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Dhingra
Dhingra is a family name of Sikhs and Arora Hindus. It is derived from a clan of Jats. Notable people Notable people with the surname, who may or may not be affiliated with the clans or religions, include: *Gaurav Dhingra (born 1980), Indian film and television producer * Gurbachan Singh Dhingra (born 1950), Indian entrepreneur *Kuldip Singh Dhingra (born 1947), Indian entrepreneur * Leena Dhingra, British writer, actress and teacher *Madan Lal Dhingra (1883–1909), Indian revolutionary *Manka Dhingra (born 1973/74), India-American attorney and politician *Pooja Dhingra (born 1986), Indian pastry chef and businesswoman *Rachna Dhingra Rachna Dhingra (born 3 September 1977) is a social activist working in Bhopal with the survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy, a gas leak from a Union Carbide plant in 1984 that has killed 20,000 people. She is also currently a member of the Aam ... (born 1977), Indian social activist * Sangita Dhingra Sehgal (born 1958), Indian jurist * Swati D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madan Lal Dhingra
Madan Lal Dhingra (18 September 1883 – 17 August 1909) was an Indian student and a revolutionary freedom fighter at University College London who in 1909 assassinated Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie, the political aide-de-camp to the Secretary of State for India, in London. Early life Madan Lal Dhingra was born on 18 September 1883 in Amritsar, India, in an educated and affluent Hindu Punjabi Khatri family. His father, Dr. Ditta Mal Dhingra, was a civil surgeon, and Madan Lal was one of eight children (seven sons and one daughter). All seven sons, including Dhingra, studied abroad. Dhingra studied at Amritsar in MB Intermediate College until 1900. He then went to Lahore to study at the Government College University. Here, he was influenced by the incipient nationalist movement, which at that time was about seeking Home Rule rather than independence. Dhingra was especially troubled by the poverty of India. He studied the literature concerning the causes of Indian poverty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manka Dhingra
Manka Dhingra (born 1973 or 1974) is an Indian-born American attorney and politician who is a Washington State senator. A member of the Democratic Party, she was elected to represent the 45th legislative district, on Seattle's Eastside in King County, during a 2017 special election. Dhingra is the first Sikh elected to any state legislature in the United States. Dhingra, an Indian immigrant, founded the woman's advocacy organization API Chaya in 1996, and later worked under several elected officials at the state level. She joined the King County Prosecuting Attorney's office in 2000 and led the department's expanding mental health and veterans courts. Dhingra faced criticism in 2023 and 2024 for the data she used to support her positions on police pursuits and for claiming she still worked at the Prosecutor’s Office. Early life and education Dhingra was born in Bhopal, India to a Sikh family; her father worked for Union Carbide and her mother was a schoolteacher. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuldip Singh Dhingra
Kuldip Singh Dhingra is an Indian entrepreneur and a co-owner of Berger Paints. Dhingra has been listed as one of Forbes India's richest Indians and also in its The World's Billionaires list among the highest Indians by net worth. Early life Dhingra was born in 1947 into a Sikh Punjabi Arora business family in Amritsar, Punjab, India. His grandfather started the paint business in 1898 in Amritsar. Dhingra holds a bachelor's degree from Delhi University. Berger Paints In 1991 Dhingra along with his brother Gurbachan Singh Dhingra purchased Berger Paints from UB group of Vijay Mallya. The book ''Unstoppable: Kuldip Singh Dhingra and the Rise of Berger Paints'' is the biography of Dhingra written by the author Sonu Bhasin. Association Dhingra serves as director of Ashi Farms, Anshana Properties, Arambol Properties, Citland commercial credits, KSD Buildwell, KSD probuilt, Lobelia Buildwell, Scorpio research and consultants, Vinu Farms, Vignette Investments, United Stock Exchan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gurbachan Singh Dhingra
Gurbachan Singh Dhingra is an Indian entrepreneur and a co-owner of Berger Paints. Dhingra has been listed as one of Forbes India's richest Indians and also in its The World's Billionaires list among the highest Indians by net worth. Early life Dhingra was born in 1950 in a business family. His grandfather started the paint business in 1898 in Amritsar in Sikh Punjabi Family. Dhingra holds a bachelor's degree from Delhi University. Berger Paints In 1991, Dhingra along with his brother Kuldip Singh Dhingra purchased Berger Paints from UB group of Vijay Mallya. Association Dhingra serves as director of Anshana Properties, Arambol Properties, Citland Commercial Credits, Lobelia Buildwell, Scorpio Research and Consultants, Vinu Estates, Vignette Investments, UK Paints, Berger Becker Coatings, Berger Paints, Jolly Properties, Rakesh Estate, Rakesh Containers, Reshma Properties, Rishkul Properties, Creative Reattach, Kaydee Farms, Malibu Estate, Bigg Investments and Finance, Flex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pooja Dhingra
Pooja Dhingra (born 1986) is an Indian pastry chef and businesswoman. She opened India's first macaron store and is the owner of bakery chain Le15 Patisserie that specialises in macarons and a host of French desserts. Biography Dhingra was born into a family interested in gastronomy. Both her father and her brother Vaarun Dhingra are restaurant owners. She attended the famous- Bombay Scottish School in Mumbai. When still young, Dhingra learnt the art of baking from her aunt. She initially enrolled at a law school in Mumbai before quitting in 2004, switching careers to attend a hospitality and management course at the César Ritz school in Le Bouveret, Switzerland. Three years later, she began training at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. There she came across her first macaron at one of Pierre Hermé's patisseries. After completing her course, Dhingra returned to Mumbai and opened her first store in March 2010 with the single goal of creating Parisian styled culinary experiences in Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leena Dhingra
Leena Dhingra is a British writer, actress and teacher. Life Born in India, Dhingra came to Europe after the 1947 Partition of India. She was educated in India, England, France and Switzerland. She was a key member of the Asian Women Writers' Collective in the 1980s. Dhingra's 1988 novel ''Amritvela'' tells the story of Meera, a woman taken to England as a child, who is forced to confront her diasporic identity when returning to visit India after having married an Englishman. Dhingra graduated from the University of East Anglia with an MA in creative writing in 1991 and a PhD in 2001.Leena Dhingra, ''Exhumation: a novel and a critical commentary''. PhD thesis, University of East Anglia, 2001. She has appeared in television soap operas ''Doctors'' as Nina Parmar, ''Coronation Street'' as Mina Parekh and ''EastEnders'' as Manju Patel. Her role as Manju was only supposed to be for two episodes but after an internet campaign, ''EastEnders'' made her a recurring character in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachna Dhingra
Rachna Dhingra (born 3 September 1977) is a social activist working in Bhopal with the survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy, a gas leak from a Union Carbide plant in 1984 that has killed 20,000 people. She is also currently a member of the Aam Aadmi Party of India. Early life and education Rachna Dhingra, the only child of her parents, was born in Delhi. Her parents divorced when she was 3 months old, mainly because of the birth of a girl child. Her mother was a single parent since then, until she moved to USA to remarry in 1992. Rachna was 18 at this time. Rachna did her undergraduate in business administration from Ross School of Business at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in the United States. After graduating, she joined Accenture as a Business Consultant. In the year 2002 she resigned from her job and in January 2003, Rachna came to Bhopal to work in support of the Bhopal survivors’ struggle for justice. Social work During her time at the University of Michigan, Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaurav Dhingra
Gaurav Dhingra (born 24 March 1980) is an International film and television producer and film entrepreneur. He is the Founder of Jungle Book Entertainment along with Pan Nalin, director of award-winning films like Samsara and Valley of Flowers. Early days Gaurav did his Post Graduate Diploma in Content Creation and Management (PGDCCM) from School Of Convergence, New Delhi. He went on to assist Producer Bobby Bedi of Kaleidoscope Entertainment. Learning the craft and nuances of Film making and production by taking on various roles for Mangal Pandey: The Rising, Maqbool, Valley of Flowers, The Myth (film) and American Daylight. Career In 2015, he produced Angry Indian Goddesses, touted as India's first female buddy film and the recipient of the People's Choice Award at Toronto International Film Festival and BNL People's Choice Award at the 10th Rome Film Festival. It was sold theatrically in 67 countries and was acquired by Netflix Worldwide. He is recognized as a part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swati Dhingra
Swati Dhingra (born 1980) is an Associate Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and an external member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee. Early life and education She hails from Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Her parents moved to India during the 1947 partition and are into a small business of buying and selling shawls. She earned her undergraduate degree from Delhi University, holds an MA from the Delhi School of Economics and obtained an MS and a PhD in Economics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She did post doctoral fellowship at Princeton University. She lives with her partner Islington, north London. She has been a prominent critic of Brexit Brexit (, a portmanteau of "Britain" and "Exit") was the Withdrawal from the European Union, withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU). Brexit officially took place at 23:00 GMT on 31 January 2020 (00:00 1 February .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Dhingra, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangita Dhingra Sehgal
Sangita Dhingra Sehgal (born 20 June 1958) is an Indian Jurist. She is former Judge of Delhi High Court from 15 December 2014. She had tendered her resignation from the post on 21 May 2020 and demitted the office on 30 May 2020. Career Born on 20 June 1958 at Chandigarh and did her schooling and graduation in Chandigarh. She obtained her law degree from University of Delhi in 1981. She joined Delhi Judicial Service on 26 July 1985. She worked as an additional session judge from 2000 to 2003. She worked as secretary of Press Council of India from 2003 to 2004. She remained as registrar general of Delhi High Court from April 2013 to December 2014 and also worked as registrar (vigilance). She was elevated as additional judge of Delhi High Court The High Court of Delhi ( Hindustani: दिल्ली उच्च न्यायालय; ''dillī uchcha nyāyālaya'') is the high court in Delhi, India. It was established on 31 October 1966, through the ''Delhi High Court ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arora
Arora is a community of Punjab and Sindh, comprising both Hindus and Sikhs. The name is derived from their ancestral place Aror, Sindh. In 712, the Arora people are said to have left Aror and started to settle in the cities of Punjab, mainly in South Punjab. However, according to W. H. McLeod, many Aroras originally came from the Pothohar area in North Punjab. Their traditional occupations were shopkeeping, petty-business and moneylending in late pre-colonial and colonial times and even as of 2009 many were prominent shopkeepers in Punjab. Historically, the Arora section of the Khatri community had been principally found in West Punjab, in the districts to the south and west of Lahore. Scott Cameron Levi, believes that they are a "sub-caste of the Khatris". After Partition of India, Punjabis who migrated from erstwhile West Punjab were mostly Khatris and Aroras. Studies reveal that "Arora Khatri, Bedi, Ahluwalia etc. are some of the important castes among the Punjabis". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surnames Of Indian Origin
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name. In modern times most surnames are hereditary, although in most countries a person has a right to change their name. Depending on culture, the surname may be placed either at the start of a person's name, or at the end. The number of surnames given to an individual also varies: in most cases it is just one, but in Portuguese-speaking countries and many Spanish-speaking countries, two surnames (one inherited from the mother and another from the father) are used for legal purposes. Depending on culture, not all members of a family unit are required to have identical surnames. In some countries, surnames are modified depending on gender and family membership status of a person. Compound surn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
