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: मंजुला) is a

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, which means, "melodious".

Notable people named Manjula

Manjula (Kannada actress) Manjula (8 November 1954 – 12 September 1986) was an Indian actress who acted in Kannada language films and also few Tamil (credited as ''Kumari Manjula'') and Telugu films. She was one of the most successful and prominent actresses of Kannad ...

(1954–1986), Indian actress *

Manjula Chellur Manjula Chellur (born 5 December 1955) is a former Chief Justice of Bombay High Court. She was the first woman Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, was the Chief Justice of Kerala High Court and the first female judge of the Karnataka High ...

(born 1955), Indian doctor and judge *

Manjula Dayal Manjula Dayal is a businesswoman from Fiji. In 2017 she won Woman of the Year at the Women in Business Awards. Life In 1990 Dayal started working in her husband's family business, M R Dayal & Sons, and in 1994 the couple co-founded Dayals Sawmil ...

, Fijian businesswoman *

Manjula Dissanayake Wijekoon Mudiyanselage Manjula Wijekoon Dissanayake (born 27 January 1967) is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament. Dissanayake was born on 27 January 1967. She is the widow of former government ministe ...

(born 1967), Sri Lankan politician *

Manjula Ghattamaneni Manjula Swarup (née Ghattamaneni; born 8 November 1970) is an Indian film producer and actress known for her work in Telugu Cinema. Born to prominent Telugu actor Krishna, she began her acting career by doing a cameo role in the 1999 film ''Ra ...

(born 1970), Indian actress and producer *

Manjula Guruge Manjula Guruge (born 14 February 1981) is a Sri Lankan-born cricketer who played for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team. He played for the United Arab Emirates in the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament. He played his first ...

(born 1981), Emirati cricketer *

Manjula Munasinghe Arachchige Manjula Nishantha Munasinghe (born 10 December 1971), best known as Manjula Munasinghe, is a Sri Lankan Australian cricket coach and former cricketer who played five One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 1994 and 1996. He currently li ...

(born 1971), Sri Lankan cricketer *

Manjula Padmanabhan Manjula Padmanabhan (born 23 June 1953) is an Indian playwright, journalist, comic strip artist, and children's book author. Her works explore science, technology, gender, and international inequalities. Life Padmanabhan was born in Delhi in ...

(born 1953), Indian playwright, artist and writer. *

Manjula Vijayakumar Manjula Vijayakumar (4 July 195423 July 2013) was an Indian actress. She acted in more than 100 films in South Indian languages like Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. Personal life She and actor Vijayakumar got married in 1976. The couple ...

(1953– 2013), Indian actress *

Manjula Kumara Wijesekara Manjula Kumara Pathiranage Wijesekara (born 30 January 1984 in Morawaka) is a Sri Lankan high jumper. He has been regarded as one of the most experienced high jumpers to have represented the country mainly in the Asian Games and Commonwealth ...

(born 1984), Sri Lankan high jumper *

Mañjula (astronomer) Mañjula ( fl. 932), also known as Muñjāla, was an Indian astronomer, whose only surviving work is '' Laghu-mānasa'', an ephemeris and calculation text in Sanskrit language. He may have also authored another text, the ''Bṛhan-mānasa'', but t ...

/Muñjāla (fl. 932), Indian astronomer *

Sudath Manjula L. H. Sudath Manjula (born 10 December 1972) is a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament. Manjula was born on 10 December 1972. He was educated at Ruwanwella Rajasinghe Maha Vidyalaya. Manjula was a member of Ruwanwella Divisional Counc ...

(born 1972), Sri Lankan politician

Fictional characters

Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon The American animated television series ''The Simpsons'' contains a wide range of minor and supporting characters like co-workers, teachers, students, family friends, extended relatives, townspeople, local celebrities, and even animals. The writ ...

, from animated TV series ''

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Song

There was also a song by the name of Manjula. It was created by Indian singer

Baba Sehgal Harjeet Singh "Baba" Sehgal, is an Indian rapper. He was widely acclaimed to be the first Indian rapper. He is also involved in various other areas of the entertainment industry, and works in several different languages' media. He was a contesta ...

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