List of Kashmiris
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List of persons of Kashmir:
[edit] Kings and royals
- Lalitaditya Muktapida, Emperor
- Zain-ul-Abdin, King 1420-1470
- Raja Sukh Jivan, King 1754-1762
- Hari Singh, King,died in exile in Bombay, decendants residing in United Kingdom and India
[edit] Philosophers and historians
- Anandavardhana, Philosopher
- Vasugupta
- Bhatta Kallata
- Abhinavagupta, Philosopher
- Kshemaraja
- Utpaladeva
- Bhaskara
- Somananda
- Krishnadasa
- Kalhana, Historian, 12th century
- Lalleshvari, mystic and poet, 14th century
- Jonaraja, Historian, 15th century
- Shrivara, Historian, 15th century
- Prajna Bhatta, Historian, 16th century
- Gopi Krishna, Writer and mystic
- Swami Lakshman Joo
- Subhash Kak, Writer and philosopher
[edit] Government officers
- Dr. Asgar Samoon, District Development Commissioner
- M. Yasin Bhat, Fisheries Marketing Inspector
[edit] Administrators and diplomats
- Birbal Dhar, invited Ranjit Singh to Kashmir
- Mirza Pandit Dhar
- Raja Dina Nath, Diwan to Ranjit Singh
- Mohan Lal, 1812-1877, Writer and diplomat in the Anglo-Afghan War
- Tej Bahadur Sapru
- Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
- R.K. Nehru, Ambassador in 50s and 60s
- Durga Prasad Dhar, Ambassador and politician
- P.N. Dhar, Economist
- Triloki Nath Kaul, Ambassador
- Braj Kumar Nehru, Diplomat
- Purushottam Narayan Haksar, Administrator
- Rameshwar Nath Kao, Intelligence chief, 1918-2002
- P.N. Kaul, Ambassador
- Triloki Nath Khoshoo, Administrator and environmentalist
- Maharaj Krishen Kaw, Administrator
- Vijayendra N Koul, Comptroller and Auditor General of India
[edit] Economy & industry
- Mohammad Yousaf Khan, Former Chairman J&K Bank Ltd.
- Dr.Maharaj Krishen Raina, Economist and Indian Paper Mfr Industry Guru.
[edit] Economy & enterprenuer
- Narain Dass Raina, 19th century, Innovator of Modern Kashmiri "House Boat", a boon to current tourism also. Also father to Swami Lakshman joo (Kashmir Shaivism)(born Kashmir, died Noida(Delhi), India).
- Rizwan Bashir Khan, Engineer & Industrial Consultant
- Fayaz Ahmad Ahanger, Member of Jammu and Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries, owner of Alfa Sanitation
[edit] Politicians & prominent lawyers
- Motilal Nehru, Politician
- Jawaharlal Nehru, First prime minister of India
- Indira Gandhi, Prime minister of India
- Rajiv Gandhi, Prime minister of India
- Ghulam Ahmad Ashai, Educationist, Leader and Reformist
- Tej Bahadur Sapru, Politician and lawyer
- Jawaharlal Nehru, Writer and politician
- Kailash Nath Katju, Politician and lawyer
- Ram Chandra Kak, Archaeologist and politician
- Mohammad Shafi Qureshi, Ex Governor Bihar & Madha Pradesh, State Railway Minister
- Shaikh Abdullah, Politician
- Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, Politician
- Shamasuddin
- Ghulam Muhammad Sadiq, Politician
- Syed Mir Qasim
- Moulvi Muhammad Abbas Ansari,Politician and religious head
- Sadiq Ali,Politician,Poet,writer
- Mirwaiz Muhammad Umer Faroq, Politician
- Asiya Andrabi, Head of Dukhtaran-e-Millat
- Muhammad Farooq Rehmani, Politician
- Farooq Abdullah, Politician
- Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, Politician
- Dr. Agnishekhar, Panun Kashmir
- Deepak Ganju, President, KOA USA
- Omar Abdullah, Politician
- Sham Lal Saraf, Politician
- Yasin Malik, leader of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front
- Fayaz Ahmad Ahanger, Member of Jammu and Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries Owner of:Alfa Sanitation
- Muzaffar Chishti, Lawyer, Director of Migration Policy Institute, New York
- Syed Faisal Qadri, Advocate J&K High Court and Human Rights Lawyer in Supreme Court of India.
- Nasir Ahmad Shala, Advocate J&K High Court (Consumer Lawyer)
[edit] Film makers
- Arun Kaul, Film maker
- Mani Kaul, Film maker
- Siddharth Kak, Film maker
- Sanjay Kak, Film maker
- Ashok Pandit, Film Maker
[edit] Leading journalists and columnists
- Sameer Kaul
- Lalit kaul
- M.K.Teng
- SOOFI GHULAM MOHAMMAD
- BASHIR AHMED BASHIR
- Yusuf Jameel
- SHADAAB BASHIR
- Altaf Hussain
- Sajjad Haider
- Zaffar Meraj
- Tariq Bhat
- Rahul Pandita
- Shreen Bhan
- Nidhi Razdan
- Gopi Nath Raina
- Maharaj Kaul
- Haroon Rasheed
- Bansi Pandit
- Shafat Kira
- Javed Javad
- Majid Jehangeer
- Ahsan ul Haque
- Aijaz ul Haq
- Riyaz Wani
- Syed Ali Safvi
- Naseer Ahmad
- Bilal Bhat
- Mufti Islah
- Nazir Masoodi
- Parvez Bukhari
- Showkat Mota
- Syeda Afshana
- Muhammad Sidiq
- Bilal Waza
- Sameer Arshad
[edit] Theatre, radio, television, acting
- Kulbushan Pandit alias Raj Kumar
- Moti Lal Kemmu
- Pushkar Bhan
- Pran Kishore
- Som Nath Sadhu
- M.K. Raina
- Anupam Kher
- Soni Razdan
- Kunal Kemmu
- ChandraMukhi Ganju
- Sanjay Suri
- Bansi Kaul, Theatre director
- Mushtaq Kak, Theatre director
[edit] Music
- Shobha Gurtu
- Vijay Kichlu, 1930-
- Ravi Kichlu, 1932-
- Krishen Langoo
- Trilok Gurtu, 1951 -
- Kailash Mehra Sadhu, Singer
- Jawahar Wattal
- Khawaja Khurshid Anwar, Composer
- Dalip Langoo
- Rajinder Kachroo
- Ms. Shamima Azad
- Amit KIlam
[edit] Painting and art
- Dina Nath Walli
- Manohar Kaul
- Kuldeep Khosa
- Ghulam Rasool Santosh
- Ratan Parimoo, Art historian and painter
- Ms. Kishori Kaul
[edit] Fiction, poetry, essays
- Sir Muhammad Iqbal
- Saadat Hasan Manto
- Krishna Hutheesing
- Santha Rama Rau, Writer
- Nayantara Sahgal, Novelist
- Chandrakanta (author), Novelist
- Salman Rushdie, Novelist
- Agha Shahid Ali, Poet
- M.J. Akbar, Writer and journalist
- Manju Kak, Short-story writer
- Hari Kunzru, Novelist
- Jaspreet Singh,Novelist
[edit] Scholars and writers
- Mufti Nazir,Religious scholar and jurist
- Molana Rahmatullah,Scholar, teacher and social activist
- Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal, Noted writer and scholar
- Balji Nath Pandit, Sanskrit and Shaivism
- P.N. Kaul Bamzai, Historian
- Dr. Hamid Naseem Rafiabadi, Writer and scholar
- Dr. Yunus Geelani, Writer and scholar
- Triloki Nath Madan, Sociologist
- Prof. (Dr.) Ishaq Khan, Historian
- Braj Kachru, English professor and linguist
- Syed Ali Geelani, Political leader and noted writer
- Ravinder Kumar, Historian
- Dr. Muzaffar Nadawi, Writer and scholar
- Gopi Nath Raina, Writer and Journalist
- Shakeel Shifai, Writer and scholar
- Giridhari Lal Pandit, Historian of science
- G.M.D. Sufi, Historian
- Lalita Pandit, Literature
- Shams-ud-Din Ahmad, History writer
- Prof. Syed Mohi-ud-Din Habib
- Shakti Kak, Economics
- Jaishree Odin, Literature
- Moulana Anwar Shah Kashmiri,Islamic Scholar
- Pandit Krishna Joo Razdan, Poet and Philosopher (late19th-early20th century)
- Asad Butt, Pioneer in field of leetology.
- Nasim Hasan Shah, Legal Scholar; Graduate of The Hague (International Law)
- Dr. Altaf Hussain,Author-'Wounded Paradise'-a book presenting a vivid description of the kashmir problem.
- Kashi Nath Dhar, Eminent poet,Historian.
- Professor S.M.Afzal Qadri, Professor of Law, University of Kashmir- Written many books Articles and edited various national and International Journals related to the filed
- Syed Bashir Ahmad Ph.D. د. سيد بشير أحمد, Arabist, Writer, columnist Living in Sultanate of Oman [1]
[edit] Armed forces
- B.M. Kaul, General
- Tapishwar Narain Raina, Chief of Indian Army
- Kapil Kak, Air Marshal
- S.K. Kaul, Air Chief Marshal
- Gautam Kaul, IPS
- B L Durani
- Javid Gheelani, IPS
[edit] Scientists
- Dr. (Prof) Roop Krishen Khar Kilam, Noted researcher and leading pharmaceutics scientist in area of targeted drug delivery systems with more than 200 research papers, patents and several books
- Dr. Yusuf-ul-Umer, Former Director National Institute of Technology
- Dr.Chand Kumar Atal,Former Director,R.R.L.,Jammu And Kashmir(Council of Scientific and Industrial Research under Govt of India),United Nations Consultant(UNIDO),Art critic and collector
- Dr. Gulam Nabi Bhat, Noted researcher Kashmir University
- Dr. M. Ashraf, Botanist
- Prof. Bashir Ahmed Khan, (Noor Abad Zakura, Srinagar) Renowned Botanist
- Dr. Ghulam-e-Nabi Qazi Director, Regional Research Laboratory-Jammu, (CSIR) India.
- Dr. Sheikh Tasduq Abdullah, Scientist, Regional Research Laboratory-Jammu, (CSIR) India.
- Suzana Bashir Khan, Limnologist
[edit] Sports
- Suresh Raina second kashmiri pandit to play for India first being Razdan
- Abid Nabi Budding Cricketer / fast Bowler