Pratibha ( Hindi : प्रतिभा) is a

Hindu Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

Sanskrit Indian feminine

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, which means "genius", "ingenuity", "light", "intelligence" and "splendour".

Notable people named Pratibha

* Pratibha Patil (born 1934),

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President of India *

Pratibha Parmar Pratibha Parmar is a British writer and filmmaker. She has made feminist documentaries such as '' Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth'' and ''My Name is Andrea'' about Andrea Dworkin. Early life Parmar was born in Nairobi, Kenya to Indian parents and ...

(born 1955), British director, producer and writer * Pratibha Ray (born 1943), Indian academic and writer *

Pratibha Satpathy Pratibha Satpathy (born: 27 November 1945) is a poet of Odia literature. She has been recognised as one of the leading poets of the country and has been honoured with the Sahitya Akademi Award. Biography She has been writing poetry in Odia f ...

(born 1945), Indian poet *

Pratibha Singh Pratibha Singh (born 16 June 1956) is an Politics of India, Indian politician from Himachal Pradesh and a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Member of the Indian Parliament. She is the widow of Virbhadra Singh, who was elected the List of chief ...

(born 1956), Indian politician and member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India *

Pratibha Sinha Pratibha Sinha is a former Indian actress working in Bollywood movies and the daughter of Mala Sinha, a former Bollywood actress herself and Mala Sinha was one of the highest paid and most popular actress back in late 50s 60s and 70s. She made ...

(born 1969), Indian-Nepalese actress *

K. Pratibha Bharati K. Pratibha Bharati (born 6 February 1956) is a politician from the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. She is a former speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1999–2004). She was the first woman speaker in Andhra Pradesh's histor ...

(born 1956), Indian politician *

Pratibha Advani Pratibha Advani is an Indian people, Indian talk show host anchor and a television producer. She is the daughter of L. K. Advani, former deputy Prime Minister of India. She heads Swayam Infotainment, a media company engaged in the production of ent ...

, Indian talk show host, anchor and producer

Notable people named Protiva

* Protiva Bose (1915 – 2006), Indian writer

Notable people named Pratibha

Notable people named Protiva

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