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Bal (surname) Bal is a surname of Dutch language, Dutch, Indian, Turkish language, Turkish or Polish origin. In Dutch, ''bal'' means "ball" and the name sometimes is metonymic (e.g. indicating a ball player), but primarily appears patronymic surname, patronymic a ...

, a Dutch, Indian, and Turkish surname *

Bal, Iran (disambiguation) Bol or Bal or Bel ( fa, بل) in Iran may refer to: * Bol, Mazandaran, Iran * Bol, Chabahar, Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran * Bal, Qasr-e Qand, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran * Bal-e Bala, Qasr-e Qa ...

* Bal, Zira, a village in Punjab, India * ''Bal'' (film), a 2010 Turkish film * Bäl, a settlement on the Swedish island of Gotland * 8678 Bäl, a main belt asteroid * Bal, Cornish for mine, as in Bal maiden * A ground-launched version of the Russian Kh-35 anti-ship missile * A slang term for

Balboa (dance) The Balboa is a swing dance that originated in Southern California during the 1920s and enjoyed huge popularity during the 1930s and 1940s. History Balboa came from Southern California during the 1920s. ''Balboa'' is named after the Balboa Peninsul ...

* Balboa High School (California), San Francisco, US

People with the given name

Bal Bahadur K.C. Bal Bahadur KC ( ne, बलबहादुर केसी) was a former minister of Nepal. Currently, he is the member of working committee of Nepali Congress. He has won from Solukhumbu-1 in the Nepalese Constituent Assembly Election, 2013. He ...

(born 1953), Nepali politician * Bal Dani (1933–1999), Indian cricketer * Bal David (born 1972), Filipino basketball player *

Bal Dhuri Bal Dhuri is a Marathi theatre actor. He married Jayshree Gadkar, the noted Marathi and Hindi movie actress. He is best known for his multiple roles in Marathi movies and his portrayal of King Dasharatha in Ramanand Sagar's TV serial, ''Ramayan ...

, Indian theatre actor *

Bal Dixit Bal Dixit is the chairman of Newtex Industries. He founded Newtex in 1978 after being one of the first researchers to formulate a viable alternative to asbestos in fire safety gear. In 1977, he started work on developing a product he would later cal ...

, American businessman * Bal Gosal (born 1960), Canadian politician * Bal Kadbet (1925–2010), Indian cricketer * Bal Kudtarkar, Indian radio personality * Bal Narsingh Kunwar (1783–1841), Nepalese Kaji and governor *

Bal Gopal Maharjan Bal Gopal Maharjan ( ne, बाल गोपाल महर्जन) is a retired Nepali football player who most recently was coaching the Nepal men's national team. He was in the squad which won the historic 1993 SAG gold. After his retirem ...

, Nepali football coach * Bal Chandra Misra, Indian politician *

Bal Ram Nanda Bal Ram Nanda (1917 – 30 May 2010) was a writer from New Delhi, India. He was the preeminent Indian biographer of Mahatma Gandhi. Career After studying student of History at Lahore University, B.R. Nanda joined the Indian Railways Servi ...

(1917–2010), Indian writer *

Bal Raj Nijhawan Bal Raj Nijhawan, (1915 – 2014) was an Indian metallurgist, author and the first Director of Indian origin of the National Metallurgical Laboratory, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). He was a recipient of Shanti Swarup Bhatn ...

(1915–2014), Indian metallurgist *

Bal Pandit Bal Jagannath Pandit (24 July 1929 – 17 September 2015) was an Indian cricketer, writer and broadcaster. Early life He was born in Pune. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Maharashtra. Playing career Pandit made his cricketing debut ...

(1929–2015), Indian cricketer, writer and broadcaster *

Bal Kumar Patel Bal Kumar Patel (born 1 January 1964) is an Indian politician and has served as a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Mirzapur Lok Sabha constituency, Mirzapur constituency of Uttar Pradesh and was a member of the Samajwa ...

(born 1964), India politician * Bal Phondke (born 1939), Indian writer *

Bal Bahadur Rai Bal Bahadur Rai (बल बहादुर राई) (1921-2010) was the leader of the Nepali Congress political party and a former cabinet minister of Nepal government. He had shown active participation in major democratic movements in Nepal his ...

(1921–2010), Nepali politician *

Bal Gopal Shrestha Bal Gopal Shrestha is a cultural anthropologist based in the Netherlands. He was born in Sankhu, a small town near Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, and finished his MA (political science) from Tribhuvan University. Later Shrestha completed a PhD ...

, Nepali cultural anthropologist *

Bal Krishna Singh Bal Krishna Singh (18 April 1916 – 1977) was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh in 1962 as a member of the Indian National Congress The Indian Na ...

(born 1916), Indian politician * Bal Thackeray (1926-2012), Indian politician *

Bal Gangadhar Tilak Bal Gangadhar Tilak (; born Keshav Gangadhar Tilak (pronunciation: eʃəʋ ɡəŋɡaːd̪ʱəɾ ʈiɭək; 23 July 1856 – 1 August 1920), endeared as Lokmanya (IAST: ''Lokmānya''), was an Indian nationalist, teacher, and an independence a ...

(1856–1920), Indian nationalist, social reformer and freedom fighter

People with the given name

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