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Kunwar Gajraj Singh
Kunwar (also spelt Kanwar or Kaur or Kuar) is an Indian title denoting a prince. It is derived from the Sanskrit term Kumar. It was traditionally associated with the feudal Rajputs such as the son of a Rana or Thakur The following are notable uses of the name Kunwar. In India * Babu Kunwar Singh (1777-1858; also known as Babu Kunwar Singh and Kuer Singh), leader during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 * Kunwar Amar, Indian dancer and actor * Kunwar Narayan (1927-2017), Indian poet * Kunwar Natwar Singh (born 1931), Indian politician * Kunwar Vikram Singh (born 1970), Indian royal * Kunwar Sone Singh Ponwar (died 1816), Indian raja * Kunwar Manvendra Singh (born 1950), Indian politician * Kunwar Digvijay Singh (1922-1978), popularly known as "Babu", Indian field hockey player * Kunwar Sarvraj Singh (born 1952), Indian politician * Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh (born 1952), Indian businessman and politician * Lal Kunwar, Empress of Mughal Empire * Kunwar Pranav Singh (born 1966), Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Nau or NAU may refer to: Organisations *Nau (clothing retailer), an outdoor apparel company *Nanjing Agricultural University, China *National American University *National Anti-crisis Management (from russian: Народное Антикризисное Управление), a shadow government created in Belarus in October 2020 *National Aviation University, Ukraine *North American Union *Northern Arizona University People *Claude Nau (died 1605), secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots *François l'Olonnais (Jean-David Nau, c.1630–1669), French pirate active in the Caribbean during the 1660s *Dana S. Nau (born 1951), computer scientist *Sioeli Nau (1825–1895) also known as Joel Nau, Tongan Methodist minister *François Nau (1864–1931), French Syriacist *John L. Nau III, Texas businessman and historical preservationist Places *Nau, Tajikistan, a town in Sughd Province of Tajikistan *Spitamen District in Sughd Province of Tajikistan, formerly known as Nau District *Nau (Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pranav Singh
Pranav Singh (born 6 April 1966). He is a Member of the Legislative assembly of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly in India. He is elected for the fourth consecutive time and is one of the senior Members of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. He has also served as a cabinet-rank official in the previous state governments under the Chief-Ministership of N. D. Tiwari, Vijay Bahuguna & Harish Rawat. Career Singh contested from Khanpur at the 2012 legislative assembly election as a candidate of the Indian National Congress (INC). In May 2016, along with eight other legislators, he revolted against the Harish Rawat-led INC government in the State. Around this time, he quit the INC and joined the BJP. He was disqualified as a legislator under the anti-defection law only to be elected from the BJP after the 2017 election. He was suspended for 3 months from Bharatiya Janata Party on 23, June 2019, following his feud with another lawmaker Deshraj Karanwal. On 11 July 2019, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandrabir Kunwar
Chandrabir Kunwar ( ne, चन्द्रवीर कुँवर) or Chandra Bir Kunwar Chhetri also spelled Chandravir, Chandraveer was a governor and military commander in the Kingdom of Nepal. He was a born to Jaya Krishna Kunwar of Gorkha-based Kunwar family and was a nephew of the famed Gorkhali Sardar Ramakrishna Kunwar. He married the sister of Kaji Ranjor Thapa and was a son-in-law of his superior commander Amar Singh Thapa. He fought at the 1803 conquest of Garhwal Kingdom and the final battle of Garhwal on 1805 A.D. where King Pradyumna Shah died. During his lifetime, he served as the Subba (Governor) of Doti and one-third territories of Garhwal province in the Kingdom of Nepal. He was also the father of the renowned battle hero Balbhadra Kunwar of Nalapani. Early life He was born to Jaya Krishna Kunwar, a son of Ashiram Kunwar. He was a resident of Bhanwarkot in Kavrepalanchowk District. He married sister of Kaji Ranajor Thapa and was a son-in-law of Bada Amar Sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranajit Kunwar
Ranajit Kunwar ( ne, रणजीत कुँवर) was Nepalese governor and military personnel in the Kingdom of Nepal. He was a son of Ramakrishna Kunwar of Kunwar family. He served as governor of Jumla, Pyuthan and sub-ordinate administrator under Amar Singh Thapa at Srinagar of Garhwal province. He suppressed the rebellion of Jumla as a governor. He fought at the battle of Khadbuda where he killed King Pradyumna Shah of Garhwal. He was the grandfather of Jang Bahadur Kunwar Ranaji who later became the Maharaja of Kaski & Lamjung and Prime Minister of Nepal. Early life He was born to Gorkhali Sardar Ramakrishna Kunwar on 1753 A.D. He was the first cousin of Chandrabir Kunwar, father of Balbhadra Kunwar. Career After the consolidation of Pyuthan in November 1786, Ramakrishna Kunwar opened ammunition factory at Pyuthan. He died there and was succeeded by his son Ranajit Kunwar for the operation of the factory. Ranajit participated as reinforcement to Gorkhali forces under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prithvi Narayan Shah
Maharajadhiraj Prithvi Narayan Shah (1723–1775) ( ne, श्री ५ बडामहाराजाधिराज पृथ्वीनारायण शाह देव) was the last ruler of the Gorkha Kingdom and first monarch of the Kingdom of Nepal (also called ''Kingdom of Gorkha''). Prithvi Narayan Shah started the unification of Nepal. Shah proclaimed the newly unified Kingdom of Nepal as ''Asal Hindustan'' ("Real Land of Hindus") due to North India being ruled by the Islamic Mughal rulers. He also referred to the rest of Northern India as ''Mughlan'' (Country of Mughals). Prithvi Narayan Shah is considered as the Father of the Nation in Nepal. Early years Prithvi Narayan Shah was born prematurely on 11 January 1723 as the first child of Nara Bhupal Shah and Kaushalyavati Devi in the Gorkha Palace. Prince Prithvi Narayan Shah's education began at age five through the appropriate ceremony. At that time, the responsibility to educate him was given to Mokc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ram Krishna Kunwar
Ram Krishna Kunwar or Ramakrishna Kunwar ( ne, रामकृष्ण कुँवर; IAST: ''Rāmakr̥ṣṇa kum̐vara'') was military commander (Sardar) of Gorkha Kingdom during the Unification of Nepal at the reign of King Prithvi Narayan Shah. He was born circa 1728 AD to Ashiram Kunwar in the Kunwar family. His descendants went on to found the Rana dynasty of Nepal. He was successful general in the Unification campaign of Nepal of King Prithvi Narayan Shah. He defeated British forces at Hariharpur Gadhi on 25 August 1767. He died in Mechi Campaign in 1771 A.D. Family He was born to Ahiram Kunwar. He had only a son named Ranajit Kunwar and three grandsons; Bal Narsingh Kunwar, Balram Kunwar and Rewant Kunwar. Career King Prithvi Narayan sent Kaji Vamsharaj Pande, Naahar Singh Basnyat, Jeeva Shah, Ram Krishna Kunwar and others to defeat the forces of Gurgin Khan at Makwanpur. Ram Krishna was ordered by the King to organize the army at Makwanpur under his control. In a let ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chhetri
Chhetri (Kshetri, Kshettri, Kshetry or Chhettri), ( ne, क्षेत्री ; IAST: ''Kṣetrī'') historically called Kshettriya or Kshetriya or Khas are Nepali speakers of Khas community, some of whom trace their origin to migration from medieval India. Chhetri was a caste of administrators, governor and military elites in the medieval Khas Kingdom and Gorkha Kingdom (later unified Kingdom of Nepal). The nobility of the Gorkha Kingdom mainly originated from Chhetri families. They also had a strong presence in civil administration affairs. The bulk of prime ministers of Nepal before the democratization of Nepal belonged to this caste as a result of the old Gorkhali aristocracy. Gorkha-based aristocratic Chhetri families included the Pande dynasty, the Basnyat dynasty, the Kunwar family, and the Thapa dynasty, (Rana dynasty and other Kunwars). Khas Chhetris were traditionally considered a division of the Khas people with Khas Brahmin (commonly called Khas Bahun). They m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunwar Family Of Gorkha
The Kunwar family ( ne, कुँवर परिवार) was a noble Khas-Chhetri family in the Gorkha Kingdom and the Kingdom of Nepal. Kunwars were linked to the Thapa dynasty and family of Amar Singh Thapa by marital lineages and, thus, to Pande dynasty through the Thapa dynasty. Three branches of the Kunwars; Ramakrishna, Jayakrishna and Amar Singh Kunwar were formed with opposite political aspirations. Bal Narsingh Kunwar (of Ramkrishna section) supported ''Mukhtiyar'' Bhimsen Thapa while Chandrabir Kunwar (of Jayakrishna section) supported ''Bada Kaji'' Amar Singh Thapa due to their marital relations with those families. Later, the Ramakrishna section of the family including Amarsingh established the Rana dynasty of Nepal and styled themselves as Rana Rajputs while Jayakrishna most section remained as Kunwars. Origins Genealogy The Kunwars of Nepal claim descent from a Rajput man named Ram Singh, who was said to belong to Kshatriya Varna. He was considered to have settl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nau Nihal Singh
Kunwar Nau Nihal Singh (9 March 1821 – 5 November 1840) was the third Maharaja of the Sikh Empire. He was the only son of Maharaja Kharak Singh and his consort, Maharani Chand Kaur. He was known as Yuvraj Kunwar Nau Nihal Singh. He was also known as Bhanwar Singh or Bhanwar Sa or Kunwar Sa means Respected Young Prince. ''Bhawar'' means Son of Kunwar or Son of Thakur. His reign began with the dethronement of his father Maharaja Kharak Singh and ended with his death at the age of 19 on the day of his father's funeral. Early life Nau Nihal Singh was born on February 11, 1821 to Yuvraj Kharak Singh and his first wife, Chand Kaur. He was the grandson of Sher-e-Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Maharani Datar Kaur of the Nakai Misl, he grow up very close to his grandparents. His father was the heir of his grandfather- thus making him second in line of succession to the throne of Punjab. In April 1837 at the age of sixteen he was married to Bibi Nanaki Kaur Atariwala, daughter Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhim Singh (politician)
Bhim Singh (17 August 1941 – 31 May 2022) was an Indian politician, activist, lawyer and author. He was the founder, president and chief patron of the socialist and secular Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP). Singh was Panthers Party chairman for 30 years from 1982-2012, chief patron from 2012-2021, and president from 14 February 2021-31 May 2022. In effect with over 40 years of controlling leadership, he was India’s longest serving political party leader, and one of the longest serving leaders in the world. Singh was an elected member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from 1977 until 1987, from Chenani-Ghordi (Udhampur). As party leader, he contested the 1988 Udhampur by-election to the Lok Sabha. Despite leading by over 30,000 votes at the end of the count, he was declared to have lost in a repoll, and alleged rigging by the coalition. Singh had gone on hunger strike along with Atal Bihari Vajpayee against the Election Commission decision, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khan Shein Kunwar
Shawkat Ali Khan pen-name Khan Shein Kunwar, is a short story writer from Kolkata, India, who has written hundreds of short stories on different current topics regularly published in various newspapers and magazines throughout the country. His first book, ''Faaslon Ka Safar'', consisting of 37 short stories was published in May 2008.http://www.urdudost.com/kainaat/59_apr09/index.html Fiction *Sulagte lamhon ka karb *Manzar pas manzar *Chikhti ruhen *Tafseel-e-besada *Funn-e-jadeed *Zakhmon ki sej par *Lashon ka karb *Bizan *Khayaal khayaal zindagi *Maujood la maujood *Saraab *Nejaat *Sapne jo bikhar gaye.... *Sufaid posh *Rezaa rezaa khwab *Sarguzisht *Tarteeb-e-jawedan *Zakhmon ki gawahi *Badalte mausam ki sadaa *Ek rupya ka aadmi *Koshish-e-naatawan *Gaam gaam saraab *Khuli ankho ke khwab *....Aur kahani ban gayee Notes See also *List of Urdu language writers *Urdu literature Urdu literature ( ur, , ) is literature in the Urdu language. While it tends to be dominated b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Kunwar
Anita Kanwar is an Indian film and television actor who is best known for her role as ''Lajjo ji'' in the 1980s Doordarshan mega soap opera ''Buniyaad''. An alumnus of the National School of Drama (1978 batch), Kanwar has also worked in films such as Mahesh Bhatt's '' Janam'' (1985), Mira Nair's ''Salaam Bombay!'' (1988), for which she was nominated for a Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award and ''Thodasa Roomani Ho Jaayen''. In the 1990s, Kanwar took a long break from television and films before returning to play the character of Inspector KC, Chief of Homicide in the 1998 Star Plus crime series ''Saboot''. In spite of garnering critical acclaim for her performances, she did not get roles of substance in films and was a victim of typecasting. "Such a tender, sensitive actress with the potential of Nargis! She finally ran away to Shimla," noted singer and actress Ila Arun said about Kanwar. Kanwar lives in Gurgaon, near Delhi. Filmography Films * Dostana (1980) *''Aadharsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
