Manohar is a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Manohar Ajgaonkar
Manohar Trimbak Ajgaonkar (born 6 November 1954) is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Ajgaonkar is a first term member of the Goa Legislative Assembly in 2007 from the Dhargalim constituency in Pernem.
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Manohar Das
Manohar Das, also Manohar or Manuhar, (active 1582–1624) was an Indian Hindu painter in the Mughal style.
Manohar's father Basawan was a master painter in the Mughal emperor's court, where Manohar grew up. His father most likely instructed h ...
, 17th century Indian Hindu painter
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Manohar Joshi
Manohar Gaju Joshi (born 2 December 1937) is a prominent politician from the state of Maharashtra. He was the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1995 to 1999 and Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2002 to 2004. He is one of the prominent leaders of ...
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Manohar Lal Chibber
Manohar Lal Chibber (born August 1927) is an Indian Army officer and writer, known for his involvement in the Siachen conflict of 1986. He held the position of a Lieutenant General in the Indian Army and is a recipient of the Ati Vishisht Seva ...
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Manohar Lal Khattar
Manohar Lal Khattar (born 05 May 1954) is an Indian politician serving as the 10th and current chief minister of Haryana. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a former RSS pracharak. He represents Karnal constituency in Haryan ...
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Manohar Malgonkar, author
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Manohar Parrikar, politician
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Manohar Shankar Oak, poet
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Murli Manohar Joshi
Murli Manohar Joshi (born 5 January 1934) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of which he was the President between 1991 and 1993, and the former Member of Parliament for Kanpur parliamentary constitue ...
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Prathima Manohar
Prathima Manohar is a social entrepreneur and the founder of The Urban Vision, a think tank on cities. She was a contributing columnist on architecture, urban development and design for The Times of India. She had previously been a contributing co ...
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Prem Manohar
Prem Manohar is an Indian politician. He was a Member of Parliament, representing Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament as a member of the Janata Party
The Janata Party ( JP, lit. ''People's Party'') was a ...
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Ram Manohar Lohia
Ram Manohar Lohia ; (23 March 1910 – 12 October 1967) was an activist in the Indian independence movement and a socialist political leader. During the last phase of British rule in India, he worked with the Congress Radio which was broadcast s ...
, Indian independence activist
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Shashank Manohar, Indian cricket administrator
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Sujata Manohar
Sujata Vasant Manohar (born 28 August 1934) is a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India (retired in 1999) and a former member of the National Human Rights Commission of India.
Early life and education
Ms. Manohar was born into a family wi ...
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Sunanda Murali Manohar, film producer
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V. Manohar
Vitla Manohar is an Indian music director, lyricist, film director and actor in Kannada and Tulu movies. He has scored music to several Kannada and Tulu films. He has written lyrics to more than 1000 songs in Kannada cinema.
Early life
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, music director, lyricist, film director and actor
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Ceylon Manohar
Ceylon Manohar ( ta, சிலோன் மனோகர்) ( – 22 January 2018), popular name of A. E. Manoharan (Anthony Pillai Emmanuel Manoharan) also known as Surangani Manohar ( ta, சுராங்கனி மனோகர் ), was ...
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Crane Manohar
Crane Manohar (born 4 October 1965) is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil films, mostly in comedy roles. He appeared in many Vadivelu and Vivek comedy tracks.
Career
Manohar initially worked as a crane technician for films and when he start ...
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Lollu Sabha Manohar
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R. N. R. Manohar
R. N. R. Manohar (died 17 November 2021) was an Indian actor and director. He directed films like ''Maasilamani'' (2009) and ''Vellore Maavattam'' (2011).
Career
RNR Manohar started his career as a child artist, having played roles in films suc ...
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R. S. Manohar
Rasipuram Subramaniyan Iyer Manohar was an Indian actor who performed roles ranging from hero to villain to comedic characters. He was born at Namakkal in 1925. He acted in over 200 films. He is known for his versatility and dominating personal ...
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Suruli Manohar
Suruli Manohar was a Tamil film actor comedian who appeared in many films and television serials. He also had directed a film ''Iyakkunar'' as well. He is known for his roles in ''Sura
A ''surah'' (; ar, سورة, sūrah, , ), is the equiv ...
Surnames of Indian origin
Hindustani-language surnames
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