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Arjun (name)
Arjun () is an Indian male given name, which means white, clear or silver. Notable persons with the name Legendary *Arjuna, a character of the ''Mahabharata'' *Kartavirya Arjuna, a character of the ''Mahabharata'' and ''Ramayana'' *Guru Arjun, the 5th Sikh Guru of the Sikh faith Rulers * Arjuna Varman I, Paramara king of central India * Arjuna Varman II, Paramara king of central India * Paratarajas#Rulers, Arjuna, a Paratarajas ruler of Baluchistan area (c. 150–160 CE) Actors *Arjun (Firoz Khan), Indian actor, born as Firoz Khan, who played the role of Arjuna in B. R. Chopra's TV series ''Mahabharat'' *Arjun Bijlani, Indian television actor and model *Arjun Kapoor, Indian movie actor * Arjun Punj, Indian television actor *Arjun Rampal, Indian fashion model and movie actor *Arjun Sarja, Indian movie actor *Allu Arjun, Indian actor of Telugu films *Sara Arjun, Indian child actress Sports * Arjun Atwal, professional golfer * Arjun Erigaisi, Indian chess grandmaster * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile name, gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjun Atwal
Arjun Singh Atwal (born 20 March 1973) is an Indian professional golfer who has played on the Asian Tour and the European Tour and is the first player born in India to become a member of, and later win a tournament on the U.S.-based PGA Tour. Early life Born in a Sikh family to Harminder Singh Atwal (a well known industrialist) of Asansol and Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He attended St. James' School in Kolkata. Atwal took up golf at the age of 14, playing at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club and Tollygunge Club. He also spent two years at school in the United States, attending W. Tresper Clarke High School, in Westbury, New York. Career After turning professional in 1995 he became one of the leading players on the Asian Tour, topping the order of merit in 2003 and becoming the first man to win a million U.S. dollars on the tour by winning the Hero Honda Masters on home soil in the same year. Atwal was the second Indian golfer to earn membership of the European Tour after Jeev Milkh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjun (other)
Arjun or Arjuna may refer to People * Arjun (name), a male given name (including a list of persons with the name) * Arjuna, a character of the Hindu epic ''Mahabharata'' * Kartavirya Arjuna, a character in Hindu mythology * Arjun (Firoz Khan) (fl. 1984–2016), Indian actor * Arjun (singer) (born 1990), Arjun Coomaraswamy, British-Sri Lankan singer-songwriter Arts and entertainment Books * Arjun (character), a fictional young detective from a book series by Samaresh Majumdar * Arjun (The Vampire Chronicles), Arjun (''The Vampire Chronicles''), a fictional character in novels by Anne Rice Films * Arjun (1985 film), ''Arjun'' (1985 film), a 1985 Hindi film * Arjun (2004 film), ''Arjun'' (2004 film), a 2004 Telugu film * Arjun (2008 film), ''Arjun'' (2008 film), a 2008 Kannada film * Arjun (2011 film), ''Arjun'' (2011 film), a 2011 Marathi film * ''Arjun: The Warrior Prince'', a 2012 animated film * ''Arjun – Kalimpong E Sitaharan'', a 2013 Bengali film Television * ''Eart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjun Kanungo
Arjun Kanungo is an Indian singer, actor, composer and entrepreneur. He is a trained Indian classical singer and plays the piano & guitar. He is a 3-time national Gold Medal winner in Centre Fire Pistol and a national level Basketball player. Early life Kanungo was born and raised in Mumbai. He is a trained method actor from Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City. Career At the age of 18, Kanungo opened a recording studio in Mumbai called Promethean Audio. Soon after, he diversified into acoustic design and construction with his second venture, Promethean Design. He gained popularity after his stint as a playback singer for movies including ''Go Goa Gone'' and ''Pizza''. As a vocalist, Arjun has toured India, Dubai, Australia and Sri Lanka with Asha Bhosle, in addition to solo shows. He is also active as a composer for TV ads and background musical scores and has worked with brands such as Nike Cricket and ESPN. Kanungo's first commercial success came with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjun Munda
Arjun Munda (born 3 May 1968) is an Indian politician. He is the current Minister of Tribal Affairs in the Second Modi ministry. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was also Chief Minister of Indian state of Jharkhand. He has also served as a member of parliament having been elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the Jamshedpur constituency in the 2009 parliamentary elections. The BJP's central leadership also appointed him a National General Secretary of the party recognising his strong credentials as a popular mass leader and his significant contributions in strengthening the party in his state. He lost his den to the JMM's Dashrath Gagrai by 11,966 votes in Kharasawan for 14 years in a 2014 state assembly election. Early life Arjun Munda was born on 3 May 1968 in Khrangajhar, Jamshedpur to a religious family of Ganesh and Saira Munda. After completing high school education in the Jamshedpur area, he graduated from Ranchi University and went on to earn a PG Diploma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjun Janya
Arjun Janya (born Lokesh Kumar) is an Indian Film composer, film score soundtrack composer and singer. Arjun made his film debut in the 2006 Kannada film ''Autograph Please''. Since then he has composed and scored music for successful films such as ''Birugaali'' (2009), ''Sanchari'' (2010), ''Kempegowda (film), Kempegowda'' (2011), ''Varadanayaka'' (2012), ''Victory (2013 film), Victory'' (2013), ''Vajrakaya'' (2015), ''Mukunda Murari'' (2016). His 100th film as music director is '' 99 (2019 film), 99 '' (2019 film). Arjun Janya won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director for the film ''Alemaari'' (2012), the SIIMA Awards, SIIMA Award for Best Music Director for the film ''Romeo (2012 film), Romeo'' (2012) and the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director - Kannada, Filmfare Best Music Director award for the film ''Bhajarangi'' (2013). Career Arjun started his career by assisting composers such as V. Manohar and K. Kalyan. He worked as a keyboard player for around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjun Appadurai
Arjun Appadurai (born 1949) is an Indian-American anthropologist recognized as a major theorist in globalization studies. In his anthropological work, he discusses the importance of the modernity of nation states and globalization. He is the former University of Chicago professor of anthropology and South Asian Languages and Civilizations, Humanities Dean of the University of Chicago, director of the city center and globalization at Yale University, and the Education and Human Development Studies professor at NYU Steinhardt School of Culture. Some of his most important works include ''Worship and Conflict under Colonial Rule'' (1981), ''Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy'' (1990), of which an expanded version is found in ''Modernity at Large'' (1996), and ''Fear of Small Numbers'' (2006). He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1997. Early life Appadurai was born in 1949, into a Tamil family in Mumbai (Bombay), India and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjun (singer)
Arjun Coomaraswamy, known professionally as Arjun, is an English-Sri Lankan singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka and raised in London. Career Arjun rose to attention following an R&B cover version of the Tamil song "Why This Kolaveri Di" which was uploaded on YouTube in December 2011. Arjun's R&B Remix ("How could you do this to me?") of "Why This Kolaveri Di" attracted over 3 million YouTube views in one month, Arjun became known for his fusion of contemporary Western and Eastern sounds, combining R&B with elements of South Asian music. Arjun was nominated for ‘Best Newcomer‘ at the ‘Brit Asia Music Awards 2011’. In December 2011, his song ‘Stargazer’ was voted the number 2 song on the first ever Asian Video Chart on Kiss Tv (No.1 was A.R Rahman's group ‘Super Heavy’, which included Mick Jagger & Joss Stone.) In January 2012, Arjun was chosen as one of MTV's "Brand New" (the Top 20 Unsigned Acts) out of thousands o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjun Yadav
Arjun Yadav is an Indian first-class cricketer. He was a member of the Indian Premier League team Deccan Chargers and was also part of the 2000 Under-19 Cricket World Cup-winning India national under-19 cricket team The Indian Under-19 cricket team represents the nation of India in cricket at Under-19 level. The team has won five Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Under-19 World Cups and has the best win percentage in ODIs (77%) among all Under-19 national teams .... He was selected as the coach of the Hyderabad cricket team, but was later sacked as the selection caused controversy. References Living people 1981 births Indian cricketers Hyderabad cricketers Deccan Chargers cricketers South Zone cricketers India Blue cricketers Cricketers from Palakkad {{India-cricket-bio-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjuna Ranatunga
Deshamanya Arjuna Ranatunga ( si, අර්ජුන රණතුංග; ta, அர்ஜூன ரணதுங்க; born 1 December 1963), is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and politician, who was the 1996 Cricket World Cup winning captain for Sri Lanka. He is regarded as the pioneer who lifted the Sri Lankan cricket team from underdog status to a leading force in the cricketing world. After retirement, he worked in many posts of Sri Lanka Cricket administration. By entering his father's stream of politics, Ranatunga started his political career in 2005, and is now the former cabinet Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation. Upon retirement from playing cricket he entered politics, joining the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and entered parliament, from Colombo District, in the 2001 elections. He served a tenure as deputy minister for tourism, and also served as the president of Sri Lanka Cricket until December 2008. He joined the Democratic National Alliance in 2010 and contest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjun Naidu
Arjun Naidu (3 July 1924 – 14 November 2000) was an Indian first-class cricketer who represented Rajasthan. He made his first-class debut for Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ... (then Rajputana) in the 1945-46 Ranji Trophy on 2 February 1946. Naidu died on 14 November 2000 at the age of 76. Early Years Mr Arjun Naidu played for multiple teams over the two decades after WW-II, starting at Holkar (Later Madhya Pradesh) but mostly for Rajputana (Later - Rajasthan). Mr. AR Naidu was a genuine left arm fast bowler, and an opening batsman (1952/1953 Ranji Finals) - he played couple of unofficial Tests for India against MCC team before cricket commenced after the great war. He played most of his cricket under the legendary Col. C.K. Nayudu and later under th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjun Nair
Arjun Nair (born 12 April 1998) is an Australian cricketer. He is an All-Rounder who bats in right hand and bowls right arm off-spin. He made his first-class debut for New South Wales in February 2016 in the 2015–16 Sheffield Shield against South Australia at International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour. He is also a part of the Sydney Thunder squad in the Big Bash League. He made his Twenty20 (T20) debut for Sydney Thunder in the 2016–17 Big Bash League season on 22 December 2016. He graduated from Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown is a Roman Catholic single-sex secondary day school for boys, located in Blacktown, a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. History The College was founded in 1952 by the Patrician Bro ... in 2015. References External links * 1998 births Living people Australian cricketers Cricketers from New South Wales New South Wales cricketers Cricketers from the Australian Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
