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: उपेन्द्र) is an Indian masculine given name. The meaning of the

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Vamana Vamana (, ) also known as Trivikrama (), Urukrama (), Upendra (), Dadhivamana (, ), and Balibandhana (), is an Dashavatara, avatar of the Hinduism, Hindu deity Vishnu. He is the fifth avatar of Vishnu and the first Dashavatara in the Treta ...

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Upendra (actor) Upendra Rao (born 18 September 1967) is an Indian actor, film director, screenwriter, lyricist, playback singer, producer and politician who worked primarily in Kannada cinema. He has also worked in a few Telugu cinema, Telugu and Tamil langua ...

, an Indian Kannada actor, director, producer, screenwriter, lyricist and singer *

Upendra Bhanja ''Kabi Samrata'' Upendra Bhanja, ) was a 17th-century Odia poet-composer of classical Odissi music.Mansingha, Mayadhar: ''History of Oriya Literature'': Publisher, Sahitya Akademi, Delhi He is most known for his Odissi songs and kabyas written ...

, 17th century poet of Odia literature * Upendra Bhat, singer of Hindustani classical music *

Upendra Kumar Upendra Kumar (18 July 1941 – 24 January 2002) was an Indian composer who predominantly worked in Kannada films. He was known for his strong association with Rajkumar and his family and scored some of his career best compositions for the films ...

(1941–2002), Indian music director mainly in Kannada and Oriya films *

Upendra Kushwaha Upendra Kumar Singh, commonly known as Upendra Kushwaha (born 6 February 1960) is an Indian politician, and a former Member of Bihar Legislative Council and Bihar Legislative Assembly. He has also served as Minister of State for Human Resources ...

(born 1960), Indian politician and minister *

Upendra Limaye Upendra Limaye (born 8 November 1969) is an Indian actor, who won the National Film Award for his role in the Marathi film '' Jogwa''. On the centenary of Indian cinema in April 2013, ''Forbes ''Forbes'' () is an American business magazin ...

(born 1969), Indian Marathi film actor *

Upendra Sidhaye Upendra Sidhaye (born 8 October 1980), born and brought up in Pune, is a screenplay and story writer in Indian Film industry (Bollywood). Sidhaye won honors and admiration with his debut film '' Mumbai Meri Jaan'' (2008). Sidhaye and Yogesh Vinayak ...

(born 1980), Indian screenplay and story writer * Upendra Tiwari, Indian politician *

Upendra Yadav Upendra Yadav (; born 12 November 1960) is a Nepalese politician who has twice served as Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal and also as the chairman of the People's Socialist Party, Nepal from 2020 until 2023. He was previously a Minister of Hea ...

, (born 1960), Nepali politician *

P. Upendra Parvathaneni Upendra (14 July 1936 – 16 November 2009) was an Indian Politician from Andhra Pradesh represented Telugu Desam Party. He served as the Union Cabinet Minister between 1989 and 1990 in V. P. Singh Cabinet. He was the Rajya Sabha ...

or Parvathaneni Upendra (1936–2009), Indian politician and minister *

Priyanka Upendra Priyanka Upendra (née Trivedi) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Kannada films and in a few Tamil and Bengali language films. Early life Priyanka was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata). Her mother is from West Bengal We ...

, Indian actress in Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Bengali films

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