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John Coleman
John Coleman VC (1821 – 22 May 1858) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and C…
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John Alexander
VC (died 24 September 1857) was a British Army soldier and an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to a member of t…
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Surendra Pal
Surendrapal Singh (born 25 September 1953) is an Indian film and television character actor who works in Hindi films and TV series. He is best known for his roles of Dronacharya in Mahabharat, Amatya…
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Amrapali Gupta
Amrapali Gupta, also as Amrapali Yash Sinha, is an Indian television actress.
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Zoya Afroz
Zoya Afroz, (born 10 January 1994) is an Indian actress, model and a beauty pageant titleholder. Afroz won the title of Miss India International 2021 competing at the Glamanand Supermodel India conte…
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Gayatri Ganjawala
Gayatri Ganjawala (née Iyer) is an Indian playback singer, primarily in Bollywood. She landed up with the part of Princess Anjuli in the West End of London musical production of M. M. Kaye's The Far …
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Shantanu Moitra
Shantanu was born in Lucknow, where his father came from a Bengali musical family. He was very young when he moved to Delhi with his family, where initially he lived in Patel Nagar in West Delhi, and…
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Richa Panai
Richa Panai (born 24 February 1993) is an actress who appears in Bollywood, Tollywood, Mollywood and various ads. Richa Panai came to prominence as a model in advertisements for the Indian jewellery …
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Anaika Soti
Anaika Soti is an Indian actress and model.She predominantly appears in Tamil films and in a few, Telugu and Hindi films.
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Kumar Gaurav
Kumar Gaurav (born Manoj Tuli; 11 July 1956) is an Indian businessman and former actor who predominantly worked in Hindi cinema. Son of actor Rajendra Kumar.
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Vartika Singh
Vartika Brij Nath Singh is an Indian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was appointed as Miss Universe India 2019 and represented India at 68th edition of the Miss Universe pageant.
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Mukesh Chandra Haikerwal
Mukesh Haikerwal, general practitioner and former federal president of the Australian Medical Association, Companion of the Order of Australia since 2011.
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Herbert V. Günther
Herbert V. Günther, professor of philosophy
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Salman Akhtar
Salman Akhtar, psychoanalyst
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Dalip Kumar Upreti
Dalip Kumar Upreti, Indian Lichenologist
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Rinku Singh
Rinku Singh is an Indian cricketer who plays for Uttar Pradesh in domestic cricket and Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL. He is a left-handed batsman and occasional right-arm off-break bowler.
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Apoorva Sengupta
Lieutenant General Apoorva Kumar Sengupta was an Indian army officer and cricketer who played in one Test in 1959.
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Ravinder Pal Singh
Ravinder Pal Singh was a prominent Indian field hockey player as well former banker; he was well-known as a renowned center-half during his playing days (1979 to 1984). Ravindra was part of the India…
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Shahid Mahmood
Shahid was born in Lucknow, Uttar-Pradesh on March 17, 1939, toured England in 1962 with the Pakistan side led by Javed Burki, and played in the Nottingham Test but went wicketless in six overs as th…
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Afaq Hussain
Afaq Hussain was a Lucknow-born Pakistani cricketer; He played in two Tests (from 1961 to 1964). Hussain holds a unique world record in Test cricket, for scoring the most Test runs without being dism…
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Anne Warner
Anne Marie was born in Lucknow, Uttar-Pradesh, India 1945. Anne hails of Anglo-Indian descent; she has been a social welfare union organizer before entering politics.
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Arthur Skey
Arthur Richard Harrie Skey (13 February 1873 – 13 July 1942) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer. Skey served as a surgeon in the Royal Navy from 1896, rising to the rank of s…
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Naushad
Naushad Ali (25 December 1919 – 5 May 2006) was an Indian music director for Hindi films. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and foremost music directors of the Hindi film industry. He…
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Nandini Singh
Nandini Singh (born 7 August 1980) is an Indian television and film actress, who has worked in both Hindi movies and Hindi serials. Nandini began her career as a child artist in the movie Jumbish in …
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Anjana Singh
Anjana Singh is an Indian film actress. Singh was born on 7 August 1990 in the Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh. Anjana Singh mainly works in Bhojpuri films and television serials.
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Pankhuri Awasthi
Pankhuri Awasthy Rode (born 31 March 1991) is an Indian television and film actress known for playing Razia in Razia Sultan, Vedika in Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai , Draupadi in Suryaputra Karn and ASI…
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Sooraj Pancholi
Sooraj Pancholi (born 9 November 1990) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi-language films. He debuted with the romantic action film Hero (2015) for which he won a Filmfare award for Best Newcomer.
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Harshit Saxena
Harshit Saxena (born 21 August 1985) is an Indian playback singer and composer. His debut was as music director for the Murder 2 film.
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Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
This article is about Amrit Kaur, an Indian activist, and politician. For the Canadian actress, see Amrit Kaur (actress).
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Mohammad Yunus Saleem
Mohammad Yunus Saleem was an Indian politician, scholar, and lawyer, who was also active in the religious field. He was also a poet who campaigned to make Urdu the second official language.
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Ashok Kumar Rawat
Ashok Kumar Rawat (born 26 November 1975) is an Indian politician from Sitapur District of Uttar Pradesh. He currently serves as a third-term Member of Parliament(Lok Sabha) from the Misrikh parliame…
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Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee
Raja Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee Taluqdar of the formerly confiscated taluq of Shankarpur in the United Provinces was one of the leaders of the Young Bengal group in 19th-century India.
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Begum Hazrat Mahal
Begum Hazrat Mahal, also known as the Begum of Awadh, was the second wife of Nawab of Awadh Wajid Ali Shah, and the regent of Awadh in 1857–1858.
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Sheila Kaul
Sheila Kaul was a social-democratic leader of the Indian National Congress, a politician, cabinet minister and governor, and the oldest living former member of parliament in India at the time of her …
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Mohammad Hidayatullah
17 December 1905, Lucknow, Lucknow district, Uttar Pradesh, India 18 September 1992, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (aged 86 years)
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Amir Haider
Haider was born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh in 1936. He received his primary education in the village of Mittai in Barabanki district before going to Lucknow for his higher education, where he joined s…
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Chandra Bhanu Gupta
Chandra Bhanu Gupta (Hindi: चंद्र भानु गुप्ता) (14 July 1902 – 11 March 1980), He was born in the Aligarh district in 1902.
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Asaf-Ud-Dowlah
Asaf-ud-Daula (Hindi: आसफ़ उद दौला, Urdu: آصف الدولہ) (b. 23 September 1748 – d. 21 September 1797) was the Nawab Wazir of Oudh (a vassal of the British, also pronounced as Awadh) ratified by Shah Ala…
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Shuja-ud-Daulah
Shuja-ud-Daulah (b. 19 January 1732 – d. 26 January 1775) was the Subedar and Nawab of Oudh and the Vizier of Delhi from 5 October 1754 to 26 January 1775.
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Mirza Hameedullah Beg
Mirza Hameedullah Beg (M. H. Beg) (22 February 1913 – 19 November 1988) was the 15th Chief Justice of India, serving from January 1977 to February 1978.
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K. C. Singh Baba
Karan Chand Singh Baba (born 29 March 1947) is an Indian politician who was a member of the 14th and 15th Lok Sabha of the Parliament of India. He represented the Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar constituen…
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Intezar Abidi
Intezar Abidi (born 11 July 1976) is an Indian politician with the Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh. Also known as Bobby, he is accused in many cases involving murder and other charges.
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Jaya Bhattacharya
Jaya Bhattacharya is an Indian television actress. She is known for playing antagonistic roles in TV serials. She has also done small roles in movies. Best known for playing Payal in soap opera Kyunk…
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Nivedita Bhattacharya
Nivedita Bhattacharya (born 21 December 1974) is an Indian actress. She was born in Lucknow. She is an actress who has acted on television and in films.
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Rita Bhaduri
Rita Bhaduri (4 November 1955 – 17 July 2018) was an Indian film and television actress. She has also work in Gujarati cinema.
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Pankaj Bhadouria
Pankaj Bhadouria is the winner of MasterChef India Season 1 (2010). She was a school teacher who quit a 16-year-old job to participate in the first season of MasterChef India. She has hosted the TV s…
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Anil Rastogi
Anil Rastogi is an Indian theatre, television and film actor. He is known for his roles in Udaan, Ishaqzaade and Na Bole Tum Naa Maine Kuch Kaha. He has over 600 theatre performances and was a former…
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Amit Sadh
Amit Sadh (born 5 June 1983) is an Indian actor. He is known for his roles in films such as Kai Po Che (2013), the comedy Guddu Rangeela (2015), and the political thriller Sarkar 3 (2017). He began h…
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Gungun Uprari
Gungun Uprari is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi TV shows. Gungun Uprari is known for her roles in serials like Bandhan Saat Janamon Ka, Rakt Sambandh, Haar Jeet, Buddha and Jo Biwi Se Kare Py…
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Tia Bajpai
Tia Bajpai (born Twinkle Bajpai) is an Indian singer, television and film actress. She made her film debut in 2011 with Vikram Bhatt's film Haunted - 3D, and appeared in 1920: Evil Returns and Baanke…
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Sumona Chakravarty
Sumona Chakravarti (born 24 June 1988 in Lucknow) is an Indian film and television actress. She is well known for her roles in Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, Comedy Nights With Kapil & The Kapil Sharma Show.
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Amit Mishra
Amit Mishra is an Indian singer, songwriter, voice actor and live performer. He became more well known after the release of the song "Bulleya" sung by him from the film "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" ; for his…
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Satish Chand Mishra
Satish Chandra Mishra (born 9 November 1952) is an Indian politician who was the cabinet minister in Mayawati ministry in Uttar Pradesh, India, and a part of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). He is a lawyer…
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Ranveer Singh Brar
Ranveer Singh Brar (born 8 February 1978) is an Indian celebrity chef, Television & digital celebrity,Masterchef India judge, author, restaurateur, food film producer, and benefactor. He has set up r…
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Sarvraj Singh
Kunwar Sarvraj Singh (born 14 August 1952) is an Indian politician for the Aonla (Lok Sabha Constituency) in Uttar Pradesh during the eleventh, thirteenth, and fourteenth Lok Sabha . He was first ele…
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Cliff Richard
Sir Cliff Richard OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is an English singer who holds both British and Barbadian citizenship. He has sold more than 250 million records worldwide, making him …
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Kirti Vardhan Singh
Kirti Vardhan Singh (born 1 March 1966) is an Indian politician for the Gonda (Lok Sabha constituency) in Uttar Pradesh. He is sometimes known by the alias Raja Bhaiya, being connected with erstwhile…
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Shankar Dayal Sharma
Shankar Dayal Sharma 19 August 1918 – 26 December 1999) was the ninth president of India, serving from 1992 to 1997. Prior to his presidency, Sharma had been the eighth vice president of India, servi…
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Wajid Ali Shah
Wajid Ali Shah was the eleventh and last King of Awadh, holding the position for 9 years, from 13 February 1847 to 11 February 1856. Wajid Ali Shah's first wife was Alam Ara who was better known as K…
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Sandeep Dikshit
Sandeep Dikshit (born 15 August 1964) is an Indian politician, development manager, and educator. He is the son of the former Chief Minister of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit. He was a member of the 15th Lok …
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Juhi Babbar
Juhi Babbar is an Indian film and television actress. She has also contributed to theatre both as an actor and director.
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Disha Patani
Disha Patani is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi films. She began her acting career with the Telugu film Loafer (2015) opposite Varun Tej, and later received critical acclaim for her pe…
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Justice Mohammad Haleem (محمد حلیم)
Ex-Chief Justice Muhammad Haleem (Urdu: محمد حلیم), LL.D. (HC), HI (1 January 1925 – 11 August 2006) was a Pakistani jurist who served as the 10th Chief Justice of Pakistan from 1981 to 1989
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Talat Mahmood
Talat Mahmood (24 February 1924 – 9 May 1998) was an Indian playback singer who is considered one of the popular male Indian film song and ghazal singers. Although he tried his luck as a film actor, …
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Javed Akhtar
Javed Akhtar (born 17 January 1945) is an Indian poet, lyricist, screenwriter and political activist. Known for his work in Hindi cinema, he has won five National Film Awards, and received the Padma …
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Roshan Abbas
Roshan Abbas is an Indian radio jockey, theatre actor, TV anchor, emcee, impresario, event manager, writer, and director. He is an alumnus of La Martiniere College, Lucknow. He is a radio and televis…
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Malini Awasthi
Indian architecture, University of Lucknow. She is a Ganda bandh student of Legendary Hindustani Classical Singer, Padma Vibhushan Vidushi Girija Devi of Banaras Gharana. She is married to senior IAS…
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Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna
Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna (25 April 1919 – 17 March 1989) was an Indian National Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh; he later joined Bharatiya Lok Dal and worked with Charan Sin…
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Baba Sehgal
Harjeet Singh "Baba" Sehgal, is an Indian rapper. He is considered to be the world's first Hindi rap megastar. He is also involved in various other areas of the entertainment industry, and works in s…
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Brajesh Pathak
Brajesh Pathak (born 25 June 1964) is an Indian politician and Member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh, Currently he served as Cabinet Minister of Legislative, Justice, Rural Engineering…
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Aditi Sharma
Aditi Sharma (born 4 September 1996) is an Indian television actress and model known for playing Meera Dhingra in Kaleerein and Roshni Khan in Yehh Jadu Hai Jinn Ka!. She made her digital debut with …
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Kushal Tandon
Kushal Tandon (born 28 March 1985) is an Indian model and actor. He is known for starring as Virat Singh Vadhera in Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai and Arjun Sharma in Beyhadh. In 2013, he participat…
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Ali Fazal
Ali Fazal (born 15 October 1986[1]) is an Indian actor and model who primarily appears in Hindi films and television. He made his screen debut with a small role in the English language film The Other…
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Kanika Kapoor
Kanika Kapoor (born 21 August 1978) is an Indian singer. She was born and raised in Lucknow. She always aspired to pursue a career in singing, but she married businessman Raj Chandok in 1998 and move…
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Subrata Roy
Subrata Roy (born 10 June 1948) is an Indian businessman who founded Sahara India Pariwar in 1978.
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Suresh Raina
Suresh Raina born 27 November 1986[3]) is a former Indian international cricketer. An aggressive left-handed middle-order batsman and an occasional off-spin bowler, he is also regarded as one of the …
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018) was an Indian politician who served three terms as the prime minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 m…
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