List of people from Uttar Pradesh explained
This is a list of notable people from Uttar Pradesh, a state in India. The criteria of this list includes those who were born in the state of Uttar Pradesh and that part of the former United Provinces that now is part of the modern state of Uttar Pradesh.
Deities and avatars
- Jains Gods / Deities
- Rishabhanatha or Ādinath (birthplace: Ayodhya) 1st Tirthankara of Jainism and founder of Jainism
- Ajitnatha (birthplace: Ayodhya) 2nd Tirthankara of Jainism.
- Sambhavanatha (birthplace: Shravasti) 3rd Tirthankara of Jainism.
- Abhinandananatha (birthplace: Ayodhya) 4th Tirthankara of Jainism.
- Sumatinatha (birthplace: Ayodhya) 5th Tirthankara of Jainism.
- Padmaprabha (birthplace: Kaushambi) 6th Tirthankara of Jainism.
- Suparshvanatha (birthplace: Varanasi) 7th Tirthankara of Jainism.
- Chandraprabha (birthplace: Chandrawati, Varanasi) 8th Tirthankara of Jainism.
- Pushpadanta (birthplace: Khukhundoo) 9th Tirthankara of Jainism.
- Shreyansnath (birthplace: Sarnath), 11th Tirthankara of Jainism
- Vimalanatha (birthplace: Kampilya), 13th Tirthankara of Jainism
- Anantanatha (birthplace: Ayodhya), 14th Tirthankara of Jainism
- Dharmanatha (birthplace: Ratnapuri), 15th Tirthankara of Jainism
- Shantinath (birthplace: Hastinapur), 16th Tirthankara of Jainism
- Kunthunath (birthplace: Hastinapur), 17th Tirthankara of Jainism
- Aranath (birthplace: Hastinapur), 18th Tirthankara of Jainism
- Neminath (birthplace: Mathura), 22nd Tirthankara of Jainism
- Parsvanatha (birthplace: Varanasi), 23rd Tirthankara of Jainism
- Hindu gods / deities
Authors of the great epics
Yogis, Sufi poets and mystics
- Amir Khusro, Sufi mystic, one of the iconic figures in the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent
- Bharat Bhushan, only Padmashri recipient in yoga; founder President of Mokshayatan International Yogashram, Saharanpur
- Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud, Gazi Miya of Bahraich
- Kabir, poet and saint Varanasi
- Nizamuddin Auliya, Sufi saint, born in Budaun
- Paramahansa Yogananda, Yogi and Guru who introduced Yoga in the West. Born in Gorakhpur in 1893.
- Salim Chishti, Sufi saint of Fatehpur Sikri, Agra
Poet-saints and religious figures
- Hindu scholars
- Narottama Dasa
- Devraha Baba, Yogi Allahabad
- Jagadguru Rāmabhadrācārya, Vaishnava scholar and Sanskrit commentator on the Prasthanatrayi, Jaunpur.
- Ramanand, founder of the Rāmānandī sect Prayag (in modern Allahabad)
- Raskhan
- Sant Ravidas, poet and saint, Varanasi
- Shiv Dayal Singh, founder and first guru of Radha Soami sect, Agra
- Shrivatsa Goswami, Indologist and Gaudiya Vaishnava leader
- Sur, blind Hindu poet, saint and musician born in Runkata near Agra
- Swami Karpatri, teacher of Advaita, popularly known as Dharma Samrat, Gorakhpur
- Swaminarayan, founder of the Swaminarayan sect, Gonda
- Tulsidas, composer of the Ramcharitmanas
- Islam scholars
Rulers and generals
Ancient
- Keśin Dālbhya, (or Dārbhya) was a king of Panchala during the Late Vedic period, most likely between 900 and 750 BCE.[1] He is mentioned prominently in the Taittiriya and Jaiminiya Brahmanas.[2]
- Pravahana Jaivali, was a king of Panchala during the Late Vedic period (8th or 7th century BCE), mentioned in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (Vi.ii.9-13) and the Chandogya Upanishad (V.4-8).[3] Like King Ajatashatru of Kashi and King Asvapati Kaikeya of Madra, he is depicted as a major Hindu philosopher-king.
- Pasenadi, (c. 6th century BCE) was an ruler of Kosala. Sāvatthī was his capital. He succeeded after .[4]
- Virudhaka, was a king of Kosala during the lifetime of the Buddha.
- Chandragupta Maurya, (350-295 BCE) was the founder of the Maurya Empire, a geographically-extensive empire based in Magadha.
- Ashoka, (in Sanskrit pronounced as /ɐˈʃo:kɐ/, ; – 232 BCE), popularly known as Ashoka the Great, was the third Mauryan Emperor of Magadha in the Indian subcontinent during to 232 BCE.
- Samudragupta, (c. 335–375 CE) was the second emperor of the Gupta Empire of ancient India, and is regarded among the greatest rulers of India. As a son of the Gupta emperor Chandragupta I and the Licchavi princess Kumaradevi, he greatly expanded his dynasty's political and military power.
- Chandragupta II (c. 375-415), also known by his title Vikramaditya, as well as Chandragupta Vikramaditya, was the third ruler of the Gupta Empire in India.
- Kumaragupta I (c. 415–455 CE), an emperor of the Gupta Empire of Ancient India. A son of the Gupta emperor Chandragupta II and Queen Dhruvadevi, he seems to have maintained control of his inherited territory, which extended from Gujarat in the west to Bengal region in the east.
- Gomitra
- Gomitra II
- Brahmamitra
Medieval
- Rajyavardhana,, also known as Rajya Vardhan, was the eldest son of Prabhakarvardhana and member of the Pushyabhuti dynasty. He ascended the throne after his father's death and was succeeded by his younger brother, Harsha.
- Harsha, (IAST Harṣa-vardhana; –647 CE) was a Pushyabhuti emperor who ruled northern India from 606 to 647 CE. He was the son of Prabhakaravardhana who had defeated the Alchon Hun invaders,[5] and the younger brother of Rajyavardhana, a king of Thanesar, present-day Haryana.
- Jahangir, (31 August 1569 – 28 October 1627),[6] known by his imperial name Jahangir (in Persian pronounced as /d͡ʒahɑːn'giːr/;),[7] was the fourth Mughal Emperor, who ruled from 1605 until his death in 1627.
Modern
Nawab of Awadh
Banaras state
- Balwant Singh, His eldest son, Rafa'at wa Awal-i-Martabat Raja Sri Balwant Singh Sahib Bahadur Bhumihar[15] [16] who succeeded his father as Raja of Kaswar and Nazim of Benares in 1738.
- Maharaja Chait Singh, commonly known as Chait Singh, a Bhumihar king was a ruler of Kingdom of Benaras in northern India.[17]
- Prabhu Narayan Singh, (26 November 1855 – 4 August 1931) was ruler of the Benares State (Royal House of Benares), an Indian princely state, from 1889 to 1931.
- Vibhuti Narayan Singh, (5 November 1927 – 25 December 2000) was the king of Benares, a city considered holy, located in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Kohra estate
Independence Fighters
18th century
Indian Rebellion of 1857
- Mangal Pandey, one of the earliest independence fighters of 1857.
- Banke Chamar, was the freedom fighter of the 1857 revolution who was leading the revolution from Jaunpur.
- Bakht Khan, nominal commander-in-chief of Indian rebel forces in the Indian Rebellion of 1857
- Amar Shahid Bandhu Singh, fighter in Indian Rebellion of 1857, he was from Dumari Riyasat of Gorakhpur
- Begum Hazrat Mahal, widow of the last Nawab of Awadh; Indian independence fighter in Indian Rebellion of 1857
- Lal Pratap Singh, fighter in Indian Rebellion of 1857 and Yuvraj of Kalakankar
- Maulvi Liaquat Ali, Indian independence fighter of 1857 from Allahabad; captured the Khusro Bagh in Allahabad and declared the independence of India
- Rani Lakshmibai, Rani (Queen) of Jhansi
- Rao Kadam Singh, freedom fighter; elected by his Gurjar clansmen as their leader to fight against the British forces during the Indian Rebellion of 1857
- Jhalkari Bai Koli, Great Indian freedom fighter of 1857; fought against British rule; Commander of Army of Jhansi
- Dhan Singh Gurjar, main freedom fighter of 1857 revolt from Meerut
- Babu Bhoop Singh, ruler of Kohra (estate) and a leader of Indian Rebellion of 1857
- Rao Umrao Singh Bhati, ruler of Dadri and a leader of 1857 rebellion
Later 19th and 20th centuries
Award winners
Param Vir Chakra
Maha Vir Chakra
Ashok Chakra
Padma Vibhushan
Dada Saheb Phalke Award
Magasaysay Award
Major Dhyan Chand Award
Defence services
Navy
Science and medicine
- Sushruta,is the listed author of the Sushruta Samhita (Sushruta's Compendium), a treatise considered to be one of the most important surviving ancient treatises on medicine and is considered a foundational text of Ayurveda.[19]
- Anil K. Rajvanshi, sustainability and rural development expert
- Afroz Ahmad, environmental scientist and administrator
- Harish-Chandra (Mehrotra), mathematician who did fundamental work in representation theory, especially harmonic analysis on semisimple Lie groups
- Atul Kumar, CSIR-CDRI (inventor of anti-osteoporosis drug)
- Lalji Singh, molecular biologist
- P. K . Sethi, inventor of the Jaipur foot
- Prem Chand Pandey, scientist, physicist, meteorologist, oceanographer
- Raj Vir Singh Yadav
- Kazi Mobin-Uddin, inventor of Inferior vena cava filter
- Shahid Jameel, Indian virologist
- Hassan Nasiem Siddiquie, Indian marine geologist and former director of the National Institute of Oceanography.
- Mriganka Sur, Indian-born neuroscientist working in the United States
- Digvijai Singh
- Jhillu Singh Yadav, Chemist[20]
- Sri Niwas, Indian geophysicist.
- Nishith Gupta, molecular biologist
- Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, organic chemist specialising in natural product chemistry
- Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change[21]
- Ravindra Khattree, Distinguished Professor and statistician who worked in statistical inference, multivariate analysis, experimental designs, biostatistics and quality control
- Syed Ziaur Rahman, medical pharmacologist
- Rajeev Kumar Varshney, agricultural scientist, genomics specialist, biotechnologist
- Zahoor Qasim, oceanographer, leader of first Indian expedition to Antarctica
- Aditi Sen De is an Indian scientist, a professor in quantum information and computation group at the Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad.
- Amita Aggarwal (born 1960) is an Indian clinical immunologist and rheumatologist.
- Saroj Chooramani Gopal, is an Indian medical doctor, medical educationist and considered as the first woman M.ch paediatric surgeon from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi in the country.
- Gaiti Hasan (born 19 November 1956) is an Indian scientist who researches in the fields of molecular biology, genetics, neuroscience and cell signalling.[22]
- Ruqaiya Hasan (3 July 1931[23] – 24 June 2015) was a professor of linguistics who held visiting positions and taught at various universities in England.
- Zoya Hasan was Professor of Political Science and Dean of the School of Social Sciences (SSS) at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
- Ritu Karidhal is an Indian scientist and aerospace engineer working in the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). She was a Deputy Operations Director to India's Mars orbital mission, Mangalyaan.[24]
- Soniya Nityanand (born 6 September 1962) is an Indian immunologist specialising in hematology.[25]
- Qamar Rahman is an Indian scientist who has worked extensively in the last 40 years to understand the physiological effects of nanoparticles.
- Rani Dhavan Shankardass is an Indian social historian and global expert on prison reform.
- Gopal Krishna Vishwakarma, more popularly known as G K Vishwakarma, was an eminent orthopedic surgeon, academician and public health administrator.
Technology
Holders of high offices
President
Vice President
Prime Ministers
Prime Ministers of other countries
President of other countries
Chief Justices
Chief Ministers
Political figures
Pre independence
Post independence
Civil service / diplomacy
Indian Police Service
Authors
English
Poets
Bhojpuri
Environmentalists
- Billy Arjan Singh, as an Indian hunter turned conservationist and author. He was the first who tried to reintroduce tigers and leopards from captivity into the wild.
- Afroz Ahmad, is an Indian environment scientist and a former civil servant.
- Ranjit Bhargava, is an Indian environmentalist, known for his endeavors towards environmental conservation and his efforts for obtaining UNESCO World Heritage Site status for the upper Ganga region.[33]
- Sunderlal Bahuguna (9 January 1927 – 21 May 2021) was an Indian environmentalist and Chipko movement leader.
- Anupam Mishra (1948 – 19 December 2016) was an Indian Gandhian, author, journalist, environmentalist, TED speaker, and water conservationist who worked on promoting water conservation, water management and traditional rainwater harvesting techniques.[34]
- Vandana Shiva (born 5 November 1952) is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and anti-globalization author.[35]
Scholars
- Arun Tiwari, missile scientist, author, professor
- Acharya Narendra Dev
- Adya Prasad Pandey, notable economist of Banaras Hindu University and Currently Vice Chancellor of Manipur University
- Divya Dwivedi, philosopher
- Masud Husain Khan, eminent linguist; first Professor Emeritus in Social Sciences at Aligarh Muslim University; fifth Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, a central university in New Delhi
- Mushirul Hasan, historian
- Saket Kushwaha, educationist and agricultural economist of Banaras Hindu University, currently Vice Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University, former Vice Chancellor of Lalit Narayan Mithila University
- Shah Syed Hasnain Baqai, Islamic scholar, thinker, reformer; known for his inclusive and broadminded interpretation of Islam; born in Safipur
- Sudhakara Dvivedi was born in 1855 in Khajuri, a village near Varanasi. In childhood he studied mathematics under Pandit Devakrsna.
Journalism
- Aniruddha Bahal, investigative journalist
- Arun Nehru, former minister and columnist
- Dharamvir Bharati, former editor of Dharamyug magazine
- Feroze Gandhi, managing editor of National Herald
- Manikonda Chalapathi Rau, Indian journalist and an authority on Nehruvian thought
- Narendra Mohan, Dainik Jagran
- Pankaj Mishra, journalist
- Parichay Das, writer, essayist, poet and editor of contemporary Bhojpuri poetry
- Raghuvir Sahay, editor of Dinmaan
- Ram Bahadur Rai, magazine editor
- Saeed Naqvi, journalist and TV producer
- Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain, Times of India and Navbharat Times
- Surendra Pratap Singh, editor of Ravivar
- Vinod Mehta, editor
- Inderjit Badhwar (born 1943) is an Indian journalist, novelist and the former editor of India Today.[36] [37] [38]
Sports
Basketball
Baseball
- Rinku Singh, one of the first two Indians to sign a professional baseball contract in the United States
- Dinesh Patel, one of the first two Indians to sign a professional baseball contract in the United States
Wrestling
Badminton
Other sports
Music dance
Folk singers
Rappers
Dancers
Cinema and theatre
Theatre related
Cinematographers
Story / script / dialogue writers
Navratnas
Satire, comedy, cartoons
Photographers
Militants
Others
- Abdul Karim, Munshi to Queen Victoria
- Begum Samru, historical figure
- Deep Tyagi, pioneer of family planning programme in India
- Jaichand of Kannauj, historical figure
- Tabassum Mansoor, Indian educationist in Libya
- Rahul Mishra (born 1979), fashion designer
- Sampat Pal Devi, women's rights activist
- Sheila Dikshit, former Chief Minister of Delhi
- Vinod Rai, former CAG and IAS
- Mohammad Waliullah was a senior judge of the Allahabad High Court in India.
- Shiv Prasad Gupta (28 June 1883 – 24 April 1944) was a visionary, philanthropist, a leader of the Indian Freedom Movement and the founder of the Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth.
- Malini Agarwal (born 26 May 1977), also known as MissMalini, is an Indian digital influencer,[44] [45] TV host,[46] entrepreneur,[47] [48] and author.[49]
See also
Notes and References
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- India: History, Religion, Vision and Contribution to the World, by Alexander P. Varghese p.26
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- [Karl E. Meyer|Meyer, Karl E.]
- Though the day of the month is regarded as certain historians disagree about the year: among those suggested are 1827 and 1835.
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- http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_A-J.html#Awadh Princely States of India
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- Web site: Yes Punjab - Latest News from Punjab, India & World. 21 May 2019.
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- Web site: View Bhatnagar Awardees . 2023-04-02 . ssbprize.gov.in.
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- Web site: Gaiti Hasan – INSA Fellow . https://web.archive.org/web/20140316225356/http://www.insaindia.org/detail.php?id=P06-1411 . dead . 16 March 2014 . Indian National Science Academy www.insaindia.org . 19 October 2014 .
- After government birth records were lost in Pratapgarh, Hasan's mother re-registered Ruqaiya's birthdate as 3 July 1931, slightly earlier than her real birthdate, to enroll her in school earlier.
- News: MOM has completed a revolution around Mars, ISRO scientist says. The Times of India. 4 March 2017.
- Web site: Dr. Soniya Nityanand Hematologist,HEMATOLOGY in Lucknow Uttar-Pradesh - Click4Doctor.in. www.click4doctor.in. 2017-03-04.
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- News: These Three Women Are Box's Big Data Triple Threat. Lev-Ram. Michal. 23 October 2015. Fortune. 21 January 2016.
- Web site: This founder’s helping more women do their own thing. The Times of India. en-US. 2019-06-03.
- Web site: In Sairee Chahal’s Shoes: The SHEROES Story And Backing Women Entrepreneurs In India. www.inc42.com. en-US. 2019-12-21.
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- News: Veteran editor and author to represent India at Prague Lit Fest. The Statesman. November 7, 2017.
- News: Veteran journalist Inderjit Badhwar to represent India at Prague Writers Festival. The New Indian Express. 10 September 2018.
- News: Inderjit Badhwar invited to participate in Prague Writers fest. Business Standard. 9 September 2018.
- http://www.asia-basket.com/player.asp?Cntry=IND&PlayerID=183784 Pratima Singh Profile
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