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Hindu Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also be ...

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Indian popular feminine

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, which means "beauty" and "splendid".

Given name

India's former

Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

Indira Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and stateswoman who served as the Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 un ...

(1917-1984) is the most notable figure bearing this name. Indira may also refer to— *

Indira Ampiot Indira Ampiot (born 19 September 2004) is a French beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss France 2023. She had previously been crowned Miss Guadeloupe, Miss Guadeloupe 2022 and Miss Basse-Terre 2022 and is the fourth woman from Guadeloup ...

(born 2004), French model and Miss France 2023 *

Indira Billi Indira Billi (6 August 1936 – 16 June 2025) was an Indian actress of Hindi and Punjabi language movies. Early life and career Born as Indira Kaur on 6 August 1936 at Dina Nagar, Gurdaspur district, Punjab, British India, she acted in many ...

(born 1936), Indian film actress *

Indira Devi Chaudhurani Indira Devi Chaudhurani (29 December 1873 – 12 August 1960) was an Indian literary figure, author and musician. Born to the Tagore family, Indira was the younger child of Satyendranath Tagore and Jnanadanandini Devi and younger sister of Sur ...

(1873–1960), Bengali Indian literateur, author and musician, niece of Rabindranath Tagore *

Indira Devi Indira Devi (born as Indira Raje; 19 February 1892 – 6 September 1968) was the Maharani of the princely state of Cooch Behar State, Cooch Behar, British India. She was born a princess of Baroda State, Baroda as the daughter of Maharaja Sayaji ...

(1892–1968), Indian autobiographer, princess turned queen and Maharaja of Cooch Behar Jitendra Narayan's wife *

Indira Hridayesh Indira Hridayesh (24 March 1941 – 13 June 2021) was an Indian politician, from the state of Uttarakhand. She was a member of the Indian National Congress party. Hridayesh was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council for four terms, ...

(1941–2021), Indian politician *

Indira Miri Indira Miri (1910–2004), popularly known as Mereng, was an Indian educationist from Assam, known for her efforts in promoting education in the North East Frontier Agency. She was a recipient of the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of Pad ...

(1910–2004), Indian educationist *

Indira Sant Indira Sant (4 January 1914 – 13 July 2000) was a Marathi people, Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India. She was a versatile writer, poet and storyteller. To this day, she is well-known for her detail-orientated poetry. The immense love she h ...

(1914–2000), Indian poet *

Indira Parthasarathy R. Parthasarathy, commonly known as Indira Parthasarathy or Ee. Paa., is an Indian author and playwright who writes in Tamil. He has published 16 novels, 10 plays, anthologies of short stories, and essays. He is best known for his plays, "Auran ...

, (born 1930), Indian writer and playwright * Indira Jaising (born 1940), Indian lawyer, feminist, human rights activist and solicitor * Indira Freitas Johnson (born 1943), Indian artist and nonviolence educator * Indira Kadambi (born 1969), Indian performer and dance teacher *

Indira Kastratović Indira Kastratović, née Jakupović (; born 2 October 1970) is a Macedonian former handball player. She is considered as one of the best Macedonian female handball players in history and one of the best right backs in the world. She was induct ...

(born 1970), Macedonian handball player * Indira Kempis Martínez (born 1982), Mexican politician *

Indira Levak Indira Levak (; born 15 September 1973), also known by her stage name Indira Forza, is a Croatian singer. She was the lead vocalist of a Croatian dance music group, Colonia. Biography Indira was born to Croatian father Franjo and Bosniak mothe ...

(born 1973), Croatian singer member of Colonia * Indira Anant Maydeo, member of Indian National Congress *

Indira Naidoo Indira Naidoo is an Australian author, journalist, and television and radio presenter, of Indian South African descent who hosts the Compass show on ABC TV Education Naidoo's parents were Indian South Africans who were politically active dur ...

(born 1968), Australian writer, journalist and television presenter *

Indira Naidoo-Harris Indira Naidoo-Harris is a former Canadian politician and journalist who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2014 provincial election, sitting as the member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Halton until 2018. A member ...

, Canadian politician *

Indira Nath Indira Nath (14 January 1938 – 24 October 2021) was an Indian immunologist. Her major contribution in medical science deals with mechanisms underlying immune unresponsiveness in man, reactions and nerve damage in leprosy and a search for mar ...

(1938–2021), Indian immunologist *

Indira Neville Indira Neville (born 1973) is a New Zealand comics artist, community organiser, musician and educationalist. She is notable for her work in the Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton-based comics collective Oats Comics, her own long running serial com ...

(born 1973), New Zealand comics artist, community organiser, musician and educationalist *

Indira Radić Indira Radić (; ; born 14 June 1966) is a Serbia, Serbian Folk-pop, pop-folk singer. She has established herself on the music scene of the former Yugoslavia and Bulgaria and sings almost exclusively in her native language. In the period from 199 ...

(born 14 June 1966), Serbian singer *

Indira Samarasekera Indira Vasanti Samarasekera (née Arulpragasam; April 11, 1952) is the former president and former vice-chancellor of the University of Alberta. She has been a member of the Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments, which advises o ...

(born 1952) Canadian-Sri Lankan twelfth president and vice-chancellor of the University of Alberta *

Indira Vizcaíno Silva Indira Vizcaíno Silva (born 14 January 1987) is a Mexican politician from the Morena (political party), Morena party. From 2009 to 2012 she served as Deputy of the LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Colima. In 2021, she becam ...

(born 1987), Mexican politician * Indira Spence (born 1986), Jamaican hurdler * Indira Stefanianna (born 1946), American/Icelandic actress and singer *

Indira Talwani Indira Talwani (born October 6, 1960) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Biography Daughter of Manik Talwani, a geophysicist, from, Punjab, India, Talwani received a Bachelor ...

(born 1960), American lawyer and jurist *

Indira Terrero Indira Terrero Letuce (born 29 November 1985) is a Spanish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. Earlier she represented her native Cuba. Career Her personal best time is 51.00 seconds, achieved in May 2007 in Havana. Personal best Outdo ...

(born 1985), Cuban-Spanish sprinter *

Indira Varma Indira Anne Varma (born 27 September 1973) is a British actress and narrator. Her film debut and first major role was in '' Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love''. She is known for her television roles, such as playing Niobe in the BBC and HBO series ''R ...

(born 1973), English actress *

Indira Weis Indira Weis (born Verena Weis; 30 September 1979) is a German singer and actress who rose to fame as a member of the R&B/Pop group Bro'Sis. Biography Early life Weis was born the second daughter to Manju, an Indian interpreter and her Ge ...

(born 1979), Indian-German actress and singer *

Indira Bajt Indira Bajt (née Babataeva, born 1980) is a Kazakhstani-Slovenian woman chess player. Bajt is a Woman FIDE Master (WFM) with a peak Elo rating of 2225. She was a member of Slovenia women's team at the 39th Chess Olympiad. She represented her n ...

(born 1980), Kazakhstani-Slovenian chess player

Fictional characters

* Indira, from Abdul Rashid Kardar's 1950 film ''

Dastan Dastan () is an ornate form of oral history, an epic, from Central Asia, Iran, Turkey and Azerbaijan. A dastan is generally centered on one individual who protects his tribe or his people from an outside invader or enemy, although only occasion ...

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