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. Alternative spellings include Tiwary and Tewari.

Notable people

Independence activists

Chandra Shekhar Azad Chandra Shekhar Sitaram Tiwari (23 July 1906 – 27 February 1931), popularly known as Chandra Shekhar Azad, was an Indian revolutionary who reorganised the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) under its new name of Hindustan Socialist Rep ...

(born Chandrashekhar Tiwari) * Adrian Cola Rienzi (born Krishna Deonarine Tiwari), Indian freedom fighter in

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Spiritual leaders

Dayananda Saraswati Dayanand Saraswati () born Mool Shankar Tiwari (12 February 1824 – 30 October 1883), was a Hindu philosopher, social leader and founder of the Arya Samaj, a reform movement of Hinduism. His book '' Satyarth Prakash'' has remained one of th ...

(born Mool Shankar Tiwari), founder of the

Arya Samaj Arya Samaj () is a monotheistic Indian Hindu reform movement that promotes values and practices based on the belief in the infallible authority of the Vedas. Dayananda Saraswati founded the samaj in the 1870s. Arya Samaj was the first Hindu ...

* Maya Tiwari,

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spiritual leader, international speaker and author * Sahadeo Tiwari, religious scholar

Information technology and business

Academics

* Arun Tiwari, missile scientist, author and professor * Deepak Tiwari, Hindi editor of Global Investigative Journalism Network and former Vice Chancellor of Makhanalal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism, Bhopal * S Prakash Tiwari, biotechnologist, geneticist, agriculturalist *

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, UNESCO Chair on technology and sustainability

Civil service

* A. N. Tiwari, former Chief Information Commissioner of India * Sivakant Tiwari, former legal head officer of the

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Legal Service

Politicians

* Captain B P Tiwari, Indian politician and former army officer * Brij Bhushan Tiwari, Indian politician from the

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; ) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India. It was founded on 4 October 1992 by former Janata Dal politician Mulayam Singh Yadav and is headquartered in New Delhi. It is the third-largest political party in ...

* Ghanshyam Tiwari, Indian politician, education minister in the Government of

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* Ghanshyam Tiwari (Indian politician) from the

Samajwadi party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; ) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India. It was founded on 4 October 1992 by former Janata Dal politician Mulayam Singh Yadav and is headquartered in New Delhi. It is the third-largest political party in ...

, Bihar * Hari Shankar Tiwari, politician * Kamlesh Tiwari, politician * Kapil Narayan Tiwari, politician * Kaushal Tiwari, Indian politician *

Manish Tewari Manish Tewari (born 8 December 1965) is an Indian lawyer and politician. He is a member of the Indian National Congress and represents Chandigarh in the current 18th Lok Sabha. He represented Anandpur Sahib in the 17th Lok Sabha. He was Minist ...

, politician, former Minister of State in UPA Government * Manoj Tiwari, Indian politician, MP from Delhi, BJP State President. *

Narayan Datt Tiwari Narayan Datt Tiwari (18 October 1925 – 18 October 2018) was an Indian politician who served as the 9th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and 3rd Chief Minister of Uttarakhand from 2002 to 2007. He was first Indian Chief Minister who served for t ...

, Indian politician, former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand * Ram Chandra Tiwari, Nepalese politician * Ravindranath Tewari, Indian politician, former cabinet minister of Uttar Pradesh * Sita Tiwaree, Thai politician * Shivanand Tiwari,

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politician * Sriniwas Tiwari, Indian politician, former Madhya Pradesh speaker and minister * Sushil Kumar 'Indu' Tiwari, MLA from

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* Suresh Tiwari, MLA from

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* Rajani Tiwari, Politician from Uttar Pradesh * Upendra Tiwari, Indian politician, minister in Uttar Pradesh government

Military Officers

* Amit Tiwari (air marshal), Indian Air Force, former Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Central Air Command.

Entertainment

* Anand Tiwari, actor and director in Hindi films *

Ankit Tiwari Ankit Tiwari is an Indian people, Indian playback singer, live performer, music director, composer. His career began upon meeting Pradeep Sarkar where he got a chance to work on jingles and started composing background music for television pro ...

, playback singer and music director * Anuj Tiwari, Indian novelist *

Bhushan Tiwari Bhushan Tiwari or Chandrabhushan Tiwari (12 February 1935 - 3 October 1994) was an Indian character actor in Hindi films, who largely played negative roles in many Bollywood movies. e.g. of a villain's henchman in films, like '' Zanjeer'' (1973) ...

, Hindi actor *

Dharmesh Tiwari Dharmesh Tiwari (27 April 1951 – 6 August 2014) was an Indian actor and film director. He is memorable for portraying Kripacharya in the TV series ''Mahabharat (1988 TV series), Mahabharat'' and Malayraj in Chanakya (TV series), ''Chanakya''. ...

, Indian film director *

Gaurav Tiwari Gaurav Tiwari (2 September 1984 – 7 July 2016) was an Indian paranormal investigator, UFO field investigator and ParaNexus representative in India who appeared on television shows such as MTV Girl's Night Out with Rannvijay Singh, ''Haunte ...

, paranormal investigator, pilot, UFOlogist, TV presenter, and actor *

Girish Tiwari Girish Tiwari "Girda" (10 September 1945 – 22 August 2010) was a scriptwriter, director, lyricist, singer, poet, organic culturist, literary writer, and social activist in Uttarakhand, India. Early life Born on 10 September 1945 in the v ...

, scriptwriter, director, lyricist, singer, poet, organic culturist, writer, and social activist in Uttarakhand, India *

Indira Tiwari Indira Tiwari is an Indian actress. She has appeared in the films ''Aarakshan'' (2011), ''Nazarband'' (2020), '' Serious Men'' (2020), and '' Gangubai Kathiawadi'' (2022). Career Tiwari began her acting career by portraying a student in Prakas ...

, Indian actress * Kartik Aaryan Tiwari, Indian actor *

Lalit Mohan Tiwari Lalit Tiwari is an Indian film and television actor. His best-known television roles are that of Sanjaya in the series ''Mahabharat'' (1988–1990), and in the historical television series '' Bharat Ek Khoj - The Discovery of India'' (1988). ...

, Indian film and television actor * Laxmi Ganesh Tewari, Indian vocalist *

Manish Tiwary Manish Tiwary is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He has directed and written films like ''Issaq'' and '' Dil Dosti Etc''. Early life and career Manish completed his school education from Sainik School Tilaiya, a boarding school in ...

, Indian film-maker *

Mukesh Tiwari Mukesh Tiwari is an Indian actor, who has worked predominantly in Bollywood and few Tamil, Punjabi, Kannada and Telugu films. He is known for playing negative and comic side roles. He graduated from National School of Drama National Scho ...

, actor in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu films *

Nitesh Tiwari Nitesh Tiwari (born 22 May 1973) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and lyricist known for his works in Hindi films. He debuted as a co-director in '' Chillar Party'' (2011) which won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film. He ...

, director, script writer, lyricist * Ridhima Tiwari, television actress *

Shweta Tiwari Shweta Tiwari (born 4 October 1980) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi television. One of the highest paid television actress, Tiwari is widely known for her portrayal of Prerna Sharma in '' Kasautii Zindagii Kay''. In 2010, she ...

, Indian film and television actress and producer *

Surbhi Tiwari Surbhi Tiwari (born 19 October 1980) is an Indian television actress. She is known for TV shows like ''Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii'', '' Shagun'', ''Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan ''Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan'' (; ''A Lovely Bond'') is an Ind ...

, Indian television actress * Vindhya Tiwari, Indian show and film actress

Literature

* Aditya Tiwari, Indian poet and LGBT rights activist * Anuj Tiwari, Indian novelist * Bhim Nidhi Tiwari, Nepalese

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poet * Kapil Muni Tiwary, linguist and scholar * Siyaram Tiwari, writer and scholar

Sports

* Manoj Tiwary, Indian cricketer *

Saurabh Tiwary Saurabh Tiwary (born 30 December 1989) is an Indian former cricketer who played as a left-handed middle order batsman. He was one of the key batsmen in the Indian team that won the 2008 Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia. He was a part of the Ind ...

, Indian cricketer

Other

* Dudhnath Tiwari, Indian

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tribes. * Ram Puneet Tiwary, Singaporean Indian and acquitted suspect of the Sydney double murders.

References

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