Saroj is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Saroj Raj Choudhury
Saroj Raj Choudhury was an Indian environmentalist, wildlife conservationist, writer and the first Forest Conservator under the Government of Odisha. He was also the founder director of the Simlipal National Park, in the Mayurbhanj district in th ...
, Indian environmentalist, wildlife conservationist, writer
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Saroj Dey
Saroj Dey ( bn, সরোজ দে) (1921 – 26 November 1997) was a Bengali film director who was part of the collective ''Agragami'' which made several notable films in Bengali cinema, from 1950s to the 1970s. He is best known for directing ...
(1921–1997), Bengali film director
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Saroj Dubey (born 1938), Indian politician
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Saroj Nalini Dutt
Saroj Nalini Dutt (''née'' De) MBE (9 October 1887 – 19 January 1925) was an Indian feminist and social reformer. Background
She was born in her father, Brajendranath De’s, country house in Bandel, near Hooghly, in Bengal Province. Sh ...
MBE, (1887–1925), Indian feminist and social reformer
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Saroj Dutta (1914–1971), Indian communist intellectual and poet
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Saroj Ghose
Saroj Ghose (born 1 September 1935) is an Indian science popularizer and museum maker. He was the director of Birla Industrial & Technological Museum and director general of the National Council of Science Museums, Government of India. He wa ...
, Indian science popularizer and museum maker
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Saroj Chooramani Gopal, is an Indian medical doctor, medical educationist, paediatric surgeon
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Saroj Khan
Saroj Khan (born Nirmala Nagpal; 22 November 1948 – 3 July 2020) was an Indian dance choreographer in Hindi cinema. She was born in Bombay State (present day Maharashtra), India. She was best known for the dance form mujra and the fir ...
(1948-2020), one of the most prominent Indian dance choreographers in Hindi cinema
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Saroj Khaparde
Saroj Khaparde is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. Khaparde is the second-longest serving Member of the Parliament at the Rajya Sabha, serving five terms, second only to Najma Heptulla who served six. She was a close aide to Indira Gandhi, ...
, Indian politician from Maharashtra
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Saroj Mukherjee
Saroj Mukherjee (14 January 1911 – 9 February 1990) was an Indian freedom fighter and a member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was also the secretary of the West Bengal state committee of the Communist party.
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(1911–1990), Indian freedom fighter, member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India
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Gogi Saroj Pal (born 1945), eminent Indian artist
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Saroj Pandey
Saroj Pandey (born 22 June 1968) is an Indian politician and a member of the Rajya Sabha, upper house of the Indian Parliament. She also served as National General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party. Prior to becoming Rajya Sabha MP, she was el ...
(born 1968), politician and member of Bharatiya Janata Party
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Saroj Perera (born 1960), Sri Lankan businessman, managing director of DSL Group of Companies
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Saroj Silpikul
Saroj Silpikul (born 27 December 1928) is a Thai former sports shooter. He competed in the 50 metre rifle, three positions and 50 metre rifle, prone events at the 1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi de ...
(born 1928), Thai former sports shooter
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Saroj Thanasunti
Saroj Thanasunti ( th, สาโรจน์ ธนสันติ) is a Thai diplomat. He has served in various diplomatic roles, and has been Ambassador of Thailand to Chile, to El Salvador, and to Costa Rica since 2016.
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Saroj studi ...
, Thai diplomat
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Daroga Prasad Saroj (born 1956), Indian politician for the Lalganj (Lok Sabha Constituency) in Uttar Pradesh
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Kalpana Saroj
Kalpana Saroj is an Indian entrepreneur and a Tedx speaker. She is the Chairperson of Kamani Tubes in Mumbai, India.
Described as the original "Slumdog Millionaire", she bought the distressed assets of Kamani Tubes Company and successfully ...
, female Indian entrepreneur
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Santosh Saroj
Santosh Saroj is a Bollywood screenwriter and dialogue writer mostly known for films like ' Agneepath','Major Saab'.His last film as writer was Sirf, released in 2008.He was also assistant director for films like ' Mausam','Raaste Ka Patthar' He ...
, Bollywood screenwriter and dialogue writer
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Sarju Prasad Saroj
Sarju Prasad Saroj is an Indian politician belonging to the Janata Dal.He was elected to the Lok Sabha the lower house of Indian Parliament from Mohanlalganj in Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in norther ...
, Indian politician belonging to the Janata Dal
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Shiv Kumar Saroj
Shiv Kumar Saroj was a popular announcer with the Hindi Service of Radio Ceylon, the oldest radio station in South Asia.
He was born on Oct 6 in a small town in the United Provinces of British India.
Saroj helped establish the radio station as th ...
, announcer with the Hindi Service of Radio Ceylon
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Sushila Saroj
Sushila Saroj is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. She represents the Mohanlalganj constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Samajwadi Party (SP) political party. The Mohanlalganj constituency is a reserved seat for a scheduled ...
, member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India
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Tufani Saroj
Tufani Saroj (born 2 July 1956) is an Indian politician in 13th and 14th Lok Sabha from Saidpur, Ghazipur and 15th Lok Sabha from MachhliShahr, Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India. He represents the MachhliShahr Constituency in Jaunpur ...
(born 1956), Indian politician for the Saidpur (Lok Sabha constituency) in Uttar Pradesh
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Vinod Saroj
Vinod Kumar Saroj (born 1 July 1980) is a politician from Bela Pratapgarh, India. Since 2007, he has been elected on three occasions as an independent Member of the Legislative Assembly, representing the Babaganj assembly constituency of Pratap ...
(Born 1 July 1980) is an Indian politician from Bela Pratapgarh, India
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Padmasree Bharat Dr. Saroj Kumar, a 2012 Malayalam satirical film
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Saroj Mohan Institute of Technology
Saroj Mohan Institute of Technology (commonly SMIT) is a co-educational private engineering college located in Guptipara, West Bengal, India. SMIT is affiliated to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal and approved by All ...
(commonly SMIT), engineering college in Guptipara, West Bengal, India
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Saroja (disambiguation) Saroja may refer to:
* Sarojahöhe, or Saroja, a mountain on the border of Liechtenstein and Austria in the Eastern Alps
* ''Saroja'' (2000 film), a 2000 Sri Lankan film
* ''Saroja'' (2008 film), a 2008 Tamil comedy thriller film
* B. Saroja Dev ...
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Sarojini
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Sarooj
Sarooj is a traditional water-resistant mortar used in Iranian architecture, used in the construction of bridges, and yakhchal.
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