List of people from Uttarakhand
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This is a list of famous and notable people from Uttarakhand, India.
Education and Development
- Govind Ballabh Pant, recipient of Bharat Ratna India's highest civilian award, Pantnagar University on his name.
- Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University on his name.
- Kharag Singh Valdiya, Indian geologist and a former vice chancellor of Kumaon University, Padam Shri in 2007 and Padam Bhushan in 2015.
- Mrs. Ganga Devi Rawat, Academic professor, 1st lady graduate of Kumauo and recipient of Presidential award for teaching by Dr. Radha Krishna - President of India
- Dr. Ajay Singh Rawat, Academic professor, environmentalist
- Dr. Anand Singh Rautela, Academic professor, environmentalist
- Sukhendu Rautela, Business Management, Academic professor & Thought leader
Arts & Culture
- Girish Tiwari (Girda) (1942–2010), poet and folk singer
- Mina Rana, folk singer
- Narendra Singh Negi, folk singer
- Hira Singh Rana, folk singer
- Lalit Mohan Joshi,folk singer
- Maya Upadhyay, Folk singer
Cinema
- Abhishek Chauhan, Associate Director of The Silent Heroes 2015
- Anushka Sharma, Film actress
- Varun Badola
- Deepak Dobriyal
- Prasoon Joshi
- R P Joshi, Film Director & Producer
- Nirmal Pandey
- Himani Shivpuri
- Tigmanshu Dhulia
- Manoj Ramola, Casting Director
- Divyaalakshmi
- Ali Abbas Zafar, film director[1]
- Hemant Pandey
- Sudhanshu Pandey
- Udita Goswami, Film actress
- Chitrashi Rawat
- Kulraj Randhawa
- Kainaat Arora
- Lavanya Tripathi
- Barkha Bisht
- Ragini Nandwani
- Roop Durgapal
- Sukirti Kandpal
- Jyotsna Chandola
- Madhurima Tuli
- Asha Negi
- Niharika Singh
- Urvashi Rautela
- Shruti Bisht
- Vibha Anand
- Archana Puran Singh
- Shilpa Saklani
- Sonu Kakkar
- Neha Kakkar
- Fahad Ali
- Tom Alter
- Raghav Juyal
- Manasvi Mamgai
- Sakshi Chaudhary
- Karan Sharma
- Richa Panai
- Manmohan tiwari
Theatre
Defence
- Surendra Singh Panwar, Lieutenant Genenral
- Gabar Singh Negi, "Victoria CrossGarhwal Rifles "
- Lt. General M. M. Lakhera, ex-Governor of Mizoram, ex-Leutinent Governor of Pondicherry
- Havaldar Gajender Singh, Ashoka Chakra
- Rajesh Singh Adhikari, Maha Vir Chakra
- General Bipin Chandra Joshi, Chief of Army Staff of Indian Army
- Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi, Chief of Naval Staff of Indian Navy
- Major Som Nath Sharma, first recipient of "Param Vir Chakra"
- Lt. Col. Manabendra Shah
- Major General Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri
- Jaswant Singh Rawat, Hero Of Indo-China War, 1962. "Mahavir Chakra
- Darwan Singh Negi, Victoria Cross" from 1st Battalion of 39th Garhwal Rifles
- Col Harish Singh Rautela, Hero Of Indo-Pak War, 1965 & 1971. Captured Gurkhi Village in Pakistan 1971Sena Medal" from 8th Garhwal Rifles
- Air Marshal Puran Chandra Singh Rautela, IAF
Literature
- Manglesh Dabral, Hindi writer-poet
- Sumitranandan Pant, Hindi writer-poet
- Shekhar Pathak, Hindi writer-academic
- Shivani, Hindi writer
- Shailesh Matiyani, Hindi writer
- Manohar Shyam Joshi, writer-screenwriter
- Mrinal Pande, Hindi writer-journalist
- Ruskin Bond, English writer
- Ramachandra Guha, writer-historian
- Girish Tiwari (Girda), writer, poet
- Ram Pratap Mishra,Journalist,Writer Poet
- Dr.Govind Chatak, Hindi writer,
- Dr.Pitamber Dutt Bartwal, first Doctor of literature hindi
Politics
- Govind Ballabh Pant
- Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna
- Murli Manohar Joshi
- Mala Raj Laxmi Shah
- Mohan Singh Bisht
- Harish Rawat
- K.C. Pant
- N.D. Tiwari
- Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri
Chief Ministers
- Nityanand Swami
- Bhagat Singh Koshyari
- Narayan Dutt Tiwari
- Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri
- Ramesh Pokhriyal
- Vijay Bahuguna
- Harish Rawat
Sports
- Abhinav Bindra - Shooter and won Olympic gold in the 10 m Air Rifle event in 2008.
- Bachendri Pal - Mountaineer who in 1984 became the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
- Chandraprabha Aitwal - Mountaineer
- Ekta Bisht - Women's cricketer and she is the first International cricketer from Uttarakhand
- Major Harsh Vardhan Bahuguna - Mountaineer who lost his life in the international expedition to the Mount Everest on April 18, 1971.
- Hemlata Kala - Women's cricketer
- Jaspal Rana - Shooter
- Madhumita Bisht - Badminton player
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni-Indian Cricketer
- Manish Pandey - Indian cricketer
- Nain Singh Rawat - Asian explorer
- Unmukt Chand - Indian cricketer
- Pawan Suyal - Indian cricketer
- Parimarjan Negi
- Mir Ranjan Negi
- Navjit Singh - Volleyball player
Others
- Asif Sheikh, TV News Anchor
- Kalanidhi Naithani, famous IPS officer
- Prof. (Dr.) Prem Lal Joshi, Academic professor, Author
- Sundarlal Bahuguna, Chipko movement leader
- Vandana Shiva, environmentalist
- Sukhendu Rautela, Business Management, Academic professor
- Dr. Ajay Singh Rawat, Academic professor, environmentalist
- Dr. Anand Singh Rautela, Academic professor, environmentalist
- R P Joshi , Innovator and Designer of Graphene Employed Low Cost RAMAN Spectrometer, first time in India.[2] This high tech instrument is already working at several establishment in India and abroad
- Mrs. Ganga Devi Rawat ji, Academic professor, 1st lady graduate of Kumauo and recipient of Presidential award for teaching by Dr. Radha Krishna - President of India
References
- ↑ "Director’s Cut". Indian Express. Oct 13, 2010.
- ↑ http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asp/asfo/2014/00000002/00000001/art00007?crawler=true
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