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

[edit] Gallantry honors

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[edit] Param Vir Chakra

[edit] Maha Vir Chakra

  • Brigadier Bhawani Singh of Jaipur
  • Lt. Col Kishan Singh Rathore (Ghadsisar, Bikaner)
  • Brigadier Udai Singh Inda (1962)
  • Lt. Gen. Hanut Singh Rathore (Jasol), 1971
  • Brigadier Raghubir Singh Rajawat
  • Air Commodore Chandan Singh (Also Veer Chakra)
  • Major Balwan Singh, Kargil War
  • Subedar Major Sukh Singh Shekhawat (1946)
  • Lance Naik Nahar Singh Jhala (1986)

[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 Colonel) Lakhau Churu
  • Havaldar Amar Singh Rathore (Ramdawas, Jodhpur)
  • Suberdar Ummaid Singh Rathore (Kuliyana, Parbatsar, Nagaur)
  • Brig. Ransher Singh Ranawat (Kankarwa, Mewar) 1971 war
  • Major James Thomas,10 sikh lite infantry. Bikaner, died in Poonch sector on 28 Jan.2006.

[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 Jhala, (Delwara)
  • Ranveer Singh Shekhawat, 20 Sikh, Operation Mizoram, (Bikaner)

[edit] Vir Chakra

  • Shish Ram Gill - 8th Jat Regiment
  • Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja
  • Dhan Singh Bajiya (Lampua, Sikar)
  • Rajiq Khan, 5 Grenadiers, (Bikaner), 1971
  • Major G.S. Jhala (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 Jhala, 18 Raj Rif (badi sadri,Mewar)
  • 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)
  • dy comdt chandan singh chandel(BSF)(godras, nagore)

[edit] Sena Medal

  • Lt. Col. Sumer Singh Shekhawat (Gangiasar, Jhunjhunu)
  • Brig. J.S. Shekhawat (Luhakana)
  • Brig. Ransher Singh Ranawat (Kankarwa, Mewar) 1971 Indo-Pak war
  • Major Zameer Khan (Jabasar,Jhunjhunu) Jat Regiment

[edit] Police medal

  • Jagmal singh Rathore RPS,
  • Ajeet Singh Shekhawat IPS,
  • Balu Singh RPS,
  • Deen Dayal Sharma RPS

[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] Arjuna award winners

[edit] Dronacharya award winner

[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
  • Lt Gen Sushil Kumar (ALWAR) PVSM - 11 Gorkha Rifles
  • BR.II Sumer Singh Rajpurohit (Bikaner, Rajasthan)

[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

  • Justice Kan Singh Parihar[1]
  • Justice Milap Chand Jain
  • Justice V. S. Dave
  • Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha
  • L. M. Singhvi
  • Justice Kaeni Singh Rathore
  • Justice Narendra Mohan Kasliwal
  • Sampat Singh Bhandawat
  • Suresh Bhandawat
  • Rajesh Balia
  • Gulab Chand Kasliwal - Advocate General 1954-1970

[edit] Eminent Scholars

[edit] Scientists


[edit] Medicine

  • Dr P. K. Sethi
  • Dr Sheetal Raj Mehta, (Retd) Prof. of Medicine, & Principal, SMS Medical College, Jaipur
  • DR. Veer Singh Mehta
  • 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.

[edit] Academics

Prof V R Mehta, Former VC Delhi University


Prof Pratap Bhanu Mehta,Former Member,Knowledge Commission

[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] Independence movement

[edit] Social reform

[edit] Religion

[edit] Historical icons

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

[edit] References

[edit] See also