100 Notable alumni of
University of Delhi
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The University of Delhi is 126th in the world, 19th in Asia, and 2nd in India by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Delhi sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Narendra Modi
- Enrolled in the University of Delhi
- In 1978 studied political science
- Occupations
- writerbibliographersocial workerpolitician
- Biography
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Narendra Damodardas Modi is an Indian politician who has served as the prime minister of India since 2014. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the member of parliament (MP) for Varanasi. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindutva paramilitary volunteer organisation. He is the longest-serving prime minister outside the Indian National Congress.
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Shah Rukh Khan
- Occupations
- television actordancertelevision presenteractortelevision producer
- Biography
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Shah Rukh Khan, popularly known by the initials SRK, is an Indian actor and film producer renowned for his work in Hindi cinema. Referred to in the media as the "Baadshah of Bollywood" and "King Khan", he has appeared in more than 100 films and earned numerous accolades, including a National Film Award and 15 Filmfare Awards. He has been awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India, as well as the Order of Arts and Letters and Legion of Honour by the Government of France. Khan has a significant following in Asia and among the Indian diaspora worldwide. In terms of income, several media outlets have described him as one of the most successful film stars in the world.
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Aung San Suu Kyi
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- human rights defenderwriterpolitician
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Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese politician, diplomat and author who served as State Counsellor of Myanmar and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2021. She has served as the general secretary of the National League for Democracy (NLD) since the party's founding in 1988 and was registered as its chairperson while it was a legal party from 2011 to 2023. She played a vital role in Myanmar's transition from military junta to partial democracy in the 2010s. She has been widely described as the de facto leader of Myanmar from 2016 to 2021. She was awarded the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Rahul Gandhi
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rahul Rajiv Gandhi is an Indian politician. A member of the Indian National Congress (INC), he is currently serving as the 12th leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and as the member of the Lok Sabha for Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, since June 2024. He previously represented the constituency of Wayanad, Kerala, from 2019 to 2024, and Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, from 2004 to 2019. Gandhi served as the party president of the Indian National Congress from December 2017 to July 2019.
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Rakul Preet Singh
- Occupations
- modelactor
- Biography
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Rakul Preet Singh is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Telugu, Hindi and Tamil films. Singh is a recipient of several accolades including a SIIMA Award, in addition to four nominations at the Filmfare Awards South.
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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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- translatoruniversity teacherphilosopherpoliticianhistorian
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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was an Indian academic, philosopher and statesman who served as the Vice President of India from 1952 to 1962 and President of India from 1962 to 1967. He was the ambassador of India to the Soviet Union from 1949 to 1952. He was also the vice-chancellor of Banaras Hindu University from 1939 to 1948 and the vice-chancellor of Andhra University from 1931 to 1936. Radhakrishnan is considered one of the most influential and distinguished 20th century scholars of comparative religion and philosophy, he held the King George V Chair of Mental and Moral Science at the University of Calcutta from 1921 to 1932 and Spalding Chair of Eastern Religion and Ethics at University of Oxford from 1936 to 1952.
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Aditi Rao Hydari
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- actor
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Aditi Rao Hydari is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam films. She made her acting debut with the Malayalam film Prajapathi (2006), and gained early recognition with her performances in Delhi-6 (2009) and Yeh Saali Zindagi (2011), the latter earning her a Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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Rajkummar Rao
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- film actor
- Biography
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Rajkummar Rao is an Indian actor. Active in Hindi cinema since the early 2010s, he is known for his versatility and performances in over thirty films across a wide spectrum of genres, spanning both independent and commercial projects. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a National Film Award, five Filmfare Awards, and an Asia Pacific Screen Award. In 2017, he was featured on Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list.
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Anurag Kashyap
- Occupations
- actorscreenwriterbusinesspersonfilm editorfilm director
- Biography
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Anurag Kashyap is an Indian filmmaker and actor known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of four Filmfare Awards. The Government of France made him a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in 2013.
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Gauri Khan
- Occupations
- producerfilm producer
- Biography
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Gauri Chhibber Khan is an Indian film producer and Interior designer. She has produced several Hindi films, including Main Hoon Na, Om Shanti Om, Ra.One, and Chennai Express, through Red Chillies Entertainment, a company she co-founded with actor Shah Rukh Khan in 2002.
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Shriya Saran
- Occupations
- film actoractormodel
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Shriya Saran Bhatnagar is an Indian actress who primarily works in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films. Although Saran aspired to become a dancer, she became an actress and made her film debut with the Telugu film Ishtam (2001). She had her first commercial success with Santosham (2002).
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Shashi Tharoor
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- writerjuristdiplomatpolitician
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Shashi Tharoor is an Indian politician, public intellectual, former diplomat and bureaucrat. A member of the Indian National Congress, he has represented Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, in the Lok Sabha since 2009. He was formerly an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and ran for the office of Secretary-General in 2006, coming second.
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KK
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- singersongwriter
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Krishnakumar Kunnath, popularly known as KK, was an Indian playback singer. KK is regarded as one of the most prolific playback singers in India. Noted for his versatility in a variety of music genres, he recorded songs primarily in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada language. KK was a recipient of several accolades including two Screen Awards, along with six Filmfare Awards nominations.
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Mira Nair
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- actorscreenwriterdirectorfilm producerfilm director
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Mira Nair is an Indian American filmmaker. She has received two prizes from the Cannes Film Festival and four from the Venice Film Festival, as well as nominations for an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe, and two César Awards.
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Manoj Bajpai
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actor
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Manoj Bajpayee, also transliterated as Manoj Bajpai, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of numerous accolades including four National Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards, and two Asia Pacific Screen Awards. In 2019, he was awarded the Padma Shri.
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Kabir Bedi
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actormodel
- Biography
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Kabir Bedi is an Indian actor. His career has spanned three continents covering India, the United States and especially Italy among other Western countries in three media: film, television and theatre. He is noted for his role as Emperor Shah Jahan in Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story and the villainous Sanjay Verma in the 1980s blockbuster Khoon Bhari Maang. He is best known in Italy and Europe for playing the pirate Sandokan in the popular Italian TV miniseries and for his role as the villainous Gobinda in the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy. Bedi is based in India and lives in Mumbai.
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Arun Jaitley
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- spokespersonlawyerstrategistpolitician
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Arun Jaitley was an Indian politician and attorney. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Jaitley served as the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of the Government of India from 2014 to 2019. Jaitley previously held the cabinet portfolios of Finance, Defence, Corporate Affairs, Commerce and Industry, and Law and Justice in the Vajpayee government and Narendra Modi government.
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Randeep Hooda
- Occupations
- modelactor
- Biography
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Randeep Hooda is an Indian actor, who works predominantly in Hindi cinema. Hooda is known for his versatility and physical transformations for his roles. He made his Hindi film debut with Monsoon Wedding (2001). He had a turning point in his career with the gangster film Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010), and continued to gain attention with supporting roles in films such as Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster (2011), Jannat 2 (2012), Jism 2 (2012), Cocktail (2012), Heroine (2012) and Jaat (2025).
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Arundhati Roy
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- journalisttelevision writerfilm screenwriterpolitical activistnovelist
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Suzanna Arundhati Roy is an Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things (1997), which won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and became the biggest-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author. She is also a political activist involved in human rights and environmental causes. She was the winner of the 2024 PEN Pinter Prize, given by English PEN, and she named imprisoned British-Egyptian writer and activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah as the "Writer of Courage" with whom she chose to share the award.
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Arjun Rampal
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- film actorfilm producermodel
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Arjun Rampal is an Indian actor and model who mainly works in Hindi films. Starred in more than 40 films, Rampal is known for his broodish charm and baritone voice, he has received several awards including the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Rock On!!.
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Shakti Kapoor
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- comedianactor
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Shakti Kapoor is an Indian actor and comedian who appears in Bollywood films. Known for his villainous and comic roles in Hindi films, he has featured in over 700 films. In the 1980s and 1990s, Kapoor teamed up with actor Asrani and Kader Khan as the comical or evil team in over 100 films. He was a contestant in the Indian reality show Bigg Boss in 2011. He contested in Bigg Boss to prove to his children he can stay away from alcohol.
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Neha Dhupia
- Occupations
- actorbeauty pageant contestantmodel
- Biography
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Neha Dhupia is an Indian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She won the title of Femina Miss India in 2002 and represented India at Miss Universe 2002. She is primarily known for her work in Hindi films and television.
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Gautam Gambhir
- Occupations
- politiciancricketer
- Biography
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Gautam Gambhir is a former international cricketer, former politician, and philanthropist who is the current head coach of the Indian cricket team. He played for India in all formats of the game between 2003 and 2016. He was a member of the 17th Lok Sabha from 2019 to 2024 representing East Delhi constituency from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He received the Padma Shri from the Government of India in 2019, the fourth highest civilian award in India.
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Kiran Bedi
- Occupations
- writerpolice officertennis playerpolitician
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Kiran Bedi PPMG PNBB is a former tennis player who became the first Indian woman to join the officer ranks of the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1972 and was the 24th lieutenant governor of Puducherry from 28 May 2016 to 16 February 2021. She remained in service for 35 years before taking voluntary retirement in 2007 as Director General, Bureau of Police Research and Development.
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Priyanka Vadra
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Priyanka Gāndhī Vadra is an Indian politician who is serving as the member of the Lok Sabha for Wayanad, Kerala, since November 2024. A member of the Indian National Congress, she is also serving as a general secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC).
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Sachin Pilot
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- politician
- Biography
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Captain Sachin Rajesh Pilot is an Indian politician. A member of the Indian National Congress, he has been serving as Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Tonk since 2018. He has previously served as Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Corporate Affairs and Communication and IT in the Government of India under Manmohan Singh. Additionally he served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 2018 to 2020 under Ashok Gehlot. Pilot became the youngest citizen of India to become Member of Parliament at the age of 26.
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Nimrat Kaur
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- modelstage actoractorfilm actor
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Nimrat Kaur is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi films and in American television. She began her career as a print model and went on to act in theater. After brief appearances in a few films, Kaur starred in Anurag Kashyap's production Peddlers (2012). She followed it with her breakthrough role in the critically acclaimed drama The Lunchbox (2014).
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Radhika Madan
- Occupations
- actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Radhika Madan is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films and television. Madan is a recipient of a Screen Award and a Filmfare OTT Award, and was featured by Forbes India in their 30 Under 30 list of 2024.
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Sonam Bajwa
- Occupations
- modelactor
- Biography
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Sonampreet Bajwa is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Punjabi and Hindi films. One of the highest paid and most popular actresses of Punjabi cinema, Bajwa is a recipient of two PTC Punjabi Film Awards along with nominations for four Filmfare Awards Punjabi.
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Mayawati
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kumari Mayawati is an Indian politician who served as the 18th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 1995 to 1995, 1997 to 1997, 2002 to 2003 and from 2007 to 2012. She is the national president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which focuses on a platform of social change for Bahujans, more commonly known as Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as well as religious minorities since 2003.
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Mallika Sherawat
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- modeltelevision actoractorfilm actor
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Reema Lamba, better known as Mallika Sherawat, is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Hindi language films. Known for her bold onscreen portrayal in films like Khwahish (2003) and Murder (2004), Sherawat has established herself as a sex symbol in Bollywood. She is also known for appearing in several popular item numbers.
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Maneka Gandhi
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- animal rights advocatepoliticianenvironmentalistjournalistecologist
- Biography
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Maneka Gandhi is an Indian politician, animal rights activist, and environmentalist. She served as a member of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament, and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She is the widow of Indian politician Sanjay Gandhi. Gandhi has held ministerial positions in four governments, most recently serving in Narendra Modi's government from May 2014 to May 2019.
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Raghav Chadha
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- politician
- Biography
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Raghav Chadha is an Indian politician and a member of the Aam Aadmi Party, who is serving as a member of parliament in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian parliament. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha by the Punjab Legislative Assembly in 2022. He served as the former vice chairman of the Delhi Jal Board and a member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from the Rajinder Nagar constituency from 2020 till 2022. He is also a working chartered accountant.
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Neeti Mohan
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Neeti Mohan Sharma is an Indian singer. She sings mainly in Hindi films, but has also sung in Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali, Punjabi and English. Born in Delhi, she was one of the winners of the Channel V's reality show Popstars, subsequently being chosen for Aasma, with other winners of the show. She rose to prominence after recording "Ishq Wala Love" for Student of the Year (2012), ultimately winning the Filmfare R. D. Burman Award for New Music Talent and was nominated for the Best Female Playback Singer for "Jiya Re" from Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012).
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Satish Kaushik
- Enrolled in the University of Delhi
- Studied in 1972
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directorfilm produceractor
- Biography
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Satish Chandra Kaushik was an Indian actor, director, producer, comedian, editor and screenwriter. He found fame in Bollywood with Mr. India starring Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, and Amrish Puri, where he played the iconic character of a cook named Calendar. He later directed films such as Tere Naam.
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Naveen Patnaik
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- writerpolitician
- Biography
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Naveen Patnaik is an Indian politician and writer, who is currently leader of opposition in Odisha Legislative Assembly. He served as the 14th Chief Minister of Odisha from 5 March 2000 to 12 June 2024.
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Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud
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- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud is a retired Indian jurist, who served as the 50th Chief Justice of India from 9 November 2022 to 10 November 2024. He was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of India in May 2016. He has also previously served as the chief justice of the Allahabad High Court from 2013 to 2016 and as a judge of the Bombay High Court from 2000 to 2013. He also served as the ex-officio Patron-in-Chief of the National Legal Services Authority and the de facto Chancellor of the National Law School of India University.
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Konkona Sen Sharma
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- screenwriterfilm directoractorfilm actor
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Konkona Sen Sharma is an Indian actor and filmmaker who works primarily in Bengali and Hindi films. She has received several awards, including two National Film Awards and three Filmfare Awards. The child of filmmaker and actress Aparna Sen, she is primarily known for her work in independent films, in addition to working in mainstream films.
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Shekhar Kapur
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- film directordirectoractorbloggermodel
- Biography
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Shekhar Kulbhushan Kapur is an Indian filmmaker. Born into the Anand-Sahni family, Kapur is the recipient of several accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a National Film Award, a National Board of Review Award and three Filmfare Awards, in addition to nomination for a Golden Globe Award.
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Huma Qureshi
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- film produceractormodel
- Biography
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Huma Saleem Qureshi is an Indian actress who primarily appears in Hindi-language films. Her accolades include a Filmfare OTT Award along with nominations for three Filmfare Awards.
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Ravish Kumar
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- news presentereditorwriterjournalistblogger
- Biography
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Ravish Kumar is an Indian journalist, author, media personality and YouTuber. He was the Senior Executive Editor of NDTV India. He hosted a number of programmes including the channel's flagship weekday show Prime Time, Hum Log, Ravish Ki Report, and Des Ki Baat.
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Kabir Khan
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- screenwriterauthorfilm directorcinematographer
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Kabir Khan is an Indian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer who works in Hindi cinema. He started his career working in documentary films, and then made his feature film directorial debut in 2006 with the adventure thriller Kabul Express. He is best known for directing New York (2009), Ek Tha Tiger (2012), Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015) and 83 (2021).
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Bhuvan Bam
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- singerYouTubercomedianactortelevision producer
- Biography
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Bhuvan Avnindra Shankar Bam is an Indian comedian, writer, singer, actor, songwriter and YouTube personality from Delhi. He is known for his comedy channel on YouTube named BB Ki Vines. He received the Bollywood Hungama Style Icons award in 2023.
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Saurabh Shukla
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- screenwriterdirectorfilm directortelevision actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Saurabh Shukla is an Indian actor, screenwriter, and film director who works in Hindi and a few Tamil and Telugu films. He is best known for his roles in Satya (1998), Nayak: The Real Hero (2001), Yuva (2004), Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), Barfi! (2012), Jolly LLB (2013); for the latter, he won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. Other notable films are Kick (2014), PK (2014), Jolly LLB 2 (2017) and Raid (2018). He has also worked in a short documentary with Ruth Agnihotri and Rachael Agnihotri in Goa.
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Neeraj Pandey
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- authorscreenwriterfilm director
- Biography
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Neeraj Pandey is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter who works in Hindi cinema. Neeraj Pandey made his directoral debut in A Wednesday!, which was largely praised by critics and which later became a recipient of many accolades. His second film was Special 26 (2013), which was followed by Baby (2015), both of them received critical acclaim and became commercial success. He served as a producer in Rustom (2016). Neeraj Pandey returned to directing in 2016 helming the biopic movie M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story based on Indian cricketer M.S.Dhoni which fared well critically and commercially. Besides being a filmmaker, Neeraj Pandey is also a writer and has written a novel named Ghalib Danger in 2013.
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Shiney Ahuja
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- modelactor
- Biography
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Shiney Suraj Ahuja is an Indian former actor who worked in Hindi films. He won the Filmfare Best Male Debut Award for Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi in 2006 and then followed with several hit films like Gangster, Woh Lamhe, Life in a Metro, Bhool Bhulaiyaa, and Welcome Back.
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Ali Abbas Zafar
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- art directorfilm directorscreenwriterwriter
- Biography
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Ali Abbas Zafar is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is known for directing Sultan and Tiger Zinda Hai (2017).
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Barkha Dutt
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- authornews presenterjournalist
- Biography
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Barkha Dutt is an Indian television journalist and author. She has been a reporter and news anchor at NDTV and Tiranga TV. She currently runs her own digital news channel called 'MoJo Story'.
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Khushwant Singh
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- lawyerjournalistpoet lawyercolumnistwriter
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Khushwant Singh FKC was an Indian author, lawyer, diplomat, journalist and politician. His experience in the 1947 Partition of India inspired him to write Train to Pakistan in 1956 (made into film in 1998), which became his most well-known novel.
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Kulbhushan Kharbanda
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- film actortelevision actorstage actor
- Biography
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Kulbhushan Kharbanda is an Indian actor who works in Hindi and Punjabi films. He is best known for his role as the antagonist Shakaal in Shaan (1980), Starting off with the Delhi-based theatre group borkh in 1974. He worked in several parallel cinema films before working in the mainstream Hindi film industry. He appeared in Mahesh Bhatt's classic Arth (1982), Ek Chadar Maili Si (1986), Waaris (1988), and in all three parts of Deepa Mehta's Elements trilogy: Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005). After nearly two decades he was seen on the theatre stage at the Padatik Theatre in Kolkata in the production of Atmakatha, directed by Vinay Sharma.
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Nandita Das
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- actorfilm director
- Biography
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Nandita Das is an Indian actress and director. She has acted in over 40 feature films in ten different languages. Das appeared in the films Fire (1996), Earth (1998), Bawandar (2000), Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), Azhagi (2002), Kamli (2006), and Before The Rains (2007). Her directorial debut Firaaq (2008), premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and travelled to more than 50 festivals, winning more than 20 awards. Her second film as a director was Manto (2018). Based on the life of 20th Century Indo-Pakistani short story writer Sadat Hasan Manto, the film was screened at Cannes Film Festival in the "Un Certain Regard" section. In September 2019, Das produced a two-minute Public Service Announcement music video India's Got Colour. The music video is about the issue of colourism and urges the audience to celebrate India's diversity of skin colour. Her first book, 'Manto & I', chronicles her 6-year long journey of making the film. She wrote, directed, produced and acted in a short film called, Listen to Her, that sheds light on the increase in domestic violence and overburden of work that women have been facing during the lockdown. Her third directorial venture, Zwigato, explores the life of a food delivery rider and his family. After premiering at various festivals, it was released in India and overseas on 17 March 2023.
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Kapil Sibal
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Kapil Sibal is an Indian lawyer and politician. A designated Senior Advocate, he served as a Union Minister in the Manmohan Singh government and also as the President of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) from 1995 to 1998, 2001 to 2002, and from 2024 to 2025. He has represented several high-profile cases in the Supreme Court of India, and currently serves as a Member of Parliament, in the Rajya Sabha, representing Uttar Pradesh.
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Ranjan Gogoi
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- politician
- Biography
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Ranjan Gogoi is an Indian retired jurist and advocate who served as the 46th Chief Justice of India from 2018 to 2019. He is currently a Member of the Rajya Sabha, having been nominated by President Ram Nath Kovind on 16 March 2020. Gogoi previously served as a judge of the Supreme Court of India from 2012 to 2018. He was a judge of the Gauhati High Court from 2001 to 2010, and of the Punjab and Haryana High Court from September 2010 to February 2011 where he later was the Chief Justice from 2011 to 2012.
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Prakash Jha
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- film producerscreenwriterfilm director
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Prakash Jha is an Indian film producer, actor, director and screenwriter, mostly known for his political and socio-political films such as Hip Hip Hurray (1984), Damul (1984), Mrityudand (1997), Gangaajal (2003), Apaharan (2005), and his multi-starrer films, Raajneeti (2010), Aarakshan (2011), Chakravyuh (2012), and Satyagraha (2013). He is also the maker of National Film Award winning documentaries like Faces After The Storm (1984) and Sonal (2002).
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Sheila Dikshit
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- politician
- Biography
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Sheila Dikshit was an Indian politician. The longest-serving chief minister of Delhi, as well as the longest-serving female chief minister in Indian history, she served for a period of 15 years beginning in 1998. Dikshit led the Indian National Congress party to three consecutive electoral victories in Delhi.
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Karan Wahi
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- television presentermodeltelevision actoractorcricketer
- Biography
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Karan Wahi is an Indian actor, model and television host. He rose to fame after getting cast in the lead role of Ranveer Sisodia in the show Remix. and Dr. Siddhant Modi in the medical youth show Dill Mill Gayye (2009–10). He has also appeared in several notable shows.
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Madhur Jaffrey
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- film directortelevision actorwriteractorfilm actor
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Madhur Jaffrey CBE is an actress, cookbook and travel writer, and television personality. She is recognized for bringing Indian cuisine to the western hemisphere with her debut cookbook, An Invitation to Indian Cooking (1973), which was inducted into the James Beard Foundation's Cookbook Hall of Fame in 2006. She has written over a dozen cookbooks and appeared on several related television programmes, the most notable of which was Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cookery, which premiered in the UK in 1982. She was the food consultant at the now-closed Dawat, which was considered by many food critics to be among the best Indian restaurants in New York City.
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Raghu Ram
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- television actortelevision producerfilm actoractortelevision writer
- Biography
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Raghu Ram Ambadapudi is an Indian actor and television presenter who predominantly works in Hindi and Telugu television shows, and films. He began his career as the creator of Hindi reality shows MTV Roadies (2003–2014) and MTV Splitsvilla (2008–2009). Ram later also hosted various television shows.
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Manohar Lal Khattar
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- politician
- Biography
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Manohar Lal Khattar is an Indian politician who is serving as the 19th Minister of Power and 4th Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs since 2024. A prominent leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he has served as the 10th Chief Minister of Haryana from 26 October 2014 until his resignation on 12 March 2024 and also served as leader of the house in legislative assembly.
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Abhinav Kashyap
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- film directorscreenwriter
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Abhinav Singh Kashyap is an Indian actor, film director and screenwriter, who directed and co-wrote Dabangg (2010) and has worked on several other films in different creative roles.
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Meira Kumar
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- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Meira Kumar is an Indian politician and former diplomat. A member of the Indian National Congress, she was the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment from 2004 to 2009, the Minister of Water Resources for a brief period in 2009. She served as the 15th Speaker of Lok Sabha from 2009 to 2014, being the first woman to hold the post. Kumar became just the second woman to be nominated for President of India by a major political block when she secured the United Progressive Alliance's nomination in 2017.
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Sitaram Yechury
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- politician
- Biography
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Sitaram Yechury was an Indian Marxist politician and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), who was a member of the Politburo of the CPI(M) from 1992 until his death in September 2024. Previously, he was a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, West Bengal, from 2005 to 2017.
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Amitav Ghosh
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- writerliterary criticnovelistjournalist
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Amitav Ghosh is an Indian writer. He won the 54th Jnanpith award in 2018, India's highest literary honour. Ghosh's ambitious novels use complex narrative strategies to probe the nature of national and personal identity, particularly of the people of India and South Asia. He has written historical fiction and non-fiction works discussing topics such as colonialism and climate change.
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Sheeba Chaddha
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- actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Sheeba Chaddha is an Indian film, stage and television actress. She received nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in the 2022 films Badhaai Do and Doctor G, winning for the former.
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Naveen Jindal
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Naveen Jindal is an Indian industrialist, politician, and philanthropist. He is the chairman of Jindal Steel and the founding chancellor of O.P. Jindal Global University. He represents the Kurukshetra constituency in the 18th Lok Sabha as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He previously served as a Member of Parliament from 2004 to 2014 representing the Indian National Congress.
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Swara Bhaskar
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- actor
- Biography
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Swara Bhasker is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. Best known for her supporting work in mainstream productions and starring roles in independent films, she has won two Screen Awards and has received nominations for four Filmfare Awards.
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Karan Singh, Crown Prince of Kashmir
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- politician
- Biography
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Karan Singh is an Indian politician and philosopher. He is the titular Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. From 1952 to 1965 he was the Sadr-i-Riyasat (President) of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. He is the chairperson trustee of the Dharmarth Trust of Jammu and Kashmir which maintains 175 temples in north India and works in other areas such as historical preservation.
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Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
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- politicianmilitary officer
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Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq was a Pakistani military officer and politician who served as the sixth president of Pakistan from 1978 until his death in an airplane crash in 1988. He also served as the second chief of the army staff of the Pakistan Army from 1976 until his death. The country's longest-serving de facto head of state and chief of the army staff, Zia's political ideology is known as Ziaism.
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Kiren Rijiju
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- politician
- Biography
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Kiren Rijiju is an Indian politician who is serving as the 28th Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and 7th Minister of Minority Affairs since 2024. He was the Cabinet Minister of Earth Sciences and Food Processing Industries in the Government of India from 2023 to June 2024 and a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Arunachal West since 2014 and from 2004 to 2009. Earlier, he served as the Minister of State for Home Affairs from 2014 to 2019, Minister of State for Minority Affairs from 2019 to 2021, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Sports and Youth Affairs from 2019 to 2021 and the Law minister from 2021 to 2023.
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Minissha Lamba
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- modelactor
- Biography
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Minissha Lamba is an Indian actress who appears primarily in Hindi films. Lamba made her acting debut with Yahaan (2005). Her notable films include Corporate (2006), Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (2007), Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008), Well Done Abba (2010) and Bheja Fry 2 (2011). In 2014 she participated in the reality show Bigg Boss 8.
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Tannishtha Chatterjee
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- screenwriterfilm directoractormusician
- Biography
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Tannishtha Chatterjee is an Indian actress and director who is known for her work in several Hindi and English independent films. For her performance in the film Dekh Indian Circus, she won the National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film). In 2019 she directed her first feature film Roam Rome Mein which screened at Toronto International Film Festival. Chatterjee's performance in the German film Shadows of Time earned her critical acclaim. It took her to international film festivals, including the Toronto International Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival.
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Maneesh Sharma
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- film directordancerdirectoractorfilm producer
- Biography
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Maneesh Sharma is an Indian filmmaker who is known for his work in Hindi films. He has directed films such as Band Baaja Baaraat (2010), Ladies vs Ricky Bahl (2011), Shuddh Desi Romance (2013), and Fan (2016).
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Tanya Maniktala
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- actorcopywriter
- Biography
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Tanya Maniktala is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films and TV and web-series. She became known for her leading roles in the series Flames (2018) and A Suitable Boy (2020). She has since featured in the action film Kill (2023).
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Shilpa Shukla
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- actor
- Biography
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Shilpa Shukla is an Indian film and theatre actress. She is known for her roles in the 2007 sports drama Chak De! India and the 2013 neo-noir film B.A. Pass, for which she was awarded the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress.
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Rahul Bajaj
- Years
- 1938-2022 (aged 84)
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Rahul Bajaj was an Indian billionaire businessman and politician. He was the chairman emeritus of the Indian conglomerate Bajaj Group. He was awarded the third-highest civilian award in India, the Padma Bhushan, in 2001.
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Sushmita Mukherjee
- Born in
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India - Occupations
- actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Sushmita Mukherjee is an Indian actress with a career spanning Hindi cinema, television, and theatre. She became widely recognized for her performances in the television serial Gangaa, and the film Golmaal: Fun Unlimited (2006). Mukherjee has made notable contributions to both stage and screen.
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Sushma Seth
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- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Sushma Seth is an Indian stage, film and television actress. She started her career in the 1950s, and was a founder member of the Delhi-based theatre group Yatrik. Her first film was Junoon in 1978. She is known for playing a mother and grandmother role in movies and on television, and notable for her role as Dadi in the pioneering TV soap Hum Log (1984–1985). She received a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Ameena Bai in B. R. Chopra's drama Tawaif (1985). She has worked with famous directors like Dev Raj Ankur, Ram Gopal Bajaj, Manish Joshi Bismil and Chander Shekhar Sharma.
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Sagarika Ghose
- Occupations
- authorbroadcasterjournalistpolitician
- Biography
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Sagarika Ghose is an Indian Member of Parliament, journalist, columnist and author. She has been a journalist since 1991 and has worked at The Times of India, Outlook and The Indian Express. She was a prime time anchor for BBC World on Question Time India and on the news network CNN-IBN, also being the deputy editor for the latter. Ghose has won several awards in journalism and is the author of two novels, as well as the biography of Indira Gandhi, Indira: India's Prime Minister. She worked as Consulting Editor of The Times of India from 2014 to 2020. In 2022, her biography of former Indian Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee was released.
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Sudhir Mishra
- Born in
- India
- Occupations
- playwrightscreenwriterfilm director
- Biography
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Sudhir Mishra is an Indian filmmaker. His most notable films include Dharavi (1992), Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2003), Chameli (2004), and Serious Men (2020). His work has been recognised with three national awards by the Indian government and the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government.
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Sindhu Vee
- Enrolled in the University of Delhi
- Studied political science
- Occupations
- comedianvoice actorstand-up comedian
- Biography
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Sindhu Venkatanarayanan is an Indian-born British comedian and actress who performs under the name Sindhu Vee. She is best known for starring in the 2022 fantasy musical film Matilda the Musical as Mrs. Phelps.
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Manika Batra
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- table tennis player
- Biography
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Manika Batra is an Indian table tennis player. She is a triple gold medalist at the South Asian Games, a double gold medalist at the Commonwealth Games, and a bronze medalist at the Asian Games, Asian Championships, and Asian Cup. She is India's number two in women and her world rank is 27 as of Nov 2024.
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Sandali Sinha
- Occupations
- modelactor
- Biography
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Sandali Sinha is a former Indian Bollywood actress and model. She is known for her portrayal of Pia in the romantic film Tum Bin (2001).
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Priyanka Kothari
- Occupations
- modelactor
- Biography
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Priyanka Kothari, often credited as Nisha Kothari or Amoha, is an Indian former actress and model. She has appeared in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada films.
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Swaraj Kaushal
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Swaraj Kaushal was an Indian criminal lawyer practising in New Delhi. He was designated as a senior advocate by the Supreme Court of India at age 34, and he became the Governor of Mizoram at the age of 37, serving between 1990 and 1993.
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Pavan Malhotra
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- actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Pavan Malhotra is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films and television alongside Punjabi and few Telugu films. He has received several awards including a Filmfare OTT Award and a Filmfare Award South.
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Rati Pandey
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- actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Rati Pandey is an Indian actress known for her performances in Hitler Didi, Miley Jab Hum Tum, Porus, Devi Adi Parashakti, Begusarai, Har Ghar Kuch Kehta Hai and Shaadi Mubarak,Iron Lady.
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Parikshit Sahni
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- television actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Parikshit Sahni is an Indian film and television actor who has worked in Hindi and Punjabi cinema. He is known for his roles in the TV series Barrister Vinod, Gul Gulshan Gulfaam (Doordarshan) and Gaatha (Star Plus). He has also appeared several films including three of Rajkumar Hirani's blockbuster films Lage Raho Munna Bhai, 3 Idiots, and PK.
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Alka Lamba
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- politician
- Biography
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Alka Lamba is an Indian politician who is serving as the President of All India Mahila Congress. After serving the Indian National Congress in various capacities for more than 20 years, she quit to join the Aam Aadmi Party on 26 December 2014. In February 2015, Lamba was elected to the Delhi Legislative Assembly from Chandni Chowk. She quit AAP in September 2019 citing disrespect for her within the party. On 6 September 2019, she formally returned to the Congress party. She was however disqualified from the assembly by the Delhi Legislative Assembly speaker for violating the rules for party change to send a strong warning to turncoats.
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Anshu Jain
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- bankerbusiness executive
- Biography
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Anshuman "Anshu" Jain was an Indian-born British business executive. From 2017 to 2022, he was the president of the American financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald. He previously served as the Global co-CEO and co-Chairman of Deutsche Bank from June 2012 until July 2015. Jain was also a member of Deutsche Bank's Management Board. He was previously head of its Corporate and Investment Bank, globally responsible for Deutsche Bank's corporate finance, sales and trading, and transaction banking business. Jain remained a consultant to the bank until January 2016.
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Deepa Mehta
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- screenwriterfilm directordirectorfilm producer
- Biography
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Deepa Mehta, OC OOnt is an Indian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for her Elements trilogy, Fire (1996), Earth (1998), and Water (2005), the last being nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards.
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Ramachandra Guha
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- environmentalistteacherwriterhistorianjournalist
- Biography
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Ramachandra "Ram" Guha is an Indian historian, environmentalist, writer and public intellectual whose research interests include social, political, contemporary, environmental and cricket history. He is an important authority on the history of modern India. The American Historical Association (AHA) has conferred its Honorary Foreign Member prize for the year 2019 on Ramchandra Guha. He is the third Indian historian to be recognised by the association.
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Sabyasachi Chakraborty
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- actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Sabyasachi Chakrabarty is an Indian actor known for his work in theatre, films and television. He is best known for portraying iconic Bengali detective characters, Feluda, and Kakababu.
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Aroon Purie
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- journalisteditor
- Biography
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Aroon Purie is the founder-publisher and editor-in-chief of India Today, and former chief executive of the India Today Group. He is the managing director of Thomson Press (India) Limited and the chairman and managing director of TV Today. He is a recipient of the Padma Bhushan award. He was also the editor-in-chief of Reader's Digest India. In October 2017, he passed control of the India Today Group to his daughter, Kalli Purie.
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Salman Khurshid
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Salman Khurshid Alam Khan is a senior Indian politician, designated senior advocate, author and law teacher. He was the Cabinet Minister of the Ministry of External Affairs. He is a member of the Indian National Congress who was elected from Farrukhabad Lok Sabha constituency in the General Election of 2009 from the Farrukhabad area. Earlier he was elected to the 10th Lok Sabha (1991–1996) from the Farrukhabad Lok Sabha constituency. He became the Union Deputy Minister of Commerce in June 1991, and later became the Union Minister of State for External Affairs (January 1993 – June 1996). He started his political career in 1981 as an Officer on Special Duty in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) under the prime ministership of Indira Gandhi.
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Vinod Dua
- Enrolled in the University of Delhi
- Graduated with Master of Arts in English literature
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Vinod Dua was an Indian journalist who worked in Doordarshan and NDTV India. In 1996, he became the first electronic media journalist to be bestowed with the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award. He was awarded the Padma Shri for Journalism in 2008 by the Government of India. In June 2017, for his lifetime achievement in the field of journalism, Mumbai Press Club awarded him RedInk Award, which was presented to Dua by Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
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Jigyasa Singh
- Occupations
- actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Jigyasa Singh is an Indian television actress. She is known for her portrayal of Thapki in Thapki Pyar Ki, Thapki Pyar Ki 2 and Heer Singh in Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki.
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Rannvijay Singh
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Rannvijay Singha is an Indian film actor, television personality, host, and VJ. He is known for his role in MTV Roadies. He was a part of the show from 2004 to 2020, earlier as a gang leader and then as a host. He was also a part of the auditions judging panel from season 8 to season 18 and a gang leader.
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Sucheta Kripalani
- Occupations
- freedom fighterpolitician
- Biography
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Sucheta Kripalani was an Indian politician and independence activist. She was India's first female Chief Minister, serving as the head of the Uttar Pradesh government from 1963 to 1967.
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Sanjeev Sanyal
- Occupations
- economistwriterenvironmentalist
- Biography
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Sanjeev Sanyal is an Indian economist and popular historian known for writing books based on revisionist Hindutva history which lack scholarly backing. A member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India, he has helped prepare six editions of the Economic Survey of India and has represented India at G7 and OECD meetings. He is also the Chancellor of Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, and has written several books on Indian history to mixed reviews.
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Sogyal Rinpoche
- Years
- 1947-2019 (aged 72)
- Occupations
- film actoractorwriter
- Biography
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Sogyal Rinpoche was a Tibetan Dzogchen lama. He was recognized as the incarnation of a Tibetan master and visionary saint of the 20th century, Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa. Sogyal Rinpoche was the founder and former spiritual director of Rigpa — an international network of over 100 Buddhist centres and groups in 23 countries around the world — and the author of the best-selling book The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, which has been printed in 30 languages and 56 countries. Before his retirement, in the wake of abuse allegations in 2017, he had been teaching for 40 years in Europe, America, Asia and Australia.
