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, which means "comfort", "joy" and"protection".

Notable people named Sharmila

* Sharmila Anandasabapathy, Sri Lankan-American physician * Sharmila Bhattacharya (born 1964), American-Nigerian doctor and NASA scientist * Sharmila Biswas (born 1962), Indian dancer and choreographer * Sharmila Chakraborty (born 1961), Indian cricketer * Sharmila Devar (born 1977), American actress * Sharmila Farooqi (born 1978), Pakistani politician * Sharmila M. Mukhopadhyay, Indian professor of material science * Sharmila Nicollet (born 1991), French-Indian golfer * Sharmila Rege (1964–2013), Indian sociologist, feminist and writer * Irom Chanu Sharmila (born 1972), Indian poet, political and civil rights activist *

Sharmila Tagore Sharmila Tagore (; born 8 December 1944) also known by her married name Begum Ayesha Sultana, is an Indian actress primarily known for her work in Hindi cinema, Hindi and Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali films. Widely recognized as one of the gre ...

(born 1944), Indian actress * Y. S. Sharmila (born 1973), Indian politician

Notable people named Sarmila

* Sarmila Bose (born 1959),

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Notable people named Sharmiela

* Sharmiela Mandre (born 1989), Indian actress {{given name Hindu given names Indian feminine given names Feminine given names