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India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

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Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

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Hindu Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also be ...

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, which means "lantern" and "light".

Notable people named Deepika

Deepika Chikhalia Dipika Chikhlia (born 29 April 1965) is an Indian actress and politician known for playing Sita in Ramanand Sagar's 1987 television series '' Ramayan''. She was also known for her debut film ''Sun Meri Laila'' (1983), opposite Raj Kiran and ...

(born 1965), Indian actress and politician * Deepika Joshi-Shah (1976-2012), Indian actress and singer *

Deepika Kamaiah Deepika Kamaiah is an Indian model turned film actress. She has appeared in South Indian films in addition to Bollywood films. Kamaiah has been a finalist of Femina Miss India. She took part in Bigg Boss Kannada in the second season. Personal l ...

(born 1984), Indian actress and model *

Deepika Kumari Deepika Kumari (born 13 June 1994) is an Indian professional archer who competes in the recurve category. A four-time Olympian and two-time World Archery Championships silver medallist, Deepika is one of the most decorated Indian archer and th ...

(born 1994), Indian archer *

Deepika Kumari (field hockey) Deepika Sehrawat (born 6 December 2003) is an Indian field hockey player and member of the national team. She was a part of the bronze medal winning team at the 2022 Asian Games. She plays as a forward and specialises in drag-flicks. Early l ...

(born 2003), Indian field hockey player *

Deepika Kurup Deepika Kurup (born April 12, 1998) is an inventor and clean water advocate. She is the recipient of the 2012 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Award. Kurup was awarded the $25,000 Award for her work in developing a new and inexpensive me ...

(born 1998), Indian inventor, scientist and clean water advocate *

Deepika Padukone Deepika Padukone (; born 5 January 1986) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Hindi films. She is India's highest-paid actress, as of 2023, and List of awards and nominations received by Deepika Padukone, her accolades include thre ...

(born 1986), Indian actress and model *

Deepika Rasangika Deepika Rasangika (born 13 December 1983) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who now plays for the Bahrain women's cricket team. Rasangika played in more than 60 matches for the Sri Lanka women's cricket team from 2008 to 2014. She was named in Sri Lank ...

(born 1983), Sri Lankan cricketer *

Deepika Singh Deepika Singh (born 26 July 1989) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi television. She is recognised for her portrayal of IPS Sandhya Kothari Rathi in '' Diya Aur Baati Hum'', which earned her the ITA Award for Best Actress - Pop ...

(born 1989), Indian actress

Notable people named Dipika

Dipika Murthy Dipika Murthy (born 10 August 1980) is an Indian former field hockey player, who represented the India women's national field hockey team. She played with the team when it won the Gold at the 2004 Hockey Asia Cup Hockey Asia Cup may refer to: * ...

(born 1980), Indian hockey player *

Dipika Pallikal Dipika Pallikal (born 21 September 1991) is an Indian professional Squash (sport), squash player. She was the first Indian player to break into the top 10 in the Official Women's Squash World Ranking, world rankings. Early life Pallikal was bo ...

(born 1991), Indian squash player *

Dipika Kakar Dipika Kakar Ibrahim, (née Kakar; also known as Faiza Ibrahim; born 6 August 1985) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi television. She is known for playing Simar in ''Sasural Simar Ka'' and Sonakshi in '' Kahaan Hum Kahaan Tum''. She part ...

(born 1986), Indian TV actress

Notable people named Deeyah

Deeyah Khan Deeyah Khan (, , born 7 August 1977) is a Norwegian documentary film director and human rights activist of Punjabi/Pashtun descent. Deeyah is a two-time Emmy Award winner, two time Peabody Award winner, a BAFTA winner and has received the Roya ...

(born 1977), Norwegian film director, music producer, composer, and human rights defender

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* Deepika, from the Mohammad Hossain Jemy's 2011 film '' Bajaw Biyer Bajna''

Notable people named Deepika

Notable people named Dipika

Notable people named Deeyah

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