List of people from Rajasthan

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This is a list of famous and notable people from Rajasthan, India. This would include persons who are known to a large number of people and is not based on the extent of their popularity. Neither is the list viewed from the context of the present. Their fame could be brief, what matters is that they were well-known during the peak of their popularity.


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[edit] Award winners from Rajasthan

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[edit] Gallantry honors

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[edit] Param Vir Chakra

[edit] Maha Vir Chakra

[edit] Ashoka Chakra

  • Subedar Lal Singh Rathore (Ranerav-Jodhpur)
  • Defedar Sultan Singh Rathore (Mamdola-Didwana)
  • Subedar Sajjan Singh Rathore, 13 Kamoan (Bikaner)
  • Capt. Mahendra Singh Tanwar, Raj Riff (Sikar)
  • 2nd Lt. Puneet Nath Dutt, Jaipur

[edit] Kirti Chakra

  • Captain Karni Singh Rathore (Later on Promoted to Colnel) Lakhau Churu
  • Havaldar Amar Singh Rathore (Ramdawas, Jodhour)
  • Suberdar Ummaid Singh Rathore (Kuliyana, Parbatsar, Nagaur)
  • Brig Ransher Singh Ranawat (Kankarwa, Mewar) 1971 war

[edit] Shaurya Chakra

  • Arvind Kumar Burdak, (Palthana, Sikar)
  • Subedar Bhiwa Ram Bajiya (Lampua, Sikar)
  • Haviladar Chatra Singh (Devatu-Shergarh)
  • Sargent Jagmal Singh (Kalwatoki Dhani, Barmer)
  • Captain Harendra Singh Rathore (Ramganj, Ajmer)
  • Major Bhupendra Singh Rathore, 14 grenadiers (Hanumangarh)
  • Major Saurabh Singh Shekhawat, 21 Para (Special Forces)
  • Ranveer Singh Shekhawat, 20 Sikh, Operation Mizoram, (Bikaner)

[edit] Vir Chakra

  • dy comdt chandan singh chandel(BSF)(godras, nagore)
  • Shish Ram Gill - 8th Jat Regiment
  • Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja
  • Dhan Singh Bajiya (Lampua, Sikar)
  • Rajiq Khan, 5 Grenadiers, (Bikaner), 1971
  • Major G.S. Chundawat (19 Grenadiers)
  • Lt. Col. Govind Singh Shekhawat (Khudi, Sikar)
  • Nayak Gokul Singh Rathore (Chitai, Parbatsar)
  • Jamadar Chotu Singh (Devari)
  • Brigadier Jagmal Singh Rathore, 19 Grenadiers (Garabdesar, Bikaner)
  • Col. Naval Singh Rajawat
  • Captain Narpat Singh Rathore (Raniya, Jodhpur)
  • Brigadier Bagh Singh Rathore (Bikaner)
  • Havaldar Bhanwar Singh (Roda Nokha, Bikaner)
  • Brigabier Mahaveer Singh (Uncha, Chittorgarh)
  • Col. Megh Singh Rathore (Khariya, Bilada, Jodhpur)
  • Lt. Col. Sumer Singh Shekhawat (Gangiasar, Jhunjhunu)
  • Col. Shayamveer Singh Rathore (Kota)
  • Brigadier Hamir Singh
  • Lance Naik Bhanwar Singh Rathore, 18 Raj Rif (Rata, Bikaner)
  • Major Jai Singh, 13 Grenadiers (Thelasar, Churu) also Sena Medal, President Police Medal
  • Major Puran Singh, 13 Grenadiers, (Bikaner), 1965
  • Jagmal Singh Rathore, 13 Grenadiers, (Bikaner), 1971
  • S.P Deen Dayal Sharma (Bikaner,1958)

[edit] Sena Medal

  • Lt. Col. Sumer Singh Shekhawat (Gangiasar, Jhunjhunu)

[edit] Politics

[edit] See also

[edit] Vice President of India

[edit] Governors of other states

[edit] Chief ministers

[edit] Ministers - central government

[edit] Speakers of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly

[edit] Others

[edit] Sports

[edit] Arjun award winners

[edit] Dronacharya award winner

  • Maha Singh Rao, for wrestling in 2006

[edit] Others

[edit] Business and industry

[edit] Defence

  • Lt. Gen. K. Bhadur Singh (retd.)
  • Lt Gen (Retd) Ajai Singh, PVSM, A VSM
  • Lt Gen Sagat Singh from (Village Moda), Churu district the hero of 1971 Bangladesh War
  • Admiral Madhvendra Singh, 19th Chief of Indian Navy
  • Admiral V.S.Shekhawat, 16th Chief of Indian Navy
  • Lt General K Chiman Singh, PVSM, Raj rifles,
  • Lt. Gen Kundan Singh Shekhawat (Durana) AVSM PVSM
  • Lt. General Nathu Singh Rathore (Gumanpura, Dungarpur). 1st Lt. General of Indian Army
  • Mr. Bhanwar Singh Rathore (Jalsu, Teh. Degana, District-Nagour(Raj.)

[edit] Judiciary and law

[edit] Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court

See List of Chief Justices of Rajasthan High Court

[edit] Chief Justice of Other High Courts

[edit] Others

[edit] Eminent Scholars

[edit] Scientists

[edit] Engineering

[edit] Medicine

  • Dr P. K . Sethi
  • DR. Ravi R. Kasliwal
  • DR Surendra Kumar Dhariwal
  • DR. Veer Singh Mehta
  • Dr Surbhi Jain
  • Dr Sheetal Raj Mehta, (Retd) Prof. of Medicine, & Principal, SMS Medical College, Jaipur
  • Dr Shoor Veer Singh Solanki (Mali) Prof. of medicine, RNT medical college, Udaipur
  • Dr Ran Vikram Singh Ranawat (Kankarwa, Mewar) Assoc Prof of Medicine, Al-Arab Medical Univ., Benghazi, Libya.
  • Dr Jayant Ranawat, MD; (Kankarwa, Mewar) Internist & Hepatologist, Florida, US

[edit] Academics

[edit] Journalism

[edit] Administration

See Chief Secretaries of Rajasthan

[edit] Literature

See List of winners of Sahitya Akademi Awards for writing in Rajasthani language


[edit] Arts

[edit] Folk artists

[edit] Music

[edit] Dance

[edit] Painting

[edit] Art craft and handicrafts

[edit] Film industry

[edit] Historians

[edit] Others

[edit] Notable Rajasthani NRIs

[edit] Freedom fighters

[edit] Social reform

[edit] Religion

[edit] Historical icons

[edit] List of members of the Constituent Assembly from Rajasthan as at 14 November 1949

[edit] Source

[edit] See also

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