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people from Chhattisgarh, India, throughout history.

Chief Ministers

Ajit Jogi Ajit Pramod Kumar Jogi (29 April 1946 29 May 2020) was an Indian politician, who served as the first chief minister of Chhattisgarh, India. He was a member of the political party named Janta Congress Chhattisgarh. Education Jogi studied Me ...

- First Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh *

Raman Singh Dr. Raman Singh (born 15 October 1952) is an Indian politician and Former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh. Currently, he is the National Vice-President of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is also an ayurvedic practitioner. He is also the longest s ...

* Bhupesh Baghel - Incumbent Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh *

Shyama Charan Shukla Shyama Charan Shukla (27 February 1925 – 14 February 2007) was an Indian National Congress politician and thrice Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. Personal life Shyama Charan Shukla was born on 27 February 1925 in Raipur. His father Ravi ...

- former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister *

Motilal Vora Motilal Vora (20 December 1928 – 21 December 2020) was an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress (INC). He served as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh (1985–1988; 1989). He was born in Nimbi Jodha, Jodhpur State, British ...

- former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister *

Nareshchandra Singh Raja Nareshchandra Singh (21 November 1908 – 11 September 1987), was ruler of Sarangarh state in Raigarh District, Chhattisgarh. He also served as Chief Minister of undivided Madhya Pradesh. Early life Raja Nareshchandra Singh was the l ...

- former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister

Scientists

Narendra Kumar (physicist) Narendra Kumar (1 February 1940 – 28 August 2017) was an Indian theoretical physicist and a Homi Bhaba Distinguished Professor of the Department of Atomic Energy at Raman Research Institute. He was also an honorary professor at Jawaharlal Nehr ...

- Theoretical Physicist * Rajendra Badgaiyan - cognitive neuroscientist *

Pukhraj Bafna Pukhraj Bafna is an Indian pediatrician and adolescent health consultant, known for his contributions towards tribal child and adolescent health. The Government of India honored Bafna in 2011, with the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri. ...

- pediatrician *

Binayak Sen Binayak Sen ( hi, बिनायक सेन, bn, বিনায়ক সেন) is a paediatrician, and public health specialist. He is the national Vice-President of the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL). He is the recipient of sev ...

- pediatrician

Musicians

Teejan Bai Teejan Bai (born 8 August 1956) is an exponent of Pandavani, a traditional performing art form, from Chhattisgarh, in which she enacts tales from the Mahabharata, with musical accompaniments. She has been awarded the Padma Shri in 1988, Padma ...

Anupama Bhagwat Anupama Bhagwat is an Indian sitar maestro. Early life Born in Bhilai, India, Bhagwat was introduced to playing sitar at age 9 by Shri. R. N. Verma. At 13, she started training under Bimalendu Mukherjee, doyen of the Imdadkhani gharana. ...

Mamta Chandrakar Mamta Chandrakar (born 3 December 1958) is a Padma Shri Awarded folk singer of Chhattisgarh. She is referred to as the Nightingale of Chhattisgarh. Mamta Chandrakar has her post graduation degree in singing from Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidy ...

* Sulakshana Pandit * Sumedha Karmahe *

Rajat Dholakia Rajat Dholakia a.k.a. Juku is an Indian composer
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Punaram Nishad Punaram Nishad, born in Ringni, Dist Durg Chhattisgarh, is an Indian folk musician, known for his prowess in the Pandavani, a folk music tradition of Chhattisgarh and the neighbouring states in India. Born in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, (th ...

* Jagdish Prasad

Cinema

Director

Anurag Basu Anurag Basu (born 8 May 1974) is an Indian director, screenwriter, actor and producer. He began his directing career in television, moving to feature films in 2002. Basu achieved initial success with his films tackling the themes of passion and ...

Actors

Kishore Sahu Kishore Sahu (22 November 1915 – 22 August 1980) was an Indian actor, film director, screenwriter, and producer. He appeared in 22 films between 1937 and 1980, and he directed 20 films between 1942 and 1974. His directorial venture Kuwara Ba ...

Vega Tamotia Vega Tamotia (born 7 May 1985 in Chhattisgarh, India) is an Indian actress and producer, who has appeared in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu films. She is probably best known for her performances as Saroja in the film of the same name, and Sobikannu i ...

* Gehana Vasisth *

Swati Verma Swati Verma is an Indian actress working primarily with Bhojpuri film industry. She has acted in Tamil, Malayalam and Bhojpuri films. She established a career in Bhojpuri language films and is cited as one of its most popular celebrities. Verm ...

* Aashay Mishra * Anuj Sharma (actor) *

Satyajeet Dubey Satyajeet Dubey (born 21 July 1990) is an Indian voice and film actor, working in the Hindi film industry. He started his career with Roshan Abbas' '' Always Kabhi Kabhi''. Early life Satyajeet Dubey was born in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, Indi ...

* Pooran Kiri *

Omkar Das Manikpuri Omkar Das Manikpuri (born 5 August 1970) is an Indian stage and film actor. He is a native of Brindanagarm (Chhattisgarh) and has been a member of folk-theatre doyen Habib Tanvir's, Naya Theatre company for several years. Manikpuri made his Hin ...

* Govind Ram Nirmalkar * Sandit Tiwari

Writer

Habib Tanvir Habib Tanvir (1 September 1923 – 8 June 2009) was one of the most popular Indian Urdu, Hindi playwrights, a theatre director, poet and actor. He was the writer of plays such as, ''Agra Bazar'' (1954) and '' Charandas Chor'' (1975). A pi ...

Models

Unnati Davara Unnati Davara is an Indian beauty pageant contestant, model and actress. In 2010 she won Femina Miss India East title. Biography Davara started her career with Femina Miss India 2010, Davara won Femina Miss India East title and became one of t ...

Shivani Jadhav Shivani Jadhav is an Indian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Femina Miss Grand India 2019 at the grand finale of Femina Miss India 2019 by the outgoing titleholder Meenakshi Chaudhary. She represented India at Miss Grand In ...

References

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