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Shekhar
Shekhar is a Hindu name that may be used as the first or given male name or as the surname. People First name *Shekhar Chatterjee (born 1924), Indian actor and director * Shekhar Chaudhuri, Indian management professor *Shekhar Dutt (born 1951), Indian politician * Shekhar Gawli (1975–2020), Indian cricketer *Shekhar Gupta (born 1957), Indian journalist *Shekhar Gurera (born 1965), Indian cartoonist *Shekhar Joshi (born 1939), Indian author *Shekhar Kapur (born 1945), Indian film director, producer and actor * Shekhar C. Mande (born 1962), Indian scientist *Shekhar Mehta (1945–2006), Kenyan rally driver *Shekhar Pathak (born 1949), Indian historian *Shekhar Ravjiani, Indian musician *Shekhar Sen (born 1961), Indian musician and actor *Shekhar Suman (born 1962), Indian actor and television host Surname *Arjun Shekhar (born 1965), Indian entrepreneur and writer * B. C. Shekhar (1929–2007), Malaysian businessman *Chandra Shekhar Azad (1906–1931), Indian revolutionary *Chandra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandra Shekhar Singh
Chandra Shekhar ( 17 April 1927 – 9 August 2015) was an Indian politician who served as the 8th Prime Minister of India, between 10 November 1990 and 21 June 1991. He headed a minority government of a breakaway faction of the Janata Dal with outside support from the Indian National Congress. His government was largely seen as a "puppet" and "lame duck", and the government was formed with the fewest party MPs in the Lok Sabha. His government could not pass the budget at a crucial time when Moody had downgraded India, and it further went down after the budget was not passed, and global credit-rating agencies further downgraded India from investment grade, making it impossible to even get short-term loans, and in no position to give any commitment to reform, the World Bank and IMF stopped their assistance. Shekhar had to authorise mortgaging of gold to avoid default of payment, and this action came in for particular criticism, as it was done secretly in the midst of the electi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shekhar Kapur
Shekhar Kulbhushan Kapur (born 6 December 1945) is an Indian filmmaker and actor. Born into the Anand-Sahni family, Kapur is the recipient of several accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a National Film Award, a National Board of Review Award and three Filmfare Awards, in addition to nomination for a Golden Globe Award. Kapur became known in Bollywood with his recurring role in the television series '' Khandaan''. He then made his directorial debut with cult classic '' Masoom'' in 1983, before gaining widespread acclaim with '' Mr. India'' in 1987. He then gained international recognition and acclaim in 1994 with biographical film '' Bandit Queen'', based on the infamous Indian bandit and politician Phoolan Devi, it was premiered in the directors fortnight section of the 1994 Cannes Film Festival and was screened at the Edinburgh Film Festival. Kapur achieved further international prominence with the 1998 period film ''Elizabeth'', a fictional account of the reign of Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shekhar Pathak
Dr. Shekhar Pathak is a historian, editor, publisher, activist, and traveller from Uttarakhand, India. He is known for his extensive knowledge of the history of colonial and postcolonial social movements and contemporary environmental and social issues in Uttarakhand, and colonial exploration in the Himalayas and Tibet. He has also been engaged in activism for various social and environmental causes since the 1970s. Personal life In his review of Pathak's 2020 book on the Chipko movement, the historian Ramchandra Guha, an old friend of Pathak, provides a brief biographical sketch of Pathak. Guha mentions that Pathak was born in 1950 in the village of Gangolihaat in eastern Kumaon (present-day Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand). His father was a soldier in the Kumaon Regiment and his mother was a home-maker. Pathak is married to the literature scholar Uma Bhatt. Bhatt and Pathak co-wrote a three-volume book on the life and times of the nineteenth-century Kumaoni explorer Pundit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shekhar Suman
Shekhar Suman (born 7 December 1962) is an Indian actor, anchor, producer, director, and singer. Personal life Shekhar Suman married Alka Suman on 4 May 1983, and has a son Adhyayan Suman, a Bollywood film actor. An older son, Aayush, died of a heart ailment at age 11. Career Suman debuted in films with the ''Utsav'' opposite Rekha, produced by Shashi Kapoor and directed by Girish Karnad. He has worked in nearly 35 films including ''Manav Hatya, Naache Mayuri, Sansar, Anubhav, Tridev, Pati Parmeshwar,'' and ''Ranbhoomi''. In television, he acted in '' Wah Janaab'' with Kiran Juneja. His television career included shows like ''Dekh Bhai Dekh'', ''Reporter'', ''Kabhi Idhar Kabhi Udhar'', ''Chote Babu'', ''Andaz'', ''Amar Prem'', ''Vilayati Babu'', '' Movers n Shakers'', ''Simply Shekhar'' and '' Carry On Shekhar''. He hosted ''Film Deewane,'' ''The Great Indian Comedy Show'' on Star One until February 2006 and appeared in some episodes of ''Dial One Aur Jeeto'' on Sahara TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shekhar Khatiwara
Shekhar is a Hindu name that may be used as the first or given male name or as the surname. People First name *Shekhar Chatterjee (born 1924), Indian actor and director * Shekhar Chaudhuri, Indian management professor *Shekhar Dutt (born 1951), Indian politician * Shekhar Gawli (1975–2020), Indian cricketer *Shekhar Gupta (born 1957), Indian journalist *Shekhar Gurera (born 1965), Indian cartoonist * Shekhar Joshi (born 1939), Indian author *Shekhar Kapur (born 1945), Indian film director, producer and actor * Shekhar C. Mande (born 1962), Indian scientist *Shekhar Mehta (1945–2006), Kenyan rally driver *Shekhar Pathak (born 1949), Indian historian *Shekhar Ravjiani, Indian musician *Shekhar Sen (born 1961), Indian musician and actor *Shekhar Suman (born 1962), Indian actor and television host Surname *Arjun Shekhar (born 1965), Indian entrepreneur and writer * B. C. Shekhar (1929–2007), Malaysian businessman *Chandra Shekhar Azad (1906–1931), Indian revolutionary *Chandr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shekhar C
Shekhar is a Hindu name that may be used as the first or given male name or as the surname. People First name *Shekhar Chatterjee (born 1924), Indian actor and director * Shekhar Chaudhuri, Indian management professor *Shekhar Dutt (born 1951), Indian politician * Shekhar Gawli (1975–2020), Indian cricketer *Shekhar Gupta (born 1957), Indian journalist *Shekhar Gurera (born 1965), Indian cartoonist *Shekhar Joshi (born 1939), Indian author *Shekhar Kapur (born 1945), Indian film director, producer and actor * Shekhar C. Mande (born 1962), Indian scientist *Shekhar Mehta (1945–2006), Kenyan rally driver *Shekhar Pathak (born 1949), Indian historian *Shekhar Ravjiani, Indian musician *Shekhar Sen (born 1961), Indian musician and actor *Shekhar Suman (born 1962), Indian actor and television host Surname *Arjun Shekhar (born 1965), Indian entrepreneur and writer * B. C. Shekhar (1929–2007), Malaysian businessman *Chandra Shekhar Azad (1906–1931), Indian revolutionary *Chandra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shekhar Gupta
Shekhar Gupta (born 26 August 1957) is an Indian journalist and author. He is the founder and the current editor-in-chief of ''ThePrint''. He is also a columnist for the ''Business Standard'' and pens a weekly column which appears every Saturday. He has had long stints at ''The Indian Express'' and ''India Today''. Gupta writes a weekly column called "National Interest" for ''India Today'' magazine. His "National Interest" columns for ''The Indian Express'' were collected in his 2014 book ''Anticipating India''. He also hosted an interview-based television show ''Walk the Talk'' on NDTV 24x7. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2009 by the Government of India for his contribution to journalism and was elected President of the Editor's Guild of India in 2018. Early life and career Shekhar Gupta initially studied for three years (1972–1975) in Saraswati Shishu Mandir in Palwal, then in Punjab. He completed his Bachelor of Journalism degree at Panjab University (1975–1976). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shekhar Sen
Shekhar Sen is a singer, a music composer, a lyricist, and an actor. Sen is famous for his monoact musical plays that he researched, written, composed, enacted, and directed: "Tulsi", " Kabeer", "Vivekanand", "Saahab" & "Soordas". Early life Sen was born in 1961 and raised in a Bengali family in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. His father, the late Dr. Arun Kumar Sen, who was the Vice-Chancellor at Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya, Khairagarh, and mother late Dr. Aneeta Sen, were both renowned classical singers of Gwalior Gharana and Musicologists. He learned music from his parents, moved to Mumbai in 1979 to become music composer, and began singing in 1984. He started doing research oriented musical programs, such as Dushywant Ne Kaha Tha 1984 (ghazals of Dushyant Kumar), Madhya Yugeen Kaavya 1985 (sang medieval poets like Raskhan, Raheem, Lalitkishori, Bhooshan, Bihari, Kabir, Tulsidas, Sur Pakistan ka Hindi Kavya1986 (Hindi Geet, Dohe written in Pakistan), Meera Se Mahadevi Tak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shekhar Gurera
Lalit Kala Academy Shekhar Gurera, or Chander Shekhar Gurera, is an Indian editorial cartoonist, illustrator, and graphic designer. He publishes regular cartoons with comments about India's political and social trends. His daily pocket cartoons appear in several English, Hindi, and regional language daily newspapers ''Punjab Kesari'', ''Hind Samachar'', '' Jag Bani, Nava Bharat, Central Chronicle,'' '' The Pioneer'', '' Sanmarg'' and ''Navodaya Times'' among others. He started his cartoon career in 1984 as a freelancer. Biography Gurera was born on 30 August 1965 in Moga, Punjab, India. He started his pre-university (11th) from DAV College, Abohar, but graduated with a degree in Science from Multani Mal Modi College at Patiala in 1986. After shifting to Gurgaon, Haryana he got the degree in Applied Arts from College of Art at New Delhi in 1990. Career During 1973 Gurera's first cartoon was published in ''Veer Pratap'', a Hindi newspaper from Punjab, as he was awarded in an on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surya Shekhar Ganguly
Surya Sekhar Ganguly (born 24 February 1983), is an Indian chess grandmaster. His peak ELO rating was 2676 (July, 2016). Ganguly became an International Master at the age of 16 and a grandmaster at the age of 19. He has won 40 individual gold, 21 individual silver and 6 individual bronze medals in National as well as International tournaments. He was also the captain of the Indian team in the Asian Nations Online Cup 2020 which won the 2nd place. In addition, in team competitions he has won 12 gold, four silver and three bronze medals. Some of his recent achievements are winning individual gold in Hunan International Open (2019), individual gold in World Team Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan (2019), gold in National Team Championship Kolkata (2019), bronze in Binhai International Open, China (2018) and bronze in Asian Team Championship in both Classical and Rapid in Iran (2018). The government of India has awarded him the prestigious Arjuna Award in 2005 for his outstandin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neeraj Shekhar
Neeraj Shekhar Singh (born 10 November 1968) is an Indian politician belonging from the Bharatiya Janata Party. Early life He was born in Ibrahimpatti in Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh. He belong to a Rajput family and he is the son of the former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar and Duja Devi. Political career On 29 December 2007, he contested and won from the Ballia constituency as a Samajwadi Party candidate, in the by-election held due to the death of his father. He got over 295,000 votes. In 2009, he was re-elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the same constituency. However, he was defeated in 2014 by Bharat Singh. Currently, he is a Rajya Sabha member. His election campaign was supported by Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India and former Bharatiya Janata Party MP Rajnath Singh. He left Samajwadi Party on 15 July 2019 and resigned as Rajya Sabha MP on same date and joined Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjun Shekhar
Arjun Shekhar (born 20 April 1965) is an Indian entrepreneur and writer. An XLRI alumni, he is the founder of the Vyaktitva. He is also the writer of the books, ''A Flawed God'' and ''End of Story?''. Life and education Early life Arjun was born in Jalore, Rajasthan. His mother is from Punjab and his father is from Rajasthan. His father is a retired IPS officer who was the CBI Director during the start of the Bofors case and also the Director of Police in Rajasthan. Education Arjun graduated from XLRI in 1990 after having studied at Delhi School of Economics previously. He captained the XLRI cricket team during that time. Professional career After 7 years of corporate citizenship, dissatisfied with following other people's agendas, Arjun decided to begin his own venture. According to him, "Entrepreneurship makes you take complete responsibility for something – you suddenly have a baby and you can't blame anybody else when it cries or pass it on. In this claiming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
