Shyamala or Syamala may refer to:
People
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Gogu Shyamala, Indian Telugu-language writer and women's activist
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Pavala Syamala, Indian actress
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P. R. Shyamala
P. R. Shyamala (4 July 1931 – 21 July 1990) was an Indian novelist and short story writer of Malayalam literature. Known for novels such as ''Sararanthal'' and ''Makayiram Kayal'' and short stories compiled in ''Harishri'' and ''Ariyapedatha ...
(1931–1990), Indian Malayalam-language novelist and short story writer
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R. Shyamala
R. Shyamala is an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. She was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; ...
, Indian politician from Tamil Nadu
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Shyamala Goli
Shyamala Goli also referred to as Goli Shyamala is an Indian endurance swimmer, Producer, Creative Director and Writer to the Animation Series and Movies. In March 2021, she became the second Indian woman and second woman in the world after ...
, Indian endurance swimmer
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Shyamala Gopalan
Gopalan Shyamala (December 7, 1938 – February 11, 2009) was a biomedical scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, whose work in isolating and characterizing the progesterone receptor gene stimulated advances in breast biology ...
(1938–2009), Indian-American cancer researcher and civil rights activist
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Shyamala Gopinath
Shyamala Gopinath (born 20 June 1949) is Chairperson of HDFC Bank, India's largest lender by market capitalization. Ms. Gopinath is a former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), a position she served for seven years.
She was ...
(born 1949), Indian bank executive
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Syamala Kumari
K. Syamalakumari aka Syamala Kumari is an Indian temple painter. This was an occupation traditionally carried out by men. Her work includes painting at the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerala. She has been awarded the Nari Shakti Puraskar.
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, Indian temple painter
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Shyamala Pappu
Shyamala Pappu (21 May 1933 – 7 September 2016) was an Indian lawyer and one of the senior counsels practicing in the Supreme Court of India. She was a member of the Law Commission of India and had participated in several conferences, deliveri ...
(1933–2016), Indian lawyer
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Shyamala Rajender
''Rajender v. University of Minnesota'' was a landmark class action lawsuit dealing with sexual discrimination at an American university. The case was filed on September 5, 1973, by Shyamala Rajender, an assistant professor of chemistry at the U ...
, plaintiff in the 1973 lawsuit ''Rajender v. University of Minnesota''
Other uses
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''Shyamala'' (film), a 1952 Indian Tamil-language film
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Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India, a city that rejected a name-change to Shyamala in 2018
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