Alok is an Indian
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Sanskrit
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People with the given name Alok
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Alok (DJ)
Alok Achkar Peres Petrillo (; born 26 August 1991) is a Brazilian musician, DJ, and record producer. He is known for his single "Hear Me Now (Alok song), Hear Me Now". In 2021 and 2022, Alok was ranked the 4th best DJ in the world by ''DJ Mag'' ...
(born 1991), Brazilian DJ and music producer
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Alok Bhargava
Alok Bhargava (born 13 July 1954) is an Indian econometrician. He studied mathematics at Delhi University and economics and econometrics at the London School of Economics. He is currently a full professor at the University of Maryland School ...
(born 1954), Indian-American econometrician
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Alok R. Chaturvedi, Professor of Information Systems
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Alok Dixit, journalist and social activist
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Alok Jena (born 1948), Indian cricketer
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Alok Kapali
Alok Kapali ( bn, অলোক কাপালী; born 1 January 1984) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is an allrounder who bats in the middle to lower order and bowls leg spin. He was the first Bangladeshi to take a Test hat-trick.
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(born 1984), Bangladeshi cricketer
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Alok Mehta, Indian Hindi journalist, editor-in-chief of ''National Dunia''
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Alok Kumar Mehta (born 1966), Indian politician, member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India
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Alok Mukherjee
Alok Mukherjee (born circa 1945) is a Canadian academic, human rights advocate, and public servant. He served as chair of the Toronto Police Services Board (TPSB) from 2005 until his July 2015 retirement. He is currently appointed "distinguished ...
(born c. 1945), Canadian human rights and equity facilitator
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Alok Nath
Alok Nath (born 10 July 1949) is an Indian film character actor known for his work in Hindi cinema and television. He made his film debut with the 1982 English (and Hindi) film ''Gandhi'', directed by Sir Richard Attenborough, which won an O ...
(born 1956), Indian film actor
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Alok Nembang
Alok Nembang was a Nepali film director. He was also a well-known music video director in Nepal for more than a decade.
Career
After returning to Nepal from the United States, where he gained knowledge about theater and film-making, Alok direct ...
, Nepali singer and director
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Alok Sharma
Alok Sharma (born 7 September 1967) is a British politician who served as the President for COP26 from 2021-2022. Resigning his previous position as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in order to lead COP26, he r ...
(born 1967), Indian-born British politician
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Alok Tiwari (born 1979), Indian politician
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Alok Vaid-Menon
Alok Vaid-Menon (born July 1, 1991) is an American writer, performance artist, and media personality who performs under the moniker ALOK. Alok is gender non-conforming and transfeminine, and uses the singular ''they'' third person pronouns.
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(born 1991), Indian-American artist and activist.
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Alok Industries
Alok Industries Ltd, is an Indian Textile manufacturing company based in Mumbai, India. with integration in both the streams, in cotton as well as polyester value chain. ISO 9001:2000 certified company. The company has created global sized capa ...
, a textile manufacturing company based in Mumbai, India
*Alok Senior Secondary School - see
List of schools in Udaipur, Rajasthan
This is a District-wise list of schools in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
Ajmer district
Bikaner district
Chittorgarh district
Jaipur district
Jhunjhunu district
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Pali district
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