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Glarus

Glarus (Glaris; Glaris; Glarona; Glaruna) is the capital of the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Since 1 January 2011, the municipality Glarus incorporates the former municipalities of Ennenda, Netstal and Riedern.

Glarus lies on the river Linth between the foot of the Glärnisch (part of the Schwyzer Alps) to the west and the Schilt (Glarus Alps) to the east. Very few buildings built before the fire of 1861 remain. Wood, textile, and plastics, as well as printing, are the dominant industries. The symbol of the city is the neo-romanesque city church.

History

Glarus is first mentioned in the early 9th century in Latin as Clarona. In 1178 it was first mentioned in German as Glarus.

On 10 February 878, the Emperor Charles the Fat gave his wife Richgard or Richardis the monasteries of Säckingen, of St. Felix and of Regula in Zürich as a royal estate. This land grant included extensive political rights and a large estate. This estate covered land in the Rhine and Frick valleys, the southern Hotzenwald, land in Zürich, along Lake Walen and the valley of Glarus. Glarus remained under the Säckingen Abbey until 1395 (intermittently under the overlordship of either the Counts of Lenzburg and Kyburg and/or Raetia Curiensis ), when the Glarus valley broke away from the abbey and became independent.

It became the capital of the Linth valley in 1419. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the valley began to be industrialized. Huldrych Zwingli a leader of the Reformation in Switzerland served in his first, Roman Catholic, ecclesiastical post in Glarus, starting around 1506. He served there for ten years. It was in Glarus, whose soldiers were used as mercenaries in Europe, that Zwingli became involved in politics. The Swiss Confederation was embroiled in various campaigns with its neighbours: the French, the Habsburgs, and the Papal States. Zwingli placed himself solidly on the side of the Holy See. In return, Pope Julius II honoured Zwingli by providing him with an annual pension. He took the role of chaplain in several campaigns in Italy, including the Battle of Novara in 1513. However, the decisive defeat of the Swiss in the Battle of Marignano caused a shift in mood in Glarus in favour of the French rather than the pope. Zwingli, the papal partisan, found himself in a difficult position and he decided to retreat to Einsiedeln in the canton of Schwyz. While he was not a reformer at Glarus, there he began to develop the ideas that would lead to the break with the Catholic Church in Zürich

In 1528 the Reformation gained a foothold in Glarus, directed by Zwingli in Zürich. Even though he had preached in Glarus for 10 years, the town remained strongly Catholic. However, following the Second war of Kappel in 1531 both the Catholic and Protestant residents were given the right to worship in town. This led to both religious groups using the town church simultaneously, an arrangement that caused numerous problems. By the 18th century both the groups shared the church but had separate organs. In 1697 there were two financially and theologically independent parishes meeting in the city church.

Following the French invasion in 1798, Glarus became the capital of the Canton of Linth in the Helvetic Republic. The administration of the Canton moved into Glarus. However, the new administrators had difficulties in establishing and enforcing any new regulations. In August 1802 the administrators of the new Canton left Glarus for Rapperswil due to the difficulties they had faced in Glarus. In 1803, with the Act of Mediation, the Canton of Linth was dissolved and Glarus became the capital of the smaller Canton of Glarus.

In 1859, the railway reached Glarus from Weesen. The extension to Schwanden and Linthal opened in 1879.

The town created the Emigration Society and sent Judge Niklaus Dürst and blacksmith Fridolin Streif to search for land to settle in North America in 1845. Later that year, 131 colonists from Glarus settled New Glarus, Wisconsin, a town which still holds onto its Swiss roots and enjoys a strong relationship with Glarus.

On the 10/11 May 1861, the town was devastated by a fire that was fanned by a violent Föhn or south wind, rushing down from the high mountains through the natural funnel formed by the Linth valley. The total loss is estimated at half a million sterling, of which about £100,000 were made up by subscriptions that poured in from every side. About two-thirds of Glarus (593 buildings) were destroyed in the big fire. After this incident, Glarus was rebuilt in block fashion according to construction plans by Bernhard Simon and Johann Caspar Wolff.

In 1864, the first European labor law to protect workers was introduced in Glarus, prohibiting workers from working more than 12 hours a day.

Geography
The town is located in the Glarner Mittelland on a broad valley floor between the Glärnisch and the Linth.

The municipality Glarus before 2011 had an area of 69.2 km2. Of this area, 23% was used for agricultural purposes, while 31.4% was forested; of the rest of the land, 2.7% was settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (42.9%) was non-productive (2006 figures).

With the incorporation of Ennenda, Netstal and Riedern in 2011, the municipality Glarus now has an area of. Based on the 2004/09 survey, about 26.3% of the total area is used for agricultural purposes, while 34.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and 35.2% is unproductive land. Over the past two decades (1979/85-2004/09) the amount of land that is settled has increased by 42 ha and the agricultural land has decreased by 60 ha.

Demographics
Glarus has a population of. , 24.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 3 years (2010-2013) the population has changed at a rate of 2.07%. The birth rate in the municipality, in 2013, was 9.8 while the death rate was 8.4 per thousand residents.

, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 20.6% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) are 61.1% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 18.3%.

Most of the population speaks German (86.0%), with Italian being second most common (4.8%) and Albanian being third (2.6%).

Historical population
The historical population is given in the following table:

Economy
, there were a total of 8,148 people employed in the municipality. Of these, a total of 175 people worked in 63 businesses in the primary economic sector. The secondary sector employed 2,479 workers in 200 separate businesses. Finally, the tertiary sector provided 5,494 jobs in 923 businesses. In 2013 a total of 2.% of the population received social assistance.

Politics
In the 2015 federal election the most popular party was the BDP with 49.7% of the vote, followed by the SP with 47.7%. The remaining 2.6% went to unaffiliated or minor party candidates. In the federal election, a total of 3,250 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 41.1%. The 2015 election saw a large change in the voting when compared to 2011. The percentage of the vote received by the SP increased sharply from 28.9% in 2011 to 47.7% in 2015, while the percentage that the BDP dropped from 57.7% to 49.7%.

Crime
In 2014 the crime rate, of the over 200 crimes listed in the Swiss Criminal Code (running from murder, robbery and assault to accepting bribes and election fraud), in Glarus was 48.2 per thousand residents. This rate is only 74.6% of the average rate in the entire country. During the same period, the rate of drug crimes was 10.2 per thousand residents, which is similar to the rate in Glarus Süd, but about twice as high as the rate in Glarus Nord.

Education
In Glarus about 71.3% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

Transport
Glarus railway station is on the Ziegelbrücke to Linthal railway line. It is served by the Zürich S-Bahn service S25 between Zürich and Linthal, and by the St. Gallen S-Bahn service S6 between Rapperswil and Schwanden. both services operate once per hour, combining to provide two trains per hour between Ziegelbrücke and Schwanden. The stations of Ennenda and Netstal are also in the municipality, and served by the same trains.

Climate
Between 1991 and 2020 Glarus had an average of 142.2 days of rain per year and on average received 1494 mm of precipitation. The wettest month was July during which time Glarus received an average of 193 mm of precipitation. During this month there was precipitation for an average of 14.8 days. The months with the most days of precipitation were June to August. The driest month of the year was February with an average of 80 mm of precipitation over 9.5 days.

Twin towns – Sister cities
Glarus is twinned with:

 * 🇩🇪 Wiesbaden-Biebrich
 * 🇺🇸 New Glarus, Wisconsin

Notable people

 * Anna Göldi (1734 – 1782 in Glarus) the last person to be executed in Europe for witchcraft
 * Heinrich Hössli (1784 in Glarus – 1864 in Winterthur) a Swiss hatter and author
 * Johann Jakob von Tschudi (1818 in Glarus – 1889) a Swiss naturalist, explorer and diplomat
 * Johann Jakob Blumer (1819 in Glarus – 1875) a Swiss statesman
 * Franz Joseph Untersee (1858 in Glarus - 1927) a Swiss-American architect who designed many Roman Catholic churches in the US
 * Roslï Näf (1911 in Glarus – 1996) a Swiss Red Cross nurse during the Holocaust
 * Rudi Schmid (1922 in Glarus – 2007) an American medical researcher specializing in hepatology
 * Bernhard Hoesli (1923 in Glarus – 1984) a Swiss architect and collage artist
 * Erwin C. Dietrich (1930 in Glarus – 2018) film director, producer, actor and cinematographers
 * Eveline Hasler (born 1933 in Glarus) a Swiss writer
 * Marianne Horak (born 1944 in Glarus) a Swiss-Australian entomologist who specialises in Australian lepidoptera
 * Giaco Schiesser (born 1953 in Glarus) professor for cultural theory and media theory at Zurich University of the Arts
 * Werner Marti (born 1957 in Glarus) a Swiss lawyer and politician
 * Ruedi Noser (born 1961 in Glarus) a Swiss businessman and politician
 * Tim Krohn (born 1965) an author of Swiss literature, grew up in Glarus

Sport

 * Paul Fischli (born 1945 in Glarus) a Swiss former football player and manager
 * Fritz Künzli (1946 in Glarus – 2019) a retired Swiss football striker.
 * Ekkehard Fasser (1952 in Glarus – 2021) a bobsledder who competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics
 * René Botteron (born 1954 in Glarus) a Swiss former football midfielder, over 330 club caps
 * Urs Sonderegger (born 1964 in Glarus) a Swiss entrepreneur and racing driver
 * Valeria Spälty (born 1983 in Glarus) a Swiss curler, silver medallist at the 2006 Winter Olympics
 * Jan Hauser (born 1985 in Glarus) a Swiss curler, competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics
 * Colin Stüssi (born 1993 in Glarus) a Swiss cyclist

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List of people from Andhra Pradesh

This is a list of notable people from Andhra Pradesh, India, throughout history.

Independence advocates

 * Alluri Sitarama Raju – revolutionary, freedom fighter, led the Rampa Rebellion of 1922-1924
 * Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy – freedom fighter, early opponent of British rule
 * Vedre Ramachandra Reddy Bhoodhan – social reformer, Satyagraha Movement leader
 * Gottipati Brahmaiah – freedom fighter
 * Chowdary Satyanarayana - Freedom fighter, Human rights activist, Legislator
 * Puchalapalli Sundaraiah – founding member of Communist Party in India
 * Kalluri Chandramouli – freedom fighter
 * Vavilala Gopalakrishnaya – freedom fighter
 * Kaneganti Hanumanthu – freedom fighter
 * Veerapandiya Kattabomman – Palaiyakkarar, early opponent of British rule
 * Chandra Pulla Reddy – Communist Leader
 * Gouthu Latchanna – freedom fighter
 * Makineni Basavapunnaiah – Indian Communist leader
 * Sarojini Naidu – freedom fighter and poet; Bengali, married to a Telugu person
 * Tanguturi Prakasam – known as "Andhra Kesari"
 * Muktyala Raja – Member of Legislative Assembly, infrastructure creation in India
 * N. G. Ranga – freedom fighter
 * Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao – politician
 * Koratala Satyanarayana – Communist politician
 * Potti Sreeramulu – revolutionary, fasted to death in protest for separate Andhra Pradesh
 * Swami Ramanand Tirtha – educator and social activist
 * Pingali Venkayya – designed the Indian national flag
 * Kommareddi Suryanarayana - freedom activist
 * Kotagiri Venkata Krishna Rao - Freedom fighter, poet
 * Digavalli Venkata Siva Rao - Freedom fighter, lawyer, historian and writer

Reserve Bank of India Governors

 * Y. Venugopal Reddy – Governor of Reserve Bank of India, 2003–2008
 * Duvvuri Subbarao – Governor of Reserve Bank of India, 2008–2012

Chief Ministers

 * Neelam Sanjiva Reddy – later the President of India
 * Tanguturi Prakasam
 * Burgula Ramakrishna Rao
 * Bezawada Gopala Reddy
 * Bhavanam Venkataram Reddy
 * Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
 * Damodaram Sanjivayya
 * Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
 * Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao
 * Nadendla Bhaskara Rao
 * Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy
 * Nara Chandrababu Naidu
 * Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
 * Konijeti Rosaiah
 * Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy
 * Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy

Military Chiefs

 * Air Chief Marshal Denis La Fontaine – Chief of Staff, Indian Air Force, 1985–88
 * Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif – Chief of Staff, Indian Air Force, 1978–81
 * Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major – Chief of Staff, Indian Air Force, 2007–09
 * General K. V. Krishna Rao, Chief of the Army Staff (India), 1981–83

Government officials

 * Mohd Amanullah Khan - politician
 * G. Raghava Reddy – IPS, known for innovative farming

Education

 * Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan – vice-chancellor of Andhra University
 * Arjula Ramachandra Reddy – biologist, first vice-chancellor of Yogi Vemana University
 * Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy – founder and vice-chancellor of Andhra University; Vice-chancellor of Mysore University
 * G. Ram Reddy – former University Grants Commission chairman
 * Vasireddy Sri Krishna – former vice-chancellor of Andhra University

Business and industry

 * Kallam Anji Reddy – founder of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
 * Prathap C. Reddy – founder of Apollo Hospitals, India
 * G. Pulla Reddy – businessman, philanthropist, educationist
 * Gunupati Venkata Krishna Reddy – founder of GVK
 * P Obul Reddy – founder of Nippo batteries
 * Prem Reddy – founder of Prime Healthcare Services, which owns several hospitals in the United States
 * Ramesh Gelli – founder and chairperson of the erstwhile and now defunct Global Trust Bank
 * Mullapudi Harishchandra Prasad – founder of Andhra Sugars
 * Byrraju Ramalinga Raju – founder of Satyam Computers
 * T. Subbarami Reddy – founder of Gayatri group; philanthropist
 * S. P. Y. Reddy – Chairman of Nandi Pipes, Panyam Cements and S.P.Y. Agro Industries
 * Nimmagadda Prasad – founder of Chairman of Matrix Laboratories
 * Lagadapati Rajagopal – founder and Chairman of Lanco Group
 * Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao – chairman, GMR Group; first Telugu person on Forbes magazine's billionaires list
 * Ramoji Rao – Head of Eenadu Group, Ramoji Film city
 * Rayapati Sambasiva Rao – Jayalaxmi Group of companies
 * Galla Ramachandra Naidu – founder of Amar Raja Group

Science

 * Raj Reddy – scientist in artificial intelligence
 * U. Aswathanarayana – Honorary Director of the Mahadevan International Centre for Water Resources Management, Hyderabad
 * N N Murthy – quality and environment expert
 * Yelavarthy Nayudamma – chemical engineer
 * Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya – engineer
 * Yellapragada Subbarow – cancer researcher
 * A. S. Rao – scientist, founder of the Electronics Corporation of India Limited
 * C.R.Rao – statistician and professor emeritus at Penn State University
 * K.L. Rao – civil engineer, irrigation expert and political leader
 * Prof. Kotcherlakota Rangadhama Rao – physicist (spectroscopy)
 * Praveen Kumar Gorakavi - Chemical Engineer
 * Kumar Biradha - researcher in the field of crystal engineering
 * Aparajita Datta (born 1970), conservation scientist with the Nature Conservation Foundation

Artists

 * Krishna Reddy – printmaker and sculptor
 * Vempati Chinna Satyam – exponent of Kuchipudi dance
 * Eelapata Raghuramaiah – stage and cinema actor in Andhra Pradesh
 * Raja and Radha Reddy – Kuchipudi
 * Shobha Naidu – Kuchipudi
 * Yamini Reddy – Kuchipudi

Musicians and dancers

 * Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna – Carnatic singer and musician
 * Nataraja Ramakrishna – dance guru; revived ancient Andhra Natyam and Perini styles of dance; Chairman of Andhra Pradesh  Sangeeta Nataka Academy
 * Ghantasala – playback singer of old classical Indian movies, predominantly Telugu
 * Emani Sankara Sastry – Veena player of Carnatic music
 * Vempati Chinna Satyam – dance guru of the Kuchipudi dance form
 * S. P. Balasubrahmanyam – male singer
 * Raja and Radha Reddy – Kuchipudi dancers
 * Shobha Naidu – Kuchipudi dancer
 * S. Janaki – female playback singer
 * M. M. Keeravani – music director
 * Yamini Krishnamurthy – Kuchipudi and Bharathanatyam dancer
 * Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu – violinist
 * P. B. Sreenivas – playback singer
 * P. Susheela – playback singer

Literature

 * Gona Budda Reddy – 13th-century poet
 * Vemana – Telugu poet
 * Nannaya – first Telugu writer (Adi kavi), Mahabharatam in Telugu started by him, out of 18 parvas 3.5 parvas written by him
 * Potana – Mahabhagavatam, Bhogini Dandakam
 * Tikkana – Mahabharatam last 14 parvas written by him
 * Gurazada Apparao – Telugu poet
 * Gudipati Venkata Chalam – novelist
 * Gurram Jashuva – Telugu poet, author, Telugu and Sanskrit scholar
 * Tirupati Venkata Kavulu – two Telugu poets
 * Devulapalli Krishnasastri – Telugu poet
 * Tummala Seetharama Murthy – Telugu poet
 * Chilakamarthi Lakshmi Narasimham – writer
 * Jatavallabhula Purushottam - poet
 * Kethu Viswanatha Reddy – poet from Rayalaseema
 * D.V.Narasa Raju – Telugu writer, novelist
 * Kavisekhara Dr Umar Alisha – Telugu poet
 * Tripuraneni Ramaswamy – playwright
 * Garikapati Narasimha Rao – Avadhani
 * Keshava Reddy – Telugu novelist
 * M. S. Reddy – writer
 * Madhunapantula Satyanarayana Sastry – Telugu poet
 * Viswanatha Satyanarayana – Telugu poet
 * Vasireddy Seethadevi – novelist
 * Paravastu Chinnayya Soori – Telugu scholar
 * Tripuraneni Gopichand – author
 * Srirangam Srinivasarao – Telugu poet
 * Ushasri – writer
 * Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry – Telugu poet
 * Dantu Muralikrishna - Writer, Singer & Scientist

Philosophers

 * Jiddu Krishnamurti – philosopher
 * Sri Potuluri Virabrahmendra Swami – mystic

Bharat Ratna

 * Varahagiri Venkata Giri – former President of India

Padma Vibhushan

 * Cingireddy Narayana Reddy
 * Akkineni Nageswara Rao
 * Ravi Narayana Reddy
 * Prathap C. Reddy
 * Y. Venugopal Reddy
 * Sarvepalli Gopal
 * Kotha Satchidanda Murthy
 * Padmaja Naidu
 * M. Narasimham
 * N. G. Ranga
 * Sri Prakasa
 * C. R. Rao
 * Palle Rama Rao
 * Kaloji Narayana Rao
 * V. Kasturi Ranga Varadarja Rao – Telugu origin, born in Tamil Nadu
 * Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah
 * P. Venugopal
 * Mehdi Nawaz Jung
 * Ali Yavar Jung
 * Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim
 * C. D. Deshmukh
 * Ramoji Rao

Padma Bhushan

 * B.N. Reddy
 * Jaggayya
 * Vempati Chinna Satyam
 * Raj Reddy
 * Akkineni Nageshwara Rao
 * Konidela Chiranjeevi
 * Perugu Siva Reddy
 * Daggubati Ramanaidu
 * P. Susheela
 * G.V.K. Reddy
 * Raja and Radha Reddy
 * Krishna Ghattamaneni
 * K. Srinath Reddy
 * Satya N. Atluri
 * C.K. Nayudu
 * A. S. Rao

Padma Shree

 * V. Nagayya
 * Cingireddy Narayana Reddy
 * Eelapata Raghuramaiah
 * Akkineni Nageswara Rao
 * Ghantasala Venkateswar Rao
 * D. Nageshwar Reddy
 * K.C. Reddy
 * Kallam Anji Reddy
 * Perugu Siva Reddy
 * S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
 * Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu
 * Shobha Naidu
 * Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri
 * D. V. S. Raju
 * Brahmanandam
 * V.V.S.Laxman
 * Shobha Raju
 * Nataraja Ramakrishna
 * Allu Ramalingaiah
 * Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao
 * Raja and Radha Reddy
 * Nerella Venumadhav
 * K. Viswanath
 * Srikanth Kidambi

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

 * Pullela Gopichand – badminton (2000–2001)
 * Karnam Malleswari – weightlifting (1995–1996)
 * Saina Nehwal – badminton (2009–10)

Arjuna Award

 * Koneru Humpy – chess
 * Sharath Kamal – table tennis
 * Yousuf Khan – football
 * Mukesh Kumar – hockey
 * Karnam Malleswari – weightlifting
 * A. Ramana Rao – volleyball
 * J. J. Shobha – track and field

Dronacharya Award

 * Pullela Gopichand – badminton, 2009

Member of the Order of the British Empire

 * Sekhar Tam Tam – for service as District Medical Officer in the British Caribbean island of Grenada

Judges, advocates and lawyers

 * K. Jayachandra Reddy
 * L. Narasimha Reddy
 * Subodh Markandeya
 * Konda Madhava Reddy
 * K. Punnaiah

Sports
Cricket
 * Buchi Babu Naidu
 * C.K. Nayudu
 * M.S.K. Prasad
 * Bharath Reddy
 * Venkatapathy Raju
 * Yalaka Venugopal Rao
 * Cota Ramaswami
 * Ambati Rayudu

Athletics
 * Kodi Rammurthy Naidu
 * Neelapu Rami Reddy – former sprinter and athletics champion

Chess
 * Dronavalli Harika
 * Pendyala Harikrishna
 * Koneru Humpy

Weightlifting
 * Karnam Malleswari – Olympic bronze medallist

Hockey
 * Mukesh Kumar

Badminton
 * Chetan Anand
 * Pullela Gopichand

Other sports
 * Achanta Sharath Kamal – table tennis
 * A. Ramana Rao – volleyball

Music
Traditional
 * Kshetrayya
 * Tallapaka Annamacharya
 * Bhadradri Ramadasu
 * Tyagaraja – of the trinity of Carnatic music

Classical
 * Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna
 * Nedunuri Krishnamurthy
 * Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu
 * Sripada Pinakapani
 * Emani Sankara Sastry
 * Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana
 * U.Srinivas

Film score

 * S. Rajeswara Rao – composer
 * Ghantasala – singer, composer
 * S P Balasubrahmanyam – singer
 * K. Chakravarthy – composer
 * Jikki – singer
 * S. Janaki – singer
 * Koti – composer
 * Nagur Babu (Mano) – singer
 * Veturi – lyricist
 * M. M. Keeravani – composer, lyricist, singer
 * Ramana Gogula – composer
 * Ramesh Naidu – composer
 * Devi Sri Prasad – composer, singer
 * S V Krishna Reddy – composer
 * Satyam – composer
 * Mani Sharma – composer
 * Sirivennela Sitaramasastri – lyricist
 * P. B. Sreenivas – singer
 * Sunitha – singer
 * Usha – singer
 * P. Susheela – singer
 * Master Venu – composer

Dance

 * Vempati Chinna Satyam
 * Sidhendra Yogi – originator of the Kuchipudi dance style
 * Raja and Radha Reddy – Kuchipudi, Padma Bhushan awardees
 * Shobha Naidu – Kuchipudi, Padma Sri awardee
 * Jayapa Nayudu

Cinema
Directors

 * Raghupathi Venkaiah
 * H. M. Reddy
 * B. N. Reddy
 * B. Nagi Reddy
 * C. S. R. Anjaneyulu
 * Bapu
 * K Vishwanath
 * Shyam Benegal
 * L. V. Prasad
 * Dasari Narayana Rao
 * A. Kodandarami Reddy
 * K. Raghavendra Rao
 * S. V. Krishna Reddy
 * V. N. Reddy
 * Jandhyala
 * E V V Satyanarayana
 * S. S. Rajamouli
 * Kodi Ramakrishna
 * Trivikram Srinivas
 * Puri Jagannadh
 * Sukumar
 * Sekhar Kammula
 * Deva Katta
 * Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi (Krish)
 * N.Shankar
 * Srinu Vaitla
 * Krishna Vamsi
 * Ram Gopal Varma
 * V. V. Vinayak
 * Surender Reddy

Producers
 * Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu
 * B. N. Reddy
 * B. Nagi Reddy
 * L V Prasad
 * Allu Aravind
 * Vikram Krishna
 * Murali Mohan
 * M S Raju
 * D. Ramanaidu
 * M. S. Reddy
 * Shyam Prasad Reddy
 * Dil Raju
 * Gopichand Lagadapati

Writers
 * Acharya Aatreya
 * Gopimohan
 * Paruchuri Brothers
 * Mullapudi Venkata Ramana
 * Pingali Nagendra Rao
 * Abburi Ravi
 * B.V.S.Ravi
 * Ajay Sastry
 * Guna Sekhar
 * Trivikram Srinivas
 * Sukumar
 * Kona Venkat
 * Chandra Sekhar Yeleti

Actresses
 * Savitri
 * Sarada
 * Bhanupriya
 * Anjali Devi
 * Devika
 * Jamuna
 * Sowcar Janaki
 * Jaya Prada
 * Jayasudha
 * P. Kannamba
 * Kavitha
 * Krishnaveni
 * Laya
 * Bindu Madhavi
 * Bhanumathi Ramakrishna
 * Sameera Reddy
 * Santhakumari
 * Suryakantham
 * Vanisri
 * G. Varalakshmi
 * S. Varalakshmi

Actors

 * N. T. Rama Rao
 * Akkineni Nageswara Rao
 * S. V. Ranga Rao
 * Sobhan Babu
 * Ramana Reddy
 * Relangi
 * V. Nagayya
 * Ghattamaneni Krishna
 * Dasari Narayana Rao
 * Gummadi
 * Chiranjeevi
 * Venkatesh
 * Pawan Kalyan
 * Mahesh Babu
 * Jr. NTR
 * Prabhas
 * Ram Charan Teja
 * Allu Arjun
 * Ravi Teja
 * Nithiin
 * Nani
 * Sai Dharam Tej
 * Gopichand
 * Jaggayya
 * Kaikala Satyanarayana
 * Nagarjuna
 * Prabhakar
 * Rajanala
 * Krishnam Raju
 * Vishal Krishna
 * Mohan Babu
 * Tarun Kumar
 * Gopichand Lagadapati
 * Allu Rama Lingaiah
 * Murali Mohan
 * Ranganath
 * Gadde Rajendra Prasad
 * J. V. Somayajulu
 * Balakrishna
 * Jagapathi Babu
 * Raja Babu
 * Srihari
 * Ravi Teja
 * Naga Chaitanya
 * Venu

Music directors
 * K. Chakravarthy
 * Chakri
 * S P Balasubramanyam
 * Ghantasala
 * Ramana Gogula
 * M.M. Keeravani
 * K M Radha Krishnan
 * Ramesh Naidu
 * Devi Sri Prasad
 * Koti
 * Saluri Rajeshwara Rao
 * Satyam
 * Mani Sharma
 * Vandemataram Srinivas
 * Vamsi
 * Master Venu
 * Vidyasagar

Journalists
 * Manikonda Chalapathi Rau
 * Rajinikanth Vellalacheruvu (Tv9)

Religion
Sanatana Dharma / Hinduism
 * Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD)

Buddhism
 * Acharya Nagarjuna

Secular
 * Sathya Sai Baba

Others

 * Vijaya Lakshmi Emani (1958–2009) – social activist
 * Aruna Miller – Maryland State Representative
 * Laxman Reddy – bodybuilder, Mr. World 2010

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Bhundu Boys

The Bhundu Boys were a Zimbabwean band that played a mixture of chimurenga music with American rock and roll, disco, country, and pop influences. Their style became known as jit, and is quite popular across Africa, with some international success, and has influenced later groups like Nehoreka and Mokoomba. British world music DJ Andy Kershaw said that at the height of their magical powers they were "...the single most natural, effortless, catchy pop band I've ever heard"; the BBC's John Peel famously broke down in tears the first time he saw the band perform live.

The name came from bhundu (meaning "bush" or "jungle"), in reference to the young boys who used to aid the nationalist guerrilla fighters in the 1970s war against the white minority government of what was then Rhodesia. Lead singer Biggie Tembo (Biggie Rodwell Tembo Marasha) was a Bhundu boy.

Beginnings
The Bhundu Boys recorded their first 7" vinyl single (Une Shuwa Here) at Shed Studios in Harare in August 1982, as part of the Studio's drive to sponsor more local music. They were one of a number of more adventurous bands that had not been contracted by the two record labels. Shed Studios was owned by Steve Roskilly and Martin Norris with engineering by Roskilly, Norris and house drummer, Bothwell Nyamhondera. They signed a formal 3 year recording contract with the studio in February 1983. A single was released on Shed Studio's own Rugare Label almost every month, so as to build up a momentum and strong following. Between 1982 and 1986, The Bhundu Boys thus reached the top of the Zimbabwean music scene, with four number one hits ("Baba Munini Francis", "Wenhamo Haaneti", "Hatisitose", and "Tsvimbodzemoto").

Success in the UK
They attracted the attention of Owen Elias and his colleague, musician Champion Doug Veitch, who released an EP by the band in the UK under licence from Shed Studios in 1985. This attracted the attention of DJ's John Peel and Andy Kershaw who promoted the band on BBC Radio. In September 1985 the Studio gave notice to extend the contract for a further 3 years and the band continued to record. Given the attention of Peel and Kershaw, under further licence from Shed Studios, their first UK album, Shabhini, was released on the Discafrique label in 1986. This was a compilation of music already released in Zimbabwe.

The band travelled to UK in 1986 for a live tour organised by Elias, and Scottish graphic artist Gordon Muir became their manager. After touring the UK for a year, basing themselves initially in Hawick, Scotland with Muir and travelling relentlessly, the band appeared to be on the brink of a major commercial breakthrough. They were feted by Eric Clapton and Elvis Costello and Madonna asked them to be her support act at Wembley Stadium in 1987.

In October 1986, just as the band's second UK album Tsvimbodzemoto was about to be released in UK, on the Discafrique label by Elias, they met with Roskilly and requested that their Shed Studios contract be terminated early as manager Muir wanted to sign them to Warner Bros. Records. This was a monumental blow to the Studios and to Roskilly their erstwhile producer, in particular. It was however agreed that the contract would be nullified in return for all rights associated with existing Shed recordings, being assigned to Shed Studios in perpetuity. In practice, Shed Studios continued to pay writer's publishing royalties. Controversially, much of their £80,000 advance from WEA was spent buying a house in Kensal Rise, West London that as of 2006 was still a source of dispute. The band played in North America, Australia and Hong Kong. But the first WEA album True Jit, produced by Robin Millar, was considered too far a jump in style from their original Shed Studios' recordings (produced by Steve Roskilly) and was unfavourably received.

Downfall and breakup
The band began a long period of further live appearances, releasing other independent CDs, but started to fall apart. They were dropped from WEA after the commercial failure of their second album on the label. Leader Biggie Tembo achieved some celebrity on TV and in the press, which irritated the rest of the band, especially guitarist Rise Kagona, and Tembo was asked to leave the band in 1990 following an altercation at Harare airport. The band continued but without the writing and vocal talents of Tembo, the band never again produced the same reception by the music press or by the public.

Three members died of complications from AIDS: David Mankaba (d. 1991), his replacement Shepherd Munyama (d. 1992) and Shakespear Kangwena (d. 1993).

Tembo tried a comeback by collaborating with a Bristol band, Startled Insects, without success. Returning to Zimbabwe in the early 1990s, he tried to self-produce some more music at Shed Studios including two albums (Baba of Jit and Out of Africa). Time in the studio for these albums were not paid for and Shed Studios didn’t complete final mixes. As a result neither album was properly released or published. Tembo became ill with depression, became a practising Christian, eventually hanging himself in a psychiatric hospital in 1995, where he had been sectioned for violent outbursts.

Meanwhile, the band soldiered on, recording two more albums. Muir left their management in difficult circumstances as the band's income dried up. In 1996 he sold the band's house in Mortimer Road, Kensal Rise, as part of winding up the band's assets, with surviving band members reporting they received almost nothing from the deal; they suspect that Muir had actually used the band's money to buy it in the first place, using their Warner advance without permission. Muir has countered that there were no profits to divide up. The band finally called it quits in 2000 after bassist Washington Kavhai was jailed in the UK on an aggravated assault conviction.

In 2001, Shed Studios issued a compilation album of all the Bhundu Boys recordings made in Zimbabwe, entitled The Shed Sessions, for release in UK on a double CD, under licence to Gordon Muir.

Current whereabouts
Guitarist Rise Kagona is divorced and currently lives in Scotland. He has written a short account of the band's history. He plays in Rise Kagona and the Jit Jive Band, who frequently perform in northern England and Scotland. He co-wrote and sang on "She Told You So" on Ben Avison's 2013 Good Day Mr. Magpie album. He has also played with Doug Veitch, recording an album, Tanzwa Nekutambura, in 2007.

Kuda Matimba lived in London as of 2007, playing with Harare, a group he started in 2005 together with Kenny Chitsvatsva. He had lost contact with Rise Kagona.

Moyo Tembo, son of Biggie Tembo, formed a group called The Chinhoyi Superstars, who released their debut single "Woiteyiko".

Biggie Tembo Jr., a second son of Biggie Tembo, has followed in his father's footsteps and released his debut album, Rwendo, in 2010. He was convicted of assault against a woman in 2015.

Discography
Shed Studios release in Zimbabwe - Engineered Bothwell Nyamhondera
 * Une Shuwa Here (Rugare, 1982)
 * Kuroja Chete (Rugare, 1983)

Shed Studios release in Zimbabwe - Produced and engineered Stephen Roskilly
 * Kumbirayi (Rugare, 1983)
 * Zvichatinetsa (Rugare, 1983)
 * Pachedu (Rugare, 1983)
 * Chekudya Chose (Rugare, 1983)
 * Nhai Mukoma (Rugare, 1983)
 * Hupenyu Hwangu (Rugare, 1983)
 * Faka Puresha (Rugare, 1984)
 * Wakandiparadzisa Musha (Rugare 1984)
 * Shabhini (Rugare 1984)
 * Ziva Kwawakabva (Rugare 1984)
 * Ndipo Mari Yangu (Rugare 1984)
 * Wakasikitei Satani (Rugare 1984)
 * Dai Ndakaziva (Rugare, 1984)
 * Wehamo Haaneti (Rugare, 1984)
 * Zvandinetsa (Rugare, 1984)
 * Pendeke (Rugare 1984)
 * Hatisitose (Rugare 1984)
 * Vakaparei (Rugare, 1984)
 * Baba Munini Francis (Rugare, 1984)
 * Wafungeyiko (Rugare 1984)
 * Tsvimbodzemoto (Rugare 1985)
 * Manhenga (Rugare 1985)
 * Simbimbino (Rugare 1985)
 * Kupedza Muto (Rugare 1985)
 * Chimanimani (Rugare 1985)
 * Zvandinetsa (Rugare 1986)
 * Muchihwa (Rugare 1986)

Discafrique release in UK under licence from Shed Studios Warner Brothers release i UK Independent releases in UK Gordon Muir release in UK under licence from Shed Studios Contributing artist
 * Shabini (DiscAfrique, Afril02, 1986)
 * Tsvimbodzemoto (DiscAfrique, Afrilp03, 1987)
 * True Jit (WEA 242203-2, 1987)
 * Pamberi (WEA, 1989)
 * Live at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut (DiscAfrique, Afrilp007, 1990)
 * Friends on the Road (Cooking Vinyl, 1993) Featuring: Latin Quarter and Hank Wangford
 * Muchiyedza (Cooking Vinyl 1997)
 * The Shed Sessions (Sadza,  2001)
 * The Rough Guide to the Music of Zimbabwe (World Music Network, 1996)

Personnel

 * Kenny Chitsvatsva - drums, backing vocals
 * David Mankaba - bass guitar, backing vocals
 * Rise Kagona - guitar, backing vocals
 * Biggie Tembo - guitar, lead vocals
 * Shakespear ("Shakie") Kangwena - keyboard, backing vocals
 * Shepherd Munyama, bass guitar, replaced David Mankaba
 * Washington Kavhai, bass guitar, vocals, replaced Shepherd
 * Kuda Matimba, keyboard, vocals, replaced Shakie

title: Bhundu Boys


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List of people from Bihar

This is a list of notable people from Bihar, India.

Deities and avatars

 * Guru Gobind Singh
 * Janaka
 * Mahavira
 * Mallinatha
 * Munisuvrata
 * Naminatha
 * Vasupujya

Ancient

 * Ajatashatru
 * Dhana Nanda
 * Chandragupta Maurya
 * Bindusara
 * Ashoka
 * Dasharatha Maurya
 * Samprati
 * Shalishuka
 * Devavarman
 * Shatadhanvan
 * Brihadratha Maurya
 * Aryabhata
 * Samudragupta
 * Chandragupta I
 * Chanakya
 * Gonu Jha
 * Sher Shah Suri
 * Vātsyāyana

Sufi saints

 * Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri
 * Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri
 * Makhdoom Shah Muhammad Munim Pak
 * Ata Hussain Fani Chishti
 * Khwaja Abdullah Chishti
 * Ibrahim Yukpasi

Nationalists and independence activists

 * Ajit Kumar Mehta
 * Babu Kunwar Singh
 * Rajendra Prasad
 * Ranjit Singh Ahir
 * Rash Bihari Lal Mandal
 * Chandradeo Prasad Verma
 * Sri Krishna Singh
 * Anugrah Narayan Sinha
 * Jayaprakash Narayan
 * Jagjivan Ram
 * Ram Subhag Singh
 * Kameshwar Singh
 * Upendra Nath Verma
 * Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
 * Syed Hasan Imam
 * Baikuntha Shukla
 * Karyanand Sharma
 * Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha
 * Satyendra Narayan Singh
 * Ram Dulari Sinha
 * Basawon Singh (Sinha)
 * Yamuna Karjee
 * Yogendra Shukla
 * Sheel Bhadra Yagee
 * Yadunandan Sharma
 * Rambriksh Benipuri
 * Ganga Sharan Singh (Sinha)
 * Ram Narain Sharma
 * Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi
 * Radhanandan Jha
 * Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
 * Babu Amar Singh

Writers and scholars

 * Prem Kumar Mani
 * Syed Hasan
 * Abdul Qavi Desnavi
 * Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
 * Ram Sharan Sharma
 * Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay
 * Balmiki Prasad Singh
 * Vidyapati
 * Manoj Bhawuk
 * Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'
 * Ramvriksh Benipuri
 * Devaki Nandan Khatri
 * Indradeep Sinha
 * Ram Karan Sharma
 * Satyapal Chandra
 * Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Ram Avatar Sharma
 * Nalin Vilochan Sharma
 * Ganganath Jha
 * R. K. Sinha
 * Ramjee Singh
 * Tabish Khair
 * Acharya Ramlochan Saran
 * Gopal Singh Nepali
 * Ramesh Chandra Jha
 * Acharya Rameshwar Jha
 * Nagarjun
 * Acharya Shivpujan Sahay
 * Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh
 * Amitava Kumar
 * Sanjeev K Jha
 * Hetukar Jha
 * Phanishwar Nath Renu
 * Ravindra Prabhat
 * Gajendra Thakur
 * Kapil Muni Tiwary
 * Shiv Khera

Journalists

 * M. J. Akbar
 * Anuranjan Jha
 * Ravish Kumar
 * Sweta Singh
 * Manoj Bhawuk
 * Vikas Kumar Jha
 * Arvind Narayan Das

Hindi

 * Bhikhari Thakur
 * Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'Bhikhari Thakur.jpg
 * Rambriksh Benipuri
 * Gopal Singh Nepali
 * Phanishwar Nath Renu
 * Shankar Dayal Singh
 * Ramesh Chandra Jha
 * Sahajanand Saraswati
 * Kalanath Mishra
 * Nawal Kishore Dhawal

Maithili

 * Vidyapati
 * Nagarjun

Bhojpuri

 * Avinash Chandra Vidyarthi
 * Bhikhari Thakur
 * Dharni Das
 * Harihar Singh
 * Heera Dom
 * Mahendar Misir
 * Manoranjan Prasad Sinha
 * Manoj Bhawuk
 * Parichay Das
 * Ramesh Chandra Jha
 * Rameshwar Singh Kashyap
 * Raghuveer Narayan

Bengali

 * Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay
 * Upamanyu Chatterjee
 * Malay Roy Choudhury

English

 * Ram Sharan Sharma
 * Raj Kamal Jha
 * Satyapal Chandra
 * George Orwell

Urdu

 * Manazir Ahsan Gilani
 * Fuzail Ahmad Nasiri

Bharat Ratna

 * Bidhan Chandra Roy
 * Rajendra Prasad
 * Jayaprakash Narayan
 * Bismillah Khan

Padma Bhushan

 * Rashtrakavi Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'
 * Acharya Shivpujan Sahay
 * Bindeshwar Pathak
 * Sharda Sinha

Padma Shree

 * Ramchandra Manjhi
 * Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain
 * Mohan Mishra
 * Narendra Kumar Pandey
 * Janki Ballabh Shastri
 * Sharda Sinha
 * Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur

Jnanpith award

 * Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'

Magasaysay award

 * Ravish Kumar
 * Jayaprakash Narayan

Dada Saheb Phalke award

 * Ashok Kumar
 * Tapan Sinha

Param Vir Chakra

 * Albert Ekka

Ashoka Chakra

 * Jyoti Prakash Nirala

Presidents of India

 * Rajendra Prasad, first President of India

Presidents of other countries

 * Kailash Purryag, former President of Mauritius
 * Cheddi Jagan, former president of Guyana

Vice-Presidents of other countries

 * Parmanand Jha, first vice-president of Nepal

Prime ministers of other countries

 * Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, first Prime Minister of Mauritius
 * Navin Ramgoolam, former Prime Minister of Mauritius
 * Girija Prasad Koirala, former Prime Minister of Nepal
 * Basdeo Panday, former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
 * Kamla Persad-Bissessar, former first female Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago

Attorneys general of India

 * L.N. Sinha

Advocate General of state of Bihar

 * Rambalak Mahto, longest serving Advocate General of Bihar and legal advisor of Nitish Kumar

Governors of Indian states

 * Anant Sharma, former Governor of Punjab and West Bengal
 * Balmiki Prasad Singh, current Governor of Sikkim
 * Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh, former Governor of Punjab
 * Dinesh Nandan Sahay, former Governor of Chhattisgarh
 * Kailashpati Mishra, former Governor of Gujarat
 * Lallan Prasad Singh, former Governor of Assam
 * Mridula Sinha, current Governor of Goa
 * Nikhil Kumar, current Governor of Kerala
 * Prabhat Kumar, former Governor of Jharkhand
 * Rameshwar Thakur, former Governor of Madhya Pradesh
 * Ram Dulari Sinha, former Governor of Kerela
 * Siddheshwar Prasad, former Governor of Tripura
 * Srinivas Kumar Sinha, former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and Assam

Governor of Reserve Bank of India

 * Lakshmi Kant Jha

Lieutenant governors of other states

 * Tejendra Khanna
 * Nagendra Nath Jha

Speakers of Lok Sabha

 * Bali Ram Bhagat
 * Meira Kumar

Chief justices of India

 * Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha
 * Lalit Mohan Sharma

Members of Lok Sabha

===Members of Rajya Sabha (2022) ===

Spokesperson

 * Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (Bharatiya Janata Party)
 * Ravi Shankar Prasad (Bharatiya Janata Party)
 * Shakeel Ahmad (Indian National Congress)
 * Rajiv Pratap Rudy (Bharatiya Janata Party)

Politics

 * Rati Lal Prasad Verma
 * Ramdeo Mahto
 * Ajit Kumar Mehta
 * Chandradeo Prasad Verma
 * Rajendra Prasad
 * Jayaprakash Narayan
 * Anugrah Narayan Sinha
 * Sri Krishna Sinha
 * Chandipat Sahay
 * Jagjivan Ram
 * Ram Subhag Singh
 * B.P.Mandal
 * Lalit Narayan Mishra
 * Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha
 * Ram Dulari Sinha
 * Satyendra Narayan Singh
 * Karpoori Thakur
 * Daroga Prasad Rai
 * Deep Narayan Singh
 * Abdul Ghafoor
 * Chandrashekhar Singh
 * Gopal Jee Thakur
 * Chirag Paswan
 * Faz Husain
 * Kailashpati Mishra
 * Lalu Prasad Yadav
 * Nitish Kumar
 * Upendra Kushwaha
 * Nikhil Kumar
 * Indradeep Sinha
 * Digvijay Narain Singh
 * Kapildeo Singh
 * Bidhu Jha
 * Ravi Shankar Prasad
 * Gauri Shankar Pandey
 * Tarkeshwari Sinha
 * Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra
 * Krishna Kumar Mishra
 * Srinivas Kumar Sinha
 * Yashwant Sinha
 * Prabhat Jha
 * Sanjay Nirupam
 * Mohammad Yunus
 * Nawal Kishore Dhawal
 * Ranjit Kumar Gupta
 * Ram Kripal Sinha
 * Veena Devi
 * Ramgulam Chaudhary
 * Jayant Sinha
 * Kanhaiya Kumar
 * Bali Ram Bhagat
 * Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav

Film directors

 * Ajit Pal Mangat
 * Imtiaz Ali
 * Kabeer Kaushik
 * Manish Jha
 * Manish Vatsalya
 * Manjul Sinha
 * Neeraj Pandey
 * Prakash Jha
 * Pritish Nandy
 * Ram Gopal Bajaj
 * Sanjeev K Jha
 * Satyen Bose
 * Sushil Rajpal
 * Tapan Sinha

Actors

 * Aham Sharma
 * Manish Vatsalya
 * Sushant Singh Rajput
 * Roshan Seth
 * Ashok Kumar
 * Shatrughan Sinha
 * Manoj Bajpai
 * Manoj Bhawuk
 * Akhilendra Mishra
 * Abhimanyu Singh
 * Adhyayan Suman
 * Luv Sinha
 * Pankaj Tripathi
 * Shekhar Suman
 * Sanjay Mishra (actor)
 * Vinay Pathak
 * Gurmeet Choudhary
 * Vineet Kumar
 * Narendra jha
 * Rajesh Kumar (actor)
 * Manoj Tiwari
 * Pankaj Jha
 * Dinesh Sharma
 * R. Madhavan
 * Vishal Aditya Singh
 * Chandrachur Singh
 * Alok Nath
 * Khesari Lal Yadav

Actresses

 * Aisha Sharma
 * Pooja Sharma
 * Prachi Sinha
 * Neha Sharma
 * Sandali Sinha
 * Shilpa Shukla
 * Neetu Chandra
 * Swati Sen
 * Kaveri Jha
 * Neelima Azeem
 * Amardeep Jha
 * Suhasini Mulay
 * Shilpa Singh
 * Shreya Narayan
 * Anurita Jha
 * Rati Pandey
 * Ratan Rajput
 * Sriti Jha
 * Richa Soni
 * Ulka Gupta
 * Chhavi Pandey
 * Shweta Prasad
 * Sonakshi Sinha

Singers

 * Daler Mehndi
 * Kiran Ahluwalia
 * Sundar Popo
 * Sharda Sinha
 * Manoj Tiwari
 * Pawan Singh
 * Khesari Lal Yadav
 * Nilkamal Singh
 * Deepali Kishore
 * Aishwarya Nigam
 * Parmanand Singh
 * Maithili Thakur

Music directors

 * Chitragupta
 * Anand–Milind
 * Bapi Tutul
 * Ramashreya Jha
 * Norman Hackforth

Arts

 * Vidyapati
 * Nagarjun
 * Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
 * Bismillah Khan
 * Chandan Tiwari
 * Bhikhari Thakur
 * Jaydeva
 * Jyotirishwar Thakur
 * Srimanta Sankardeva
 * Govindadas
 * Acharya Ramlochan Saran
 * Baldev Mishra
 * Surendra Jha 'Suman'
 * Radha Krishna Choudhary
 * Jaykant Mishra
 * Rajkamal Chaudhary
 * Parichay Das
 * Gajendra Thakur
 * Bindhyabasini Devi

Religion

 * Dharni Das
 * Dhyanyogi Madhusudandas
 * Dhirendra Brahmachari
 * Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar
 * Sahadeo Tiwari
 * Sa'id Akhtar Rizvi
 * Shams-ul-haq Azeemabadi
 * Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi
 * Syed Ibrahim
 * Tenzin Priyadarshi
 * Fuzail Ahmad Nasiri

Mathematics and science

 * Anand Kumar
 * H. C. Verma
 * Rajit Gadh
 * Vashishtha Narayan Singh
 * Tathagat Avatar Tulsi

Sports

 * Saba Karim
 * Kirti Azad
 * Subroto Banerjee
 * Shivnath Singh
 * Thomas Jameson
 * Zafar Iqbal
 * Rashmi Kumari
 * Rajesh Chauhan
 * Kavita Roy
 * Veer Pratap Singh
 * Ishan Kishan
 * Deepika Kumari
 * Purnima Mahato
 * Randhir Singh
 * Premlata Agarwal
 * Sanjay Balmuchu
 * Lal Mohan Hansda
 * Aruna Mishra
 * Jaipal Singh
 * Sharad Kumar
 * Pramod Bhagat

Indian Civil Service

 * L.P. Singh
 * Sir Sultan Ahmed

Indian Administrative Service

 * Balmiki Prasad Singh
 * N. K. Singh
 * Pankaj Rag
 * R. K. Singh
 * U. K. Sinha
 * Upamanyu Chatterjee
 * Yashwant Sinha

Indian Foreign Service

 * Aftab Seth

Indian Police Service

 * Abhayanand
 * J. K. Sinha
 * Chandan Kushwaha
 * Lipi Singh
 * Nikhil Kumar
 * Acharya Kishore Kunal
 * Randhir Prasad Verma
 * Amitabh Thakur
 * Ranjit Sinha
 * Anil Sinha

Business

 * Anil Agarwal, founder and Executive Chairman of Vedanta Group
 * Arunabh Kumar, CEO of TVF
 * Aditya Jha
 * Sanjay Jha
 * Subrata Roy, founder of Sahara Group
 * Samprada Singh
 * Satyapal Chandra, founder and CEO of MagTapp

Others

 * Anand Kumar
 * Anil Kumar
 * Dashrath Manjhi
 * Ganesh Dutt
 * Gurusharan Sharma
 * Malati Choudhury
 * Maṇḍana Miśra
 * Martha Dodray
 * Mona Das
 * Natwarlal
 * Nirupama Pandey
 * Pranati Rai Prakash
 * Shaibal Gupta
 * Shilpa Singh
 * Shyamanand Jalan
 * Subhav Sinha
 * Sudhir Kumar Chaudhary
 * Supriya Aiman

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about "closet screenplay"
Hello! "The Girl in Harmagedon" is not a manga or an anime but a literary work written in screenplay form.See "Disscussion" of the article. From Hermes the Merchant (talk) 10:36, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

I can't find any reference to this text on the web. Do you have the Japanese title, publisher information, ISBN -- anything like that? Oqm4 (talk)

 * There may not be reference in English pages. But ,in Japanese Wikipedia,there's an article about that text . URL shown below will lead you to it.
 * http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B2%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3%E3%81%AE%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3
 * Japanese title of the text is "Harumagedon No Shoujo　(ハルマゲドンの少女)”. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hermes the Merchant (talk • contribs) 02:36, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Publisher of the text is named "Tokuma Shoten".URLs shown below will lead you to Amazon's page.
 * http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B2%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3%E3%81%AE%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%80%881%E3%80%89-%E3%83%88%E3%82%AF%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8E%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA-%E5%B9%B3%E4%BA%95-%E5%92%8C%E6%AD%A3/dp/4191538152
 * http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B2%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3%E3%81%AE%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E3%80%88%E4%B8%8A%E3%80%89-%E5%B9%B3%E4%BA%95-%E5%92%8C%E6%AD%A3/dp/4191233696
 * ISBN-10: 4191233696
 * ISBN-13: 978-4191233690
 * --Hermes the Merchant (talk) 17:24, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

I posted the text here for discussion: http://scriptjr.nl/issues/1.1/productions-dubious-advantage.php#comments Oqm4 (talk) 22:04, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

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Muladhara

Muladhara (मूलाधार or मूलाधारा; IAST:, lit. "root of Existence." Mula means root and dhara means flux.) or the root chakra is one of the seven primary chakras according to Hindu tantrism. It is symbolized by a lotus with four petals and the colour pink or red.

Description
Muladhara is said to be located near the coccygeal plexus beneath the sacrum, while its kshetram, or superficial activation point, is located between the perineum and the coccyx or the pelvic bone. Because of its location and connection with the act of excretion, it is associated with the anus. Muladhara is said to be the base from which the three main psychic channels or nadis emerge: the Ida, Pingala and Sushumna. It is also believed that Muladhara is a subtle abode of the Hindu God Ganapati. In the highest revered prayer for Ganapati, the Ganapati Atharvashirsha, it is mentioned that "one who worships Lord Ganapati would easily grasp the concept and realise Brahman".

Appearance
It is symbolized by a red, four-petaled lotus with a yellow square at its center. Each petal has one of the Sanskrit syllables वं vaṃ, शं śaṃ, षं ṣaṃ, and सं saṃ written on it in gold, representing the four vrittis: greatest joy, natural pleasure, delight in controlling passion, and blissfulness in concentration. Alternatively, they may represent dharma (psycho-spiritual longing), artha (psychic longing), kama (physical longing) and moksha (longing for spiritual liberation). Eight spears point out of the sides and corners of the square.

The deity Indra is associated with Muladhara. In these depictions, he is yellow, four-armed, and holds a vajra and a blue lotus in his hands. He is mounted upon the white elephant Airavata, who has seven trunks denoting the seven elements necessary for supporting life. Occasionally, Ganesha is also associated with Muladhara. In these depictions, he has orange skin, wears a yellow dhoti, and a green silk scarf draped around his shoulders. In three hands he holds a laddu, a lotus flower, and a hatchet, and the fourth is raised in the mudra of dispelling fear.

Seed mantra
The seed mantra syllable is लं laṃ. Within the bindu, the point that forms a part of the letter, is Brahma. He is deep red, with four faces and four arms, holding a staff, a sacred vase of nectar, and a japa mala, and making the gesture of dispelling fear. Alternatively, instead of the staff and japa mala, he may hold a lotus flower and the sacred scriptures. He is seated on a swan. The goddess Dakini, his shakti, is depicted with him. She is beautiful, with three eyes and four arms. Dakini is usually depicted with red or white skin, holding a trident, a skulled staff, a swan, and a drinking vessel, and is seated on a swan. At times, instead of a swan and drinking vessel, she holds a sword and a shield.

Seat of kundalini
In the center of the square, below the seed syllable, is a deep red inverted triangle. The kundalini shakti is said to sleep here, waiting to be aroused and brought back up to Brahman, the source from which it originated. It is represented by a snake wrapped three and a half times around a smoky grey lingam.

Function
Muladhara is considered the foundation of the "energy body". Yogic systems stress the importance of stabilizing this chakra. Kundalini awakening begins here. It is also known as the seat of the "red bindu," or subtle drop, which rises up to the "white bindu" in the head to unite the feminine and masculine energies, the Shakti and Shiva.

It is associated with the element of earth, the sense of smell and the action of excretion. An imbalanced root chakra can manifest in various ways. Physically, people might experience lower back pain, fatigue, or digestive issues. Emotionally, they may feel anxious, fearful, or disconnected. Understanding these symptoms is crucial for recognizing when root chakra needs attention.

"By meditating thus on Her who shines within the Muladhara Chakra, with the luster of ten million Suns, a man becomes Lord of speech and King among men, and an Adept in all kinds of learning. He becomes ever free from all diseases, and his inmost Spirit becomes full of great gladness. Pure of disposition by his deep and musical words, he serves the foremost of the Devas."

Practices
In kundalini yoga there are various yogic practices held to incite the energy in Muladhara: asanas (such as Garudasana, Shashankasana (also called Balasana, child or hare pose) and Siddhasana); nosetip gazing, or Nasikagra Drishti; specific pranayamas; and most importantly the practice of Mula Bandha, involving the contraction of the perineum, which awakens kundalini, and is important for the retention of semen.

This chakra can also be activated by chanting the Seed-Mantra. It is said that one who chants the Seed Mantra of Muladhara Chakra for more than 100,000,000 times can attain all the Siddhis of the Muladhara Chakra.

There are also special meditation practices for awakening the Mūlādhāra Chakra.

Siddhis

 * 1) He or she experiences Darduri Siddhi (Frog jump in air at various degrees).
 * 2) He or she gains knowledge of the Present, Past and Future.
 * 3) He or she has control over the Elements of the Earth.

Comparisons with other systems
When compared to the other important Tantric system of Vajrayana in Tibet the Muladhara chakra finds no parallel in the same place, unlike the other six chakras. Instead, the Tibetan system positions two chakras on the sexual organ: the jewel wheel in the middle, near the tip, and the tip of the sexual organ itself. These chakras are extremely important for the generation of great bliss, and play an important role in the highest tantric sexual practices. A unique feature, the red drop, called the red bodhicitta, is not located here, but instead at the navel wheel.

In the Sufi system of Lataif there are two "lower" Lataif. One is the nafs, which is just below the navel. The nafs incorporates all the elements of a person's "lower self". The other similar lataif is called the qalab, or mould, which appears in seven lataif systems and corresponds to the physical body, but this is sometimes located at the top of the head. Qalab is usually further divided into the four elements.

In the Kabbalah the lowest Sephiroth is known as Malkuth, and performs the same transcendental role as the basis of physical nature. It is associated with the sexual organ, in close contact with Yesod.

In astrology Mars is often correlated as being son of Earth, and having to do with the earthly nature of the Muladhara, and it is often referred to as being the ruling planet of the Muladhara by many modern astrologers.

In Earth-based spiritualities the Eight Directions are often used to represent the Wheel of the Year. The Eight Directions represent the four seasons (North – Winter, South – Summer, East – Spring, and West – Autumn) and the Winter and Summer Solstices, as well as the Spring and Fall Equinoxes. The midpoints between those four times of year are the four lesser directions. This Eight Direction model maps perfectly onto the eight arrows of the root chakra. The four petals of the chakra also map onto the four elements of Earth (North), Air (East), Fire (South) and Water (West). This chakra, being so closely related to the element of Earth, also reflects the earth elements.

Alternative names

 * Tantra: Adhara, Brahma Padma, Bhumi Chakra, Chaturdala, Chatuhpatra, Muladhara, Mooladhara, Mula Chakra, Mula Padma
 * Vedas (late Upanishads): Adhara, Brahma, Muladhara, Mulakanda
 * Puranic: Adhara, Muladhara

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List of people from Delhi

This is a list of notable people from Delhi, India.

Architect

 * Ratish Nanda, conservation architect

Author

 * Anurag Anand
 * Asloob Ahmad Ansari
 * Chetan Bhagat
 * Bedil Dehlavi (1642–1720), poet
 * Ghalib, Urdu/Persian poet
 * Kiran Desai
 * Madhur Jaffrey
 * Meenakshi Jain
 * Ritu Lalit
 * Jaishree Misra
 * Amrita Pritam
 * Aman Nath
 * Tushar Raheja
 * Nattal Sahu, writer during Tomara reign
 * Gaurav Sharma
 * Shobha Deepak Singh
 * Nitin Soni
 * Vibudh Shridhar, writer in medieval period
 * Sudhir Tailang, Cartoonist
 * Valmik Thapar
 * Zauq, poet laureate of Mughal court
 * Bahadurshah Zafar, Mughal king (last to rule from Mughal Dynasty) and Urdu poet

Business

 * Kunal Bahl, entrepreneur
 * Rohit Bansal, entrepreneur
 * Vijay Shekhar Sharma, entrepreneur, Paytm
 * Analjit Singh, entrepreneur, Max Group
 * Vikram Lal, entrepreneur, Eicher Motors
 * Jawed Habib, hairstylist, entrepreneur
 * Patu Keswani, entrepreneur
 * Surinder Mehta
 * Bharat Ram
 * Kunwer Sachdev, entrepreneur
 * Ajay Singh, businessman, sports administrator, bureaucrat and investor

Education

 * Jasleen Dhamija (born 1933), textile historian
 * Deepak Gaur, molecular biologist, and professor
 * Anil Grover
 * Partha Sarathi Gupta
 * Champat Rai Jain
 * Hakim Ajmal Khan
 * Syed Ahmad Khan
 * Madhu Khanna
 * Sunil Kothari
 * Sushil Kumar Saxena
 * Malati Shendge
 * Sampat Kumar Tandon

Journalist

 * Gopinath Aman
 * Afshan Anjum
 * Vikram Chandra
 * Barkha Dutt
 * Sagarika Ghose
 * Sonal Kalra
 * Mayanti Langer
 * Charul Malik
 * Rajat Sharma
 * Sabina Sehgal Saikia
 * Hari Shankar Vyas

Law and judiciary

 * Sanjiv Khanna
 * Subodh Markandeya

Medical

 * Daljeet Singh Gambhir
 * Hemlata Gupta
 * Jitendra Mohan Hans
 * Ganesh Kumar Mani
 * Siddhartha Mukherjee
 * Indira Nath
 * Abha Saxena
 * Krishna Gopal Saxena
 * Santosh Kumar Sen
 * Sujata Sharma
 * Noshir M. Shroff, Ophthalmologist
 * M. V. Padma Srivastava
 * Nikhil Tandon
 * Brihaspati Dev Triguna

Military

 * Anuj Nayyar, Indian army captain
 * Pervez Musharraf, 7th Army Chief of Pakistan.

Actors

 * Varun Badola
 * Arjan Bajwa
 * Manoj Bakshi
 * Rohit Bakshi
 * Rakesh Bedi
 * Tahir Raj Bhasin
 * Gajendra Chauhan
 * Priyanshu Chatterjee
 * Gaurav Chopra
 * Aakash Dahiya
 * Mukul Dev
 * Rahul Dev
 * Ajay Devgan (born 1969), Indian Bollywood actor and producer
 * Rajneesh Duggal
 * Gulshan Grover
 * Karan Singh Grover, television and Bollywood actor
 * Zain Imam, television actor
 * Sourabh Raj Jain, television actor
 * Kishore Namit Kapoor
 * Ram Kapoor
 * Shahid Kapoor
 * Shakti Kapoor
 * Saif Ali Khan (born 1970), Indian actor
 * Shah Rukh Khan (born 1965), Indian Bollywood actor
 * Rajesh Khattar, actor
 * Samir Kochhar
 * Himansh Kohli
 * Akshay Kumar
 * Darshan Kumar
 * Manoj Kumar
 * Laksh Lalwani
 * Pavan Malhotra
 * Siddharth Malhotra, actor
 * Shivin Narang
 * Hiten Noonwal
 * Manoj Pahwa
 * Ssumier Pasricha, actor and comedian
 * Pran
 * Vijay Raaz
 * Gautam Rode
 * Sumeet Sachdev
 * Anuj Sachdeva
 * Amit Sadh
 * Saqib Saleem
 * Pulkit Samrat
 * Keith Sequeira
 * Divyendu Sharma
 * Satyajit Sharma
 * Saurabh Shukla
 * Inderpal Singh
 * Manjot Singh
 * Shaurya Singh
 * Barun Sobti, television actor
 * Karan Wahi
 * Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub

Actress

 * Anu Aggarwal
 * Roma Arora
 * Neelima Azeem
 * Naseem Banu
 * Ritu Barmecha
 * Bipasha Basu
 * Swara Bhaskar
 * Bibbo
 * Sheeba Chaddha
 * Isha Chawla
 * Ridhi Dogra
 * Esha Gupta
 * Neena Gupta
 * Padmapriya Janakiraman
 * Vaani Kapoor
 * Minissha Lamba
 * Radhika Madan
 * Madhubala (1933–69), Indian Bollywood actress
 * Rashi Mal
 * Sanya Malhotra
 * Manasvi Mamgai
 * Monal Naval
 * Arundathi Nag
 * Shonali Nagrani
 * Aishveryaa Nidhi
 * Tapsee Pannu
 * Huma Qureshi, actress
 * Kriti Sanon, actress
 * Amba Sanyal (born 1945), stage actor and costume designer
 * Deeksha Seth
 * Pooja Sharma
 * Urvashi Sharma
 * Deepika Singh
 * Kashish Singh
 * Neetu Singh
 * Rakul Preet Singh
 * Raashi Khanna
 * Sarika Thakur
 * Vani Tripathi

Directors, producers and writers

 * Atul Agnihotri
 * Shubhavi Arya
 * Vikas Bahl (born 1971), Indian film producer, screenwriter, and director
 * Dev Benegal
 * Aditya Dhar
 * Amar Kanwar (born 1964), Indian film director and contemporary artist
 * Rajat Kapoor
 * Bhushan Kumar
 * Divya Khosla Kumar
 * Gulshan Kumar
 * Anu Malhotra
 * Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
 * Nisha Pahuja
 * Aanand L. Rai
 * Maneesh Sharma
 * Alankrita Shrivastava
 * Loveleen Tandan

Singers

 * KK (singer)
 * Sunidhi Chauhan
 * Javed Ali
 * Akriti Kakar
 * Prakriti Kakar
 * Sukriti Kakar
 * Harshdeep Kaur
 * Tulsi Kumar
 * Madhup Mudgal
 * Anushka Manchanda
 * Mukesh Chand Mathur, Bollywood singer
 * Bif Naked (born 1971), Canadian punk rock singer
 * Peter Plate (born 1967), German singer, songwriter and producer (Rosenstolz)
 * Honey Singh

Choreography

 * Shakti Mohan

Philanthropists and social workers

 * Kiran Martin

Politics

 * Paddy Ashdown (1941–2018), British politician
 * Ramesh Bidhuri
 * Ramvir Singh Bidhuri
 * Michael Bennet (born 1964), American politician
 * Sheila Dikshit, former Chief minister
 * Gautam Gambhir
 * Maneka Gandhi
 * Priyanka Gandhi
 * Rahul Gandhi
 * S. Jaishankar
 * Arun Jaitley
 * Arvind Kejriwal, Chief minister
 * Meenakshi Lekhi, Cabinet minister
 * Chaudhary Bharat Singh
 * Ajay Maken
 * Pervez Musharraf (born 1943), Pakistani politician
 * Kedar Nath Sahani
 * Kanwar Singh Tanwar
 * Harsh Vardhan
 * Sahib Singh Verma
 * Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma

Rajputs

 * Anangpal Tomar, King of Haryana and Delhi
 * Prithviraj Chauhan, King of much of North India

Sayyids

 * Muhammad Shah

Lodi

 * Ibrahim Lodhi

Mughals

 * Ahmad Shah Bahadur
 * Shah Alam II
 * Bahadur Shah Zafar

Science

 * Diwakar Vaish, roboticist

Athletic

 * Arun Bhardwaj
 * Amoj Jacob
 * Lalit Mathur
 * Tejaswin Shankar
 * Sourabh Vij

Badminton

 * Damayanti Tambay

Billiards

 * Geet Sethi (born 1961), Indian billiard player and world champion

Chess

 * Aryan Chopra
 * Sahaj Grover
 * Parimarjan Negi (born 1993), Indian chess player
 * Tania Sachdev

Cricket

 * Mohinder Amarnath
 * Kirti Azad
 * Amit Bhandari
 * Unmukt Chand
 * Chetan Chauhan
 * Aakash Chopra
 * Anjum Chopra
 * Nikhil Chopra
 * Vijay Dahiya
 * Shikhar Dhawan
 * Salim Durani
 * Gautam Gambhir
 * Rajinder Goel
 * Shilpa Gupta
 * Ajay Jadeja
 * Surinder Khanna
 * Virat Kohli
 * Raman Lamba
 * Warren Lee
 * Reema Malhotra
 * Mithun Manhas
 * Amit Mishra
 * Parvinder Awana
 * Ashish Nehra
 * Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
 * Manoj Prabhakar
 * Vivek Razdan
 * Rahul Sanghvi
 * Virender Sehwag
 * Ajay Sharma
 * Amita Sharma
 * Ishant Sharma
 * Sanjeev Sharma
 * Robin Singh, Jr.
 * Sunil Valson
 * Atul Wassan

Football

 * Jyoti Ann Burrett
 * Aayushmaan Chaturvedi
 * Aditi Chauhan
 * Dalima Chhibber
 * Narender Gahlot
 * Tanvie Hans
 * Rohit Kumar
 * Munmun Lugun
 * Ishan Pandita

Golf

 * Gaurav Ghei
 * Shiv Kapur
 * Rashid Khan
 * Chiragh Kumar
 * Mukesh Kumar
 * Amit Luthra
 * Himmat Rai
 * Jyoti Randhawa
 * Digvijay Singh

Hockey

 * Raghbir Singh Bhola
 * Arthur Charles Hind
 * Abdul Qayyum Khan
 * Manju Phalswal
 * Jaswant Singh Rajput
 * Aziz-ur Rehman
 * Joginder Singh
 * Khawaja Muhammad Taqi

Martial art

 * Om Prakash Bhardwaj
 * Akram Shah
 * Narender Singh

Skiing

 * Neha Ahuja, Winter Olympian
 * Shailaja Kumar, Winter Olympian

Table tennis

 * Manika Batra
 * Indu Puri

Boxing

 * Gaurav Bidhuri, world boxing Bronze medal winner

Tennis

 * Ankita Bhambri
 * Prerna Bhambri
 * Yuki Bhambri
 * Divij Sharan
 * Ashutosh Singh
 * Jasjit Singh

Wrestling

 * Jyoti
 * Parkash Gian
 * Guru Hanuman
 * Sonika Kaliraman
 * Pawan Kumar
 * Sushil Kumar
 * Sujeet Maan
 * Malwa Singh
 * Satpal Singh

Miscellaneous

 * Gita Bhartiji (born 1944), Hindu guru.
 * Ravi Gulati (born 1974), social activist.
 * Laila Tyabji (born 1947), co-founder of Dastkar, Padma Shri (2012)

title: List of people from Delhi