Hemant, ( sa, हेमन्त, translit=Hemanta) is an
Indian
Indian or Indians may refer to:
Peoples South Asia
* Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor
** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country
* South Asia ...
male given name. It is the
namesake
A namesake is a person, geographic location, or other entity bearing the name of another.
History
The word is first attested around 1635, and probably comes from the phrase "for one's name's sake",
which originates in English Bible translations ...
of ''Hemanta'', one of the six Indian ecological seasons—
Ritu—in northern half of
Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent is a list of the physiographic regions of the world, physiographical region in United Nations geoscheme for Asia#Southern Asia, Southern Asia. It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian O ...
, which runs in early winter approximately from November to December. The female version of the name is
Haimanti
Haimanti, ( sa, हैमन्ती, translit=Haimantī) is an Indian female given name. It is the feminine derivative of ''Hemanta'', one of the six Indian ecological seasons— Ritu—in northern half of Indian subcontinent, which runs in earl ...
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Notable people named Hemant include:
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Hemant Batra
Hemant Batra (born 15 August 1967) is an Indian business, public policy, corporate and commercial senior practicing lawyer, newspaper – columnist writer author, TV anchor/Host, public speaker, commentator (law & public policy), mentor, and l ...
(born 1967), Secretary General of regional legal association SAARCLAW
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Hemant Bhagwani
Hemant Bhagwani is an Indo-Canadian chef, sommelier, restaurateur, cookbook author, and entrepreneur based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Early years
Hemant Bhagwani was born in New Delhi, India.
Education
Bhagwani acquired his hotel and culinary ...
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Hemant Birje
Hemant Birje (born 19 August 1965) is an Indian actor who works primarily in Hindi language films. In 1985, he debuted as Tarzan in Babbar Subhash's ''Adventures of Tarzan'', also starring Kimi Katkar. He has had mixed success in later films. ...
(born 1965), Indian actor
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Hemant Brijwasi Hemant Brijwasi, nicknamed, 'Hemu' is an Indian singer. In 2009, at age 11, he won the television contest for ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs, is a sub-series of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, it is a singing competition television ...
, Indian singer
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Hemant Chaturvedi
Hemant Chaturvedi is an Indian cinematographer in the Hindi film industry, he received great critical acclaim for his first feature, ''Company'' (2002). ''"His frames thrive on the sense of realism'', wrote The Hindu, ''"and the colours capture ...
, Indian cinematographer
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Hemant Chauhan
Hemant Chauhan is an Indian writer and singer associated with Gujarati literature and music. He was born on 7 November 1955 in Kundni village in Rajkot district of Gujarat. He specializes in Bhajan, religious and Garba songs and other folk gen ...
, Gujarati writer and singer specializing in religious and folk songs
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Hemant Choudhary
Hemant Choudhary is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi serials, films and web series.
Early life and career
Hemant Choudhary was born in Godda, a small town in Jharkhand and brought up in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. He completed his later educat ...
, Indian actor
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Hemant Divate
Hemant Divate is a reputed Marathi poet, editor, translator and publisher based in Mumbai.
Biography
Hemant Divate is a poet, editor, publisher and translator. He is the founder-editor of the Marathi little magazine Abhidhanantar, which was ...
, Marathi poet, translator and publisher
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Hemant Godse
Hemant Tukaram Godse (b 3 August 1970 at sansari, Deolali camp, Nashik) is a member of the 17th Lok Sabha of India. He represents Nashik constituency of Maharashtra and is a member of the Shiv Sena. He was previously a member of the Maharashtra ...
, Indian politician
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Hemant Gokhale
Hemant Laxman Gokhale is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India.
He was a chief justice of Madras High Court before being appointed to the Supreme Court of India as a Judge in 2009.
He also served as Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court ...
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Hemant Goswami
Hemant Goswami (born 1981) is an Indian social activist working on social issues like public health, environmental activism, child rights, child labour and many other civil right issues. He is also well known as a voice against tobacco. He is c ...
(born 1971), Indian social activist
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Hemant Gupta
Hemant Gupta (born 17 October 1957) is a former Judge of Supreme Court of India. He is also former Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court and Judge of Patna High Court and Punjab and Haryana High Court. He retired on 16 October 2022.
Ca ...
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Hemant Gurung
Hemant Gurung is a Bhutanese politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Bhutan, since October 2018. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly of Bhutan from 2008 to 2013.
Education
He earned a Bachelor of Arts degr ...
, (born 1958), Bhutanese politician
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Hemant Joshi
Hemant Joshi is a Professor of Mass Communication and Journalism. He has taught Communication, Radio, TV along with Hindi journalism for three decades at Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi (1989-2019) and Jamia Millia Islamia, N ...
, Indian professor of Mass Communication and Journalism
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Hemant Kanitkar
Hemant Shamsundar Kanitkar (8 December 1942 – 9 June 2015) was an Indian cricketer who played in two Test matches in 1974. His son, Hrishikesh Kanitkar
Hrishikesh Hemant Kanitkar (; born 14 November 1974) is a former Indian crickete ...
(born 1942), Indian former cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1974
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Hemant Kanoria
Hemant Kanoria is an Indian businessman.
He ran two family-owned flour mills in West Bengal. When the family exited the business, he started a financing company for the construction sector with his younger brother, Sunil Kanoria, which grew i ...
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Hemant Karkare
Hemant Karkare AC () (12 December 1954 – 27 November 2008) was the chief of the Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS). He was killed in action during the 2008 Mumbai attacks. In 2009, he was posthumously given the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest p ...
(1954–2008), former chief of the Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad
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Hemant Katare
Hemant Katare is a politician from Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa be ...
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Hemant Khandelwal
Hemant Khandelwal, born on September 3, 1964, currently serves as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Madhya Pradesh, Indiref Previously, he held the position of Member of Parliament (India) ...
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Hemant Khava
Ahir Hemant Khava is an Indian politician. He is serving as a Member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Gujarat Legislative Assembly or Gujarat Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Gujarat, in the state capital ...
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Hemant Kinikar
Hemant Anand Kinikar (born 6 December 1971) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who played for Maharashtra. He became a cricket coach after his playing career.
Career
Kinikar played as a right-handed opening batsman and occasional off br ...
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Hemant Kumar
Hemanta Mukhopadhyay (16 June 1920 – 26 September 1989), known professionally as Hemant Kumar and Hemanta Mukherjee, was a legendary Indian music composer and playback singer who primarily sang in Bengali and Hindi, as well as other Indian ...
(1920–1989), Indian musician and singer
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Hemant Lakhani Hemant Lakhani (1935 – June 19, 2013) was an Indian-born British rice trader and sari salesman. He was convicted in 2005 of illegal arms dealing after purchasing a fake surface-to-air missile from a Russian intelligence agent posing as a disg ...
(born 1935), British Indian convicted for an illegal arms deal
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Hemant Lall
Hemant Lall (born 1951 in India) is an American bridge player from Nottingham and Dallas, Texas. His son, Justin Lall, was also a bridge player.
Bridge accomplishments
Wins
* North American Bridge Championships (6)
** von Zedtwitz Life Master P ...
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Hemant Madhukar
Hemant Madhukar (born 15 August 1977) is an Indian film director and writer. He is the son of the late veteran film maker, Shri K Baburao.
Filmography
Television
* ''Lux Dreamgirl Gemini TV'' (2011) - Judge
Controversy
Madhukar was in ...
, Indian film director and producer
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Hemant Mahaur
Hemant Mahaur (born 1976) is an Indian actor, director, writer, and producer, working predominantly in the Hindi cinema. He is also the Managing Director of Mask Magic Film & TV Institute Privet Limited (MMFTI). He is an acting instructor and h ...
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Hemant Mehta
Hemant Mehta (born February 25, 1983) is an American author, blogger, and atheist activist. Mehta is a regular speaker at atheist events, and has been a board member of charitable organizations such as the Secular Student Alliance and the Founda ...
, Indian-American blogger and author
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Hemant Mishra
Mishra (हेमन्त मिश्रा) is an Indian character actor. He is an alumnus of the National School of Drama.
Early life and career
He is from Delhi where he acted in many TV serials, movies for Doordarshan. He later he move ...
, Indian actor
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Hemant Mohapatra
Hemant Mohapatra (born 1980) is an Indian poet writing in English. He is featured in the 2011 Best New Poets series distributed by University of Virginia Press. His work has been published in some international journals such as ''Eclectica'', '' ...
, Indian poet writing in English
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Hemant Pandey
Hemant Pandey is an India film, theatre and television actor, most known for his role as Pandeyji in TV series, ''Office Office'' (2000). Originally from Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, Hemant Pandey got his first break in Delhi by an NGO called Janm ...
, Indian actor and comedian
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Hemant Patil
Hemant Sriram Patil (born 16 December 1970) is a Shiv Sena politician from Nanded district, Marathwada. He is a member of the 17th Lok Sabha from Hingoli (Lok Sabha constituency), Hingoli constituency.
Positions held
* 2005-2013: Nanded Zilha ...
, Indian politician
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Hemant Rao
Hemant Rao is a self-taught Indian abstract artist, whose paintings have been featured at international art fairs.
Rao was born in 1984 at Raghogarh, Madhya Pradesh and worked at Bhopal's Bharat Bhavan multi-arts complex during his formative ...
, Indian artist
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Hemant Sharma
Hemant Sharma is a modern, pop and folk singer from Nepal. His first album was ''Oh Priya'', released in 2000. However, it was his song "Maya Sarhai Mahango" from a 2002 album that brought him into the limelight. Sharma has recorded more than 10 ...
, Nepalese singer
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Hemant Shesh
Hemant Shesh (born 28 December 1952) is an Indian Hindi writer, poet and civil servant.
Biography
Hemant Shesh completed his post graduate education in Sociology from the University of Rajasthan in Jaipur in 1977. He then joined the Rajasthan ...
(born 1952), Hindi writer, poet and former Indian civil servant
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Hemant Singh
Jat Maharaja Hemant Singh (born 5 January 1951) was the Jat Maharaj Rana of Dholpur from 1954–71, when the all royal titles and privy purses were abolished by Republic of India.
Life
Hemant Singh was born as the second son of Maharaja Pra ...
(born 1951), the present titular Maharaja Rana of Dholpur
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Hemant Singh (cricketer)
Hemant Singh (born 10 November 1988) is an Indian cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut for Railways cricket team, Railways in the 2016–17 Inter State Twenty-20 Tournament on 29 January 2017.
References
External links
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1988 births ...
, Indian cricketer
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Hemant Soren
Hemant Soren (born 10 August 1975) is an Indian politician from Jharkhand, who is currently the Chief Minister of Jharkhand. Previously, he had also served as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand from July 2013 to December 2014. He is also the presid ...
, Indian politician
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Hemant Talwalkar
Hemant Talwalkar (6 March 1954 – 20 November 2016) was an Indian cricketer. He played ten first-class matches for Maharashtra between 1977/78 and 1984/85.
See also
* List of Maharashtra cricketers
This is a list of all cricketers who ...
, Indian cricketer
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