Rajani, Rajni or Rajini is an Indian name that may refer to:
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Rajani (actress) (born Shashi Kaur Malhotra), Indian film actress
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Rajinikanth
Shivaji Rao Gaikwad (born 12 December 1950), known professionally as Rajinikanth, is an Indian actor, producer and screenwriter. In a career spanning over five decades, he has done 160 films that includes films in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannad ...
(born 1950), Indian film actor
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Rajni Abbi
Rajni Abbi (born 1962) is an Indian Politician, a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and a law professor. She was the mayor of Delhi from 2011 to 2012.
Personal life and education
She was born in 1962 and did her graduation in English literature ...
, Indian lawyer and politician
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Rajni Bakshi
Rajni Bakshi is a Mumbai-based freelance journalist and author. She writes about social and political movements in contemporary India. Rajni is the founder and curator of Ahimsa Conversations, an online platform for exploring the possibilities of ...
, Indian freelance journalist and author
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Rajni Basumatary
Rajni Basumatary is an Indian filmmaker and actress, best known for her role of Mary Kom's mother (Mangte Akham Kom) in the 2014 Hindi film ''Mary Kom''. Basumatary has written and produced the highly acclaimed feature film ''Anurag''. Her direc ...
, Indian actress, producer, writer and director
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Rajani A. Bhisey
Rajani A. Bhisey (born 20 January 1941) is an Indian scientist. She specializes in the field of environmental carcinogenesis and molecular epidemiology of cancer, occupational hazards.
Education
Bhisey completed her Bachelor of Science degree ...
(born 1941), Indian medical scientist
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Rajani Duganna
Rajani Duganna is an Indian politician and former Mayor of Mangalore City Corporation. She took office on 26 February 2010, with B. Rajendra Kumar as Deputy Mayor. She is the fifth female to have become mayor of the city corporation, as well ...
, Indian politician
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Rajani Etimarpu
Rajani Etimarpu (born 9 June 1990) is an Indian field hockey and member of the India women's national field hockey team. She hails from Andhra Pradesh and plays as a Field hockey#Positions, goalkeeper. She was India's goalkeeper at the 2014–1 ...
(born 1990), Indian field hockey player
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Rajani Kannepalli Kanth
Rajani Kannepalli Kanth is a professor, economist, philosopher, and social thinker. Though born in India, he is a US citizen and has resided overseas for most of his life. His major research interests lie in the fields of Economics, Social Theo ...
, American economist and philosopher
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Rajani Kanta Barman
Rajani Kanta Barman (; born 2 February 1979) is a retired Bangladeshi international footballer who played as a defender for Muktijoddha Sangsad KS. He is former Bangladesh national football team player and has a total of 70 appearances during hi ...
(born 1979), Bangladeshi football defender
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Rajani Kanta Patir (1917–?), Indian Administrative Service officer
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Rajni Kothari
Rajni Kothari (16 August 1928 – 19 January 2015) was an Indian political scientist, political theorist, academic and writer. He was the founder of Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) in 1963, a social sciences and humanities res ...
(1928–2015), Indian political scientist, political theorist, academic and writer
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Rajini Krishnan
Rajini Krishnan is an Indian motorcycle racing, motorcycle racer. He became national road racing champion in 2003 and went on to win eight more National titles till 2011 and, after 10 years he won the 2021 National title again on 05/02/2022, as t ...
, Indian motorcycle racer
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Rajni Kumar
Rajni Kumar (born Nancie Joyce Margaret Jones; 5 March 1923 – 11 November 2022) was a British-born Indian educationist and the founder of Springdales Group of Schools. She was the recipient of the Padma Shri, the Government of India's fourth ...
(1923–2022), British-born Indian educationist
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Rajani Palme Dutt (1896–1974), British journalist and politician
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Rajani Pandit
Rajani Pandit (born 1962) is an Indian private investigator and entrepreneur from Maharashtra. Credited as the first female detective in India, in 1986 she started the Rajani Investigative Bureau, which by 2010 had grown to employ a staff of ...
, Indian private investigator
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Rajni Patil
Rajani Patil (5 December 1958) is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress Party, she is the All India Congress Committee In-charge for Jammu & Kashmir. She is a Member of Parliament, representing Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha ...
(born 1958), Indian politician
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Rajani Rai
Rajani Rai was a former Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry and an academic. She was governor from 23 April 1998 to 29 July 2002. She was from Nagpur, Maharashtra. She was a member of leader of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh and Bharatiya Janata Party ...
, Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry, India
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Rajni Ranjan Sahu
Rajni Ranjan Sahu (1934–) is a former member of parliament (MP) in India. He represented the state of Bihar in Rajya Sabha (upper chamber of parliament) for two six-year terms (1984–1996) as a member of the Congress party (I).
Sahu was hea ...
, Indian politician
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Rajni Razdan
Rajni Razdan was an Indian Administrative Service Officer of 1973 batch of Haryana cadre. She assumed the post of Chairman of Union Public Service Commission of India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in So ...
, Indian Administrative Service Officer
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Rajni Shah
Rajni Shah is a British performance artist, writer and producer. Their work ranges from interactive works that involve the public to large-scale performances. They have performed in the UK, Europe and USA, including the National Review of Live A ...
, British performance artist, writer and producer
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Rajini Thiranagama (1954–1989), Tamil human rights activist and feminist
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Rajni Tiwari
Rajni Tiwari (born 27 July 1973) is an Indian politician, a Minister of State in the Government of Uttar Pradesh and a member of the 18th Legislative Assembly. She represents the Shahabad constituency and is a member of the Bhartiya Janta Part ...
, Indian politician
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Rajani Venugopal
Rajani Venugopal (born 28 May 1969) is a former Test and One Day International (ODI) cricketer who represented the India national women's cricket team
The India women's national cricket team, also known as Team India or Women in Blue, rep ...
(born 1969), Indian cricketer
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Bhisadej Rajani
Prince Bhisadej Rajani ( th, ภีศเดช รัชนี; ; complete title: His Serene Highness Prince (Mom Chao) Bhisadej Rajani; 20 January 1922 – 23 July 2022) was a prince of Thailand, a member of the Thai royal family, and a membe ...
(1920–2022), prince of Thailand
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Jaimin Rajani
Jaimin Rajani (born on 30 June 1991 in Bombay) is a singer-songwriter and documentary filmmaker from Calcutta, India. He writes songs into the traditions of folk and rock music. As a producer, Jaimin has worked on the albums ‘Then & Now’ (20 ...
, Singer-songwriter
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Lavajibhai Rajani
Lavajibhai Rajani is a Member of Legislative assembly from Maliya constituency in Gujarat
Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawa ...
, Indian politician
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Rakesh Rajani
Rakesh Rajani (born c. 1966) is a Tanzanian civil society leader. He has established and led key social initiatives in the evolution of education in Tanzania and East Africa starting in 1991 including hakielimu.org, especially as an advocate for ...
, Tanzanian civil society leader of Indian descent
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