Abhijeet is a masculine name common in the

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. The meaning of Abhijeet is "victorious" or "conqueror" or "who wins" in the Sanskrit language. Abhijit is the Sanskrit name for

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, the brightest star in the northern constellation of

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. It also refers to a period of 48 minutes centered on solar noon which is considered a good time (

Muhurat Muhūrta ( sa, मुहूर्त, translit=muhūrtaṃ) is a Hindu unit of measurement for time along with nimiṣa, kāṣṭhā, and kalā in the Hindu calendar. In the Brāhmaṇas, ''muhūrta'' denotes a division of time: 1/30 of a day, ...

) to start any task. Notable people with the name include: *

Abhijit Banerjee Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee (; born 21 February 1961) is an Indian-American economist who is currently the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Banerjee shared the 2019 Nobel Memorial Priz ...

, Indian-American economist, Nobel Laureate in Economics 2019 *

Abhijit Bhaduri Abhijit Bhaduri is an Indian author, columnist and management consultant. Bhaduri was Chief Learning Officer of the Wipro Group. Bhaduri is the author of three best-selling books- two novels of the 'MBA' Series- Mediocre But Arrogant, ''Marrie ...

, Indian author, columnist and management consultant * Abhijit Chowdhury, India-based independent filmmaker * Abhijit Chakraborty, Indian cricketer * Abhijit Das (born 1969), Indian political leader & social activist * Abhijit Deshmukh (engineer), Indian American engineer *

Abhijit Deshmukh (umpire) Abhijit Deshmukh (born 24 December 1970) is an Indian cricket umpire. He has stood in matches in the Ranji Trophy tournament. In March 2019, he was one of the on-field umpires for the first Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) between India ...

, cricketer umpire * Abhijit Deshpande, Indian cricketer * Abhijit Dey, Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Tripura *

Abhijit Guha (Indian Army officer) Abhijit Guha is a retired lieutenant general of the Indian Army and the head of the UN Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) in Yemen. Education Guha graduated from the National Defence College (India), National Defence College, th ...

, Indian Army officer *

Abhijit Guha (director) Abhijit Guha is an Indian film director, actor and writer working in the Cinema of West Bengal, Tollywood film industry. Guha and Sudeshna Roy have worked together in the field of audio visuals since 1994. The duo debuted with their first film ''S ...

, Indian film director, actor and writer *

Abhijit Kale Abhijit Vasant Kale (born 4 July 1973) is a former Indian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler who played 1 ODI match without ever appearing in Tests. Career Kale began his career in 1992 for the Indian Un ...

, former Indian cricketer *

Abhijit Kunte Abhijit Kunte (born 3 March 1977 in Pune) is an Indian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster. Biography He has participated many times in the Indian Chess Championship, winning two gold medals (1997, 2000) and four bronze meda ...

, Indian chess player * Abhijit Karambelkar, Indian cricketer *

Abhijit Kokate Abhijit Kokate (born 1982) is an Indian film editor in Bollywood, most known for his films, '' Not a Love Story'' (2011), '' Department'' (2012) and most recent film, ''Queen'' (2014). Abhijit Kokate started his career as an editor in 2011 wi ...

, Indian film editor *

Abhijit Pohankar Abhijit Pohankar (born 29 June 1975, in Mumbai) is an Indian classical instrumentalist. He plays classical music on the keyboard. Early life Abhijit was born to Indian classical vocalist Ajay Pohankar. He is the grandson of Susheela Pohankar of t ...

, Indian classical keyboardist and fusion music producer *

Abhijit Mukherjee Abhijit Mukherjee (born 2 January 1960) is an Indian politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) from the Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency in the Indian state of West Bengal. Mukherjee won the 2012 Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency by-el ...

, Indian politician * Abhijit Mondal, Indian footballer * Abhijit Mahalanobis, Indian-American engineer * Abhijit Sarkar (cricketer), Indian cricketer * Abhijit Sarkar (footballer), Indian footballer * Abhijit Salvi, Indian cricketer *

Abhijit Sen Abhijit Sen (26 November 1950 – 29 August 2022) was an Indian economist who focused on studying rural development. Sen was appointed to the Planning Commission of India between 2004 and 2014 and held a number of policy making positions in I ...

, former member of the Planning Commission of India *

Abhijit Vaghani Abhijit Vaghani is an Indian film score composer, music composer and music producer. Personal life Abhijit Vaghani is a Gujarati. He received a diploma in Sound Engineering from the School of Audio Engineering (SAE), London. Music career V ...

, Indian music composer and producer *

Abhijith (actor) Abhijith (born 30 July 1963) is an Indian actor, singer, producer and director working in Kannada films. Starting his career as an actor in the late 1980s, he went on to act in many films through the 1990s and 2000s. He mainly played lead rol ...

, Indian Kannada-language actor *

Abhijith Kollam Abhijith Vijayan, popularly known as Abhijith Kollam is an Indian playback singer, popular in Malayalam movie industry. He was born in Kollam, Kerala. Abhijith has recorded songs for more than 12 Malayalam movies and few Malayalam devotional ...

, Indian playback singer, popular in Malayalam *

Abhijith P. S. Nair Abhijith P. S. Nair (born 18 October 1991) is an Indian violinist, arranger and composer. Performing career Abhijith became acquainted with folk and classical styles and began performing onstage improvisations. His fusion violin shows and al ...

, India violinist * Abhijeet Chavan, Indian actor who works in Marathi and Hindi films *

Abhijeet Gupta Abhijeet Gupta (born 16 October 1989) is an Indian chess player with the title of Grandmaster (GM). Gupta is the first player to win the Commonwealth Chess Championship five times. He has completed his early education from A's Steward Senior ...

, Indian chess player * Abhijeet Singh Sanga, Indian politician *

Abhijeet Bhattacharya Abhijeet Bhattacharya (born 30 October 1958), better known as Abhijeet, is a Bollywood playback singer. Abhijeet has sung 6034 songs in over 1000 films. Personal life Abhijeet was born to a Kanpur-based Bengali businessman turned editor Dhir ...

, Indian playback singer best known by his first name *

(born 1989), chess grandmaster * Abhijeet Kosambi (born 1982), classical singer and winner of ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa'' -Maharashtra cha Maha Gayak *

Abhijeet Sawant Abhijeet Sawant is an Indian singer, television actor, anchor and the winner of first season of ''Indian Idol''. He was the first runner up of '' Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star'' and finished third in ''Asian Idol''. Early life Sawant was born on 7 ...

(born 1981), singer and winner of ''Indian Idol'' * Abhijeeth Poondla, Indian actor who works in Telugu films * Abhizeet Asom, Indian politician, chairperson of the United Liberation Front of Assam (Independent) *

Abijeet (actor) Abijeet Duddala (born 11 October 1988) is an Indian actor and television personality who works in Telugu cinema. He made his debut as a lead actor in the film ''Life Is Beautiful (2012 film), Life Is Beautiful'', directed by Sekhar Kammula in 2 ...

, Indian actor, who works in Telugu films

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