Shanta (given Name)

	Shanta (given Name) Shanta is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Shanta Apte (1916–1964), Indian singer and actress * Shanta Gandhi (1917–2002), Indian theatre director * Shanta Gokhale (born 1939), Indian writer * Shanta Kumar (born 1934), Indian politician * Shanta Pathak (1927–2010), British businesswoman * Shanta Rao (1930–2007), Indian dancer * Shanta Shelke Shanta Janardan Shelke (12 October 1922 – 6 June 2002) was an Indian poet and writer in the Marathi language. She was also a noted journalist and academic. Her work included song compositions, stories, translations, and children's literature. ... (1922–2002), Indian poet {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Shanta Apte Shanta Apte (1916–1964) was an Indian actress-singer who worked in Marathi language, Marathi and Hindi cinema. Renowned for her roles in films like ''Duniya Na Mane/Kunku'' (1937) and ''Amar Jyoti'' (1936) under the Prabhat Films banner, she was active in Indian cinema from 1932 to 1958. Apte's impact on Marathi cinema "paralleled" that of Kanan Devi in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. Along with Kanan Devi, Apte is cited as one of the "great singing stars" from before the playback singing era. Apte began her career in films playing the role of a young Radha in the Marathi film ''Shyamsunder'' (1932). She joined Prabhat Films acting in her first Hindi language film ''Amrit Manthan (film), Amrit Manthan'' in (1934). She brought a change in the static style of song renditions in films with her "spontaneous gestures and eye movements". A "woman of rare mettle", she staged a hunger strike in 1939 at the Prabhat Studios gate following a disagreement regarding a clause in her c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Shanta Gandhi Shanta Kalidas Gandhi (20 December 1917 – 6 May 2002) was an Indian theatre director, dancer and playwright who was closely associated with IPTA, the cultural wing of the Communist Party of India. She studied with Indira Gandhi at a residential school in the early 1930s, and remained close to the prime minister in later life. She received many government awards and sinecures under the Indira Gandhi administration, including the Padma Shri (1984) and being made chairperson of the National School of Drama (1982–84). She was the sister of actress Dina Pathak (née Gandhi) and Tarla Gandhi, also a stage performer. Background She was a founder-member of the central ballet troupe of the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA), and toured the country widely through the 1950s. As a playwright she is remembered as an early pioneer in reviving ancient Indian drama especially Sanskrit drama and folk theatre to modern Indian theatre and amongst her most noted plays are ''Razia S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Shanta Gokhale Shanta Gokhale (born 14 August 1939) is an Indian writer, translator, journalist and theatre critic. She is best known for her works ''Rita Welinkar'' and ''Tya Varshi''. Early life and education Born in Dahanu in Palghar district of Maharashtra, Gokhale's family moved to Shivaji Park neighbourhood in Mumbai in 1941 when her father, GG Gokahle, joined a newspaper, ''Searchlight''. Her father later joined the Bennett and Coleman Group. She did her schooling from Bombay Scottish School, Mahim. At the age of 15 she left for England where she did her B. A. (Hons) in English literature at Bristol University. Returning to India, at the age of 21, she did her M. A. (Hons) degree in English literature from University of Mumbai. Subsequently, she joined Xavier's Institute of Communication, Mumbai, where she studied Communications and Video Production. Career Shanta Gokhale has previously worked as a part-time teacher at Elphinstone College, and as a public relations executive at Glax ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Shanta Kumar Shanta Kumar Sharma (born 12 September 1934) is an Indian politician who was the 3rd Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh and a Union Minister in the Government of India. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha from Kangra constituency in 1989. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1998, 1999 and 2014 from the same constituency. He has written a number of books. He is the first and only person not of a Rajput background who has served as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. Early life Shanta Kumar Sharma was born to Jagannath Sharma and Kaushalya Devi on 12 September 1934 in Garhjamula, Kangra district, Punjab Province. Political career His political career began in 1963 when he was elected as a Panch in the Gram panchayat for Garhjamula. He was subsequently elected as a member of the Panchayat Samiti in Bhawarna and then was president of Zilla Parishad in Kangra from 1965 to 1970. He was elected to the Himachal Pradesh Legisl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Shanta Pathak Shanta Gaury Pathak (née Pandit; 2 February 1927 – 23 November 2010) was a British businesswoman of Indo-Ugandan descent, and the co-founder, alongside her husband Laxmishanker Pathak, of the Patak's brand of Indian-style curry pastes, sauces and spices. Early life Pathak was born Shanta Gaury Pathak Pandit to Gujarati parents in Zanzibar, Tanganyika, on 2 February 1927. In 1945, she married Laxmishanker Pathak, who in 1938 had emigrated from Gujarat in British India to Mombasa, Kenya, where his eldest brother had a small business making sweets and samosas for the city's burgeoning Indian population. With the onset of the Mau Mau Uprising, and increasing hostility, the Pathaks set sail on the passenger ship SS Uganda, stopping in Kenya and Marseilles, to England in 1956, reaching London with just £5. Career Patak's papadums, paste pot and St Pancras Council, Pathak decided the family should start a similar business to that they had in Kenya, running a kitchen from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Shanta Rao Shanta Rao (c. 1925 – 28 December 2007) was a dancer from India. She studied and performed Kathakali, Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi. She received the Padma Shri, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and Kalidas Samman for Classical Dance. She was born in 1925 in Bombay (now Mumbai) and lived there and Bangalore. She died on 28 December 2007 at her home at Malleswaram, Bangalore. Life and career Shanta Rao was born around 1925 to Saraswat Brahmins. Rao traveled to study at Kerala Kalamandalam with a chaperone in 1939. She made her debut in Kathakali in 1940 in Thrissur. Rao studied Bharatanatyam from Meenakshisundaram Pillai. She made her debut in Bharatnatyam in the Music Academy of Madras in 1942. Rao studied Kuchipudi under Vempati Chinna Satyam. She formulated Bhama Natyam. Performances * Sangeet Natak Akademi's Swarna Jayanti Mahotsava, celebrating India's 50th year of independence, organised in Delhi in 1997. * Ashta Mahishi, a two-hour Bhama Natyam composition recounti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]