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Upadhyay
Upadhyay is a surname. Notable people who bear the name include: *Amar Upadhyay (born 1976), Indian model, film and television actor *Amod Prasad Upadhyay (born 1936), Nepalese social worker and politician * Ayodhya Prasad Upadhyay (1865–1947), writer of Hindi literature * Brahmabandhav Upadhyay (1861–1907), Bengali Brahmin, nephew of the Indian freedom-fighter Kalicharan Banerjee * Chabilal Upadhyaya (1882–1980), Nepali Brahmin(Bahun), First President (Selected) of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee * Chintan Upadhyay (born 1972), Indian artist, accused of a 2015 murder * Chandrika Prasad Upadhyay (born 1950), Indian politician * Deendayal Upadhyaya (1916–1968), Indian politician and thinker, co-founder of the political party Bharatiya Jana Sangh * Darshan Upadhyaya (born 1994), Canada-born American esports player * Harilal Upadhyay (1916–1994), Gujarati author * Hema Upadhyay (1972–2015), Indian artist who lived and worked in Mumbai, India since 1998 * Kedar Nath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deendayal Upadhyaya
Deendayal Upadhyaya (25 September 1916 – 11 February 1968), known by the epithet Panditji, was an Indian politician, a proponent of integral humanism ideology and leader of the political party Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), the forerunner of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Upadhyaya started the monthly publication ''Rashtra Dharma'', broadly meaning 'National Duties', in the 1940s to spread the ideals of Hindutva revival. Upadhyaya is known for drafting Jan Sangh's official political doctrine, ''Integral humanism'', by including some cultural-nationalism values and his agreement with several Gandhian socialist principles such as sarvodaya (progress of all) and swadeshi (self-sufficiency). Early life Upadhyaya was born in 1916 in the village of Nagla Chandraban, now called Deendayal Dham, in Mathura District, from Mathura, in a Brahmin family. His father, Bhagwati Prasad Upadhyaya, was an astrologer and his mother, Rampyari Upadhyaya, was a homemaker and observant Hindu. Both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amar Upadhyay
Amar Upadhyay (born 1 August 1976) is an Indian actor in Hindi television and film. He is best known for his collaborations with Ekta Kapoor in the television shows ''Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'' (2000–2002), '' Kalash'' (2000–2002), '' Kasautii Zindagii Kay'' (2005), '' Kkusum'' (2005) and '' Molkki'' (2020–2022). In 2011, he participated in ''Bigg Boss'' and emergeed as a finalist. His other television shows include '' Dekh Bhai Dekh'' (1993–1994), '' Viraasat'' (2006–2007), '' Chand Ke Paar Chalo'' (2008–2009), '' Saath Nibhaana Saathiya'' (2015–2017), '' Ek Deewaana Tha'' (2017–2018), '' Ishqbaaaz'' (2019) and '' Kyunkii Tum Hi Ho'' (2022–2023). Apart from television shows, he has appeared in many films like '' Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge!'' (1998), '' Dhund: The Fog'' (2003), ''LOC Kargil'' (2003), '' 13B'' (2009), '' It's My Life'' (2020), '' Kaagaz'' (2021) and '' Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2'' (2022). Early life Amar Upadhyay was born on 1 August 1976 in Ahmedaba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brahmabandhav Upadhyay
Brahmabandhav Upadhyay (born ''Bhavani Charan Bandyopadhyay'') (11 February 1861 – 27 October 1907) was an Indian Bengali theologian, journalist and freedom fighter. He was closely attached with Keshub Chandra Sen, classmate of Swami Vivekananda and close acquaintance of Rabindranath Tagore. Early life Brahmabandhab Upadhyay was born as ''Bhavani Charan Bandyopadhyay'' in a ''Kulin'' Brahmin family. His father, Debi Charan Bandyopadhyay was a police officer of the British regime. Debicharan had three sons. The eldest was Hari Charan, who became a doctor in Calcutta, the second was Parbati Charan who practiced as a pleader, and the third was Bhavani Charan. He was born in village Khannyan in Hooghly district of undivided Bengal (presently in West Bengal). Bhavani Charan lost his mother Radha Kumari when he was only one year of age and was raised by one of his grand mothers. Bhavani Charan received his education in institutions such as Scottish Mission School, Hooghly C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hema Upadhyay
Hema Upadhyay (born Hema Hirani; 1972 – 11 December 2015) was an Indian visual artist, based in Mumbai. She was known for photography and sculptural installations. She was active from 1998 until her death in 2015. Early life and marriage Born Hema Hirani on May 18, 1972, in Vadodra, Gujarat, India. She graduated from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda with a BFA degree in 1995 in painting, and a MFA degree in 1997 in printmaking. She met her future husband and fellow artist Chintan Upadhyay in 1992. The couple married in 1998, and settled in Mumbai. They worked together in many exhibitions, before filing for a divorce in 2010. They were officially divorced in 2014. Chintan then moved to Delhi; she lived in their flat on the Juhu-Tara road. Early works Hema had her first solo exhibition, titled ''Sweet Sweat Memories'', at Gallery Chemould, now Chemould Prescott road (Mumbai), in 2001. The exhibition consisted of mixed media on paper works. In these works she h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umesh Upadhyay
Umesh Upadhyay (26 August 1958 – 1 September 2024) was an Indian television journalist, author and media executive. Critics say that his book “Western Media Narratives on India – Gandhi to Modi” exposes the dubiousness of the anti-India agenda of the foreign media. He was also a freelance writer, an independent media consultant and analyst. Earlier he worked as president and director of media at Reliance Industries Limited, prior to which he was President of News at Network 18. Early life and career During his over 25 year long career in media and academics, Upadhyay was channel head at Janmat TV; executive producer and output editor for Zee News; executive producer at Home TV; correspondent for Doordarshan; and sub editor at Press Trust of India. He also worked at SAB TV. He started his career as a lecturer at Delhi University, has been a political analyst and commentator with All India Radio (AIR), and is a member of the Editors Guild of India. Upadhyay held a seni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amod Prasad Upadhyay
Amod Prasad Upadhyay (; born March 29, 1936) is a Nepalese social worker and politician.Constituent Assembly of Nepal, Member Details (Nepali). Retrieved Sep 18, 2013 Early life Upadhyay was born in to Janak Prasad Upadhyay and Chandrakumari Upadhyay. He studied at Adarsha Vidyala in Biratnagar and completed his higher secondary education from , India. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chintan Upadhyay
Chintan Upadhyay (born 1972) is an Indian visual artist, and convicted murderer. He began his art career as a painter, but later created sculptures and installations. His best known sculpture project is perhaps the Pet Shop project, which is an ongoing production of a "model baby" for every season, ''Baby Fetish''. He was awarded the Charles Wallace Foundation Award for Residency in Bristol, UK in 2012. Early life Chintan was born on 18 August 1972, in Partapur in Rajasthan, India. He received a BFA degree in 1995, and MFA degree in 1997, both degrees in painting are from the Faculty of Fine Arts from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in Vadodara, in Gujarat, India. He met artist Hema Hirani in 1992, and the couple was married in 1998. They settled in Mumbai, and worked together in many art exhibitions. In 2010, they started the process of divorce, which was finalized in 2014. Double murder conviction In December 2015, Upadhyay was accused and arrested in connectio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samrat Upadhyay
Samrat Upadhyay (, born 1964) is a Nepalese born American writer who writes in English. Upadhyay is a professor of creative writing and has previously served as the director of the Creative Writing Program at Indiana University Bloomington. He is the first Nepali-born fiction writer writing in English to be published in the West. He was born and raised in Kathmandu, Nepal, and came to the United States in 1984 at the age of twenty-one. He lives with his wife and daughter in Bloomington, Indiana. In 2001, Upadhyay won a Whiting Award for fiction. He was an English professor at Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio before moving to Indiana in 2003. His books specially portray the current situation in Nepal, which Upadhyay views largely through the lens of contemporary American realist fiction. According to the ''San Francisco Chronicle'', Upadhyay is "like a Buddhist Chekhov." Selected texts ''Arresting God in Kathmandu'' (2001) First published by Houghton Mifflin Company i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satish Upadhyay
Satish Upadhyay (born 6 March 1962) is an Indian politician serving as the Vice Chairman of New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC). He was former President of the Delhi Unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Councillor from the Malviya Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency), Malviya Nagar's Ward No. 161 in the South Delhi Municipal Council (SDMC). He was elected President of the Delhi BJP in July 2014 in the Lok Sabha, Lok Sabha elections. Before his taking presidential office, he served as Vice President of the Delhi BJP unit from 2010-2012 and as Secretary of the Delhi BJP unit from 2009-2010. Upadhyay joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in the 1980s. He has also been a Member of the Central Board of Film Certification, Censor Board of Film Certification and the TAC in Delhi. He was Elected as MLA from Malviya Nagar, Delhi Assembly constituency, Malviya Nagar Assembly constituency in 2025. Student life He has a B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramveer Upadhyay
Ramveer Upadhyay (1 August 1957 – 2 September 2022) was an Indian politician and a member of the 17th Legislative Assembly of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. He represented the Sadabad constituency of Uttar Pradesh as a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) political party. Previously he represented the Sikandra Rao and Hathras constituencies, being member of the assembly four times in the process. On 14 January 2022, he resigned from the Bahujan Samaj Party and on 15 January 2022, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Personal life Upadhyay was born in a Sanadhya Brahmin family of Bamauli Village in Hathras District of Uttar Pradesh to Ram Charan Upadhyay. He attained Bachelor of Laws degree from Meerut University. Upadhyay married Seema Upadhyay on 14 February 1985, with whom he had two daughters and a son. He was a lawyer and agriculturalist by profession. Upadhyay died from cancer on 2 September 2022, at the age of 65. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shrikrishna Upadhyay
Krishna Upadhyay (; born 1945), also known as Shrikrishna or Srikrishna, is a Nepalese entrepreneur and economist. Career Upadhyay worked with the Agriculture Development Bank for 28 years, leaving in 1990. From 1991 to 1994, he served as a member of the National planning Commission and was in charge of the Poverty Alleviation Programme. In 1991, he was the founder of the organization ''SAPPROS'', Support Activities for Poor Producers of Nepal. His notable books are Pro-Poor Growth and Governance in South Asia–Decentralization and Participatory Development, and Economic Democracy through Pro-Poor Growth. In 2010, he was recognized for his work in alleviating poverty as a winner of the Right Livelihood Award. Asked if there was a common formula for bringing villages out of poverty, he advocated a "participatory approach and involving people in the planning, design, execution and management of small projects in rural areas hat A hat is a Headgear, head covering which is wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munishwar Dutt Upadhyay
Munishwar Dutt Upadhyay (3 August 1898 – 26 June 1983) was an Indian politician, statesman, and leader in the Indian independence movement. He was a Member of Parliament from Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, belonging to the Indian National Congress. Early life He was born 3 August 1898 in Lakshmanpur Village, Lalganj Tehsil of Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh, to Gazadhar Prasad Upadhyay. He was an exceptionally bright student and learner. He matriculated from Somvanshi Higher Secondary School (PB Inter College), Pratapgarh and did his post-graduation at Kayastha Pathshala, Allahabad, and law education from Allahabad University. Soon he started working with the mayor's office in Allahabad. He married Annapoorna Upadhyay in 1933. Political life He was a member of the Constituent Assembly of India and was the only person from Pratapgarh who signed the draft of the Indian Constitution. Post-independence, he became the first candidate from Pratapgarh to become a Member of Parliamen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
