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List Of People From Thiruvananthapuram
List of notable people who were born or settled in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala. Former rulers of Travancore * Marthanda Varma * Sethu Lakshmi Bayi * Dharma Raja * Ayilyam Thirunal * Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma * Moolam Thirunal * Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma Religion and spirituality * Ayyankali * Sri M * Vakkom Moulavi * Sree Narayana Guru * Chattampi Swamikal * Sade Guru Shivalingadasa Swamigal Freedom fighters * Vakkom Abdul Khader * Annie Mascarene Politicians * Shashi Tharoor * Vakkom Purushothaman * Varkala Radhakrishnan * K. Muraleedharan * A. Sampath * V. S. Sivakumar * Kadakampally Surendran * K S Sabarinathan * G Karthikeyan * M. Vijayakumar * C. Jayan Babu * Neelalohithadasan Nadar * O. Rajagopal * Arya Rajendran Musicians * Swathithirunal * B. Sasikumar * K. S. Chithra * M. Jayachandran * Bichu Thirumala * Hariharan * L. Athira Krishna - violinist * Vidhu Prathap * M. G. Radhakrishnan - music director and vocalist * M. G. Sre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration population is around 1.68 million. Located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland, Thiruvananthapuram is a major information technology hub in Kerala and contributes 55% of the state's software exports as of 2016. Referred to by Mahatma Gandhi as the "Evergreen city of India", the city is characterised by its undulating terrain of low coastal hills. The present regions that constitute Thiruvananthapuram were ruled by the Ays who were feudatories of the Chera dynasty. In the 12th century, it was conquered by the Kingdom of Venad. In the 18th century, the king Marthanda Varma expanded the territory, founded the princely state of Travancore, and made Thiruvananthapuram its capital. Travancore became the most dominan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shashi Tharoor
Shashi Tharoor (; ; born 9 March 1956 in London, England ) is an Indian former international civil servant, diplomat, bureaucrat and politician, writer and public intellectual who has been serving as Member of Parliament for Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, since 2009. He is the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers. He was formerly Under-Secretary General of the United Nations and unsuccessfully ran for the post of Secretary-General in 2006. Founder-Chairman of All India Professionals Congress, he formerly served as Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs and on Informational Technology. Born in London, UK, and raised in India, Tharoor worked across the world, graduating from St. Stephen's College, Delhi in 1975 and culminated his studies in 1978 with a doctorate in International Relations and Affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. At the age of 22, he was the youngest person at the time to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balabhaskar
Balabhaskar Chandran (10 July 1978 – 2 October 2018) was an Indian musician, violinist, composer and record producer. He is best known for promoting fusion music in South India. Hailing from a musically affluent family, he was introduced to the world of instrumental music at the age of three by his uncle B. Sasikumar, a laureate in Carnatic music. Balabhaskar began his professional career at the age of 12. He made his debut as a music director by composing the soundtrack for the Malayalam film '' Mangalya Pallakku'' (1998), and was the youngest music composer to have worked in the industry at the age of 17. He had won the Bismillah Khan Yuva Sangeetkaar Puraskaar in 2008 by Kendra Sangeet Natak Academy for Instrumental Music (Violin). Career Balabhaskar was a child prodigy and started doing stage shows at 12. He became the youngest music director in the Malayalam film industry when he composed for the movie ''Mangalya Pallak'' (audio marketed by Magna Sound) at 17. His compos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neyyattinkara Vasudevan
Neyyattinkara Vasudevan (1940–13 May 2008) was a Carnatic music vocalist from Kerala in south India. The Padmasree-winning Carnatic vocalist and disciple of Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and Ramnad Krishnan, he combined tradition and innovation in his widely acclaimed career. Vasudevan is famous as being one of the first from the Dalit community to excel in the field which was previously the preserve of the upper castes. Biography Vasudevan born to a Dalit family, in a village near Neyyattinkara in southern Travancore. He did his formal music studies from the Swati Tirunal Music College, Thiruvananthapuram, chiefly under Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer. He also did advanced studies under Ramnad Krishnan. He passed Ganabhushanam in 1960 and Sangeetha Vidwan in 1962. He worked as assistant professor at the RLV College of Music, Thrippunithura, for nearly a decade before joining All India Radio as an A-grade staff vocalist in 1974. He retired in 2000 and was later ranked 'A Top', the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vidhu Prathap
Vidhu Prathap (born 1 September 1980) is an Indian playback singer. He has sung many songs in over 600 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu languages. Career Early life Vidhu Prathap was born in 1980 in Kaithamukku in Trivandrum, Kerala, as the son of Prathapan and Laila. He did his early education from Holy Angel's Convent Trivandrum and then completed his schooling at Christ Nagar School, Thiruvananthapuram. During his school days in Christ Nagar, he used to participate in mono-acts and mimicry and had a real penchant for singing. Vidhu was the college union Arts Club Secretary in Mar Ivanios college, Thiruvananthapuram, where he did his graduation. In 1997–98, at the age of 17, he won the 'Voice of the Year Award' in a music competition conducted by Asianet, a leading private channel. It was after this that he seriously thought about becoming a singer. Vidhu started taking music lessons when he was three years old and has won many competitions in several musica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hariharan (singer)
Hariharan (born 3 April 1955) is an Indian playback, bhajan and ghazal singer who predominantly sings in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu languages. He has also sung over 15,000 notable songs in 10 regional languages including Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Sinhala and Bhojpuri. He is an established ghazal singer and one of the pioneers of Indian fusion music. In 2004, he was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India and is a two-time National Award winner. Hariharan, associating with Lesle Lewis, formed Colonial Cousins, a two-member band. They have cut many private music albums and also scored music for few feature films in Tamil and Hindi. On 9 October 2021 at 13:47, Hariharan and late Gulshan Kumar's Hanuman Chalisa recorded under the label of T-Series crossed the 2-billion views mark on YouTube, making it the first devotional song in the world to do so. Personal life and education Hariharan was born to classical musicians H A S Mani and Alamelu Mani. HAS Mani - h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bichu Thirumala
B. Sivasankaran Nair, popularly known as Bichu Thirumala (13 February 1942 – 26 November 2021), was an Indian lyricist and poet. He is known for creating the style of arranging beautiful words in Malayalam film songs. In Malayalam cinema, Bichu Thirumala led the group of lyricists who wrote songs for readymade tunes. He won the Kerala State Film Award for the best lyricist two times. His prolific Malayalam film repertoire includes work with eminent composers like Shyam, G. Devarajan, V. Dakshinamurthy, M.S. Baburaj, K. Raghavan, M.S. Viswanathan, A.T. Ummer, K.J. Joy, Shankar–Ganesh, Jaya Vijaya, Raveendran, Jerry Amaldev, Johnson, Ouseppachan, Ilaiyaraaja, A. R. Rahman and the list goes on. Life and career Bichu Thirumala was born to C.G. Bhaskaran Nair and Sasthamangalam Pattanikkunnu Veettil Parukutty Amma in Thiruvananthapuram. He was the eldest child of his parents. His siblings are the late Balagopalan (who died at a young age, on whose remembrance he wrote the all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swathithirunal
( ml, സ്വാതി തിരുനാള് രാമവർമ്മ) (16 April 1813 – 26 December 1846) was the Maharaja of the Kingdom of Travancore. He is also considered as a brilliant music composer and is credited with over 400 classical compositions in both Carnatic and Hindustani style.http://print.achuth.googlepages.com/SwathiThirunalandSciencev3.0.pdf A well-formulated code of laws, courts of justice, introduction of English education, construction of an observatory, installation of the first Government printing press, establishment of the first manuscripts library were amongst the many initiatives taken by Svāti Tirunāḷ, as a King, to modernise Travancore. Early life Svāti Tirunāḷ was born into the Venad dynasty of the Matrilineal royal family of Travancore, which is now a part of Kerala, on 16 April 1813. He was the second child of Queen Gowri Lakshmi Bayi who ruled Travancore from 1811 to 1815, and Raja Raja Varma Koil Thampuran of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arya Rajendran
Arya Rajendran S. (born 12 January 1999) is an Indian politician who currently serves as the mayor of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation. She was elected from Mudavanmugal ward, belonging to Nemom Assembly Constituency from Communist Party of India (Marxist) at the age of 21 and was appointed as the mayor of the corporation which made her the youngest mayor in the country. Personal life and education Arya Rajendran is the daughter of Rajendran, an electrician, and Sreelatha, an LIC agent. She did her schooling from Carmel Girls Higher Secondary School, Trivandrum. She is a second year B.Sc Mathematics student at All Saints College, Thiruvananthapuram. She is married to K. M. Sachin Dev, who is the member of Kerala Legislative Assembly from Balussery constituency. Politics Arya Rajendran is the state president of Bala Sangham, the Kerala's largest children's organisation. She is a state committee member of Students' Federation of India and also serves as CPI(M)'s area co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neelalohithadasan Nadar
A. Neelalohithadasan Nadar is a politician from Kerala state of India and has been minister of various departments throughout his career. Career Nadar was a member of Lok Sabha in 1980 7th Lok Sabha, Kerala state's Sports and Youth Minister from 1987 to 1991. Later he also was minister of Forest and Transportation from 1999 to 2000. He was the state President of Janata Dal Secular Kerala. Cases Nadar has been accused and convicted of sexual assault against women. In 1999 he assaulted forest officer Prakriti Srivastava and in 2000 assaulted IAS and Chief Electoral Officer of Kerala Nalini Netto. He was pronounced guilty by the magisterial court of Kozhikode in 2004 but was later acquitted in 2008 by another fast track court. Nadar was accused of sexually harassing a senior IAS officer Nalini Netto. A fast track court acquitted former transport minister and Janata Dal Secular state president Neelalohithadasan Nadar in a case of alleged sexual harassment of a senior IAS offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
G Karthikeyan
G. Karthikeyan (20 January 1949 – 7 March 2015) was an Indian politician and former speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. He was the Member of the Legislative Assembly from Aruvikkara constituency, who represented the Indian National Congress. Political life G. Karthikeyan entered politics through student movements and was a leader of Kerala Students Union (KSU). He held a Bachelor of Laws degree. He served as the State president of Kerala Students Union. He was a Student member of senate of Kerala University and Secretary of Kerala University Union. He also held various posts in Youth Congress, including State General Secretary and State President. He was the General Secretary of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). Karthikeyan was the only elected Vice President of KPCC and also served as the Chief Whip and Deputy Leader of the Congress Legislature Party. He served as Minister for Electricity (Government of Kerala) in the Ministry headed by Shri A.K. Antony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K S Sabarinathan
K. S. Sabarinadhan (born 5 September 1983) is an Indian politician who belongs to the Indian National Congress. He represented Aruvikkara constituency in the Kerala Legislative Assembly from 2015 to 2021. Early life and education Sabarinadhan was born to former minister and speaker G. Karthikeyan and M. T. Sulekha in Thiruvananthapuram on 5 September 1983. Sabarinadhan did his schooling at Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram. He graduated in Electrical Engineering from College of Engineering, Trivandrum in 2005. Thereafter he worked for a brief period in IT sector at Mindtree, Bangalore. He completed his MBA from Management Development Institute, Gurgaon in 2008. After that, he worked with the Tata Group in Mumbai for several years, eventually spending a few years working with the Tata Trusts in the areas of healthcare and nutrition. Personal life Sabarinadhan is married to Divya S. Iyer, a civil service officer, thus becoming the first MLA–IAS couple in Kerala. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
