Indira is a

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 ...

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Indian popular feminine

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, which means "beauty" and "splendid".

Given name

India's former

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

Indira Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (; Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was elected as third prime minister of India in 1966 ...

(1917-1984) is the most notable figure bearing this name. Indira may also refer to— * Indira Ampiot (born 2004), French model and

Miss France 2023 Miss France 2023 was the 93rd edition of the Miss France pageant. The competition was held on 17 December 2022 at M.A.CH 36 in Châteauroux, Centre-Val de Loire. Diane Leyre of Île-de-France crowned Indira Ampiot of Guadeloupe as her successo ...

Indira Devi Chaudhurani Indira Devi Chaudhurani (29 December 1873 – 12 August 1960) was an Indian literary figure, author and musician. Born to the Tagore family, Indira was the younger child of Satyendranath Tagore and Jnanadanandini Devi and younger sister of Sur ...

(1873–1960), Bengali Indian literateur, author and musician, niece of Rabindranath Tagore *

Indira Devi Indira Devi, born as Indira Raje (19 February 1892 – 6 September 1968), was the Maharani of the princely state of Cooch Behar, British India. She was the daughter of Chimnabai II. She broke her arranged engagement to marry Jitendra Narayan ...

(1892–1968), Indian autobiographer, princess turned queen and Maharaja of Cooch Behar Jitendra Narayan's wife *

Indira Hridayesh Indira Hridayesh (24 March 1941 – 13 June 2021) was an Indian politician, from the state of Uttarakhand. She was a member of the Indian National Congress party. Hridayesh was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council for four terms, ...

(1941–2021), Indian politician *

Indira Miri Indira Miri (1910–2004), popularly known as Mereng, was an Indian educationist from Assam, known for her efforts in promoting education in the North East Frontier Agency. She was a recipient of the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of Pad ...

(1910–2004), Indian educationist *

Indira Sant Indira Sant ( mr, इंदिरा संत; 4 January 1914 – 13 July 2000) was a Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India. Life Indira studied at Rajaram College Indira Parthasarathy R. Parthasarathy, commonly known as Indira Parthasarathy or Ee. Paa., is an Indian author and playwright who writes in Tamil. He has published 16 novels, 10 plays, anthologies of short stories, and essays. He is best known for his plays, "Aurang ...

, (born 1930), Indian writer and playwright *

Indira Jaising Indira Jaising (born 3 June 1940) is an Indian lawyer and activist. In 2018, she was ranked 20th on the list of 50 Greatest Leaders of the World by Fortune magazine. She also runs '' Lawyers' Collective,'' a non-governmental organization (NGO ...

(born 1940), Indian lawyer, feminist, human rights activist and solicitor *

Indira Freitas Johnson Indira Freitas Johnson (born 1943) is an artist and nonviolence educator. Johnson was born and raised in Mumbai, India and received a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of Mumbai in 1964, and a four-year diploma in Appl ...

(born 1943), Indian artist and nonviolence educator *

Indira Kadambi Indira Kadambi (born 30 September 1969, Kundapur, Karnataka) A brilliant performer, a sensitive, innovative and intelligent choreographer, Indira Kadambi has carved a niche for herself as one of the excellent exponents amongst her generation of Bh ...

(born 1969), Indian performer and dance teacher *

Indira Kastratović Indira Kastratović, née Jakupović ( mk, Индира Кастратовиќ; born 2 October 1970) is a Macedonian handball player. She is considered as one of the best Macedonian female handball players in history and one of the best right b ...

(born 1970), Macedonian handball player *

Indira Levak Indira Levak (, also known by her stage name Indira Forza; born 15 September 1973) is a Croatian singer. She was the lead vocalist of a Croatian dance music trio, Colonia. Biography Indira was born to Croatian father Franjo and Bosniak mother ...

(born 1973), Croatian singer member of Colonia *

Indira Anant Maydeo Indira Anant Maydeo was an Indian parliamentarian who represented Pune South in the 1st Lok Sabha as a member of the Indian National Congress. Early life Born on 7 September 1903, Maydeo attended the Fergusson College, from where she received ...

, member of Indian National Congress *

Indira Naidoo Indira Naidoo is an Australian author, journalist and television and radio presenter. Education Naidoo's parents were Indian South Africans, who were politically active during the apartheid years. Her father was a dentist and her mother a tea ...

(born 1968), Australian writer, journalist and television presenter *

Indira Nath Indira Nath (14 January 1938 – 24 October 2021) was an Indian immunologist. Her major contribution in medical science deals with mechanisms underlying immune unresponsiveness in man, reactions and nerve damage in leprosy and a search for mar ...

(born 1938), Indian immunologist *

Indira Neville Indira Neville (born 1973) is a New Zealand comics artist, community organiser, musician and educationalist. She is notable for her work in the Hamilton-based comics collective Oats Comics, her own long running serial comic ''Nice Gravy'' and i ...

(born 1973), New Zealand comics artist, community organiser, musician and educationalist *

Indira Radić Indira Radić (; ; born 14 June 1966) is a Bosnian Serb pop-folk singer. She has established herself on the music scene of the former Yugoslavia and Bulgaria and sings almost exclusively in her native tongue. In the period from 1992 to 2015 she r ...

(born 14 June 1966), Serbian singer *

Indira Samarasekera Indira Vasanti Samarasekera (née Arulpragasam; April 11, 1952) is the former president and former vice-chancellor of the University of Alberta. She has been a member of the Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments, which advises on ...

(born 1952) Canadian-Sri Lankian twelfth president and vice-chancellor of the University of Alberta *

Indira Vizcaíno Silva Indira Vizcaíno Silva (born 14 January 1987) is a Mexican politician from the Morena party. From 2009 to 2012 she served as Deputy of the LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Colima. In 2021, she became the second female Governo ...

(born 1987), Mexican politician *

Indira Spence Indira Spence (born 8 September 1986, in Trelawny) is a Jamaican athlete who specialises in the 100 metres hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 met ...

(born 1986), Jamaican hurdler *

Indira Stefanianna Indira Stefanianna (born Indira Stefanianna Christopherson; December 15, 1946), also credited as Indira Danks and Stefanianna Christopherson, is an American actress and singer of Icelandic heritage, perhaps best known for her role as the origina ...

(born 1946), American/Icelandic actress and singer *

Indira Talwani Indira Talwani (born October 6, 1960) is a judge on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Biography Talwani received a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, in 1982, from Radcliffe College. She received a Juris Doctor ...

(born 1960), American lawyer and jurist *

Indira Terrero Indira Terrero Letuce (born 29 November 1985) is a Spanish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. Earlier she represented her native Cuba. Career Her personal best time is 51.00 seconds, achieved in May 2007 in Havana. Personal best Outd ...

(born 1985), Cuban-Spanish sprinter *

Indira Varma Indira Anne Varma (born 27 September 1973) is a British actress and narrator. Her film debut and first major role was in '' Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love''. She has gone on to appear in the television series ''The Canterbury Tales'', ''Rome'', ''L ...

(born 1973), English actress *

Indira Weis Indira Weis (born Verena Weis; 30 September 1979) is a German singer and actress who rose to fame as a member of the R&B/Pop group Bro'Sis. Biography Early life Weis was born the second daughter to Manju, an Indian interpreter and her Ge ...

(born 1979), Indian-German actress and singer * Indira Bajt (born 1980), Kazakhstani-Slovenian chess player

Fictional characters

* Indira, from Abdul Rashid Kardar's 1950 film ''

Dastan Dastan ( fa, داستان ''dâstân'', meaning "story" or "tale") is an ornate form of oral history from Central Asia, Iran, Turkey and Azerbaijan. A dastan is generally centered on one individual who protects his tribe or his people from an o ...

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