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Kamala (name)
Kamala is a first name and surname. It means lotus in Sanskrit. Notable people and characters with the name include: People First name * Kamala Bahuguna (1923–2001), Indian politician * Kamala Balakrishnan (1930–2018), Indian immunologist * Kamala Bhattacharya (1945–1961), Indian martyr * Kamala Bose (1947–2012), Indian classical vocalist * Kamala Chakravarty (born 1928), Indian classical musician and dancer * Kamala Chandrakirana, Indonesian women's rights activist * Kamala Devi (actress) (born 1933), Indian actress * Kamala Devi (footballer) (born 1992), Indian footballer * Kamala-Jean Gopie, Jamaican-born Canadian political activist * Kamala Hampana (born 1935), Indian writer * Kamala Harris (born 1964), current vice president of the United States since 2021 * Kamala Hayman, New Zealand newspaper journalist * Kamala Ibrahim Ishaq, Sudanese artist * Kamala Kanta Kalita, Indian politician * Kamala Kamesh (born 1952), Indian actress * Kamala Kumari Karredula, Indian ... [...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] |
Kamala Kanta Kalita
Dr. Kamala Kanta Kalita is an Indian politician and General Secretary of the Asom Gana Parishad. Dr. Kalita was Health and Family welfare Minister of Assam two times and a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from the Chaygaon constituency in Kamrup district Kamrup Rural district, or simply Kamrup district (Pron: ˈkæmˌrəp or ˈkæmˌru:p), is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India formed by dividing the old Kamrup district into two in the year 2003; other being Kamrup Metrop .... References Asom Gana Parishad politicians Living people Assam MLAs 1985–1991 Assam MLAs 1991–1996 Assam MLAs 1996–2001 Assam MLAs 2006–2011 People from Kamrup district Year of birth missing (living people) {{Assam-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamala Ranathunga
Kamala Ranathunga (also spelled Ranatunge) (born 19 October 1937) is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. She belongs to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party which nominated her on its national list to the Parliament of Sri Lanka The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ''Shri Lanka Parlimenthuwa'', Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம் ''Ila .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ranathunga, Kamala Members of the 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka United People's Freedom Alliance politicians 1937 births Living people Women legislators in Sri Lanka 21st-century Sri Lankan women politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamala Pujari
Kamala Pujari is a tribal woman from Koraput in Odisha, India. She is known for promoting organic farming. Interested in traditional farming, she learned the basic techniques from MS Swaminathan Research Foundation at Jeypore and has contributed a lot in the field of organic farming. She was awarded India's fourth highest civilian, the Padma Shri. Biography Kamala Pujari, a tribal lady of Patraput Village, 15 km from Jeypore, near Boipariguda, Koraput District, Odisha, has been preserving local paddies. Till now she has preserved hundreds of indigenous varieties of paddy. Conserving paddy and promoting organic farming is not a pastime for her. After getting into this, she mobilized people, arranged group gatherings, and interacted with people to shun chemical fertilizers. She called many people to join with her and knocked door to door from village to village. Her efforts were successful and farmers in Patraput village and neighboring villages gave up chemical fertilizers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamala Parks
Kamala Lyn Parks is an American drummer and songwriter from Berkeley, California. She played drums for Kamala & The Karnivores (with Ivy DuBois of Bitch Fight and Sweet Baby, Lynda Skulpone, and Michelle Cruz Gonzales of Bitch Fight and Spitboy), Cringer, The Gr’ups, Naked Aggression, and Hers Never Existed. In 1986, Victor Hayden and Kamala partnered with Maximumrocknroll to establish 924 Gilman Street, an all-ages collectively organized music venue in Berkeley. She was instrumental in finding the warehouse in North Berkeley that became home to the local punk scene. She also actively participated in the city council meeting for the venue's zoning approval. For years, she booked shows at Gilman, while also cultivating a national tour network for punk bands such as Operation Ivy, Neurosis, and Citizen Fish. She starred in and acted as a consultant for the 2018 movie '' Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk''. Discography With Kamala & the Karnivores * ''Vanity Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamala Nimbkar
Kamala Vishnu Nimbkar (January 5, 1900 – August 29, 1979), born Elizabeth Lundy, was an American-born occupational therapist in India. Early life Elizabeth Lundy was born in Mount Holly, New Jersey the daughter of Joseph Wilmer Lundy and Bessie Morris Roberts Lundy. Her father was a Quaker businessman.An Inventory of the J. Wilmer Lundy Family Papers, 1781-1964 Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. She attended the Quaker , and earned a bachelor's degree in economics at in 1926. She return ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamala Nehru
Kamala Nehru (''née'' Kaul; ; 1 August 1899 – 28 February 1936) was an Indian independence activist and the wife of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. Her daughter Indira Gandhi was the first female Prime Minister of India. Early life and marriage Nehru was born on 1 August 1899 to Rajpati and Jawahar Mull Atal-Kaul, who were from a Kashmiri Pandit family of Old Delhi. She was the eldest child and had two brothers, Chand Bahadur Kaul and the botanist, Kailas Nath Kaul, and a sister, Swaroop Kathju. Kamala married Jawaharlal Nehru at the age of 16. Her husband went to a trip in the Himalayas shortly after their marriage. In his autobiography, Jawaharlal Nehru, referring to his wife, stated "I almost overlooked her." Nehru gave birth to a girl child in November 1917, Indira Priyadarshini, who later succeeded her father as prime minister and head of the Congress party. Harilal Gandhi Movement 1931 Nehru was involved with Harilal Gandhi in the nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamala Markandaya
Kamala Markandaya (23 June 1924 – 16 May 2004), pseudonym of Kamala Purnaiya, married name Kamala Taylor, was a British Indian novelist and journalist. She has been called "one of the most important Indian novelists writing in English". Life Early life Markandaya was born into an upper-middle-class Deshastha Madhva Brahmin family. A native of Mysore, India, Markandaya was a graduate of Madras University, and afterwards published several short stories in Indian newspapers. After India declared its independence, Markandaya moved to Britain, though she still labelled herself an Indian expatriate long afterwards. Kamala was a descendant of diwan Purnaiya and was fluent in Kannada and Marathi. Career She was well-known for writing about culture clash between Indian urban and rural societies, Markandaya's first published novel, '' Nectar in a Sieve'' (1954), was a bestseller and cited as an American Library Association Notable Book in 1955. Her other novels include ''Some Inner F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamala Lopez
Kamala Lopez is an American filmmaker, actress, writer, director, and political activist. She has had starring roles in '' Black Jesus'', ''Medium'', ''24'', ''Alias'', ''NYPD Blue'', ''Hill Street Blues'', ''Miami Vice'', and ''21 Jump Street''. She has been a featured actress in films including '' Born in East L.A.'', ''Deep Cover'', '' The Burning Season'', ''Clear and Present Danger'', ''Lightning Jack'', and ''I Heart Huckabees''. As a filmmaker, her feature film debut, ''A Single Woman'', about the life of first US Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin, won the 2009 Exceptional Merit in Media Award from the National Women's Political Caucus. In 2013, her short Spanish-language film ''Ese Beso'' won the Jury Award at the Senorita Cinema Festival and the Audience Award at the Boyle Heights Latina Film Festival. In 2016, her follow-up feature, the documentary ''Equal Means Equal'', won Best U.S. Documentary (Audience Award) at Michael Moores TCF Festival, and was a ''New York Times' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamala Laxman
Kamala Laxman was an Indian author of children's books, and the wife of cartoonist R. K. Laxman. Kamala died in 2015 at the age of 90. She is survived by her son Srinivas, a retired journalist, her daughter-in-law Usha and granddaughter Rimanika. Early life and career Kamala was born in Chennai and studied in St Thomas' Convent and later graduated from Indraprastha College for Women, Delhi. She also received a degree in Interior Decoration from Sir J.J. School of Art in Mumbai. Recognising her talent, the India Book House commissioned Kamala to write children's books in the 1970s. Her notable works include '' The Thama Stories'', ''Raman of Tenali & Other Stories'' and ''Thama and His Missing Mother''. Many of her works were illustrated by her husband R. K. Laxman. Their stories were serialised and telecasted by the Indian TV station Doordarshan. Personal life She was married to cartoonist R. K. Laxman, who also happened to be her maternal uncle, after his divorce to his fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir
Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir is the Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State. She previously served as the United States Ambassador to Malaysia from 2017 to 2021. Early life and education Lakhdhir was born in Brooklyn, New York, daughter of Ann (née Hallan) and Noor Lakhdhir. Her father had moved from Mumbai, India to the U.S. to study at the University of California, Berkeley and then later moved to New York City. Lakhdhir grew up in New York and Westport, Connecticut. There she was a regular participant in the annual United Nations Day, inspired in part by her mother, who had earlier served as president of the NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security at the United Nations. Lakhdhir also has a brother, David Lakhdhir. Lakhdhir attended Bedford Junior High School and graduated from Staples High School. In 1986, she earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University. Career After graduating from Harvard, Lakhdhir travelled to China, where she stayed f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamala Kotnis
Kamala Kotnis was an Indian actress who played roles in Telugu and Hindi movies during the 1940s. She is also notable for being Dev Anand's first heroine in '' Hum Ek Hai'', released in 1946. Early life Kamala Kotnis was born as Kamalabai in Andhra Pradesh to a Telugu mother and a British father, who was in the army. As a child, she was adopted by a Zamindar. She later married Panduranga Kotnis in 1941, who was the brother of D.S. Kotnis, a leading cinematographer. Her younger sister was "connected" to the Royal family of Ramnad estate. Filmography *''Jeevana Jyoti'' - (Telugu) - 1940 *'' Bala Nagamma'' - (Telugu) - 1942 *''Chenchu Lakshmi'' - (Telugu) -1943 - Chenchu Lakshmi *''Bhagyalakshmi'' - (Telugu) - 1943 *''Seeta Rama Jananam'' - (Telugu) - 1943 *''Tahsildar'' - (Telugu) - 1944 - Rajani *'' Hum Ek Hai'' - (Hindi) - 1946 *''Gokul'' - (Hindi) - 1946 *''Mera Suhaag'' - (Hindi) - 1947 *''Aage Badho Aage Badho () is a 1947 Hindi language movie directed by Yeshwant P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
