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Mirza Ghalib
Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan (27 December 179715 February 1869), commonly known as Mirza Ghalib, was an Indian poet and letter writer of the Mughal Empire. Writing in Persian and Urdu during the final years of the Mughal Empire and the rise of British colonial rule, his poetry often addressed themes of love, loss, philosophy, the human condition, and socio-political disturbances with a depth and complexity that influenced the literary traditions of his time. His ghazals, noted for their intricate imagery and layered meanings, form a significant part of Urdu literature. He spent most of his life in
Sushil Koirala
former Prime Minister of Nepal (1939-2016)
Amit Shah
Indian politician and 32nd Union Minister of Home Affairs
Nara Chandrababu Naidu
Indian politician
Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy
17th and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Nambi Narayanan
Indian aerospace scientist (born 1941)
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh
social reformer, preacher, and spiritual leader
Kanu Sanyal
Indian politician (1929–2010)
Teesta Setalvad
Indian activist
Sanjjana
Archana Manohar Galrani, known mononymously and professionally credited as Sanjjana, is an Indian model and actress who predominantly works in Kannada and Telugu films. She made her film debut in the 2005 Telugu film Soggadu. She is known for her role in the Kannada film Ganda Hendathi (2006). She played a supporting role in the 2008 Telugu film Bujjigadu starring Prabhas. In 2017, she played Chandri in the Kannada crime drama Dandupalya 2. In 2025 she participated as a contestant in Telugu reality show Bigg Boss 9 and finished as 4th runner-up of the show.
Asaram
Asumal Sirumalani Harpalani (born 17 April 1941), known by devotees as Asaram, is an Indian spiritual leader and convicted rapist, who started to come into the limelight in the early 1970s. By 2013, he was estimated to have established over 400 ashrams and 40 schools in India and abroad.
Suresh Kalmadi
Indian politician
Sonam Wangchuk
Indian engineer, innovator and education reformist
Umar Khalid
Indian political activist
Ragini Dwivedi
Indian film actress
K. Ajitha
social activist
Alka Kaushal
Indian actress and producer
Indrani Mukerjea
Indian HR consultant and media executive
Anand Teltumbde
scholar
Bimal Kaur Khalsa
Indian politician
D. K. Shivakumar
Indian politician
Satyendar Kumar Jain
Indian politician
Abhishek Banerjee
Indian politician
Mridula Sarabhai
Indian independence activist and politician
Pash
Avtar Singh Sandhu (9 September 1950 – 23 March 1988), who wrote under the pen name Pash, was an Indian poet, one of the major poets in Punjabi of the 1970s. He was killed by Sikh extremists on 23 March 1988. His strongly left-wing views were reflected in his poetry.
Nawab Malik
Indian politician
Sanjiv Bhatt
former Indian police officer
Karthik Chidambaram
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Anil Deshmukh
Home Minister of Maharashtra
Amarjeet Sohi
Canadian politician
Sharjeel Imam
Student activist
Gautam Navlakha
civil liberties, democratic, and human rights activist, and a journalist