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Varma (surname)
Varmā, Verma, Varman, or Burman are surnames found in India and South-East Asia. Indian traditional usage According to Ayodhya Prasad Sah, the title was also used by some Brahmins in parts of Odisha, although it is recommended historically for the Kshatriyas. Notable people Notable people with surname "Varma" or its variants include: Dev Burman * Sachin Dev Burman, Indian music composer and singer belonged to the Tripura royal family * Rahul Dev Burman, Indian music composer and singer, son of Sachin Dev Burman * Nabadwipchandra Dev Burman, from the Tripura royal family; Indian Sitarist and Dhrupad singer * Somdev Devvarman, Indian tennis star Varma * Amshu Varma, Nepalese Lichchhavi King * Aneesh Varma, Entrepreneur * Indira Varma, British actress of Indian origin * Mahadevi Varma, Indian poet * Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder of Transcendental Meditation (birth surname) * Maipady Venkatesh Varma Raja, erstwhile Raja of Kumbla * Manasi Varma (born 11 January 1966), I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surnames
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prakash Varma
Prakash Varma is an Indian filmmaker who has directed and produced many popular advertisement campaigns including the iconic Vodafone Vodafone Group plc () is a British multinational telecommunications company. Its registered office and global headquarters are in Newbury, Berkshire, England. It predominantly operates services in Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania. , Vod ... commercials featuring ZooZoos. He comes from a Malayali family. Varma heads Nirvana Films, Indian production houses of television commercials. In September 2009, Varma was signed by Michael Bay's advertisement film production house, '' The Institute. '' to direct commercials for them. References Living people Indian filmmakers Year of birth missing (living people) {{india-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agys Ramsaran Verma
Agys Ramsaran Verma is an Indian politician and a former Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He represents the Bisalpur constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party. Early life and education Agys Ramsaran Verma was born in Shahjahanpur district. He attended the Bareilly College and attained Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor of Laws degrees. Political career Agys Ramsaran Verma was a MLA for four terms. He represented the Bisalpur constituency and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party. See also * Bisalpur (Assembly constituency) * Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh * Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Hindi: ''Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house filled by direct election using a single-member first-past-the-p ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abhishek Verma (businessman)
Abhishek Verma (born 23 February 1968 in New Delhi, India) is a billionaire arms dealer globally known as the 'Lord of War' and was the main suspect in the Scorpene Submarines deal scandal but was exonerated by Indian Courts in 2015. Personal life Verma's father, Shrikant Verma, was a leading journalist before Indira Gandhi brought him into the Indian National Congress party (INC) and made him a member of the 1976 Indian Parliament. From an early age, he was exposed to the media in his public life due to the assistance he provided his father. His mother, Veena Verma, served for fourteen years as a Member of Parliament, and was Vice-President of the INC, responsible for the Mahila Congress. In 2001, Verma was engaged to marry Evelina Papantoniou, a former Miss Greece and runner-up in the Miss Universe competition. He was also dating Playboy center-fold Simone Cronstrand prior to marrying Anca Neacsu former Miss Romania. Career Verma was Chairman of Atlas Interactive India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abhishek Verma (archer)
Abhishek Verma (born 26 June 1989) is an Indian archer. At the 2014 Asian Games at Incheon, South Korea, he won the gold medal in the men's compound archery team event along with Rajat Chauhan and Sandeep Kumar, and the silver medal in the men's individual compound event. On 15 August 2015, he won a gold medal in the compound men's individual section at the Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Wroclaw, Poland. On 25 October 2015, he won the silver medal in the compound men's individual section at the Archery World Cup Final in Mexico city. The Indian men's compound team, that was composed of Abhishek Verma, Chinna Raju Srither and Amanjeet Singh, won bronze on the penultimate day of the archery World Cup stage one championship in Shanghai, after defeating Colombia for 226-221. Abhishek Verma works as an income tax inspector in the Income Tax Department. He backs his position by holding the top rank in selection trails. On 17 November 2021, he won the bronze medal in the men's compound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suryavarman II
Suryavarman II ( km, សូរ្យវរ្ម័នទី២), posthumously named Paramavishnuloka, was a Khmer king from 1113 AD to 1145/1150 AD and the builder of Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument in the world which he dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu. His reign's monumental architecture, numerous military campaigns and restoration of strong government have led historians to rank Suryavarman as one of the empire's greatest kings. Early years Suryavarman appears to have grown up in a provincial estate, at a time of weakening central control in the empire. An inscription lists his father as Ksitindraditya and his mother as Narendralakshmi. As a young prince, he maneuvered for power, contending he had a legitimate claim to the throne. “At the end of his studies,” states an inscription, “he approved the desire of the royal dignity of his family.” He appears to have dealt with a rival claimant from the line of Harshavarman III, probably Nripatindravarman, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varman Dynasty
The Varman dynasty (350–650) was the first historical dynasty of the Kamarupa kingdom. It was established by Pushyavarman, a contemporary of Samudragupta. The earlier Varmans were subordinates of the Gupta Empire, but as the power of the Guptas waned, Mahendravarman (470–494) performed two horse sacrifices and the status of Kamarupa as independent state remained umimpaired. According to the Allahabad Prasasti, the ruler of Kamarupa was a frontier ruler (Pratyanta-nrpatis) of the great Gupta emperor. As per the Apsad Inscription of Adityasen, Susthivarman was defeated by Mahasengupta on the bank of Lauhitya. The first of the three Kamarupa dynasties, the Varmans were followed by the Mlechchha and then the Pala dynasties. Capital The capital was moved at least once, the last time by Sthitavarman (566-590) with the older city not named but presumed to be Pragjyotishpura, located at the south-eastern slope of the Narakasur hill near Dispur. The new capital was possibly s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shyamji Krishna Varma
Shyamji Krishna Varma (4 October 1857 – 30 March 1930) was an Indian revolutionary fighter, an Indian patriot, lawyer and journalist who founded the Indian Home Rule Society, India House and ''The Indian Sociologist'' in London. A graduate of Balliol College, Krishna Varma was a noted scholar in Sanskrit and other Indian languages. He pursued a brief legal career in India and served as the ''Divan'' of a number of Indian princely states in India. He had, however, differences with Crown authority, was dismissed following a supposed conspiracy of British colonial officials at Junagadh and chose to return to England. An admirer of Dayanand Saraswati's approach of cultural nationalism, and of Herbert Spencer, Krishna Varma believed in Spencer's dictum: "Resistance to aggression is not simply justified, but imperative". In 1905, he founded the India House and ''The Indian Sociologist'', which rapidly developed as an organised meeting point for radical nationalists among Indian stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shreekumar Varma
Shreekumar Varma is an Indian author, playwright, newspaper columnist and poet, known for the novels ''Lament of Mohini'' (Penguin, 2000), ''Maria's Room'' (HarperCollins, 2010) and ''Kipling's Daughter'' (AngloInk, 2018), the children's books, ''Devil's Garden: Tales Of Pappudom'' (Puffin, 2006), ''The Magic Store of Nu-Cham-Vu'' (Puffin, 2009), ''Pazhassi Raja: The Royal Rebel'' (Macmillan, 1997), and his collected plays, ''Five & Other Plays'' and ''Midnight Hotel & Other Plays'', (collections of three plays each, both published by Adisakrit, 2019). Biography Varma was born in 1955 in Satelmond Palace, Poojapura, Thiruvananthapuram. His parents left Kerala and settled down in Madras when he was four. He studied in the Good Shepherd Convent, thMadras Christian College High Schooland the Madras Christian College, from where he completed his MA and MPhil in English Literature. He also did a course in Journalism from the Bhavan's College of Journalism and Mass Communication. He too ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shabareesh Varma
Shabareesh Varma is an Indian lyricist, singer and actor working in Malayalam and Tamil films. Shabareesh made his debut in the Alphonse Putharen's acclaimed 2013 film ''Neram'' where he rose to fame with his lyrics for the song ''Pistah'' in ''Neram'', which was also used as the promo song for the 2016 Indian Premier League. Early life Shabareesh Varma was born to P.K Nandan Varma and Sulekha Varma in North Paravur, Ernakulam. He studied in SAE Institute, Chennai and graduated in Audio Engineering and Music Production. After completing the graduation course From MES College Marampally, Aluva, he worked in the films ''Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, Ye Maaya Chesave, Nadunisi Naaygal, Pizza , Soodhu Kavvum, Pizza II: Villa,'' and '' Jigarthanda''. He started his acting stint with a short film "Cling-Cling" followed by "Neram (short film)" in which he was the protagonist pitched up against Vijay Sethupathi (as Vatti Raja). Film career His first film was the Tamil version of ''Ner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samyuktha Varma
Samyuktha Varma (born 26 November 1979) is a former Indian actress who was active in Malayalam films from 1999 to 2002. She made her debut in 1999 as female lead in the movie ''Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal'' for which she won her first Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress, since then she has acted in a total of 18 films. Varma has won two Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress and two Filmfare Award for Best Actress. She is married to actor Biju Menon, since 2002. Early life She was born on 26 November 1979 to Ravi Varma and Uma Varma. When she was studying at Sree Kerala Varma college, Thrissur, she got an offer to do female lead role in ''Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal''. Film career Her debut was in Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal in 1999, followed by Vazhunnor and Chandranudikkunna Dikkil in 2000. In 2000 she acted in Nadanpennum Naattupramaaniyum directed by Rajasenan, Fazil's production Life is Beautiful, Angane Oru Avadhikaalathu directed by Mohan, Mazha dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravi Varma (actor)
Ravi Varma (born 29 September 1975) is an Indian actor who appears in Telugu language, Telugu films. Known for playing supporting roles, Varma debuted as an actor with Telugu cinema, Telugu romantic comedy film, ''Vennela'', written and directed by Deva Katta, starring Raja Abel, Raja and Parvati Melton as well as Sharwanand., which released in the year 2005. Early life and career Varma was born in East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India and brought up in Hyderabad, India, Hyderabad, since 2 years of age. After high school, he studied engineering at Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology in Hyderabad and went to New York City to finish his master's degree and found a job at Rediff. Varma enrolled in a 3-month course at New York Film Academy. Later, he was offered the role of Syed in ''Vennela'' in 2005. He debuted in Tamil with ''Sathya (2017 Tamil film), Sathya'', which was a remake of ''Kshanam''. Filmography * ''Vennela'' (2005) * ''Rakhi (2006 film), Rakhi'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
