Yashwant or Yashawant is a given name.
People
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Yashwant Vithoba Chittal (born 1928), Kannada fiction writer, Academy Award recipient for his work ''Purusottama''
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Yashwant Jadhav, Indian politician
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Yashwant Singh Parmar
Yashwant Singh Parmar (4 August 1906 – 2 May 1981) was an Indian politician. He was a leader of the Indian National Congress and the first Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh state. Upon the formation of the constituent assembly of India in 1 ...
(1906–1981), Indian politician and Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh
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Yashwant Sardeshpande, theatre actor, director, playwright
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Yashwant Singh Yashwant Singh may refer to:
* Yashwant Singh (Lok Sabha member), member of the Lok Sabha from Uttar Pradesh
* Yashwant Singh (Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council member)
* Yashwant Singh (scientist), Indian theoretical physicist
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, Indian politician
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Yashwant Sinha
Yashwant Sinha (, born 6 November 1937) is an Indian administrator and politician. He served as the Minister of Finance from 1990 until 1991 under Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar and again from March 1998 to July 2002 under Prime Minister Atal B ...
(born 1937), Indian politician
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Yashwant Trivedi, Indian Gujarati poet, essayist and critic
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Yashwant Vyas, Indian author, journalist and editor
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Yashwant Dev
Yashwant Dev (1 November 1926 – 30 October 2018) was a Marathi poet and composer from Maharashtra, India. He has contributed scores for many Marathi and Hindi movies.
Career
Dev was taught music by his father and made his public debut at All ...
(1926 – 2018), Indian Marathi poet
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Yashwantrao Chavan
Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan (Marathi pronunciation: əʃʋənt̪ɾaːʋ t͡səʋʱaːɳ 12 March 1913 – 25 November 1984) was an Indian politician. He served as the last Chief Minister of Bombay State and the first of Maharashtra after l ...
, Indian politician
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Yashwantrao Holkar
Yashwant Rao Holkar (c. 1776-1811) also known as Jaswantrao Holkar belonging to the Holkar dynasty of the Maratha Empire was the Maharaja of the Maratha Empire. He was a gifted military leader and educated in accountancy as well as literate in P ...
, Indian king
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Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar
Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar (born 10 May 1954), popularly known as Balasaheb Ambedkar, is an Indian politician, writer and lawyer. He is the president of political party called Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh. He is a three-time Member of Parliament ...
, national president of the Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh Indian political party
Other
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Yashwant Sagar
Yashwant Sagar is a dam reservoir on Gambhir river, located around 26 kilometers west of Indore near Hatod village on Indore-Depalpur road in Indore district of Madhya Pradesh. It supplies water to Indore. It is spread over around 2,650 hectare ...
, a dam reservoir in India
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Yashwant Stadium
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