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Nanda (surname)
Nanda is an Indian surname. It is found among the Punjabi Khatris. The Nanda Khatris have produced a lineage of governors in Eminabad. They have also given various prime ministers in Jammu-Kashmir state. Jawala Sahai, a notable revenue officer of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and an official of Raja Gulab Singh at the Lahore Darbar belonged to a Nanda Khatri family. Many Nanda Khatris were also settled in Ludhiana prior to the partition of India. A Nanda Khatri called Suthre Shah from Baramulla, Kashmir founded the sect of Suthra. He was a disciple of Guru Hargobind. Notable people * Ananya Nanda, Indian playback singer and winner of Indian idol junior * Ashish Nanda, Director of IIM Ahmedabad * Biddanda Chengappa Nanda, (1931–2018), Indian Army General * Chetanya Nanda, Indian cricketer * Gaurav Nanda, International Method Acting Coach * Gulshan Nanda (1929–1985), Indian novelist and screenwriter * Gulzarilal Nanda (1898–1998), former Indian Prime Minister * Har Prasad Nanda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khatri
Khatri is a caste of the Indian subcontinent that is predominantly found in India, but also in Pakistan and Afghanistan. In the subcontinent, they were mostly engaged in mercantilistic professions such as banking and trade, they were the dominant commerical & financial administration class of Late-Medieval India some in Punjab often belonged to hereditary agriculturalist land-holding lineages, others were engaged in artisanal occupations such as silk production and weaving while some were scribes learned in Sanskrit and Persian too During the British colonial era, they also served as lawyers and engaged in administrative jobs in the colonial bureaucracy. Some of them served in the British Indian army after being raised as Sikhs. The Sikh religion was founded by Guru Nanak, a Bedi Khatri. Subequently, all the Sikh religious leaders or Gurus were Khatris. During the Sikh Empire, many Khatris formed the military vanguard of the Khalsa Army and it's administrative class as Dew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Har Prasad Nanda
Har Prasad Nanda (9 January 1917 – 13 April 1999), also spelled Har Parshad Nanda, was an Indian automotive industrialist and the founder of Escorts Group. Career Born in Lahore (modern-day Pakistan) in British India, H.P Nanda came to Delhi after India's independence in 1947 with 5,000 INR and two cars. He had started the company as an ''agency'' in Lahore in 1944. In 1949, he took the franchise of Massey Ferguson tractors and by 1959, he was manufacturing tractors with technological help from Ursus Factory of Poland. He stepped down as the chairman in 1994. Personal life and death H.P Nanda and his wife, Raj, have two sons, Rajan Nanda and Anil Nanda and two daughters, Veena Sakhuja and Nini Srivastava. His wife, Raj, died in 1990. Insurance agent Ritu Nanda was his daughter-in-law (Rajan's wife). Industrialist Nikhil Nanda is his grandson. H.P Nanda died on 13 April 1999 after prolonged illness in New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serena Nanda
Serena Nanda is an American author, anthropologist, and professor emeritus. She received the Ruth Benedict Prize in 1990 for her monograph, ''Neither Man nor Woman: The Hijras of India''. Biography Serena Nanda was born on August 13, 1938 in New York City and received her PhD in anthropology from New York University. She is the co-author of two anthropology textbooks: ''Culture Counts: A Concise Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (5th Edition)'' and ''Cultural Anthropology (12th edition)''. Among her areas of specialty was the topic of gender diversity, having written the major reference book on the hijras of India. As of August 2021, she was a professor emeritus at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice The John Jay College of Criminal Justice (John Jay) is a public college focused on criminal justice and located in New York City. It is a senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY). John Jay was founded as the only liberal arts .... Awards * 1990, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suresh Nanda
Suresh Nanda is an Indian businessman, former Lt. Commander for the Indian navy, and the Chairman of Claridges Group of Hotels. He ran Dynatron Services, an engineering firm before entering into the hospitality sector. Business career After 15 years of Military service, Nanda started his journey in the corporate sector and working for several major ventures in India, Europe and the Middle East. In 2003, Nanda facilitated the acquisition of Claridges Hotel in New Delhi and the Nabha Palace Hotel in Mussoorie. Subsequently, he built Vivanta Surajkund which is managed by Indian Hotels Limited. He then went international as a hotelier by building Taj Dubai in 2015. Early life Suresh Nanda was born to Admiral Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda and Sumitra Nanda in Karachi, British India. As the son of a high rank officer in the Indian Navy, Suresh Nanda studied in St. Columba's School, Delhi, the same school where notable personalities like Shah Rukh Khan, Rahul Gandhi, Sanjay Gandhi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda
Admiral Sardarilal Mathradas 'Charles' Nanda (Punjabi: ), PVSM, AVSM (10 October 1915 – 11 May 2009) was an Indian Navy admiral who served as the 7th Chief of the Naval Staff from 1 March 1970 until 28 February 1973. He led the Indian Navy during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and successfully executed a naval blockade of both West and East Pakistan, helping India achieve an overwhelming victory during the war. For his important role played in the war, Government of India awarded him with Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award. He is one of the most notable commanders in the history of the Indian Navy. Born in Manora, Karachi, Sind province of British India, Nanda joined the Royal Indian Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1941. During World War II, he served onboard HMIS ''Travancore'' and as an instructor at the signals school in . After the war, he served on board which was based out of Japan as part of the British occupation forces. He subsequently served as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raj Kapoor
Raj Kapoor (pronunciation: aːd͡ʒ kəpuːɾ born Shrishti Nath Kapoor; also known as Ranbir Raj Kapoor; 14 December 1924 2 June 1988) was an Indian actor, film director and producer, who worked in Hindi cinema. He is considered one of the greatest and most influential actors and filmmakers in Hindi Cinema. He is often referred to as ''The Greatest Showman of Indian Cinema''. He received multiple accolades, including three National Film Awards and 11 Filmfare Awards in India. The Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award is named after Kapoor. He produced two films, ''Awaara'' (1951) and ''Boot Polish'' (1954), that competed for the Palme d'Or grand prize at the Cannes Film Festival. His performance in ''Awaara'' was ranked as one of the "Top-Ten Greatest Performances of All Time in World Cinema" by ''Time'' magazine. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Bhushan in 1971 for his contributions to the arts. India's highest award in cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ritu Nanda
Ritu Nanda (born Ritu Raj Kapoor; 30 October 1948 – 14 January 2020) was an Indian businesswoman and insurance advisor. Career Nanda served as the chairperson and Chief Executive Officer, CEO of Ritu Nanda Insurance Services (RNIS). She initially managed a household appliances manufacturing business, Nikitasha, which got closed due to poor growth. She received the ''Brand'' and ''Best Insurance Advisor'' of the Decade awards from the Life Insurance Corporation of India, the largest life insurance company of India. Nanda entered the Guinness Book of Records for selling 17,000 pension policies in a single day. She also managed companies such as Escolife and Rimari Corporate art services. Early life Nanda was born into a Punjabi Hindus, Punjabi Hindu family, the daughter of Krishna and Raj Kapoor, an actor-director. She was born in Mumbai on 30 October 1948. Her grandfather was actor Prithviraj Kapoor, her great uncle was actor Trilok Kapoor and her maternal uncles were actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravindra Nanda
Dr. Ravindra Nanda (born 19 February 1943) is a professor and Head of the Department of Craniofacial Sciences and Chair of the Division of Orthodontics at the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine. He is part of the founding faculty of School of Dental Medicine and has been at the University of Connecticut since 1972 where he also holds an Alumni Chair in the Orthodontics Division. He is an innovator of various appliances in orthodontics. His research and clinical interests include adolescent and adult orthodontics, the biology of tooth mobility, craniofacial orthopedics, biomechanics and developing efficient mechanics to deliver orthodontic care. Personal life Dr. Nanda was born in Lyallpur, British India (presently Faisalabad, Pakistan) as the youngest of seven children but moved soon after the Partition of India. His father, a family physician, practiced for 30 years there. He has two brothers, Dr. Ram S. Nanda and Dr. Surender Nanda, who are orthodontist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ratish Nanda
Ratish Nanda (born 23 August 1973) is a noted Indian conservation architect, who is the Projects Director of Aga Khan Trust for Culture, India. He presently heads a mult-disciplinary team implementing the Nizamuddin Urban Renewal Initiative in Delhi – a project with distinct conservation, environmental development and socio-development components and the conservation initiative in the Quli Qutb Shah Heritage Park in Hyderabad. He headed the team which overlooked the garden restoration work at Humayun's Tomb in Delhi completed in March 2003. This was also first privately funded restoration of a World Heritage Site in India, undertaken by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), under the National Culture Fund. In 2007, Nanda was awarded the Eisenhower Fellowship. Early life and background Nanda was born and brought up in Delhi, where he studied at Modern School and subsequently did his BA from the TVB School of Habitat Studies, Del ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prashanta Nanda
Prashanta Nanda (born 2 May 1947) is an Indian director, actor and politician from the state of Odisha. Actor-director duo Siddhanta Mahapatra and Prashanta Nanda Given 8 all time blockbuster Movies to Ollywood. He is currently a Member of Parliament at Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament, for Odisha. He worked in the Odia film industry as an actor, director, screenwriter, lyricist and playback singer. He was also a former minister in Odisha state. Career In 1962, he debuted in the movie ''Nua Bou''. Nanda worked as an actor, director, screenwriter, lyricist and playback singer. Nanda acted as male lead and directed the Hindi film Naiyya released in the year 1979. In 2009, his film ''Jianta Bhoota'' was released. In 2007, he awarded with the Lifetime achievement award in Odisha Filmfare Award. He was the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) leader and Odisha state Vice President. He resigned from his membership in August 2007. After that he joined the Nationalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikhil Nanda
Nikhil Nanda is an Indian businessman. Part of the Nanda family, Kapoor family and Bachchan Family, he is the chairman and managing director of Escorts Limited, an engineering company founded in 1944 by his paternal grandfather, Har Prasad Nanda. Early life and background Nikhil Nanda was born on 18 March 1974 in New Delhi, Delhi, India to a Punjabi Hindu family. His father, Rajan Nanda from Fazilka, was an industrialist and the chairman and managing director of Escorts Group, while his mother, Ritu Nanda, worked as an insurance agent for Life Insurance Corporation of India. His maternal grandfather was actor-director Raj Kapoor and his great-grandfather, Prithviraj Kapoor, was an actor. Actors Rishi Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor and Rajiv Kapoor are his maternal uncles, while actresses Neetu Singh and Babita Kapoor are his aunts by marriage. Actors Karisma Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor, Armaan Jain and Aadar Jain are his maternal first cousins. Nanda attended the Doon School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meera Nanda
Meera Nanda (born 1954) is an Indian writer and historian of science, who has authored several works critiquing the influence of Hindutva, postcolonialism and postmodernism on science, and the flourishing of pseudoscience and vedic science. She currently is a visiting faculty of humanities and social sciences at IISER Pune. Life and career Nanda was educated in science and philosophy with a PhD in biotechnology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and a PhD in science studies from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She was a John Templeton Foundation Fellow in Religion and Science (2005–2007).Meera Nanda Profile Three Essays. In January 2009, she was a Fellow at the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute for Advanced Study, in the |
