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Bihar Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are ...

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Deities and avatars

Sita Sita (; ), also known as Siya, Jānaki and Maithili, is a Hindu goddess and the female protagonist of the Hindu epic ''Ramayana''. Sita is the consort of Rama, the avatar of god Vishnu, and is regarded as an avatar of goddess Lakshmi. She is t ...

Vimalakirti Vimalakīrti ( ' "stainless, undefiled" + ' "fame, glory, reputation") is a bodhisattva and the central figure in the ',Janaka Janaka (, IAST: ''Janaka'') is the King of Videha who ruled from Mithila (region), Mithila, in the Hindu epic ''Ramayana''. Janaka was married to Sunayana (Ramayana), Sunayana. He is the father of Sita and Urmila in the epic. The term Janaka ...

Mahavira Mahavira (Devanagari: महावीर, ), also known as Vardhamana (Devanagari: वर्धमान, ), was the 24th ''Tirthankara'' (Supreme Preacher and Ford Maker) of Jainism. Although the dates and most historical details of his lif ...

* Mallinatha * Munisuvrata * Naminatha * Vasupujya Samrat Ashoka

Ancient

Ajatashatru Ajatasattu (Pāli: ) or Ajatashatru (Sanskrit: ) in the Buddhist tradition, or Kunika () and Kuniya () in the Jain tradition (reigned c. 492 to 460 BCE, or c. 405 to 373 BCE), was one of the most important kings of the Haryanka dynasty of Mag ...

– King of

Magadha Magadha was a region and kingdom in ancient India, based in the eastern Ganges Plain. It was one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas during the Second Urbanization period. The region was ruled by several dynasties, which overshadowed, conquered, and ...

* Dhana Nanda – Last Nanda king *

Chandragupta Maurya Chandragupta Maurya (Sanskrit: elp:IPA/Sanskrit, t̪͡ɕɐn̪d̪ɾɐgupt̪ɐ mɐʊɾjɐ (reigned 320 BCE – c. 298 BCE) was the founder and the first emperor of the Maurya Empire, based in Magadha (present-day Bihar) in the Indian ...

– Founder of

Maurya The Maurya Empire was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in South Asia with its power base in Magadha. Founded by Chandragupta Maurya around c. 320 BCE, it existed in loose-knit fashion until 185 BCE. The primary sourc ...

Empire *

Bindusara Bindusara (320 BCE – 273 BCE) () was the second Mauryan emperor of Magadha in Ancient India. The ancient Greco-Roman writers called him Amitrochates, a name likely derived from his Sanskrit title ''Amitraghāta'' ("slayer of enemies"). ...

– Chandragupta's son *

Ashoka Ashoka, also known as Asoka or Aśoka ( ; , ; – 232 BCE), and popularly known as Ashoka the Great, was List of Mauryan emperors, Emperor of Magadha from until #Death, his death in 232 BCE, and the third ruler from the Mauryan dynast ...

– Great Mauryan emperor *

Dasharatha Maurya Dasharatha Maurya () was the 4th Mauryan emperor from 232 to 224 BCE. He was a grandson of Ashoka the Great and is commonly held to have succeeded him as the Emperor of Magadha. Dasharatha presided over a declining imperium and several territ ...

– Ashoka's grandfather *

Samprati Samprati () was the fifth emperor of the Maurya Empire. He was the grandson of the third Mauryan emperor, Ashoka, and the son of Kunala. He succeeded his cousin, Dasharatha Maurya. According to Jain tradition, he built 1,50,000 Jain derasa ...

– Buddhist patron *

Shalishuka Shalishuka () Maurya was the 6th Emperor of the Indian Maurya dynasty. He ruled from 215–202 BCE. He was the successor and son of Samprati Maurya. While the Yuga Purana section of the Gargi Samhita mentions him as a quarrelsome, unrighte ...

– Known for conflicts * Devavarman – Mauryan ruler *

Shatadhanvan Shatadhanvan () or Shatadhanus was the 8th Emperor of the Maurya dynasty. He ruled from 195–187 BCE. According to the Puranas, he was the successor of Devavarman Maurya and reigned for eight years. He was succeeded by his son Brihadratha Mau ...

– Contemporary of Ashoka *

Brihadratha Maurya Brihadratha was the 9th and last Emperor of the Mauryan Dynasty. He ruled from 187 to 185 BCE, when he was overthrown and assassinated by his General, Pushyamitra Shunga, who went on to establish the Shunga Empire. The Mauryan territories ...

– Last Mauryan king *

Aryabhata Aryabhata ( ISO: ) or Aryabhata I (476–550 CE) was the first of the major mathematician-astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. His works include the '' Āryabhaṭīya'' (which mentions that in 3600 ' ...

– Ancient mathematician *

Samudragupta Samudragupta (Gupta script: ''Sa-mu-dra-gu-pta'', ( 335–375 CE) was the second emperor of the Gupta Empire of ancient India. A military genius and a patron of arts, he is regarded among the greatest rulers in Indian history. As a son of th ...

– Conqueror and ruler *

Chandragupta I Chandragupta I ( Gupta script: ''Cha-ndra-gu-pta'', r. c. 319–335 CE) was a monarch of the Gupta Empire, who ruled in northern and central India. His title Mahārājadhirāja ("Great king of kings") suggests that he was the first suzerain ...

– Established

Gupta Empire The Gupta Empire was an Indian empire during the classical period of the Indian subcontinent which existed from the mid 3rd century to mid 6th century CE. At its zenith, the dynasty ruled over an empire that spanned much of the northern Indian ...

Chanakya Chanakya (ISO 15919, ISO: ', चाणक्य, ), according to legendary narratives preserved in various traditions dating from the 4th to 11th century CE, was a Brahmin who assisted the first Mauryan emperor Chandragupta Maurya, Chandragup ...

– Political strategist *

Vātsyāyana Vātsyāyana (Sanskrit : वात्स्यायन) was an ancient Indian philosopher, known for authoring the ''Kama Sutra''. He lived in India during the second or third century CE, probably in Pataliputra (modern day Patna in Bihar). He ...

– Author of

Kamasutra The ''Kama Sutra'' (; , , ; ) is an ancient Indian Hindu Sanskrit text on sexuality, eroticism and emotional fulfillment. Attributed to Vātsyāyana, the ''Kamasutra'' is neither exclusively nor predominantly a sex manual on sex positions ...

Medieval rulers

* Gangadeva - second king of the

Karnats of Mithila The Karnats of Mithila or Karnata dynasty () was a dynasty established in 1097 CE by Nanyadeva. The dynasty controlled the areas we today know as Tirhut or Mithila (region), Mithila in India and adjoining parts of South Eastern Nepal. The main pow ...

* Narsimhadeva - third king of the

* Ramasimhadeva - fourth king of the

Harisimhadeva Harisimhadeva (also called Hari Singh Deva) was a King of the Karnat dynasty who ruled the Mithila (region), Mithila region of modern-day parts of North Bihar in India and South Nepal. He reigned from 1304 to 1325. He was the last king of the Karn ...

- final ruler of the Karnat dynasty *

Shri Pratapa Shri Pratapa was Khayaravala king in 13th century. There are inscription of Shri Pratapa in Rohtas of Vikram Samvat 1279. According to inscription he defeated a "Yavana" army; the "Yavana" here probably refers to a Muslim general. According ...

- ruler of the

Khayaravala dynasty The Khayaravala dynasty, was a tribal kingdom that ruled parts of the present-day Indian states of Bihar and Jharkhand, during the 11th and 12th centuries. Their capital was located at Khayaragarh in Shahabad district. The dynasty ruled the Japila ...

* Mahasenagupta - king belonging to the Later Gupta dynasty *

Sher Shah Suri Sher Shah Suri (born Farid al-Din Khan; 1472 or 1486 – 22 May 1545), also known by his title Sultan Adil (), was the ruler of Bihar from 1530 to 1540, and Sultan of Hindustan from 1540 until his death in 1545. He defeated the Mughal Empire, ...

– Padishāh of the

Sur Empire The Sur Empire was an empire ruled by the Afghan (ethnonym), Afghan-origin Sur dynasty in North India, northern India for nearly 16 or 18 years, between 1538/1540 and 1556, with Sasaram (in modern-day Bihar) serving as its capital. It was fou ...

Buddhist figures

Gautama Buddha Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha (),* * * was a śramaṇa, wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist lege ...

- founder of Buddhism *

Śāriputra Śāriputra (; Tibetan: ཤཱ་རིའི་བུ་, Pali: ''Sāriputta'', lit. "the son of Śāri", born Upatiṣya, Pali: ''Upatissa'') was one of the top disciples of Gautama Buddha, the Buddha. He is considered the first of the Buddh ...

- one of the Buddha's ten principle disciples *

Maudgalyayana Maudgalyāyana (), also known as Mahāmaudgalyāyana or by his birth name Kolita, was one of Gautama Buddha, the Buddha's closest disciples. Described as a contemporary of disciples such as Subhuti, Śāriputra ('), and Mahākāśyapa (), he i ...

- one of the Buddha's ten principle disciples *

Mahākāśyapa Mahākāśyapa () was one of The ten principal disciples, the principal disciples of Gautama Buddha. He is regarded in Buddhism as an arhat, enlightened disciple, being Śrāvaka#Foremost disciples, foremost in dhutanga, ascetic practice. Mah� ...

- one of the Buddha's ten principle disciples *

Ratnākaraśānti Ratnākaraśānti (also known as Ratnākara, Śāntipa, and Śānti) (late 10th-century CE to mid 11th-century CE) was an influential Buddhist philosopher and vajrayana tantric adept and scholar. He was the "gate scholar" of Vikramaśilā unive ...

- 11th century Buddhist philosopher * Maitripada - 11th century

Mahasiddha Mahasiddha (Sanskrit: ''mahāsiddha'' "great adept; ) is a term for someone who embodies and cultivates the "siddhi of perfection". A siddha is an individual who, through the practice of sādhanā, attains the realization of siddhis, psychic and ...

Prabhakāramitra Prabhākaramitra (564–633 CE) (also known as Prabhāmitra) was an History of Buddhism in India, Indian Buddhist monk and translator from the monastery of Nalanda who was active in Tang dynasty, Tang China where he was responsible for translating ...

- 7th century monk and translator active in China * Dhyānabhadra - 14th century monk and translator active in Korea *

- 15th century monk and translator active in China

Sufi saints

* Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri * Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri * Makhdoom Shah Muhammad Munim Pak * Ata Hussain Fani Chishti * Khwaja Abdullah Chishti * Ibrahim Yukpasi

Nationalists and independence activists

Seewoosagur Ramgoolam - David Ben Gurion 1962

* Ajit Kumar Mehta * Babu Kunwar Singh *

Rajendra Prasad Rajendra Prasad (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an Indian politician, lawyer, journalist and scholar who served as the first president of India from 1950 to 1962. He joined the Indian National Congress during the Indian independen ...

Ranjit Singh Yadav
* Rash Bihari Lal Mandal * Chandradeo Prasad Verma * Sri Krishna Singh *

Anugrah Narayan Sinha Anugrah Narayan Sinha (18 June 1887 – 5 July 1957), known as ''Honorary titles of Indian leaders, Bihar Vibhuti'', was an Indian nationalist politician, participant in Champaran Satyagraha, Gandhian & one of the architects of modern Bihar, wh ...

Jayaprakash Narayan Jayaprakash Narayan Srivastava (; 11 October 1902 – 8 October 1979), also known as JP and ''Lok Nayak'' (Hindi for "People's leader"), was an Indian politician, theorist and Indian independence activist, independence activist. He is mai ...

Jagjivan Ram Jagjivan Ram (5 April 1908 – 6 July 1986), popularly known as Babuji, was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as a minister with various portfolios for over 30 years, making him the List of longest-serving members of the ...

* Jubba Sahni * Ram Subhag Singh * Kameshwar Singh * Upendra Nath Verma * Swami Sahajanand Saraswati * Syed Hasan Imam * Baikuntha Shukla * Karyanand Sharma * Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha * Satyendra Narayan Singh * Ram Dulari Sinha * Basawon Singh (Sinha) * Yamuna Karjee * Yogendra Shukla * Sheel Bhadra Yagee * Yadunandan Sharma * Rambriksh Benipuri *

Ganga Sharan Singh (Sinha) Ganga Sharan Singh (Sinha) (1905 Bihta, Patna, Bengal Presidency – 1988) was a member of the Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of the Parliament of India, for three terms (1956–1962 and 1962–1968 from Bihar, and then a nominated member in 1968� ...

* Ram Narain Sharma * Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi * Radhanandan Jha *

Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (18 September 1900 – 15 December 1985), often referred to as Chacha "Uncle" Ramgoolam or SSR, was a Mauritian physician, politician, and wikt:statesman, statesman. He served as the island's only chief minister, first ...

* Babu Amar Singh

Writers and scholars

* Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura * Prem Kumar Mani * Syed Hasan * Abdul Qavi Desnavi * Swami Sahajanand Saraswati *

Ram Sharan Sharma Ram Sharan Sharma (26 November 1919 – 20 August 2011) was an Indian Marxist historian and Indologist who specialised in the history of Ancient and early Medieval India. He taught at Patna University and Delhi University (1973–85) and was ...

* Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay * Balmiki Prasad Singh * Vidyapati * Manoj Bhawuk * Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar' * Ramvriksh Benipuri * Devaki Nandan Khatri * Indradeep Sinha * Ram Karan Sharma * Satyapal Chandra * Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Ram Avatar Sharma * Nalin Vilochan Sharma * Ganganath Jha * R. K. Sinha * Ramjee Singh * Tabish Khair * Acharya Ramlochan Saran * Gopal Singh Nepali * Ramesh Chandra Jha * Acharya Rameshwar Jha * Nagarjun * Acharya Shivpujan Sahay *

Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh Sir Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh (18 April 190129 November 1994) was an Indian freedom fighter, diplomat and administrator. Early life Singh was born in Parsagarh in Saran district of Bihar. He obtained an M.A. from Calcutta University, f ...

* Amitava Kumar * Sanjeev K Jha * Hetukar Jha * Phanishwar Nath Renu * Ravindra Prabhat * Gajendra Thakur * Kapil Muni Tiwary *

Shiv Khera Shiv Khera is an Indian author, activist and motivational speaker, best known for his book, ''You Can Win''. He launched a movement against caste-based reservation in India, founded an organization called Country First Foundation. Early life K ...

Journalists

M. J. Akbar Mobasher Jawed Akbar (born 11 January 1951) is an Indian journalist and politician, who served as the Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs until 17 October 2018. Akbar is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, and was inducted into ...

* Anuranjan Jha * Ravish Kumar * Ravindra Kishore Sinha * Manoj Bhawuk * Vikas Kumar Jha * Arvind Narayan Das

Authors

National and international award winners

Military Gallantry Award winners

Param Vir Chakra The Param Vir Chakra (PVC) is India's highest Awards and Decorations of the Indian Armed Forces, military decoration, awarded for displaying distinguished acts of valour during wartime. Param Vir Chakra translates roughly as the "Wheel of Supre ...

* Albert Ekka

Ashoka Chakra The Ashoka Chakra (Transl: Ashoka's wheel) is an Indian symbol which is a depiction of the dharmachakra (English: "wheel of dharma"). It is so-called because it appears on a number of edicts of Ashoka the Great, most prominent among which is ...

* Jyoti Prakash Nirala

Holders of high constitutional offices

Presidents of India

, first President of India

Presidents of other countries

* Kailash Purryag, former President of Mauritius * Cheddi Jagan, former president of

Guyana Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic British West Indies. entry "Guyana" Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the co ...

Vice-Presidents of other countries

* Parmanand Jha, first vice-president of

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

Prime ministers of other countries

, first Prime Minister of Mauritius *

Navin Ramgoolam Navinchandra Ramgoolam (born 14 July 1947) is a Mauritian politician and physician who is the current prime minister of Mauritius, serving since 2024. He previously held the office from 1995 to 2000 and from 2005 to 2014 and intermittently serve ...

, former Prime Minister of Mauritius * Girija Prasad Koirala, former Prime Minister of Nepal *

Basdeo Panday Basdeo Panday (; 25 May 1933 – 1 January 2024) was a Trinidadian statesman, lawyer, politician, trade unionist, economist, and actor who served as the fifth List of Prime Ministers of Trinidad and Tobago, prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago ...

, former Prime Minister of

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean, comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with several List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, smaller i ...

Kamla Persad-Bissessar Kamla Susheila Persad-Bissessar Senior Counsel, SC Member of parliament, MP (, born 22 April 1952), often referred to by her initials KPB is a Trinidadian lawyer, politician and educator who has twice served as the sixth List of prime ministers ...

, former first female Prime Minister of

Attorneys general of India

* L.N. Sinha

Advocate General of state of Bihar

* Rambalak Mahto, longest serving Advocate General of Bihar and legal advisor of

Nitish Kumar Nitish Kumar (born 1 March 1951) is an Indian politician who has been serving as the 22nd chief minister of Bihar since 22 February 2015, having previously held the office from 2005 to 2014 and for a short period in 2000. He is Bihar's longest ...

Governors of Indian states

* Anant Sharma, former Governor of

Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...

and

West Bengal West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...

* Balmiki Prasad Singh, current Governor of

Sikkim Sikkim ( ; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Koshi Province of Nepal in the west, and West Bengal in the ...

, former Governor of Punjab *

Dinesh Nandan Sahay Dinesh Nandan Sahay (2 February 1936 – 28 January 2018), also known as D.N. Sahay, was a police officer turned politician who served as DGP of Bihar and later as the Governor of Tripura and the first Governor of Chhattisgarh. Early lif ...

, former Governor of

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 ...

Kailashpati Mishra Kailashpati Mishra (5 October 1923 – 3 November 2012) was an Indian politician. He was a leader of Jana Sangh, and later Bharatiya Janta Party. He was the Finance Minister from 1977 to 1979. He was Governor of Gujarat from May 2003 to July 2 ...

, former Governor of

Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the List of states and union territories ...

* Lallan Prasad Singh, former Governor of

Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...

* Mridula Sinha, current Governor of

Goa Goa (; ; ) is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is bound by the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north, and Karnataka to the ...

* Nikhil Kumar, current Governor of

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...

* Prabhat Kumar, former Governor of

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...

* Rameshwar Thakur, former Governor of

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (; ; ) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and the largest city is Indore, Indore. Other major cities includes Gwalior, Jabalpur, and Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar. Madhya Pradesh is the List of states and union te ...

* Ram Dulari Sinha, former Governor of

* Siddheshwar Prasad, former Governor of

Tripura Tripura () is a States and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a populat ...

Srinivas Kumar Sinha Lieutenant General Srinivas Kumar Sinha, PVSM, ADC (7 January 1926 – 17 November 2016) was an Indian Army General who served as the Vice Chief of Army Staff. After his retirement, he served as Governor of the states of Jammu and Kashmir, ...

, former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and Assam

Governor of Reserve Bank of India

* Lakshmi Kant Jha

Lieutenant governors of other states

Tejendra Khanna Tejendra Khanna (born 16 December 1938) is the former Lieutenant Governor of Delhi twice, from January 1997 to April 1998 and again from April 2007 - July 2013. He also served as Chancellor of Delhi Technological University, Indraprastha In ...

* Nagendra Nath Jha

Speakers of Lok Sabha

* Bali Ram Bhagat *

Meira Kumar Meira Kumar (born 31 March 1945) is an Indian politician and former diplomat. A member of the Indian National Congress, she was the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment from 2004 to 2009, the Minister of Water Resources for a brief peri ...

Chief justices of India

* Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha * Lalit Mohan Sharma Shri Krishna Singh 1988 stamp of India

Chief ministers

Deputy chief ministers

Members of Lok Sabha

MR RAJO SINGH MEMBER OF THE PARLIAMENT OF BEGUSRAI

Members of Rajya Sabha (2022)

Spokesperson

Syed Shahnawaz Hussain Syed Shahnawaz Hussain is an Indian politician and a member of the Central Election Committee of Bharatiya Janata Party. He is one of the national spokespersons of Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP). Hussain was the Minister of Textiles and the ...

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Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

) *

Ravi Shankar Prasad Ravi Shankar Prasad (born 30 August 1954) is an Indian politician and lawyer, from the Bharatiya Janata Party. A Member of Parliament since 2000, first in the Rajya Sabha (2000–2019) and then in the Lok Sabha (since 2019), Prasad has served a ...

(

) * Shakeel Ahmad (

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

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Jawaharlal Nehru with Jayaprakash Narayan

Lalit Narayan Mishra 1976 stamp of India

Politics

* Rati Lal Prasad Verma * Ramdeo Mahto * Ajit Kumar Mehta * Chandradeo Prasad Verma *

* Sri Krishna Sinha * Chandipat Sahay *

* Ram Subhag Singh * B.P.Mandal * Lalit Narayan Mishra * Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha * Ram Dulari Sinha * Satyendra Narayan Singh * Karpoori Thakur * Daroga Prasad Rai * Deep Narayan Singh * Abdul Ghafoor * Chandrashekhar Singh * Gopal Jee Thakur * Chirag Paswan * Faz Husain *

Lalu Prasad Yadav Lalu Prasad (born 11 June 1948) is an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of Bihar from 1990 to 1997 with a brief interruption in 1995 and as the union minister for Railways from 2004 to 2009. He is the founder and president o ...

Upendra Kushwaha Upendra Kumar Singh, commonly known as Upendra Kushwaha (born 6 February 1960) is an Indian politician, and a former Member of Bihar Legislative Council and Bihar Legislative Assembly. He has also served as Minister of State for Human Resources ...

* Nikhil Kumar * Indradeep Sinha * Digvijay Narain Singh * Kapildeo Singh * Bidhu Jha *

* Gauri Shankar Pandey * Tarkeshwari Sinha * Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra * Krishna Kumar Mishra *

Yashwant Sinha Yashwant Sinha (, born 6 November 1937) is an Indian politician and retired Indian Administrative Service officer. He served as the Minister of Finance from 1990 until 1991 under Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar and again from March 1998 to July ...

* Ravindra Kishore Sinha * Prabhat Jha * Sanjay Nirupam * Mohammad Yunus * Nawal Kishore Dhawal * Ranjit Kumar Gupta * Ram Kripal Sinha * Veena Devi * Ramgulam Chaudhary * Jayant Sinha * Kanhaiya Kumar * Bali Ram Bhagat * Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav RLSY Potrait

Entertainment

Film directors

* Ajit Pal Mangat * Imtiaz Ali *

Kabeer Kaushik Kabeer Kaushik is an Indian film director and screenwriter. Born and brought up in a Bihari people, Bihari family in Patna and graduated from Frank Anthony Public School in New Delhi. He debuted with Sehar in 2005. Filmography References ...

* Manish Jha * Manish Vatsalya * Manjul Sinha * Neeraj Pandey *

Prakash Jha Prakash Jha (born 27 February 1952) is an Indian film producer, actor, director and screenwriter, mostly known for his political and socio-political films such as ''Hip Hip Hurray (film), Hip Hip Hurray'' (1984), ''Damul'' (1984), ''Mrityudand ...

* Pritish Nandy * Ram Gopal Bajaj * Sanjeev K Jha * Satyen Bose * Sushil Rajpal *

Tapan Sinha Tapan Sinha (2 October 1924 – 15 January 2009) was one of the most prominent Indian film directors of his time forming a legendary quartet with Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak and Mrinal Sen. He was primarily a Bengali filmmaker who worked both ...

Manoj Bajpayee at a promotional for Aiyaary

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Actors

Aham Sharma Aham Sharma (born 22 July 1989) is an Indian actor from Salimpur, Bihar, India. Best known for his work in Indian television, he has also featured in several Bollywood films including '' 1962 My Country Land'' which premiered at Marche du F ...

* Manish Vatsalya *

Sushant Singh Rajput Sushant Singh Rajput (21 January 1986 – 14 June 2020) was an Indian actor best known for his work in Hindi cinema. He earned acclaim for his performances in several notable films, including ''Kai Po Che!'' (2013), ''Detective Byomkesh Bakshy ...

Roshan Seth Roshan Seth (born 2 April 1942) is a British-Indian actor, writer and theatre director who has worked in the United Kingdom, United States and India. He began his acting career in the early 1960s in the UK, but left acting the following deca ...

Ashok Kumar Ashok Kumar (born Kumudlal Ganguly; 13 October 1911 – 10 December 2001), was an Indian actor who attained iconic status in Indian cinema. He is regarded as one of the greatest actors of Indian cinema. He is considered to be the first Super-st ...

Shatrughan Sinha Shatrughan Prasad Sinha (born 15 July 1946) is an Indian actor and politician. He is a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Asansol constituency as a member of All India Trinamool Congress (TMC). Earlier he was elected as Member of Parliament ...

Manoj Bajpai Manoj Bajpayee (born 23 April 1969), also transliterated as Manoj Bajpai, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of numerous accolades including four National Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards, and two ...

* Manoj Bhawuk *

Akhilendra Mishra Akhilendra Mishra is an Indian film and television character actor best known for his role as ''Kroor Singh'' in the 1990s Doordarshan fantasy television series '' Chandrakanta''. His other notable works include the character of ''Mirchi'' Se ...

* Abhimanyu Singh * Adhyayan Suman * Luv Sinha *

Pankaj Tripathi Pankaj Tripathi, born as Pankaj Tiwari (5 September 1976), is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi films and series. He is the recipient of two National Film Awards and a Filmfare Award. After studying acting at the National School ...

* Shekhar Suman *

Sanjay Mishra (actor) Sanjay Mishra (born 6 October 1963) is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Hindi cinema and television. He has twice won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for his performances in the films ''Ankhon Dekhi'' (2015) and ' ...

* Vinay Pathak * Gurmeet Choudhary * Vineet Kumar * Narendra jha *

Rajesh Kumar (actor) Rajesh Kumar is an Indian actor and producer, best known for his roles in Indian television shows such as ''Baa Bahoo Aur Baby'' and '' Sarabhai vs Sarabhai''. Rajesh is an alumnus of Hindu College, University of Delhi. He quit acting and at t ...

* Manoj Tiwari * Pankaj Jha *

Dinesh Sharma Dinesh Sharma may refer to: * Dinesh Sharma (politician) (born 1964), Indian politician * Dinesh Sharma (academic), social scientist, psychologist and author * Dinesh Sharma (actor) (born 1970), Nepalese film actor, producer and director {{hndi ...

* R. Madhavan * Vishal Aditya Singh * Chandrachur Singh *

Alok Nath Alok Nath (born 10 July 1956), also known as Sanskaari Babuji, is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi cinema and television. He made his film debut with the 1982 English (and Hindi) film ''Gandhi'', directed by Sir Richard Attenborough, ...

Khesari Lal Yadav Shatrughan Kumar Yadav (born 15 March 1986), known professionally as Khesari Lal Yadav, is an Indian actor, singer, dancer and model who primarily works in Bhojpuri cinema. Yadav has appeared in more than 70 films, and performed as vocalist i ...

Suhasini Mulay graces the screening of Sonata

Actresses

* Aisha Sharma * Pooja Sharma * Prachi Sinha * Neha Sharma * Sandali Sinha * Shilpa Shukla *

Neetu Chandra Nitu Chandra (born Neetu Chandra Srivastava on June 20, 1984) is an Indian actress, model, film producer and theatre artist. She has worked in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu films. She is also a classical dancer and a sportsperson, involved in the pr ...

* Swati Sen * Kaveri Jha *

Neelima Azeem Neelima Azeem (born 2 December 1958) is an Indian actress, classical dancer, writer and the mother of actors Shahid Kapoor and Ishaan Khatter. She is known in India for her roles in television shows. Early life Neelima Azeem's father was An ...

Amardeep Jha Amardeep Jha is an Indian actress and television personality. Personal life Jha lost her husband very early in her married life and her daughter Shriya Jha is an actress. Career Jha began her profession with the serial ''Amanat (Indian TV se ...

* Suhasini Mulay * Shilpa Singh * Shreya Narayan * Anurita Jha *

Rati Pandey Rati Pandey is an Indian actress known for her performances in ''Hitler Didi'', ''Miley Jab Hum Tum'', ''Porus (TV series), Porus'', ''Devi Adi Parashakti'', ''Begusarai (TV series), Begusarai'', ''Har Ghar Kuch Kehta Hai'' and ''Shaadi Mubarak' ...

* Ratan Rajput *

Sriti Jha Sriti Jha (born 26 February 1986) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi television. Jha earned wider recognition with her portrayal of Pragya Arora Mehra in '' Kumkum Bhagya''. She is a recipient of several accolades including two ...

* Richa Soni * Ulka Gupta * Chhavi Pandey * Shweta Prasad *

Sonakshi Sinha Sonakshi Sinha (; born 2 June 1987) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films and series. The daughter of actors and politicians Poonam Sinha, Poonam and Shatrughan Sinha, she has appeared in ''Forbes India'' Forbes Celebrity 100, Celebrity ...

* Aishwarya Sushmita

Singers

Daler Mehndi Daler Singh (born 18 August 1967), better known as Daler Mehndi, is an Indian singer, songwriter, author, and record producer. He has helped to make Bhangra (music), Bhangra popular worldwide, as well as Indian pop music independent of Bollywoo ...

* Kiran Ahluwalia * Sundar Popo * Sharda Sinha * Manoj Tiwari * Pawan Singh *

* Nilkamal Singh * Deepali Kishore *

Aishwarya Nigam Aishwarya Nigam (born 4 July 1989) is an Indian singer. He is best known as a playback singer in Hindi films, particularly for films like '' Dabangg''. He has received several awards for the song " Munni Badnaam Hui" from '' Dabangg''. Early ...

* Parmanand Singh * Maithili Thakur * Ritviz Srivastava (Ritviz)

Music directors

Chitragupta Chitragupta (, 'rich in secrets' or 'hidden picture') is a Hindu deity who serves as the registrar of the dead. He is assigned with the task of maintaining the records of the actions of human beings in a register called the ''Agrasandhanī''. Upo ...

Anand–Milind Anand–Milind is an Indian music composer duo consisting of brothers Anand Srivastava and Milind Srivastava. Born to composer Chitragupt, they have composed music for over 200 Bollywood films. The brothers debuted in 1984 with '' Ab Ayega Mazaa ...

* Bapi Tutul * Ramashreya Jha * Norman Hackforth

Arts

* Vidyapati * Nagarjun * Ramdhari Singh Dinkar * Ramesh Chandra Jha *

Bismillah Khan Ustad Bismillah Khan (born Qamaruddin Khan, 21 March 1916 – 21 August 2006), often referred to by the title ''Ustad'', was an Indian musician credited with popularizing the shehnai, a reeded woodwind instrument. His virtuosity made him a le ...

* Chandan Tiwari * Bhikhari Thakur * Jaydeva * Jyotirishwar Thakur * Srimanta Sankardeva * Govindadas * Acharya Ramlochan Saran * Baldev Mishra * Surendra Jha 'Suman' * Radha Krishna Choudhary * Jaykant Mishra * Rajkamal Chaudhary * Parichay Das * Gajendra Thakur * Bindhyabasini Devi PRSarkar GentlemanPhoto 3

Religion

* Dharni Das * Dhyanyogi Madhusudandas * Dhirendra Brahmachari *

Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (21 May 1921 – 21 October 1990), also known by his spiritual name Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti (Ánanda Múrti meaning "Bliss Embodiment"), and known as Bábá ("Father") to his disciples, was a spiritual guru, philos ...

* Sahadeo Tiwari *

Sa'id Akhtar Rizvi Sayyid Sa‘eed Akhtar Rizvi () (January 5, 1927 - June 20, 2002) was an Indian born, Twelver Shī‘ah scholar, who established the Bilal Muslim Mission in East Africa to spread the Twelver creed. He was granted authorizations () by fourteen ...

* Shams-ul-haq Azeemabadi * Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi * Syed Ibrahim * Tenzin Priyadarshi * Fuzail Ahmad Nasiri AnandKumarJI1

Mathematics and science

* Amalendu Krishna * Anand Kumar * H. C. Verma * Rajit Gadh * Vashishtha Narayan Singh * Tathagat Avatar Tulsi

Sports

* Saba Karim *

Kirti Azad Kirtivardhan Bhagwat Jha Azad (; born 2 January 1959) is an Indian politician and former cricketer, who played seven Test matches and 25 One Day International for the India national cricket team between 1980 and 1986. Azad was a member of the ...

* Subroto Banerjee *

Shivnath Singh Shivnath Singh (July 11, 1946 – June 6, 2003) was one of the greatest long-distance runners that India has produced. Singh represented India twice in the Asian games and twice at the Summer Olympics (1976 and 1980). He was born in Majharia, Bu ...

* Thomas Jameson * Zafar Iqbal * Rashmi Kumari * Rajesh Chauhan * Kavita Roy * Veer Pratap Singh * Ishan Kishan * Deepika Kumari * Purnima Mahato * Randhir Singh * Premlata Agarwal * Sanjay Balmuchu * Lal Mohan Hansda * Aruna Mishra * Jaipal Singh * Sharad Kumar *

Pramod Bhagat Pramod Bhagat (born 4 June 1988) is an Indian professional Para-badminton player from Vaishali district, Bihar. He is currently ranked world number 2 in para-badminton men's singles SL3, and won a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in ...

Bureaucracy

Business

* Anil Agarwal, founder and Executive Chairman of Vedanta Group * Arunabh Kumar, CEO of TVF * Aditya Jha * Ravindra Kishore Sinha, Founder of Security Intelligence Service * Sanjay Jha *

Subrata Roy Subrata Roy (10 June 1948 – 14 November 2023) was an Indian businessman who founded the business conglomerate Sahara India Pariwar in 1978. Sahara India Pariwar operated a vast number of businesses, such as Aamby Valley City, Sahara Movi ...

, founder of Sahara Group * Samprada Singh * Satyapal Chandra, founder and CEO of MagTapp

Others

* Anand Kumar * Anil Kumar * Dashrath Manjhi * Ganesh Dutt * Gurusharan Sharma * Khan Sir * Malati Choudhury *

Maṇḍana Miśra Mandana Mishra (; c. ) was a Hindu philosopher who wrote on the Mīmāṃsā and Advaita systems of thought. He was a follower of the Karma Mimamsa school of philosophy and a staunch defender of the holistic sphota doctrine of language. He w ...

* Martha Dodray * Mona Das * Natwarlal * Nirupama Pandey * Pranati Rai Prakash * Shaibal Gupta * Shilpa Singh * Shyamanand Jalan * Subhav Sinha * Sudhir Kumar Chaudhary *

Supriya Aiman Ayeesha S. Aiman (born 19 September 1990) is an Indian actress, model, beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss India International 2015 and she represented India at Miss International 2015 pageant held in Tokyo, Japan. She made her act ...

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