List of people from Chhattisgarh explained

This is a list of notable people from Chhattisgarh, India, throughout history.

Politicians

• Ajit Jogi - First Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
• Shyama Charan Shukla - former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister
• Nareshchandra Singh - former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister
• Bhupesh Baghel - former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
• Raman Singh - former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
• Motilal Vora - former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh^{[1] [2]}
• Vishnu Deo Sai - Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
• Arun Sao - Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
• Tokhan Sahu - Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs of India

Scientists

• Rajendra Badgaiyan - Cognitive Neuroscientist
• Pukhraj Bafna - Paediatrician^[3]
• Narendra Kumar - Theoretical Physicist
• Binayak Sen - Paediatrician

Musicians

• Teejan Bai - Exponent of Pandavani^[4]
• Anupama Bhagwat - Sitarist^[5]
• Mamta Chandrakar - Kulpati Artist^[6]
• Rajat Dholakia
• Sumedha Karmahe
• Punaram Nishad
• Sulakshana Pandit
• Jagdish Prasad

Cinema

Director

• Anurag Basu

Actors

• Satyajeet Dubey
• Pooran Kiri
• Omkar Das Manikpuri
• Aashay Mishra
• Govind Ram Nirmalkar
• Kishore Sahu
• Anuj Sharma
  • Vega Tamotia Sandit Tiwari
• Gehana Vasisth
• Swati Verma

Writer

• Habib Tanvir

Models

• Unnati Davara
• Shivani Jadhav

See also

• List of people from Madhya Pradesh
• Lists of Indian people

References

1. Web site: motilal vora: Latest News & Videos, Photos about motilal vora The Economic Times - Page 1 . 2023-07-12 . The Economic Times . en.
2. News: MP CM Kamal Nath condole death of Cong veteran Motilal Vora .
3. Web site: 24 March 2011 . Chhattisgarh News . 24 November 2014 . Chhattisgarh News.
4. http://deepblueink.com/writing/profiles/pandavani.htm Pandavani
5. Web site: Anupama - Biography . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090303194924/http://anupama.org/home.htm . 2009-03-03 . 2009-05-08 . Anupama.org.
6. News: 26 Jan 2016 . Mamta Chandrakar . 2016-01-26 . cgkhabar.