Keshav is an South asian male given name which is a modern form of name
Keshava, one of the many names of Lord
Krishna
Krishna (; sa, कृष्ण ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right. He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; and is one ...
and Lord
Vishnu
Vishnu ( ; , ), also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the supreme being within Vaishnavism, one of the major traditions within contemporary Hinduism.
Vishnu is known as "The Preserver" within t ...
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Keshav Bansal
Keshav Bansal is an Indian entrepreneur. He is the director of Intex Technologies, an Indian consumer durables, which is India's second-largest selling mobile phone and IT accessories manufacturer company. He was the owner of the dissolved Raj ...
(born 1991), Indian entrepreneur
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Keshav Vaman Bhole
Keshav Vaman Bhole ( mr, केशव वामन भोळे, 23 May 1896 – 1967), also known as Keshavrao Bhole, was a well-known music composer and critic in Indian cinema.
He was the founder of a theatrical company called Natya-Manvanta ...
(1896–1967), Indian musical composer
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Keshav Kumar Budhathoki
Keshav Kumar Budhathoki ( ne, केशव कुमार बुढाथोकी) is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Nepali Congress. He was the Jhapa District President of Nepali Congress (Democratic). In April 2008, he won the Jhapa
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, Nepalese politician
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Keshav Dutt (1925–2021), Indian field hockey player
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Keshav Ginde
Keshav Ginde (born 5 September 1942) is an Indian classical flutist.
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1942 births
Hindustani instrumentalists
Indian flautists
Bansuri players
Living people
People from Belgaum
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(born 1942), Indian flautist
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Keshav Prasad Goenka (1912–1983), Indian businessman
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Keshav Baliram Hedgewar (1889–1940), Indian chief
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Keshav Rao Jadhav
Keshav Rao Jadhav was an activist for separate state of Telangana. He is now the convener of Telangana Jana Parishad.
Early life and career
Keshav Rao Jadhav was the president of Osmania University Teachers Association before he got retired ...
(1933–2018), Indian activist
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Keshav Rao Koratkar
Sri Keshav Rao Koratkar, was a pioneer of political, social and educational reforms in Hyderabad State, India. Initially working on behalf of the Marathi people, he became involved in the Indian independence movement.
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(1867–1932), Indian pioneer
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Keshav Kumar
Keshav Kumar (born 13 December 1988) is an Indian cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Jharkhand against Himachal Pradesh in the 2008–09 Ranji Trophy on 29 November 2008.
Ahead of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, he transferred from Jharkh ...
(born 1988), Indian cricketer
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Keshav Maharaj
Keshav Atmanand Maharaj (born 7 February 1990) is a South African professional cricketer who plays for the South Africa national team in Tests, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket. He is currently the vice-capta ...
(1990), South African cricketer
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Keshav Prasad Mainali
Keshav Prasad Mainali ( ne, केसव प्रसाद मैनाली) is a Nepalese politician. He currently belongs to Nepali Congress. He was the chairman of the Chure Bhawar Rastriya Ekta Party Nepal. He joined the Nepal Student Uni ...
, Nepalese politician
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Keshav Malik
Keshav Malik (5 November, 1924 – 11 June, 2014) was an Indian poet, art and literary critic, arts scholar, and curator. He remained art critic for the ''Hindustan Times'' (1960–1972) and ''The Times of India'' (1975–2000). He published e ...
(1924–2014), Indian poet
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Keshav Dev Malviya
Keshav Dev Malaviya (11 August 1904–27 May 1981) was a leader of Indian National Congress and a union minister of India. He was a member of Lok Sabha from Domariyaganj, Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state ...
(1904–1981), Indian political leader
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Keshav Mangave (1926–1997), Indian wrestler
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Keshav Prasad Maurya
Keshav Prasad Maurya (born 7 May 1969) is the Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Life
On 8 April 2016, on the first day of Chaitra, he was appointed the Bharatiya Janata Party chief of Utta ...
(born 1969), Indian politician
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Keshav Meshram
Keshav Tanaji Meshram (24 November 1937 – 3 December 2007) was a Marathi poet, critic, novelist, and short-story writer from Maharashtra, India. He wrote about 40 books.
Early life
Meshram was born in a poor ''dalit'' family in Akola on 24 N ...
(1937–2007), Marathi poet
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Keshav R. Murugesh (born 1963), Indian executive officer
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Keshav Dattatreya Nayak, Indian scientist
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Keshav Pandit Keshav Swami Purohit (died 1690), also known as Keshav Pandit or Keshav Bhat Pandit, was Chhatrapati Shivaji's Rajpurohit (Religious chief) and a Sanskrit scholar and poet of his times. He was also the ‘Rajpurohit’ and ''Danadhyaksha'' of Sambha ...
(died 1690), Sanskrit scholar and poet
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Keshav K Pingali, American computer scientist
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Keshav Jagannath Purohit
Keshav Jagannath Purohit (केशव जगन्नाथ पुरोहित) (b. 1923- 17 October 2018) was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He wrote using the pen name Shantaram (शांताराम).
Purohit was born in 1 ...
(1923–2018), Marathi writer
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Keshav Roy (born 1926), Indian wrestler
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Keshav Samant, Indian bridge player
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Keshav Sathe
Keshav Sathe (31 January 1928 – 18 January 2012) was an Indian tabla player, best known for his contributions to the Indo-jazz fusion genre. Among his significant collaborations are the ones with Joe Harriott and John Mayer in 1965–70; Ire ...
(1928–2012), Indian tabla player
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Keshav K. Singh, American cellular biologist
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Keshav Prasad Upadhyaya
Keshav Prasad Upadhyaya was a Nepalese judge who served as 13th Chief Justice of Nepal, in office from 16 December 1999 to 5 December 2002. He was appointed by the then-king of Nepal, Birendra.
Upadhyaya was preceded by Mohan Prasad Sharma
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(born 1944), Nepalese judge
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Indian masculine given names