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Kanta (name) Kanta is an Indian and Bengali name that may refer to the following people: * Kanta Gupta (1938–2016), Indian mathematician * Kanta Nalawade, Indian politician from Maharashtra *Kanta Rao (1923–2009), Indian film actor and producer from Telugu ...

Kanta (Japanese given name) Kanta (written: ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * Kanta Higashionna (born 1992), Japanese rugby union player * Kanta Ina, Japanese actor * Kanta Kondo (born 1993), Japanese football player *, Japanese a ...

Kanta (Hungarian surname) Kanta is a Hungarian surname. Notable people with the surname include: *József Kanta József Kanta (born 24 March 1984) is a Hungarian professional football coach and a former player. He is the coach of the Under-19 squad of MTK Budapest. He ...

Kanta (play) ''Kanta'' () is an 1882 Gujarati play by Manilal Dwivedi, based on a historical event; the killing of King Jayshikhari of Patan by King Bhuvad of Panchasar. Dwivedi added the characters of Tarala, Haradas and Ratnadas from his own imagination ...

, a Gujarati play by

Manilal Dwivedi Manilal Nabhubhai Dwivedi (; 26 September 1858 – 1 October 1898) was a Gujarati-language writer, philosopher, and social thinker from British India, commonly referred to as Manilal in literary circles. He was an influential figure in 19th-ce ...

Kanta (shield) The Kanta is a traditional shield of the Toraja and Pamona people of Tana Toraja Regency, South Sulawesi and Poso Regency, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oc ...

, traditional shield in Indonesia *

Kanta Museum Kanta Museum is a museum in Argungu, Nigeria, adjacent to the main market. Built in 1831, the building was named after Muhammed Kanta, who founded the Kebbi Kingdom in 1515. It was erected by Yakubu Nabame, a former Emir of Kebbi, and served ...

in Argungu, Nigeria *Kanta, a character from ''

Ippatsu Kanta-kun ''Ippatsu Kanta-kun'' is a Japanese anime series created by Tatsunoko Productions in partnership with Topcraft. Along with Temple the Balloonist, it was one of the last works for which Tatsunoko co-founder Tatsuo Yoshida was credited as a creator ...

'' anime *Kanta, a character from ''

My Neighbor Totoro is a 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten. The film—which stars the voice actors Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, and Hitoshi Takagi—tells the story of a ...

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Kulin Kanta ''Kulin Kanta'' is Indian cinema's 1925 crime thriller silent film directed by Homi Master. Based on a true incident the Bawla murder case, ''Kulin Kanta'' featured the story of the Maharaja Holkar of Indore and a dancing girl who wanted to esca ...

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Shajarur Kanta ''Shajarur Kanta'' ( bn, শজারুর কাঁটা) (Lit: ''The Quill of the Porcupine'') is a Bengali mystery novel written by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay in 1967. The murderer kills people using porcupine quills thrust from behind into ...

'', a 1967 Bengali mystery novel * ''Shajarur Kanta'' (1974 film), a Bengali film * ''Shajarur Kanta'' (2015 film), a Bengali film * Kanta, Raebareli, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India

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