Mainpuri | Hathras | Mathura
Allahabad division: Allahabad | Fatehpur | Kaushambi | Pratapgarh
Azamgarh division: Azamgarh | Ballia | Mau
Bareilly division: Badaun | Bareilly | Pilibhit | Shahjahanpur
Basti division: Basti | Sant Kabir Nagar | Siddharthnagar
Chitrakoot division: Banda | Chitrakoot | Hamirpur | Mahoba
Devipatan division: Bahraich | Balarampur | Gonda | Shravasti
Faizabad division: Ambedkar Nagar | Barabanki | Faizabad | Sultanpur
Gorakhpur division: Devaria | Gorakhpur | Kushinagar | Maharajganj
Jhansi division: Jalaun | Jhansi | Lalitpur
Kanpur division: | Auraiya | Etawah | Farrukhabad | Kannauj | Kanpur Dehat | Kanpur Nagar
Lucknow division: Hardoi | Lakhimpur Kheri | Lucknow | Raebareli | Sitapur | Unnao
Meerut division: | Bagpat | Bulandshahr | Gautam Buddha Nagar | Ghaziabad | Meerut
Mirzapur division: Mirzapur | Sant Ravidas Nagar | Sonbhadra
Moradabad division: Bijnor | Jyotiba Phule Nagar | Moradabad | Rampur
Saharanpur division: Muzaffarnagar | Saharanpur
Varanasi division: Chandauli | Ghazipur | Jaunpur | Varanasi

Uttar Pradesh, one of the states of India, is divided into following administrative geographical divisions each consisting of more than one Uttar Pradesh (UP Uttar Pradesh state, India, has 71 administrative districts which are grouped into 18 divisions Uttar Pradesh (उत्तर प्रदेश اتر پردیش pronounced, Translation: Northern Province) referred to as '''U India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Agra division is an administrative unit of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Agra District is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and the historical city of Agra is the district headquarters Aligarh District ( Hindi अलीगढ़ जिला is a district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Etah district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Etah town is the district headquarters Firozabad district is one of the western districts of Uttar Pradesh state in India Mainpuri district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Mainpuri town is the district headquarters Mahamaya Nagar District, also known as Hathras District, is a district of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Mathura District is a district of Uttar Pradesh state of northern India. Allahabad division is an administrative unit of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Allahabad district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Allahabad town is the district headquarters Fatehpur district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh. Located on the banks of the Sacred rivers Ganga and Jamuna, Fatehpur was Kaushambi district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Manjhanpur town is the district headquarters Pratapgarh (प्रतापगढ district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Pratapgarh Azamgarh division is an administrative unit of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Azamgarh district ( Hindi: आज़मगढ़ जिला Urdu: اعظم گڑھ ضلع) is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh Ballia district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state, India. Mau district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India and Mau town is the district headquarters Bareilly division is an administrative geographical unit of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Badaun district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Badaun town is the district headquarters Bareilly district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Bareilly town is the district headquarters Shahjahanpur district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Basti Division ( Hindi: बस्ती तक़सीम Urdu: بستی تقسیم)is an administrative geographical unit of Uttar Pradesh For the Bollywood movie see Basti (film. Basti district ( Hindi: जिला बस्ती Urdu: جِل بستی Sant Kabir Nagar district is one of the 70 districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Siddharthnagar district is one of the 70 districts of Uttar Pradesh state in Northern India. Chitrakoot Division is an administrative division of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Banda District is a district of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Banda is the district headquarters Chitrakoot district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Chitrakoot town is the district headquarters Hamirpur district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India and Hamirpur town is the district headquarters Mahoba district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India and Mahoba town is the district headquarters Devipatan division is an administrative geographical unit of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Bahraich District is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Bahraich town is the district headquarters Balrampur district is one of the 70 districts of Uttar Pradesh state in India, and Balrampur town located on the bank of the Rapti is the district Gonda District is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh, India, and Gonda town is the district headquarters Shravasti District is one of the districts of the Uttar Pradesh state of India and Bhinga town is district headquarter Faizabad division is an administrative geographical unit of Uttar Pradesh state in India. Ambedkar Nagar (also Ambedkarnagar) is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Barabanki district ( Hindi: बाराबंकी जिला Urdu: بارابنکی ‏ضلع) is one of the districts of Uttar Faizabad district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Faizabad town is the district headquarters Sultanpur is a district in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. Gorakhpur division division is an administrative geographical unit of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Deoria district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Deoria town is the district headquarters Gorakhpur District is a District of Uttar Pradesh state in India. Kushinagar District is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Maharajganj district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and town of Maharajganj is the district headquarters Jhansi Division is one of 17 divisions of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Jalaun District is a district of Uttar Pradesh state of India Jhansi District is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Lalitpur District is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Kanpur division is an administrative geographical unit of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Auraiya district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Auraiya town is the district headquarters Etawah district is a district in the southwestern portion of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Farrukhabad District is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Kannauj District is an administrative district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India, along the river Ganga, or Ganges Kanpur Dehat District, also called Akbarpur District, is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Kanpur district is one of the districts of the Uttar Pradesh state of India. Lucknow division is an administrative geographical unit of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Hardoi is a district of Uttar Pradesh, India, and Hardoi town is the district headquarters Lakhimpur Kheri ( Hindi: लखीमपुर खीरी Urdu: لحیم پور خیری) is a district of Uttar Pradesh Lucknow District is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Raebareli District is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Sitapur district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India with Sitapur town as the district headquarters Unnao District is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Meerut division is an administrative geographical unit of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Baghpat district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Bagpat town is the district headquarters Bulandshahar District is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Gautam Buddha Nagar District is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Ghaziabad District is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Meerut district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh Mirzapur division is an administrative geographical unit of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Mirzapur district is one of the 70 districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Sant Ravidas Nagar District is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Sonbhadra or Sonebhadra is the largest district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Moradabad division is an administrative geographical unit of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Bijnor ( Hindi: िबजनौर Urdu: بجنور is a district of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Jyotiba Phule Nagar District is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Moradabad district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Moradabad town is the district headquarters Rampur is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Rampur town is the district headquarters Saharanpur division is an administrative geographical unit of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Muzaffarnagar district is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Saharanpur district is the northernmost of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state, India. Varanasi division is an administrative geographical unit of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Chandauli District is a district of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Chandauli town is the district headquarters See Gazipur District for a district in Bangladesh Ghazipur District is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Jaunpur district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India with Jaunpur town as the district headquarters Varanasi district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India with Varanasi town as the district headquarters

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