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Jha (surname)
Jha (Hindi and Nepali: ) is a surname of Maithil Brahmins native to the Mithila region of India and Nepal. Notable people with the name include: A–B * Acharya Rameshwar Jha, Sanskrit scholar * Aditya Jha, Indo-Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist * Aditya Narayan Jha, Indian singer, host, actor * Aditya Nath Jha (1911–1972), Indian Civil Service, recipient of the Padma Vibhushan * Ajay Jha (1956–2013), Indian cricketer * Amardeep Jha (born 1960), Indian film and television actress * Amarnath Jha (c. 1888–1947) Indian academic, university Vice Chancellor * Amishi Jha, American neuroscientist and professor of psychology * Anshuman Jha (born 1986), Indian actor * Anuranjan Jha (born 1977), Indian journalist * Anurita Jha (born 1986), Indian actress * Apoorvanand Jha, Indian professor of Hindi * Ashish Jha, Dean of Brown University School of Public Health * Bedanand Jha (died 2006), Nepalese politician * Bhogendra Jha (died 2009), Indian politician * Bidhu Jha (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been described as a standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language, which itself is based primarily on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and neighbouring areas of North India. Hindi, written in the Devanagari script, is one of the two official languages of the Government of India, along with English. It is an official language in nine states and three union territories and an additional official language in three other states. Hindi is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India. Hindi is the '' lingua franca'' of the Hindi Belt. It is also spoken, to a lesser extent, in other parts of India (usually in a simplified or pidginised variety such as Bazaar Hindustani or Haflong Hindi). Outside India, several ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apoorvanand Jha
Apoorvanand is professor at the Hindi Department, Faculty of Arts, University of Delhi. He is also a regular columnist and political commentator. He is known for his frequent interventions in day-to-day politics. He claimed in his video that Delhi riots should be seen by lens of communal with all responsibility on Hindus criticizing Delhi CM over calling names of Hindu victims. Early life and education Apoorvanand was born in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, grew up in Siwan and received his undergraduate education from Bihar University. He earned his Masters and Ph.D. from Patna University. He currently teaches Hindi at University of Delhi. Academic career Prof. Apoorvanand started his teaching career at T.P.S. College, Patna, a constituent unit of Magadh University. In 1999, he was invited to join Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, a Central University set up by the Government of India, and was instrumental in developing the University's vision plan and first academic p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanak Jha
Kanak Jha (born June 19, 2000) is an American table tennis player of Indian descent. He is a two-time Olympian (2016 and 2020) and was the US national champion 4 times, winning the national title between 2016 and 2019 for a record four straight national titles. Career 2016 Jha competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's singles event and as part of the American team in the men's team event. He was the youngest American athlete to participate in the 2016 Olympics and is also the first American born in the 2000s to qualify for the Olympics. 2018 Jha also competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in the boy's event, in which he won a bronze medal. 2018 was somewhat of a breakout year for Jha, as he defeated several notable top players including Wong Chun Ting, Quadri Aruna, An Jaehyun, and Lin Yun-Ju. 2019 Jha won his 4th straight US National title in 2019. Jha pulled off a bronze medal at the 2019 Pan American Games in mixed doubles and singles. In the 2019 Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamal Nath Jha
Kamal Nath Jha (15 August 1923 - was a freedom fighter, social activist, Bihar state legislative assembly member, Rajya Sabha member and later an Indian National Congress Lok Sabha Member of Parliament from the Saharsa (Lok Sabha constituency). Early life Kamal Nath Jha was the son of Pandit Bishwa Nath Jha and Janaki Devi. He was born at Bangaon village in Saharsa district. He received his early education at Kishanganj High School and T.N.J. College, Bhagalpur and married Usha Devi in 1940. Political career Independence movement Shri Kamal Nath Jha participated in the Indian independence movement. He was originally associated with the Socialist Party, offered Satyagraha, and courted arrest during college days for the same. He gave up his studies and joined the freedom movement in 1942. Being a natural leader, he organized the underground armed resistance force known as "Azad Dasta" in Purnea district - intended to merge with the Azad Hind Fauz The Indian Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hetukar Jha
Hetukar Jha (5 March 1944 – 19 August 2017) was an Indian author, professor, researcher, and Fulbright Scholar. He was an honorary managing trustee of the Maharajadhiraja Kameshwar Singh Kalyani Foundation. Early life and family Jha was born on 5 March 1944 in Sarisav Pahi village, Madhubani district, Bihar. His father was Babu Chemkar Jha, also known as Baldeo Jha, and his mother was Mohini Devi. He studied in the village school. Education He matriculated from Maharaja Lakshmeshwar Singh Academy, Sarisab Pahi, Dist Madhubani. He attended Patna Science College and went on to Post Graduate work at Patna University. He gained his B.A. Hons. in Sociology at Patna College Patna College is a constituent state aided College of Patna University which is established in 1863 during the British Raj, is one of the oldest colleges in the state of Bihar, India. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in science, ... in 1965, his M.A. in Sociology at Patna University in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gonu Jha
Gonu Jha was a "Pratyutpannamati" (ready-witted) character and a contemporary of Hari Singh King of Mithila in the 13th century CE. He was born at Bharwara. He is also known as Birbal of Bihar, a village in Darbhanga District. He was a military scholar of Mithila. See also * Gopal Bhar * Tenaliram * Birbal * List of people from Bihar This is a list of notable people from Bihar, India. Deities and avatars • Lordess Sita •Janaka •Mahavira •Guru Gobind Singh •Vasupujya • Mallinatha • Munisuvrata •Naminatha Ancient * Ajatashatru * Bindusara * ... References People from Bihar Humour and wit characters of India 13th-century Indian people People from Darbhanga district {{fict-char-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganganath Jha
Sir Gaṅgānāth Jhā (25 December 1872 – 9 November 1941) was a scholar of Sanskrit, Indian philosophy and Buddhist philosophy. Service At the age of 24, he was appointed a librarian of the Darbhanga state by its Maharaja. In 1902, he was appointed a Professor of Sanskrit at Muir Central College, Muir College in Allahabad, which he left in 1918 to become the first Indian principal of the Government Sanskrit College in Benares. Between 1920 and 1923 he served as a member of the Council of State in the British India, Central British Government of India. He was vice-chancellor of University of Allahabad (Prayag University) during 1923–32. The University of Allahabad established the Ganganath Jha Hostel in his honour. Honors and awards * Honorary Fellow of the Asiatic Society, 1924 * Campbell Memorial Gold Medal, Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1935 * Knight Bachelor, 1941 Birthday Honours List Literary work Sir GN Jha written numerous books and translated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durgananda Jha
Durganand Jha ( ne, दुर्गानन्द झा) was Nepalese democratic fighter who attempted to assassinate King Mahendra of Nepal in January 1962 (9 Magh 2018 Bikram Sambat, BS) in Janakpur in southeastern Nepal. Durga was captured after he threw a bomb on a motor-vehicle carrying the king. He threw bomb in a strict security of thousands of army and police at the Janaki Temple premises in Janakpur during his visit to the eastern Terai. He was executed by firing squad on 15 Magh 2020 BS (February 1964) at Central Jail (Kathmandu), Central Jail, Kathmandu. He was born at Jatahi, Janakpur. Jha was member of Nepali Congress. At the time of execution he was 21 years old.Gorkhapatra Online He is also considered as the first republican martyr of Nepal. Jha threw a bomb saying King Mahendra had scuttled democracy by dissolving the popularly elected parliament and imposing a direct rule. Jha soon went into exile in India, but did not think it right to be in exile when 59 peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandeshwor Jha
Chandeshwor Jha ( ne, चण्डेश्वर झा) (born 1953) is a Nepali politician from Mohattori. He is a permanent resident of Jaleshwor Municipality Ward 7. In the 2013 Constituent Assembly election he was elected from the Mohattori-4 constituency as an independent candidate. He was also unanimously elected as the chairman of the development committee of the local campus Jaleshwor, Mohattori. Jha proposed the utilization of Rs 5 million, provided by the Local Development Ministry for the construction of a 900-metre road in his village. The villagers had unanimously elected him the Chairman of the road consumer committee. He was also the member of 49-member panel formed to draft CA regulations. The committee had to form other necessary sub committees to carry out jobs related to constitution drafting, management of CA meetings and drafting regulations and policies required to perform other works in line with Article 78 of the Interim Constitution-2007. Jh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binodanand Jha
Binodanand Jha (17 April 1900 – 1971), also known as Pandit Binodanand Jha was an Indian politician originally from the district of Deoghar, Bihar (Baidyanathdham Deoghar), now in Jharkhand. He was educated at the Central Calcutta College, (now Maulana Azad College) under the University of Calcutta. He was the Chief Minister of Bihar from February 1961 to October 1963. He was elected to the 5th Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from the Darbhanga constituency of Bihar in 1971. He was a member of the Constituent Assembly of India The Constituent Assembly of India was elected to frame the Constitution of India. It was elected by the 'Provincial Assembly'. Following India's independence from the British rule in 1947, its members served as the nation's first Parliament as ... in 1948 from Bihar. References External linksOfficial biographical sketch in Parliament of India website {{DEFAULTSORT:Jha, Binodanand Chief Ministers of Bihar India MPs 1971– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bidhu Jha
Bidhu Shekhar Jha is a Canadian politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 2003 to 2016, representing the Winnipeg division of Radisson as a member of the New Democratic Party. Early life and career Jha was born in Deoghar, Bihar, now a part of the Indian state of Jharkhand. He has a degree in mechanical engineering from BIT Sindri, and has taken postgraduate training in industrial engineering and management.Directory of Achievers: Mr. Bidhu Jha Bihar and Jharkhand.com, accessed September 4, 2007. He moved to in 1969 and founded Optimum Ergonomics Ltd. in 1978, specializing in office and computer furnishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhogendra Jha
Bhogendra Jha (1923 – 20 January 2009) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist party of India. He was elected to the Lok Sabha the lower house of Indian parliament from Madhubani , Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West ... . Bhogendra Jha joined the Communist Party of India in 1940 and steadfastly fought for land reforms standing by the side of the marginalised and deprived sections in the realm of agriculture. A former President of the All India Kisan Sabha, he was an excellent speaker and a lucid writer whose intellectual contributions in the fields of philosophy and literature cannot be overestimated. He was one of the undisputed leaders of the Bihar CPI which at one time was a citadel of the party in the Hindi heartland and even now happens to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
