Poonam or Punam (
Hindi
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Hindu
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Sanskrit
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Indian predominantly feminine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
, which means "full moon". Notable people with the name include:
Poonam
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Poonam Bajwa
Poonam Bajwa is an Indian actress and model who appears in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. She made her acting debut in 2005 with the Telugu film '' Modati Cinema'', after that she was featured in more Telugu film, such as ''Boss'' ( ...
(born 1989), Indian actress and model
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Poonam Dhillon
Poonam Dhillon (born 18 April 1962) is an Indian actress and politician. A former Femina Miss India (1977), she is best known for her 1979 film ''Noorie.'' Some of her well-known films include '' Red Rose'' (1980), '' Dard'' (1981), ''Romance'' ...
(born 1962), Indian actress
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Poonam Joshi
Poonam Joshi is an Indian television soap opera actress. She has performed in TV shows such as ''Bhabhi'', ''Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii'', ''Kahiin To Hoga'', '' Saat Phere: Saloni Ka Safar''. She is a follower of Buddhism
Buddhism ( , ), ...
(born 1970), Indian actress
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Poonam Kaur
Poonam Kaur is an Indian actress and model who primarily appears in Telugu and Tamil films. She is also a politician, based out of Telangana and a member of the Congress Party.
Career
Born and raised in Hyderabad, India, Poonam Kaur did he ...
(born 1986), Indian actress and model
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Poonam Kishore Saxena
Poonam Kishore Saxena (born 27 March 1953) is a retired Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1975 batch and the former Chairperson in the rank of Secretary of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). She was the Director General of the D ...
(born 1953), Indian IRS officer
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Poonam Mahajan Rao (born 1980), Indian politician and member of Parliament from Mumbai North Central
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Poonam Pandey
Poonam Pandey (born 11 March 1991) is an Indian model and actress. She debuted in Bollywood with the film '' Nasha'' in 2013.
Early life
Pandey was born to a family from Kanpur. She began her career as a model. She became one of the top nine ...
(born 1991), Indian actress and model
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Poonam Sinha
Poonam Sinha (''née'' Chandiramani) is an Indian politician and former actress, fashion model. She acted in Hindi cinema under the screen name Komal in her early career. She was crowned Miss Young India in 1968. She is married to actor and pol ...
(born 1949), Indian actress
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Poonam Chand Vishnoi
Poonam Chand Vishnoi (20 February 1924 - 25 May 2006) was a former speaker of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from 7 July 1980 to 20 March 1985. He was a senior leader of Indian National Congress Party in Rajasthan. He hailed from Jodhpur regi ...
(1924–2006), Indian politician, Speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 1980–1985
Punam
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Punam Anand Keller, American economist and professor of Management
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Punam Barla
Punam Barla (born Feb 10, 1995) is a member of the India women's national field hockey team who plays as a forward for the team. Hailing from Odisha she made her International debut in 2015.
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Living people
Munda people
Field ho ...
(born 1995), Indian field hockey player
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Punam Devi
Punam Devi is an Indian politician. She is the current ''sarpanch'' of '' Bakauli Kala'' village in '' Dhanghata'' Tehsil of ''Sant Kabir Nagar District'' in the state of ''Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a sta ...
, Indian politician and activist
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Punam Patel
''Punam'' is a 2006 documentary film about nine-year-old girl Punam Tamang from Bhaktapur, Nepal. It was directed by Natasa Urban and Lucian Muntean (aka Lunam Docs), a Serbian independent documentary production duo specializing in telling the s ...
, American actress
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Punam Raut
Punam Ganesh Raut (born 14 October 1989), sometimes spelt Poonam Raut, is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Indian women's national team.
Career
On 15 May 2017, in an ODI verses Ireland, Raut set a world record opening partnership of 320 r ...
(born 1989), Indian cricketer
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Punam Reddy
Punam Reddy (born 25 June 1987) is an American former professional tennis player.
In 2005, her only WTA Tour main-draw appearance came at the Kolkata Open when she partnered with countrywoman Ragini Vimal in the doubles event. They lost in t ...
, Indian tennis player
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Punam Suri
Punam Suri is an Indian educator, journalist and recipient of the Padma Shri. Suri is president of the D.A.V. College Managing Committee and Chancellor of DAV University. He was formerly managing editor of The Daily Milap, an Indian newspaper
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, Indian educator, journalist and editor
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Punam Yadav
Punam Yadav (9 July 1995) is an Indian weightlifter who won Bronze medal in the women's 63 kg weight class at the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow, where the gold medal was won by Olauwatoyin Adesanmi of Nigeria. She also won a gold me ...
(born 1995), Indian weightlifter
See also
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Poonam Ki Raat
''Poonam Ki Raat'' (Full moon Night) is a 1965 horror thriller film starring Manoj Kumar, Nandini, Shiv Kumar, and Kumud Chhugani. It was produced and directed by Kishore Sahu. The music was given by Salil Chowdhury, with lyrics by Shailendra ( ...
'', a 1965 film directed by Kishore Sahu
* ''Poonam'' (1981 film), directed by
Harmesh Malhotra
Harmesh Malhotra (14 June 1936 – 22 November 2005) was an Indian film director, producer, and screenplay writer.
Family
His daughter Payal Malhotra acted in films.
Filmography As Director
*''Beti'' (1969)
*'' Gaddaar'' (1973) Producer a ...
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Punam'', 2006 Serbian documentary film
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Pūnam, village in Iran
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