Tiwari () , from Sanskrit 'tripāṭhin' (learned in three vedas), is a

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communities commonly found in

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. Alternative spellings include Tiwary and Tewari.

Notable people

Independence activists

* Chandra Shekhar Azad (born Chandrashekhar Tiwari) * Adrian Cola Rienzi (born Krishna Deonarine Tiwari),

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freedom fighter in

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Spiritual leaders

Dayananda Saraswati Dayanand Saraswati () (born Mool Shankar Tiwari; 2 February 1824 – 30 October 1883) also known as Maharshi Dayanand is an Indian philosopher, social leader and founder of the Arya Samaj, a Hindu reform movement. His Magnum Opus is the bo ...

(born Mool Shankar Tiwari), founder of the

Arya Samaj Arya Samaj ( hi, आर्य समाज, lit=Noble Society, ) is a monotheistic Indian Hindu reform movement that promotes values and practices based on the belief in the infallible authority of the Vedas. The samaj was founded by the sanny ...

* Maya Tiwari, Indo-Guyanese spiritual leader, international speaker and author *

Sahadeo Tiwari Pt. Sahadeo Tiwari (Trinidadian Hindustani: सहदेव तिवारी) was born in the village of Sarwan in Arwal district, Bihar, India on 25 February 1892. He came to Trinidad and Tobago as an indentured laborer in 1912 upon the vesse ...

, religious scholar

Information technology and business

Academics

Arun Tiwari Arun Kumar Tiwari (born 10 February 1955) is an Indian missile scientist, author, and professor. He has written several books and co-authored 5 books with Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, including '' Wings of Fire'', the autobiography of Dr. APJ Abdul Ka ...

, missile scientist, author and professor *

S Prakash Tiwari S Prakash Tiwari is an Indian biotechnologist, geneticist, agriculturalist and a former Deputy Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). He was Vice-Chancellor of Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, ...

, biotechnologist, geneticist, agriculturalist *

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, UNESCO Chair on technology and sustainability *

Deepak Tiwari Deepak Tiwari is an Indian journalist, serving as the Hindi editor of Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) and former Vice Chancellor of Makhanalal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism MCU, Bhopal. He was founder managing edit ...

, Hindi editor of Global Investigative Journalism Network and former Vice Chancellor of Makhanalal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism, Bhopal

Civil service

Sivakant Tiwari Sivakant Tiwari, P.P.A.(E.), P.B.S., P.P.A.(E.)(L.), P.J.G. (20 December 1945 – 26 July 2010), known professionally as S. Tiwari, was a senior legal officer of the Singapore Legal Service. He was educated at the University of Singapore, grad ...

, former legal head officer of the

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

Legal Service * A. N. Tiwari, former Chief Information Commissioner of India

Politicians

Captain B P Tiwari Captain B P Tiwari (15 June 1911 - 2008) was an Indian military officer, politician and statesman. He was Zamindar from Panagar Jabalpur district in the Central Provinces of India.Changing political leadership in an Indian province: the Central ...

, Indian politician and former army officer *

Brij Bhushan Tiwari Shri Brij Bhushan Tiwari (13 October 1941 – 25 April 2012) was a politician of the Samajwadi Party who was a Member of parliament, Rajya Sabha representing Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. The first t ...

, Indian politician from the

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as w ...

Ghanshyam Tiwari Ghanshyam Tiwari (born 19 December 1947) is an Indian politician who has served as the MLA of the Sanganer constituency, located in Rajasthan between 2013 and 2018. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. 6 time MLA Tiwari has been win ...

, Indian politician, education minister in the Government of

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...

* Ghanshyam Tiwari (Indian politician) from the

Samajwadi party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as w ...

, Bihar *

Hari Shankar Tiwari Hari Shankar Tiwari is an Indian gangster and politician from Gorakhpur in eastern Uttar Pradesh. Tiwari was a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the village Tanda, Chillupar in Gorakhpur district. Politics Tiwari was the fir ...

, politician *

Kamlesh Tiwari Kamlesh Tiwari (16 January 1969 – 18 October 2019) was an Indian politician who founded the Hindu Samaj Party in 2017. Azam Khan, a politician from the Samajwadi Party, responded to Union finance minister Arun Jaitley's statements in suppor ...

, politician *

Kapil Narayan Tiwari Kapil Narayan Tiwari (4 June 1929 – 21 September 2022) was an Indian activist and politician who served in the Orissa Legislative Assembly from 1977 to 1980, representing the Khariar Assembly constituency. Initially elected as an independen ...

, politician * Kaushal Tiwari, Indian politician *

Manish Tewari Manish Tewari (born 8 December 1965) is a Prominent Indian lawyer and politician. He is a member of the Indian National Congress and represents Anandpur Sahib in the 17th Lok Sabha. He was the Minister of Information and Broadcasting from 2012 ...

, 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 ...

, Indian politician, former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand *

Ram Chandra Tiwari Ram Chandra Tiwari is a Nepalese politician. He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress The Nepali Congress ( ne, नेपाली कांग्रेस ; abbr. NC) is the largest soci ...

, Nepalese politician *

Ravindranath Tewari Ravindranath Tiwari was a politician from Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh who was elected for the Katheri Vidhan Sabha constituency. He was a cabinet minister in the government of Uttar Pradesh during the chief ministership of Mulayam Singh Yadav M ...

, Indian politician, former cabinet minister of Uttar Pradesh *

Sita Tiwaree Sita Divari ( th, ศิธา ทิวารี), is a former Thai Air Force officer and politician. He is a former spokesperson for the Prime Minister's Office in the government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Early life and educatio ...

, Thai politician *

Shivanand Tiwari Shivanand Tiwari (born 1943) is a prominent politician from Bhojpur district, Bihar who was a member and an officer of the Janata Dal (United) political party, which he represented in the Rajya Sabha. First he was a prominent leader and spokesp ...

Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People’s Party (United)”) abbreviated as JD(U) is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar , Arunachal Pra ...

politician *

Sriniwas Tiwari Shriyut Sriniwas Tiwari (17 September 1926 – 19 January 2018) was a politician from Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, India. He had a long career in Madhya Pradesh state politics. He was a six-time member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. For ...

, Indian politician, former Madhya Pradesh speaker and minister *

Sushil Kumar 'Indu' Tiwari Sushil Kumar Tiwari, known as Indu Bhaiya, (born 30 June 1959) is an Indian politician from Madhya Pradesh. He is a three time MLA from Panagar Assembly constituency in Jabalpur district. He represents Bharatiya Janata Party. Early life and ...

, MLA from

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

* Suresh Tiwari, MLA from

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

* Rajani Tiwari, Politician from Uttar Pradesh *

Upendra Tiwari Upendra Tiwari is an Indian politician and Minister of State (Independent Charge), of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Tiwari is a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Phephana Vidhan Sabha constituency in Ballia district. He de ...

, 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, playback singer and music director *

Anuj Tiwari Anuj Tiwari (born 22 November 1988) is an Indian author of six novels. His first novel, ''Journey of Two Hearts'', was published by Srishti Publishers in 2012. He is the first Indian author to write a book, ''Give Your Heart a Break,'' on sibling ...

, Indian novelist *

Nitesh Tiwari Nitesh Tiwari is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and lyricist known for his works in Bollywood. He debuted as a co-director in '' Chillar Party'' (2011) which won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film for that year. He then he ...

, director, script writer, lyricist * Bhushan Tiwari, 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'' and Malayraj in ''Chanakya''. He essayed the role of a judge on the Hindi TV s ...

, Indian film director *

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 village ...

, scriptwriter, director, lyricist, singer, poet, organic culturist, writer, and social activist in Uttarakhand, India * Kartik Tiwari, 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 the one in the historical television series ''Bharat Ek Khoj - The Discovery of India'' (1 ...

, Indian film and television actor *

Laxmi Ganesh Tewari Pandit Laxmi Ganesh Tewari (born 8 September 1938) is a Hindustani vocalist from India. He is an exponent of the Gwalior gharana (tradition) of vocal music. After studying with Lalmani Misra at Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, he pursued ...

, 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, Sainik School Tilaiya, ...

, Indian film-maker *

Gaurav Tiwari Gaurav Tiwari was a 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, ''Haunted Weekends'' with Sunny Leone, Aaj Tak, Liv ...

, Transgender Bollywood Civil Rights Icon * Manoj Tiwari, Bhojpuri actor, singer and director *

Mukesh Tiwari Mukesh Tiwari (born 24 August 1969) is an Indian actor, who has worked predominantly in Bollywood. and few Tamil films. He is known for playing negative and comic side roles. He entered the film industry in the year 1998 with the movie '' China ...

, actor in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu films * Palak Tiwari, Indian actress, daughter of Shweta * Shweta Tiwari, Indian film and television actress and producer *

Ridhima Tiwari Ridheema Tiwari is an Indian television actress. She is known for her roles of Rasika in ''Do Dil Ek Jaan'', Disha in '' Sasural Genda Phool'', and Maldawali in Life OK's Series Ghulaam. She is also known for her Bollywood Debut in 2017 for fil ...

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

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

, Indian actress * Surbhi Tiwari, Indian television actress

Literature

Bhim Nidhi Tiwari Bhim Nidhi Tiwari( ne, भीमनिधि तिवारी) (1911–1973) was a leading Nepali poet, novelist and playwright. He was a well-known poet of the post-1950s era and was a firm believer in social reforms and wrote against smokin ...

, Nepalese Bahun poet *

Kapil Muni Tiwary Kapil Muni Tiwary (1932-2021) was a professor and head of the department of Linguistics and Literature at Patna University and a professor of English in Yemen. He published many articles in Yemen Times Newspaper during the period 2000/2004. His ...

, linguist and scholar * Nilkanth Tiwari, Indian poet * Siyaram Tiwari, writer and scholar *

, Indian novelist * Ankit Tiwari, research scholar

Sports

Manoj Tiwary Manoj Tiwari or Manoj Tiwary may refer to: * Manoj Tiwari (film director) (born 1967), Bollywood film director *Manoj Tiwari (politician) (born 1971), Indian politician, singer, and actor who served as an MP for North East Delhi * Manoj Tiwari (Ut ...

, Indian cricketer *

Saurabh Tiwary Saurabh Sunil Tiwary (born 30 December 1989) is an Indian cricketer who plays 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. Indian Premier League He re ...

, Indian cricketer

Other

* Dudhnath Tiwari, Indian

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who lived with the

Andamanese The Andamanese are the indigenous peoples of the Andaman Islands, part of India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands union territory in the southeastern part of the Bay of Bengal in Southeast Asia. The Andamanese peoples are among the various groups ...

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

Sydney double murders On 15 September 2003, two Singaporean students and flatmates Tay Chow Lyang (郑潮亮) (b. 1977–d. 15 September 2003) and Tony Tan Poh Chuan (陈宝川) (b. 3 December 1976–d. 15 September 2003), were found brutally murdered in their flat i ...

References

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