Abhijeet is a masculine name common in the

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. The meaning of Abhijeet is "victorious" or "conqueror" or "who wins" in the Sanskrit language. Abhijit is the Sanskrit name for

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, the brightest star in the northern constellation of

Lyra Lyra (; Latin for lyre, from Greek ''λύρα'') is a small constellation. It is one of the 48 listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and is one of the modern 88 constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union. Lyra was ...

. It also refers to a period of 48 minutes centered on solar noon which is considered a good time ( Muhurat) to start any task. Notable people with the name include: *

Abhijit Banerjee Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee (; born 21 February 1961) is an Indian-American economist who is currently the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Banerjee shared the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize ...

, Indian-American economist, Nobel Laureate in Economics 2019 * Abhijit Bhaduri, Indian author, columnist and management consultant *

Abhijit Chowdhury Abhijit Chowdhury is a Kolkata, India-based writer and an independent filmmaker whose debut direction is Dwitiyo Ripu which got released on 11 September 2015. In 2018, his short film ''Mithye'' was released in a popular Bengali OTT platform ''H ...

, India-based independent filmmaker *

Abhijit Chakraborty Abhijit Ajit Chakraborty (born 13 March 1991) is an Indian cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut for Tripura in the 2017–18 Zonal T20 League on 8 January 2018. He made his List A debut for Tripura in the 2017–18 Vijay Hazare Trophy The ...

, Indian cricketer *

Abhijit Das Abhijit Das (born 10 July 1987) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bhawanipore in the Calcutta Football League. Career United Abhijit signed his first professional contract at the age of 23 for Southern Samity ...

(born 1969), Indian political leader & social activist *

Abhijit Deshmukh (engineer) Abhijit Deshmukh is the James J. Solberg Head of Industrial Engineering at Purdue University in Indiana, United States. He has significantly contributed to manufacturing, decision-making, and complex systems. Deshmukh received his doctorate deg ...

, Indian American engineer * Abhijit Deshmukh (umpire), cricketer umpire *

Abhijit Deshpande Abhijit Prakash Deshpande (born 22 February 1968) is a former Indian cricketer who played for Maharashtra in Indian domestic cricket. He was a right-handed top-order batsman. From Pune, Deshpande made his first-class debut in December 1986, pla ...

, Indian cricketer *

Abhijit Dey Abhijit Dey (born 30 December 1987) is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Tripura Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state wi ...

, Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Tripura * Abhijit Guha (Indian Army officer), Indian Army officer * Abhijit Guha (director), Indian film director, actor and writer * Abhijit Kale, former Indian cricketer * Abhijit Kunte, Indian chess player *

Abhijit Karambelkar Abhijit Karambelkar (born 4 June 1991) is an Indian cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Baroda in the 2010–11 Ranji Trophy The 2010–11 Ranji Trophy season is the 77th Ranji trophy season. It is being contested through tw ...

, Indian cricketer * Abhijit Kokate, Indian film editor *

Abhijit Pohankar Abhijit Pohankar (born 29 June 1975, in Mumbai) is an Indian classical instrumentalist. He plays classical music on the keyboard. Early life Abhijit was born to Indian classical vocalist Ajay Pohankar. He is the grandson of Susheela Pohankar of ...

, Indian classical keyboardist and fusion music producer * Abhijit Mukherjee, Indian politician * Abhijit Mondal, Indian footballer *

Abhijit Mahalanobis Abhijit Mahalanobis is an electrical engineer Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It ...

, Indian-American engineer * Abhijit Sarkar (cricketer), Indian cricketer *

Abhijit Sarkar (footballer) Abhijit Sarkar (born 5 January 2000) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Mohammedan in the I-League. He has represented India at various youth levels, and also played for them in the 2017 FIFA U-17 Wo ...

, Indian footballer *

Abhijit Salvi Abhijit Salvi (born 5 October 1999) is an Indian cricketer. He made his List A debut for Services in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 25 February 2017. He made his first-class debut on 25 December 2019, for Services in the 2019–20 Ranji ...

, Indian cricketer * Abhijit Sen, former member of the Planning Commission of India * Abhijit Vaghani, Indian music composer and producer *

Abhijith (actor) Abhijith (born 30 July 1963) is an Indian actor, singer, producer and director working in Kannada films. Starting his career as an actor in the late 1980s, he went on to act in many films through the 1990s and 2000s. He mainly played lead ro ...

, Indian Kannada-language actor * Abhijith Kollam, Indian playback singer, popular in Malayalam * Abhijith P. S. Nair, India violinist * Abhijeet Chavan, Indian actor who works in Marathi and Hindi films * Abhijeet Gupta, Indian chess player *

Abhijeet Singh Sanga Abhijeet Singh Sanga (born 2 August 1983) is an Indian politician and a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He represents the Bithoor assembly constituency of Kanpur Nagar district. Political career Abhijeet Singh Sanga started his po ...

, Indian politician *

Abhijeet Bhattacharya Abhijeet Bhattacharya (born 30 October 1958), better known as Abhijeet, is a Bollywood playback singer. Abhijeet has sung 6034 songs in over 1000 films. Personal life Abhijeet was born to a Kanpur-based Bengali businessman turned editor Dhi ...

, Indian playback singer best known by his first name * Abhijeet Gupta (born 1989), chess grandmaster *

Abhijeet Kosambi Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 is an Indian television singing competition that premiered on 4 May 2007 and ran until 13 October 2007. It is the 2nd instalment of the "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge" series and the 4th public voting competition in the ...

(born 1982), classical singer and winner of ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa'' -Maharashtra cha Maha Gayak * Abhijeet Sawant (born 1981), singer and winner of ''Indian Idol'' * Abhijeeth Poondla, Indian actor who works in Telugu films * Abhizeet Asom, Indian politician, chairperson of the United Liberation Front of Assam (Independent) * Abijeet (actor), Indian actor, who works in Telugu films

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