List of Rajputs

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This is a partial list of famous Rajputs, members of the Rajput community of Northern India and Pakistan.

Contents 1 Historical 2 Modern 3 Notable Rajput surnames 4 References 5 Further reading

[edit] Historical

The Rajputs have contributed to many facets of Indian life, both historically and in the modern age. A few prominent Rajputs are mentioned below:

• Bappa Rawal
• Rana Hamir
• Prithviraj Chauhan
• Rani Padmini(Queen of Rana Ratan Singh of Chittor)
• Rana Kumbha
• Rana Sanga
• Rani Karmawati ( Widow of Rana Sanga and mother of Udai Singh II.Sent "Rakhi" to Humayun.But the help did not reach in time.Committed Jauhar in 1534 at Chittor)
• Rana Udai Singh II (Found the city of Udaipur)
• Maharana Pratap
• Dulla Bhatti
• Banda Bahadur
• Mira Bai(Famous devotee and poet)
• Raja Anangpal (Founded Dhillika, Modern Delhi)
• Raja Pajawan or Pajjun (King of Amber. Brother in law and general of Prithviraj Chauhan)
• Raja Bhagwant Das (King of Amber Rajasthan. Won Kashmir and other western parts for Mughals)
• Raja Man Singh I of Amber (King of Amber, Rajasthan. General of Akbar, extended boundaries of India from Afganistan to Assam and far south)
• Mirza Raja Jai Singh I (King of Amber. Great warrior and statesman. He was responsible for Shivaji's surrender)
• Raja Ramsingh I
• Sawai Jai Singh II (Founder and King of Jaipur)
• Raja Man Singh (King of Gwalior, MP)
• Rawat Kandhal the uncle of Rao Bika who made him the dynasty'
• Raja Bhoja Parmara (King of Malwa)
• Rao Jodha (Found city of Jodhpur)
• Raja Amar Singh Rathore
• Raja Maldeo (King of Jodhpur. Nearly defeated Sher Shah Suri)
• Veer Durga Das Rathore
• Maharaja Jaswant Singh (King of Jodhpur)
• Rao Bika (Found Bikaner city)
• Maharaja Ganga Singh (First to bring canals in the desert)
• Keshari Singh Champawat (Freedom fighter of 1857 from Ahuwa district Pali Rajasthan)
• Gopal Singh Kharawa (Freedom fighter in 1857, from Kharawa Ajmer district Rajasthan)
• Veer Kunwar Singh Parmara (Ujjaini) of Jagdishpur, Bihar (Leader of the 1857 Freedom Fight)
• Baba Ramdevji Tanwar(Worshiped like god in Rajasthan,Gujrat,MP. Main temple at Ramdevra Jaisalmer Rajasthan)
• Gogaji Chauhan (Worshiped like god in Rajasthan,Haryana, UP. Temple at Gogameri, Hanuman garh,Rajasthan)
• Pabuji Rathore(Local diety of Rajasthan)
• Guru Jambhoji Panwar (Founder of Bishnoi Sect. Main temple at Mukam Rajasthan.)
• Raja Vikramaditya Parmar of Ujjain
• Raja Bharatri Parmar of Ujjain
• Raja Bhoj Parmara of Bhojpur Bihar, the great Bhojpuri language is named after him,
• Babu Amar Singh Panwar (Ujjaini), younger brother of Babu Veer Kunwar Singh of Bihar.
• Sri Hardbu Ji Shankla (Panwar) - Renowned Saint
• Thakur Uday Singh Rawat
• Rao Shekha
• General Zorawar Singh
• Maharaja Gulab Singh

[edit] Modern

• Vishwanath Pratap Singh ( Raja of Manda & Ex prime minister of India)

• Late Rajendra Singh Tomar (Rajju Bhaiyya, RSS)

• Chandra Shekhar, Ex Prime Minister of India

• Jaswant Singh, Leader of opposition, [[Rajya Sabha]

• Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Vice-president of India^[1]

^[2] - He is thought by Indian press to be in the fray for Office of President of India after the term of present incumbent Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam is over.Points in his favour- Is widely respected, has redoubtable reputation.Points against him- His Rashtria Swayam Sevak Dal (RSS) past could count against him.^[3]Dr Karan Singh’s official website^{[4] [5][6][7][8]}

• Rajnath Singh (Former Chief Minister of UP and current BJP President)

• Maharani Gayatri Devi - Third Maharani of Jaipur

• Rajiv Pratap Singh Rudi (Former Aviation Minister from Bihar)

• Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan (Former president and prime minster of Pakistan occupied Kashmir)

• Satpal Maharaj( Rawat by surname , Former Union Minister and MP from Uttrakhand)

Thakur Sher Singh
Birth name	Sher Singh
Born	October 25, 1966 (age 40) Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Years active	1988 - present
Official site	http://groups.msn.com/geography

• Sher Singh - He has declared his intentions to run for Office of President of India after the term of present incumbent Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam is over. He has sought support for his candidature from Sonia, NCP, SP, CPI(M) and other political parties.^[9][10]The factors in his favour are: He is not affiliated to any political party, is secular & above party politics, comes from ordinary Indian middle class,is a young dynamic real life hero, a fine intellectual & a passionate humanitarian poet.He has universal acceptability. It remains to be seen how far he succeeds in garnering support for his candidature.Pubilc has voiced support for his bid for top post of Presidenship of India^[11][12]His Life:^{[13][14][15][16]}

State Politics

• Digvijay Singh (Congress Leader & Former Chief Minister of MP)
• Satyendra Narayan Sinha (Congress Leader & Former Chief Minister of BIHAR)
• Raman Singh (Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh)
• Bheem Singh (Panther Party Leader from J&K)

Maharaja Karni Singh
Birth name	Karni Singh
Born	April 21, 1924 (age 82) Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
Years active	1952 - present
Official site	Dr. Karni Singh at Real Personalities of Bikaner www.realbikaner.com/personality/index.html

• Maharaja Karni Singh- Rajasthan Leader^[17]

• Ajashatru Singh (Congress Leader from J&K, Son of Karan Singh)
• Narendra Singh Tomar - President BJP MP State
• Amar Singh (UP Leader of Samajwadi Party and Chairman of UPIDC)
• Raghuraj Pratap Singh aka Raja Bhaiya - Minister in UP Govt.
• Dr. Ramesh Chand Tomar (Former 2 times BJP MP from Hapur Constituency, UP)
• Narendra Singh Sisodia (BJP MLA, Modinagar, UP)
• Mohar Singh Rathore, Churu - Rajasthan
• Jai Veer Singh Chauhan (Former Minister & currently MLA from Baroli constituency in UP)
• Veer Bhadra Singh (Former Chief Minister and Congress Leader from Himachal Pradesh)
• Surendra Singh Chauhan (Former Jail Minister from UP)
• Tan Singh, Barmer - Rajasthan
• Harish Rawat, PCC Chief, Uttarakhand
• Talwinder Singh Parmara, Sikh extremist

Bravery

• Thakur Sher Singh Parmara^{[18][19][20][21]}

Business

• Ramesh Chauhan - Business - Connected to Bisleri & 77
• Dr. Ashok Kumar Chauhan - Established Amity University
• Sanjiv Singh, CEO (Regalis Media Ventures, HashPro Technologies)
• Ravi Singh - Restaurateur of New Zealand
• Hammad Arshad - Famous businessman in UK

Academics

• Prof. Kharag Singh Sisodia (IIT - New Delhi)
• Prof. Ashok Raghav (IIT - New Delhi)
• Dr. Raj Dev Singh( Gyanpur Harraiya Basti) - Professor University of Gorakhpur.
• Dr. Raj Kumar Singh Reader(Gyanpur Harraiya Basti) Education
• Dr. Shiv Mangal Singh 'Suman', Ujjain - Madhaya Pradesh V C
• Dr. Laxman Singh Rathore, Jodhpur Rajasthan V C
• Thakur Sher Singh Parmara^{[22][23][24][25]}

Defence

• Admiral Manvendra Singh
• Sagat Singh, Churu - Rajasthan
• Capt. Vikram Singh,(Advisor to PM Chandra Shekhar & President Punjab Rajput Sabha)
• Capt. Baldev Singh (Father of Chandrachood Singh, Film Actor)
• Karni Singh Rathore K.C.^[26]
• Inspector Jitendra Singh Kushwah, Bhind(M.P.)

Administration & Civil Servives

• Nikhil Kumar - Former Delhi Police Chief and Director General, NSG^[27]

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• Ch. Abdul Hameed Khan, Rehabilitation Commissioner of East and West Pakistan.
• D.S. Rawat, IAS
• Raja Sajjawal Khan (Zaildar of Mirpur Jammu Kashmir)
• RBS Rawat ,IFS former CEO Medicinal Board on deputation to UN
• Bhishma Narayan Singh Panwar of Udaygarh (Bihar).(Ex. Governor of Tamil Nadu and Assam)
• S.S. Rawat, IAS ( Ex Municipal Commissioner),served in WB also
• Akhand Pratap Singh - Former Chief Secretary of UP

Sports

Rajyashree Kumari
Birth name	Rajyashree Kumari
Born	[[Missing required parameter 1=month! ]] 1953 (age Expression error: Missing operand for and) Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
Years active	1969 - present
Official site	Kumari at Real Personalities of Bikaner www.realbikaner.com/personality/index.html

• Rajyashree Kumari- Ace Shooter^[33]

• Dhyan "Chand" Singh - Olympian Hockey player pupolarly known as Magician of Hockey.
• Chetan Pratap Singh Chauhan - Ex. Cricketer & Former MP from Amroha
• Lal Chand Rajput - Ex. Cricketer from Bombay
• Rudra Pratap Singh - Cricketer - Bowler
• Danish Kaneria (Pakistani Rajput, Cricketer)
• Dalip Singh Rana aka The Great Khali-Famous Wrestler and Bodybuilder
• Ajay Chauhan - Wrestler
• Pargat Singh Panwar (Hockey Player,Sikh Rajput)
• Rajesh Tomar - Wrestler and title-holder of "Hampi Hamsari"
• Rajesh Chauhan - Indian Cricketer
• Mahendar Singh Dhoni - New superstar of India cricket team FROM UTTARANCHAL AND IN RANCHI
• Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Olympic Silver Medalist

Art, Culture, Cinema & Fashion Industry

• Prem Rawat, Renowned Maharaj ji working for Global Peace
• Raghavendra Rathore - Well-renowned fashion designer and son of Royal Jodhpur family
• Sunidhi Chauhan - Indian Renowned Singer
• Niharika Singh - Former Miss India Earth
• Sonal Chauhan - Fashion & Modelling
• Dr. Shivdan Singh Chauhan - Noted Hindi Litterateur, freedom fighter and recipient of the Soviet Land Nehru Award.
• Shailendra Chauhan - A poet of National Eminence
• Navi Rawat -famous actress
• Chandrachood Singh - Film Actor
• Yash Tonk - Film Actor
• Govind Namdev - Film Actor
• Sunny Singh Jalwehra
• Thakur Sher SinghParmara^{[34][35][36][37]}

Preity Zinta
Birth name	Preity Zinta
Born	January 31, 1975 (age 32) Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Years active	1998 - present
Official site	www.preityzinta-fanclub.com

• Preity Zinta - Indian actress who appears in popular Bollywood movies. She is among the most successful actresses in the industry, and regarded as one of the biggest names in Bollywood. ^{[38][39][40][41]}. The film was her breakthrough role and she won the Filmfare Best Debut Award for her performance ^[42], which was only twenty minutes long ^[43]. This was followed by the success of Soldier ^[44] and Kya Kehna ^[45]. Her role as a teenage single mother for the latter was well acclaimed and she received various nominations in the best actress category ^{[46] [47]}. Later, she had successes with the films Mission Kashmir (2000), Chori Chori Chupke Chupke (2001) and Dil Chahta Hai (2001) that were average performers at the box office ^[48][49]. She won many awards for her role as Naina in Kal Ho Naa Ho. Her performance in the film got her the Filmfare Best Actress Award ^[50]. Since then she has appeared in the averagely received Lakshya (2004) ^[51], the box office hit Veer-Zaara (2004) ^[52] and the semi-hit Salaam Namaste (2005) which turned out to be one of the biggest hit overseas. ^[53][54][55] The film which released in August 2006 has done very well at the box office. ^[56] Her most recent film Jaan-E-Mann performed poorly at the box office. ^[57][58] Gossip has linked her with many people in the industry.^[59][60]. Her home is situated in Bandra ^[61]. She has a dog called Junior and a dog called Lola. ^[62][63]. She was given police protection and was forced to stay out of the public eye for months ^[64]. Many other celebrities including Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan were witnesses in the case but they soon retracted their statements. Zinta was the only witness not to have turned hostile. ^[65][66]2000: Bravery Award ^{[67][68][69][70]}2007: Stardust Best Supporting Actress Award for Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna ^{[71][72][73][74]}ref name="Peschardt's">us.imdb.com. Preity Zinta on Peschardt's People. Retrieved on 11 December 2006.</ref>^{[75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85]}

• Lalita Pawar, actress
• Vishwanath Pratap Singh, writer
• Harssh Rajput, actor - rose to fame while portraying the character of Pundir in the Sagar Series of Prithviraj Chauhan

Computers & Information Technology

• Dr. Arun Chauhan - Computer Scientist and Professor of Computer Science
• Pravesh Kumar Tomar - Renowned IT Professional (Computer Sciences Corporation)
• Raja Rashid Ashraf - IT Professional Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir
• Sohan Singh Chauhan - Computer Expert
• Jay Chauhan - Computer Expert
• Dhirendra Singh Kushwah - IT Professional (Impetus Technologies Inc.)

Medicine

• Dr. LS Chauhan - Leader in Tuberculosis Research.
• Dr. Vijay Singh Chauhan - Cardiologist
• Dr. Veena Rawat - President of the Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC)
• Dr. Rajesh Chauhan - An eminent doctor listed in Who's Who of the World in Medicine & Healthcare.
• Dr. Anoop J Chauhan - Renowned expert in respiratory medicine.
• Virendra Rajawat - Established first Reference Elisa Medical Laboratory in Jaipur
• Dr. Chitranjan S. Ranawat -Renowned orthopaedician and surgeon.Operated A.B.Vajpeyee Ex PM

Crime

• Sher Singh Rana (Murdered Phoolan Devi)
• Dacoit Lakhan Singh
• Dacoit Saudan Singh

Misceleneous

• Anand Kumar Singh Chauhan - B.Tech. National Institute of Foundry & Forge Technology
• Rana Kahan Singh Pundir - Working as Project Engg with SARCO Dubai (U.A.E)
• Dr. Brij Pal Singh Chauhan - An eminent scientist in cytogenetics and plant breeding.
• Anoop Chauhan - Senior Marine Engineer
• Dr. Shyam Vir Singh Chauhan - An eminent scientist in plant physiology.
• Pankaj Kumar Chauhan - Engineer and Ph D, A product from IIT Kharagpur.
• Mrityunjay Chauhan - Environmental Engineer
• Sundeep Chauhan - Leader in eLaw
• Jay Chauhan - Barrister & Solicitor
• Rajeev Singh (Gyanpur Harraiya Basti) Advertising Consultant
• Zohair Ul Mulk - Great Rajput King who defeated British General Cooks.
• Thakur Raja Fahad Hassan, kotli Azad Jammu & Kashmir (President of students youth wing Punjab Lahore)

[edit] Notable Rajput surnames

Baghel, Bhati, Bhatti (Bhati), Bais, Bhadoria, Bhayal, Bhist, Bika, Banirot, Bidawat, Chhaunkar, Chauhan, Chudasama, Chandel, Chandrawat, Chundawat, Dayma, Dhunna, Dewra, Dodiya, Gohel, Gohil, Hada, Jadeja, Jadon, Jayas, Jhala, Jodha, Jamwal, Kushwaha (Kachwaha), Kandhal, Manhas (Minhas) mahecha (rathore) Naruka, Negi, Pundir, Padhiyar, Pawar, Parmar (Panwar), Parihar, Pratihar, RANAWAT Raghav (Badgujar), Raghuvansi, Rathore, Rajawat, Rawat(Uttrakhand),Rawal, Sankhla, Solanki, Shekhawat, Sikarwar, Sengar, (Sisodia, Gahlaut or Rana, Ranawat), Sodha, Tomar (Tanwar), Tonk, Vaghela, Raol, Jadeja,

Umad Rajput surname is omitted from the above list. They established their sir at Rajgarh and Nursingh garh. These kingdoms were in present day Madhya Predesh, India. It was at the last period of Mogal empire, but before the British Raj.

[edit] References

Dhunna Ajeet kumar Singh Managing Director of software firm "Blue Capitol" based in Lucknow

[edit] Further reading

• Bobby Sarangthem, Revolutionary People’s Front (RPF), Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies[2] - confirms that "On April 13, 1982, RPF's new leader, Thoudam Kunjabehari and eight other militants of the outfit were killed in an encounter in Kadampokpi area, near Imphal."

• Ajai Sahni, Survey of Conflicts & Resolution in India's Northeast, South Asia Terrorism Portal[3] - says "Successful operations were subsequently launched against the PLA, PREPAK and KCP. On October 26, 1981, these three outfits were notified as unlawful organisations. Virtually the entire frontline leadership of the PLA was killed during the operations that followed, and its founder Bisheswar was arrested at Tekcham in Thoubal district on July 6, 1981. On April 13, 1982, the new PLA leader, Thoundam Kunjabehari, and eight other activists were killed in Kadampokpi, near Imphal. These military measures successfully contained the insurgency till the latter half of the 1980s."

• Renaud Egreteau, Instability At The Gate: India’s Troubled Northeast and its External Connections, Occasional Paper No.16 (2006), Centre de Sciences Humaines, Delhi[4] - "the Indira Gandhi government resorted to harsh measures: the Indian Army was given a free hand to crack down on the insurgents. The various counter-insurgency operations in Manipur successfully crushed the militants and many Meitei leaders were killed or jailed (PLA head, Bhisheswar, was arrested in 1981, his successor, Thoundam Kunjabehari was gunned down in 1982, the PREPAK chairman was killed in 1985...)."