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Vora (other)
Vora may refer to : Places * Vörå, a municipality in Finland * Vorë or Vora, a town in Albania People * Arun Vora, Indian politician * Batuk Vora, Indian journalist * Motilal Vora, Indian politician * Neeraj Vora, Indian film director * Joyce Demmin, Indian cricketer * Ramanlal Vora, Indian politician * Virji Vora Virji Vora ( 1590– 1670s) was an Indian merchant from Surat during the Mughal era. The East India Company Factory Records describe him as the richest merchant in the world at the time. According to English records, his personal worth is estima ..., Indian merchant See also * Bohra (other) {{disambiguation, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vörå
Vörå (; ; ) is a municipality in Finland, located on the west coast of the country. Vörå is situated in Ostrobothnia (administrative region), Ostrobothnia, along the Gulf of Bothnia, about east of Vaasa and about southwest of Kokkola. The population of Vörå is approximately , while the Vaasa sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. Vörå is a bilingual municipality with Swedish language, Swedish and Finnish language, Finnish as its official languages. The population consists of Finnish speakers, Swedish speakers, and speakers of other languages. Etymology The name ''Vörå'' was first mentioned in documents in 1367 and the parish of Vörå was first mentioned in 1443. The parish name has been the subject of both historical and toponymy research since at least 1734. It has been debated whether the name is originally Swedish ''Vörå'' or Finnish ''Vöyri'' and what the basi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vorë
Vorë ( sq-definite, Vora) is a municipality in Tirana County, central Albania. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Bërxullë, Prezë and Vorë, that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the town Vorë. The total population is 21,621 as of the 2023 census, in a total area of . The population of the municipal unit is 8,969. History There is a medieval castle in the constituent village of Prezë. Gërdec explosions The municipality of Vorë includes the small village of Gerdec. In the Albanian Armed Forces' munition store in this settlement, an accident occurred on 15 March 2008, which caused a series of large explosions, lasting for several hours. As a result of these explosions, 26 people died and several hundred were injured. Several hundred houses and two small villages were completely destroyed and 1,500 buildings were damaged. 2020 earthquake On January 28, 2020, a magnitude 5.1 earthquak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arun Vora
Arun Vora is an Indian politician and member of the Indian National Congress. Arun Vora has been popular leader in the Durg City constituency Assembly from where he has been MLA three times. Arun Vora belongs to a family of journalists and political stalwarts of national stature. Vora is educated with master's degree. His father Motilal Vora was treasurer of All India Congress Committee, ex-chief minister of Madhya Pradesh. Currently Arun Vora is member of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly from Durg City constituency in Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (; ) is a landlocked States and union territories of India, state in Central India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the List .... References People from Durg Living people Chhattisgarh MLAs 2018–2023 Chhattisgarh MLAs 2013–2018 1960 births Indian National Congress politicians from Chhattisgarh Chhatti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batuk Vora
Batukrai H Vora (1930–2004) was a journalist from Palitana, Gujarat, India. He represented Palitana constituency from 1972 to 1975. 1949-1950 he worked with ''Jay Gujarat'' and ''Mashal'', Gujarati language-journalist published in Bombay. He then became involved in trade union struggles and joined the Communist Party of India. After returning to journalistic work, he wrote for the CPI party organ New Age. He also worked for ''India Abroad'', and was its correspondent in San Francisco, United States. In the 1978 Gujarat state assembly elections he contested and won the Palitana seat in Bhavnagar district as a CPI candidate. He is the only CPI candidate in history which has won a seat in the Gujarat state assembly. Following the 2002 Gujarat violence, Vora emerged as a staunch critic of the Narendra Modi state government. Vora died from cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving Cell growth#Disorders, abnormal cell growth with the potential to Invasion (cancer), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 India. He was also Governor of Uttar Pradesh from 1993 to 1996. Early life Vora was born on 20 December 1928 at Nimbi Jodha in Jodhpur State of British India's Rajputana Agency (present-day Nagaur district, Rajasthan) to a Pushkarna Brahmin family. His parents were Mohanlal Vora and Amba Bai. His forefathers came from Nimbi Jodha, and prior to that from Phalodi. He received his education at Raipur and Kolkata. He had also worked with several newspapers for many years. He married Shanti Devi Vora. The couple have four daughters and two sons. His son Arun Vora is an MLA from Durg (CG), having won three elections as MLA. His brother Govindlal Vora was Veteran Journalist and Chief Editor of Amrit Sandesh. His nephew Rajeev Vora is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neeraj Vora
Neeraj Vora (22 January 1963 14 December 2017) was an Indian film director, writer, actor and composer from Gujarat. He made a mark in Bollywood with his work as a writer for Ram Gopal Verma's film '' Rangeela'' (1995). His directorial debut was Akshay Kumar starrer ''Khiladi 420'' in 2000 and also directed ''Phir Hera Pheri (2006)''. He has written screenplay and dialogues of some popular Bollywood comedy films including '' ''Hera Pheri'' franchise'', ''Garam Masala'' (2005), '' Bhagam Bhag'' (2006), '' Golmaal: Fun Unlimited'' (2006), '' Bhool Bhulaiya'' (2007). As an actor, his notable work includes ''Mann'' (1999), '' Hello Brother'' (1999), '' Khatta Meetha'' (2010), ''Bol Bachchan'' (2012). He suffered a stroke in October 2016, putting him in coma. He was working on ''Hera Pheri 3'' before he went into coma and died on 14 December 2017 at 4 a.m. in Criticare hospital, Mumbai. Early life and career Vora was born in Bhuj, Gujarat in a Gujarati family in 1963. But he gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joyce Demmin
Joyce Demmin is a Trinidad and Tobago women's cricketer who played for the Trinidad and Tobago women's cricket team in the 1970s. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Trinidad and Tobago women cricketers 20th-century Trinidad and Tobago sportswomen West Indian women cricketers {{Trinidad-cricket-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramanlal Vora
Ramanlal Vora is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Gujarat state of India. He is elected to Gujarat Legislative Assembly for five consecutive terms from Idar from 1995 to 2017. He was serving as a speaker of Gujarat Legislative Assembly since 22 August 2016. Career Ramanlal Vora, son of Indian independence activist Ishwarlal Vora, is a retired Bank Employee and was associated with the Trade Union Activities. He was the Secretary, Ahmedabad City BJP Unit. He is a member of Gujarat State BJP Executive Committee since 1992 and has also performed duties as President of Gujarat State BJP Scheduled Cast Morcha. He was elected M.L.A. in 1995 from Idar constituency and became Deputy Minister, Energy, Petrochemicals and Co-Operation Department. In 1998 he was re-elected from the same constituency and became State Minister for Co-Operation (Independent Charge) and Administrative Reforms. He was re-elected for the third time in 2002 from Idar constituency and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virji Vora
Virji Vora ( 1590– 1670s) was an Indian merchant from Surat during the Mughal era. The East India Company Factory Records describe him as the richest merchant in the world at the time. According to English records, his personal worth is estimated to be worth 8 million rupees, 24,000 billion dollars, a substantial amount of money at the time. He has been variously described as a "merchant prince," and a " plutocrat." The business activities of Virji Vora included wholesale trading, money lending, and banking. He established a monopoly over certain imports in Surat, and dealt with a wide range of commodities including spices, bullion, coral, ivory, lead, and opium. He was a major credit supplier and customer of the British East India Company and the Dutch East India Company. Early life The records of the East India Company frequently mention the business activities of Virji Vora, but little is known about his origins or family background. He has been variously described as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
