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India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

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Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

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Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia ** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nati ...

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Hindu Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...

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, which means "lantern" and "light".

Notable people named Deepika

Deepika Chikhalia Dipika Chikhlia Topiwala is an Indian actress known for playing Devi Sita in Ramanand Sagar's television series Ramayan and for acting in other Indian TV serials. She was also known for her debut film ''Sun Meri Laila'' (1983), opposite Raj K ...

(born 1965), Indian actress and politician *

Deepika Joshi-Shah Deepali Joshi-Shah (29 July 1975 – 27 January 2012) was an Indian singer, actress and voice actress who spoke Hindi, Kannada, and Marathi. Early life Deepali was born in Mumbai and did her early education at Atomic Energy Central School in ...

(1976-2012), Indian actress and singer * Deepika Kamaiah (born 1984), Indian actress and model * Deepika Kumari (born 1994), Indian archer *

Deepika Kurup Deepika Kurup (born 1998) is an inventor, scientist, and clean water advocate. She is the recipient of the 2012 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Award. Kurup was awarded the $25,000 Award for her work in developing a new and inexpensive ...

(born 1998), Indian inventor, scientist and clean water advocate *

Deepika Padukone Deepika Padukone ( or ; born 5 January 1986) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. She is one of the highest-paid actresses in India, and her accolades include three Filmfare Awards. She features in listings of the nation's most pop ...

(born 1986), Indian actress and model * Deepika Rasangika (born 1983), Sri Lankan cricketer *

Deepika Singh Deepika Singh Goyal (born 26 July, 1989) is an Indian television actress. She is known for playing the role of Sandhya Rathi in Star Plus's ''Diya Aur Baati Hum''. Early life Singh was born in New Delhi on 26 July 1989. She completed her Mast ...

(born 1986), Indian actress

Notable people named Dipika

Dipika Murthy Dipika Murthy (born 10 August 1980) is a member of the India women's national field hockey team. She played with the team when it won the Gold at the 2004 Hockey Asia Cup Hockey Asia Cup may refer to: * Men's Hockey Asia Cup * Men's Hockey Junio ...

(born 1980), Indian hockey player *

Dipika O'Neill Joti Dipika O'Neill Joti (born 1967) is an Indian former actress. Biography After moving to London in the late 1990s, Joti played the role of the Chalactan Jedi Master Depa Billaba in '' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'' and ''Episo ...

(born 1967), Turkish-Australian actress and model * Dipika Pallikal (born 1991), Indian squash player *

Dipika Kakar Dipika Kakar Ibrahim (born 6 August 1986) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi television. She is known for playing Simar in ''Sasural Simar Ka'' and Sonakshi in ''Kahaan Hum Kahaan Tum''. She participated in the reality show ''Bigg Boss 12 ...

(born 1989), Indian TV actress

Notable people named Deeyah

Deeyah Khan Deeyah Khan ( ur, , , born 7 August 1977) is a Norwegian documentary film director and human rights activist of Punjabi/Pashtun descent. Deeyah is a two-time Emmy Award winner, two time Peabody Award winner, a BAFTA winner and has received the ...

(born 1977), Norwegian film director, music producer, composer, and human rights defender

Fictional characters

* Deepika, from the Mohammad Hossain Jemy's 2011 film '' Bajaw Biyer Bajna''

Notable people named Deepika

Notable people named Dipika

Notable people named Deeyah

Fictional characters

See also