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Nirmalamma Nirmalamma (18 July 1920 – 19 February 2009) was an Indian actress in the Telugu cinema. She appeared in more than 1000 films and was well known for her grandmother roles in several films. She won two Nandi Awards. Early life She was born in ...

(1920–2009), Indian Telugu film actress * Nirmala Bhuria, Indian politician in Madhya Pradesh * Nirmala Chennappa, Indian Kannada film director, theatre actress and producer *

Nirmala Deshpande Nirmala Deshpande (17 October 1929 – 1 May 2008) () was a noted Indian social activist who had embraced Gandhi and philosophy. She devoted her adult life to the promotion of communal harmony and service to women, tribal people, and the disp ...

(1929–2008), Indian social activist *

Nirmala Devi Nirmala Devi (7 June 1927 15 June 1996) also known as Dulari, was an Indian actress in the 1940s and a Hindustani classical vocalist of the Patiala Gharana. Bollywood actor Govinda is her son. In January 2025, Nirmala Devi was honored with ...

(1927–1996), Indian film actress and Hindustani classical vocalist * Nirmala Devi (wrestler) (born 1984), Indian freestyle wrestler * Nirmala Erevelles, American academic, professor at the University of Alabama * Nirmala Gavit, Indian politician in Maharashtra * Nirmala Govindarajan, Indian writer and journalist *

Nirmala Joshi Maria Nirmala Joshi (23 July 1934 – 23 June 2015) was an Indian religious sister who succeeded Nobel laureate Mother Teresa as the head of the Missionaries of Charity and expanded the movement overseas. After taking over the charity following ...

(1934–2015), Indian Catholic religious sister *

Nirmala Kotalawala Nirmala Kotalawala MP (born 29 September 1965) was Sri Lanka's Deputy Minister of Highways and a Member of Parliament representing the Kalutara Electoral District. He was a student at Nalanda College Colombo Nalanda College () is a ...

(born 1965), Sri Lankan politician * Kamini Nirmala Mendis, Sri Lankan malariologist * Nirmala Panta (2004–2018), Nepalese rape victim * Nirmala Patwardhan (1928–2007), Indian ceramic artist * Nirmala Samant Prabhavalkar, Indian politician and mayor of Mumbai * Nirmala Rajasekar, Indian veena player * Gaveet Nirmala Ramesh, Indian politician in Maharashtra *

Nirmala Rao Nirmala Rao (born 1959, Hyderabad, India) is a British academic and the current vice chancellor of Krea University. She also served as vice chancellor of the Asian University for Women, Chittagong, Bangladesh from 1 February 2017 to January 20 ...

(born 1959), British academic, vice-chancellor of the Asian University for Women * Nirmala Visweswara Rao, Indian classical dancer * Nirmala S Maurya (born 1958), Indian academic, vice-chancellor of Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University *

Nirmala Sankhwar Nirmala Sankhwar (born February 1, 1969) is an Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh of India. She represents the ‘ Rasulabad’ constituency in Kanpur Dehat district of Uttar Pradesh. Political career Nir ...

(born 1969), Indian politician in Uttar Pradesh *

Nirmala Sheoran Nirmala Sheoran (born 15 July 1995) is an Indian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres event. Sheoran is currently serving an eight year competition ban due to failing anti-doping regulations with an end date of August 2031. Early life Sh ...

(born 1995), Indian sprinter *

Nirmala Sitharaman Nirmala Sitharaman (born 18 August 1959) is an Indian economist, politician and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) serving as the Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs of the Government of India since 2019. ...

(born 1959), Indian Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs *

Nirmala Srivastava Nirmala Srivastava (née Nirmala Salve; 21 March 192323 February 2011), also known as Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, was the founder and guru of Sahaja Yoga Sahaja Yoga (सहज योग) is a new religious movement founded in 1970 by Nirmala ...

(1923–2011), founder and guru of Sahaja Yoga *

Nirmala Wadhwani Nirmla Wadhwani is a politician from Gujarat and was minister for Women and Child Development in Vijay Rupani's cabinet. She represented Naroda in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly. Biography Wadhwani is of Sindhi heritage. She was previousl ...

, Indian politician in Gujarat *

Sant Nirmala Sant Nirmala was a 14th-century poet from Maharashtra, India. As the younger sister of Chokhamela, she was deemed equally holy with her brother and thus is also deemed a Hindu saint. Nirmala was married to Banka, of the Mahar caste. Her w ...

(fl. 14th century), Maharashtrian sant, sister of Chokhamela *

Sellappan Nirmala Sellappan Nirmala (born 1952 or 1953) is an Indian doctor who discovered the first case of HIV in India in 1986. In 1985, aged 32, she was working as a microbiology student in Chennai (Madras) and for her dissertation, began collecting blood s ...

(born 1952/53), Indian doctor who discovered the first HIV case in India *

Vennira Aadai Nirmala Vennira Aadai Nirmala (born as A. B. Shanthi in Kumbakonam) is an Indian actress who has appeared in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. She was a prominent lead actress from 1960s and 70s. She is credited as Ushakumari in Malayalam film indust ...

(born 1948), Indian Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu film actress *

Vijaya Nirmala Vijaya Nirmala (born Nidudavolu Nirmala; 20 February 1946 – 27 June 2019) was an Indian actress, director, and producer known for her works predominantly in Telugu cinema along with a few Malayalam and Tamil films. In a career spanning over si ...

(born 1946), Indian Telugu film actress and director

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* ''Nirmala'' (novel), a 1926 novel by Munshi Premchand * ''Nirmala'' (1938 film), an Indian social drama film by Franz Osten * ''Nirmala'' (1948 film), an Indian social drama film by P. V. Krishna Iyer *

Nirmala (sect) Nirmala (Punjabi language, Punjabi: ਨਿਰਮਲੇ, ''lit.'' "those without blemish") also known as ''Nirmala Saṁpardā or Nirmal Paṅth'', is a Sikh sect of Asceticism, ascetics.

, a Sikh religious order * ''Nirmala'' (beetle), a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae *

Nirmala UI Nirmala UI ("User Interface") is an Indic scripts typeface A typeface (or font family) is a design of Letter (alphabet), letters, Numerical digit, numbers and other symbols, to be used in printing or for electronic display. Most typefaces includ ...

, an Indic writing system font on Microsoft Windows *

Nirmala Bhavan Higher Secondary School Nirmala Bhavan Higher Secondary School, founded in 1964, is a girls school run by the Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament(S.A.B.S). This religious congregation was founded in 1908 by the first Bishop of Changanacherry, Mar Thomas ...

, a Catholic private school in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India * Nirmala, a fictional character from the TV series ''

The Lion Guard ''The Lion Guard'' is an American animated children's television series developed by Ford Riley and based on Disney's 1994 film ''The Lion King''. The series was first broadcast with a television film titled ''The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar' ...

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