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Barasat Assembly constituency

2026-05-07T22:49:55Z

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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{other uses|Barasat (disambiguation)}}
'''Barasat Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[North 24 Parganas district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Barasat
| type = SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Barasat.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Barasat Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = Sankar Chatterjee
| party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| preceded_by = [[Chiranjeet Chakraborty]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Parganas]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Barasat]]
| constituency_no = 119
| established = 1951
| electors = 208,810
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}
{{Pie chart
| value1 = 50
| value2 = 22.25
| value3 = 22.25
| value4 = 5.5
| label1 = [[All India Forward Block]] (9 times)
| label2 = [[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress]] (4 times)
| label3 = [[All India Trinamool Congress |All India Trinamool Congress]] (4 times)
| label4= [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (1 time)
| color1 = {{party color|All India Forward Block}}
| color2 = {{party color| Indian National Congress}}
| color3 = {{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}
|color4 = {{party color| Bhartiya Janata Party}}
| caption = '''Most Successful parties from Barasat assembly'''
}}

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 119 Barasat Assembly constituency is composed of the following: [[Barasat]] municipality and [[Chhota Jagulia]] [[gram panchayat]] of [[Barasat I (Community development block)|Barasat I]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]],<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date=15 October 2010 |work = West Bengal| publisher= Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Barasat Assembly constituency is part of No. 17 [[Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|Amulya Dhan Mukhopadhyay
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Chitta Basu
|{{Full party name with color|All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Ashok Krishna Dutt
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|H.K. Basu
|{{Full party name with color|All India Forward Bloc|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|rowspan="2"|Saral Deb
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|Kanti Rangan Chatterjee
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|rowspan="4"|Saral Deb
|{{Full party name with color|All India Forward Bloc|rowspan=4}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|rowspan="2"|Ashoke Mukherjee
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress}}
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|Dr. Bithika Mondal
|{{Full party name with color|All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Chiranjeet Chakraborty]]
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|-
| [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| Sankar Chatterjee
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

==Election results==

===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Barasat}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Sankar Chatterjee|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=122,171|percentage=51.64|change={{Increase}}15.91}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Sabyasachi Dutta]]|party=Trinamool Congress|votes=87,613|percentage=37.03|change={{Decrease}}9.24}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Hemanta Das|party=All India Forward Bloc|votes=18,700|percentage=7.90|change={{Decrease}}7.24}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Tarak Mukherjee|party=Indian National Congress|votes=2,252|percentage=0.95|change={{New}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Pradip Gayen|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|votes=901|percentage=0.38|change={{Decrease}}0.04}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|party=None of the above (India)|votes=1,543|percentage=0.65|change={{Decrease}}0.64}}
{{Election box majority||votes=34,558|percentage=14.61|change={{Increase}}4.07}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=236,603|percentage=91.96|change={{Increase}}11.23}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = BJP
|loser = Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Barasat constituency}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Chiranjeet Chakraborty]]
|votes = 104,431
|percentage = 46.27
|change = {{Decrease}} 2.17
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Sankar Chatterjee|votes=80,648|percentage=35.73|change={{Increase}} 24.78}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Forward Bloc|candidate=Sanjib Chatterjee|votes=34,171|percentage=15.14|change={{Decrease}}21.15}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above (India)|candidate=[[None of the above]]|votes=2,688|percentage=1.19|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Sunil Chandra Roy|votes=940|percentage=0.42|change={{Decrease}}0.95}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Tarun Dhar|votes=767|percentage=0.34|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Amra Bangalee|candidate=Mohan Lal Adhikari|votes=576|percentage=0.26|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Amit Kumar Chakraborty|votes=572|percentage=0.25|change=}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Jan Sangh Party
|candidate = Sudarshan Das
|votes = 496
|percentage = 0.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=Kshama Debnath (Panda)|votes=418|percentage=0.19|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=23,783|percentage=10.54|change={{Decrease}}4.61}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=225,707|percentage=80.73|change={{Decrease}}2.20}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Barasat constituency}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Chiranjeet Chakraborty]]|votes=99,667|percentage=48.44|change={{Decrease}}9.84}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Forward Bloc|candidate=Sanjib Chatterjee|votes=74,668|percentage=36.29|change={{Increase}}0.55}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Dr. Bithika Mandal|votes=22,537|percentage=10.95|change={{Increase}}7.61}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Sunil Chandra Roy|votes=2,827|percentage=1.37|change={{Increase}}0.08}}
{{Election box majority||votes=24,999|percentage=15.15|change={{Decrease}}7.39}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=205,770|percentage=82.93|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Chiranjeet of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sanjib Chatterjee of Forward Bloc.
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Barasat constituency<ref name="vidhansabha2011">{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=119| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120507065050/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=119| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 7 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Barasat| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 24 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Chiranjeet Chakraborty]]
|votes = 103,954
|percentage = 58.28
|change = +9.46#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Sanjib Chatterjee
|votes = 63,743
|percentage = 35.74
|change = -11.02
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Tuhin Kumar Mondal
|votes = 5,957
|percentage = 3.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Tapan Sarkar
|votes = 2,302
|percentage = 1.29
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Bablu Jana
|votes = 1,584
|percentage = 0.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Samata Party
|candidate = Ramtanay Bhattacharya
|votes = 823
|percentage = 0.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority||votes=40,211|percentage=22.54|change=}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 178,363
|percentage = 85.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = All India Forward Bloc
|swing = 20.48#
}}
{{Election box end}}

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

===1977-2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]],<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> Dr. Bithika Mondal of [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]] won the Barasat assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Ashoke Mukherjee of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Ashoke Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress defeated Saral Deb of Forward Bloc in 2001<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> and 1996.<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> Saral Deb of Forward Bloc defeated Souren Sen of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1991,<ref name="vidhansabha1991">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf |access-date=13 August 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Amar Chandar Deb of Congress in 1987,<ref name="vidhansabha1987">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |access-date=13 August 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Ashis Kumar Basu of Congress in 1982,<ref name="vidhansabha1982">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |access-date=13 August 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> and Kanti Ranjan Chattopadhyay in of Congress in 1977.<ref name="vidhansabha1977">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp90.htm |title =90 - Barasat Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 15 October 2010}}</ref>

===1951-1972===
Kanti Rangan Chatterjee of Congress won in 1972.<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> Saral Deb of Forward Bloc won in 1971<ref name="vidhansabha1971">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |access-date=13 August 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> and 1969.<ref name="vidhansabha1969">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf |access-date=13 August 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> H.K.Basu of Forward Bloc won in 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> Ashok Krishna Dutt of Congress won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>[[Chitta Basu (politician)|Chitta Basu]] of Forward Bloc won in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]].<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]], Amulya Dhan Mukhopadhyay of Congress won the Barasat seat.<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{North 24 Parganas topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of North 24 Parganas district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]

Aravalli West Thorn Scrub Forests

2026-05-07T08:30:25Z

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{{Short description|Ecoregion of Pakistan and India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{EngvarB|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox ecoregion
|name = Northwestern thorn scrub forests
|image = Wheat Fields in Sialkot.jpg
|image_size =
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|caption = Crop fields in [[Sialkot]], [[Punjab, Pakistan]]
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|map_caption = Map of the Northwestern thorn scrub forests ecoregion
|ecozone = [[Indomalayan realm|Indomalayan]]
|biome = [[deserts and xeric shrublands]]
|animals =
|bird_species =
|mammal_species =
|border1 = [[Baluchistan xeric woodlands]]
|border2 = [[Himalayan subtropical pine forests]]
|border3 = [[Indus River Delta–Arabian Sea mangroves]]
|border4 = [[Indus Valley desert]]
|border5 = [[Khathiar–Gir dry deciduous forests]]
|border6 = [[Thar Desert]]
|border7 = [[Western Himalayan broadleaf forests]]
|border8 = [[Upper Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests]]
|area = 486906
|country1 = [[India]]
|country2 = [[Pakistan]]
|state1 = [[Gujarat]]
|state2 = [[Haryana]]
|state3 = [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|state4 = [[Punjab]]
|state5 = [[Rajasthan]] (India);
|state6 = [[Baluchistan]]
|state7 = [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
|state8 = [[Punjab]],
|state9 = [[Sind]] (Pakistan)
|region_type = states of India & provinces of Pakistan
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|climate =
|soil =
|conservation = critical/endangered
|global200 =
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|protected = 20,150 km² (4
|protected_ref = )<ref>Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. [https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bix014]</ref>
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The '''Northwestern thorn scrub forests''', presently known as '''Aravalli west thorn scrub forests''',<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dinerstein |first=Eric |last2=Olson |first2=David |last3=Joshi |first3=Anup |last4=Vynne |first4=Carly |last5=Burgess |first5=Neil D. |last6=Wikramanayake |first6=Eric |last7=Hahn |first7=Nathan |last8=Palminteri |first8=Suzanne |last9=Hedao |first9=Prashant |last10=Noss |first10=Reed |last11=Hansen |first11=Matt |date=June 2017 |title=An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm |url=https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/biosci/bix014 |journal=BioScience |language=en |volume=67 |issue=6 |pages=534–545 |doi=10.1093/biosci/bix014 |issn=0006-3568 |pmc=5451287 |pmid=28608869}}</ref> is a [[Deserts and xeric shrublands|xeric shrubland]] [[ecoregion]] of [[Pakistan]] and [[Northern India]], stretching along the border lowlands and hills between the two countries. Once covered in deciduous forest, this ecoregion has been [[land degradation|degraded]] through [[agriculture]] and the extraction of [[timber]] so that it currently has a scanty covering of thorny scrub dominated by such trees as ''[[Acacia senegal]]'', ''[[Acacia leucophloea]]'' and ''[[Prosopis cineraria]]''. Where the soils are particularly saline, there are patches of semi-desert. A number of mammals are found in this habitat, as well as about four hundred species of bird. Some small areas are protected but the collection of [[firewood]] and the [[land conversion|conversion of the land]] to [[subsistence farming]] continues.

==Location and description==
The ecoregion encircles the [[Thar Desert]] and [[Indus Valley Desert]] ecoregions. It stretches along the border lowlands and hills between India and Pakistan and includes: the western half of [[Gujarat]] (excluding the mountain of [[Girnar]]), and extending through Rajasthan, where it is bounded on the southeast by the [[Aravalli Range]]; most of [[Haryana]] and [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] states of India as well as the [[Jammu]] region of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], extending to the foothills of the Himalayas; in Pakistan, most of [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab province]], extending into easternmost [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Northwest Frontier]] and [[Balochistan (Pakistan)|Baluchistan]] provinces and western [[Sindh]].

This ecoregion, together with the Thar Desert and Indus Valley Desert ecoregions, form [[Miklos Udvardy]]'s "Thar Desert" [[Biogeographic province]].<ref>{{WWF ecoregion|id=im1303|name=Northwestern thorn scrub forests}}</ref>

== Climate ==
The climate of the ecoregion consists of ''[[Semi-arid climate#Hot semi-arid climates|Hot semi-arid]]'' ([[Köppen climate classification]] [[Semi-arid climate#Hot semi-arid climates|(BSh)]]) and [[Desert climate|''Arid'']] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ([[BWh]])) climates. This climate is characteristic of steppes, grasslands, and forests. The temperature includes, hot summers and cool or dry winters. Precipitation averages 500–600 mm/year with heavy rainfalls and evening thunderstorms with the possibility of cloudbursts and flash floods in the monsoon season, late July–August. This being said, it only receives enough rainfall to support scrub. It does not receive enough rainfall to feature in the [[humid subtropical climate]].

==Flora==
The Northwestern thorn scrub forests are thought to be [[tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests|tropical dry forests]] that have been degraded through [[intensive agriculture]] and [[overgrazing|grazing]] into stunted and open thorn scrub, dominated by trees such as ''[[Acacia senegal]]'' and ''[[Acacia leucophloea]]'', as well as ''[[Prosopis cineraria]]'', ''[[Capparis zeylanica]]'', and species of ''[[Salvadora (plant)|Salvadora]]'', ''[[Gymnosporia]]'', ''[[Grewia]],'' and ''[[Gardenia]]''. However the region also contains patches of semi-desert where the soil is particularly saline.<ref>Champion, H. G., and S. K. Seth. 1968. A revised survey of the forest types of India. Government of India Press</ref><ref>Puri, G.S., Gupta, R.K., and Meher-Homji, V.M.P.S. 1989. Forest Ecology Volume 2. New Delhi, India: Oxford & IBH Publishing Company</ref>

==Fauna==
Despite the large scale [[forest clearance]] large mammals still remain in the ecoregion including [[Indian leopard]] and their prey such as [[chinkara]] (''Gazella bennettii''), [[nilgai]] (Boselaphus tragocamelus), [[Indian hog deer]] (Axis porcinus) [[sambar deer]] (Rusa unicolor) and the threatened species [[chousingha]] (''Tetracerus quadricornis''), and [[blackbuck]] (''Antilope cervicapra''). The scrubland is also home to another large cat, the [[caracal]], which preys on mice, birds, and reptiles. There are two endemic mammals, both bats: ''[[Triaenops persicus]]'' and the [[small mouse-tailed bat]] (''Rhinopoma muscatellum'').
[[File:Lal suhanra canal, Punjab.jpg|thumb|Surviving [[Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests|tropical dry forests]] in [[Lal Suhanra National Park]].]]
There are more than 400 species of birds in the region including the endemic [[rufous-vented grass babbler]] (''Laticilla burnesii''), the near-endemic [[white-naped tit|white-winged tit]] (''Parus nuchalis'') and the threatened [[great Indian bustard]] (''Ardeotis nigriceps'') and [[lesser florican]] (''Eupodotis indica'').

==Threats and preservation==
Over 90% of the ecoregion has been converted to human use, and the remaining habitat is highly [[habitat fragmentation|fragmented]]. There are many protected areas but they are very small and unconnected and even these are liable to invasion for [[firewood]] collecting and clearance for planting. However the traditions of the [[Bishnoi]] community based in this region extend protection to some wildlife, especially the blackbuck and the tree.{{fact|date=May 2022}}

==See also==
*[[List of ecoregions in India]]
*[[Arid Forest Research Institute]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Ecoregions of India}}

[[Category:Thar Desert]]
[[Category:Deserts and xeric shrublands]]
[[Category:Ecoregions of India]]
[[Category:Ecoregions of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Environment of Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Geography of Punjab, Pakistan]]
[[Category:Geography of Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Indomalayan ecoregions]]

P. Vatsala

2026-04-29T04:44:08Z

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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
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| image = Pvalsala.jpg
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| birth_name = Parakkulathil Vatsala
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| birth_place = [[Kozhikode|Calicut]], [[Malabar District]], [[Madras Presidency|Madras Province]], [[British India]] (present-day [[Kozhikode district|Kozhikode]], [[Kerala]], India)
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| death_place = Kozhikode, Kerala, India
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| nationality = Indian
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'''Parakkulathil Vatsala'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/literaryworld/2023/11/22/remembering-writer-p-valsala.html|title=അങ്ങനെ പി. പേരിന്റെ കൂടെ|publisher=manoramaONLINE|date=22 November 2023}}</ref> (28 August 1939 – 21 November 2023) was an Indian [[Malayalam]] novelist, short story writer, and social activist from [[Kerala]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/05/09/stories/2008050950130300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080523063103/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/05/09/stories/2008050950130300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 May 2008|title=Telling her story |date=9 May 2008|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=29 April 2010}}</ref> She is a recipient of [[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram]] 2021, the highest literary honour by the [[government of Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Writer-activist P Vatsala wins Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, Kerala's highest literary honour|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2021/11/01/writer-activist-p-vatsala-wins-kerala-highest-literary-honour.html|access-date=1 November 2021|website=Onmanorama|language=en}}</ref> She is only the fifth woman to receive the award since its institution in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Writer-activist P Vatsala wins Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, Kerala's highest literary honour|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2021/11/01/writer-activist-p-vatsala-wins-kerala-highest-literary-honour.html|access-date=1 November 2021|website=OnManorama}}</ref>

Vatsala was also a recipient of [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] for her novel ''Nizhalurangunna Vazhikal'' (The Paths where Shadows Sleep).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://malayalampadam.com/movies/showthread.php?t=25390|title=SAHITHYA ACADEMI AWARD WINNERS# from 1959 to 1999|publisher=malayalampadam.com|access-date=29 April 2010}}</ref> She has written over 25 short story collections and 17 novels. She is renowned for her distinct style of writing.

Her works have won several awards including Kumkumam Award (for ''Nellu'' published in 1972), the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] (for ''Nizhalurangunna Vazhikal''), the Muttathu Varkey Award, and the [[C. V. Kunhiraman#Honours|C. V. Kunhiraman Memorial Sahitya Award]].

A former headmistress, Vatsala also held the post of Chairperson of [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]].<ref>{{cite news|date=29 March 2010|title=P. Valsala gets Sahithya Academy top post|newspaper=[[Malayala Manorama]]|url=http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/mmonline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=6990195&tabId=1&channelId=-1073865030&programId=1080132912&BV_ID=@@@|access-date=29 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=30 March 2010|title=P Valsala to chair Sahitya Akademi|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|url=http://expressbuzz.com/States/Kerala/p-valsala-to-chair-sahitya-akademi/160785.html|access-date=29 April 2010}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> She was associated with [[Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham|PuKaSa]], a left-leaning cultural movement, but lately she had been supportive of Hindu right-wing organisations.<ref>Amiya Meethal (2 November 2021). [https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2021/nov/02/ezhuthachan-awardee-valsala-highlighted-social-realities-with-focus-on-women-and-nature-2378554.html "Ezhuthachan Awardee Valsala highlighted social realities with focus on women and nature"]. ''The New Indian Express''. Retrieved 12 November 2021.</ref><ref>[[Ashokan Charuvil]] (11 October 2013). [https://risalaonline.com/archives/2558 "വയനാട്ടില്‍ നിന്ന് വള്ളിക്കാവിലേക്ക്"]. ''Risala Weekly''. Retrieved 12 November 2021.</ref><ref>S. R. Praveen (17 July 2015). [https://medium.com/@Praveenstoneage/p-valsala-journey-from-a-progressive-to-a-true-saffron-sanghi-9d1bd2daf39e "P.Valsala — Journey from a progressive to a true saffron sanghi"]. ''Medium.com''. Retrieved 14 October 2015.</ref>

Vatsala resided in [[Kozhikode district]], in northern [[Kerala]]. She died from heart failure on 21 November 2023, at the age of 85.<ref>{{cite news |title=Writer P. Valsala passes away at 85 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/writer-p-valsala-passes-away-at-85/article67559831.ece |access-date=22 November 2023 |work=The Hindu |date=22 November 2023}}</ref>

==Selected works==
;Short stories
*''Pempi'', Poorna Books, [[Kozhikode|Calicut]], 1969
*''Pazhaya, Puthiya Nagaram'' (The Old, New City), The Sahithya Pravarthaka Cooperative Society (SPCS), [[Kottayam]], 1979
*''Anupamayude Kavalkkaran'' (The Bodyguard of Anupama), SPCS, 1980
*''Aanavettakkaran'' (The Elephant Hunter), SPCS, 1982
*''Unikkoran Chathopathiya'' (Unikkoran Chathopathiya), SPCS, 1985
*''Annamaria Neridan'' (For Anna Marie To Confront), SPCS, 1988
*''Karuttha Mazha Peyyunna Thazhvara'' (The Valley of Black Rains), SPCS, 1988
*''Chamundy Kuzhi'' (Chamundi's Pit), SPCS, 1989
*''Arundhati Karayunnilla'' (Arundhati doesn't Cry), SPCS, 1991
*''Koonychoottile Velicham'' (The Light behind the Flight Stairs), Prabhath Book House, [[Trivandrum]], 1992
*''Madakkam II'' (The Return II), D. C. Books, 1998
*''Panguru Pushpathinde Theen'' (Honey from the Flower of Panguru), Poorna Books, 1998
*''Madakkam'' (The Return), [[D. C. Books]], [[Kottayam]], 1998
*''Kaly ’98 Thudarcha'' (Sports 98 Cont.), Prabhath Book House, 1998
*''Pookku Vayil Ponvayil'' (The Sunset that is Gold), Olive, 1999
*''Dhushyanthannum Bheemannummillatha Lokam'' (The world Devoid by Dhushyntha and Bhima), Poorna Books, 1999
*''Kalal Kavalal'' (The Soldier who is the Guard), D. C. Books, 2001
*''Kottayile Prema'' (Prema in the forth), Olive Books, Calicut, 2002
*''Pooram'' (The Temple Festival), D. C. Books, 2003
*''Aaranniya Kandam'' (Stories of the Forest), D. C. Books, 2003
*''Mythiliyuda Makal'' (The Daughter of Mythili), Green Books, Calicut, 2004
*''Ashokanum Ayalum'' (He and Ashokan), D. C. Books, 2006
*''Chandalabhikshukiyum Marikkunna Pownamiyum'' (Chandalabhikshuki and the Dying full Moon), Book Point, [[Kozhikode|Calicut]], 2007
*''Suvarna Kadhakal'' (The Golden Stories), Green Books, [[Trichur]], 2008
*''Gate Thurannittirikkunnu'', SPCS, Kottayam, 2008

;Novels
*''Thakarcha'' (Decadence), Poorna Books, [[Kozhikode|Calicut]], 1969
*[[Nellu (1974 film)|Nellu]] (Paddy), The Sahithya Pravarthaka Cooperative Society (SPCS), [[Kottayam]], 1972 (Adapted into a [[Nellu (1974 film)|film with same name]] in 1974)
*''Agnayam'' (Of Fire), SPCS 1974; translated into English by Vasanthi Sankaranarayanan as ''Agneyam: The story of a Nambudiri woman'', Sahitya Akademi, 2008
*''Nizhaluragunna Vazhikal'' (The Paths where Shadows Sleep), SPCS 1975
*''Arakkillam'' (The House of Wax), SPCS, 1977
*''Venal'' (The Summer), SPCS, 1979
*''Kanal'' (The Live Coal), SPCS, 1979
*''Nambarukal'' (The Numbers), SPCS, 1980
*''Palayam'' (The Barracks), SPCS, 1981
*''Kooman Kolly'' (The Valley Owls), SPCS 1981
*''Gauthaman'' (Gauthaman), SPCS, 1986
*''Aarum marikuunnilla'' (Nobody Dies), SPCS / [[D. C. Books]], 1987
*''Chaver'' (The Knights), SPCS, 1991
*''Rose merreyude Aakasangal'' (The Skies of Rosemarry), [[D. C. Books]], Kottayam, 1993
*''Vilaapam'' (The Cry), D. C. Books, 1997
*''Aadhijalam'' (The Primeval Water), D. C. Books, 2004
*''Melppalam'' (The Flyover), [[Mathrubhumi|Mathrubhumi Books]], Calicut, 2007

==Awards==
*Kumkumam Award - ''Nellu''
*[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] - ''Nizhalurangunna Vazhikal''
*[[Muttathu Varkey#Muttathu Varkey Award|Muttathu Varkey Award]] - for her contributions to Malayalam literature<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/29/stories/2010042951280200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107121620/http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/29/stories/2010042951280200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 November 2012|title=Muttathu Varkey award for P. Valsala|date=29 April 2010|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=29 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/news.php?id=90794|title=P Valsala bags Muttathu Varkey award|date=29 April 2010|newspaper=[[Mathrubhumi]]|access-date=29 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716073201/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/news.php?id=90794|archive-date=16 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[C. V. Kunhiraman#Honours|C. V. Kunhiraman Memorial Sahithya Award]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://latestawardsinkerala.blogspot.in/2012/03/p-valsala-bags-c-v-kunjiraman-memorial.html|title=P. Valsala bags Kunhiraman Award|date=28 March 2012 }}</ref>
*[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship]] (2019)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/kerala-sahitya-akademi-fellowships-for-p-valsala-nvp-unithiri/article33843100.ece |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi fellowships for P. Valsala, N.V.P. Unithiri |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=15 February 2021 |accessdate=31 July 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{official website|http://www.vatsalap.com}}
* {{cite web |last1=Sankaranarayanan |first1=Vasanthi |title=A way with words |url=http://hindu.com/thehindu/2001/07/12/stories/13120784.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031027171623/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2001/07/12/stories/13120784.htm |archive-date=27 October 2003 |url-status=dead |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=12 July 2001}}

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Rajiv Kumar (civil servant)

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{{Short description|25th Chief Election Commissioner of India}}
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| caption = Rajiv Kumar
| office = 25th [[Chief Election Commissioner of India]]
| 1blankname = Election Commissioner
| 1namedata = {{plainlist|
*[[Gyanesh Kumar]]
*[[Sukhbir Singh Sandhu]]
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| term_start = 15 May 2022<ref name=" Rajiv takes charge as 25th Section Commissioner, says EC won’t shy away from tough calls">{{cite news |work=The Hindu |title=Rajiv Kumar takes charge as 25th Chief Election Commissioner, says EC won't shy away from tough calls |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rajiv-kumar-assumes-charge-as-chief-election-commissioner/article65416424.ece |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610034940/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rajiv-kumar-assumes-charge-as-chief-election-commissioner/article65416424.ece |url-status=dead |archivedate=10 June 2022 |language=en-IN}}</ref>
| term_end = 18 February 2025
| predecessor = [[Sushil Chandra]]
| successor = [[Gyanesh Kumar]]
| office1 = [[Election Commissioner of India]]
| predecessor1 = [[Ashok Lavasa]]
| successor1 = [[Arun Goel]]
| term_start1 = 1 September 2020
| term_end1 = 14 May 2022
| office2 = [[Chairman]] of Public Enterprise Selection Board
| term_end2 = 31 August 2020
| term_start2 = 1 March 2020
| predecessor2 = Kapil Dev Tripathi
| successor2 = [[Mallika Srinivasan]]
| office3 = [[Finance Secretary of India]]
| term_end3 = 29 February 2020
| term_start3 = 1 August 2019
| predecessor3 = [[Subhash Chandra Garg]]
| successor3 = [[Ajay Bhushan Pandey]]
| birth_name = Rajiv Kumar Agarwal
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|2|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Hasanpur]], Uttar Pradesh, India
| alma_mater = [[St. Stephen’s College, Delhi]] [[University of Delhi]]
| occupation = [[Indian Administrative Service|Retired IAS Officer]]
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'''Rajiv Kumar''' (born 19 February 1960 in Hasanpur District Amroha Uttar Pradesh) is a retired [[Indian Administrative Service]] officer.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rajiv Kumar appointed as next Chief Election Commissioner, to take charge on May 15 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/rajiv-kumar-chief-election-commissioner-7913065/ |access-date=19 May 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=13 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-12 |title=Rajiv Kumar, India's next CEC, is ex-finance secretary and 1984 batch IAS officer |url=https://www.news9live.com/india/former-finance-secretary-and-1984-batch-ias-officer-rajiv-kumar-becomes-cec-a-profile-169858 |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=News9Live |language=en |archive-date=26 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626201351/https://www.news9live.com/india/former-finance-secretary-and-1984-batch-ias-officer-rajiv-kumar-becomes-cec-a-profile-169858 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 15 May 2022, he assumed the charge as the 25th [[Chief Election Commissioner of India]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-12 |title=Meet next Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar: He hates shell companies and likes trekking in high Himalayas |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/meet-next-cec-rajiv-kumar-who-hates-shell-companies-and-likes-trekking-in-high-himalayas-13464512.htm |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=cnbctv18.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=15 May 2022 |title=Rajiv Kumar assumes charge as chief election commissioner |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/rajiv-kumar-assumes-charge-as-chief-election-commissioner/articleshow/91575522.cms |access-date=2022-08-24 |work=The Economic Times |agency=PTI}}</ref> and served until 18 February 2025.<ref>{{cite news |date=15 May 2022 |title=Rajiv Kumar formally takes over as 25th Chief Election Commissioner |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/rajiv-kumar-formally-takes-over-as-25th-chief-election-commissioner/articleshow/91574551.cms |access-date=19 May 2022 |work=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pattanayak |first=Banikinkar |date=14 May 2022 |title=The quintessential consensus builder |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/the-quintessential-consensus-builder/2524251/ |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=Financial Express |language=en}}</ref>

==Early life==

Rajiv Kumar was born on 19 February 1960 in Hasanpur District Amroha Uttar Pradesh, he holds degrees in [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] from [[St. Stephen’s College, Delhi]] then he further on completed his LLB, PGDM, and a master's degree in public policy. Rajiv completed his LLB from [[Delhi University]] between 1979 and 1982 and he is also an alumnus of the TERI School of Advanced Studies.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-13 |title=CEC Rajiv Kumar Educational Qualifications |url=https://www.india.com/webstories/education/chief-election-commissioner-cec-of-india-rajiv-kumar-educational-qualifications-6784072/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=India.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Career==
Rajiv Kumar is an [[Indian Administrative Service]] officer of the Bihar/Jharkhand cadre of the 1984 batch. As the director and joint secretary in the Tribal Affairs Ministry between 2001 and 2007, Kumar drafted the Scheduled Tribes (Reorganisation of Forests Rights) Bill, 2005.{{citation needed|date=March 2026}}

Rajiv Kumar has also held other positions such as director for the Central Board of [[Reserve Bank of India]] (RBI), SBI, and [[National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development|NABARD]]. He has also been a member of the [[Economic Intelligence Council]] (EIC), [[Financial Stability and Development Council]] (FSDC), [[Banks Board Bureau|Bank Board Bureau]] (BBB) and Financial Sector Regulatory Appointments Search Committee (FSRASC). He held the post of finance secretary between September 2017 and February 2020. During his tenure, he undertook several banking, insurance, and pension reforms. Kumar has been instrumental in streamlining the [[National Pension System]] (NPS) which extends its benefits to about 18 lakh central government employees. He superannuated from service in February 2020 and later he held the post of chairman of the Public Enterprises Selection Board since April 2020 before being appointed as the [[Election Commissioner of India]] on 1 September 2020.{{citation needed|date=March 2026}}

As [[Finance Secretary (India)|Finance Secretary]]-cum-Secretary, Department of Financial Services to GOI, (Sept 2017 - Feb 2020), Kumar supervised the financial services sector and was instrumental in introducing inter-alia major initiatives/reforms in Banking, Insurance & Pension sector.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tiwari |first=Dheeraj |title=PSBs' earnings will reflect impact of reforms in next two quarters: Financial Services Secretary |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/psbs-earnings-will-reflect-impact-of-reforms-in-next-two-quarters-financial-services-secretary/articleshow/65465004.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2022-08-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nair |first=Remya |date=2018-05-15 |title=Won't act against bank chiefs on hearsay: Govt official |url=https://www.livemint.com/Industry/1LQcyx9ANpHh9u6N4x6cKN/Wont-act-against-bank-chiefs-on-hearsay-Govt-official.html |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=mint |language=en}}</ref>

==25th Chief Election Commissioner==
Rajiv Kumar was appointed as the [[Chief Election Commissioner of India]] (CEC) on 15 May 2022.<ref name="Rajiv Kumar to be next chief election commissioner">{{cite news |title=Rajiv Kumar to be next chief election commissioner |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/rajiv-kumar-to-be-next-chief-election-commissioner/cid/1864793 |access-date=10 June 2022 |work= |date=13 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610041412/https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/rajiv-kumar-to-be-next-chief-election-commissioner/cid/1864793 |archive-date=10 June 2022}}</ref> He served their till 18 February 2025.<ref name="Rajiv Kumar assumes charge as India's 25th chief election commissioner">{{cite news |work=Business Standard India |first1= |title=Rajiv Kumar assumes charge as India's 25th chief election commissioner |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/rajiv-kumar-assumes-charge-as-india-s-25th-chief-election-commissioner-122051500363_1.html |access-date=10 June 2022 |date=15 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610041458/https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/rajiv-kumar-assumes-charge-as-india-s-25th-chief-election-commissioner-122051500363_1.html |archive-date=10 June 2022}}</ref> After assuming charge, Kumar trekked for 18  km through inaccessible terrain<ref>{{Cite web |author=Shivani Azad |date=6 Jun 2022 |title=Uttarakhand: Village where chief election commissioner trekked struggling for road connectivity since 15 years |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/garhwal-village-where-cec-had-trekked-struggling-for-road-connectivity-since-15-yrs/articleshow/92024310.cms |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> to visit an interior polling station in Dumak village<ref>{{Cite web |title=Uttarakhand: Election Commission chief Rajiv Kumar treks 18 km to remote polling booths |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/uttarakhand-election-commission-chief-rajiv-kumar-treks-18-km-to-remote-polling-booths |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=Free Press Journal |language=en}}</ref> in [[Chamoli district|Chamoli]], [[Uttarakhand]]. He assessed the polling requirements and motivated polling officials, who travel through tough terrains during elections.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-05 |title=CEC Rajiv Kumar Treks 18km Through Uttarakhand's Inaccessible Terrain to Check Polling Requirements |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/cec-rajiv-kumar-treks-18km-through-uttarakhands-inaccesible-terrain-to-check-polling-requirements-5314789.html |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref>

Kumar successfully conducted [[Presidential election in india|16th Presidential and Vice Presidential Elections]] in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 Jul 2022 |title=Presidential polls: ECI issues certificate of election to Droupadi Murmu |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/presidential-polls-eci-issues-certificate-of-election-to-droupadi-murmu/articleshow/93051829.cms |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=The Times of India |language=en |agency=ANI}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Presidential poll: EC issues certificate of election to Droupadi Murmu |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/presidential-poll-ec-issues-certificate-of-election-to-droupadi-murmu/articleshow/93048673.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2022-08-25}}</ref> [[Droupadi Murmu]] and [[Jagdeep Dhankhar]] were respectively elected as the President and the Vice-President of India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Press Release: Election Commission of India |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14336-press-note/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-08-07 |title=EC issues certificate of election to 14th Vice-President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/14th-vice-president-of-india-ec-issues-certificate-of-election-to-jagdeep-dhankhar/article65740392.ece |access-date=2022-08-25 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=7 Aug 2022 |title=EC issues 'Certification of Election' to next VP Jagdeep Dhankhar |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ec-issues-certification-of-election-to-next-vp-jagdeep-dhankhar/articleshow/93406743.cms |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=The Times of India |language=en |agency=ANI}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Press Note: Election Commission of India |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14364-press-note/}}</ref>

=== State Assembly Elections ===
Kumar, in his tenure, led the assembly elections in [[2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Gujarat]] and [[2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Himachal Pradesh]] in November–December 2022, three Northeastern States - [[2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|Tripura]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Enthusiastic voting continues across 60 ACs in Tripura today |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14814-enthusiastic-voting-continues-across-60-acs-in-tripura-today/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tripura election 2023: No major violence reported in poll-bound state, says CEO Gitte |date=16 February 2023 |url=https://www.indiatodayne.in/elections/tripura-assembly-elections-2023/story/tripura-election-2023-no-major-violence-reported-in-poll-bound-state-says-ceo-gitte-513701-2023-02-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tripura 'Votes Out Violence': Polls Incident-free, Turnout about 80%, 25-fold Rise in Seizures, Says ECI |date=16 February 2023 |url=https://www.news18.com/news/elections/tripura-votes-out-violence-polls-incident-free-turnout-about-80-25-fold-rise-in-seizures-says-eci-7101085.html}}</ref> [[2023 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election|Nagaland]] and [[2023 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|Meghalaya]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=85% turnout in Nagaland, 77% in Meghalaya as polls end peacefully | website=[[The Times of India]] | date=28 February 2023 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/nagaland/news/85-turnout-in-nagaland-77-in-meghalaya-as-polls-end-peacefully/articleshow/98288719.cms?from=mdr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Advance planning, use of technology and strict monitoring ensure largely peaceful elections in Meghalaya & Nagaland |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14837-advance-planning-use-of-technology-and-strict-monitoring-ensure-largely-peaceful-elections-in-meghalaya-nagaland/}}</ref>

==International Cooperation==
Further, under Kumar’s guidance, the [[Election Commission of India]] led the ‘Cohort on Election Integrity’ under the ‘Summit for Democracy’. ‘Summit for Democracy’, is an initiative of the US President hosted in December 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |work=ECI |date=31 October 2022 |title=ECI leads 'Cohort on Election Integrity, with EMBs worldwide |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14522-eci-leads-%E2%80%98cohort-on-election-integrity-with-embs-worldwide-mauritius-greece-ifes-joins-eci-as-co-leads/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |work=ECI |date=29 October 2023 |title=ECI to host a two day International Conference on 'Role, Framework & Capacity of EMBs' as the lead for the Cohort on 'Election Integrity' as a follow on to the Summit for Democracy |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14519-eci-to-host-a-two-day-international-conference-on-%E2%80%98role-framework-capacity-of-embs%E2%80%99-as-the-lead-for-the-cohort-on-%E2%80%98election-integrity%E2%80%99-as-a-follow-on-to-the-summit-for-democracy%E2%80%9D/}}</ref> As part of the ‘ ‘Cohort on Election Integrity’, Election Commission of India had organized three International Conferences with Mauritius, Greece & International organization IFES as co-leads. The first Conference on ‘Role, Framework & Capacity of EMBs’ was organized on 31 October – 1 November 2022 in New Delhi. EMBs from Armenia, Mauritius, Nepal, Cabo Verde, Australia, Chile, Federal States of Micronesia, Greece, Philippines, São Tomé & Príncipe and three international organizations namely, [https://www.ifes.org/ IFES], [https://www.idea.int/ International IDEA] and [https://www.undp.org/india UNDP India] participated in the conference.<ref>{{Cite web |work=The Print |date=31 October 2022 |title=Delhi: ECI hosts conference on 'Role, Framework, Capacity of EMBs' |url=https://theprint.in/india/delhi-eci-hosts-conference-on-role-framework-capacity-of-embs/1189069/}}</ref> Excellencies, Ambassadors/High Commissioners and other members of the Diplomatic Corps from Costa Rica, Ghana, Jamaica, Albania, Nepal, Greece, Montenegro, Spain also attended the two day Conference. [[A. Elizabeth Jones|Ms. Elizabeth Jones, the then Charge d’Affaires]], ad interim at US Embassy in New Delhi also attended the Conference.

==Controversies==

Rajiv Kumar was mired in controversies all through his tenure, with allegations of bias against the opposition parties and working in favour of [[Bhartiya Janata Party]] being leveled against him again and again, which he denied vehemently.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, who oversaw Lok Sabha and J&K polls, demits office|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/former-chief-election-commissioner-rajiv-kumar-is-in-india-sources/articleshow/123276759.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2026-04-03 |website=Economic Times|language=en-in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=TMC demands FIR against ex-CEC over voter list manipulation|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2025/Aug/11/tmc-demands-fir-against-ex-cec-over-voter-list-manipulation |access-date=2026-04-03 |website=The New Indian express|language=en-in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Rajiv Kumar's Term Ends, New Election Body Chief To Be Named Soon: Sources|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/new-chief-election-commissioner-rajiv-kumar-to-resign-rajiv-kumar-out-new-chief-election-commissioner-to-be-named-soon-sources-7709381 |access-date=2026-04-03 |website=NDTV |language=en-in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=THow Rajiv Kumar fared as Chief Election Commissioner: The hits and the misses|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/rajiv-kumar-chief-election-commissioner-hits-misses-9839210/ |access-date=2026-04-03 |website=Indian express|language=en-in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=As CEC Rajiv Kumar retires, his legacy casts a dark cloud|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/yogendra-yadav-writes-as-cec-rajiv-kumar-retires-his-legacy-casts-a-dark-cloud-9815748/ |access-date=2026-04-03 |website=Indian express|language=en-in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A'Biased': Kapil Sibal's big charge against Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/biased-kapil-sibals-big-charge-against-chief-election-commissoner-rajiv-kumar-101718589961548.html/ |access-date=2026-04-03 |website=Hindustan Times|language=en-in}}</ref>

==References==
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Makkan Singh Raj Thakur

2026-04-28T14:53:53Z

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'''Makkan Singh Raj Thakur''' (born 1971) is an Indian politician from [[Telangana]] state. He is an MLA from [[Ramagundam Assembly constituency]] in [[Peddapalli district]]. He represents [[Indian National Congress]] and won the [[2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ramagundam assembly election results 2023: Ramagundam Winning Candidates List and Vote Share |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/telangana/ramagundam-assembly-result-29023 |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=english |title=Ramagundam Election Result 2023 Live, Ramagundam Elections Vote Counting, Telangana Results 2023 {{!}} ABP News |url=https://news.abplive.com/electionselections/telangana-assembly-election-2023/telangana-ramagundam-constituency-23.html |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=news.abplive.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Thakur is from [[Ramagundam]], Peddapalli district. His father is Kishan Singh. He studied until class 12, and passed his Secondary School Certificate in 1983 at [[Zilla Parishad High School]], Ramagundam.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Makkan Singh Raj Thakur(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- RAMAGUNDAM(PEDDAPALLI) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: |url=https://www.myneta.info/Telangana2023/candidate.php?candidate_id=281 |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref>

== Career ==
Thakur won from [[Ramagundam Assembly constituency]] representing [[Indian National Congress]] in the [[2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election]]. He polled 92,227 votes and defeated his nearest rival, [[Korukanti Chandar|Korukanti Chandar Patel]] of [[Bharat Rashtra Samithi]], by a huge margin of 56,794 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-03 |title=Ramagundam Election Result 2023 LIVE Updates and Highlights: Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/ramagundam-election-result-2023-live-updates-and-highlights-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-8687810.html |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ramagundam Constituency Election Results 2023: Ramagundam Assembly Seat Details, MLA Candidates & Winner |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/telangana/constituency-show/ramagundam |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ramagundam Assembly Election Results 2023: Ramagundam Telangana Election Schedule, Vote share and Results |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/elections/telangana-assembly-election/ramagundam-constituency/ |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=Financialexpress |language=en}}</ref>

Raj Thakur Was appointed as [[Peddapalli district|Peddapalli]] District Congress Committee (DCC) President on 22 November 2025.<ref name="Congress appoints new DCC presidents">{{cite news |last1= |first1= |date=22 November 2025 |title=Congress appoints new DCC presidents |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/new-dcc-presidents-appointed/article70312095.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251123141109/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/new-dcc-presidents-appointed/article70312095.ece |archive-date=23 November 2025 |access-date=23 November 2025 |publisher=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}</ref>

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Ravi Chary

2026-04-22T06:40:19Z

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{{Short description|Indian sitar player (born 1965)}}
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'''Ravi Chary''' ({{langx|mr|रवि चारी}}; born 26 December 1965) is an Indian [[sitar]] player known for his [[Hindustani Classical music|Hindustani Classical]] and experimental music.<ref>{{cite web | last1=Daily | first1=Paarth Gupta The | title=A journey home through music: Surasik and UW Yuva Raga co-host 'Yatra' concert | work=The Daily of the University of Washington | url=https://www.dailyuw.com/arts_and_culture/recreation/a-journey-home-through-music-surasik-and-uw-yuva-raga-co-host-yatra-concert/article_9d2cc318-6f6f-4928-bcfd-2f73bd5f1f82.html }}</ref> He studied music with his father, Prabhakar Chary, [[Abdul Karim Khan (sitar player)|Abdul Karim Khan]], [[Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan]], and [[Shahid Parvez]]. He has been nominated for two [[Grammy Award]]s, for the albums ''[[Miles from India]]'' (2008)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fosters.com/story/entertainment/local/2008/12/24/grammy-nomination-now-on-vinyl/52154615007/|title=Grammy nomination now on vinyl|author=Staff Writer|website=Foster's Daily Democrat}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/51st-annual-grammy-awards|title=51st Annual GRAMMY Awards | GRAMMY.com|website=grammy.com}}</ref> and ''Ravi Chary Crossing'' (2012).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blackhattalent.com/talent/book-ravi-chary/|title=Ravi Chary}}</ref>

==Background==
Chary was born in [[Panaji]], [[Goa]] to a family of musicians from the [[Chari (surname)|Chari]] and [[Suthar|Sutar]] community of artists. His father, Prabhakar Chary, who was a [[Musicology|musicologist]] and [[tabla]] maestro, began his musical training.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radioandmusic.com/node/29811|title=Tribute to Late Pt. Prabhakar Chary by Trilok Gurtu, Sivamani, Louiz Banks , Sheldon DÆ Silva, and Ravi Chary on 6th February 2014 at Nehru Centre|website=www.radioandmusic.com}}</ref> His training continued in [[sitar]] at the Goa Kala Akademi with [[Abdul Karim Khan (sitar player)|Professor Abdul Karim Khan]] of the [[Dharwad Gharana|Dharwad tradition]] of [[Rahimat Khan (sitar player)|Rahimat Khan]]. Afterwards, he studied Jafferkhani baaj with [[Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan]] of the [[Indore Gharana|Indore tradition]]. He currently studies the [[Etawah Gharana|Etawah tradition]] with [[Shahid Parvez]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/weekend/sitarist-ravi-chary-i-am-what-i-am-today-because-of-all-my-gurus-blessings|title=Sitarist Ravi Chary: 'I am what I am today because of all my Guru's blessings'|website=Free Press Journal}}</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Ravi Chary (2).jpg|thumb|Ravi Chary in a live performance.]]
Chary has performed extensively across India as a soloist, fusion ensemble player, and jazz player.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/leisure/story/20250310-music-by-zakir-hussain-tribute-to-a-legend-2686990-2025-02-28|title=Music by Zakir Hussain | Tribute to a legend|date=28 February 2025|website=India Today}}</ref> He has proven popular with audiences and performed alongside maestros like [[Alla Rakha]], [[Kishori Amonkar]], [[Sultan Khan (musician)|Sultan Khan]], [[Suresh Talwalkar]], [[Louis Banks]], [[Sivamani (percussionist)|Sivamani]], and others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.apnnews.com/ravi-chary-crossing-enthralls-audience/|title='Ravi Chary Crossing' enthralls audience|date=7 October 2013|website=APN News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/mahindra-percussion-festival-returns-to-bengaluru-for-third-edition/article69215879.ece|title=Mahindra Percussion Festival returns to Bengaluru for third edition|first=Ruth|last=Dhanaraj|work=The Hindu |date=21 February 2025|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

===Teaching===
Chary pioneered a [[sitar]] [[symphony]] featuring his leading students.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/artists-pay-homage-to-late-ustad-zakir-hussain-at-mahindra-percussion-festival-2025-1865056|title=Artists Pay Homage To Late Ustad Zakir Hussain at Mahindra Percussion Festival 2025|date=5 March 2025|website=www.deccanchronicle.com}}</ref>

==Artistry==
[[File:Ravi Chary Sitar Symphony.jpg|thumb|Ravi Chary leads his students in "Ravi Chary Sitar Symphony."]]
Critics have described Chary's performances as an "unforgettable experience."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mid-day.com/lifestyle/culture/article/mahindra-percussion-festival-2025-pays-homage-to-ustad-zakir-hussian-aruna-sairam-trilok-gurtu-ravi-chary-and-others-deliver-mesmerising-performances-23494713|title=Mahindra Percussion Festival 2025 pays homage to Ustad Zakir Hussain; Aruna Sairam, Trilok Gurtu deliver mesmerising performances|date=5 March 2025|website=Mid-day}}</ref> His albums have been received with critical acclaim.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radioandmusic.com/entertainment/editorial/interviews/sitarist-ravi-chary-will-pick-elements-street-music-his-next-venture-141231|title=Sitarist Ravi Chary will pick-up elements of Street music for his next venture|website=www.radioandmusic.com}}</ref>

==Awards and recognition==
* Fellowship, [[Ministry of Education (India)|Ministry of Human Resources Development (India)]]
* "Surmani Award," Sur Singar Samsad, [[Mumbai]]
* "Naad Chintamani Award"
* [[Grammy Award]] nomination, ''Miles from India''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/absoluteelsewhere/7666/miles-from-india-considered-2016-davis-in-a-sitar-way/|title=MILES FROM INDIA CONSIDERED (2016): Davis, in a sitar way|date=8 October 2016|website=Elsewhere by Graham Reid}}</ref>
* [[Grammy Award]] nomination, ''Ravi Chary Crossing''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://amgindia.in/artiste-roster/crossing/|title=RAVI CHARY "CROSSING"|date=3 April 2014}}</ref>

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Golihole

2026-04-21T12:32:36Z

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'''Golihole''' is a village in the [[Byndoor]] taluk of [[Udupi|Udupi district]]. Before 2018, the village was part of the [[Kundapur|Kundrapura]] taluk. As of 2011, Golihole has a total population of 3479 people consisting of 1918 male and 303 female residents. The village occupies a total area of 4584.40 hecatres with a population density of 0.759 people per hectare. As of 2011, the total literacy rate was 70.37% which was higher than the national average of 59.5%.<ref name="udupi-census">{{Cite web |title=Census {{!}} Udupi District {{!}} India |url=https://udupi.nic.in/en/document-category/census/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |language=en-US}}</ref>

As of 2011, Golihole has an employment rate of over 47.63%, 77.01% of whom are employed over 183 days in a year.<ref name="udupi-census" />

== Infrastructure ==
The Gulnadi Halla stream runs through the village, however due to insufficient funds, the only means of cross the stream is via a wooden hanging bridge. This had led to incovenience in performing daily tasks, especially during the monsoon season for the residents of the village.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-13 |title=This fragile wooden hanging bridge is all that connects Hoseri |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/mangaluru/this-fragile-wooden-hanging-bridge-is-all-that-connects-hoseri-985307.html |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>

== People ==
[[Prathviraj Shetty]] a member of the India's para [[Twenty20|T20]] [[cricket team]] for 2022 hails from Golihole.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Byndoor: Prathviraj Shetty from Golihole is member of Indian deaf cricket team |url=https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=813522 |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=www.daijiworld.com |language=en}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Udupi]]
* [[Kundapura]]

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Bir Aishvan Wildlife Sanctuary

2026-04-20T19:07:33Z

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{{Short description|Wildlife sanctuary in Punjab, India}}

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| name = Bir Aishwan Wildlife Sanctuary
| iucn_category = IV
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| location = [[Sangrur district]], [[Punjab]], India
| coordinates = {{coord|30.242|N|75.840|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| area_km2 = 2.64
| established = 28 February 1952
| governing_body = [[Department of Forest and Wildlife (Punjab)]]
}}

'''Bir Aishwan Wildlife Sanctuary'''—also locally known as Sohian Bir—is a [[List of wildlife sanctuaries of India|wildlife sanctuary]] located approximately 3 km from [[Sangrur|Sangrur city]] in [[Sangrur district]], in the Indian state of [[Punjab]]. It was declared as a sanctuary on 28 February 1952. It covers an area of 264.40 hectares (≈ 2.64 km²).<ref>{{cite web |title=Wildlife sanctuaries (including Bir Aishwan) |publisher=Department of Forest & Wildlife Preservation, Punjab |access-date=31 July 2025 |url=https://forest.punjab.gov.in/en/wildlife/sanctuaries/ |archive-date=9 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240809085041/https://forest.punjab.gov.in/en/wildlife/sanctuaries/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bir Aishwan Wildlife Sanctuary near Sangrur |publisher=WildTrails (based on government data) |access-date=31 July 2025 |url=https://wildtrails.in/bir-aishwan-aishban-wildlife-sanctuary/}}</ref>

== Wildlife and habitat ==
The sanctuary supports species such as [[Nilgai|blue bull]] (nilgai), [[jackal]], [[hare]], [[jungle cat]], [[rhesus macaque]], [[spotted owlet]], and [[Black partridge|black]] and [[grey partridge]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Bir Aishwan details including fauna |publisher=Punjab Forest Department list of sanctuaries |access-date=31 July 2025 |url=https://forest.punjab.gov.in/en/wildlife/sanctuaries/ |archive-date=9 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240809085041/https://forest.punjab.gov.in/en/wildlife/sanctuaries/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Conservation & management ==
In a 2018 report, it was revealed that over 4,000 native trees were cut in Bir Aishwan Wildlife Sanctuary under a forest restoration plan, despite official guidelines restricting removal to invasive species only.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tur |first=Jatinder Kaur |date=8 May 2018 |title=Punjab forest restoration plan misses the wood for the trees |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=31 July 2025 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/punjab-forest-restoration-plan-misses-the-wood-for-the-trees/story-gjoGWiOV9kBDdBuNWqErKN.html}}</ref>

In September 2022, a team led by officials from the Wildlife Institute of India and Punjab Forest Department conducted a habitat survey at Bir Aishwan to assess its suitability for [[blackbuck]] relocation from [[Abohar Wildlife Sanctuary]], where that species has been under threat from feral dogs and habitat loss. The survey found that semi-arid plains, sand dunes, intermittent fallow land, and sparse vegetation make it potentially suitable for blackbuck habitation.<ref>{{cite news |last=Singh |first=Harmandeep |date=12 September 2022 |title=Struggling to survive in Abohar sanctuary, blackbucks may soon gallop in a new home |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=31 July 2025 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/struggling-to-survive-in-abohar-sanctuary-blackbucks-may-soon-gallop-in-a-new-home-101662924495364.html}}</ref>

Following reports of a leopard sighting near the sanctuary in September 2023, the Sangrur administration established a rapid response team to respond to such wildlife incidents in the area.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tribune News Service |date=16 September 2023 |title=Sangrur administration forms rapid response team after leopard sighting near Bir Aishwan |work=The Tribune |access-date=31 July 2025 |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/sangrur-administration-forms-rapid-response-team-545073}}</ref>

In April 2025, the Punjab Cabinet declared the Bir Aishwan Wildlife Sanctuary — along with 12 other sanctuaries in the state as Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ), prohibiting any construction activity within 100 metres of its boundary.<ref name="esza">{{cite news |title=13 wildlife sanctuaries in Punjab declared eco-sensitive: No construction within 100 metres of sanctuaries; Cabinet clears Sukhna Lake plan, report to be sent to Centre |work=Dainik Bhaskar (English) |date=April 2025 |access-date=31 July 2025 |url=https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/local/punjab/news/13-wildlife-sanctuaries-in-punjab-declared-eco-sensitive-134831063.html}}</ref>

== Threats ==
The sanctuary—and other "bir" forests—are at risk each year from stubble burning in nearby agricultural lands. Punjab Forest Department maintains patrol units and enforces no-burn buffer zones up to 100 m inside sanctuary boundaries, following central government SOPs.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sood |first=Aman |date=31 October 2024 |title=Rising stubble burning incidents pose danger to wildlife in 12 sanctuaries |work=The Tribune |access-date=31 July 2025 |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/rising-stubble-burning-incidents-pose-danger-to-wildlife-in-12-sanctuaries-561491}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Wildlife Protection Act, 1972]]

== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Wildlife sanctuaries in Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Sangrur district]]
[[Category:Geography of Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Environment of Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Nature conservation in India]]
[[Category:Protected areas of India]]

Paonta Doon Assembly constituency

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{{Short description|Former Legislative Assembly constituency in Himachal Pradesh, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
|name = Paonta Doon
|state = [[Himachal Pradesh]]
|type= SLA
| map_image =
| map_caption =
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|district = [[Sirmaur district|Sirmaur]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Shimla (Lok Sabha constituency)|Shimla]]
|established = 1951
|abolished = 2008<ref>{{cite news |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3931-delimitation-of-parliamentary-assembly-constituencies-order-2008/ |work=Election commission of India |access-date= February 22, 2022 }}</ref>
|electors = {{formatnum:79721}}<ref name=election2007>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3811-himachal-pradesh-2007/ |title=Himachal Pradesh 2007 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=19 January 2022}}</ref>
|reservation = None
}}
'''Paonta Doon''' was one of the 68 constituencies in the [[Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] of [[Himachal Pradesh]] a northern state of [[India]].<ref name=delimitation1976>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3939-dpaco-1976/ |title=The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |date=1 December 1976 |access-date=13 October 2021}}</ref> It was in [[Sirmaur district]] and was a part of [[Shimla (Lok Sabha constituency)|Shimla Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>[https://elections.traceall.in/vidhan-sabha-assembly-election-results/paonta-doon-in-Himachal-Pradesh Previous MLAs from Paonta Doon Assembly Constituency]</ref>

==Members of the Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Member
!colspan="2"|Party
|-
|[[1952 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
| Shiva Nand
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|colspan=4|[[Himachal Pradesh]] did not have a [[Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] from 1956 to 1967.
|-
|[[1967 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| G.S.Chauhan<ref name=election1967>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3801-himachal-pradesh-1967/ |title=Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 1967 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref>
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1972 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
| Hirendra Singh<ref name=election1972>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3802-himachal-pradesh-1972/ |title=Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 1972 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref>
|-
|[[1977 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Milkh Raj
|{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
|[[1982 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1982]]<ref name=election1982>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3805-himachal-pradesh-1982/ |title=Himachal Pradesh 1982 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 6 November 2021}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"| Kush Parmar
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1985 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|-
|[[1990 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
| Fateh Singh<ref name=election1990>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3807-himachal-pradesh-1990/ |title=Himachal Pradesh 1990 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 6 November 2021}}</ref>
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1993 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]]<ref name=election1993>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3808-himachal-pradesh-1993/ |title=Himachal Pradesh 1993 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 6 November 2021}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|Rattan Singh
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]]<ref name=election1998>{{cite web |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/3809-himachal-pradesh-1998/ |title=Himachal Pradesh 1998 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 6 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
|[[2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2003]]
|rowspan=2| [[Sukh Ram Chaudhary]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2007]]<ref name=election2007/>
|-
|}

== Election results ==
===Assembly Election 2007 ===
{{Election box begin|title= [[2007 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Paonta Doon}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Sukh Ram Chaudhary]] |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=29,322 |percentage=46.68% |change={{increase}}6.91 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Kirnesh Jung |party=Indian National Congress |votes=24,460 |percentage=38.94% |change={{increase}}10.76 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Manjinder Singh |party=Bahujan Samaj Party |votes=7,377 |percentage=11.74% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Vandana Rani |party=Samajwadi Party |votes=989 |percentage=1.57% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Om Prakash |party=Lok Jan Shakti Party |votes=649 |percentage=1.03% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=4,862 |percentage=7.74% |change= {{decrease}}2.56 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes=62,812 |percentage=78.79% |change= {{decrease}}3.83 }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 79,721 |ref = |change= {{increase}}15.69 }}
{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Bharatiya Janata Party |loser=Bharatiya Janata Party |swing= {{increase}}6.91 }}
{{Election box end}}
===Assembly Election 2003 ===
{{Election box begin|title= [[2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Paonta Doon<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1998/StatisticalReport-HP98.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111191922/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1998/StatisticalReport-HP98.pdf|archive-date=11 January 2012|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Sukh Ram Chaudhary]] |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=22,647 |percentage=39.78% |change={{increase}}11.48 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Kirnesh Jung |party=Loktantrik Morcha Himachal Pradesh |votes=16,785 |percentage=29.48% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Rattan Singh |party=Indian National Congress |votes=16,044 |percentage=28.18% |change={{decrease}}5.33 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Rajender Mohan |party=Himachal Vikas Congress |votes=1,459 |percentage=2.56% |change={{decrease}}3.75 }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=5,862 |percentage=10.30% |change= {{increase}}5.09 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes=56,935 |percentage=82.70% |change= {{increase}}6.73 }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 68,911 |ref = |change= {{increase}}12.55 }}
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Bharatiya Janata Party |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= {{increase}}6.27 }}
{{Election box end}}
===Assembly Election 1998 ===
{{Election box begin|title= [[1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Paonta Doon<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1998/StatisticalReport-HP98.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111191922/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1998/StatisticalReport-HP98.pdf|archive-date=11 January 2012|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Rattan Singh |party=Indian National Congress |votes=15,569 |percentage=33.51% |change={{decrease}}15.74 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Sukh Ram Chaudhary]] |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=13,149 |percentage=28.30% |change={{decrease}}7.99 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Kirnesh Jung |party=Independent politician |votes=12,697 |percentage=27.33% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Fateh Singh |party=Himachal Vikas Congress |votes=2,933 |percentage=6.31% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Ram Lal Sharma |party=Shivsena |votes=980 |percentage=2.11% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Bhagat Ram |party=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |votes=781 |percentage=1.68% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=2,420 |percentage=5.21% |change= {{decrease}}7.75 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes=46,466 |percentage=77.02% |change= {{decrease}}5.25 }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 61,228 |ref = |change= {{increase}}15.20 }}
{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Indian National Congress |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= {{decrease}}15.74 }}
{{Election box end}}
===Assembly Election 1993 ===
{{Election box begin|title= [[1993 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Paonta Doon<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1993 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1993/Statistical%20Report%201993%20Himachal%20Pradesh.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111133700/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1993/Statistical%20Report%201993%20Himachal%20Pradesh.pdf|archive-date=11 January 2012|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Rattan Singh |party=Indian National Congress |votes=21,238 |percentage=49.25% |change={{increase}}11.97 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Fateh Singh |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=15,648 |percentage=36.29% |change={{decrease}}16.86 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Kirnesh Jung |party=Janata Dal |votes=5,183 |percentage=12.02% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Budh Ram |party=Bahujan Samaj Party |votes=968 |percentage=2.24% |change={{increase}}1.52 }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=5,590 |percentage=12.96% |change= {{decrease}}2.90 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes=43,125 |percentage=81.95% |change= {{increase}}1.52 }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 53,149 |ref = |change= {{increase}}13.87 }}
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Indian National Congress |loser=Bharatiya Janata Party |swing= {{decrease}}3.90 }}
{{Election box end}}
===Assembly Election 1990 ===
{{Election box begin|title= [[1990 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Paonta Doon<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1990/Statisticall%20Report%20Himachal%20Pradesh%201990.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114181905/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1990/Statisticall%20Report%20Himachal%20Pradesh%201990.pdf|archive-date=14 January 2012|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Fateh Singh |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=19,750 |percentage=53.14% |change={{increase}}15.51 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Kush Parmar |party=Indian National Congress |votes=13,854 |percentage=37.28% |change={{decrease}}17.58 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Madhu Sobha |party=Independent politician |votes=1,054 |percentage=2.84% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Budh Ram |party=Independent politician |votes=892 |percentage=2.40% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Amar Singh Tomar |party=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |votes=601 |percentage=1.62% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Bashir Ahmed |party=Independent politician |votes=286 |percentage=0.77% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Jaswant Rai |party=Bahujan Samaj Party |votes=271 |percentage=0.73% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Pawan Kumar Verma |party=Janata Party |votes=209 |percentage=0.56% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=5,896 |percentage=15.86% |change= {{decrease}}1.36 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes=37,164 |percentage=80.39% |change= {{decrease}}0.14 }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 46,675 |ref = |change= {{increase}}34.34 }}
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Bharatiya Janata Party |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= {{decrease}}1.72 }}
{{Election box end}}
===Assembly Election 1985 ===
{{Election box begin|title= [[1985 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Paonta Doon<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1985/StatisticalReport%201985%20Himachal%20Pradesh.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114090530/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1985/StatisticalReport%201985%20Himachal%20Pradesh.pdf|archive-date=14 January 2012|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Kush Parmar |party=Indian National Congress |votes=15,203 |percentage=54.86% |change={{increase}}15.86 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Karam Chand |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=10,429 |percentage=37.63% |change={{increase}}7.71 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Malu Ram |party=Independent politician |votes=1,497 |percentage=5.40% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Bisharat Ali |party=Independent politician |votes=346 |percentage=1.25% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mohd. Ismail |party=Independent politician |votes=237 |percentage=0.86% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=4,774 |percentage=17.23% |change= {{increase}}8.14 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes=27,712 |percentage=80.73% |change= {{increase}}1.34 }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 34,743 |ref = |change= {{increase}}5.22 }}
{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Indian National Congress |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= {{increase}}15.86 }}
{{Election box end}}
===Assembly Election 1982 ===
{{Election box begin|title= [[1982 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Paonta Doon<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1982/Statistical%20Report%201982%20Himachal%20Pradesh.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117041754/eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1982/Statistical%20Report%201982%20Himachal%20Pradesh.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2012|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Kush Parmar |party=Indian National Congress |votes=10,099 |percentage=39.00% |change={{increase}}12.87 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Milkh Raj |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=7,747 |percentage=29.92% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Rattan Singh |party=Independent politician |votes=5,942 |percentage=22.95% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Jagmohan Bhardwaj |party=Janata Party |votes=644 |percentage=2.49% |change={{decrease}}18.49 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Bashir |party=Independent politician |votes=633 |percentage=2.44% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Budh Ram |party=Independent politician |votes=323 |percentage=1.25% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Swaran Singh |party=Independent politician |votes=315 |percentage=1.22% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Sunder Lal |party=Independent politician |votes=189 |percentage=0.73% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=2,352 |percentage=9.08% |change= {{decrease}}4.09 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes=25,892 |percentage=79.85% |change= {{increase}}7.03 }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 33,018 |ref = |change= {{increase}}21.22 }}
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Indian National Congress |loser=Independent politician |swing= {{decrease}}0.30 }}
{{Election box end}}
===Assembly Election 1977 ===
{{Election box begin|title= [[1977 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Paonta Doon<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1977/Statistical%20Report%201977%20Himachal%20Pradesh.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319174923/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1977/Statistical%20Report%201977%20Himachal%20Pradesh.pdf|archive-date=19 March 2016|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Milkh Raj |party=Independent politician |votes=7,643 |percentage=39.31% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Rattan Singh |party=Indian National Congress |votes=5,081 |percentage=26.13% |change={{decrease}}32.13 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Chander Mohan |party=Janata Party |votes=4,078 |percentage=20.97% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Jagat Singh |party=Independent politician |votes=2,196 |percentage=11.29% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Sant Ram |party=Independent politician |votes=272 |percentage=1.40% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Sushil Kumar Gupta |party=Independent politician |votes=174 |percentage=0.89% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=2,562 |percentage=13.18% |change= {{decrease}}3.35 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes=19,444 |percentage=72.62% |change= {{increase}}12.58 }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 27,237 |ref = |change= {{increase}}12.39 }}
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Independent politician |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= {{decrease}}18.95 }}
{{Election box end}}
===Assembly Election 1972 ===
{{Election box begin|title= [[1972 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Paonta Doon<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3802-himachal-pradesh-1972/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=10 February 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Hirendra Singh |party=Indian National Congress |votes=8,304 |percentage=58.26% |change={{decrease}}15.48 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Milkh Raj |party=Bharatiya Jana Sangh |votes=5,949 |percentage=41.74% |change={{increase}}15.48 }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=2,355 |percentage=16.52% |change= {{decrease}}30.96 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes=14,253 |percentage=61.39% |change= {{increase}}6.32 }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 24,235 |ref = |change= {{decrease}}19.14 }}
{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Indian National Congress |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= }}
{{Election box end}}
===Assembly Election 1967 ===
{{Election box begin|title= [[1967 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Paonta Doon<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Himachal%20Pradesh%201967.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117081612/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Himachal%20Pradesh%201967.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2012|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=G. S. Chauhan |party=Indian National Congress |votes=11,601 |percentage=73.74% |change={{increase}}11.44 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=V. Singh |party=Bharatiya Jana Sangh |votes=4,131 |percentage=26.26% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=7,470 |percentage=47.48% |change= {{increase}}22.87 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes=15,732 |percentage=55.41% |change= {{increase}}14.24 }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 29,970 |ref = |change= {{increase}}90.88 }}
{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Indian National Congress |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= {{increase}}11.44 }}
{{Election box end}}
===Assembly Election 1952 ===
{{Election box begin|title= [[1952 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Paonta Doon<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_HP.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114191147/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_HP.pdf|archive-date=14 January 2012|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Shiva Nand |party=Indian National Congress |votes=3,742 |percentage=62.30% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Sher Jang |party=Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party |votes=2,264 |percentage=37.70% |change= ''New''}}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=1,478 |percentage=24.61% |change= }}
{{Election box turnout |votes=6,006 |percentage=38.25% |change= }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 15,701 |ref = |change= }}
{{Election box new seat win |winner=Indian National Congress |loser= |swing= }}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
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Beeda Masthan Rao

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'''Beedha Masthan Rao Yadav''' is an Indian politician and businessman from [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2019/dec/08/former-mla-and-tdp-leader-beeda-masthan-rao-joins-ysrc-2073190.html |title=Former MLA and TDP leader Beeda Masthan Rao joins YSRC |website=newindianexpress.com |date=8 December 2019 |access-date=9 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/180522/ysrc-finalises-four-candidates-for-rajya-sabha.html | title=YSRC finalises four candidates for Rajya Sabha | publisher=[[Deccan Chronicle]] | date=18 May 2022 | accessdate=31 May 2022}}</ref><ref name="TheQuint 2018 x506">{{cite web | title=I-T Raids on Firms of TDP Leader Beeda Masthan Rao in Andhra | website=TheQuint | date=5 Oct 2018 | url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/i-t-raids-on-firms-of-tdp-leader-beeda-masthan-rao-in-andhra | access-date=23 Jul 2023}}</ref> He was [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) for [[Kavali Assembly constituency|Kavali constituency]]. He was elected to the [[Rajya Sabha]] in 2022.

==Political career==
From 2001 to 2006, Rao was ZPTC Member of Bogole Mandal, in [[Nellore district]]. In 2004, he contested as a member of the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] for the [[Allur Assembly constituency|Allur constituency]].

From 2009 to 2014, he was MLA for Kavali constituency, [[Andhra Pradesh]], and was on the Legislative Committee for BC Welfare. He was also Chairman of the Standing Committee on Labour, Factories, Employment and Training, Tourism; and Information Technology.

From 2014 to 2019, Rao was an advisory member of the Capital Region Development Authority of the [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]. In 2019, he contested for election to the [[Nellore Lok Sabha constituency]].

In 2022, Rao was elected as Member of Parliament in the [[Rajya Sabha]], and served on the Consultative Committee for the [[Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)|Ministry of Commerce and Industry]]. He resigned to YSR Congress party's primary membership and also as Rajya Sabha MP on 29 August 2024.<ref name="Two YSRCP MPs of Rajya Sabha resign, party set to lose ground in Upper House">{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/two-ysrcp-mps-of-rajya-sabha-resign/article68580468.ece|title=Two YSRCP MPs of Rajya Sabha resign, party set to lose ground in Upper House|last1=The Hindu|first1=|date=29 August 2024|accessdate=5 December 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241205115154/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/two-ysrcp-mps-of-rajya-sabha-resign/article68580468.ece|archivedate=5 December 2024|language=en-IN}}</ref> He joined [[Telugu Desam Party]] in the Presence of Chief Minister [[N. Chandrababu Naidu|Nara Chandrababu Naidu]] on 9 October 2024.<ref name="YSRCP former MPs Mopidevi, Beeda Masthan Rao join TDP">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |date=9 October 2024 |title=YSRCP former MPs Mopidevi, Beeda Masthan Rao join TDP |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ysrcp-former-mps-mopidevi-beeda-masthan-rao-join-tdp/article68737691.ece |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241205120452/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ysrcp-former-mps-mopidevi-beeda-masthan-rao-join-tdp/article68737691.ece |archivedate=5 December 2024 |accessdate=5 December 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

== References ==
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P. Subrahmanya Yadapadithaya

2026-04-18T19:01:04Z

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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2025}}
'''P. Subrahmanya Yadapadithaya''' is an Indian academic professor. He served as vice-chancellor of [[Mangalore University]] for four years from June 2019 until June 2023 and was affiliated with the Faculty of Commerce.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/yadapadithaya-takes-charge-as-mu-vc-737937.html|title=Yadapadithaya takes charge as MU VC|work=Deccan Herald|access-date=14 March 2024}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/yadapadithaya-retires-jayaraj-amin-takes-charge-as-acting-mangalore-university-vc/articleshow/100718696.cms|title=Yadapadithaya retires, Jayaraj Amin takes charge as acting |work=The Times of India|access-date=14 March 2024}}</ref>

Subramanya Yadapadithaya was a professor in the department of commerce in Mangalore University before assuming office as vice chancellor<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mangaloreuniversity.ac.in/psubrahmanya-yadapadithaya|title=» P.Subrahmanya Yadapadithaya|publisher=Mangalore University|access-date=14 March 2024}}</ref> As first batch student, he secured first rank and gold medal in [[Master of Commerce]] in 1982 from Mangalore University and completed his Phd in 1992.

P.Subramanya Yadapadithaya is the first alumni of the university to occupy the position of vice chancellor.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.coastaldigest.com/old-student-prof-yadapadithaya-takes-charge-new-vice-chancellor-mangalore-university?page=2|title=old student prof yadapadithaya takes charge new vice-chancellor mangalore-university|publisher=coastaldigest|access-date=14 March 2024}}</ref> He was presented best vice chancellor award on 27 August 2022 during the second Higher Education and Innovation Summit held at [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=994340|title=Mangaluru: Professor P S Yadapadithaya presented best vice chancellor award|publisher=Daijiworld|access-date=14 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://newskarnataka.com/events/campus/prof-ps-yadapadithaya-honoured-as-best-vc-2022/27082022|title=Prof B.S.Yadapadithaya honoured as Best VC 2022|publisher=newskarnataka|access-date=14 March 2024}}</ref>

He took charge at [[B.E.S.T Innovation University|BESTIU]] in June 2024 as Vice Chancellor.{{fact|date=March 2025}}

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Pupri

2026-04-17T03:55:17Z

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{{Short description|Town of Mithila region in Bihar}}
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| name = Pupri
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'''Pupri''' ([[Maithili language|Maithili]]: पुपरी) is an Indian town in the [[Sitamarhi district]] of the [[Mithila (region)|Mithila region]] in [[Bihar]]. It is also known as Janakpur Road.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Vi%C5%9Bva_Hind%C4%AB_dar%C5%9Bana.html?id=ncBjAAAAMAAJ#%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80 |title=Viśva Hindī darśana |date=1990 |publisher=Viśva Hindī Pratishthāna. |pages=69 |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sahāya |first=Śivapūjana |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Jayanti_smaraka_grantha.html?id=DHRBAQAAIAAJ#%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80 |title=Jayanti-smaraka grantha |date=1942 |language=hi}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=History {{!}} CIVIL COURT SITAMARHI {{!}} India |url=https://sitamarhi.dcourts.gov.in/about-department/history/ |access-date=2024-12-04 |language=en-US}}</ref>

Pupri is a sub-divisional town as well as the headquarter of the Pupri block in the Sitamarhi district.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Subdivision & Blocks {{!}} Welcome to Sitamarhi District {{!}} India |url=https://sitamarhi.nic.in/subdivision-blocks/ |access-date=2024-12-04 |language=en-US}}</ref> There are 6 blocks in the region of the Pupri sub-division.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-05 |title=पुपरी को जिला बनाने की मांग ने जोर पकड़ा |url=https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/sitamarhi/951329- |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Prabhat Khabar |language=hi}}</ref> Similarly in the region of the Pupri block, there are one Nagar Panchayat and 13 Gram Panchyats consisting of 45 villages.<ref name=":1" />

[[File:Pupri market.jpg|thumb|View of shops in a market area of the Pupri town.]]

== Etymology ==
The earlier original name of the town was ''Punya Puri''. The literal meaning of the Indic word ''Punya'' is sacred and ''Puri'' means a town. Thus the literal meaning of Punya Puri is a sacred town. Later it was called as Pupri.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Pupri :: पुपरी |url=https://www.maithilmanch.in/pupri-sitamdhi/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Maithil Manch |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Geography ==
Pupri is located at a distance of approximately 140 kms from the state capital city Patna and 28 kms from the district headquarter Sitamarhi.

== History ==
In 1992, Sitamarhi East subdivision of the Sitamarhi district was renamed as Pupri subdivision. On 17 March 1992, the town of Pupri was made the headquarter of the Pupri subdivision.<ref name=":0" />

== Description ==
The major locations of market areas in the town of Pupri are Tower Chowk, Karpuri Chowk, Station Road , [[Nageshwar Nath Mahadev Mandir|Nageshwar Sthan]], Cinema Road and Lohapatti etc.<ref>{{Cite web |title=पुपरी में अतिक्रमणकारियों पर प्रशासन का चला बुलडोजर - Administrationchar(39)s bulldozer on encroachers in Pupri - Bihar Sitamarhi General News |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/sitamarhi-administrations-bulldozer-on-encroachers-in-pupri-22531828.html |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref> There is a railway station in the town called as [[Janakpur Road railway station]] which is connected to the [[Darbhanga Junction railway station|Darbhanga Junction]], [[Sitamarhi Junction railway station|Sitamarhi railway station]] and also to the major metropolitan cities of Delhi and Mumbai in the country.
[[File:Sky view from a flyover in the Pupri town.jpg|thumb|Sky view from a flyover in the town.]]

== Tourism ==
[[File:Shiv Mandir, Nepali Architecture, Sitamarhi..jpg|thumb|The teertha of the Nageshwar Nath Mahadev Mandir.]]
The [[Nageshwar Nath Mahadev Mandir]] is the main [[Tirtha (Hinduism)|Tirtha]] in the town of Pupri. It was built in the style of Nepalese architectural design of the famous [[Pashupatinath Temple|Pashupatinath Mandir]] in [[Kathmandu]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=नागेश्वर नाथ बाबा की महिमा अपरंपार - The glory of Nageshwar Nath Baba is unparalleled - Bihar Sitamarhi General News |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/sitamarhi-the-glory-of-nageshwar-nath-baba-is-unparalleled-22889599.html |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref> The other prominent tirtha in the territory of the Nagar panchayat in Pupri is Maharani Sthan. It is located at Jhazhihat. It is the major religious center of the town. It is the common [[Maharani Sthan]] of the villages Hardia, Jhajihat, Bahma, Jaitpur, Rajbagh and Pupri Bazar.<ref>{{Cite web |title=महारानी स्थान में आनेवाले भक्तों की मनोकामना पूरी करती हैं माता - Mother fulfills the wishes of the devotees who come to Maharanichar(39)s place - Bihar Sitamarhi General News |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/sitamarhi-mother-fulfills-the-wishes-of-the-devotees-who-come-to-maharanis-place-22111261.html |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref>

== References ==
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Ratanpur Miri Gaon

2026-04-15T05:52:54Z

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'''Ratanpur Miri Gaon''' is a village in the [[Majuli district]], in the northeastern state of [[Assam]], [[India]].

==Demography==
In the 2011 census, Missamora had 947 families with a population of 5,085, consisting of 2,575 males and 2,510 females.<ref name=census2011/> The population of children aged 0–6 was 621, making up 12.21% of the total population of the village.<ref name=census2011/> The average sex ratio was 975 out of 1000, which is higher than the state average of 958 out of 1000.<ref name=census2011/> The child sex ratio in the village was 899 out of 1000, which is higher than the average of 962 out of 1000 in the state of Assam.<ref name=census2011/>

==References==
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Bappi Lahiri discography

2026-04-11T06:05:57Z

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{{Short description|Indian singer, composer, and record producer}}
'''[[Bappi Lahiri]]'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Bappi Aparesh Lahiri(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- SREERAMPUR(WEST BENGAL) – Affidavit Information of Candidate|url=https://myneta.info/ls2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=6057|access-date=2022-02-17|website=myneta.info}}</ref> (born '''Alokesh Aparesh Lahiri'''; 27 November 1952 – 15 February 2022) was an Indian singer, composer and [[record producer]]. He popularised the use of [[Synthesizer|synthesised]] [[disco]] music in Indian music industry and sang some of his own compositions. He was popular in the 1980s and 1990s with [[filmi]] soundtracks. He delivered major box office successes in [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Hindi]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], and [[Kannada]] films. His music was well received into the 21st century.

In 1986, he was recognised by [[Guinness World Records]] for recording more than 180 songs in one year.<ref name=":5">{{cite web|last=Mittal|first=Nishant|date=2022-02-20|title=Bappi Lahiri: 'disco king of Bollywood' gave Indian film a youthful injection|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/feb/19/bappi-lahiri-disco-king-of-bollywood-gave-indian-film-a-youthful-injection|access-date=2022-02-22|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> He has scored music for total 480 films. The following is a complete list of the films he composed for:

== 1970s ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year !! Film !! Notes !! Language
|-
|1969
|''Daadu''
|Debut
| rowspan="2" |[[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|-
|1972
|''Janatar Adalat''
|
|-
| rowspan=2| 1973 || ''[[Nanha Shikari]]'' || || rowspan=26| [[Hindi]]
|-
| ''Charitra'' ||
|-
|rowspan=2| 1974 || ''Bazar Band Karo'' ||
|-
| ''[[Ek Ladki Badnaam Si]]'' ||
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Zakhmee]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan=2| 1976 || ''[[Chalte Chalte (1976 film)|Chalte Chalte]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Sangram (1976 film)|Sangram]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan=5| 1977 || ''[[Aap Ki Khatir (1977 film)|Aap Ki Khatir]]'' ||
|-
| ''Haiwan'' ||
|-
| ''Paapi'' ||
|-
| ''Phir Janam Lenge Hum'' ||
|-
| ''[[Pratima Aur Payal]]'' ||
|-
|rowspan=5| 1978 || ''[[College Girl (1978 film)|College Girl]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Dil Sey Miley Dil]]'' ||
|-
| ''Khoon Ki Pukaar'' ||
|-
| ''Tere Pyaar Mein'' ||
|-
| ''[[Toote Khilone]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan=9| 1979 || ''[[Aangan Ki Kali]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Ahsaas]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Aur Kaun]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Do Hawaldar]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Ikraar]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Jaan-E-Bahaar]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Lahu Ke Do Rang (1979 film)|Lahu Ke Do Rang]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Surakksha]]'' || Also Singer
|-
| ''[[Shikhshaa]]'' ||
|-
|}

== 1980s ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year !! Film !! Notes !! Language
|-
| rowspan=13| 1980 || ''[[Agreement (1980 film)|Agreement]]'' || || rowspan=23| Hindi
|-
| ''[[Apne Paraye]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Beqasoor (1980 film)|Beqasoor]]'' ||
|-
| ''Ek Baar Kaho'' ||
|-
| ''Guest House'' ||
|-
| ''Humkadam'' ||
|-
| ''Kismet'' ||
|-
| ''Manokamna'' || Also Singer
|-
| ''[[Morcha]]'' ||
|-
| ''Patiala'' ||
|-
| ''[[Pyara Dushman]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Saboot]]'' ||
|-
| ''Taxi Chor'' ||
|-
| rowspan=12| 1981 || ''[[Armaan (1981 film)|Armaan]]'' ||
|-
| ''Bhula Na Dena'' ||
|-
| ''[[Dahshat]]'' ||
|-
| ''Jeene Ki Aarzoo'' ||
|-
| ''Josh'' ||
|-
| ''[[Jyoti (1981 film)|Jyoti]]'' ||
|-
| ''Laparwah'' ||
|-
| ''Nayi Imarat'' ||
|-
| ''[[Paanch Qaidi]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Sahhas]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Ogo Bodhu Shundori]]'' || Also Singer || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Wardat]]'' || Also Singer || rowspan="2" | Hindi
|-
| rowspan="16" | 1982 || ''Dial 100'' ||
|-
|''Agent Raaj''
|Also Singer
|Bengali
|-
| ''[[Disco Dancer]]'' || Also Singer
| rowspan="18" |Hindi
|-
| ''[[Do Ustad (1982 film)|Do Ustad]]'' ||
|-
| ''Dulha Bikta Hai'' ||
|-
| ''Gumsoom'' ||
|-
|[[Haathkadi (1982 film)|''Haathkadi'']]
|
|-
| ''Kehdo Pyaar Hai'' ||
|-
| ''Maut Ka Saaya'' ||
|-
| ''[[Namak Halaal]]'' || Also Singer
|-
| ''Shiv Charan'' ||
|-
| ''Sugandh'' ||
|-
| ''Sumbandh'' ||
|-
|[[Suraag (1982 film)|''Suraag'']]
|Also Singer
|-
| ''Taqdeer Ka Badshah'' ||
|-
| ''[[Pyaas (1982 film)|Pyaas]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan=20| 1983 || ''[[Ab Meri Baari]]'' ||
|-
| ''Bura Aadmi'' ||
|-
| ''[[Do Gulaab]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Doosri Dulhan]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Apoorva Sahodarigal]]''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://bollywoodvinyl.in/products/apoorva-sahotharigal-tamil-bollywood-vinyl-lp-2|title=Apoorva Sahothariga|publisher=EMI|year=1983|type=LP}}</ref> || || Tamil
|-
| ''Ek Din Bahu Ka'' || || rowspan=14| Hindi
|-
| ''[[Film Hi Film]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Himmatwala (1983 film)|Himmatwala]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Humse Na Jeeta Koi]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Jaani Dost]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Jeet Hamaari]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Justice Chaudhury]]'' ||
|-
| ''Karate'' ||
|-
| ''Kissise Na Kehna'' ||
|-
| ''[[Laalach]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Love in Goa]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Maawali]]'' ||
|-
|''[[Naukar Biwi Ka]]''
|Also Singer
|-
| ''Pasand Apni Apni'' ||
|-
| ''Protidan'' || || Bengali
|-
|rowspan=27| 1984
|''[[Aaj Ka M.L.A. Ram Avtar]]''
|Also Singer || rowspan=3| Hindi
|-
| ''[[Bhavna]]'' ||
|-
| ''Chakma'' ||
|-
| ''Dujone'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Gangvaa]]'' || || Hindi
|-
| ''[[Gangvaa]]''<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last=Sharadhaa|first=A|date=17 February 2022|title=End of a musical era|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2022/feb/17/end-of-a-musical-era-2420293.html|access-date=2022-02-19|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> || || Kannada
|-
| ''[[Haisiyat]]'' || || rowspan=26| Hindi
|-
| ''Hum Rahe Na Hum'' ||
|-
| ''[[Kaamyab]]'' ||
|-
| ''Kamla'' ||
|-
| ''[[Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki]]'' || Also Singer
|-
|''[[Maqsad]]''
|
|-
| ''[[Meri Adalat (1984 film)|Meri Adalat]]'' ||
|-
|''[[Naya Kadam]]''
|
|-
| ''Pet Pyaar Aur Paap'' ||
|-
| ''[[Qaidi (1984 film)|Qaidi]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Raja Aur Rana]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Shapath (1984 film)|Shapath]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Sharaabi]]'' ||
|-
| ''Sheeshey Ka Ghar'' ||
|-
| ''Shravan Kumar'' ||
|-
| ''[[Tarkeeb]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Teri Bahon Mein]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Tohfa]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Wanted (1984 film)|Wanted]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Waqt Ki Pukar]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Yaadgar (1984 film)|Yaadgar]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan=33| 1985 || ''[[3D Saamri]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Aaj Ka Daur]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Aandhi Toofan]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Adventures of Tarzan]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Aitbaar]]'' ||
|-
| ''Antarale'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Baadal (1985 film)|Baadal]]'' || || rowspan=17| Hindi
|-
| ''[[Balidaan (1985 film)|Balidaan]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Bandhan Anjana]]'' ||
|-
|''[[Bewafai]]''
|
|-
| ''[[Bhavani Junction]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Geraftaar]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Haqeeqat (1985 film)|Haqeeqat]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Haveli (1985 film)|Haveli]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Hoshiyar]]'' ||
|-
|''[[Insaaf Main Karoonga]]a''
|Also Singer
|-
| ''[[Jhoothi]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Kaala Sooraj]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Karmyudh]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Lover Boy (1985 film)|Lover Boy]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Maa Kasam (1985 film)|Maa Kasam]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Maha Shaktimaan]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Mahaguru (1985 film)|Mahaguru]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Maharudra]]'' || marked the Bengali debut of singers [[K. J. Yesudas]] and [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]] || Bengali
|-
|''[[Masterji]]''
|
|rowspan=3| Hindi
|-
| ''[[Mera Saathi]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Mohabbat (1985 film)|Mohabbat]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Paadum Vaanampadi]]''<ref>{{cite book|url=https://gaana.com/album/paadum-vanampadi|title=Paadum Vanampadi|publisher=Saregama|year=1985|type=LP}}</ref> || || Tamil
|-
| ''[[Pataal Bhairavi]]'' || || rowspan=6| Hindi
|-
| ''[[Pyari Behna]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Saaheb]]'' || Also Singer
|-
| ''Salma'' ||
|-
| ''[[Wafadaar]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan=22| 1986
|[[Adhikar (1986 film)|''Adhikar'']]
|
|-
| ''[[Africadalli Sheela]]''<ref name=":0"/> || || Kannada
|-
| ''[[Avinash (1986 film)|Avinash]]'' || || rowspan=8| Hindi
|-
| ''[[Dharm Adhikari]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Dilwaala]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Ilzaam (1986 film)|Ilzaam]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Insaaf Ki Awaaz]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Kasme Rasme]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Kirayadar]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Kismetwala]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Krishna Nee Begane Baro]]''<ref name=":0" />|| || Kannada
|-
| ''[[Locket (1986 film)|Locket]]'' || || rowspan=7| Hindi
|-
| ''[[Main Balwan]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Mera Dharam]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Muddat]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Shart (1986)]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Sheela (1986 film)|Sheela]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Sheesha (1986 film)|Sheesha]]'' ||
|-
|''[[Simhasanam (1986 film)|Simhasanam]]''<ref name=":1">{{cite web|author=Sangeetha Devi Dundoo|date=16 February 2022|title=Remembering Bappi Lahiri's Telugu cinema chartbusters|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/remembering-bappi-lahiris-contribution-to-telugu-film-music/article65055217.ece|website=The Hindu}}</ref> || || Telugu
|-
| ''[[Singhasan]]'' || || rowspan=2| Hindi
|-
| ''[[Suhaagan]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Urbashi]]'' || || Bengali
|-
| rowspan=24| 1987 || ''[[Aag Hi Aag]]'' || || Hindi
|-
| ''[[Amar Sangi]]'' || Also Singer || [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|-
| ''[[Dance Dance (film)|Dance Dance]]'' || Also Singer || rowspan=3| Hindi
|-
| ''Dak Bangla'' ||
|-
| ''[[Diljalaa]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Guru Dakshina (1987 film)|Guru Dakshina]]'' || Also Singer || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Himmat Aur Mehanat]]'' || || rowspan=2| Hindi
|-
| ''[[Kali Dada]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Kizhakku Africavil Sheela]]''<ref name="IE review">{{Cite news|date=6 February 1987|title=Trashy|page=14|work=[[The Indian Express]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H4llAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v54NAAAAIBAJ&pg=599%2C2250257}}</ref> || || Tamil
|-
| ''[[Majaal]]'' || || rowspan=4| Hindi
|-
| ''[[Mera Yaar Mera Dushman]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Muqaddar Ka Faisla]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Param Dharam]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Protikar]]'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Pyaar Karke Dekho]]'' || || rowspan=6| Hindi
|-
| ''[[Pyar Ke Kabil]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Sabse Badi Adalat]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Sadak Chhap]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Satyamev Jayate (film)|Satyamev Jayate]]'' || Also Singer
|-
| ''Secret Agent'' || last film song of [[Mohammad Rafi]] appeared in this film, a duet with [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
|''Samrat''
|
| rowspan=4| Telugu
|-
|''[[Sankharavam (1987 film)|Sankharavam]]'' ||<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.ebay.com/itm/324681594766|title=Sankharavam|publisher=Leo Recording Company|year=1987|type=LP|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222001846/https://www.ebay.com/itm/324681594766|archive-date=2022-02-22}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Thene Manasulu (1987 film)|Thene Manasulu]]'' ||<ref name=":1" />
|-
|''[[Trimurtulu]]''||<ref name=":1" />
|-
| rowspan=26| 1988 || ''[[Aaj Ke Angaarey]]'' || || rowspan=3| Hindi
|-
| ''[[Akarshan]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Antaranga]]'' ||
|-
|''Collector Vijaya''
|
| Telugu
|-
| ''[[Commando (1988 film)|Commando]]'' || || Hindi
|-
| ''[[Debibaran]]'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani (1988 film)|Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani]]'' || ||rowspan=7| Hindi
|-
| ''[[Gunahon Ka Faisla]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Halaal Ki Kamaai]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Hatya]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Kab Tak Chup Rahungi]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Kanwarlal]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Kasam (1988 film)|Kasam]]'' ||
|-
|''Manmadha Saamrajyam''
|<ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.ebay.com/itm/325060739822|title=Manmadha Saamrajyam|date=1988|type=LP|language=|publisher=Stereo Vision (Cauvery)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222003746/https://www.ebay.com/itm/325060739822|archive-date=2022-02-22|id=CRL 668}}</ref>
| Telugu
|-
| ''[[Mardangi]]'' || || rowspan=4| Hindi
|-
| ''[[Mera Shikar]]'' || Also Singer
|-
| ''[[Mulzim (1988 film)|Mulzim]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Paap Ko Duniya]]'' ||
|-
| ''Proteek'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Sagar Sangam]]'' || rowspan=8| Hindi
|-
| ''[[Sone Pe Suhaaga]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Tamacha]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Veerana]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Waqt Ki Awaz]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Woh Mili Thi]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Zakhmi Aurat]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan=39| 1989 || ''[[Aag Ka Gola]]''
||
|-
| ''[[Aamar Tumi]]'' || Also Singer || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Aakhri Gulam]]'' || || Hindi
|-
| ''[[Agni Trishna]]'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Ajeeb Ittefaq]]'' || || rowspan=2| Hindi
|-
| ''[[Albela (1986 film)|Albela]]'' ||
|-
|[[Amar Prem (1989 film)|''Amar Prem'']]
|Also Singer
|rowspan=2| Bengali
|-
|''[[Asha O Bhalobasha]]''
|Also Singer
|-
| ''[[Farz Ki Jung]]'' || || rowspan=7| Hindi
|-
| ''[[Gair Kanooni]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Garibon Ka Daata]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Gentleman]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Ghar Ka Chiraag]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Gola Barood]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Guru (1989 film)|Guru]]'' || Also Singer
|-
| ''Guru''<ref name=":0" /> || || Kannada
|-
| ''[[Hum Bhi Insaan Hain (1989 film)|Hum Bhi Insaan Hain]]'' || || rowspan=10| Hindi
|-
| ''[[Hum Intezaar Karenge]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Kahaan Hai Kanoon]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Kanoon Apna Apna]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Kasam Vardi Kee]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Khoj (1989 film)|Khoj]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Khooni Murdaa]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Love Love Love (1989 film)|Love Love Love]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Mahal (1989 film)|Mahal]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Main Tere Liye]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Mandanda (film)|Mandanda]]'' || || rowspan=2| Bengali
|-
| ''[[Mangaldeep]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Mitti Aur Sona]]'' || || rowspan=3| Hindi
|-
| ''[[Mohabbat Ka Paigham]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Na-Insaafi]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Noyon Moni]]'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Prem Pratigyaa]]'' || Also Singer || Hindi
|-
| ''Pronomi Tomay'' || Also Singer || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Saaya (1989 film)|Saaya]]'' || || rowspan=3|
|-
| ''[[Sachche Ka Bol-Bala]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Sikka (1989 film)|Sikka]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[State Rowdy]]'' || || Telugu
|-
| ''[[Zakhm (1989 film)|Zakhm]]'' || || Hindi
|-
|}

== 1990s ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year !! Film !! Notes !! Language
|-
| rowspan=29| 1990 || ''[[Aaj Ka Arjun]]'' || || Hindi
|-
| ''[[Aaj Ke Shahenshah]]'' || || Hindi
|-
| ''[[Aandhiyan]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Amar Bodhua]]'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Ashrita (film)|Ashrita]]'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Awaragardi]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Awwal Number]]'' || ||
|-
|''[[Badnam]]''
|Also Singer
|Bengali
|-
| ''Bolidan'' || Features popular song by [[Usha Uthup]], "Uri Uri Baba" || Bengali
|-
|''Chinna''
|
| rowspan="2" | Telugu
|-
|''Chinna Kodalu''
|
|-
| ''[[Ghar Ho To Aisa]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Ghayal (1990 film)|Ghayal]]'' || "All Songs" || Hindi
|-
| ''[[Haar Jeet (1990 film)|Haar Jeet]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Kali Ganga]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Karishma Kali Kaa]]'' || ||
|-
|[[Mandira (film)|''Mandira'']]
|Also Singer
|Bengali
|-
| ''[[Naaka Bandi]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Paapi]]'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Pyaar Ke Naam Qurban]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Naakabandi]]'' || Also Singer || Hindi
|-
| ''[[Raktareen]]'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Roti Kee Keemat]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Sailaab (1990 film)|Sailaab]]'' || Along with [[Aadesh Shrivastava]] || Hindi
|-
| ''[[Shaitani Ilaaka]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Shandar]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Sherma Shamshera]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Shikanja]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Thanedaar]]'' || Also Singer || Hindi
|-
| rowspan=30| 1991 || ''[[Aakhri Cheekh]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Afsana Pyar Ka]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Antarer Bhalobasha]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Dushman Devta]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Farishtay]]'' || || Hindi
|-
| ''[[First Love Letter]]'' || "All Songs" || Hindi
|-
|''[[Gang Leader]]''||<ref name=":1" /> || Telugu
|-
| ''[[Garajna]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Hafta Bandh]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Hag Toofan]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Hai Meri Jaan]]'' || ||
|-
|''[[Indra Bhavanam]]''
|
| Telugu
|-
| ''[[Inspector Dhanush]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Inspector Kiron]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Kohraam]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Nachnewale Gaanewale]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Numbri Aadmi]]'' || || Hindi
|-
| ''[[Patthar Ke Insaan]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Phool Bane Angaray]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Police Matthu Dada]]''<ref name=":0" /> || || Kannada
|-
| ''[[Pratikar]]'' || Also Singer || Hindi
|-
| ''[[Pyaar Ka Saudagar]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Raiszada]]'' || ||
|-
|''[[Rowdy Gaari Pellam]]''
|<ref name=":3">{{cite web|date=16 February 2022|title=Chiranjeevi, Mohan Babu mourn Bappi Lahiri's death|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/telugu/news/2022/feb/16/chiranjeevi-mohan-babu-mourn-bappi-lahiris-death-29771.html|access-date=2022-02-22|website=[[Cinema Express]]|language=en}}</ref> || rowspan=2| Telugu
|-
|''[[Rowdy Alludu]]''||<ref name=":1" />
|-
| ''[[Rupaye Dus Karod]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Sau Crore]]'' || || Hindi
|-
| ''[[Swarg Jaisaa Ghar]]'' || || Hindi
|-
| ''[[Vishkanya (film)|Vishkanya]]'' || "All Songs" || Hindi
|-
| ''[[Yodha (1991 film)|Yodha]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=25| 1992 || ''[[Aaj Ki Taaqat]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Aman Ke Farishtey]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Anutap]]'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Apon Por]]'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Bondhu Amar]]'' || || Bengali
|-
|''Brahma'' ||<ref name=":3" /> || Telugu
|-
| ''[[Deewana Aashiq]]'' || ||
|-
| ''Donga Police''||<ref name=":3" /> || Telugu
|-
| ''[[Geet (1992 film)|Geet]]'' || "All Songs" || Hindi
|-
| ''[[Insaaf Ki Devi]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Isi Ka Naam Zindagi]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Mere Meherban]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Naseebwala]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Naya Sawan]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Police Aur Mujrim]]'' || "All Songs" || Hindi
|-
|''Priya''
|"All Songs"
|Bengali
|-
|''Rakte Lekha''
|"All Songs", Also Singer
|Bengali
|-
|''Raktha Tharpanam''
|
| rowspan=2| Telugu
|-
|''[[Rowdy Inspector]]''||<ref name=":4">{{cite web|date=2022-02-16|title=Bappi Lahiri's Telugu compositions are unforgettable|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/bappi-lahiris-telugu-compositions-are-unforgettable-1082083.html|access-date=2022-02-22|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Sanam Tere Hain Hum]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Shola Aur Shabnam (1992 film)|Shola Aur Shabnam]]'' || "All Songs" || Hindi
|-
| ''Tomar Naam Likhe Debo'' || "All Songs", Also Singer || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Touhean]]'' || "All Songs" || Hindi
|-
| ''[[Tyagi (film)|Tyagi]]'' || "All Songs", Also Singer || Hindi
|-
| ''[[Zindagi Ek Juaa]]'' || "All Songs" || Hindi
|-
| rowspan=14| 1993 || ''[[Aag Ka Toofan]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Aaj Kie Aurat]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Aankhen (1993 film)|Aankhen]]'' || Highest-grossing Bollywood film of 1993 || Hindi
|-
| ''[[Ashik Priya]]'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Bomb Blast (1993 film)|Bomb Blast]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Dalaal]]'' || Also Singer || Hindi
|-
| ''[[Dalaal]]'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Geetanjali (1993 film)|Geetanjali]]'' || "All Songs" || Hindi
|-
| ''[[Izzat Ki Roti]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Kundan (1993 film)|Kundan]]'' || ||
|-
|''[[Nippu Ravva]]''||<ref name=":4" /> || Telugu
|-
| ''[[Police Wala]]'' || || Telugu
|-
|''Rowdy Rajakeeyam''
|
| Telugu
|-
| ''[[Veertaa]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=21| 1994 || ''[[Amaanat (1994 film)|Amaanat]]'' || "All Songs" || Hindi
|-
| ''[[Andaz (1994 film)|Andaz]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Baali Umar Ko Salaam]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Brahma (1994 film)|Brahma]]'' || ||
|-
| ''Dhushar Godhuli'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Janta Ki Adalat]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Juaari]]'' || ||
|-
| ''Kotha Chhilo'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''Lal Pan Bibi'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Mawali Raj]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Mr. Azaad]]'' || ||
|-
| ''Neelanjana'' || Also Singer || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Parmatma (1994 film)|Parmatma]]'' || ||
|-
| ''Phiriye Dao'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Premyog]]'' || ||
|-
| ''Protyaghat'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Pyara Ka Rog]]'' || ||
|-
| ''Rokto Nodir Dhara'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Sadhna (1994 film)|Sadhna]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Thanedaarni]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Tomar Rakte Amar Shohag]]'' || || Bengali
|-
| rowspan=14| 1995 || ''[[Aatank Hi Aatank]]'' || ||
|-
|[[Big Boss (film)|''Big Boss'']]||<ref name=":1" /> || Telugu
|-
| ''[[Dil Ka Doctor]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Diya Aur Toofan (1995 film)|Diya Aur Toofan]]'' || "All Songs" || Hindi
|-
| ''[[Ham Sab Chor Hain (1995 film)|Hum Sab Chor Hain]]'' || || Hindi
|-
|''Khaidi Inspector'' || || Telugu
|-
| ''[[Maindan-E-Jung]]'' || ||
|-
| ''Muddayi Muddugumma'' || || Telugu
|-
| ''[[Police Wala Gunda]]'' || ||
|-
|''[[Punya Bhoomi Naa Desam]]''||<ref name=":3" /> || Telugu
|-
| ''[[Rock Dancer]]'' || "All Songs", Also Singer || Hindi
|-
| ''[[Saajan Ke Liye]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Sangharsho]]'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Zulm Ka Jawab]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=9| 1996 || ''[[Agni Prem]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Bal Bramhachari (1996 film)|Bal Bramhachari]]'' || "All Songs" || Hindi
|-
| ''[[Hahakaar]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Hum Hain Khalnayak]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Jamaibabu]]'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Maahir]]'' || ||
|-
| ''Rangbaaz'' || "All Songs", Also Singer || Hindi
|-
| ''[[Muqadama]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Smuggler (1996 film)|Smuggler]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=10| 1997 || ''[[Agnichakra]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Ajker Sontan]]'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Dharma Karma]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Dil Ke Jharoke Main]]'' || "All Songs" || Hindi
|-
| ''[[Do Aankhen Barah Haath]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Gudgudee]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Jodidar]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Judge Mujrim]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Nirnayak (1997 film)|Nirnayak]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Swami Keno Ashami]]'' || || Bengali
|-
|rowspan=10| 1998 || ''Bishnu Narayan'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Jungle Lpve Story]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Love Story 98]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Manmohini]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Military Raaj]]'' || "All Songs" , Also Singer || Hindi
|-
| ''[[Meyerao Manush]]'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''Nemok Haram'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''Seito Abar Kachhe Ele'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Sher Khan (1998 film)|Sher Khan]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Yeh Hai Muqaddar Ka Sikandar]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=8| 1999 || ''Aaya Toofan'' || Also Singer || Hindi
|-
| ''Amar Bodhua'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Benaam (1999 film)|Benaam]]'' || || Hindi
|-
| ''[[Ganga Ki Kasam (1999 film)|Ganga Ki Kasam]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Raja Aur Rangili]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Shankar Shambu]]'' || ||
|-
| ''Tomay Pabo Bole'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Zimbo (film)|Zimbo]]'' || ||
|-
|}

== 2000–2022 ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year !! Film !! Notes !! Language
|-
|rowspan=3| 2000 || ''[[Aaj Ka Nanha Farishta]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Justice Chowdhary]]'' || "All Songs" ||Hindi
|-
| ''[[Sultaan]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=3| 2001 || ''[[Guru Mahaguru]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Main Hoon Qatil Jaadugarni]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Meri Izzat Bachaao]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=7| 2002 || ''[[Badmaash No. 1]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Deva (2002 film)|Deva]]'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Mulaqaat (2002 film)|Mulaqaat]]'' || ||
|-
| ''Qaidi'' || ||
|-
| ''Dangerous Night'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Humein Tumse Pyaar Ho Gaya Chupke Chupke]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=1| 2003 || ''[[Rakta Bandhan]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=2|2004 || ''Deshdrohi'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Hawas (2004 film)|Hawas]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=6| 2005 || ''[[Classic Dance of Love]]'' || ||
|-
| ''Laila – A Mystery'' || ||
|-
| ''Mr. Prime Minister'' || ||
|-
| ''Qatl-E-Aam'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Topless]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Vishwaas]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=4| 2006 || ''Bold'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Come December]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Meri Majboori]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (2007 film)|Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=2| 2007 || ''[[Buddha Mar Gaya]]'' || rowspan=2| Hindi
|-
| ''[[Dus Kahaniyan]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan=3| 2008 || ''Aat Paake Bandha'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Main Balwan]]'' || || Hindi
|-
| ''Shibaji'' || || rowspan=2| Bengali
|-
| rowspan=7| 2009 || ''Aparadhi''
|-
| ''[[Chandni Chowk to China]]'' || || Hindi
|-
| ''Geeta In Paradise'' || || English (USA)
|-
| ''[[Jai Veeru]]'' || || rowspan=2| Hindi
|-
| ''Mudrank'' || Also Singer
|-
| ''Saptasur'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Teree Sang]]'' || || Hindi
|-
|rowspan=8| 2010
| ''[[Apon Por]]'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''Bachao'' || || rowspan=1| Hindi
|-
| ''Bejonma'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Golmaal 3]]'' || || rowspan=2| Hindi
|-
| ''Lashkar'' ||
|-
| ''[[Rahmat Ali (film)|Rahmat Ali]]'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[The Film Emotional Atyachar]]'' || || rowspan=2| Hindi
|-
| ''[[Love.com]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan=3| 2011
| ''Love Me'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[Ragini MMS]]'' || || Hindi
|-
| ''[[The Dirty Picture]]'' || || Hindi
|-
| rowspan=3| 2012 || ''Bikram Singha'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''[[It's Rocking Dard-E-Disco]]'' || || Hindi
|-
| ''Om Shanti'' || || Bengali
|-
| rowspan=10| 2013 || ''A Political Murder'' || || Bengali
|-
|''[[Action 3D]]''
|Co-composed with his son Bappa Lahiri<ref name=":1" />
| Telugu/Tamil
|-
| ''Bang Bang Bangkok'' || || Hindi
|-
| ''Chand Pahari'' || || Bengali
|-
| ''Enemmy'' || || rowspan=3| Hindi
|-
| ''[[Deewana Main Deewana]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Himmatwala (2013 film)|Himmatwala]]'' || uncredited
|-
| ''Latoo'' || || rowspan=3| Bengali
|-
| ''[[Loafer (2013 film)|Loafer]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Swabhoomi]]'' ||
|-
|rowspan=2|2014|| ''[[Main Aur Mr. Riight]]'' || || rowspan=6| Hindi
|-
| ''[[Gunday]]''
|-
| rowspan=2| 2015 || ''[[Ek Haadsa]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Mumbai Can Dance Saala]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan=1| 2016 || ''Aman Ke Farishtey'' ||
|-
|rowspan=4| 2017 || ''[[Badrinath Ki Dulhania]]'' || Singer & Original Composer of "Tamma Tamma"
|-
| ''Hason Raja'' || || Bengali
|-
|''[[Ittefaq (2017 film)|Ittefaq]]''
|Original Composer of "Ittefaq Se"
| rowspan=2| Hindi
|-
| ''[[Ram Ratan]]'' ||
|-
| rowspan=4| 2018 || ''3rd Eye'' || || rowspan=3| Hindi
|-
| ''[[Chhui Mui]]'' || short film
|-
| ''Mausam Ikrar Ke Do Pal Pyaar Ke''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/bappi-lahiri-on-composing-multi-genre-tracks-for-do-pal-pyar-ke/19298190|title=Bappi Lahiri on composing multi-genre tracks for Do Pal Pyar Ke|date=9 April 2018|work=mid-day|access-date=22 September 2018}}</ref> ||
|-
| ''Moner Majhe Tumi'' || || Bengali
|-
|rowspan=3| 2019 || ''Aham Brahmasmi'' || || Sanskrit
|-
| ''[[Why Cheat India]]'' || Original Music Director || Hindi
|-
| ''[[Rocky: The Revenge]]'' || || Tamil/Telugu
|-
| rowspan=2| 2020 || ''[[Baaghi 3]]'' || Singer and original music director || rowspan="2"| Hindi
|-
| ''[[Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan]]'' || Singer and original music director
|-
| rowspan=2| 2021 || ''Om Shri Satya Sai Baba'' || || Hindi/English
|-
| ''Pyar Mein Thoda Twist'' || || Hindi
|-
| rowspan=7| 2022 || ''Mahanayakadu'' {{dagger}} || || Telugu
|-
| ''Aazad'' {{dagger}}|| || Malay
|-
| ''Agreement-Ek Daastaan''{{dagger}} || || rowspan=1| Hindi
|-
| ''Azad''{{dagger}} || || Punjabi
|-
| ''Veer Azad'' {{dagger}} || || Marathi
|-
| ''Veer Purush''{{dagger}} || || Gujarati
|-
| ''[[Dhokha: Round D Corner]]'' || Hindi || Singer and original music director
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lahiri, Bappi}}
[[Category:Bappi Lahiri|Discography]]
[[Category:Discographies of Indian artists]]

Yajvapala dynasty

2026-04-08T10:05:03Z

GordonCoulston:

{{Short description|13th century Indian dynasty}}

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The '''Yajvapala''' ([[IAST]]: Yajvapāla) dynasty ruled parts of central India during the 13th century CE. Their capital was located at Nalapura (present-day [[Narwar]] in [[Shivpuri district]]). They are also known as ''Jajapella'' or ''Jajpella''. The Yajvapalas carved out a kingdom in northern [[Madhya Pradesh]] during the first half of the 13th century, and successfully resisted invasions by the [[Chandela]]s and the [[Delhi Sultanate]] over the next few decades. It is not certain how their rule ended, but they probably fell to the Delhi Sultanate by the end of the century.

== History ==

A 1339 [[Vikrama Samvat|VS]] ({{circa|1282 CE}}) Yajvapala inscription, issued during the reign of Gopala, names the dynasty's progenitor as Jayapala (called Jajapella in vernacular language). It names the dynasty's place of origin as Ratnagiri (unidentified), and attributes the rise of Jayapala to the blessings of the goddess Maharunda (probably a [[family deity]]).{{sfn|Sisirkumar Mitra|1977|p=242}}

The next known member of the family is Ya[pa]ramadi-raja, whose son Chahadadeva conquered the Narwar area.{{sfn|P. C. Roy|1980|p=136}} Chahadadeva is mentioned as Chahar-i-Ajari in the writings of the [[Delhi Sultanate]] writer [[Minhaj-i-Siraj|Minhaj al-Siraj Juzjani]]. The Delhi Sultan [[Iltutmish]] had appointed Nusrat al-Din Taisi (Tayasi) as the governor of [[Gwalior]] region. In 1235 CE, Nusrat al-Din led an expedition against the neighbouring [[Chandela]] kingdom. While he was returning to Gwalior, Chahadadeva ambushed his army. According to Minhaj-i-Siraj, Taisi's army managed to defend itself with considerable difficulty.{{sfn|Peter Jackson|2003|p=144}} In 1251, the Sultanate general [[Ghiyas ud din Balban|Balban]] defeated Chahadadeva during the reign of Sultan [[Nasiruddin Mahmud (grandson of Iltutmish)|Nasiruddin Mahmud]], but he could not capture Narwar.{{sfn|P. C. Roy|1980|p=136}}

Chahadadeva was succeeded by Asalladeva.{{sfn|Om Prakash Misra|2003|p=16}} The next ruler Gopaladeva faced an invasion from the Chandela king [[Viravarman]] in 1281–82 CE (1338 VS). The Bangla and Narwar inscriptions of the Yajvapalas claim that Gopala defeated Viravarman.{{sfn|R. K. Dikshit|1976|pp=214–215}} According to the Bangla inscription, a battle was fought on the banks of the Valuva river (near modern Baruwa near Narwar) on 28 March 1281 CE (assuming [[Karttikadi]] year).{{sfn|R. K. Dikshit|1976|p=214}} The Narwar inscription states that Gopala defeated Viravarman and king Lakshmana of Chandragiri on the banks of the Sikata river.{{sfn|Sisirkumar Mitra|1977|p=242}} However, the Dahi [[Indian copper plate inscriptions|copper-plate inscription]] of the Chandelas claims that the Chandela general Mallaya defeated the lord of Nalapura (that is, Gopala).{{sfn|R. K. Dikshit|1976|p=169}} It is possible that the Chandelas achieved some initial successes, but ultimately, they were forced to retreat.{{sfn|Sisirkumar Mitra|1977|p=137}}

The last known ruler of the dynasty is Ganapatideva.{{sfn|Om Prakash Misra|2003|p=16}} It is known that the Yajvapalas ruled Narwar until 1298 CE,{{sfn|P. C. Roy|1980|p=136}} but the end of the dynasty is not certain. Historians generally assume that the Yajvapalas fell to an invasion by the Delhi Sultan [[Alauddin Khalji]].{{sfn|Peter Jackson|2003|p=145}}

== Rulers ==

Following rulers of the dynasty are attested by inscriptions and coins:{{sfn|P. C. Roy|1980|pp=135-136}}

# Chahada-deva
#* His inscriptions have been found at Udaipur, Kadwaha, Bhaktar{{sfn|Om Prakash Misra|2003|p=16}}
#* Issued coins datable to 1237–1254 CE{{sfn|Om Prakash Misra|2003|p=16}} These coins are dated in [[Vikrama Samvat]]. They feature a horseman on one side, and the legend ''Srimat Chahadadeva'' on the other side.{{sfn|P. C. Roy|1980|p=136}}
# Asalla-deva
#* His inscriptions have been found at Narwar, Barodi, Bhimpur, Budirai{{sfn|Om Prakash Misra|2003|p=16}}
#* Issued coins datable to 1254–1279 CE{{sfn|Om Prakash Misra|2003|p=16}} These coins also feature a horseman.{{sfn|P. C. Roy|1980|p=136}}
# Gopala-deva
#* His inscriptions have been found at Narwar (3), Bangla (13), Balarpur, Barodi, Sesai and Surwaya{{sfn|Om Prakash Misra|2003|p=16}}
#* His coins have been found in a hoard of 791 coins of the dynasty (found at Gwalior){{sfn|P. C. Roy|1980|p=135}}
# Ganapati-deva
#* His inscriptions have been found at Tilori, Narwar, Paharo, Balarpur (2), Bhensarwas, Surwaya (2), Budhera and Gwalior{{sfn|Om Prakash Misra|2003|p=16}}

== References ==
{{reflist|30em}}

=== Bibliography ===

{{ref begin}}
* {{cite book |author=Om Prakash Misra |title=Archaeological Excavations in Central India: Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o0ISjDDWJwQC&pg=PA16 |year=2003 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=978-81-7099-874-7 }}
* {{cite book |author=P. C. Roy |chapter=The Coinage of the Kalachuris of Ratnapura |title=The Coinage of Northern India |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f2Et2zZGJPUC&pg=PA18 |year=1980 |publisher=Abhinav Publications |isbn=978-81-7017-122-5 }}
* {{cite book |author=Peter Jackson |title=The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lt2tqOpVRKgC&pg=PA144 |year=2003 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-54329-3 }}
* {{cite book |author=R. K. Dikshit |title=The Candellas of Jejākabhukti |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a9j9ZJGJOV0C&pg=PA130 |publisher=Abhinav |year=1976 |isbn=9788170170464 }}
* {{cite book |author=Sisirkumar Mitra |title=The Early Rulers of Khajurāho |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=irHN2UA_Z7gC&pg=PA113 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |year=1977 |isbn=9788120819979 }}
{{ref end}}

[[Category:Dynasties of India]]
[[Category:History of Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Shivpuri district]]

Bindhumalini

2026-04-06T13:46:30Z

GordonCoulston: New

{{short description|Indian playback singer, composer, theatre activist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2025}}
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| birth_date = {{birthdate and age|1981|11|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Madras]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| alma_mater = [[National Institute of Design]]
| occupation = {{hlist|singer|composer|graphic designer}}
| spouse = Vasu Dixit
| years_active =
| awards =
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| embed = yes
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* [[Filmi]]
* [[Folk music|Folk]]
* [[Sufi]]
* [[Indian classical music|Classical]]
* [[Bhajan]]
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| label = Independent Artist
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'''Bindhumalini Narayanaswamy''' or simply '''Bindhumalini''' is an Indian singer, composer, and graphic designer. She has received [[National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer]] (2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/national-film-awards-kannada-film-nathicharami-dominate-2019-list-1579192-2019-08-09|title=National film awards-Kannada film Nathicharami dominates 2019 list|website=[[India Today|IndiaToday.in]]|date=9 Aug 2019}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Sudevan|first=Praveen|date=2019-08-23|title=Music composer Bindhu Malini on scoring for National award-winning 'Nathicharami'|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/music-composer-bindhu-malini-on-scoring-for-national-award-winning-nathicharami/article29230699.ece|access-date=2020-10-24|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> and [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Kannada]] (2019) for her songs in the movie [[Nathicharami (film)|Nathicharami]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/bindhu-malini-cheered-on-by-mother-as-she-picked-her-filmfare-award/articleshow/72925750.cms|title=Bindhu Malini cheered on by mother as she picked her filmfare award|publisher=[[Times of India]]|date=23 Dec 2019}}</ref> She has composed and recorded songs for films and albums mainly in [[Kannada language|Kannada]], in addition to [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Hindi language|Hindi]].

==Personal life==
Bindumalini was born in Chennai in a musical family. Her mother N. Vishalakshi is a graded Akasvani Carnatic singer and grandmother Seetha Doraiswamy was a known [[Jal tarang|Jal Tarang]] instrumentalist.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Yerasala|first=Ikyatha|date=2019-08-28|title=Song sung true|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/music/280819/song-sung-true.html|access-date=2020-10-24|website=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|language=en}}</ref> She holds a degree in Graphic design from the [[National Institute of Design]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nettv4u.com/celebrity/hindi/playback-singer/bindhu-malini|title=Playback singer Bindhu Malini|website=nettv4u.com}}</ref>

Bindumalini married Vasu Dixit, a vocalist from [[Bangalore]], who runs a folk-rock fusion music band called [[Swarathma]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=4 August 2015|title=Confluence of Sound|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150804/entertainment-tvmusic/article/confluence-sound|access-date=|website=|publisher=[[Deccan Chronicle]]}}</ref>

==Career==
Trained both in Carnatic and Hindustani music, Bindumalini was influenced by the poems of saint [[Kabir]] and the songs of [[Kumar Gandharva]].<ref name=":3" />

Bindumalini's album ''‛Suno Bhai’'', a collection of Saint Kabir's poems, was a collaboration with [[Vedanth Bharadwaj]].<ref name=":3" />

;As composer
Bindumalini scored music for the 2016 Tamil movie [[Aruvi]] with Vedanth Bharadwaj.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/sound-aruvi-meet-composers-behind-film-thats-got-everyone-raving-73563|title=Meet composers behind the film Aruvi| publisher=[[The News Minute|The NewsMinute.com]]|date=22 Dec 2017}}</ref> In Kannada, she first collaborated with [[Ananya Kasaravalli]] and scored music for the movie ''‛Harikatha Prasanga’<ref name=":1" />'' which won ''Best Film award'' at the 9th edition of [[Bangalore International Film Festival]], 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=10 Feb 2017|title=Harikatha Prasanga bags top honour at BIIF|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/kannada-film-harikatha-prasanga-bags-top-honour-at-biffes/articleshow/57068463.cms|access-date=|website=|publisher=Bangalore Mirror}}</ref> In 2018, Bindumalini composed music for the movie [[Nathicharami (film)|Nathicharami]] which brought her a National award.<ref name=":0" /> Incidentally, most of her movies were women-centric.{{fact|date=June 2025}}

== Awards ==
* 2018 - [[National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer]] - ''"Mayavi manave"'' - [[Nathicharami (film)|Nathicharami]]<ref name=":0" />
* 2019 - [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Kannada]] - ''"Bhavalokada bhrameya"'' - ''Nathicharami<ref name=":2" />''

== Filmography ==
{{Expand list|date=September 2020}}
In her movies as composer, most of the songs sung by Bindumalini herself.
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%;"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:5%;" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:21%;" | Film
! scope="col" style="width:23%;" | Singer
! scope="col" style="width:20%;" | Composer(s)
! scope="col" style="width:18%;" | Language(s)
|-
|rowspan="1"|2016
! scope="row" rowspan="1" | ''[[Aruvi]]''
| {{Y}}
|rowspan="1"| {{Y}} (in collaboration with Vedanth Bharadwaj)
|rowspan="1"|Tamil
|-
|rowspan="1"|2017
! scope="row" rowspan="1" |
''Harikatha Prasanga''
| {{Y}}
|rowspan="1"|{{Y}}
|rowspan="1"|Kannada
|-
|rowspan="1"|2018
! scope="row" rowspan="1" |
''[[Nathicharami (film)|Nathicharami]]''
| {{Y}}
|rowspan="1"|{{Y}}
|rowspan="1"|Kannada
|-
|rowspan="1"|2023
! scope="row" rowspan="1" |
''[[Aachar & Co]]''
| {{Y}}
|rowspan="1"|{{Y}}
|rowspan="1"|Kannada
|-
|}

=== Discography ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Language !! Song !! Music director !! Co-singer
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Cyber Yugadol Nava Yuva Madhura Prema Kavyam]]'' || Kannada || "Olavemba Nadiyagi" || Vasu Dixit || Harishchandra
|-
| rowspan=6| 2016 || rowspan=6|''[[Aruvi (soundtrack)|Aruvi]]'' || rowspan=6| Tamil || "Kukkoti Kunnati" || rowspan=6| Bindhumalini, Vedanth Bharadhwaj ||rowspan=| Praneeti, Vedant
|-
| "Asaidam Venkata Kavimayil"
|
|-
| "Cement Kaadu"
|
|-
| "Uccham Thodum"
| Vasu Dixit
|-
| "Merku Karaiyil"
| Vedanth Bharadhwaj
|-
| "Aruvi" (Theme)
|
|-
| 2016 || ''Harikatha Prasanga'' || Kannada || ||Bindumalini ||
|-
| rowspan=5| 2018 || rowspan=5| ''Nathicharami'' || rowspan=6| Kannada || "Vasundhare" || rowspan=6| Bindhumalini || rowspan=|
|-
| "Yariva"
|
|-
| "Bhavalokada Bhrameya"
| [[Sanchari Vijay]]
|-
| "Mayavi Manave"
|
|-
| "Dehavu Nane"
|
|-
| 2023 || ''Achar & Co.'' || "Pickle Song" || Emmjee, Deepika Kumar, Preethi Bharadwaj
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|7314443}}

{{National Film Award Best Female Playback Singer}}

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Dhunbai Cowasji Jehangir

2026-03-30T06:16:32Z

GordonCoulston: Stub

{{short description|Indian philanthropist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Dhunbai Cowasji Jehangir
| image = DhunbaiCowasjiJehangir1940.png
| alt = A middle-aged South Asian woman with greying hair, wearing a dark scarf over her head and a strand of pearls
| caption = Dhunbai Cowasji Jehangir, from a portrait by Bassano Ltd, published with her front-page obituary in ''The Bombay Chronicle'' in 1940
| other_names =
| birth_name = Dhunbai Ardeshir Wadia
| birth_date = 1860
| birth_place = Bombay
| death_date = 15 July 1940
| death_place =
| occupation = Philanthropist
| years_active =
| known_for =
| notable_works =
| spouse(s) = [[Jehangir Cowasji Jehangir Readymoney]]
| children = [[Sir Cowasji Jehangir, 2nd Baronet]]
| relatives = [[Jehangir Sabavala]] (grandson), [[Wadia family]]
}}

'''Dhunbai Cowasji Jehangir''' (1860 – 15 July 1940) was an Indian philanthropist and leader of women's organizations, based in [[Mumbai|Bombay]].

== Early life ==
Dhunbai Wadia was born in Bombay, the daughter of Ardeshir Hormusjee Wadia, a member of the [[Wadia family]]. Her family were [[Parsis]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Kabadi Waman P.|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.523178|title=Indian Who's Who 1937-38|date=1937|pages=181–182|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Relia|first=Anil|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-wmqDwAAQBAJ&dq=Dhunbai+Wadia&pg=PT60|title=The Indian Portrait - 9: A Parsi delight - Paintings, Photographs, Prints & Collectibles|date=2018-12-04|publisher=Archer Art Gallery|isbn=978-81-931718-2-0|pages=figure 119|language=en}}</ref> She was presented to [[Queen Victoria]] in 1885, on her first visit to England.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=16 July 1940|title=Bombay Loses a Pioneer|page=1|work=The Bombay Chronicle|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.9967/mode/2up?q=Dhunbai+Jehangir|access-date=27 November 2021|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

== Career ==
Jehangir was a co-founder and secretary of the Princess Mary Victoria [[Gymkhana]], a women's social and educational club in Bombay. In 1907, she presided over the All-India Women's Conference at Ahmedabad. She was vice-president of the Bombay chapter of the Indian Women's Council for many years.<ref name=":1" /> As a leader of the Bombay branch of the National Baby and Health Week Association in the 1920s, she founded Bombay Baby Week, a week of lectures, demonstrations, and films on child health topics.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Narayanswamy|first=Shruti|date=2021|title=Sanitizing Cinema: Women at Work in 1920s Bombay|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/filmhistory.33.1.04|journal=Film History|volume=33|issue=1|pages=122–123|doi=10.2979/filmhistory.33.1.04|jstor=10.2979/filmhistory.33.1.04|s2cid=234772329|url-access=subscription}}</ref> She represented India in 1924, at the Wembley Empire Exhibition in London. In 1927, she was one of the first women [[Justice of the peace|Justices of the Peace]] in Bombay. She received the gold [[Kaisar-i-Hind Medal]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1935 she was president of the Women's Branch of the [[Indian National Association]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=26 February 1935|title=Under the auspices of the Women's Branch|page=7|work=The Bombay Chronicle|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.9013/page/6/mode/2up?q=Dhunbai+Jehangir|access-date=27 November 2021|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> She raised funds for women's health, famine relief, and other causes.<ref name=":1" /> "There was hardly a movement intended to secure the educational and social progress of women with which the late Dowager Lady Cowasji Jehangir was not actively associated," noted one tribute in 1940.<ref>{{Cite news|date=17 July 1940|title=A Pioneer|page=6|work=The Bombay Chronicle|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.9968/page/6/mode/2up?q=Dhunbai+Jehangir|access-date=27 November 2021|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

The Lady Dhunbai Jehangir Home for the Destitute opened in 1938.<ref>{{Cite news|date=31 March 1938|title=Problem of Helpless Beggars in City|page=10|work=The Bombay Chronicle|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.12468/page/10/mode/2up?q=Dhunbai+Jehangir|access-date=27 November 2021|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> It was the largest private institution of its kind in Bombay in the 1950s and 1960s.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Maharashtra. India. Bombay. Home Department|url=http://archive.org/details/dli.granth.112520|title=Annual Administration Report on the Working of the Bombay Bggars Act, 1945; for the year 1955-56|date=1956|publisher=Government of Bombay (Poona)|pages=8-9, 13-14|via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Bombay Prevention of Begging Act|url=http://archive.org/details/dli.granth.117721|title=Annual Administration Report, 1960-61: The Working of the Bombay Prevention of Begging Act|date=1964|publisher=Government of Maharashtra (Bombay)|pages=12|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

== Personal life and legacy ==
In 1876, Dhunbai Wadia married banker and industrialist [[Jehangir Cowasji Jehangir Readymoney]].<ref name=":0" /> They had three children, all born before 1880, including two daughters, Cooverbai (who died as a young woman) and Bapsey Sabavala, and their son [[Sir Cowasji Jehangir, 2nd Baronet]]. Her husband died in 1934, and she died in 1940, aged 79 years.<ref name=":1" /> Her [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]] funeral was attended by thousands of mourners.<ref>{{Cite news|date=17 July 1940|title=Late Dowager Lady Cowasji Jehangir|page=7|work=The Bombay Chronicle|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.9968/page/6/mode/2up?q=Dhunbai+Jehangir|access-date=27 November 2021|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

The [[Fire temple|Sorabji Ratanji Patel Agiary]] in [[Pune]] includes a hall named for Lady Dhunbai Cowasjee Jehangir.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kabra|first=Harsh|date=4 August 2009|title=Temple of subdued grandeur|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/temple-of-subdued-grandeur/articleshow/4854264.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-27|website=The Times of India|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107071532/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Temple-of-subdued-grandeur/articleshow/4854264.cms |archive-date=2015-11-07 }}</ref> A portrait of Lady Jehangir is prominent at the entrance of the [[Cowasji Jehangir Hall]] in Mumbai.<ref>{{cite web | last=Mehotra | first=Rahul | date=2002 | url=https://jehangirartgallery.com/public/uploads/blogs/pdf-18.pdf | title=An Art Centre in the City the Landmark Gallery | publisher=Jehangir Art Gallery | accessdate=23 June 2022}}</ref>

One of Jehangir's grandchildren was the artist [[Jehangir Sabavala]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Devidayal|first=Namita|date=3 September 2011|title=Jehangir Sabavala: A painter & gentleman bows out|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/jehangir-sabavala-a-painter-gentleman-bows-out/articleshow/9844062.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-27|website=The Times of India|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903095742/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Jehangir-Sabavala-A-painter-gentleman-bows-out/articleshow/9844062.cms |archive-date=2011-09-03 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Hoskote|first1=Ranjit|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R97qAAAAMAAJ&q=Dhunbai+Jehangir|title=The Crucible of Painting: The Art of Jehangir Sabavala|last2=Sabavala|first2=Jehangir|date=2005|publisher=Eminence Designs Pvt. Limited|isbn=978-81-902170-9-5|pages=42|language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp130088/dhunbai-nee-wadia-lady-jehangir Dhunbai (née Wadia), Lady Jehangir], is the subject of two portraits in the collection of the [[National Portrait Gallery, London|National Portrait Gallery]]

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BMW G 310 R

2026-03-29T11:15:25Z

GordonCoulston:

{{Short description|Standard motorcycle}}
{{Infobox Motorcycle
| name = BMW G310R
| image = BMW G 310 R - Akrapovič.jpg
| manufacturer = [[BMW Motorrad]]
| aka =
| assembly = [[Hosur]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| production = 2015-2025
| predecessor =
| successor =
| class = [[Standard motorcycle|Naked]]
| engine = {{Convert|313|cc|abbr=on}} [[single cylinder engine|single]]
| bore_stroke = {{Convert|80.0|×|62.1|mm|abbr=on}}
| compression = 10.9:1
| top_speed = 143 km/h
| power = {{Convert|33.6|bhp|0|abbr=on|order=flip}} @ 9,500 rpm (claimed)<ref name=SportRider2015/>
| torque = {{Convert|28|Nm|abbr=on}} @ 7,500 rpm (claimed)<ref name=SportRider2015/>
| transmission = Synchromesh 6-speed, multiple-disc clutch, endless X-ring chain<ref>{{Cite web|title=Data & Equipment {{!}} G 310 R|url=https://www.bmw-motorrad.in/en/models/roadster/g310r/technicaldata.html|access-date=2022-01-05|website=www.bmw-motorrad.in|language=en-in}}</ref>
| suspension =
| brakes = Front: 300 mm disc, radially bolted 4-piston fixed caliper Rear: 240 mm disc, single-piston floating caliper
| tires = Front: 110/70 R17 Rear: 150/60 R17
| wheelbase = {{Convert|1374|mm|abbr=on}}
| length = {{Convert|1988|mm|abbr=on}}
| width = {{Convert|896|mm|abbr=on}}
| height = {{Convert|1227|mm|abbr=on}}
| seat_height = {{Convert|785|mm|abbr=on}}
| dry_weight =
| wet_weight = {{Convert|158.5|kg|abbr=on}} (claimed)<ref name=Motoroids2015/>
| fuel_capacity = {{Convert|11|L|abbr=on}}
| oil_capacity =
| fuel_consumption =
| turning_radius =
| related = [[BMW G 310 GS|BMW G310GS]], [[TVS Apache RR 310|BMW G310RR]]
}}

The '''BMW G310R''' is an India-made entry-level [[standard motorcycle]]. It is BMW's first, modern, economical, beginner motorcycle sold under the [[BMW Motorrad]] brand. It debuted in November 2015 with global sales beginning in 2018.

The bike is powered by a [[Multivalve|four-valve]] {{Convert|313|cc|abbr=on}} [[Water cooling|liquid-cooled]] [[single-cylinder engine]] shared with the [[TVS Apache RR 310]] that BMW says produces {{Convert|33.6|bhp|0|abbr=on|disp=flip}} power at 9,500 rpm and {{Convert|28|Nm|abbr=on}} torque at 7,500 rpm. The engine configuration has the intake in front of the engine, and the exhaust behind it.<ref name=SportRider2015>{{Cite news |url = http://www.sportrider.com/bmw-g-310-r-first-look |title = BMW G310R First Look |date = 11 November 2015 |website = Sport rider |access-date = 15 February 2016 |archive-date = 26 September 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170926193827/http://www.sportrider.com/bmw-g-310-r-first-look |url-status = dead }}</ref>

BMW released the [[G 310 GS]], an adventure bike based on the G 310 R, on July 19, 2018.

==History==
In 2013 BMW announced they were collaborating with motorcycle manufacturer TVS for production of a series of sub-500 cc bikes in [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.carandbike.com/news/details-emerge-about-tvs-bmws-first-bike-the-k03-765140|title = Details Emerge About TVS-BMW's First Bike – The K03|date = 22 May 2015|access-date = 30 January 2016 |website =[[CarAndBike]]|publisher = NDTV |last = Balakrishnan|first = PS}}</ref> These motorcycles were targeted for developing markets, markets with prominence of lower-displacement bikes, and as entry-level sport bikes in developed markets.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/2015/11/article/bmw-enters-entry-level-market-2016-bmw-g-310-r-first-look/|title = BMW Enters Entry-Level Market: 2016 BMW G310R First Look|date = 11 November 2015|access-date = 30 January 2016|website = [[Motorcycle-USA]]|last = Harley|first = Bryan|archive-date = 13 January 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160113185715/http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/2015/11/article/bmw-enters-entry-level-market-2016-bmw-g-310-r-first-look/|url-status = dead}}</ref> This was the first time that BMW Motorrad ventured into developing the sub-500 cc bikes.<ref>{{Cite news |url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/BMW-ropes-in-TVS-to-make-sub-500cc-bikes/articleshow/19452376.cms|title = BMW ropes in TVS to make sub-500cc bikes|date = 9 April 2013|work =[[Times of India]]|access-date = 30 January 2016 }}</ref>

BMW K03 was the code name given to the first collaborative product of BMW-TVS. It was a test bike which was developed in India and sent to Germany for further testing and modifications.<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://www.motoroids.com/news/tvs-bmw-k03-exported-from-india-to-germany-with-a-price-tag-of-rs-107250-per-unit/|title = TVS-BMW K03 exported from India to Germany with a price tag of Rs 107,250 per unit |date = 23 June 2015 |access-date = 30 January 2016|website= Motoroids |last = Susvirkar |first = Sunil}}</ref>

In October 2015 in Brazil, the BMW G 310 Stunt was the first concept bike unveiled by BMW Motorrad.<ref>{{Cite news |url = http://www.financialexpress.com/article/industry/automobiles/tvs-bmw-g-310-r-revealed-to-be-produced-at-tvs-facility-in-india/164699/|title = TVS-BMW G310R bike revealed; to be produced at TVS facility in India|last = Yogi|first = Vikas|date = 13 November 2015|work =[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]]|access-date = 30 January 2016 }}</ref> The commercial version of the concept was officially unveiled by BMW Motorrad the next month, at [[EICMA]] 2015 in [[Milan]], Italy, and was shown in India at the [[13th Auto Expo 2016]].<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://www.zigwheels.com/news-features/news/2016-auto-expo-bmw-g310r-will-make-india-debut/24261/ |title = 2016 Auto Expo: BMW G310R will make India debut |date = 23 January 2016|access-date = 30 January 2016 |publisher=[[ZigWheels]] }}</ref> The bike was commercially released on July 18 globally.<ref>{{Cite news |url = http://www.ibtimes.co.in/tvs-bmw-g-310-r-motorcycle-likely-be-launched-auto-expo-2016-report-659083|title = TVS-BMW G310R motorcycle likely to be launched at Auto Expo 2016: Report|last = Sunny|first = Ken|date = 11 December 2015|work =[[International Business Times]]|access-date = 30 January 2016 }}</ref>

The G 310 R is marketed in different segments in different countries worldwide. The Indian website ''Rushlane'', based on a BMW promotional video, calls the G310 R "not an entry level motorcycle but a premium lightweight and compact sport bike", while the US magazine ''[[Cycle World]]'' describes the same bike as "entry-level" and "a compact muscular-type naked sport bike".<ref name=Karuppaswamy2015/><ref name=Bornhop2015>{{Citation |url= http://www.cycleworld.com/2015/11/12/2016-bmw-g310r-entry-level-standard-motorcycle-review-first-look-photos |date=12 November 2015 |magazine=[[Cycle World]] |title= 2016 BMW G310R - First Look Review; This new entry-level BMW arrives early next year. |first= Andrew |last= Bornhop }}</ref>

==Production==
BMW G 310 R was developed with an intent to increase BMW's presence in global markets.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.topspeed.in/motorcycles/2016/reviews/bmw-g-310-r-ar156314.html|title = 2016 BMW G310R|date = 1 December 2015|access-date = 30 January 2016|publisher = TopSpeed}}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It was developed in both Europe and India.<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.carandbike.com/news/auto-expo-2016-bmw-tvs-might-launch-its-highly-anticipated-g-310-r-1252898|title = Auto Expo 2016: BMW-TVS Might Launch its Highly Anticipated G310R|date = 9 December 2015|access-date = 30 January 2016|website = CarAndBike|publisher = NDTV|last = Boora|first = Divyanshu}}</ref> The design of the bike was originally engineered by BMW in [[Munich]], Germany, and is built and assembled at TVS Motor Company's [[Hosur]] plant in Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/new-bikes/2015/november/bmw-g310r-roadster-revealed/|title = New BMW G310R roadster revealed|date = 11 November 2015|access-date = 30 January 2016 |newspaper= [[Motor Cycle News]] |last = Downes |first = Andy}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url = http://www.ibtimes.co.in/tvs-bmw-g-310-r-made-india-naked-street-motorcycle-unveiled-654377|title = TVS-BMW G310R 'Made in India' naked street motorcycle unveiled|date = 12 November 2015|access-date = 30 January 2016|work = International Business Times |last = Sunny |first = Ken}}</ref>

==Specifications==
BMW G 310 R has a {{Convert|313|cc|abbr=on}} [[liquid-cooled]] [[four-stroke]] 4-valve [[single cylinder|single-cylinder]] reverse-inclined [[DOHC]] engine, with a bore and stroke of {{Convert|80.0|×|62.1|mm|abbr=on}}, and a 10,500 rpm [[redline]].<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.carandbike.com/news/auto-expo-2016-tvs-unveils-akula-310-the-bmw-g-310-r-based-concept-bike-1271430|title = Auto Expo 2016: TVS to Unveil a BMW G 310R-Based Concept Bike|date = 29 January 2016|access-date = 30 January 2016 |website = CarAndBike |publisher = [[NDTV]] |last = Boora |first = Divyanshu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url = http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/motorcycles-that-will-make-you-drool-115121801170_1.html |title = Motorcycles that will make you drool|last1 = Tharyan |first1 = P. |date = 19 December 2015|work =[[Business Standard]] |access-date = 30 January 2016 |last2 = David Luther |first2 = Joshua}}</ref> It has self start, static [[rev limiter]], counterbalance shaft, [[wet sump]], and electronic fuel injection and requires at least 95 [[Octane rating|RON]] petrol. It is compatible with up to 10% [[ethanol]] ([[Common ethanol fuel mixtures#E10 or less|E10]]).<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/deutschland/article/detail/T0092860DE/bmw-motorrad-preise-ab-januar-2011-e10-kraftstoff-vertraeglichkeit-bei-bmw-und-husqvarna-motorraedern?language=de |date=5 October 2022|website=BMW |title=BMW Motorrad Preise ab Januar 2011. E10-Kraftstoff -Verträglichkeit bei BMW und Husqvarna Motorrädern }}</ref> The fuel capacity is {{Convert|11|L|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.rushlane.com/bmw-g310r-instrument-cluster-photos-12173181.html|title = BMW G310R instrument cluster detailed in new photos|date = 16 November 2015|access-date = 30 January 2016 |publisher = Rush Lane |last = Patel |first = Sagar}}</ref>

It has a side-mounted inclined exhaust, a [[kickstand]] sensor, and a plastic engine spoiler.<ref name="specs">{{Cite web|url=https://www.autocarindia.com/bikes/bmw-bikes/g-310-r|title=BMW Bikes G 310 R Price, Images, Reviews and Specs|website=Autocar India}}</ref>

The instrument panel consist of a monochrome [[segment LCD]] with engine temperature meter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/technology/auto/bmw-launches-g-310-r-and-g-310-gs-in-india-with-huge-price-cuts-5937791.html|title=BMW launches G 310 R and G 310 GS in India with huge price cuts|website=Moneycontrol|date=8 October 2020 }}</ref><ref name=top5>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bikewale.com/news/2021-bmw-g310r-top-5-reasons-to-buy/|title=2021 BMW G310R: Top 5 Reasons to Buy - BikeWale|website=www.bikewale.com|date=13 May 2021 }}</ref><ref name="manual">[https://manuals.bmw-motorrad.com/manuals/BA-Extern/IN/BA-INTERNET-COM/PDF/G_0G01_RM_1016_01.pdf Manuals]</ref>

There are two auxiliary power sockets and a steering lock.<ref name="manual"/>

The graphics are implemented using [[decals]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.motoroids.com/news/bmw-g-310-r-gets-a-new-colour-scheme/|title=BMW G 310 R Gets A New Colour Scheme | Motoroids|date=July 15, 2022|website=www.motoroids.com}}</ref>

It has a [[pillion]] seat, pillion footrests, and rear handles.{{cn|date=August 2022}}

The G 310 R has a length of 1988 mm, width of 896 mm and height of 1227 mm, a wheelbase of 1374 mm, and a seat height of 785 mm. The steering angle is 64.9°.<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news-new-bikes/bmw-g310-r-revealed/28442.html|title = BMW G310 R revealed|date = 11 November 2015 |access-date = 30 January 2016 |website = Visordown }}</ref> It has an upside-down fork and a mono rear [[shock absorber]] with adjustable preload. The bike has a front 110/70 R17 and a rear 150/60 R17 [[Michelin]] Pilot Street [[Radial tyre|Radial]] [[tubeless tyre]] and 5-spoke [[alloy wheels|alloy rims]].<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://www.drivespark.com/auto-shows/delhi/2016/bmw-motorrad-g310r-2016-auto-expo-unveil-013543.html|title = BMW Motorrad G310R Bike To Be Unveiled At 2016 Auto Expo|date = 22 January 2016|access-date = 30 January 2016 |publisher = Drive Spark |last = Paralikar|first = Ajinkya}}</ref> The braking of the bike features a dual-channel [[anti-lock braking system]], with the front using a single 300 mm disc, radially-bolted 4-piston fixed-caliper brake and the rear, a single 240 mm disc, single-piston floating caliper brake.<ref>{{Cite news |url = http://www.ibtimes.co.in/tvs-bmw-g-310-r-made-india-naked-street-motorcycle-unveiled-654377|title = TVS-BMW G310R 'Made in India' naked street motorcycle unveiled|last = Sunny|first = Ken|date = 12 November 2016 |website =[[International Business Times]] |access-date = 30 January 2016 }}</ref> It has an axial front master brake cylinder.{{cn|date=August 2022}} The brakes are made by [[ByBre]].{{cn|date=August 2022}}

It has "no brag-worthy goodies like a traction control system or a quick shifter"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bikewale.com/expert-reviews/bmw-g-310-r-review-pros-and-cons/|title=BMW G 310 R Review: Pros and Cons - BikeWale|website=www.bikewale.com|date=15 July 2022 }}</ref> and does not use [[CAN bus]].<ref name="canbus">[https://www.weisertechnik.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/G_310_Install_2_in_1_Instructions_5_31_19_v1.pdf Instructions]</ref> Compares to the rival [[KTM 390 Duke]], the G 310 R lacks Bluetooth connectivity, a full-colour display, and switchable ABS.<ref name=top5/>

==2021 facelift==
Since 2021, it is [[European emission standards|Euro 5]] compliant and has Idle Speed Control, [[electronic throttle control]] and an assist-and-[[slipper clutch]], as well as adjustable levers, [[LED]] headlight and indicators.

==2022 facelift==
In 2022, two new color options were introduced at an ex-showroom price of {{INRConvert|2.7|l}} in India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.autocarindia.com/bike-news/bmw-g-310-r-g-310-gs-prices-hiked-425124|title=BMW G 310 R, G 310 GS prices hiked|website=Autocar India}}</ref>

In Germany, it was released at {{FXConvert|DEU|5550|cursign={{Euro|link=yes}}}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adac.de/rund-ums-fahrzeug/zweirad/motorrad-roller/fahrberichte/bmw-g-310-r/|title=BMW G 310 R: Testfahrt, Daten, Preis|website=www.adac.de|date=15 May 2023 }}</ref>

==Performance==
BMW says that the G 310 R produces {{Convert|33.6|bhp|abbr=on|disp=flip}} at 9,500 rpm and a torque of {{Convert|28|Nm|abbr=on}} at 7,500 rpm.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.oncars.in/bike-news/top-5-bikes-coming-at-delhi-auto-expo-2016/9321|title = Top 5 bikes coming at Delhi Auto Expo 2016|date = 28 January 2016|access-date = 30 January 2016|publisher = OnCars|archive-date = 2 March 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160302020251/http://www.oncars.in/bike-news/top-5-bikes-coming-at-delhi-auto-expo-2016/9321|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url = http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/bmw-introduces-g-310-r-roadster/|title = BMW Introduces G310R Roadster|date = 20 November 2015|access-date = 30 January 2016|publisher = Roadracing World }}</ref> BMW claims the top speed is {{Convert|144|kph|abbr=on}}.<ref name=Karuppaswamy2015>{{Cite web |url = https://www.rushlane.com/bmw-g-310-r-promo-video-new-12178007.html |title = New BMW G310R promo video released|date = 19 December 2015|access-date = 30 January 2016|publisher = Rush Lane|last = Karuppaswamy|first = Nithyanandh}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url = http://www.gizmag.com/bmw-g-310-r/40347/|title = BMW G310 R: The first "Beemer" under 500cc|date = 12 November 2015|access-date = 30 January 2016 |website = Gizmag |last = Heinrich |first = Aaron}}</ref> BMW's claimed [[Motorcycle testing and measurement#Weight|wet weight]] is {{Convert|158.5|kg|abbr=on}}.<ref name=Motoroids2015>{{Cite web |url = http://www.motoroids.com/news/tech-spec-comparo-bmw-g-310-r-vs-ktm-390-duke-vs-yamaha-yzf-r3-vs-honda-cbr250r-vs-kawasaki-ninja-300-vs-mahindra-mojo-vs-benelli-tnt300/|title = Tech Spec Comparo: BMW G310R vs KTM 390 Duke vs Yamaha YZF-R3 vs Honda CBR250R vs Kawasaki Ninja 300 vs Mahindra Mojo vs Benelli TNT300 |date = 23 November 2015 |access-date = 30 January 2016 |publisher = Motoriods |last = Susvirkar |first = Sunil}}</ref>

Some performance tests listed here were conducted by ''Otomotif'' [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] from Indonesia in July 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://otomotifnet.gridoto.com/read/231143017/data-lengkap-test-ride-bmw-g310-r-tes-dyno-dan-data-akselerasi|title=Data Lengkap Test Ride BMW G310 R : Tes Dyno Dan Data Akselerasi - GridOto.com|website=otomotifnet.gridoto.com}}</ref>

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! Parameter
! Time
|-
| 0–{{convert|60|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}
| 3.7 s
|-
| 0–{{convert|80|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}
| 5 s
|-
| 0–{{convert|100|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}
| 7.5 s
|-
| 0–{{convert|100|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| 6.9 s @ {{convert|95.8|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}
|-
| 0–{{convert|201|m|mile|frac=8|abbr=on}}
| 10.3 s @ {{convert|116.1|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}
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| 0–{{convert|402|m|mile|frac=8|abbr=on}}
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| Top speed (on speedometer)
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| Top speed ([[Racelogic]])
| {{convert|149.8|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}
|-
| Fuel consumption
| {{convert|4|L/100km|abbr=on}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.bmwmotorcycles.com/us/en/bike/urban/2015/g310r/g310r_overview.html}} at BMW Motorrad USA

{{BMW motorcycles}}

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Taranjit Singh Sandhu

2026-03-28T08:13:13Z

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{{Short description|Lieutenant Governor of Delhi (born 1963)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Taranjit Singh
| honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| honorific_suffix = [[Indian Foreign Service|IFS]] {{small|(Retired)}}
| image = India Artemis Accords Signing (NHQ202306210057, cropped).jpg
| caption = Sandhu in 2023
| office = [[List of lieutenant governors of Delhi|Lieutenant Governor of Delhi]]
| term_start = 11 March 2026
| term_end =
| president = [[Droupadi Murmu]]
| prime_minister = [[Narendra Modi]]
| predecessor = [[Vinai Kumar Saxena]]
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Rekha Gupta]]
| office1 = 28th [[List of ambassadors of India to the United States|Ambassador of India to the United States]]
| term_start1 = 6 February 2020
| term_end1 = 31 January 2024
| predecessor1 = [[Harsh Vardhan Shringla]]
| successor1 = [[Vinay Mohan Kwatra]]
| president1 = [[Droupadi Murmu]] [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
| prime_minister1 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| office2 = [[List of ambassadors and high commissioners of India|High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka]]
| term_start2 = January 2017
| term_end2 = January 2020
| president2 = [[Pranab Mukherjee]] [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
| prime_minister2 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| predecessor2 = [[Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha]]
| successor2 = Gopal Baglay
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|1|23|df=yes}}
| spouse = [[Reenat Sandhu]]
| children = 2, Son & Daughter
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| education =
*[[Delhi University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
*[[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])
| occupation = [[Diplomat]]
}}

'''Taranjit Singh Sandhu''' (born 23 January 1963) is an Indian [[politician]] and retired [[diplomat]] of [[Indian Foreign Service]] who is serving as the 21st [[List of lieutenant governors of Delhi|Lieutenant Governor of Delhi]] since 2026. He previously served as [[List of ambassadors and high commissioners of India|High Commissioner of India]] to [[Sri Lanka]] and 28th [[List of ambassadors of India to the United States|Ambassador of India to the United States]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/32332/Shri_Taranjit_Singh_Sandhu_has_been_appointed_as_the_next_Ambassador_of_India_to_the_United_States_of_America| title=Shri Taranjit Singh Sandhu appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the United States of America| work= Ministry of External Affairs| date= 28 January 2020}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Sandhu completed his schooling at [[The Lawrence School, Sanawar]]. He subsequently obtained a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] degree in [[History]] from [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi|St. Stephen's College]], University of Delhi. He later pursued higher studies at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]], New Delhi, where he earned a [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] degree in [[International Relations]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taranjit Singh Sandhu |url=https://www.indianembassyusa.gov.in/TaranjitSinghSandhu |website=Indian Embassy in USA |access-date=2025-03-12 |language=en}}</ref>

==Career==
===IFS Training & first posting in Moscow===
Taranjit Singh Sandhu qualified the [[UPSC Civil Services Examination]] and joined the [[Indian Foreign Service]] in 1988. After completing the foundation course at [[Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration]] (LBSNAA) and professional training at the [[Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service]] (SSIFS), he was posted in 1990 to the [[Embassy of India, Moscow|Embassy of India]] in [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]], as a Third Secretary (political) and later Second Secretary (commercial). During his posting, he also completed [[Russian language]] training at [[Moscow State University]] in 1992.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-updates/who-is-taranjit-singh-sandhu-st-stephens-college-jnu-educated-diplomat-appointed-delhis-lieutenant-governor/articleshow/129130188.cms |title=Early Career of Delhi LG Sandhu in Moscow |work=The Economic Times |date=6 March 2026 |accessdate=6 March 2026}}</ref>

===Establishing relations with Ukraine===
Following the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]], in 1992 Sandhu was tasked with helping establish the [[Embassy of India, Kyiv|Embassy of India]] in [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]]. He subsequently served there as the Head of the Political and Administration Wings until 1994.<ref name="theweek">{{cite web |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2020/01/15/who-is-taranjit-singh-sandhu-frontrunner-for-post-of-ambassador-to-us.html |title=Who is Taranjit Singh Sandhu, frontrunner for post of ambassador to US? |website=[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]]}}</ref>

===Officer of Special Duty in MEA, New Delhi===
After returning to India, Sandhu served as Officer on Special Duty (Press Relations) in the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] from December 1995 to March 1997. In this role, he was responsible for maintaining liaison with foreign media operating in India.<ref name="AmericaTimes" />

===First Secretary in Washington D.C.===
In 1997, he was posted to the [[Embassy of India, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of India]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States]], where he served as First Secretary (Political) from 1997 to 2000. During this period, he was responsible for handling political affairs and maintaining liaison with the [[United States Congress]].<ref name="AmericaTimes" />

===Head of the Political Wing, Colombo===
From December 2000 to September 2004, Sandhu served at the [[High Commission of India, Colombo|High Commission of India]] in [[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka]], where he headed the Political Wing. In this capacity, he was responsible for overseeing political affairs and monitoring developments in [[India–Sri Lanka relations]].<ref name="AmericaTimes" />

===United Nations, New York===
In July 2005, Sandhu was posted to the [[Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations]] in [[New York City]], [[United States]], where he served until February 2009. During this period, he represented India in various multilateral forums and participated in discussions and negotiations on key global issues at the [[United Nations]].<ref name="AmericaTimes">{{cite news |url=https://www.america-times.com/new-indian-ambassador-taranjit-sandhu-arrives-us/ |title=Career of Taranjit Singh Sandhu |work=America Times |date=3 February 2020 |accessdate=6 March 2026}}</ref>

===Joint Secretary in MEA, New Delhi===
After completing his assignment in New York, Sandhu returned to India and served as [[Joint Secretary]] in the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] from March 2009 to August 2011, coordinating India's UN policy, multilateral diplomacy, and engagement with global governance institutions. He later served as Joint Secretary (Administration), heading the Human Resource Division and overseeing personnel management, postings, and administrative matters for the Indian Foreign Service and ministry staff.<ref name="AmericaTimes" />

===Consul General of India in Frankfurt===
[[File:Manmohan Singh being received by the Consul General of India in Frankfurt, Shri Taranjit Singh Sandhu, at the Frankfurt International Airport.jpg|[[Manmohan Singh]] being received by the Consul General of India in Frankfurt, Shri Taranjit Singh Sandhu, at the [[Frankfurt International Airport]]|thumb]]
From September 2011 to July 2013, Sandhu served as the [[Consul General]] of India in [[Frankfurt]], [[Germany]]. In this role, he was responsible for strengthening India’s economic, commercial, and cultural engagement with the region, specially given the fact that Frankfurt is the [[Financial centre|Financial Capital]] of Germany, while also overseeing consular services for the Indian community and businesses in Germany.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/prime-minister-manmohan-singh-arrives-in-frankfurt-on-way-to-india-536279 |title=Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives in Frankfurt en route to India |work=NDTV |date=1 October 2013 |accessdate=6 March 2026}}</ref>

=== Deputy Chief of Mission in Washington D.C.===
[[File:Narendra Modi with the Embassy officials and children at Indian Embassy in USA, at Washington DC on September 30, 2014. The Union Minister for External Affairs and Overseas Indian Affairs, Smt. Sushma Swaraj is also seen.jpg|thumb|[[Prime Minister of India|PM]] Narendra Modi with the Embassy officials including then [[List of ambassadors of India to the United States|Ambassadaor of India to USA]] [[S. Jaishankar]] and their families at Indian Embassy in USA, at Washington DC on September 30, 2014. Sandhu is standing to the right of the [[Foreign Secretary of India|Foreign Secretary]] [[Sujatha Singh]] who is standing right to the [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|External Affairs Minister]] Smt. [[Sushma Swaraj]]]]

From July 2013 to January 2017, Sandhu served as the [[Deputy Chief of Mission]] at the [[Embassy of India, Washington, D.C.|Embassy of India]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States]]. As the second-senior most diplomat at the mission, he played a key role in advancing the [[India–United States relations|India–United States strategic partnership]] and coordinating high-level diplomatic engagement between the two countries. During this period, he worked closely with senior officials in both governments and contributed to preparations for high-level visits, including [[Narendra Modi]]’s first ever visit to the [[United States of America]] and to the [[United Nations]] in 2014, during the visit the Modi meet with [[POTUS|President]] [[Barack Obama]]. His tenure also involved strengthening political, economic, and strategic cooperation between India and the United States while managing the day-to-day functioning of the embassy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/taranjit-singh-sandhu-appointed-india-s-ambassador-to-us-1641003-2020-01-28 |title=Taranjit Singh Sandhu appointed India's ambassador to US |website=India Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://lmd.lk/high-commissioner-of-india-h-e-taranjit-singh-sandhu-delivers/|website=LMD The Voice of Business |title=High Commissioner of India H.E. Taranjit Singh Sandhu delivers Lalith Athulathmudali Commemoration Freedom Speech|access-date=2019-12-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianembassyusa.gov.in/extra?id=59|title = Welcome to Embassy of India, Washington D C, USA}}</ref>

===High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka===
From January 2017 to January 2020, Sandhu served as the [[High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka|High Commissioner of India]] in [[Sri Lanka]]. In this role, he was responsible for strengthening bilateral relations between India and Sri Lanka, including in areas of trade, security, and regional cooperation. He played a key role in fostering political dialogue between India and Sri Lanka due to the [[Belt and Road Initiative|BRI initiative]] of the [[CCP|Chinese government]] and supporting developmental and cultural initiatives, while also overseeing the operations of the High Commission and engaging with the Indian diaspora specially [[Tamils in Sri Lanka]].<ref name="theweek"/>

===Ambassador of India to the United States===
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File:Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu presented his Credentials to President of the United States of America, H.E. Mr. Donald Trump.jpg|Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu presenting credentials to President [[Donald Trump]] in the [[Oval Office]]
File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi in a Bilateral Meeting with the Vice President of the United States of America, Ms. Kamala Harris, in Washington DC, USA on September 23, 2021 (3).jpg|Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]], External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, [[National Security Advisor of India|NSA]] [[Ajit Doval]], Foreign Secretary [[Harsh Vardhan Shringla]] and Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu in a bilateral meeting with US [[VPOTUS|Vice President]] [[Kamala Harris]] in Washington, D.C. on September 23, 2021
File:PM and the President of USA, Mr. Joe Biden at the Expanded Bilateral Meeting in White House, Washington DC on June 22, 2023.jpg|Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]], NSA Ajit Doval, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, Foreign Secretary [[Vinay Mohan Kwatra]] and Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu with US President [[Joe Biden]] at the Expanded Bilateral Meeting, [[White House]], Washington, D.C. on June 22, 2023
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[[File:India Artemis Accords Signing (NHQ202306210055).jpg|[[NASA Administrator]] [[Bill Nelson]] and Indian Ambassador Taranjit Sandhu holding the signed [[Artemis Accords]]|thumb]]
Sandhu presented his credentials to President [[Donald Trump]] in early February 2020 and served as the [[Ambassador of India to the United States]] until 31 January 2024.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/india-us-will-work-together-to-combat-terrorism-jihadi-culture-ambassador-sandhu/cid/1743158|title=India, US will work together to combat terrorism, Jihadi culture: Ambassador Sandhu|date=February 7, 2020|accessdate=February 19, 2020|publisher=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ambassador-taranjit-singh-sandhu-presents-his-credentials-to-us-president-donald-trump/story-ugGE2K4Qc5yizeT4zMzEMI.html|title=Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu presents his credentials to US president Donald Trump|first=Murali|last=Krishnan|date=February 7, 2020|accessdate=February 19, 2020|publisher=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref> In 2022, he was widely regarded as a potential candidate for the position of [[Foreign Secretary of India]], though [[Vinay Mohan Kwatra]] ultimately assumed the role. Subsequently, Sandhu received a two-year extension as Ambassador to the United States.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.business-standard.com/about/who-is-vinay-mohan-kwatra |title=Who is Vinay Mohan Kwatra? |work=Business Standard |date=5 March 2026 |accessdate=6 March 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/who-is-taranjit-singh-sandhu-former-us-envoy-appointed-as-new-delhi-l-g/articleshow/129127701.cms |title=Taranjit Singh Sandhu, former US envoy, appointed Lieutenant Governor of Delhi |work=The Times of India |date=6 March 2026 |accessdate=6 March 2026}}</ref>

During his tenure, India signed the [[Artemis Accords]], representing a notable advancement in its engagement with international space governance and [[Mission to the Moon|lunar initiatives]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-welcomes-india-as-27th-artemis-accords-signatory/ |title=NASA Welcomes India as 27th Artemis Accords Signatory |publisher=NASA |date=23 June 2023 |accessdate=6 March 2026}}</ref>

Amid the [[Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)|Russia-Ukraine conflict]], he oversaw India’s diplomatic stance reflecting the principles of [[Neutral country|Neutrality]] and balanced engagement with both the [[Global West|Western countries]] and [[Russia]], in coordination with [[Pavan Kapoor]], then Ambassador of India to Russia.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/25/india-ukraine-russia-biden/ |title=India avoids condemning Russian invasion of Ukraine and stays aloof on Western coalition |work=The Washington Post |date=25 February 2022 |accessdate=6 March 2026}}</ref>

In the aftermath of the death of [[Hardeep Singh Nijjar]] in Canada, Sandhu navigated criticisms and security concerns raised by elements of the [[Khalistani]] activist in the United States. Certain individuals, including [[Gurpatwant Singh Pannun]], who is a terrorist, mentioned in the [[NIA Most Wanted]] list, issued threats directed toward the Ambassador and Embassy personnel, which were addressed in accordance with established diplomatic protocols.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/indian-ambassador-taranjit-singh-sandhu-heckled-khalistani-supporters-new-york-gurdwara-nijjar-pannun-2467966-2023-11-27 |title=Indian ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu heckled by Khalistani supporters at New York gurdwara |work=India Today |date=27 November 2023 |accessdate=6 March 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/indias-us-envoy-heckled-on-outreach-trip-to-ny-gurdwara-101701110067864.html |title=India’s US envoy ‘heckled’ on outreach trip to New York gurdwara |work=Hindustan Times |date=27 November 2023 |accessdate=6 March 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/pro-khalistan-separatist-pannun-threat-indian-envoy-us-diplomats-security-9732342/ |title=After pro‑Khalistan separatist Pannun’s threat to Indian envoy, US affirms commitment to diplomats’ security |work=The Indian Express |date=18 December 2024 |accessdate=6 March 2026}}</ref>

One of the notable achievements during his tenure was facilitating the agreement for [[Joe Biden]] to approve the participation of [[Shubhanshu Shukla]], an [[List of Indian astronauts|Indian astronaut]], in the [[Axiom Mission 4|Axiom 4 mission]] to the [[International Space Station]]. This marked the first planned visit of an Indian astronaut to the ISS, reflecting strengthened bilateral cooperation in space exploration.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/us-to-train-indian-astronauts-for-joint-space-mission-pm-modi-biden-welcome-funding-for-ai-quantum-techs/articleshow/101226668.cms |title=US to train Indian astronauts for joint space mission; PM Modi, Biden welcome funding for AI, quantum techs |work=The Times of India |date=24 June 2023 |accessdate=6 March 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mea.gov.in/bilateral-documents.htm?dtl/36711/IndiaUSA_Joint_Statement_during_the_Official_State_visit_of_Prime_Minister_Shri_Narendra_Modi_to_USA |title=India–U.S. Joint Statement during the Official State Visit of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to the United States of America |publisher=Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India |date=23 June 2023 |accessdate=6 March 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/india/washington-dc-gives-ambassador-taranjit-singh-sandhu-a-rockstar-farewell-584856/ |title=Washington DC bids Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu a grand farewell in recognition of his diplomatic service |work=The Tribune |date=26 January 2024 |accessdate=6 March 2026}}</ref>

== Political career ==
He was the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate for the [[Lok Sabha]] constituency of [[Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency|Amritsar]] in the [[2024 Indian general election]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taranjit Singh Sandhu Samundri , BJP candidate bio : Assets , Total Income , Liabilities , Criminal Cases and other details. |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/candidates/LokSabha2024/taranjit-singh-sandhu-samundri-8733/ |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=The Hindu |language=en}}</ref>

===Indian Delegation to the US===
Following the [[2025 Pahalgam attack|Pahalgam terror attack]] in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], the Government of India constituted an all-party delegation to engage with international stakeholders and present India’s perspective on the incident. The delegation, led by [[Shashi Tharoor]] of the [[Indian National Congress]], included representatives from multiple parties: Bhubaneswar Kalita ([[Bharatiya Janata Party]]), Milind Murli Deora ([[Shiv Sena]]), Shashank Mani Tripathi ([[Bharatiya Janata Party]]), Ganti Harish Madhur ([[Telugu Desam Party]]), and former Ambassador of India to the United States Taranjit Singh Sandhu. In his capacity as a senior diplomat, Sandhu played a key role in coordinating the delegation’s engagement in the United States, facilitating high-level discussions with policymakers, articulating India’s response to the terror attack, and advocating measures to counter [[Terrorism Financing|terror financing]] and [[Pakistan and state-sponsored terrorism|Pakistan-sponsored terrorism]], consistent with international diplomatic norms.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://newsindiatimes.com/indias-all-party-delegation-pays-tribute-at-9-11-memorial-tharoor-led-delegation-calls-for-solidarity-against-terrorism/ |title=India’s all-party delegation pays tribute at 9/11 Memorial; Tharoor-led delegation calls for solidarity against terrorism |work=News India Times |date=May 2025 |accessdate=6 March 2026}}</ref>

===Lieutenant Governor of Delhi===
On the evening of 5 March 2026, he was appointed as the [[Lieutenant Governor of Delhi]]. This appointment occurred shortly before the [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], following the resignation of [[C. V. Ananda Bose]] from the Governorship of [[West Bengal]]. On the same day, the central government concurrently appointed Sandhu and [[R. N. Ravi]] to the gubernatorial offices of their respective states, reflecting a strategic administrative realignment of key constitutional positions.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/taranjit-singh-sandhu-new-lg-governor-of-delhi-national-capital-india-us-ambassador-profile-india-news/article70709979.ece |title=Taranjit Singh Sandhu appointed new LG of Delhi |work=The Hindu |date=5 March 2026 |accessdate=6 March 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/who-is-taranjit-singh-sandhu-former-us-envoy-appointed-as-new-delhi-l-g/articleshow/129127701.cms |title=Who is Taranjit Singh Sandhu? Former envoy appointed Delhi LG |work=The Times of India |date=6 March 2026 |accessdate=6 March 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/new-lg-sandhu-veteran-diplomat-indias-ambassador-to-the-us-during-trump-1-0-10566887/ |title=New LG Sandhu: Veteran diplomat, India’s Ambassador to the US during Trump 1.0 |work=The Indian Express |date=6 March 2026 |accessdate=6 March 2026}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Ambassador Mrs. Reenat Sandhu presented her credentials to HM King Willem-Alexander in a ceremony at Noordeinde Palace, The Hague on March 30, 2022 04.jpg|Ambassador Mrs. [[Reenat Sandhu]] presented her credentials to HM [[Monarchy of the Netherlands|King]] [[Willem-Alexander]] in a ceremony at [[Noordeinde Palace]], [[The Hague]] on March 30, 2022|thumb]]
Ambassador Sandhu is married to [[Reenat Sandhu]], a retired Indian ambassador to Italy and to The Netherlands. They have two children, a son and a daughter. His interests include books, movies and outdoor sports. He speaks [[Hindi]], [[English language|English]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and [[Russian language|Russian]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indianembassyusa.gov.in/extra?id=59|title = Welcome to Embassy of India, Washington D C, USA}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Subrahmanyam Jaishankar]]
*[[Navtej Sarna]]
*[[Vinay Mohan Kwatra]]
*[[R. N. Ravi]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
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==External links==
* [https://www.indianembassyusa.gov.in/extra?id=59 Ambassador Taranjit’s Bio Data]

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==External links==
* [https://indianembassyusa.gov.in/extra?id=59 India Ambassador, Official page] at [[Embassy of India, Washington, D.C.]]
* [https://twitter.com/SandhuTaranjitS Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Twitter]

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Kumkumapoovu

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{{short description|Indian soap opera television series}}
{{More citations needed|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Kumkumapoovu.jpg
| image_size =
| caption =
| image_alt =
| genre = [[Family drama|Family Drama]] [[Action film|Action]]
| creator = G.Jayakumar
| based_on =
| director = {{ubl|Dileep Kumar S.|Praveen Kadakkavoor}}
| writer = Pradeep Panicker
| creative_director = {{ubl|Aju S. Shivan|Santhosh Krishna}}
| starring = {{ubl|[[Asha Sharath]]|[[Sajan Surya]]|[[Shelly Kishore]]|[[Shanavas Shanu]]|Aswathy}}
| theme_music_composer = Ronnie Raphael
| open_theme = {{ubl|"ഒരു താരാട്ടിനിണo പോലെ"|"Orutharattineenam Pole"}}
| end_theme = {{ubl|"രാക്കിളി പാട്ടിന് കൂടൊഴിഞ്ഞു"|"Rakkilipaattin Koodozhinju"}}
| num_seasons =
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| num_episodes = 785
| producer = {{ubl|G. Jayakumar|S. Vinod}}
| cinematography =
| editor = {{ubl|Rohith Roshan|Sujith N. S.|Sujeesh}}
| runtime = 22 minutes
| network = [[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]
| first_aired = {{start date|df=yes|2011|01|31}}
| last_aired = {{end date|df=yes|2014|02|01}}
| related = {{ubl|Remakes:|''[[Aval (TV series)|Aval]]''(Tamil)||''Amma'' (Kannada)|''[[Kumkuma Puvvu]]'' (Telugu)|''[[Lek Mazi Ladaki]]'' (Marathi)}}
| list_episodes =
| developer = G. Jayakumar
| composer = Saanand George Grace
| company = {{ubl|Bhavachithra|Ross Petals Entertainment Pvt Ltd}}
| camera = [[Multi-camera]]
}}
'''''Kumkumapoovu''''' ({{Translation|''[[Saffron crocus|Saffron Crocus]]''}}) was an Indian [[Malayalam-language]] soap opera that aired on [[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]] from 2011 to 2014. It ran for 785 episodes. The cast included [[Asha Sharath]], [[Sajan Surya]], [[Shelly Kishore]], [[Shanavas Shanu]], Aswathy, [[G. K. Pillai (actor)|G.K Pillai]] and Rindhya.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-31 |title=11 years of 'Kumkumapoovu': From Shelly to Shanavas Shanu, here's what the actors are doing now |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/malayalam/11-years-of-kumkumapoovu-from-shelly-to-shanavas-shanu-heres-what-the-actors-are-doing-now/photostory/89256371.cms |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>

The serial won several awards at the [[Asianet Television Awards]] including Best Serial 2012, Best Script for 2012,2013 and 2014, Best Actor for Sajan Surya in 2012 and 2013, Best Actress for Asha Sarath and Shelly in 2012 and 2013 respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Asianet Television Awards 2013' on Asianet Channel |url=https://www.afaqs.com/media-briefs/56292_asianet-television-awards-2013-on-asianet-channel |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=afaqs!}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='Asianet Television Awards 2011' on Asianet |url=https://www.afaqs.com/media-briefs/48334_asianet-television-awards-2011-on-asianet |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=afaqs!}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Malayalam OTT Releases, Television Serials And Shows Online - Kerala TV |url=https://www.keralatv.in/2014/05/asianet-television-awards-2014/ |access-date=2023-01-07 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='Asianet Television Awards 2012' |url=https://www.afaqs.com/media-briefs/54243_asianet-television-awards-2012 |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=afaqs!}}</ref>

A [[spiritual sequel]] of the series titled ''[[Karuthamuthu]]'' was aired on Asianet from 2014 to 2019. The series is set in a story of another families with Illekettu Namboothiri reprises his role of Satyasheelan.<ref>{{Cite web |title='ഒരിക്കലും പ്രതീക്ഷിച്ചില്ല ആളുകള്‍ക്ക് എന്നോട് ദേഷ്യമാണെന്ന് '; ഇല്ലിക്കെട്ട് നമ്പൂതിരി|url=https://malayalam.filmibeat.com/television/serial-actor-illikettu-namboothiri-opens-up-never-expected-people-to-be-mad-at-me-086661.html |access-date=2025-05-10 |language=ml}}</ref>

==Plot==
Jayanthi and her illegitimate daughter Shalini were separated at Shalini's birth, with Jayanthi misled into believing her daughter had died while the girl was raised for a time by a butcher, Markose, who treated her unkindly. Shalini was rescued from the unkind butcher and raised in a home with a foster brother, Mahesh. When Mahesh marries the legitimate daughter of Jayanthi, Amala, Jayanthi realizes who Shalini is. Jayanthi must come to terms with her feelings about the daughter she believed dead.

==Cast==
* [[Asha Sarath]] as Professor Jayanthi Prabhakaran – Jagannatha and Vasantha's daughter; Jithan's ex-lover; Prabhakaran's wife; Shalini, Amala and Arun's mother; Karthika's grandmother
* [[Shelly Kishore]] as Shalini Rudhran – Jayanthi and Jithan's daughter; Prabhakaran's step-daughter; Subhadramma's foster daughter; Amala and Arun's half-sister; Mahesh's foster sister; Rudhran's wife
* [[Sajan Surya]] as Mahesh – Subhadramma's son; Shalini's foster brother; Amala's husband; Karthika's father
* [[Shanavas Shanu]] as Rudhran – Shalini's husband
* Aswathy Thomas as Amala Mahesh – Jayanthi and Prabhakaran's daughter; Arun's sister; Shalini's half-sister; Mahesh's wife; Karthika's mother
* [[G. K. Pillai (actor)|GK Pillai]] as Colonel Jagannatha Varma – Vasantha's husband; Jayanthi's father; Shalini, Amala and Arun's grandfather
* [[Lishoy]] as Prabhakaran aka Prabha – Jayanthi's husband; Amala and Arun's father; Shalini's step-father; Karthika's grandfather
* [[Kalaranjini]] as Subhadramma aka Athimuttathamma – Mahesh's mother; Shalini's foster mother; Karthika's grandmother
* Sona Jelina as Karthika Mahesh – Amala and Mahesh's daughter
* Amith as Jithan – A Writer; Jayanthi's ex-lover; Shalini's father
* [[Jayakrishnan Kichu]] / Pratheesh Nandan as Arun Prabhakaran – Jayanthi and Prabhakaran's son; Amala's brother; Shalini's half-brother; Karuna's and Chithra husband
* Anjana Haridas-as Chithra Arun;Arun's second wife
* Dharmambigai Rindhya as Karuna Arun – Arun's exwife
* Indira Thampi as Vasantha Varma – Jagannatha's wife; Jayanthi's mother; Shalini, Amala and Arun's grandmother
* T.S Raju as Markose – Mariamma's husband; Shalini's former caretaker
* Vijayakumari as Mariamma Markose – Markose's wife; Shalini's former caretaker
* Santhosh Kurup as [[Circle Inspector#Kerala|CI]] Jayapalan
* Devendranath as Aadhi/Adithyan (Antagonist)
* Yadhu Krishnan as Adarsh (Antagonist)
*Amboori Jayan as Govindan
* Anjana Haridas as Chithra
*Illekettu namboothiri as Sathyasheelan
* Haridas Varkala
* Rajeev Roshan as Anand
* Vimal Raj as Kazhukan Shaji
* [[Chitra Iyer]] as Arundathi Jithans friend
* [[Vanitha Krishnachandran]] as Professor Rajalakshmi
* Bijoy Varghese
* [[Sreeya Remesh]] as Meera
* Yamuna Mahesh as Advocate
* Kallayam Krishadas
* Karthika Kannan as Kanchana
*Alina Padikkal as Thara

==Awards==
;5th [[Asianet Television Awards|Asianet Television awards]] 2012
*Best Serial – G Jayakumar Bhavachithra (Ross petal entertainment . Pvt.Ltd)
*Best Director – Praveen Kadakkavoor
*Best Screenplay – Pradeep Panicker
*Best Actor – Sajan Surya as Mahesh
*Best Actress – Asha Sarath as Pro. Jayanthi
*Best Debut – Shelly as Shalini
*Most Popular Actor – Shanavas as Rudhran
*Best Dubbing Artist – [[Bhagyalakshmi]] for Prof. Jayanthi
*Best Actor in a negative role (Female) – Ashwathy as Amala
*Best Character Actor – T.S. Saju as Markose
*Best Cinematographer – Hemachandran
*Best Music Director – Rony Rapheal for ''Oru Thaaratin eenam Pole''
*Best lyrics – Prayaar Geethamohan
*Best editor – Rohit Roshan
*Special Jury – Haimambika Rindhya as Karuna
*Lifetime Achievement Awards – GK Pilla

;6th Asianet Television Awards 2013
*Evergreen Hit serial – Kumkumapoovu
*Best Actor – Sajan Surya as Mahesh
*Best Actress – Shelly as Shalini
*Best Screenplay – Pradeep Panicker
*Golden star of the year – Asha Sarath as Pro. Jayanthi
*Best Actor in a negative role (female) – Ashwathy as Amala
*Best Actor in a negative role (female) Spl. Jury – Haimambika Rindhya as Karuna
*Best Actor in a negative role (male) – Devendranath
*Background score – Sanand George
*Best Dubbing Artist Male – Shobi Thilakan for Jithan
*Best Dubbing Artist Female – [[Devi S.]] for Amala
*Best editor – Rohit Roshan
;7th Asianet Television Awards 2014
*Best Screenplay – Pradeep Panicker
*Best editor – Rohit Roshan
;Asiavision Television awards 2013
*2013 – Best Actress (Asha)
*2013 – Best serial
*2013 – Best Negative Actress (Aswathy)
'''Asiavision Television Awards 2014'''
*2014 – Best Actress (Shelly)
*2014 – Golden star (Asha)
*2014 – Popular Actor (Shanavas)

== Adaptations ==
{| class="wikitable"
!style="background:LightSteelBlue;" |Language
!style="background:LightSteelBlue;" |Title
!style="background:LightSteelBlue;" |Original release
!style="background:LightSteelBlue;" |Network(s)
!style="background:LightSteelBlue;" |Last aired
!style="background:LightSteelBlue;" |Notes
|-
|[[Malayalam]]
|''Kumkumapoovu'' കുങ്കുമപ്പൂവ്
|31 January 2011
|[[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]
|1 February 2014
|Original
|-
|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|''[[Aval (TV series)|Aval]]'' அவல்
|7 November 2011
|[[Star Vijay]]
|16 March 2013
|rowspan="4"|Remake
|-
|[[Kannada]]
|''Amma'' ಅಮ್ಮಾ
|1 February 2016
|[[Star Suvarna]]
|4 February 2017
|-
|[[Marathi language|Marathi]]
|''[[Lek Majhi Ladki]]'' लेक माझी लाडकी
|2 May 2016
|[[Star Pravah]]
|22 October 2018
|-
|[[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|''[[Kumkuma Puvvu]]'' కుంకుమ పువ్వు
|18 July 2016
|[[Star Maa]]
|26 April 2024
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Malayalam-language television shows]]
[[Category:Asianet (TV channel) original programming]]
[[Category:2014 Indian television series endings]]
[[Category:2011 Indian television series debuts]]

Mangottu Bhagavathi Temple

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{{Short description|Hindu temple in Kerala, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Hindu temple
| name = Mangottu Bhagavathi Temple
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| map_type = India Kerala
| map_caption = Mangottu Bhagavathy Temple, [[Athipotta]], [[Palakkad district|Palakkad]], [[Kerala]]
| coordinates = {{coord|10.670355|N|76.485412|E|type:landmark_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| country = {{flag|India}}
| state = [[Kerala]]
| district = [[Palakkad district|Palakkad]]
| location = [[Athipotta]]
| elevation_m = 81.71
| deity = Mangottu [[Bhagavati]]
| festivals= Mangottu Kavu vela
| architecture = [[Architecture of Kerala]]
| temple_quantity = One
| monument_quantity =
| inscriptions =
| established =
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| website =
}}

{{Hinduism}}

'''Mangottu Bhagavathi Temple''' is in [[Athipotta]], 24 km from [[Palakkad]] via [[Alathur]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Mangottu Kavu Bhagavati Temple, Athipotta {{!}} Mangottu Kavu Bhagavati Temple (Bhadrakali) Pooja Timings, Location, Rituals, Significance & History - Oneindia |url=https://www.oneindia.com/temples/mangottu-kavu-bhagavati-temple-athipotta-i1736/ |access-date=2026-03-23 |website=www.oneindia.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=மாங்கோட்டு பகவதி அம்மன் கோவிலில் 250 பேருக்கு மட்டுமே அனுமதி |url=https://temple.dinamalar.com/news_detail.php?id=108148 |access-date=2026-03-23 |website=தினமலர் |language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=சக்தி |date=2018-07-09 |title=செய்வினையை திருப்பி அனுப்பும் மூர்க்கன் சாத்தான்! கேரளாவிற்கு படையெடுக்கும் தமிழக மக்கள்! |url=https://www.nakkheeran.in/24-by-7-news/india/horn-satan-tamil-people-invading-kerala |access-date=2026-03-23 |website=Nakkheeran |language=ta}}</ref> The Hindu goddess of the temple, Mangottu [[Bhagavathi]], is considered the younger sister of [[Parakkattu Bhagwathi]] who has a temple in [[Kavasseri]] near by.<ref name=":0" />

==See also==
* [[Temples of Kerala]]

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
*{{Official website|http://www.sreemangottukavudevaswom.in/}}

[[Category:Hindu temples in Palakkad district]]
[[Category:Bhagavathi temples in Kerala]]

Barddhaman Junction railway station

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{{Short description|Railway Station in West Bengal, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Barddhaman Junction
| symbol = s
| symbol_location = kolkata
| system = [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]]
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Barddhaman Junction (1 November 2024).jpg
| image_caption = Barddhaman Junction railway station
| address = [[Grand Trunk Road]], [[Bardhaman]], [[West Bengal]]
| country = {{flagu|India}}
| coordinates = {{Coord|23.250041|87.869995|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|34.00|m|ft}}
| line = * '''[[Howrah–Delhi main line]]'''
* [[Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line]]
* [[Howrah–Prayagraj–Mumbai line]]
* [[Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line]]
* [[Howrah–Bardhaman main line]],
* [[Howrah–Bardhaman chord]]
* [[Bardhaman-Rampurhat Section|Bardhaman-Rampurhat Line]]
* [[Bardhaman–Asansol section]]
* '''[[Bardhaman–Katwa line]]'''
| other = [[File:Aiga taxi.svg|20px]] [[Taxi|Cabs]], Bus stand, E-rickshaw
| structure = [[Intersection_(road)#At_grade_railways|At grade]]
| platform = 8
| tracks = 10
| parking = {{color|green|Available}} {{rint|parking}}
| bicycle = {{color|green|Available}} {{rint|bicycle}}
| opened = {{start date and age|1855}}
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 1958
| accessible = {{access icon|20px}} Available
| classification = '''NSG-2'''
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = BWN<ref name="Indian railway codes">{{cite web |title=Indian railway codes |url=http://www.icf.indianrailways.gov.in/PB/pass/stations.html |publisher=Indian Railways |access-date=26 August 2018}}</ref>
| zone = [[Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway]]
| division = {{rwd|Howrah}}
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Eastern Railway Zone|Eastern Railway]]
| status = {{color|green|Functioning}}
| former = [[East Indian Railway Company]]
| passengers = 120K/Day
| pass_year = 44M/Year
| pass_percent =
| pass_system = {{increase}} {{color|#fc5|high}}
| map_type = India#India West Bengal#
| map_dot_label = Barddhaman Junction
| map_alt =
| map_caption = Location in [[Barddhaman]]##Location in India
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Barddhaman Junction
| mapframe-custom = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=300|frame-height=180|zoom=14|type=point|marker=rail}}
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Indian Railways
|line=Eastern Railway zone|left=|right=Talit|type=[[Bardhaman–Asansol section]]|system2=Kolkata Suburban Railway
|line2=Eastern|left2=Gangpur|right2=|to-left2=Howrah Junction|type2=[[Howrah–Bardhaman main line|Howrah - Barddhaman Main line]]
|line3=Eastern|left3=Gangpur|right3=|to-left3=Howrah Junction|type3=[[Howrah–Bardhaman chord|Howrah - Barddhaman Chord line]]
|line4=Eastern|right4=Kamnara|to-right4=Katwa Junction|type4=[[Bardhaman–Katwa line]]}}
| route_map = {{Howrah–Bardhaman main line}}{{Howrah–Bardhaman chord}}{{Bardhaman–Katwa line}}
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}}

'''Barddhaman Junction Railway Station''' (station code: '''BWN''') is a railway junction station on the [[Howrah–Delhi main line]] and is located in [[Purba Bardhaman district|Purba Bardhaman District]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. [[Electric multiple unit|EMU]] services from {{stnlnk|Howrah}} along [[Howrah–Bardhaman main line]] and [[Howrah–Bardhaman chord]] terminate at [[Bardhaman]]. Every day, over 300 express/mail/SF trains halt here, making it one of the busiest and important junction railway station in Eastern India. It serves Bardhaman, the fifth most populous city in [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf | title = Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above |work= Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 |access-date = 16 April 2013}}</ref>

==History==
Barddhaman Junction is an important station in the [[Eastern Railway zone]]. Trains from {{stnlnk|Howrah}}, {{stnlnk|Sealdah}}, {{stnlnk|Kolkata}} towards [[Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction|Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay]], [[Gaya Junction railway station|Gaya]] etc. go through the station. The station consists of eight platforms.

The first passenger train ran from {{stnlnk|Howrah}} to {{stnlnk|Bardhaman}} on 15 August 1855.

The track was extended to {{stnlnk|Raniganj}} by 1855.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-hist.html |title = IR History Part I 1832–1869| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 13 April 2013}}</ref>

The [[Howrah–Bardhaman chord]], a shorter link to Bardhaman from Howrah than the [[Howrah–Bardhaman main line]], was constructed in 1917.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html|title=The Chronology of Railway development in Eastern Indian|publisher=Rail India|access-date=13 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080316015721/http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/chronology.html|archive-date=16 March 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

[[Bardhaman–Katwa line]] was upgraded from [[narrow-gauge railway|NG]] to [[broad-gauge railway|BG]] in 2014 (up to {{stnlnk|Balgona}}) and extended up to [[Katwa Junction railway station|Katwa]] in 2018.

==Barddhaman RRI==
It has [[Siemens]] interlocking{{clarify|date=February 2019}} and it was commissioned in 2014. New [[route relay interlocking]] (RRI) has considerably increased train punctuality.

==Electrification==
Electrification of the Howrah–Bardhaman main line was completed with 25 kV AC overhead system in 1958. Earlier, electrification started (on the Howrah–Bandel sector) with 3 kV DC overhead system in 1953.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history4.html|title =IR History Part IV (1947–1970) | publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 13 April 2013}}</ref>

The Howrah–Bardhaman chord was electrified in 1964–66.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html |title =History of Electrification | publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 13 April 2013 }}</ref> The Bardhaman–Katwa line was electrified in 2014 (up to {{stnlnk|Balgona}}) and 2018 (up to [[Katwa Junction railway station|Katwa jn]]).

==Amenities==
Barddhaman railway station has two-bedded non-AC retiring rooms and four bedded non-AC dormitories. The station platforms are equipped with high speed [[Wi-Fi]] access provided by [[Google]] and RailWire. All platforms are equipped with escalators (1-8) with a lift facility in platform number 6-7. Automated ticket vending machines are at both sides of the station where tickets can be purchased by cash, card, or UTS mobile system. IRCTC vendors offer various types of food at the station platforms. Purified and cold water is available at platforms.

==Bardhaman Coaching & Wagon Depot==
Bardhaman Coaching & Wagon Depot can maintain passenger trains [[Electric multiple unit|EMU]] and [[MEMU]], including one [[Diesel multiple unit|DEMU]] rake. It has a capacity of holding 71 coaches.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.er.indianrailways.gov.in/cris//uploads/files/1336385288075-C&W%20HWH%20OVER%20VIEW%20MAY%2712.pdf |title = Carriage and Wagon / Howrah Division| publisher = Indian Railways| access-date = 11 April 2013 }}</ref>

==Barddhaman Loco Shed==
The shed was commissioned in September 1983. Even though it is named as Diesel loco shed, Barddhaman, it only holds electric locomotives now.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Serial No. !! Locomotive Class !! Horsepower !! Quantity
|-
| 1. || [[WAG-5]] || 3850 || 25
|-
| 2. || [[WAG-7]] || 5350 || 49
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Total Locomotives Active as of February 2026'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Electric Loco Holding |url=https://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/holding.html |access-date=28 May 2025 |website=Railnet |archive-date=20 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520042505/http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/holding.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>|| 74
|}

== Incidents ==
On two different dates, 6 and 13 April 2003, employees of a private security agency fired at fleeing coal thieves, injuring a passerby and on the later date, a hawker. Following these incidents, a large mob comprising the station's hawkers and residents of the area clashed with police forces, leading to a baton charge and arrests on 14 April 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/rogue-shot-hits-station-hawker-in-burdwan/cid/831016|title=Rogue shot hits station hawker in Burdwan|website=www.telegraphindia.com|access-date=2020-01-04}}</ref>

On Friday, 8 November 2019, around 20 people were injured in a stampede over a footbridge at the station.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/11-hurt-in-burdwan-station-stampede/articleshow/71977079.cms|title=11 hurt in Burdwan station stampede – Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2020-01-04}}</ref>

On Saturday, 4 January 2020, a major portion of the main entrance gate of the railway station collapsed,one died and several people injured. Construction activities were taking place at the site of the accident.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/live-updates-part-of-entrance-gate-at-barddhaman-railway-station-collapses/liveblog/73101298.cms|title=Burdwan station collapse live updates: Part of entrance gate at Barddhaman railway station collapses|website=The Times of India|access-date=2020-01-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/portion-of-building-at-bardhaman-railway-station-in-west-bengal-collapses-several-feared-trapped-new-2158864|title=Railway Station Building In West Bengal Collapses, 2 Injured|publisher=NDTV|access-date=2020-01-04}}</ref>

On 7 June 2020, A portion of the balcony at the entrance to platform number one collapsed, injuring one passenger.

On 13 December 2023, a 133 year old water tank on Platform 4 and 5 suddenly collapsed during afternoon. Four people lost their lives. 34 were injured. On the same day, there was a stampede, injuring two people.

On 29 January 2024,The RMS building, located next to the main entrance of the station, collapsed. However, no major accident occurred as no one was in the office at the time of the accident.

On Sunday,12 October 2025 at 17:18, several people got injured in a stampede over foot over bridge near platform no 4&5. Report says that around 10–12 people were injured and one died in the chaos that followed when a woman reportedly lost her balance on the crowded bridge due to delay announcement of trains.

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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/barddhaman-junction-bwn/2 Trains at Bardhaman]
* {{Wikivoyage inline|Bardhaman}}

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Mare-Gan

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{{Short description|Epic singing tradition from Assam}}
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{{Infobox music genre
| name = Mare-Gan
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = as
| caption =
| etymology = Songs dedicated to Mare (Manasa)
| instruments = Dhol, khol, toka
| other_names = Mare Geet, Mareguwa Ojapali
| derivatives = [[Ojapali]], [[Deodhani dance]]
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[[File:Mare Ujapali or Mare Gan Rabha Traditional Rituals and performance.webm|thumb| Mare-Gan, Rabha traditional rituals and performance]]

'''Mare-Gan''' also known as '''Mare Geet''' or '''[[Ojapali|Mareguwa Ojapali]]'''<ref>{{cite book
|last=Sharma
|first=Nabin Chandra
|title=Asomor Ojapali
|publisher=[[Asam Sahitya Sabha]]
|pages=45-47
|date=January 1991
|language=as
}}</ref> is a traditional epic singing tradition of the Pati Rabha community of Assam, India. The performance is associated with the worship of the serpent goddess [[Manasa]], also known as Vishahari or Mare Devi, and constitutes an important element of the [[Rabha people|Rabha]] community's magico-religious and cultural practices.<ref name="blueprint">{{cite web |title=Blueprint for Preservation of Māre-Gān |url=https://indiaich-sna.in/sites/default/files/2023-11/Blueprint-merged.pdf |website=India ICH – Sangeet Natak Akademi |date=2024 |access-date=21 November 2025}}</ref>

==Etymology==
The term Mare refers to the local name of the serpent goddess Manasa (Mare Devi), while Gan means “song”. Thus, Mare-Gan literally signifies “song dedicated to Mare (Manasa)”.<ref name="blueprint" />

==Geographical distribution==
Mare-Gan is primarily observed among the Pati Rabha community residing in the districts of [[Goalpara district|Goalpara]], [[Kamrup district|Kamrup]], and [[Darrang district|Darrang]] in [[Lower Assam|lower Assam]]. The tradition forms part of both domestic rituals and community festivals such as Mare Puja or Maroi Puja.<ref name="politika">{{cite web |title=Worship of Goddess Manasa – Mare Puja Among the Rabhas of Assam |url=https://pgmdharapur.ac.in/PDFs/Polikita_2022.pdf |website=Politika Journal |date=2022 |access-date=21 November 2025}}</ref>

==Rituals==
The performance of Mare-Gan constitutes a central component of Mare Puja, a fertility and protective ritual dedicated to the serpent goddess. The ceremony is conducted to seek divine protection from illness, crop failure, and other misfortunes.<ref name="politika" />
During the ritual, a clay effigy known as Maju is crafted and worshipped as the symbolic representation of the goddess.<ref name="blueprint" />

==Performance==
Mare-Gan is presented as a narrative singing performance led by a principal singer (oja), accompanied by supporting performers. The repertoire includes mythological narratives, accounts of the goddess's origins, and songs conveying ethical and social teachings. Traditional instruments such as dhol, [[Khol|khols]], tals, and bamboo flutes are commonly used. The linguistic register of the performance reflects a blend of the Rabha language and Assamese, indicative of the region's cultural interactions.<ref name="praagya">{{cite web |title=Praagya Dhara – Collection of Māre-geet |url=https://drdilipkumarkalitafoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Praagya-Dhara.pdf |website=Dr. Dilip Kumar Kalita Foundation |date=2023 |access-date=21 November 2025}}</ref>

==Cultural significance==
The tradition serves both religious and cultural functions. It preserves the oral literature, folklore, and collective identity of the Pati Rabha community while fostering social cohesion and intergenerational transmission of indigenous knowledge.<ref name="blueprint" />

==Conservation==
Mare-Gan has been recognised by the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] as an important component of India's intangible cultural heritage.<ref name="blueprint" /> Various initiatives have been undertaken to document and safeguard the tradition. Projects such as the Blueprint for the Preservation of Mare-Gan (2024) aim to support its continued practice and transmission.<ref name="blueprint" />

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://indiaich-sna.in/sites/default/files/2023-11/Blueprint-merged.pdf Blueprint for Preservation of Māre-Gān] (India ICH, 2024)
* [https://pgmdharapur.ac.in/PDFs/Polikita_2022.pdf Worship of Goddess Manasa – Mare Puja Among the Rabhas of Assam]
* [https://drdilipkumarkalitafoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Praagya-Dhara.pdf Praagya Dhara – Collection of Māre-geet]
* [https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/essay/puppetry-in-assam/d/doc1085347.html Wisdomlib: Puppetry in Assam (mentioning Māre-gan)]

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Gwalior

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'''Gwalior''' ({{IPA|hi|ɡʋɑːlɪjəɾ|pron|Gwalior.ogg}}) is a major city in the central Indian state of [[Madhya Pradesh]]. It is known as the Music City of India<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dalrymple |first=Sam |date=20 April 2025 |title=This Northern Indian City is a Musical Star that Moves to a Mystical, Centuries Old Beat |url=https://www.cntraveller.com/article/gwalior-madhya-pradesh-india |access-date=20 April 2025 |website=Condè Nast Traveller}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=City of Music |first=Gwalior |date=20 November 2023 |title=UNESCO world cities |url=https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/669719547/gwalior-in-madhya-pradesh-declared-as-the-city-of-music-by-unesco/ |access-date=11 October 2024}}</ref> having the oldest [[Gwalior gharana|musical gharana]] in existence. It is a major sports, cultural, industrial, and political centre in Madhya Pradesh. Gwalior is among the seven cities selected for new startup centres under India's growing innovation ecosystem.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Gwalior's startup push features in PM's "Mann ki Baat" |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/ratapani-reserve-gwaliors-startup-push-feature-in-pms-mann-ki-baat/articleshow/117378801.cms |work=Times of India |date=20 January 2025 |access-date=20 January 2025}}</ref> On World Cities Day (31 October 2023), UNESCO Director - General [[Audrey Azoulay]] announced Gwalior's inclusion among 55 new [[Creative Cities Network|world creative cities]] in the UCCN from [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=World Cities |first=Gwalior |date=25 March 2025 |title=Creative Cities Network |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/creative-cities/gwalior |access-date=25 March 2025 |website=UNESCO}}</ref> This tag elevates Gwalior's identity internationally, spotlighting its artists, music traditions and vibrant culture. It lies in the northern part of Madhya Pradesh and is one of the [[National Capital Region (India)#Counter magnets|Counter-magnet]] cities. Located {{convert|313|km|mi|0}} south of [[New Delhi]], the capital city of India and {{convert|446|km|mi|0}} from [[Bhopal]], the state capital, Gwalior occupies a strategic location in the [[Gird, India|Gwalior Chambal]] region of India. The grand historic city and its fortress have been ruled by several Indian kingdoms. From the [[Alchon Huns]] in the 5th century AD to [[Gurjara Pratihara dynasty]] in the 8th century AD. It was passed on to [[Kachchhapaghata dynasty|Kachchhapaghatas]] in the 10th century AD. Later it fell into the hands of the [[Delhi Sultanate]] in the 12th century AD, it was then passed on to the [[Tomaras of Gwalior|Tomars]] in the 13th century AD who were the vassal rulers of the Delhi Sultanate.

The [[Mughal Empire]] conquered the city and its fortress in the 16th century AD. When the Mughal Empire was declining, it fell into the hands of [[Jats|Jat rulers]], then to the [[English people|English]] in 1730, and last it was passed on to the [[Scindia Dynasty]] of [[Maratha Confederacy|Maratha Empire]] in the early 18th century.<ref name="lonelyplanet.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/india/madhya-pradesh-and-chhattisgarh/gwalior/history |title=History of Gwalior – Lonely Planet Travel Information |author=Lonely Planet |access-date=28 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706025720/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/india/madhya-pradesh-and-chhattisgarh/gwalior/history |archive-date=6 July 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Gwalior is a premier 21 Gun Salute State along with [[Hyderabad]], [[Mysore]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu & Kashmir]] and [[Vadodara|Baroda]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Siddarth |first=Praveen |date=25 January 2021 |title=For Whom the Guns Boom |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/explore/for-whom-the-guns-boom/article33659272.ece |work=The Hindu Business line |access-date=11 March 2025}}</ref>

Gwalior was the capital of [[Madhya Bharat]] from 1948 till 1956 and Moti Mahal was made the legislative assembly.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kaushik |first=Sushil |date=1 November 2022 |title=Madhya Bharat First CM Oath Ceremony |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/madhya-pradesh/gwalior-madhya-pradesh-foundation-day-famous-moti-mahal-of-gwalior-was-first-legislative-assembly-of-madhya-bharat-mav-4825111.html |work=News 18 |language=hi |access-date=11 March 2025}}</ref>

Gwalior was one of the major locations of rebellion during the [[1857 uprising]]. During [[British Raj]] Gwalior became winter capital of Central India Agency. Post Independence Gwalior was made the capital of the state of [[Madhya Bharat]] from 1948 till 1956 which later became a part of the larger state of Madhya Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web |title=Profile – District Gwalior |url=https://gwalior.nic.in/en/history/ |website=Government of Madhya Pradesh, India |access-date=20 September 2024}}</ref> Prior to [[Indian independence movement|Indian independence]] on 15 August 1947, Gwalior remained a princely state of the [[British Raj]] with the [[House of Scindia|Scindia]] as the rulers.

Besides being the administrative headquarters of [[Gwalior district]] and [[Gwalior division]], Gwalior has many administrative offices of the [[Chambal division]] of northern Madhya Pradesh. Several administrative and judicial organisations, commissions and boards have their state and national headquarters situated in the city
Post-independence, Gwalior has emerged as an important industrial and tourist attraction in central India, while many industries and administrative offices came up within the city. Before the end of the 20th century, it became a million plus agglomeration and now it is a metropolitan city in central India. Gwalior is surrounded by industrial and commercial zones of neighbouring districts ([[Malanpur]] – [[Bhind]], [[Banmore]] – [[Morena, Madhya Pradesh|Morena]]) on all three main directions.

High rocky hills surround the city from all sides, on the north it just forms the border of the Ganga-Yamuna Drainage Basin. The city however is situated in the valley between the hills. Gwalior's metropolitan area includes [[Maharaj Bada, Gwalior|Lashkar]], Old City (Fort City), [[Gwalior West]], [[Gwalior East Assembly constituency|Gwalior East]], Greater Gwalior, and [[Morar Cantonment]].<ref name="2011census" /> In April 2021, it was found that Gwalior had the best air quality index among the four major cities in [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite news |date=10 April 2021 |title=Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur have the most polluted air in state |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/bhopal-indore-jabalpur-have-the-most-polluted-air-in-state/articleshow/81999987.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216114011/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/bhopal-indore-jabalpur-have-the-most-polluted-air-in-state/articleshow/81999987.cms |archive-date=16 February 2023 |access-date=19 February 2022 |work=The Times of India}}</ref> Gwalior has been selected as one of the hundred Indian cities to be developed as a [[smart city]] under [[Narendra Modi|PM Narendra Modi's]] flagship [[Smart Cities Mission]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.firstpost.com/business/why-only-98-cities-instead-of-100-announced-all-questions-answered-about-smart-cities-project-2410576.html |title=Only 98 cities instead of 100 announced: All questions answered about the smart cities project |work=Firstpost |date=28 August 2015 |access-date=13 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119003746/http://www.firstpost.com/business/why-only-98-cities-instead-of-100-announced-all-questions-answered-about-smart-cities-project-2410576.html |archive-date=19 January 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Etymology and History==
[[File:Mihirakula Coin.jpg|300px|thumb|Coin of the [[Alchon Huns]] king [[Mihirakula]], who ruled in Gwalior circa 520 CE.|left]]
Gwalior derived its name from the [[Gwalior Fort]] itself, which was earlier known as Gopgiri, Gop Parvat (Shepherd's Hill) or Gopachal during [[Gupta Empire|Gupta period]]. In ancient time this region was known as ''Gopashetra'' roughly translated to "''the land of Gopis''" or "''the land associated to Cowherds''". The name is believed to have connections with the Gopis (the cow herdesses or cowherds girls) of the [[Krishna|Lord Krishna]] mythology. It is said that the area was once inhabited by cowherds and associated with pastoral activities, especially in the times of [[Mahabharata]]. This may refer to the cultural or historical ties with [[Krishna|Lord Krishna]] worship, which had an influence on the region. Gwalior was the major commercial and trade route during [[Samudragupta]] reign. According to some legends, Gwalior was founded in 600 CE (early 5th Century) after a local chieftain, [[Suraj Sen]], who was cured of leprosy from a drink given to him by a hermit named [[Gwalipa]]. Suraj subsequently set up a city and fort and named them after Gwalipa.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |title=International Dictionary of Historic Places, Volume 5: Asia and Oceania |publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers |year=1996 |isbn=1-884964-04-4 |editor-last=Schellinger |editor-first=Paul |location=Chicago |pages=312 |editor-last2=Salkin |editor-first2=Robert }}</ref>

The earliest historical record found at Gwalior is the [[Gwalior inscription of Mihirakula|Gwalior inscription]] of the [[Alchon Huns|Alchon Hun]] ruler [[Mihirakula]]. It describes Mihirakula's father [[Toramana]] (493–515) as "a ruler of the earth, of great merit, who was renowned by the name of the glorious Tôramâna; by whom, through (his) heroism that was specially characterized by truthfulness, the earth was governed with justice", and his Mihirakula as "the lord of the earth" as of 520 CE.

Around the 9th century, the [[Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty]] controlled Gwalior and during their rule, they constructed the [[Teli ka Mandir]] temple. The [[Kachchhapaghata dynasty]] ruled the area c.950 –c.1192 CE, leaving remarkable architectural works such as the [[Sasbahu Temple, Gwalior|Sas and Bahu Temples]]. In 1021, Gwalior was attacked by forces led by [[Mahmud of Ghazni|Mahmud Ghazni]].<ref name=":0" />

[[File:Jain statues, Gwalior.jpg|thumb|Jain Colossal at [[Siddhachal Caves]] inside Gwalior Fort.|left]]
In 1231 [[Iltutmish]], ruler of the [[Mamluk dynasty (Delhi)|Mamluk dynasty]] of the [[Delhi Sultanate]], captured Gwalior after an 11-month-long effort and from then till the 13th century it remained under Muslim rule. In 1375, Raja Veer Singh was made the ruler of Gwalior and he founded the rule of the [[Tomaras of Gwalior|Tomar]] clan. During those years, Gwalior saw its golden period. The Jain Sculptures at [[Gwalior Fort]] were built under Tomar rule. [[Man Singh Tomar]] a Tomar [[Rajput]] made his dream palace, the [[Gwalior Fort#Man mandir palace|Man Mandir Palace]] which is now a tourist attraction at Gwalior Fort.<ref name="Madan">{{cite book |title=India through the ages |url=https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada |last=Gopal |first=Madan |year=1990 |page=[https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada/page/178 178] |editor=K.S. Gautam |publisher=Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India }}</ref> Babur described it as "the pearl in the necklace of forts of [[Al-Hind|India]] and not even the winds could touch its masts". The daily light and sound show organised there apprise about the history of the Gwalior Fort and Man Mandir Palace. By the 15th century, the city had a noted singing school which was attended by the prominent figure of Hindustani classical music, [[Tansen]]. After death of Mughal Emperor [[Aurangzeb]] the [[Jat people|Jat]] ruler [[Bhim Singh Rana]] captured Gwalior from [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7CenDwAAQBAJ&dq=Bhim+singh+rana+capture+gwalior&pg=PT301 |title=Majestic Monuments of India: Ancient Indian Mega Structures |last=TL |first=Prabhu |publisher=Nestfame Creations Pvt. Ltd. |year=2019 |access-date=9 May 2022 }}</ref> Later in the 1740s, the [[Scindia Dynasty]] captured Gwalior from the [[Jats]]. It remained a [[Gwalior state|princely state]] during the period of British rule.

[[Chaturbhuj Temple, Gwalior|Chaturbhuj Temple]] at Gwalior Fort has the world's [[0#History|very first occurrence of zero]] as a written number.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/origin-number-zero-180953392/?no-ist |title=The Origin of the Number Zero |author=Amir Aczel |website=Smithsonian.com |access-date=28 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924131103/http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/origin-number-zero-180953392/?no-ist |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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=== Rebellion of 1857 ===
Gwalior was major centre in the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|1857 rebellion]], mainly because of [[Rani Lakshmibai]]. After Kalpi (Jhansi) fell into the hands of the British on 24 May 1858, Lakshmibai sought shelter at Gwalior Fort. The Maharaja of Gwalior, was not willing to give up his fort, but after negotiations, his troops capitulated and the rebels took possession of the fort. The British swifty charged against Gwalior in no time, the battle was fought by Lakshmibai.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sanskritimagazine.com/history/rani-lakshmibai-remembering-valiant-queen-jhansi/# |title=Rani Lakshmibai: Remembering the valiant queen of Jhansi |work=Sanskriti – Indian Culture |access-date=28 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716053211/http://www.sanskritimagazine.com/history/rani-lakshmibai-remembering-valiant-queen-jhansi/ |archive-date=16 July 2015 |url-status=live |date=19 November 2014 }}</ref> Indian forces numbered around 20,000, and British forces around 1,600 troops. Lakshmibai's example is remembered to this day by Indian nationalists. She died fighting in Gwalior. There is a statue erected at the cenotaph (Samadhi) of Lakshmibai on her horse at Chhatri of Rani Lakshmibai<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chhatri of Rani Lakshmibai |url=https://gwalior.nic.in/tourist-place/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BF/}}</ref> in Gwalior's Phoolbagh area where she died and was cremated which commemorates her contribution to the fight for independence. [[Tantia Tope]] and Rao Sahib escaped.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indolink.com/Kidz/laxmiBai.html |title=INDOlink Kidz-Korner – Story of RANI LAKSHMIBAI |website=Indolink.com |access-date=13 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830180316/http://www.indolink.com/kidz/laxmiBai.html |archive-date=30 August 2010 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> Tantia Tope was later captured and hanged in April 1859.

===Princely state of Gwalior===
{{main|Gwalior State}}[[File:The Maharahaj of Gwalior Before His Palace ca 1887.jpg|thumb|The Maharaja of Gwalior Before His Palace, by Edwin Lord Weeks. c. 1887|left]]
[[Scindia]] is a [[Maratha clan]] in India. This clan included rulers of the [[Gwalior State]] in the 18th and 19th centuries, who were a [[princely state]] during the period of British colonial rule until Indian independence. During independence, the clans became involved in politics.

[[File:Gwalior (Baedeker, 1914).jpg|thumb|Map of the city, ca 1914]]
The Scindia state<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianrajputs.com/view/gwalior |title=Gwalior |author=Abhinay Rathore |work=Rajput Provinces of India |date=January 1971 |access-date=28 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621050303/http://www.indianrajputs.com/view/gwalior |archive-date=21 June 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> of Gwalior became a major regional power in the second half of the 18th century and figured prominently in the three [[Anglo-Maratha Wars (disambiguation)|Anglo-Maratha Wars]]. (Gwalior first fell to the British in 1780.) The Scindias held significant power over many of the [[Rajput]] states, and conquered the state of Ajmer. During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the city was briefly held by rebel forces in 1858 until they were defeated by the British.<ref>''Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer'', p. 740</ref> The Scindia dynasty ruled Gwalior until India's independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, when the [[Maharaja]] [[Jiwajirao Scindia]] acceded to the Government of India. Gwalior was merged with a number of other princely states to become the new Indian state of Madhya Bharat. Jivajirao Scindia served as the state's [[Rajpramukh]], or the appointed governor, from 28 May 1948 to 31 October 1956, when Madhya Bharat was merged into Madhya Pradesh. Gwalior was the first princely state that was merged into India. [[File:Gwalior Twelve Annas King George VI SG137.jpg|thumb|A King George VI stamp of 1949, inscribed 'GWALIOR']]

In 1962, [[Vijaya Raje Scindia|Rajmata Vijayraje Scindia]], the widow of Maharaja Jivajirao Scindia, was elected to the Lok Sabha, beginning the family's career in electoral politics. She was first a member of the Congress Party, and later became an influential member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. Her son, Maharaja [[Madhavrao Scindia]] was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1971, representing the Congress Party, and served until his death in 2001.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zubrzycki |first1=John |date=6 August 2023 |title=Did India let down the maharajahs? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-66370541 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=8 August 2023 |archive-date=7 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807230428/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-66370541 |url-status=live }}</ref> His son, [[Jyotiraditya Scindia]], also in the Congress Party, was elected to the seat formerly held by his father in 2004, but later joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2020.

==Demographics==
{{see also|List of cities in Madhya Pradesh}}
{{update after|2022}}
As of the [[2011 Census of India]], Gwalior had a population of 1,054,420. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Gwalior has an average literacy rate of 84.14%, higher than the national average of 74%: male literacy is 89.64% and female literacy is 77.92%. In Gwalior, about 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. The city's metropolitan population, which includes the commuter town of [[Morar Cantonment]], was 1,102,884.<ref name="2011census">{{cite web |title=District Census Handbook – Gwalior |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/23/2304_PART_A_DCHB_GWALIOR.pdf |website=censusindia.gov.in |access-date=19 February 2022 |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308151618/https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/23/2304_PART_A_DCHB_GWALIOR.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Religion===
{{bar box
|title=Religion in Gwalior (2011)<ref name="Religion">{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Religion – Madhya Pradesh |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW23C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=census.gov.in |access-date=19 February 2022 |archive-date=12 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112084605/https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW23C-01%20MDDS.XLS |url-status=live }}</ref>
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{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.61}}
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[[Hinduism]] is practised by the majority of the people in Gwalior (88.84%). Other religions practised include [[Islam]] (8.58%), [[Jainism]] (1.41%), [[Sikhism]] (0.56%), and Christianity (0.29). Gwalior has a long history of religious amity. The erstwhile Maharajas of the Scindia dynasty considered the [[Sufi]] [[Sufi saints|saints]] to be their gurus and headed the [[Muharram]] procession every year.<ref name="Religion" />

===Languages===
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|caption = Languages of Gwalior (2011)<ref name="languages"/>
|label1 = [[Hindi]] |value1 = 95.97 |color1 = orange
|label2 = [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] |value2 = 1.10 |color2 = yellow
|label3 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]] |value3 = 1.04 |color3 = red
|label4 = Others |value4 = 1.89 |color4 = grey
}}

[[Hindi]] is the predominant language of Gwalior, with nearly 96% of residents speaking it as their first language. [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] and [[Marathi language|Marathi]] are spoken by 1% each.<ref name="languages">{{Cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Madhya Pradesh |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10249/download/13361/DDW-C16-TOWN-STMT-MDDS-2300.XLSX |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] }}</ref>

== Geography ==

Gwalior is located at {{Coord|26.22|N|78.18|E|}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/35/Gwalior.html |title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Gwalior, India |website=Fallingrain.com |access-date=28 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924141246/http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/35/Gwalior.html |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> in northern Madhya Pradesh {{cvt|300|km|mi}} from Delhi. It has an average elevation of {{convert|197|m|ft|abbr=off}}. Most part of it comes under the [[Gird, India|Gird]] and [[Bundelkhand]] area.

=== Location ===
{{Geographic location|state=expanded
| Center = Gwalior district
| North = [[Morena, Madhya Pradesh|Morena]] District
| Northeast = [[Bhind]] District
| East = [[Datia]] district
| Southeast =
| South = [[Shivpuri]] district
| Southwest =
| West = [[Sheopur]] District
| Northwest =
}}

=== Waterways ===
{{Unreferenced section|date=August 2021}}
[[File:Sambhar at Gwalior zoo.JPG|thumb|Sambhar at Gandhi Zoological Park (Gwalior zoo)]]
The [[Tigra Dam]] is located on the outskirts of the city. The dam is now being used to store water from the Sank river and supply water to the city. The reservoir is used for leisure activities including speed boating, paddle boating, and water scooters.

The Swarna Rekha river is a reconstructed part of the Swarna Rekha river which was dried during the British raj. Boat rides run between Padav in central Gwalior to Gwalior Zoo.

=== Parks and gardens ===
{{Unreferenced section|date=August 2021}}
The Lashkar part of Gwalior has many parks, including the ''Phool Bagh,'' or the garden of flowers, built to welcome the Prince of Cambridge.

Italian Garden – the garden which was used by the Scindias as a place of relaxation, is Italian in architecture with a water pool surrounded by musical fountains. Ambedkar Park and Gandhi Park are other prominent parks.

Gwalior Zoo provides a home for [[white tiger]]s, serpents, golden pheasants, [[sambar (deer)|sambar]], hyena, bison, and others.

===Climate===
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|7.1|22.9|16.5
|10.0|26.5|8.0
|15.8|32.7|7.0
|22.2|38.7|2.6
|27.2|44.1|8.9
|29.5|40.6|77.7
|26.6|34.5|261.6
|25.3|32.0|312.9
|23.9|32.7|146.2
|18.4|33.2|42.6
|11.5|29.3|4.2
|7.4|24.4|7.7
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Gwalior has a sub-tropical climate with hot summers from late March to early July, the humid monsoon season from late June to early October, and a cool dry winter from early November to late February. Under [[Köppen climate classification|Köppen's climate classification]] the city has a [[humid subtropical climate]]. The highest recorded temperature was 48 °C and the lowest was −1 °C. Summers start in late March, and along with other cities like [[Jaipur]] and [[Climate of Delhi|Delhi]], are among the hottest in India and the world. Temperatures peak in May and June with daily averages being around {{convert|33|–|35|C|F}}, and end in late June with the onset of the [[monsoon]]. Gwalior receives 750 mm of rain on average per year, most of which is concentrated in the [[Monsoon]] months (from late June to early October). August is the wettest month with about 250 mm of rain. Winter in Gwalior starts in late October, and is generally very mild with daily temperatures averaging in the {{convert|14|–|16|C|F}} range, and mostly dry and sunny conditions. January is the coldest month with average lows in the 5-6 °C range (41-42 °F) and occasional cold snaps that plummet temperatures down to a single digit.

{{Weather box
| location= Gwalior (1991–2020, extremes 1951–present)
| metric first= yes
| single line= yes
| Jan record high C = 32.4
| Feb record high C = 37.2
| Mar record high C = 41.7
| Apr record high C = 46.2
| May record high C = 48.3
| Jun record high C = 47.4
| Jul record high C = 44.6
| Aug record high C = 41.7
| Sep record high C = 40.0
| Oct record high C = 40.1
| Nov record high C = 38.6
| Dec record high C = 32.1
| year record high C = 48.3
| Jan high C = 22.3
| Feb high C = 26.6
| Mar high C = 32.9
| Apr high C = 38.9
| May high C = 42.1
| Jun high C = 40.4
| Jul high C = 35.2
| Aug high C = 33.3
| Sep high C = 34.0
| Oct high C = 34.2
| Nov high C = 30.1
| Dec high C = 25.2
| year high C = 32.8
|Jan mean C = 14.3
|Feb mean C = 18.6
|Mar mean C = 24.5
|Apr mean C = 30.0
|May mean C = 34.4
|Jun mean C = 34.1
|Jul mean C = 30.6
|Aug mean C = 29.3
|Sep mean C = 28.9
|Oct mean C = 26.2
|Nov mean C = 21.0
|Dec mean C = 15.7
| Jan low C = 7.7
| Feb low C = 10.9
| Mar low C = 16.2
| Apr low C = 21.7
| May low C = 27.0
| Jun low C = 28.8
| Jul low C = 27.1
| Aug low C = 26.2
| Sep low C = 24.8
| Oct low C = 19.3
| Nov low C = 13.1
| Dec low C = 8.5
| year low C = 19.2
| Jan record low C = -1.1
| Feb record low C = -0.3
| Mar record low C = 5.4
| Apr record low C = 11.8
| May record low C = 17.2
| Jun record low C = 18.2
| Jul record low C = 20.1
| Aug record low C = 19.6
| Sep record low C = 15.1
| Oct record low C = 8.9
| Nov record low C = 3.0
| Dec record low C = -0.4
| year record low C = -1.1
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 12.9
| Feb precipitation mm = 14.4
| Mar precipitation mm = 6.4
| Apr precipitation mm = 7.5
| May precipitation mm = 16.6
| Jun precipitation mm = 85.1
| Jul precipitation mm = 224.0
| Aug precipitation mm = 241.8
| Sep precipitation mm = 141.4
| Oct precipitation mm = 27.1
| Nov precipitation mm = 6.8
| Dec precipitation mm = 6.3
| year precipitation mm = 790.4
| Jan rain days = 1.1
| Feb rain days = 1.0
| Mar rain days = 0.8
| Apr rain days = 0.9
| May rain days = 1.9
| Jun rain days = 4.6
| Jul rain days = 10.9
| Aug rain days = 11.8
| Sep rain days = 6.4
| Oct rain days = 1.3
| Nov rain days = 0.2
| Dec rain days = 0.7
| year rain days = 41.7
| time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 56
| Feb humidity = 42
| Mar humidity = 30
| Apr humidity = 23
| May humidity = 24
| Jun humidity = 40
| Jul humidity = 66
| Aug humidity = 74
| Sep humidity = 64
| Oct humidity = 54
| Nov humidity = 57
| Dec humidity = 60
| year humidity = 49
|source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name="IMDnormals">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdpune.gov.in/library/public/Climatological%20Tables%201991-2020.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101061732/https://www.imdpune.gov.in/library/public/Climatological%20Tables%201991-2020.pdf |archive-date=1 January 2023 |title=Climatological Tables 1991-2020 |publisher=India Meteorological Department |access-date=1 January 2023 |page=21 }}</ref>
|source 2 = Tokyo Climate Center (mean temperatures 1991–2020)<ref name=TCC1>
{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201155746/https://ds.data.jma.go.jp/gmd/tcc/tcc/products/climate/normal/parts/NrmMonth_e.php?stn=42361 |archive-date=1 December 2022 |url=https://ds.data.jma.go.jp/gmd/tcc/tcc/products/climate/normal/parts/NrmMonth_e.php?stn=42361 |title=Normals Data: Gwalior – India Latitude: 26.23°N Longitude: 78.25°E Height: 205 (m) |publisher=Japan Meteorological Agency |access-date=1 December 2022 }}</ref>
}}Gwalior has been ranked 26th best "National Clean Air City" (under Category 1 >10L Population cities) in India.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 September 2024 |title=Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2024 |url=https://prana.cpcb.gov.in/ncapServices/robust/fetchFilesFromDrive/Swachh_Vayu_Survekshan_2024_Result.pdf |website=Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2024}}</ref>

===Environment===
Gwalior was found to have the second-highest level of air pollution according to a [[World Health Organization]] study in 2016. Particulates from the burning of garbage and fossil fuels make breathing the air of this city a hazard.<ref name="WHO2016">{{cite news |title=WHO flags Gwalior for pollution, officials dismissive |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bhopal/who-flags-gwalior-for-pollution-officials-dismissive/story-RGHZPeoRKojeAODaEbiRLN.html |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=Hindustan Times|date=22 May 2016|archive-date=27 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127195038/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bhopal/who-flags-gwalior-for-pollution-officials-dismissive/story-RGHZPeoRKojeAODaEbiRLN.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="CBS-polluters">{{Cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/the-most-polluted-cities-in-the-world-ranked/ |title=The most polluted cities in the world ranked |date=3 February 2017 |publisher=CBS News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618230145/https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/the-most-polluted-cities-in-the-world-ranked/ |archive-date=18 June 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=24 March 2021 }}</ref>

==Government==
[[File:240 Gwalior.jpg|thumb|Gwalior Town hall]]
The administration of Gwalior is shared between the departments and institutions of three levels of government – civic administration by the [[Gwalior Municipal Corporation]], state administration by [[government of Madhya Pradesh]], and the central [[government of India]].

The [[Judiciary of India|judiciary]] has four levels: the lowest level being the Gwalior [[Gram panchayat]] (or "[[Gram Nyayalaya]]").<ref>{{cite web |title=Gwalior-Gram Panchayat |url=http://www.gpgwalior.harpanchayats.gov.in/en_GB/hidden |website=National Panchayat Portal |publisher=Govt. of India |date=23 November 2017 |access-date=23 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043403/http://www.gpgwalior.harpanchayats.gov.in/en_GB/hidden |archive-date=1 December 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bail |first1=Shishir |title=From Nyaya Panchayats to Gram Nyayalayas : the Indian State and Rural Justice |url=http://docs.manupatra.in/newsline/articles/Upload/78E09754-74E0-4268-A050-5EC28D6BBF51.pdf |publisher=Manupatra |date=4 September 2015 |access-date=23 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032803/http://docs.manupatra.in/newsline/articles/Upload/78E09754-74E0-4268-A050-5EC28D6BBF51.pdf |archive-date=1 December 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> Above the gram panchayat is the [[District Courts of India|District Court]] for Gwalior district sits Lashkar. Above that, the [[Madhya Pradesh High Court]] has its main seat in [[Jabalpur]], but also a permanent bench in Gwalior city. The final court of appeal is the [[Supreme Court of India]].<ref name="gmc-admin" />

===Gwalior Municipal Corporation===
{{Main|Gwalior Municipal Corporation}}

The Gwalior Municipal Corporation is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city, which is divided into 66 wards.

Shobha Satish Sikarwar(INC) is the present Mayor of Gwalior.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gwaliormunicipalcorporation.org/mayor_desk.aspx |title=Mayor's Desk |website=Gwaliormunicipalcorporation.org |access-date=13 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006163404/http://gwaliormunicipalcorporation.org/mayor_desk.aspx |archive-date=6 October 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>
The [[Municipal Commissioner (India)|Municipal Commissioner]], a member of the [[Indian Administrative Service]], is responsible for the corporations finances and for the services and works conducted for the city.<ref name="gmc-admin">{{cite web |title=Administration in Gwalior |url=http://www.gwalioronline.in/city-guide/administration-in-gwalior |website=gwalioronline.in |publisher=Municipal Corporation of Gwalior |date=2017 |access-date=23 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170618140804/http://www.gwalioronline.in/city-guide/administration-in-gwalior |archive-date=18 June 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Gwalior Municipal Corporation covers an area of {{convert|414|km2|sqmi}}.<ref name="news-article-gmc-area">{{cite news |title=आखिरकार बढ़ ही गई ग्वालियर शहर की सीमा |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/MP-GWA-are-increases-of-gwalior-city-4032376-NOR.html |access-date=1 November 2023 |work=Dainik Bhaskar |date=2012 |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031221440/https://www.bhaskar.com/news/MP-GWA-are-increases-of-gwalior-city-4032376-NOR.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The municipality was created on 6 June 1887 with two divisions for Lashkar and Morar, which later were merged with a single constitutional body.<ref name="gmc-about">{{cite web |title=About GMC |url=http://gwaliormunicipalcorporation.org/about_gmc.aspx |website=gwaliormunicipalcorporation.org |access-date=11 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111205102/http://gwaliormunicipalcorporation.org/about_gmc.aspx |archive-date=11 November 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== State government ===
{{Main|Government of Madhya Pradesh}}
There are four seats in the [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] (the "Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha") responsible for the Gwalior municipal area, the constituencies being [[Gwalior (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gwalior]], [[Gwalior Rural (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gwalior Rural]], [[Gwalior East (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gwalior East]] and [[Gwalior South (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gwalior South]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=2008 |access-date=23 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005180821/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |archive-date=5 October 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> Prior to the 2008 boundary changes the seats were "Gird", "Lashkar East" and "Lashkar West".<ref>{{cite web |title=Madhya Pradesh State election results, Assembly and Madhya Pradesh Vidhan sabha results |url=http://elections.traceall.in/Madhya-Pradesh-vidhan-sabha-assembly-election-results |website=elections.traceall.in|access-date=23 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033710/http://elections.traceall.in/Madhya-Pradesh-vidhan-sabha-assembly-election-results |archive-date=1 December 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

State institutions include:
*Office of The Accountant-General (AG) of Madhya Pradesh
* Office of The President-Board of Revenue of Madhya Pradesh
* Office of The Transport-Commissioner of Madhya Pradesh
* Office of The Commissioner-Land Records & Settlements Madhya Pradesh
* Office of The State Excise Commissioner of Madhya Pradesh

===Central government===
The [[Lok Sabha|national assembly]] seat covering Gwalior is the [[Gwalior (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

In the June 2024 General Election, Bharat Singh Kushwah of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] had been elected as the [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] from Gwalior.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/gwalior-election-results-2019-live-updates-winner-loser-leading-trailing-2154571.html |title=Gwalior Election Results 2019 Live Updates: Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar of BJPWins |website=News18 |date=23 May 2019 |access-date=23 May 2019 |archive-date=23 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523193813/https://www.news18.com/news/politics/gwalior-election-results-2019-live-updates-winner-loser-leading-trailing-2154571.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Central government institutions include:
* Office of the Registrar of Companies under Ministry of Corporate Affairs
* [[Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 November 2009 |title=President of India News Letter |url=https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=53944 |access-date=31 October 2024 |website=Press Release Government of India}}</ref>
* [[Defence Research and Development Establishment|Defense Research & Development Establishment (DRDE)]]
* [[Border Security Force|Border Security Force (BSF) Academy]]
* Indian Air Force Station (Maharajpura Airbase) Gwalior
* [[National Cadet Corps (India)|National Cadet Corps]] (NCC) Officer's Training Academy (OTA)
* Office of The Narcotics Commissioner of India (Central Bureau of Narcotics)
* Central Intelligence Bureau HO
* Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology<ref>{{Cite web |title= About CIPET : CSTS – Gwalior | CIPET : CSTS – Gwalior | CIPET : Centre for Skilling and Technical Support (CSTS) – Gwalior | Centres | CIPET | Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology|url=https://www.cipet.gov.in/centres/cipet-gwalior/introduction.php}}</ref>
* [[Indian Army]] [[Cantonment]] ([[Morar Cantonment]]), Gwalior
* [[Central Reserve Police Force|Central Reserve Police Force, Central Training College (CRPF-CTC)]], Gwalior
* Central Potato Research Institute, Gwalior<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cpri.ernet.in/?q=node%2F172 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416050124/http://cpri.ernet.in/?q=node%2F172 |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 April 2015 |title=CPRS, Gwalior | Central Potato Research Institute }}</ref>
* Centre for Advanced Maintenance Technology ([[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]])
* [[Madhya Pradesh High Court|The Madhya Pradesh High Court Judicature at Gwalior]]
* National Horticulture Board Centre
* Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghatan,<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 October 2024 |title=Kendriya vidyalaya Sangathan |url=https://kvsangathan.nic.in/en/ziets/ |access-date=28 October 2024 |website=Kendriya vidyalaya Sangathan – Gwalior}}</ref> Gwalior ([[Ministry of Education (India)|Under Ministry of Education, Government of India]])

==Transport and connectivity==
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===Gwalior Junction Railway Station===
[[File:Railway station Gwalior - panoramio.jpg|thumb|[[Gwalior Junction]]]]
Gwalior is a major railway junction in the Northern central region. The [[Gwalior Junction]] (Station code: GWL) is the part of the [[North Central Railways]]. Gwalior is one of the few places where both [[narrow gauge]] and [[broad gauge]] railways tracks were operational (until the line closed in 2020<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chauhan |first1=Arvind |date=13 August 2020 |title=Heritage narrow gauge rail track to chug into history |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/heritage-narrow-gauge-rail-track-to-chug-into-history/articleshow/77531972.cms |work=The Times of India |access-date=9 January 2023 |archive-date=26 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026150103/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/heritage-narrow-gauge-rail-track-to-chug-into-history/articleshow/77531972.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>). Gwalior was the terminus for the longest narrow-gauge route operating in the world, covering a distance of {{cvt|198|km}} from Gwalior Junction to Sheopur. Gwalior Junction is a six-railway track intersection point. It won an award for the best and cleanest station of [[North Central Railway zone]].

Gwalior has 3 railway stations within city limits namely:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Station name
|}
* Birla Nagar station
* Sithouli Station
* Dabra Station

Travellers can board/de board from Gwalior Junction Railway Station from these routes namely:
# Goes to [[Delhi]] (NDLS)
# Goes to [[Bhopal]] (BPL)
# Goes to [[Indore]] (IND)
# Goes to [[Etawah district|Etawah]] (ETW)
# Goes to [[Kota, Rajasthan|Kota]] (New line to be completed by 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 October 2024 |title=New Gwalior-Kota Line, a boon for travellers |url=https://www.naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh/sheopur-mp-news-survey-and-dpr-work-of-broad-gauge-line-from-sheopur-to-kota-is-going-on-rail-line-will-be-laid-soon-8277828 |access-date=18 October 2024 |website=Naidunia}}</ref>

Gwalior is one of the major commercial railway stations of the North Central Railway, whose zone headquarters is centred in [[Prayagraj]]. The station has won awards from Indian Railways for excellent clean infrastructure in 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1992. It is in the Adarsh Station Category of Indian Railways.

[[Gwalior Light Railway]] connected to the [[Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary]] in [[Sheopur]]. It is being converted to broad gauge and may commence service as a broad-gauge line in future, connecting Gwalior to [[Kota, Rajasthan]] via Sheopur. It is the junction point to reach tourist destinations like Shivpuri, Dholpur and Bhind.
Gwalior is on the Main train line between Delhi (station code: NDLS) and [[Mumbai]] (Bombay; CSTM) and between Delhi and [[Chennai]] (MAS).

Some trains starting here and travelling towards Eastern India via Gwalior Junction – Jhansi Junction provide direct connections to points in eastern India including [[Kolkata]], [[Durgapur]], [[Barauni Junction railway station|Barauni]], [[Varanasi Junction railway station|Varanasi]], and Allahabad. There are about fifty trains to [[New Delhi railway station|New Delhi]] and Agra every day, and around the same number of trains to the [[Bhopal Junction railway station|Bhopal]] and [[Nagpur Railway Station|Nagpur]] stations. However, fewer trains are available for long routes like Mumbai and Chennai. The luxury trains – the [[Maharaja Express]] and the India on Wheels – stop at Gwalior on their week-long round trip of tourist destinations in Central India. More than 180 trains stop at Gwalior Railway Station<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indianrailways.info/stations/GWL/ |title=Indian Railways : Gwalior Station, All Trains Passing through Gwalior Railway Station, GWL Station All Trains Schedule |access-date=20 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630200424/http://indianrailways.info/stations/GWL/ |archive-date=30 June 2016 }}</ref>

===Road===
Gwalior has an excellent connectivity to other parts of Madhya Pradesh and India by national and state highways. The proposed [[North–South and East–West Corridor|North-south-Corridor]] of the [[Golden Quadrilateral|Golden-Quadrilateral]] Highway project passes through the city. The Agra-Bombay national highway (NH3) passes through Gwalior, connecting it to Shivpuri on one end and Agra on the other. The [[Yamuna Expressway]] is easily accessible from Agra for the travellers going to New Delhi.

The city is connected to the [[Jhansi]] by the National Highway 75, towards the south of the city. The northern part of the city is connected to the city of [[Mathura, Uttar Pradesh|Mathura]] via National Highway 3. There are bus services to and from all major and minor cities near Gwalior, including [[Bhopal]], [[Jaipur]], [[Bharatpur, Rajasthan|Bharatpur]], [[Agra]], [[Delhi]], [[Lucknow]], [[Jabalpur]], Jhansi, Bhind, Morena, Dholpur, Etawah, Datia, [[Indore]], [[Sawai Madhopur]], [[Karauli]], [[Sheopur Kalan railway station|Sheopur Kala]] etc.

The Government of India is developing 3 expressways in Gwalior namely: I. [[Gwalior Agra Greenfield Expressway]], II. [[Chambal Expressway]] and III. Gwalior Lakhnadon Expressway.

Gwalior Etawah Expressway and Gwalior Indore Expressway have also been proposed to ease the traffic congestion.

===Airport===
[[Gwalior Airport]] {{airport codes|GWL|VIGR}}, also called Rajamata Vijaya Raje Scindia Airport, is the largest airport of Madhya Pradesh. It has an Indian Air Force Base which stations Mirage fighters. Daily flights to [[Delhi]], [[Kolkata]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Bangalore]], [[Mumbai]], [[Pune]], [[Ahemdabad]], [[Jaipur]], Indore, [[Patna]], and [[Jammu]] are available from Gwalior airport.

World famous [[Kuno National Park]], the [[Madhav National Park]] and Chambal Wildlife Sanctuary can be easily reached from the Gwalior Airport.

===Local public transport===
Gwalior's public transport system mainly consists of [[Tempo (car)|Tempos]], [[Auto rickshaw|auto rickshaw taxis]], [[Ola Cabs]], [[Ola Cabs|and]] micro-buses. The Municipal Corporation's "Gwalior City Bus" covers some routes in the city. Blue [[Taxicab|Radio taxis]] are also available in Gwalior. The Tempos and auto rickshaws are often cited as a cause of pollution and road congestion, and the local government has plans to replace the Tempos with vans that will run on [[liquefied petroleum gas]]. In 2018, a 3 km cycle track was built in the city,<ref name="bhaskar">{{cite news |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/mp/gwalior/news/new-cycle-track-will-be-built-from-laltipara-park-to-number-six-intersection-127869224.html |title=New cycle track will be built from Laltipara Park to number six intersection |work=bhaskar.com |language=hi |trans-title=Construction work:New cycle track will be built from Laltipara Park to number six intersection |quote=...in 2018, the Municipal Corporation had prepared the first cycle track by spending 2.5 crores... |access-date=11 February 2021 |archive-date=1 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101063840/https://www.bhaskar.com/local/mp/gwalior/news/new-cycle-track-will-be-built-from-laltipara-park-to-number-six-intersection-127869224.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and the city became the fourth in India to have this type of facility.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

The [[Gwalior Metro]] is the proposed project for Gwalior city. The project was announced by state CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan on 17 October 2014. Hence district administration is preparing a DPR(Detailed Project Report) for The Gwalior Metro.

== Culture and cuisine ==
===Cuisine===
The most famous dishes which make part of the city's cuisine include:

# '''Gwalior Barbat''' – The Barbat is a typical Gwalior way of cooking mutton in a red hot and spicy gravy using locally sourced kala masala. Gwalior Barbat is the royal signature dish of the [[House of Scindia|Scindia Dynasty]]. It is a Dassehra speciality and every Maratha home in Gwalior will prepare this dish on the festival.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 October 2024 |title=Gwalior Barbat |url=https://uppercrustindia.com/oldsite/27crust/twentytwo/gourmet1.htm |access-date=27 October 2024 |website=Upper Crust}}</ref>
# '''Gwalior Bedai''' – A famous local speciality breakfast dish served with chutni and gravy.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 October 2024 |title=Gwalior Bedai |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/madhya-pradesh/gwalior-jain-sahab-bedmi-bedai-sabji-famous-in-gwalior-5970909.html |access-date=27 October 2024 |website=News 18.com}}</ref>
# '''Gwalior ke Mangode''' - is a crispy fritters, spiced with local flair served with sabzi and chutney, embodying the city's street food soul. It is considered as Gwalior's culinary charm.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=Even After Going to Delhi Atalji Could not Forget the Taste of Aunty's Mangode |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/mp/gwalior/news/even-after-going-to-delhi-atal-bihari-vajpayee-could-not-forget-the-taste-of-aunts-mango-and-the-boy-of-bahadura-now-atal-memorial-will-be-sold-128050172.html |access-date=25 March 2025 |website=Dainik Bhaskar}}</ref>

Apart from that Pohe-Jalebi, Kachori-Imarti, Samosa-Kadhi, Karela Chaat and Gajak are some of the famous local dishes that can be enjoyed in and around the city.

===Art and literature===

In more recent times, Akhtar family has been based out of Gwalior for at least three generations with [[Muztar Khairabadi]], his son [[Jan Nisar Akhtar]] and his grandson [[Javed Akhtar]] being the prominent literary figures. [[Nida Fazli]], one of the most famous Indian Hindi and Urdu poets grew up here. Former Indian Prime Minister, [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]], is also a well known writer and poet.

===Music===
Raja Man Singh Tomar, the King of Gwalior between 1486 and 1516 CE, was a patron of [[Dhrupad|Drupad]] (Hindi: ध्रुपद). Dhrupad is a vocal genre in Hindustani classical music, said to be the oldest still-in-use in that musical tradition. Its name is derived from the words "dhruva" (fixed) and "pada" (words). The term may denote both the verse form of the poetry and the style in which it is sung.

[[File:Tomb of Tansen.jpg|thumb|Tomb of Tansen]]
Gwalior holds a major position in the Indian classical music, with being the birthplace of the oldest Hindustani sangeet [[gharana]] – [[Gwalior Gharana]]. Gwalior holds an unparalleled reputation in [[Sangeet (music)|Sangeet]] and has retained Indian traditions and the wealth of music intact over the years. The Gwalior Gharana is not only the oldest Khyal [[Gharana]] but it is also one of the most prominent [[gharana]] being the one to which most classical Indian musicians can trace the origin of their style. The rise of the Gwalior Gharana started with the reign of the great Mughal emperor [[Akbar]] (1542–1605). Akbar's favourite singer was Tansen, who came from the Gwalior area and whose ashes were buried in Gwalior after his death. The Tansen Tomb in Gwalior was constructed in his remembrance. [[Tansen Samaroh|Tansen Festival]] started in the 1930s, and currently artists from all over India come to perform in the festival.

Baijnath Prasad (also known as [[Baiju Bawra]]) was a classical singer (Dhrupadiya) who lived in Gwalior for his whole life under the patronage of Man Singh. Baiju was born in Chanderi and was cremated there. He received his musical training in Vrindaban under Swami Guru Haridas Ji. He was the court musician of Gwalior along with Nayak Charju, Bakshu, and others.

[[Sarod]] player [[Amjad Ali Khan]] is also from Gwalior. His grandfather, Ghulam Ali Khan Bangash, became a court musician in Gwalior.

==== UNESCO: Creative Cities Network for Music Category ====
In November 2023, [[UNESCO]] announced the inclusion of Gwalior in its flagship [[Creative Cities Network]] programme.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gwalior, Kozhikode join UNESCO Creative Cities Network |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/gwalior-kozhikode-unesco-creative-cities-network-9009592/ |access-date=3 November 2023 |work=The Indian Express |agency=PTI |date=1 November 2023 |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102194305/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/gwalior-kozhikode-unesco-creative-cities-network-9009592/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=PM lauds inclusion of Gwalior, Kozhikode in UNESCO Creative Cities Network |url=https://www.business-standard.com/india-news/pm-lauds-inclusion-of-gwalior-kozhikode-in-unesco-creative-cities-network-123110100606_1.html |access-date=3 November 2023 |work=Business Standard |agency=ANI |date=1 November 2023 |archive-date=3 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103100208/https://www.business-standard.com/india-news/pm-lauds-inclusion-of-gwalior-kozhikode-in-unesco-creative-cities-network-123110100606_1.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Tansen Music Festival ====
The [[Tansen Samaroh|Tansen Sangeet Samaroh]] (Tansen Music Festival) is celebrated every year on the Tansen Tomb in Gwalior during the month of December.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://travel.india.com/gwalior/activities/events-tansen-samaroh-in-gwalior |title=Tansen Samaroh in Gwalior |work=Travel India |access-date=28 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908112600/http://travel.india.com/gwalior/activities/events-tansen-samaroh-in-gwalior/ |archive-date=8 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Tansen Samaroh is a platform where artists from all over India gather and participate to deliver vocal and instrumental performances. The Tansen Sangeet Samaroh is organised by the government of Madhya Pradesh, in association with the Academy of the Department of Culture. During the festival, music lovers and artists from all over the world gather to offer their tribute to Tansen. The academy offers honours to senior celebrities and junior artists by including them in the Samaroh through their performed music.

==== Sarod Ghar ====
This Museum of Music has been set up in the old ancestral house of musician [[Hafiz Ali Khan]]. It houses ancient instruments of the Indian masters of the past. It also houses a collection of photographs and documents. Sarod Ghar is an institution devoted to promoting Indian classical music, heritage and culture. Through this 'window' to the past, music lovers can gain a better understanding of the evolution and history of Indian classical music and a deeper perspective and insight into the context of the art as it exists today.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

===Media and communication===
There are newspapers, magazines, local TV stations and four FM radio stations in Gwalior.

''[[Dainik Bhaskar]]'' is the leading and one of the oldest and most widely read newspapers. ''Swadesh'' and ''Naidunia'' are other well-established newspapers. More newspapers published in Gwalior are ''BPN Times'', ''Raj Express,'' ''Dainik Madhya Raj'', ''Nav Bharat'', ''Youth Engine'', ''Dainik Jagran, People's Samachar, Dainik Adityaz''. Evening newspapers are ''Sandhya Samachaar, Gwalior Sandesh, Sudarshan Express''.

"Aalekh-Life in Pages" is one of the leading youth magazine published and widely read across the city. ''SouLSteer'' magazine is a bi-monthly lifestyle and automotive magazine in Gwalior.

The radio industry has expanded with private FM channels being introduced. The FM radio channels that broadcast in the city include [[BIG FM 92.7|Big FM]] (92.7 MHz), Red FM (93.5), Chaska FM (95 MHz), My FM (94.3 MHz), and Lemon (91.9 MHz). The state-owned company, [[Doordarshan]], transmits two terrestrial television channels. Major local channels include Hathway Win, Harsh Networks, KMJ Communications, and DEN networks.

=== Sports ===
Lakshmibai National University for Physical Education (operational since 1957) is the largest physical education institutions in Asia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://yas.nic.in/sites/default/files/100%20Days%20Progress%20Report.pdf |title=100 Days Progress Report.cdr |website=Yas.inc.in |access-date=13 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331130354/http://yas.nic.in/sites/default/files/100%20Days%20Progress%20Report.pdf |archive-date=31 March 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> Gwalior also has the Railway Hockey Stadium with artificial turf. [[Captain Roop Singh Stadium]] is a cricket ground with a capacity of 45,000. The stadium has hosted 10 One Day International (ODI) matches. Of the ten matches played so far, the first one was played between India and West Indies on 22 January 1988. The ground has flood lights and has also hosted day-night encounters. One match of the 1996 Cricket World Cup was also played on this ground, between India and West Indies.

[[Dhyan Chand]] was a famous hockey player from Jhansi which is near Gwalior. [[Ankit Sharma (cricketer)|Ankit Sharma]] is a cricketer from Gwalior and plays in the Indian Premier League. Athletics are also played in this city, Vishal Kaim was the youngest hammer thrower of India when he participated in National Athletics Games in 2006 at the age of 14 years.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}

==== Stadium and Sports University ====
[[File:Captain Roop singh stadium in Flood Lights Gwalior - panoramio.jpg|thumb|[[Captain Roop Singh Stadium]]]]
* [[Captain Roop Singh Stadium]] is a cricket ground in Gwalior. The stadium has hosted ten [[One Day International]] (ODI) matches. Of the ten matches played so far, the first one was played between India and West Indies on 22 January 1988. It can hold 45,000 people at a time. It was originally a hockey stadium named after great Indian hockey player [[Roop Singh]], brother of hockey player Dhyan Chand. The ground has flood lights and has hosted day-night encounters as well. One match of the 1996 Cricket World Cup was also played on this ground, between India and West Indies. This ground is notable for hosting the ODI between India and South Africa in which [[Sachin Tendulkar]] scored the first-ever double century in ODI cricket.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indvrsa2010/engine/current/match/441828.html |title=2nd ODI: India v South Africa at Gwalior, Feb 24, 2010 | Cricket Scorecard |publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |access-date=13 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002212135/http://www.espncricinfo.com/indvrsa2010/engine/current/match/441828.html |archive-date=2 October 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* The [[Lakshmibai National University of Physical Education]] (LNIPE), Gwalior was established by the Ministry of Education & Culture, Government of India as Lakshmibai College of Physical Education (LCPE) in August 1957, the centenary year of the War of Independence. It is located at Gwalior, where Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi, a heroine of the war, died during the rebellion in 1857. The Institute started as an affiliated college of the Vikram University, Ujjain and then came to the folds of Jiwaji University, Gwalior in 1964. The institute was given the status of National importance, and hence it was renamed as Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education (LNCPE) in 1973. In recognition of its unique status and character and to facilitate its further growth, the college was conferred the status of an ′Autonomous College′ of Jiwaji University, Gwalior in 1982.
* [[Shrimant Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium|Shrimant Madhavrao Scindia International Cricket Stadium]] at Shankargarh is a newly built international stadium at [[Gwalior West]]. It has a seating capacity of around 100,000 spectators. It is also equipped with flood lights for night matches, 9 full length pitches, a swimming pool, sauna bath, modern gym, dressing rooms, 30 corporate boxes, media rooms, practise area, conference halls.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://soulsteer.com/new-international-cricket-stadium-to-open-at-shankarpur-gwalior/ |title=New international cricket stadium to open at Shankarpur, Gwalior |publisher=SouLSteer |date=3 March 2015 |access-date=13 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724225654/http://soulsteer.com/new-international-cricket-stadium-to-open-at-shankarpur-gwalior/ |archive-date=24 July 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Shrimant Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium - Cricket Ground in Gwalior, India |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricket-grounds/shrimant-madhavrao-scindia-cricket-stadium-gwalior-1447330 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=4 February 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
* The '''Atal Bihari Vajpayee Training Centre for Disability Sports''' – Gwalior (formerly Centre for Disability Sports) is an autonomous body established by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India.<ref>{{cite web |title=Atal Bihari Vajpayee Training Centre For Disability Sports - Gwalior {{!}} India |url=https://cdsgwalior.nic.in/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125095224/https://cdsgwalior.nic.in/ |archive-date=25 January 2025 |language=en |url-status=live |website=Ministry of social justice & welfare, Government of India}}</ref>
* The Railway Hockey Stadium, Gwalior is one of the largest and well equipped morden hockey stadium situated in the city.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NCR Railway Hockey Stadium, Gwalior |first=Hockey Stadium |date=14 August 2022 |title=Railway Hockey Stadium |url=https://www.patrika.com/gwalior-news/gwalior-railway-hockey-stadium-news-7711563/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815072810/https://www.patrika.com/gwalior-news/gwalior-railway-hockey-stadium-news-7711563/ |archive-date=15 August 2022 |access-date=25 January 2025 |website=Patrika}}</ref>

== Education ==


{{more citations needed section|date=February 2020}}
[[File:IIITM GH.JPG|thumb|[[Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management|Girls Hostel, IIITM Gwalior]]]]
[[File:Madhav Institute of Technology & Science.jpg|thumb|Front view of Madhav Institute of Technology & Science, Gwalior]]
Gwalior has developed into a significant centre of education. It hosts several prominent government and private universities and institutions including the following:

===Universities in Gwalior===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! University !! Type !! Location
|-
| [[Amity University, Gwalior]] || Private University || Airport Road, Maharajpura
|-
| [[ITM University, Gwalior|ITM University]] || [[Private University]] || Opp. Sithouli Railway Station, NH-75 Sithouli, Gwalior
|-
| [[Jiwaji University]] ||State Government University || University road, City Centre
|-
| [[Raja Mansingh Tomar Music & Arts University]]|| [[State university (India)|State university]]|| Vivekanand Needam Road
|}

[[File:Statue at MITS, Gwalior.jpg|thumb|Statue of Madhav Rao Scindia at MITS, Gwalior]]

===Prominent institutes in Gwalior===
[[File:ITM GOI Gwalior.jpg|thumb|ITM GOI Gwalior]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
|-
! Institute !! Type !! Location
|-
| [[Gajara Raja Medical College]](GRMC) || State Government || Heritage Theme Road, Lashkar
|-
| [[Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior|Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management]] (IIITM) || Central Government || Stone Park Road
|-
|[[Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education]] (LNIPE)
|Central Government
|Racecourse Road
|-
| [[Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management]] || Central Government || Govindpuri
|-
|[[Border Security Force|Border Security Force Academy]]
|Central Government
|Tekanpur
|-
|[[National Cadet Corps (India)|Officer's Training Academy (OTA)]]
|Central Government
|Station Road
|-
| [[Madhav Institute of Technology and Science]](MITS) || Scindia Trust || Racecourse Road
|-
| [[Maharani Laxmi Bai Govt. College of Excellence]] (MLB College) || State Government || Katora Taal, Heritage Theme Road
|}

Gwalior has six [[Kendriya Vidyalaya]]s (managed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India), several engineering and technological institutes, and more than thirty affiliated engineering colleges. The city is home to [[Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan]] – Zonal Institute of Education and Training ([[Ministry of Education (India)|Under Ministry of Education]]). The ZIET Gwalior is an institution that provides national level training to the teachers inducted to teach at Kendriya Vidyalayas across India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ZIET-Gwalior |url=https://kvsangathan.nic.in/en/ziets/ |access-date=28 October 2024 |website=KVS |date=28 October 2024}}</ref>

Notable schools in Gwalior include [[Scindia School]] (a boarding school for boys), [[Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya]] (a boarding school for girls), [[No. 1 Air Force School, Gwalior|No.1 Air Force School]], [[Carmel Convent Senior Secondary School|Carmel Convent School]], [[Indian Army Public Schools|Army Public School]], [[Podar International School]], [[Seth M.R. Jaipuria Schools|Seth M.R. Jaipuria School]] and [[Delhi Public School, Gwalior|Delhi Public School]].

== Gwalior Metro and suburbs ==
The 2011 census put the population of Gwalior's urban area / metropolitan region, comprising Gwalior and [[Morar Cantonment]], at 1,117,740.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gwalior Urban Region |url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/metropolitan/245-gwalior.html |website=census2011.co.in |date=2011 |access-date=10 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171125100932/http://www.census2011.co.in/census/metropolitan/245-gwalior.html |archive-date=25 November 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Old City (Fort Gwalior) ===

The old city of Gwalior, commonly called Fort Gwalior is around {{convert|1|km}} from Hazira, the largest area in old city, which is of considerable size but irregularly built. It lies at the eastern base of the rock and contains the tomb of the [[Sufi]] saints, [[Khwaja Khanoon]] and [[Muhammad Ghaus]], erected during the early part of Mughal emperor [[Akbar]]'s reign, the tomb of [[Tansen|Mian Tansen]], a great singer and one of the 'Nine Jewels' of Akbar's court, [[Ladkhan (Lahori) Gate]] facing towards [[Lahore]], Shahi Jami Masjid built by [[Mughal governor]] Motamid Khan, Badalgarh and Gurjari Mahal. The old city earlier called by the name of '''Ghauspura''' as it is situated near the tomb of Muhammed Ghaus. The fort city consisted of some streets and mohallas which are presumed to be 700 to 800 yrs old localities in gwalior which are still congested due to improper management of old city (Ghauspura) these old areas are as follows.

* Koteshwar Temple. This temple is a 700-year-old temple of Lord Shiva whose [[shivling]] was on Gwalior Fort, but when the Mughals conquered it they ordered the shivling thrown out. When the troops did that, the shivling was automatically established in a field below the fort without any harm. Muslim Gazi told the emperor not to harm the shivling. In the late 18th century Scindias built a temple for that shivling, now known as Koteshwar Mahadev.
* Baba Kapoor- this place is 500 meters away from Ghas Mandi. This place was named Baba Kapoor because of saint Shah Abdul Gafoor.
* Kashi Naresh ki gali- this a 600-year-old residential street in Gwalior it was given name as Kashi Naresh ki gali because in the 14th century when the emperor of Kashi was defeated in war he was sent to exile by oppositions at that time Gwalior emperor and Kashi's emperor were good friends when Kashi's emperor told Gwalior's emperor whole story, emperor gave him an entire street for living at that time which is now known as Kashi Naresh ki Gali. their family even now resides there in Kashi Naresh ki gali in Rajaji Ka Bada. (Meanings: naresh = king = rajaji; gali = street in Hindi language; bada = big area.)

=== {{vanchor|Lashkar}} Subcity ===
[[File:244 Gwalior.jpg|thumb|Jiwaji Chowk at Gwalior]]
The name of Lashkar is a [[Persian language|Persian]] word meaning 'army' or 'camp', as this was originally the camp, and later the permanent capital, of the Scindia dynasty of [[Gwalior state]]. Lashkar was the capital of [[Madhya Bharat]] from 1950 to 1956.

''Jiwaji Chowk'' is the central focus of Lashkar, with a large square, a former opera house, banks, tea, coffee and juice stands and a municipal market building. Thriving bazaars surround the chowk. Many jewellery shops are situated near ''Jayaji Chowk'', also known as Maharaj Bada. A source of water for the city is Tighra Dam, built on the Saank river 20 km to the north. The Gajra Raja Medical College, founded in 1946 by the Maharaja Jiwaji Rao Scindia and the Maharani Vijayaraje Scindia, is situated in Lashkar on Palace Road, near Katora Taal, together with a group of hospitals.
Jai Vilas Palace, patterned on the French [[palace of Versailles]], is located here.

=== Morar Cantonment ===
[[Morar Cantonment]], formerly a separate town, lies {{convert|5|km}} east of the old city. It was formerly a British military [[cantonment]]. Morar is generally considered a rural farming town. The area is known as the "green part" of Gwalior because much of the area is still rural.

Morar was the scene of the most serious uprising in Central India. On 1 June 1858, Jayajirao led his forces to Morar to fight a rebel army led by [[Tatya Tope]], [[Rani Lakshmibai]] and Rao Sahib. This army had 7,000 infantry, 4,000 cavalry and 12 guns while he had only 1,500 cavalry, his bodyguard of 600 men and 8 guns. In this attack, the rebel cavalry took the guns and most of the Gwalior forces except the bodyguard went over to the rebels (some deserted). The Maharaja and the remainder fled without stopping until they reached the British garrison at Agra.<ref>Edwardes, Michael (1975) ''Red Year''. London: Sphere Books; p. 124</ref> By 1900 it had become a centre for local trade and had an important training industry, with a population of 19,179 in 1901.

The [[#Sun Temple|Sun Temple]] is situated in Morar at Residency Road.

The cantonment area makes up a large area of Morar which contains official residences for the Indian Army. It has many canteens for Army personnel. Saint Paul's School and Pragati Vidyapeeth School are nearby. There is an air force base in the Pinto Park region.

=== Thatipur ===
[[File:Gwalior Fort.jpg|thumb|view of Gwalior Fort from the Old city]]

Thatipur is said to have got its name from State Army Unit 34, which once resided there. Gandhi Road divides Thatipur into two areas. Morar at one end of the road and Balwant Nagar on the other.

Thatipur primarily consists of residential areas like Darpan Colony, Madhav Rao Scindhiya Enclave, the government blocks, Vivek Nagar, and Suresh Nagar. Places of note are the Dwarikadhish Mandir, Bhagwan colony, Tomar building, Chauhan Pyaau (The Chauhan family), Galla Kothar, Ramkrishna Aashram, Saraswati Nagar, Govindpuri, Gayatri Vihar, Shakti Vihar, Shakuntalapuri, Dushyant Nagar, Shanti Vihar, and Mayur market along with Sai Baba Mandir in Shakti Vihar colony.

== Healthcare ==
The prominent hospitals of Gwalior include [[Gajara Raja Medical College]] and the associated J.A. Hospital, Kamla Raja Hospital, Sahara Hospital, Mascot Hospital, BIMR Hospital, Cancer Hospital & Research Institute and many private doctor clinics. The Cancer Hospital & Research Institute is a nationally acclaimed medical centre in [[Oncology]]. There is also a charitable hospital named SATCH (''Shri Anandpur Trust Charitable Hospital'') which provides free treatment. There is a government [[Ayurveda|Ayurvedic]] college and a private [[homeopathy|homoeopathic]] college (Vasundhara Raje Homoeopathic Medical College) which is run by the Biochemic and Homoeopathic Association of Gwalior, also providing health care education and services.

== Future developments ==
[[Gwalior West]] is being developed as a "Counter Magnet" project with funding support from the [[National Capital Region (India)|National Capital Region]].<ref name="2008 study ch4">{{cite web |title=Study on Counter Magnet Areas to Delhi and NCR |url=http://ncrpb.nic.in/pdf_files/07_chapter4_cma.pdf |website=ncrpb.nic.in/cma_study.php |publisher=[[National Capital Region (India)]] Planning Board |date=2008 |access-date=5 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160519033718/http://ncrpb.nic.in/pdf_files/07_chapter4_cma.pdf |archive-date=19 May 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> It has been introduced to increase investment in education, industry and real estate. This is hoped to counteract the closing of manufacturers such as Hotline, Cimmco and Grasim Gwalior.

Gwalior is selected for the establishment for second [[All India Institutes of Medical Sciences|AIIMS]] after Bhopal AIIMS.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Patrika |first=AIIMS in Gwalior |date=24 January 2025 |title=AIIMS to be setup in Gwalior |url=https://www.patrika.com/gwalior-news/cm-mohan-yadav-big-announcement-to-open-new-aiims-in-mp-know-where-will-be-built-19263140 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241226073923/https://www.patrika.com/gwalior-news/cm-mohan-yadav-big-announcement-to-open-new-aiims-in-mp-know-where-will-be-built-19263140 |archive-date=26 December 2024 |access-date=26 December 2024 |website=Patrika}}</ref>

Britannia has announced to set up a wafer factory in Gwalior.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

The Gwalior Master plan launched by the local collector and municipal corporation initiates to improve the basic civic infrastructure of the city to meet the growing population of the city as well as to make the city beautiful for tourists.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}

== Architecture ==
=== Gwalior Fort ===
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[[File:Gwalior fort front side view.JPG|thumb|left|Gwalior fort front side view]]

At the heart of Gwalior is Gwalior Fort of the [[Tomaras of Gwalior|Tomara dynasty]]. This structure was reputed to be one of the most structurally sound forts of India, having been improved by Raja [[Man Singh Tomar]] where a previous structure existed. It occupies an isolated rock outcrop. The hill is steepened to make it virtually unscalable and is surrounded by high walls which enclose buildings from several periods. The old town of Gwalior lies at the eastern base of the fortress. Lashkar, founded by Daulat Rao Scindia, formerly a separate town that originated as a military camp, lies to the south, and Morar, also a formerly separate town, lies to the east. Gwalior, Lashkar and Morar are part of the Gwalior Municipal Corporation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gwaliormunicipalcorporation.org/gwalior_municipal_corporation_history.aspx |title=Gwalior Municipal Corporation History |website=Gwaliormunicipalcorporation.org |date=1 July 1912 |access-date=13 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618141555/http://gwaliormunicipalcorporation.org/gwalior_municipal_corporation_history.aspx |archive-date=18 June 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Fort, popularly called "the Gibraltar of India", overlooks the city. The Emperor [[Babur]] reputedly described it as "the pearl in the necklace of the forts of Hind". This fort's architecture is unique. It displays a Chinese influence on Indian architecture, as Chinese dragons have been crafted at the hilt of the pillars. This influence was due to trade between China and India at the time of the fort's construction.

After the death of [[Sher Shah Suri]] in 1545, who was ruling North India at that time, his son [[Islam Shah]] shifted his capital from Delhi to Gwalior and constructed 'Sher Shah Mandir' (or 'Sher Shah Fort') in his father's memory. Islam Shah operated from Gwalior until his death in 1553. Islam Shah had appointed the Hindu warrior '[[Hemu]]' or [[Hem Chandra Vikramaditya]] as his Prime Minister in Sher Shah Fort for the first time, who later on became the [[Hem Chandra Vikramaditya]] king at Delhi and established 'Hindu Raj' in North India.

In the east of the city are two examples of early [[Mughal architecture]]: the mausoleum of the 16th century [[Sufi]] Saint Ghous Mohammed and the tomb of Mian Tansen, a singer and one of the 'Nine Jewels' of the [[Mughal Emperor]] [[Akbar]]'s court. Right next to them is the Gujari Mahal, built by Tomar Rajput King Man Singh Tomar on demand of his consort Gujar princess Mrignayani.<ref>{{cite book |title=Census of India, 1961, Volume 14, Issue 5 |author=India (Republic) Office of the Registrar General |publisher=Manager of Publications |year=1972 |page=11 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Gujari Mahal Museum - Exploring the Hidden Treasures of Gwalior |url=https://www.mptourism.com/gujari-mahal-state-archaeological-museum-gwalior.html |website=Madhya Pradesh Tourism |access-date=4 February 2025 |language=en |date=31 October 2023}}</ref>
Close to the heart of the city is [[Jai Vilas Mahal|Jai Vilas Palace]] of the Scindia dynasty, patterned on the [[palace of Versailles]]. It combines Tuscan, Italian and Corinthian styles of architecture.
Historically and architecturally, Gwalior is interesting first as an ancient seat of [[Jainism|Jain]] worship; second for its example of palace architecture of the [[Hindu]] period between 1486 and 1516; and third as an historic fortress. Many historical places are found near the [[Dabra]]-[[Bhitarwar]] Road. Prior to the founding of Gwalior, the region was also known by its ancient name of ''Gopasetra''. Gwalior had an institutional seat of the [[Bhattaraka]]s of [[Kashtha Sangh]] and later [[Mula Sangh]].

=== Gopachal ===
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Gopachal Parvat is situated on the mountainous terrain at the slopes of Gwalior Fort. Gopachal Parvat contains unique statues of [[Jain]] [[Tirthankara]]s. The idol of [[Parshvanath]] seated on a lotus (carved out of a single stone) is the largest in the world, towering at {{convert|14|metres|feet}} in height and {{convert|9|metres|feet}} in breadth. There is a series of 26 Jain statues in a single line. Built between 1398 and 1536 by Tomar kings, these Jain ''[[Tirthankar]]'' statues are one of a kind in architecture.

=== Siddhachal Caves ===
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Jain rock-cut sculptures of Siddhachal Caves – A striking part of the [[Jain]] remains at Gwalior is a series of caves or rock-cut sculptures, excavated in the rock on all sides, and numbering nearly a hundred, great and small. Most of them are mere niches to hold statues, though some are cells that may have been originally intended for residences. According to inscriptions, they were all excavated within a short period of about thirty-three years, between 1441 and 1474.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/india/madhya-pradesh-and-chhattisgarh/gwalior/sights/other/jain-rock-sculptures |title=Jain Rock Sculptures |author=Lonely Planet |work=Lonely Planet |access-date=28 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073000/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/india/madhya-pradesh-and-chhattisgarh/gwalior/sights/other/jain-rock-sculptures |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> One of the colossal figures is {{cvt|57|ft|m}} high, taller than any other in northern India.{{Citation needed|date=September 2018}}

=== Sas-Bahu Temples ===
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=== Teli Temple ===
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[[File:Teli ka Mandir (15699755834)2.jpg|thumb|Teli-ka-Mandir]]

Teli Temple or in Hindi Teli Ka Mandir – A structure of about 100 feet, Teli Ka Mandir in Gwalior Fort distinguishes itself from the other compositions of its time because of its unique architecture. The temple bears a close resemblance to the temple of Prathihara Vishnu, and is filled with images of coiled serpents, passionate couples, river goddesses, and a flying [[Garuda]]. The temple architecture follows the Indo-Aryan and Nagara styles and is believed to be among the oldest constructions in the fort. The Telikā Mandir, or 'oil-man's temple', owes its name to Teli, a term for an oil grinder or oil dealer. Many suggestions have been put forward to explain this name historically, but in fact the name is not old, the temple being used for processing oil before the British occupied the fort and used the building, albeit temporarily, as a coffee shop. The Telikā Mandir is the loftiest temple among all the buildings in Gwalior Fort with a height of about 30 meters. The temple consists of a ''[[garba griha]]'', that is, sanctum proper for the deity, and an ''[[antarala]]'' to enter into the temple. It can be approached by a flight of steps provided on the eastern side. The most striking feature of the temple is the wagon-vaulted roof, a form used over rectangular shrines which normally accommodated a row of Mother Goddesses.<ref>M. Willis, ''Temples of Gopakṣetra: A Regional History of Architecture in Central India'' (London, 1996).</ref> The goddesses from the interior vanished centuries ago and have not been traced. The exterior walls of the temple are decorated with sculptures, many of which are damaged; the niches, shaped like temples, are empty. The building carries a dedicatory inscription to the goddess in a niche on the southern side, but otherwise does not have any history.<ref>Willis, ''Inscriptions of Gopakṣetra: Materials for the History of Central India'' (London, 1995), illustration.</ref> The architectural style points to a date in the late 8th Century.<ref>Willis, ''Temples of Gopakṣetra''.</ref> The entrance gateway on the eastern side is a later addition of the British period, made by Major Keith in 1881. It was built as a way of saving various historic pillars and other pieces no longer in their original context.

=== Other monuments ===
* '''Gurudwara Daata Bandi Chhorh'''- Gwalior Fort also has the [[Gurudwara]], built in the memory of the sixth [[Sikh]], [[Guru Har Gobind]]. This Gurudwara is particularly large and grand, built entirely of marble with coloured glass decorating the main building. Recital of the [[Guru Granth Sahib]] takes place here and Mughal kings used to visit Gwalior regularly. There is a Gurdwara that was converted to a mandir of "kalli devi" and process is on to take it back by Sikhs.
* '''Italian Garden''' - It is the most beautiful garden built in 19th century. It was a private garden used by the ladies of the Gwalior royal family. It design is Italian design which makes it unique. The garden is situated the central part of Gwalior.<ref>{{Cite web |last=District Gwalior |first=Italian Garden |date=24 February 2024 |title=The aesthetic garden - Italian Garden |url=https://gwalior.nic.in/en/tourist-place/italian-garden/ |access-date=24 February 2024 |website=Government of Madhya Pradesh - Gwalior}}</ref>
* '''Geo Science Museum''' - The Gwalior Geoscience Museum is India's first geological museum serves as a gateway to the wonders of Earth's story a sanctuary of knowledge where science and art converge to inspire curiosity. It houses two exceptional galleries, offering a glimpse into the mysteries of our planet and the chronicles of life's journey through time.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geological Survey of India |first=Geo Science Museum, Gwalior |date=15 December 2024 |title=Vice President integrates India's first Geo Science Museum in Gwalior |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=2084593 |access-date=23 February 2025 |website=Press Release - The Vice President of India}}</ref>
* '''Municipality Museum''', is situated a little distance from Rani Lakshmibai's tomb.
* '''Atal Museum''' - The Atal Museum has been established to commemorate the life of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. It includes belongings and memories of Vajpayee from his Gwalior days.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Museum |first=Atal Museum, Gwalior |date=5 January 2024 |title=Government established Atal Museum in memory of Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Gwalior |url=https://www.naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh/gwalior-atal-museum-in-gwalior-museum-will-be-equipped-with-holographic-technology-atal-ji-will-be-seen-advising-on-pokhran-test-8264509 |access-date=23 February 2025 |website=Nai dunia}}</ref>
*
* Modern 5D is Madhya Pradesh's first multi-dimensional theatre launched in the 2011 trade fair of Gwalior. It was built by Gwalior's leading enterprise Modern Techno Projects (P) Ltd. Modern 5D is recognised as India's first own multi-dimensional theatre.
* [[Shyam Vatika]] is a banquet hall which has the world's largest indoor mural, as recognised by [[Guinness World Records]].
* [[Adhyatma Niketan]] is an important [[ashram]] near Gwalior Fort.
* Within the fort are some marvels of medieval architecture like the [[Man Mandir Palace]], Jehangir Palace, Vikram Mandir Palace etc. The 15th century [[Gujari Mahal]] is a monument to the love of Raja Mansingh Tomar for his Gujar Queen, Mrignayani. The outer structure of Gujari Mahal has survived in an almost total state of preservation; the interior has been converted into an archaeological museum housing rare antiquities, some of them dating back to the 1st century A.D. Many of these have been defaced by the [[iconoclastic]] Mughals.
:{{Further|topic=a memorial stone in the archaeological museum|Hāsalpur inscription of Nāgavarman}}
[[File:Jaivilas palace gwalior - panoramio - Gyanendrasinghchauha….jpg|thumb|Jai Vilas Palace]]

===Jai Vilas Palace===
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Jai Vilas Palace, is the residential palace turned museum of the Maratha rulers of Gwalior – the Scindias. The palace has notable collections of antiques. The museum is one of the largest in Madhya Pradesh and has the world's largest chandelier {{Citation needed|date=September 2018}} and the complex is a mixture of British and Hindu architecture.
The palace was constructed in 1874 as an attempt to bring the palace of Versailles to Gwalior.

===Tombs and Chatris of historic importance===
[[File:Mohammad gaus tomb.jpg|thumb|Gaus Mohammad tomb]]
* [[Chatris of Scindias]] is situated close to the city near Achaleshwar temple and is the burial place for the Scindias who ruled the city for numerous years. Designated persons like Maharaja Madhavrao Scindia, Vijayaraje Scindia and His Highness Jivajirao Scindia were cremated here.
* Tansen's tomb: Gwalior is the birthplace of the musician Tansen. He was one of the "Nine Gems of Akbar".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gktoday.in/navratnas-of-akbar-9-gems/ |title=Navratnas of Akbar (9 Gems) – General Knowledge Today |website=Gktoday.in |access-date=13 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702111511/http://www.gktoday.in/navratnas-of-akbar-9-gems/ |archive-date=2 July 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Gaus Mohammad's tomb: The tombs of Great Gaus Mohammad and Tansen are situated on the same territory.
* Tomb of [[Rani Lakshmibai]], a famous freedom fighter, at Phoolbag area. It is here where she died in 1858 fighting against the British. It is also her burial place.

[[File:Sun Temple - GWL - F3101 Wiki Veethi.JPG|thumb|Sun Temple]]

===Sun Temple===
Located in {{section link||Morar Cantonment}}, the Sun Temple ''"Vivsvaan mandir"'' is dedicated to the sun god [[Surya]]. Designed as a facsimile of the Sun temple of [[Konark]] in Odisha, the temple was sponsored and built in the 1980s by the [[Birla family]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Temples of Madhya Pradesh |publisher=Goodearth Publications |isbn=978-93-8026249-9 |page=49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=THW_OkoTuE4C&q=Surya&pg=PA49|access-date=25 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425183416/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=THW_OkoTuE4C&pg=PA49&dq=Surya |archive-date=25 April 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The temple is in a garden within the temple premises. The temple draws the locals and tourists alike who gather to render their prayers. Before the temple was built the gardens had the name ''Tapovan''. The gardens were the location of an ill-fated attempt to introduce [[african lion]]s by the Maharaja of Gwalior State.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mitra |first1=Sudipta |title=Gir Forest and the Saga of the Asiatic Lion |date=2005 |publisher=Indus Publishing |isbn=978-81-7387-183-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J0rME6RjC1sC&pg=PA213|access-date=25 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720105443/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=J0rME6RjC1sC&pg=PA213& |archive-date=20 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== In popular culture ==
* There are several movies, series and daily soaps shot and filmed in Gwalior of which few have been mentioned below.
* [[Luka Chuppi]], a 2019 [[Hindi]]-language film starring [[Kartik Aaryan]] and [[Kriti Sanon]] is largely set in Gwalior.<ref>{{cite news |date=5 February 2019 |title=Luka Chuppi: Kriti Sanon shares memories of shooting in Gwalior and Mathura |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/050219/luka-chuppi-kriti-sanon-shares-memories-of-shooting-in-gwalior-and-ma.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728132043/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/050219/luka-chuppi-kriti-sanon-shares-memories-of-shooting-in-gwalior-and-ma.html |archive-date=28 July 2024 |access-date=28 July 2024 |work=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref>
* [[Kalank]], a 2019 movie produced under the banner of Dharma productions starring [[Alia Bhatt]] and [[Varun Dhawan]] was shot in Gwalior.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aaj Tak |first=Kalank Movie |date=1 December 2024 |title=Alia Bhatt shooting in Gwalior |url=https://www.aajtak.in/entertainment/story/alia-bhatt-shoots-gwalior-fort-for-film-kalank-share-photo-tmov-637550-2019-01-12 |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=Aaj Tak}}</ref>
* [[Janhit Mein Jaari]], a 2022 movie starring [[Nushrratt Bharuccha|Nusrat Bharuccha]] was shot in Gwalior.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Janhit mein Jaari |first=Shooting in Gwalior |date=1 December 2024 |title=Janhit Mein Jaari Shoot |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/nushrratt-bharuccha-s-janhit-mein-jaari-shoot-paused-after-crew-tests-covid-positive-1872754-2021-11-03 |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=India Today}}</ref>
* [[Vadh (2002 film)|Vadh]], a psychological thriller murder movie was set and shot in Gwalior.
* [[Kathal (film)|Kathal]], a comedy movie was majorly shot in Gwalior.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Indian Express |first=Kathal Shooting, Gwalior |date=20 March 2023 |title=Kathal Movie |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/what-sanya-malhotra-had-to-do-to-play-a-cop-in-kathal-8618627/ |access-date=1 December 2024 |website=Indian Express}}</ref>
* Apart from these several other web series and Ad films were shot in Gwalior.

==Notable people==


* [[Kartik Aaryan]], actor, born and brought up in Gwalior
* [[Vivek Agnihotri]], Indian film director, screenwriter and author born and brought up in Gwalior
* [[Muztar Khairabadi|Iftikar Hussain Akhtar]], Indian Urdu poet from Gwalior
* [[Javed Akhtar]], poet, lyricist and writer, born and brought up in Gwalior
* [[Jan Nisar Akhtar]], Indian poet and lyricist born and brought up in Gwalior
* [[Meet Bros]], musicians and composers born and brought up in Gwalior
* [[Nida Fazli]], Urdu writer and poet
* [[Muhammad Ghawth]], Indian Sufi saint, poet and author
* [[Shifa Gwaliori]], Indian Urdu poet
* [[Pawan Karan]], Indian major Hindi poet and writer
* [[Anurag Kashyap]], Indian Filmmaker. He did his schooling at Scindia School, Gwalior.
* [[Abhay Karandikar]], secretary to the Government of India, Department of Science and Technology
* [[Sharad Kelkar]], actor, born and brought up in Gwalior
* [[Amjad Ali Khan]], [[sarod]] player and musician born and brought up in Gwalior
* [[Arbaaz Khan]], Indian actor. He did his schooling at Scindia School in Gwalior
* [[Salman Khan]], Indian actor. He did his schooling at Scindia School in Gwalior
* [[Bihari Lal]], Hindi poet
* [[Arun Kumar Mishra]], Judge of the Supreme Court of India born in Gwalior
* [[Piyush Mishra]], Indian film and theatre actor, music director, lyricist, singer, scriptwriter, born and brought up in Gwalior
* [[Amitabh Mitra]], Indo-English poet, visual artist and orthopaedic surgeon studied at [[Gajara Raja Medical College]] Gwalior
* [[Krishnarao Shankar Pandit]], musician of the [[Gwalior gharana]]
* [[Meeta Pandit]], musician of [[Gwalior Gharana]]
* [[Abha Parmar]], actress
* [[Harshvardhan Rane]], Telugu and Bollywood actor
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Greco-Bactrian Kingdom

2026-03-10T18:30:11Z

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{{Short description|Hellenistic-era Greek kingdom (256–100 BCE)}}
{{Redirect|Baktria|the historical region|Bactria}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox country
| native_name = Βασιλεία τῆς Βακτριανῆς ''{{Transliteration|grc|Basileía tês Baktrianês}}''
| conventional_long_name = Kingdom of Bactria
| common_name = {{Plainlist|
* Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
* Bactrian Kingdom
* Greco-Bactria
* Graeco-Bactria
}}
| era = [[Ancient history|Antiquity]]
| status =
| event_start =
| year_start = 256 BC 
| date_start =
| event1 =
| date_event1 =
| event_end =
| year_end =  c. 120 BC
| date_end =
| p1 = Seleucid Empire
| s1 = Indo-Greek Kingdom
| s2 = Parthian Empire
| s3 = Kushan Empire
| image_coat = Eucratide 1er - 20 statères.jpg
| image_map = Greco-BactrianKingdomMap.jpg
| image_map_size = 280px
| image_map_caption = Approximate maximum extent of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom under the reign of Eucratides the Great, including the regions of [[Tapuria]] and [[Greater Khorasan|Traxiane]] to the west, [[Sogdia]]na and [[Ferghana]] to the north, [[Bactria]] and [[Arachosia]] to the south.
| capital = {{Plainlist|
* [[Balkh|Bactra]]
* [[Ai-Khanoum]]
}}
| common_languages = {{Plainlist|
* [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] (official)
* [[Bactrian language|Bactrian]]
* [[Pali]]
* [[Sanskrit#Scripts|Sanskrit]]
* [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]]
* [[Sogdian language|Sogdian]]
}}
| religion = {{Plainlist|
* [[Ancient Greek religion|Greek polytheism]]
* [[Greco-Buddhism]]
* [[Zoroastrianism]]
* [[Hinduism]]
}}
| government_type = [[Monarchy]]
| leader1 = [[Diodotus I]] (first)
| year_leader1 = 256–239 BC
| leader2 = [[Demetrius I of Bactria|Demetrius I]]
| year_leader2 = 200–180 BC
| leader3 = [[Eucratides the Great]]
| year_leader3 = 171–145 BC
| leader4 = [[Heliocles I]] (last)
| year_leader4 = 117–100 BC
| stat_year1 = 184 BC<ref name="Taagepera132">{{cite journal|date=1979|title=Size and Duration of Empires: Growth-Decline Curves, 600 B.C. to 600 A.D.|journal=Social Science History|volume=3|issue=3–4|page=132|doi=10.2307/1170959|last1=Taagepera|first1=Rein|jstor=1170959}}</ref>
| stat_area1 = 2500000
| title_leader = [[#Main Greco-Bactrian kings|Basileus]]
| symbol_type = [[Eucratides I|Eucratides the Great]] wearing a crested [[Boeotian helmet]], shown on his gold 20-stater, the largest gold coin ever minted in the ancient world, c. 2nd century BC.
| coa_size = 113px
}}

The '''Greco-Bactrian Kingdom''' ({{langx|el
|Βασιλεία τῆς Βακτριανῆς|translit=Basileía tês Baktrianês|lit=Kingdom of Bactria}}) was a [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] kingdom during the [[Hellenistic period]]<ref>[https://brewminate.com/the-ancient-greco-bactrian-kingdom-and-hellenistic-afghanistan/ The Ancient Greco-Bactrian kingdom and Hellenistic Afghanistan] ''Brewminate'', {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924155537/https://brewminate.com/the-ancient-greco-bactrian-kingdom-and-hellenistic-afghanistan/|date=24 September 2021}} – ''Matthew A. McIntosh''</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Cribb|first=Joe|date=2005|title=The Greek Kingdom of Bactria, its coinage and its collapse|url=https://www.academia.edu/3026258|journal=Afghanistan Ancien Carrefour Entre Lʼest et Lʼouest|pages=1|via=Academia.edu}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Mairs|first=Rachel|title=Bactrian or Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom|url=https://www.academia.edu/23031604|journal=The Encyclopedia of Empire|year=2016|pages=1–4}}</ref> located in [[Central Asia]] and [[Afghanistan]]. The kingdom was founded by the [[Seleucid Empire|Seleucid]] satrap [[Diodotus I|Diodotus I Soter]] in about 256 BC, and continued to dominate Central Asia until its fall around 120 BC.{{Efn|Some cities were still controlled by Greek kings such as [[Hermaeus|Hermaeus Soter]] (90–70 BC) in what is today [[Kabul]].}} At its peak the kingdom consisted of present-day [[Afghanistan]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Uzbekistan]] and [[Turkmenistan]], and for a short time, small parts of [[Kazakhstan]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]] and [[Iran]]. An extension further east, with military campaigns and settlements, may have reached the borders of the [[Qin (state)|Qin State]] in China by about 230 BC.<ref>Lucas, Christopoulos. Dionysian Rituals and the Golden Zeus of China. Sino-Platonic Papers 326.</ref><ref>Strabo, Geography 11.11.1</ref>

A Greek population was already present in [[Bactria]] by the 5th century BC. [[Alexander the Great]] had conquered the region by 327 BC,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Crabben|first=Jan van der|title=Bactria|url=https://www.worldhistory.org/Bactria/|access-date=11 October 2024|website=World History Encyclopedia}}</ref> founding many cities, most of them named [[List of cities founded by Alexander the Great|Alexandria]], and further settling [[Ancient Macedonians|Macedonians]] and other [[Ancient Greece|Greeks]]. After the death of Alexander, control of Bactria passed on to his general [[Seleucus I Nicator]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=30 August 2024|title=Bactria {{!}} Map, History, & Facts {{!}} Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Bactria|access-date=11 October 2024|website=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref> The fertility and the prosperity of the region led to the creation of the Greco-Bactrian kingdom under Diodotus by the early 3rd century BC, as a successor state of the Seleucid Empire. The Bactrian Greeks grew increasingly more powerful and invaded north-western [[India]] between 190 and 180 BC under king [[Demetrius I of Bactria|Demetrius]], the son of [[Euthydemus I|Euthydemus]]. This invasion led to the creation of the [[Indo-Greek Kingdom|Indo-Greek kingdom]], which in turn was a successor to the Greco-Bactrian kingdom, and was subsequently ruled by the kings [[Pantaleon]] and [[Apollodotus I]]. Historical records indicate that many rich and prosperous cities were present in the kingdom,<ref>Doumanis, Nicholas (16 December 2009). [https://books.google.com/books?id=vuEcBQAAQBAJ&dq=indo-greek+180+bc+established&pg=PA64 ''A History of Greece''].{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Palgrave Macmillan. p. 64. {{ISBN|978-1137013675}}.</ref><ref>[[Christoph Baumer|Baumer, Christoph]] (11 December 2012). [https://books.google.com/books?id=yglkwD7pKV8C&q=greco-bactrians+establish+indo-greeks ''The History of Central Asia: The Age of the Steppe Warriors''] ({{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119145809/https://books.google.com/books?id=yglkwD7pKV8C&dq=greco-bactrians+establish+indo-greeks&hl=nl&source=gbs_navlinks_s |date=19 November 2022 }}) Vol. '''1'''. I. B. Tauris, {{ISBN|978-1780760605}} p. 289.</ref><ref>Kaushik Roy (28 July 2015). [https://books.google.com/books?id=GpNECgAAQBAJ&dq=indo-greek+kingdom+invaded+india&pg=PT34 ''Military Manpower, Armies and Warfare in South Asia''] ({{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119145817/https://books.google.com/books?id=GpNECgAAQBAJ&pg=PT34&dq=indo-greek+kingdom+invaded+india&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAzgKahUKEwjYyoSrwvLIAhVCgA8KHQhgC-g#v=onepage&q=indo-greek%20kingdom%20invaded%20india&f=false |date=19 November 2022 }}). Routledge. {{ISBN|978-1317321279}}.</ref> but only a few of them have been excavated, such as [[Ai-Khanoum]] and [[Balkh|Bactra]]. The city of Ai-Khanoum, in north-eastern Afghanistan, had all the hallmarks of a true Hellenistic city with a [[Theatre of ancient Greece|Greek theater]], [[Gymnasium (ancient Greece)|gymnasium]] and some houses with colonnaded courtyards.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Boardman|first=John|title=The Greeks in Asia|publisher=Thames and Hudson|year=2015|isbn=978-0-500-77278-2|pages=166}}</ref>

The kingdom reached its peak under [[Eucratides I|Eucratides the Great]], who seems to have seized power through a [[Coup d'état|coup]] around 171 BC and established his own dynasty. Eucratides also invaded India and successfully fought against the Indo-Greek kings. However, soon the kingdom began to decline. The [[Parthian Empire|Parthians]] and nomadic tribes such as [[Saka]]s and [[Yuezhi]] became a major threat.<ref name="Strabo 11.11.2" /> Eucratides was killed by his own son in about 145 BC, which may have further destabilised the kingdom. [[Heliocles I|Heliocles]] was the last Greek king to rule in Bactria.<ref>Jakobsson, J. (2007). "The Greeks of Afghanistan Revisited". Nomismatika Khronika: p 17.</ref>

Even after the fall of the Greco-Bactrian kingdom, their rich Hellenistic legacy lasted for many more centuries. The Yuezhi invaders settled in Bactria and became [[Hellenization|Hellenized]]. They subsequently founded the [[Kushan Empire|Kushan empire]] around 30 AD, and adopted the [[Greek alphabet]] to write their language and added Greek deities to their [[Pantheon (religion)|pantheon]]. The Greco-Bactrian city of Ai-Khanoum was at the doorstep of India and was known for its sophistication and Hellenistic features. Greek art was spread by the Indo-Greeks; influencing Indian art, religion and culture, leading to a new style of [[Syncretism|syncretic]] art called [[Greco-Buddhist art]].

==History==

=== Origins ===
[[Bactria]] was inhabited by Greek settlers since the time of [[Darius the Great|Darius I]], when the majority of the population of [[Barca (ancient city)|Barca]], in [[Cyrenaica]], was deported to the region for refusing to surrender assassins.<ref>Herodotus, 4.200–204</ref> Greek influence increased under [[Xerxes I]], after the descendants of Greek priests who had once lived near [[Didyma]] (western [[Anatolia|Asia Minor]]) were forcibly relocated in Bactria,<ref>Strabo, 11.11.4</ref> and later on with other exiled Greeks, most of them prisoners of war. Greek communities and language were already common in the area by the time that [[Alexander the Great]] conquered Bactria in 328 BC.<ref>{{Cite web|date=23 December 2020|title=Afghanistan: Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom|url=https://www.cemml.colostate.edu/cultural/09476/afgh02-06enl.html|access-date=6 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223080249/https://www.cemml.colostate.edu/cultural/09476/afgh02-06enl.html|archive-date=23 December 2020}}</ref>

===Independence and Diodotid dynasty===
[[File:DiodotusGoldCoin.jpg|left|thumb|Gold coin of [[Diodotus of Bactria|Diodotus]] {{circa|245}} BC. The reverse shows [[Zeus]] standing, holding aegis and thunderbolt. The [[Greek language|Greek]] inscription reads: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΟΔΟΤΟΥ, ''Basileōs Diodotou'' – "(of) King Diodotus".]]
Diodotus, the [[satrap]] of Bactria (and probably the surrounding provinces) founded the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom when he seceded from the [[Seleucid Empire]] around 250 BC and became [[Basileus]], or king [[Diodotus I]] of Bactria. The preserved ancient sources (see below) are somewhat contradictory, and the exact date of Bactrian independence has not been settled. Somewhat simplified, there is a high chronology ({{circa|255}} BC) and a low chronology (c. 246 BC) for Diodotus' secession.<ref>J. D. Lerner (1999), ''The Impact of Seleucid Decline on the Eastern Iranian Plateau: The foundations of Arsacid Parthia and Graeco-Bactria'', Stuttgart</ref> The high chronology has the advantage of explaining why the Seleucid king [[Antiochus II Theos|Antiochus II]] issued very few coins in Bactria, as Diodotus would have become independent there early in Antiochus' reign.<ref>[[Frank Holt|F. L. Holt]] (1999), ''Thundering Zeus'', Berkeley.</ref>{{page needed|date=December 2021}} On the other hand, the low chronology, from the mid-240s BC, has the advantage of connecting the secession of Diodotus I with the [[Third Syrian War]], a catastrophic conflict for the Seleucid Empire.
{{Blockquote | Diodotus, the governor of the thousand cities of Bactria ({{langx|la|Theodotus, mille urbium Bactrianarum praefectus}}), defected and proclaimed himself king; all the other people of the Orient followed his example and seceded from the Macedonians.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.forumromanum.org/literature/justin/texte41.html|title=Justin XLI, paragraph 4|access-date=14 January 2006|archive-date=10 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110100422/http://www.forumromanum.org/literature/justin/texte41.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref>}}

The new kingdom, highly urbanized and considered one of the richest of the Orient (''opulentissimum illud mille urbium Bactrianum imperium'' "The extremely prosperous Bactrian empire of the thousand cities", according to the historian [[Justin (historian)|Justin]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.forumromanum.org/literature/justin/texte41.html|title=Justin XLI, paragraph 1|access-date=14 January 2006|archive-date=10 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110100422/http://www.forumromanum.org/literature/justin/texte41.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref>), was to further grow in power and engage in territorial expansion to the east and the west:

[[File:CapitalSharp.jpg|thumb|[[Corinthian order|Corinthian]] capital, found at [[Ai-Khanoum]], 2nd century BC]]
{{Blockquote | The Greeks who caused Bactria to revolt grew so powerful on account of the fertility of the country that they became masters, not only of [[Ariana]], but also of India, as [[Apollodorus of Artemita]] says: and more tribes were subdued by them than by Alexander… Their cities were [[Bactra]] (also called Zariaspa, through which flows a river bearing the same name and emptying into the [[Oxus]]), and Darapsa, and several others. Among these was [[Eucratideia|Eucratidia]],<ref name= "Eucratidia">Possibly present day [[Qarshi]]; Encyclopaedia Metropolitana: Or Universal Dictionary of Knowledge, Volume 23, ed. by Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, 1923, p. 260: "Eucratidia, named from its ruler, (Strabo, xi. p. 516.) was, according to Ptolemy, 2° North and 1° West of Bactra." As these coordinates are relative to, and close to, [[Bactra]], it is reasonable to disregard the imprecision in Ptolemy's coordinates and accept them without adjustment. If the coordinates for Bactra are taken to be {{coord|36|45|N|66|55|E}}, then the coordinates {{coord|38|45|N|65|55|E}} can be seen to be close to the modern day city of [[Qarshi]].</ref> which was named after its ruler.<ref name="Strabo XI.XI.I">{{Cite web|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Strab.+11.11.1|title=Strabo XI.XI.I|access-date=20 February 2021|archive-date=19 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080419032744/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Strab.+11.11.1|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

In 247 BC, the [[Ptolemaic empire]] (the Greek rulers of Egypt following the death of [[Alexander the Great]]) captured the Seleucid capital, [[Antioch]]. In the resulting power vacuum, [[Andragoras (Seleucid satrap)|Andragoras]], the Seleucid satrap of Parthia, proclaimed independence from the Seleucids, declaring himself king. A decade later, he was [[Parni conquest of Parthia|defeated and killed]] by [[Arsaces I of Parthia|Arsaces]] of Parthia, leading to the rise of a [[Parthian Empire]]. This cut Bactria off from contact with the Greek world. Overland trade continued at a reduced rate, while sea trade between [[Ptolemaic Kingdom|Greek Egypt]] and Bactria developed.

Diodotus was succeeded by his son [[Diodotus II]], who allied himself with the Parthian [[Arsaces I of Parthia|Arsaces]] in his fight against [[Seleucus II Callinicus|Seleucus II]]:
{{Blockquote | Soon after, relieved by the death of Diodotus, Arsaces made peace and concluded an alliance with his son, also by the name of Diodotus; some time later he fought against Seleucos who came to punish the rebels, and he prevailed: the Parthians celebrated this day as the one that marked the beginning of their freedom.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.forumromanum.org/literature/justin/texte41.html|title=Justin XLI|access-date=2006-01-14|archive-date=2019-11-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110100422/http://www.forumromanum.org/literature/justin/texte41.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref>}}

===Euthydemid dynasty and Seleucid invasion===
[[File:Silver tetradrachm of Euthydemus I as a young-man.jpg|thumb|Coin depicting the Greco-Bactrian king [[Euthydemus I|Euthydemus]], 230–200 BC. The reverse shows [[Heracles]] seated, holding club in right hand. The [[Ancient Greek language|Greek]] inscription reads: {{lang|grc-x-hellen|ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘΥΔΗΜΟΥ}}, ''Basileōs Euthydēmou'' – "(of) King Euthydemus".]]
[[Euthydemus I|Euthydemus]], an Ionian Greek from [[Magnesia on the Meander|Magnesia]] according to [[Polybius]],<ref>{{cite book|section=Euthydemus|title=Encyclopaedia Iranica|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/euthydemus}}</ref><ref name="Polybius 11.34">{{Cite web|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Plb.+11.34|title=Polybius 11.34|access-date=20 February 2021|archive-date=20 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420074248/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Plb.+11.34|url-status=live}}</ref> and possibly satrap of [[Sogdiana]], overthrew the dynasty of Diodotus II around 230–220 BC and started his own dynasty. Euthydemus's control extended to Sogdiana, going beyond the city of [[Alexandria Eschate]] founded by Alexander the Great in [[Ferghana]]:{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

<blockquote>And they also held Sogdiana, situated above Bactriana towards the east between the Oxus River, which forms the boundary between the Bactrians and the Sogdians, and the [[Iaxartes]] River. And the Iaxartes forms also the boundary between the Sogdians and the nomads.<ref name="Strabo 11.11.2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Strab.+11.11.1|title=Strabo 11.11.2|access-date=2021-02-20|archive-date=2008-04-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080419032744/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Strab.+11.11.1|url-status=live}}</ref></blockquote>

Euthydemus was attacked by the Seleucid ruler [[Antiochus III]] around 210 BC. Although he commanded 10,000 horsemen, Euthydemus initially lost a [[Battle of the Arius|battle]] on the [[Hari River, Afghanistan|Arius]]<ref name= "Polybius 10.49, Battle of the Arius">{{Cite web|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Plb.+10.49|title=Polybius 10.49, Battle of the Arius|access-date=20 February 2021|archive-date=19 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080319072118/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Plb.+10.49|url-status=live}}</ref> and had to retreat. He then successfully [[Siege of Bactra|resisted a three-year siege]] in the fortified city of [[Balkh|Bactra]], before Antiochus finally decided to recognize the new ruler, and to offer one of his daughters to Euthydemus's son [[Demetrius I of Bactria|Demetrius]] around 206 BC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Plb.+11.34|title=Polybius 11.34 Siege of Bactra|access-date=20 February 2021|archive-date=20 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420074248/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Plb.+11.34|url-status=live}}</ref> Classical accounts also relate that Euthydemus negotiated peace with Antiochus III by suggesting that he deserved credit for overthrowing the original rebel Diodotus and that he was protecting Central Asia from nomadic invasions thanks to his defensive efforts:
{{Blockquote | ... for if he did not yield to this demand, neither of them would be safe: Seeing that great hordes of Nomads were close at hand, who were a danger to both; and that if they admitted them into the country, it would certainly be utterly barbarised.<ref name="Polybius 11.34"/>}}

In an inscription found in the [[Kulab, Tajikistan|Kuliab]] area of [[Tajikistan]], in eastern Greco-Bactria, and dated to 200–195 BC,<ref name="SW">Shane Wallace [https://www.academia.edu/25638818 Greek Culture in Afghanistan and India: Old Evidence and New Discoveries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112215954/https://www.academia.edu/25638818 |date=12 January 2020 }} p.206</ref> a Greek by the name of Heliodotus, dedicating a fire altar to [[Hestia]], mentions Euthydemus as the greatest of all kings, and his son [[Demetrius I of Bactria|Demetrius I]] as "Demetrios Kallinikos", meaning "Demetrius the Glorious Conqueror":<ref>[[Osmund Bopearachchi]], [https://www.academia.edu/22821570 Some Observations on the Chronology of the Early Kushans] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308060357/https://www.academia.edu/22821570/Some_observations_on_the_chronology_of_the_early_Kushans |date=8 March 2021 }}, p.48</ref><ref name="SW"/>

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{{lang|grc-x-hellen|τόνδε σοι βωμὸν θυώδη, πρέσβα κυδίστη θεῶν Ἑστία, Διὸς κ(α)τ᾽ ἄλσος καλλίδενδρον ἔκτισεν καὶ κλυταῖς ἤσκησε λοιβαῖς ἐμπύροις Ἡλιόδοτος ὄφρα τὸμ πάντων μέγιστον Εὐθύδημον βασιλέων τοῦ τε παῖδα καλλίνικον ἐκπρεπῆ Δημήτριον πρευμενὴς σώιζηις ἐκηδεῖ(ς) σὺν τύχαι θεόφρον[ι].}}

''tónde soi bōmòn thuṓdē, présba kydístē theôn Hestía, Diòs kat' álsos kallídendron éktisen kaì klytaîs ḗskēse loibaîs empýrois Hēliódotos óphra tòm pántōn mégiston Euthýdēmon basiléōn toû te paîda kallínikon ekprepê Dēmḗtrion preumenḕs sṓizēis ekēdeî(s) sỳn Týchai theόphron(i).''

"Heliodotus dedicated this fragrant altar for [[Hestia]], venerable goddess, illustrious amongst all, in the grove of [[Zeus]], with beautiful trees; he made libations and sacrifices so that the greatest of all kings [[Euthydemus I|Euthydemus]], as well as his son, the glorious, victorious and remarkable [[Demetrius I of Bactria|Demetrius]], be preserved of all pains, with the help of [[Tyche]] with divine thoughts."<ref>Shane Wallace [https://www.academia.edu/25638818 Greek Culture in Afghanistan and India: Old Evidence and New Discoveries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112215954/https://www.academia.edu/25638818 |date=2020-01-12 }} p. 211</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.attalus.org/docs/seg/s54_1569.html|title=Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum: 54.1569|access-date=2019-11-15|archive-date=2021-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207033247/http://www.attalus.org/docs/seg/s54_1569.html|url-status=live}}</ref></poem></blockquote>

Following the departure of the Seleucid army, the Bactrian kingdom seems to have expanded. In the west, areas in north-eastern [[Iran]] may have been absorbed, possibly as far as into [[Parthia]], whose ruler had been defeated by [[Antiochus III|Antiochus the Great]]. These territories possibly are identical with the Bactrian satrapies of [[Tapuria]] and [[Greater Khorasan|Traxiane]].

===Expansion into the Indian subcontinent (around 180 BC)===
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[[Demetrius I of Bactria|Demetrius]], the son of Euthydemus, started an invasion of the subcontinent before 180 BC, and a few years after the [[Mauryan empire]] had been overthrown by the [[Shunga dynasty]]. Historians differ on the motivations behind the invasion. Some historians suggest that the invasion of the subcontinent was intended to show their support for the [[Mauryan empire]], and to protect the Buddhist faith from the religious persecutions of the [[Shunga Empire|Shungas]] as alleged by Buddhist scriptures (Tarn). Other historians have argued however that the accounts of these persecutions have been exaggerated ([[Romila Thapar|Thapar]], [[Etienne Lamotte|Lamotte]]).

Demetrius may have been as far as the imperial capital [[Pataliputra]] in today's eastern India (today [[Patna, India|Patna]]). However, these campaigns are typically attributed to [[Menander I|Menander]]. His conquests were mentioned along with that of Menander by the historian Strabo, as having "subdued more tribes than Alexander." The invasion was completed by 175 BC. This established in the northwestern Indian Subcontinent what is called the [[Indo-Greek Kingdom]], which lasted for almost two centuries until around 10 AD. The Buddhist faith flourished under the Indo-Greek kings, especially Menander who was arguably the most powerful of them all. It was also a period of great cultural syncretism, exemplified by the development of [[Greco-Buddhism]] in the region of [[Gandhara]].


===Eucratides the Great===
[[File:Silver tetradrachm, Greco-Baktrian kingdom, Eukratides I, 170-145 BC.jpg|thumb|303x303px|Silver [[tetradrachm]] of King [[Eucratides I]], reigned c. 171–145 BC. The obverse shows the King wearing a crested helmet with a [[diadem]]. The reverse shows the [[Castor and Pollux|Dioscuri]] on horseback, with the [[Greek language|Greek]] inscription: {{lang|grc-x-hellen|ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ}}, ''Basileōs Megalou Eukratidou'' – "(of) Great King Eucratides".]]
Back in Bactria, [[Eucratides I]], either a general of Demetrius or an ally of the [[Seleucids]], managed to overthrow the Euthydemid dynasty and establish his own rule, the short-lived Eucratid dynasty,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cary|first=M.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-aUcI5B_wDAC&q=Helioclid+dynasty|title=A History of the Greek World Form 323 to 146 B.C|date=1963|pages=75}}</ref> around 170 BC, probably dethroning [[Antimachus I]] and [[Antimachus II]]. The Indian branch of the Euthydemids tried to strike back. An Indian king called Demetrius (very likely [[Demetrius II of India|Demetrius II]]) is said to have returned to Bactria with 60,000 men to oust the usurper, but he apparently was defeated and killed in the encounter:
[[File:BilingualCoinOfEucratides.jpg|thumb|Bilingual coin of Eucratides I in the Indian standard, on the obverse [[Greek language|Greek]] inscription reads: {{lang|grc-x-hellen|ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ}}, ''Basileōs Megalou Eukratidou'' – "(of) Great King Eucratides"; on the reverse [[Pali|Pali language]] in [[Kharoshthi]] legend reads: ''Maharajasa Evukratidasa'', "of Great King Eucratides"''.''<ref>{{Cite web|title=The COININDIA Coin Galleries: Greek: Eucratides I (Eukratides I)|url=https://coinindia.com/galleries-eucratides1.html|access-date=19 June 2024|website=coinindia.com}}</ref>]]
<blockquote>Eucratides led many wars with great courage, and, while weakened by them, was put under siege by Demetrius, king of the Indians. He made numerous sorties, and managed to vanquish 60,000 enemies with 300 soldiers, and thus liberated after four months, he put India under his rule.<ref name="Justin XLI,6">{{Cite web|url=http://www.forumromanum.org/literature/justin/texte41.html|title=Justin XLI,6|access-date=2006-01-14|archive-date=2019-11-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110100422/http://www.forumromanum.org/literature/justin/texte41.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref></blockquote>

Eucratides campaigned extensively in present-day northwestern India, and ruled a vast territory, as indicated by his minting of coins in many Indian mints, possibly as far as the [[Jhelum River]] in [[Punjab region|Punjab]]. In the end, however, he was repulsed by the Indo-Greek king [[Menander I]], who managed to create a huge unified territory.

In a rather confused account, [[Justin (historian)|Justin]] explains that Eucratides was killed on the field by "his son and joint king", who would be his own son, either [[Eucratides II]] or [[Heliocles I]] (although there are speculations that it could have been his enemy's son [[Demetrius II of India|Demetrius II]]). The son drove over Eucratides' bloodied body with his chariot and left him dismembered without a sepulcher:

<blockquote>As Eucratides returned from India, he was killed on the way back by his son, whom he had associated to his rule, and who, without hiding his parricide, as if he didn't kill a father but an enemy, ran with his chariot over the blood of his father, and ordered the corpse to be left without a sepulture.<ref name="Justin XLI,6"/></blockquote>

===Defeats by Parthia===
During or after his Indian campaigns, Eucratides was attacked and defeated by the [[Parthia]]n king [[Mithridates I of Parthia|Mithridates I]], possibly in alliance with partisans of the Euthydemids:

[[File:Monnaie de Bactriane, Eucratide I, 2 faces.jpg|thumb|Gold 20-[[stater]] of [[Eucratides I]], the largest gold coin of Antiquity. The coin weighs 169.2 grams, and has a diameter of 58 millimeters. The reverse shows the [[Castor and Pollux|Dioscuri]] on horseback.]]
<blockquote>The Bactrians, involved in various wars, lost not only their rule but also their freedom, as, exhausted by their wars against the Sogdians, the Arachotes, the Dranges, the Arians and the Indians, they were finally crushed, as if drawn of all their blood, by an enemy weaker than them, the Parthians.<ref name="Justin XLI,6"/></blockquote>

Following his victory, Mithridates I gained Bactria's territory west of the [[Hari River, Afghanistan|Arius]], the regions of [[Tapuria]] and [[Greater Khorasan|Traxiane]]: "The satrapy Turiva and that of Aspionus were taken away from Eucratides by the Parthians."<ref name="Strabo 11.11.2"/>

In the year 141 BC, the Greco-Bactrians seem to have entered in an alliance with the Seleucid king [[Demetrius II Nicator|Demetrius II]] to fight again against Parthia:

<blockquote>The people of the Orient welcomed his (Demetrius II's) arrival, partly because of the cruelty of the Arsacid king of the Parthians, partly because, used to the rule of the Macedonians, they disliked the arrogance of this new people. Thus, Demetrius, supported by the Persians, Elymes and Bactrians, routed the Parthians in numerous battles. At the end, deceived by a false peace treaty, he was taken prisoner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.forumromanum.org/literature/justin/texte36.html|title=Justin XXXVI, 1,1|access-date=2006-02-11|archive-date=2005-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051120223706/http://www.forumromanum.org/literature/justin/texte36.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref></blockquote>

The 5th century historian [[Paulus Orosius|Orosius]] reports that Mithridates I managed to occupy territory between the [[Indus]] and the [[Hydaspes]] towards the end of his reign ({{circa|138}} BC, before his kingdom was weakened by his death in 136 BC).{{efn|Mentioned in "Hellenism in ancient India", Banerjee, p 140,{{full citation needed|date=January 2022}} to be taken carefully since Orosius is often rather unreliable in his accounts.}}

[[Heliocles I]] ended up ruling what territory remained. The defeat, both in the west and the east, may have left Bactria very weakened and open to nomadic invasions.

===Nomadic invasions and fall===
[[File:Yuezhi_migrations.jpg|thumb|The migrations of the [[Yuezhi]] through Central Asia, from around 176 BC–AD 30]]
A nomadic steppe people called the [[Yuezhi]] inhabited a region thousands of miles to the east of Bactria on the edges of the [[Han Empire]] called the [[Hexi Corridor]]. Shortly before 176 BC, the [[Xiongnu]] invaded the Hexi Corridor, forcing the Yuezhi to flee the region. In 162 BC the Yuezhi were driven west to the [[Ili River]] valley by the Xiongnu. In 132 they were driven out of the Ili valley by the [[Wusun]]. The surviving Yuezhi migrated again south towards the territory just north of the Oxus River where they encountered and expelled a nomadic steppe nation called [[Sakastan (Sasanian province)|Sakastan]].<ref>{{cite book|last=McLaughlin, Raoul|title=The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes : the Ancient World Economy and the Empires of Parthia, Central Asia and Han China|date=2016|publisher=Pen and Sword|isbn=978-1-4738-8982-8|location=Havertown|oclc=961065049}}</ref>
[[File:MenWithDragons.jpg|thumb|Gold artefacts of the Scythians in Bactria, at the site of [[Tillia tepe]]]]
Around 140 BC, eastern [[Scythians]] (the [[Saka]], or Sacaraucae of Greek sources), apparently being pushed forward by the southward migration of the [[Yuezhi]] started to invade various parts of Parthia and Bactria. Their invasion of Parthia is well documented: they attacked in the direction of the cities of [[Merv]], [[Hecatompolis]] and [[Ecbatana]]. They managed to defeat and kill the Parthian king [[Phraates II]], son of Mithridates I, routing the Greek mercenary troops under his command (troops he had acquired during his victory over [[Antiochus VII]]). Again in 123 BC, Phraates's successor, his uncle [[Artabanus I]], was killed by the Scythians.<ref>"Parthians and Sassanid Persians", Peter Wilcox, p 15 {{full citation needed|date=January 2022}}</ref>

When the [[History of the Han dynasty|Han Chinese]] diplomat [[Zhang Qian]] visited the Yuezhi around 126 BC, trying to obtain their alliance to fight the [[Xiongnu]], he explained that the Yuezhi were settled north of the [[Oxus]] but also held under their sway the territory south of Oxus, which makes up the remainder of Bactria.

According to Zhang Qian, the Yuezhi represented a considerable force of between 100,000 and 200,000 mounted archer warriors,{{efn|"They are a nation of nomads, moving from place to place with their herds, and their customs are like those of the Xiongnu. They have some 100,000 or 200,000 archer warriors ... The Yuezhi originally lived in the area between the [[Qilian Mountains|Qilian]] or Heavenly mountains and [[Dunhuang]], but after they were defeated by the Xiongnu they moved far away to the west, beyond [[Ta-Yuan|Dayuan]], where they attacked and conquered the people of [[Daxia]] (Bactria) and set up the court of their king on the northern bank of the Gui (Oxus) river".<ref>{{cite book|title=[[Records of the Great Historian]]|author=[[Sima Qian]]|translator=Watson, Burton|page=234}}</ref>}} with customs identical to those of the Xiongnu, which would probably have easily defeated Greco-Bactrian forces (in 208 BC when the Greco-Bactrian king [[Euthydemus I]] confronted the invasion of the Seleucid king [[Antiochus III the Great]], he commanded 10,000 horsemen).<ref name="Polybius 10.49, Battle of the Arius"/> Zhang Qian actually visited Bactria (named [[Daxia]] in [[History of Chinese|Chinese]]) in 126 BC, and portrays a country which was totally demoralized and whose political system had vanished, although its urban infrastructure remained:

<blockquote>Daxia (Bactria) is located over 2,000 [[Li (Chinese unit)|li]] southwest of Dayuan, south of the Gui (Oxus) river. Its people cultivate the land and have cities and houses. Their customs are like those of Dayuan. It has no great ruler but only a number of petty chiefs ruling the various cities. The people are poor in the use of arms and afraid of battle, but they are clever at commerce. After the Great Yuezhi moved west and attacked Daxia, the entire country came under their sway. The population of the country is large, numbering some 1,000,000 or more persons. The capital is called the city of Lanshi ([[Bactra]]) and has a market where all sorts of goods are bought and sold. (''[[Records of the Great Historian]]'' by [[Sima Qian]], quoting Zhang Qian, translation by [[Burton Watson]])</blockquote>

The Yuezhi further expanded southward into Bactria around 120 BC, apparently further pushed out by invasions from the northern [[Wusun]]. It seems they also pushed Scythian tribes before them, which continued to India, where they came to be identified as [[Indo-Scythians]].
[[File:Plato Epiphanes.jpg|thumb|Silver coin of [[Plato of Bactria]], wearing a diadem. The reverse shows [[Helios]] on his chariot facing forward. Greek legend reads: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΠΛΑΤΩΝΟΣ, ''Basileōs Epiphanous Platōnos'' – "(of) King Plato the God-Manifest."]]
This invasion of Bactria is also described in western Classical sources from the 1st century BC:

<blockquote>The best known tribes are those who deprived the Greeks of Bactriana, the Asii, Pasiani, [[Tochari]], and Sacarauli, who came from the country on the other side of the [[Jaxartes]], opposite the [[Sakas|Sacae]] and [[Sogdians|Sogdiani]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Strab.+11.8.1|title=Strabo 11-8-1 on the nomadic invasions of Bactria|access-date=2021-02-20|archive-date=2022-11-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119145824/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Strab.+11.8.1&redirect=true|url-status=live}}</ref></blockquote>

Around that time the king [[Heliocles]] abandoned Bactria and moved his capital to the [[Kabul]] valley, from where he ruled his Indian holdings. Apparently there were two other Greco-Bactrian kings preceding Heliocles in the same region and from the same dynasty, named Eucratides II and [[Plato of Bactria|Plato Epiphanes]], the latter probably being a brother of Eucratides I. Since Heliocles left the Bactrian territory, he is technically the last Greco-Bactrian king, although several of his descendants, moving beyond the Hindu Kush, would form the western part of the [[Indo-Greek kingdom]]. The last of these "western" Indo-Greek kings, [[Hermaeus]], would rule until around 70 BC, when the Yuezhi again invaded his territory in the [[Paropamisadae]] (while the "eastern" Indo-Greek kings would continue to rule until around AD 10 in the area of the [[Punjab region]]).
[[File:HelioclesCoin.jpg|thumb|Silver coin of [[Heliocles I|Heliocles]] (r. 150–125 BC), the last Greco-Bactrian king. The reverse shows [[Zeus]] holding thunderbolt and sceptre. Greek legend reads: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ, ''Basileōs Dikaiou Hēliokleous'' – "(of) King Heliocles the Just".]]
Overall, the [[Yuezhi]] remained in Bactria for more than a century. They became Hellenized to some degree, as suggested by their adoption of the Greek alphabet to write their later Iranian court language,{{sfn|Narain|1990|p=153}}<ref>{{harvnb|Beckwith|2009}}, p. 5, footnote 16, as well as pp. 380–383 in appendix B, but also see {{harvnb|Hitch|2010|p=655}}: "He equates the Tokharians with the Yuezhi, and the Wusun with the Asvins, as if these are established facts, and refers to his arguments in appendix B. But these identifications remain controversial, rather than established, for most scholars."</ref> and by numerous remaining coins, minted in the style of the Greco-Bactrian kings, with the text in Greek.

There is evidence for the persistence of Greek populations in Bactria after the collapse of the Greco-Bactrian kingdom. For example, an [[Obol (coin)|obol]] of a previously unknown ruler called Antigonus has been found and it seems he ruled after the kingdom's collapse, as evidenced by the use of a lunate sigma and the lower art quality of the coin, perhaps dating from the end of the 1st century BC. Antigonus might have briefly won a battle against the Yuezhi or the Saka before he was overrun himself.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CNG: Feature Auction CNG 99. BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Uncertain. Early-mid 1st century BC(?). AR Obol (11mm, 0.49 g, 1h).|url=https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=282365|access-date=19 June 2024|website=cngcoins.com}}</ref>

Around 12 BC the Yuezhi then moved further to northern India where they established the [[Kushan Empire]].

==Army==
[[File:Tetradrachm Eukratides I obverse NMAT RN474-1 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Coin showing Eucratides I as a warrior wearing a crested helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear. He also wears a [[diadem]] underneath, while holding a spear in his right hand; obverse.]]
Before the Greek conquest, the armies of Bactria were overwhelmingly composed of cavalry and were well known as effective soldiers, making up large portions of the [[Achaemenid]] cavalry contingents. 2,000 Bactrian horsemen fought at the [[Battle of the Granicus|Granicus]] against Alexander and 9,000 at the [[Battle of Gaugamela]] on the left flank of Darius' army. [[Herodotus]] also mentions the widespread use of chariots among the Bactrians. After Alexander's conquest of Bactria, Bactrian cavalry units served in his army during the [[Indian campaign of Alexander the Great|invasion of India]] and after the Indian campaign, Alexander enlarged his elite [[companion cavalry]] by adding Bactrians, Sogdians and other east Iranian cavalrymen.<ref name="ReferenceA">Nikonorov, Valerii; The Armies of Bactria 700 B.C. – 450 A.D</ref> Both [[Aeschylus]] (The Persians, v. 318) and [[Quintus Curtius Rufus|Curtius]] mention that Bactria was able to field a force of 30,000 horse. Most of these horsemen were lightly armed, using bows and javelins before closing with sword and spear. Herodotus describes the Persian cavalry of Mardonius at the [[Battle of Plataea]] (which included Bactrians) as horse archers (''hippotoxotai''). Bactrian infantry is described by Herodotus as wearing caps in the Median style, short spears and reed [[Scythian]] style bows.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}

Alexander and [[Seleucus I]] both settled [[Ancient Macedonians|Macedonians]] and other Greeks in Bactria, and archeological finds in the region have also attested to a major Macedonian presence, as evidenced by the presence of symbols, style of coinage, and epigraphic names.<ref name="auto">Willy, Clarysse & Thompson, Dorothy. (2007). Two greek texts on skin from hellenistic bactria. 159. 273–279.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The COININDIA Coin Galleries: Greek: Antimachus I (Antimachos I)|url=https://coinindia.com/galleries-antimachus1.html|access-date=20 June 2024|website=coinindia.com}}</ref> Greek garrisons in the satrapy of Bactria were housed in fortresses called ''phrouria'' and at major cities. Military colonists were settled in the countryside and were each given an allotment of land called a ''kleros''. These colonists numbered in the tens of thousands, and were trained in the fashion of the [[Ancient Macedonian army|Macedonian army]]. A Greek army in Bactria during the anti-Macedonian revolt of 323 BC numbered 23,000.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

The army of the Greco-Bactrian kingdom was then a multi-ethnic force with Greek colonists making up large portions of the infantry as pike phalanxes, supported by light infantry units of local Bactrians and mercenary javelin-wielding [[Thureophoroi]].<ref>Nikonorov, Valerii; The Armies of Bactria 700 B.C. – 450 A.D, page 39.</ref> The cavalry arm was very large for a Hellenistic army and composed mostly of native Bactrian, [[Sogdia]]n and other [[Indo-Iranians|Indo-Iranian]] light horsemen. Polybius mentions 10,000 horse at the [[Battle of the Arius]] river in 208 BC. Greco-Bactrian armies also included units of heavily armored [[cataphracts]] and small elite units of [[companion cavalry]]. The third arm of the Greco-Bactrian army was the Indian [[war elephants]], which are depicted in some coins with a tower (''thorakion'') or [[howdah]] housing men armed with bows and javelins. This force grew as the Greco-Bactrian kingdom expanded into India and was widely depicted in Greco-Bactrian coinage. Other units in the Bactrian military included mercenaries or levies from various surrounding peoples such as the [[Scythians]], [[Dahae]], Indians, and [[Parthia]]ns.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}

== Culture and legacy ==
===Greek culture in Bactria===
[[File:Termez Kampyr Tepe (Alexandria Oxiana) end 4th cent BCE-1st cent CE Hellenistic Port model.jpg|thumb|Reconstruction of [[Kampyr Tepe]] ([[Alexandria Oxiana]])]]
Greeks first began settling the region long before Alexander conquered it. The [[Persia]]n Empire had a policy of exiling rebelling Greek communities to that region long before it fell to Greek conquest. Therefore, it had a considerable Greek community that was expanded upon after Macedonian conquest.

The Greco-Bactrians were known for their high level of [[Hellenistic]] sophistication, and kept regular contact with both the [[Mediterranean]] and neighbouring India. They were on friendly terms with India and exchanged ambassadors.

Their cities, such as [[Ai-Khanoum]] in northeastern [[Afghanistan]] (probably [[Alexandria on the Oxus]]), and Bactra (modern [[Balkh]]) where Hellenistic remains have been found, demonstrate a sophisticated Hellenistic urban culture. This site gives a snapshot of Greco-Bactrian culture around 145 BC, as the city was burnt to the ground around that date during nomadic invasions and never re-settled. Ai-Khanoum "has all the hallmarks of a Hellenistic city, with a Greek [[theater]], [[gymnasium (ancient Greece)|gymnasium]] and some Greek houses with colonnaded courtyards" (Boardman). Remains of Classical [[Corinthian order|Corinthian]] columns were found in excavations of the site, as well as various sculptural fragments. In particular a huge foot fragment in excellent Hellenistic style was recovered, which is estimated to have belonged to a 5–6 meter tall statue.

[[File:KineasInscriptionSharp.jpg|thumb|Stone block with the inscriptions of Kineas in Greek. [[Ai Khanoum]].]]
One of the inscriptions in Greek found at Ai-Khanoum, the Herôon of Kineas, has been dated to 300–250 BC, and describes [[Delphic maxims]]:

<blockquote><poem>παῖς ὢν κόσμιος γίνου
ἡβῶν ἐγκρατής
μέσος δίκαιος
πρεσβύτης εὔβουλος
τελευτῶν ἄλυπος

As children, learn good manners.
As young men, learn to control the passions.
In middle age, be just.
In old age, give good advice.
Then die, without regret.</poem></blockquote>

Many other Greco-Bactrian cities have been identified, for example [[Alexandria Eschate]] (in modern [[Tajikistan]]), [[Eucratideia]], and another city named Amphipolis. The latter being a previously unknown city which was mentioned on a Bactrian document and was clearly named after [[Amphipolis]] in ancient Macedonia.<ref name="auto"/> Excavated cities include Kampir Tepe in [[Uzbekistan]], as well as [[Saksanokhur]] and Takht-i Sangin in Tajikistan (archaeological searches by a Soviet team under B.A. Litvinski),<ref name="Litvin-Pichik-1994" /> or in [[Dal'verzin Tepe]].

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File:HeraklesStatuette.jpg|Bronze [[Heracles]] statuette. Ai Khanoum. 2nd century BC.
File:Philosopher2.JPG|Sculpture of an old man, possibly a philosopher. Ai Khanoum, 2nd century BC.
File:ManWithChlamys5.jpg|Frieze of a naked man wearing a [[chlamys]]. Ai Khanoum, 2nd century BC.
File:GorgoyleSharp.jpg|Gargoyle in the form of a Greek comic mask. Ai Khanoum, 2nd century BC.
File:AiKhanoumPlateSharp.jpg|Plate depicting [[Cybele]] pulled by lions. Ai Khanoum.
File:Ai-Khanoum mosaic.jpg|Mosaic depicting the [[Vergina Sun|Macedonian sun]], Ai Khanoum, 2nd century BC.
File:Ai Khanoum Portrait of a man, found in the administrative palace.jpg|Portrait of a man, found in the administrative palace, 2nd century BC.
File:Bactrian tax receipt.jpg|A Bactrian tax receipt written in Greek mentioning the kings Antimachus I, Eumenes and perhaps Antimachus II, 2nd century BC.
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====Takht-i Sangin====
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Takht-i Sangin ([[Tajik language|Tajik]]: "Throne of Stone") is an archaeological site located near the confluence of the [[Vakhsh River|Vakhsh]] and [[Panj]] rivers, the source of the [[Amu Darya]], in southern [[Tajikistan]]. During the [[Hellenistic period]] it was a city of the Greco-Bactrian kingdom with a large temple dedicated to the [[Oxus]] (Vakhsh river), which remained in use in the following [[Kushan Empire|Kushan]] period, until the third century AD. The site may have been the source of the [[Oxus Treasure]].{{sfn|Holt|1989|p=43}}

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File:Ionic pillar, cella of the Temple of the Oxus, Takht-i Sangin, late 4th - early 3rd century BCE.jpg|Ionic pillar, cella of the Temple of the Oxus, Takht-i Sangin, late 4th – early 3rd century BCE.<ref name=Litvin-Pichik-1994>{{cite journal|last1=Litvinskii|first1=B.A.|last2=Pichikian|first2=I.R.|title=The Hellenistic architecture and art of the Temple of the Oxus|journal=Bulletin of the Asia Institute|year=1994|volume=8|pages=47–66|jstor=24048765|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/24048765.pdf|issn=0890-4464}}</ref>
File:Head of a Greco-Bactrian ruler, Temple of the Oxus, Takht-i-Sangin, 3rd-2nd century BCE.jpg|Head of a [[Greco-Bactrian]] ruler with diadem, Temple of the Oxus, [[Takht-i Sangin]], 3rd–2nd century BCE. This could also be a portrait of [[Seleucus I Nicator|Seleucus I]].<ref name="OB27">{{cite journal|last1=Bopearachchi|first1=Osmund|title=A faience head of a Graeco-Bactrian king from Ai Khanum|journal=Bulletin of the Asia Institute|date=1998|volume=12|page=27|jstor=24049090|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24049090|issn=0890-4464}}</ref>
File:Altar to God Oxus, with Marsias playing the aolos, Temple of the Oxus, Takht-i Sangin, dated 2nd century BCE.jpg|Hellenistic silenus [[Marsyas]] from Takhti Sangin, with dedication in Greek to the god of the Oxus, by "Atrosokes" (a Bactrian name). Temple of the Oxus, Takht-i Sangin, 200–150 BCE. [[Tajikistan National Museum]].<ref name=Litvin-Pichik-1994/><ref name="RW2011">{{cite journal|last1=Wood|first1=Rachel|title=Cultural convergence in Bactria: the votives from the Temple of the Oxus at Takht-i Sangin, in "From Pella to Gandhara"|journal=In A. Kouremenos, S. Chandrasekaran & R. Rossi ed. 'From Pella to Gandhara: Hybridization and Identity in the Art and Architecture of the Hellenistic East'|date=2011|publisher=Archaeopress|location=Oxford|pages=141–151|url=https://www.academia.edu/3850105}}</ref>
File:Alexander-Herakles head, Takht-i Sangin, Temple of the Oxus, 3rd century BCE.jpg|Alexander-Heracles head, Takht-i Sangin, Temple of the Oxus, 3rd century BCE.<ref name=Litvin-Pichik-1994/>
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=== Coinage ===
Some of the Greco-Bactrian coins, and those of their successors the Indo-Greeks, are considered the finest examples of Greek numismatic art with "a nice blend of realism and idealization", including the largest coins to be minted in the Hellenistic world: the largest gold coin was minted by [[Eucratides I|Eucratides]] (reigned 171–145 BC), the largest silver coin by the Indo-Greek king [[Amyntas Nicator]] (reigned c. 95–90 BC). The portraits "show a degree of individuality never matched by the often bland depictions of their royal contemporaries further West" (Roger Ling, "Greece and the Hellenistic World").

[[File:Antimachos I.jpg|thumb|Coin of king [[Antimachus I]] wearing a Macedonian kausia hat. His portrait is oftentimes shown possessing a slight smile, as in this example.]]

Such portraits show high levels of detail with some kings seen smiling, while others are shown aging throughout their reign, even depicting old age on their coins. Such realistic imagery on coins seems to have been very important to the Greco-Bactrian kings, who wanted to display their individuality or to distinguish themselves from the style of other contemporary Hellenistic kingdoms.<ref>{{Cite web|date=20 October 2016|title=NGC Ancient Coins: Unusual Bactrian Portraits|url=https://coinweek.com/ngc-ancients-unusual-bactrian-portraits/|access-date=10 July 2024|website=CoinWeek: Rare Coin, Currency, and Bullion News for Collectors|publisher=Numismatic Guaranty Company}}</ref>

Greco-Bactrian coins also depict the kings wearing distinct headgear, such as helmets modelled on the [[Boeotian helmet|Boeotian]] cavalry helmet of [[Alexander the Great]], or the Macedonian [[kausia]]. This is unique to the Greco-Bactrian kings, who first featured such designs on their coins as other Hellenistic rulers are shown to only wear the diadem.<ref>{{Cite web|title=EMPIRES OF MYSTERY: Collecting Greco-Baktrian Coins by David S. Michaels|url=https://issuu.com/cngcoins/docs/cng_cnr_2022-01/s/14508358|access-date=10 July 2024|website=Issuu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Eucratides {{!}} King of Bactria & Greco-Bactrian Empire {{!}} Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eucratides|access-date=10 July 2024|website=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref> As such the Greco-Bactrians are especially known for their innovative coinage designs. Further examples include the use of different metal alloys for their coins and the issue of bilingual coinage, using Greek on the obverse and an Indian language (such as [[Pali]]) in the [[Kharosthi|Kharoshti]] or [[Brahmi script|Brahmi]] scripts on the reverse. Local Indian symbols and deities are also depicted, i.e. Buddhist symbols and some Hindu deities (see Influence on Indian art subsection below). This syncretic design was first introduced after king Demetrius I of Bactria conquered areas of the Indian subcontinent between 190 and 180 BC, with king [[Pantaleon]] being the first to issue coins of the Indian standard, when the Greeks truly started ruling over Indian populations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The COININDIA Coin Galleries: Greek: Pantaleon|url=https://coinindia.com/galleries-pantaleon.html|access-date=10 July 2024|website=coinindia.com}}</ref>

===Contacts with Han China===
To the north, Euthydemus also ruled [[Sogdiana]] and [[Fergana Valley|Ferghana]], and there are indications that from [[Alexandria Eschate]] the Greco-Bactrians may have led expeditions as far as [[Kashgar]] and [[Ürümqi]] in [[Xinjiang]], leading to the first known contacts between China and the West around 220 BC. The Greek historian [[Strabo]] too writes that: "they extended their empire even as far as the [[Serica|Seres]] (Chinese) and the [[Phryni]]". ([[Strabo]], XI.XI.I).<ref name="Strabo XI.XI.I"/>[[File:Bronze Warrior Statue without shade.jpg|thumb|Possible statuette of a Greek hoplite, wearing a version of the Greek [[Phrygian helmet]], from a 3rd-century BC burial site north of the [[Tian Shan]], [[Xinjiang Region Museum]], [[Ürümqi]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Betts|first1=Alison|last2=Vicziany|first2=Marika|last3=Jia|first3=Peter Weiming|last4=Castro|first4=Angelo Andrea Di|title=The Cultures of Ancient Xinjiang, Western China: Crossroads of the Silk Roads|date=19 December 2019|publisher=Archaeopress Publishing Ltd|isbn=978-1-78969-407-9|page=103|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rxUSEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA103}}</ref>|280x280px]]Several statuettes and representations of Greek soldiers have been found north of the [[Tian Shan]], on the doorstep to China, and are today on display in the [[Xinjiang]] museum at [[Ürümqi]] (Boardman).{{efn|On the image of the Greek kneeling warrior: "A bronze figurine of a kneeling warrior, not Greek work, but wearing a version of the Greek Phrygian helmet ... From a burial, said to be of the 4th century BC, just north of the Tien Shan range".<ref>Ürümqi Xinjiang Museum. (Boardman "The diffusion of Classical Art in Antiquity"){{full citation needed|date=January 2022}}</ref>}} Middle Eastern or Greek influences on Chinese art have also been suggested ([[Friedrich Hirth|Hirth]], [[Rostovtzeff]]). Designs with [[rosette (design)|rosette]] flowers, geometric lines, [[Meander (art)|meanders]] and glass inlays, suggestive of Egyptian, Persian, and/or Hellenistic influences,{{efn|Notice of the British Museum on the Zhou vase (2005, attached image): "Red earthenware bowl, decorated with a slip and inlaid with glass paste. Eastern Zhou period, 4th–3rd century BC. This bowl may have intended to copy a possibly foreign vessel in bronze or even silver. Glass has been both imported from the Near East and produced domestically by the Zhou States since the 5th century BC."}} can be found on some early [[Han dynasty]] bronze mirrors.{{efn|"The things which China received from the Graeco-Iranian world-the pomegranate and other "Chang-Kien" plants, the heavy equipment of the cataphract, the traces of Greeks influence on Han art (such as) the famous white bronze mirror of the Han period with Graeco-Bactrian designs ... in the Victoria and Albert Museum"<ref>Tarn, ''The Greeks in Bactria and India'', pp. 363–364{{full citation needed|date=January 2022}}</ref> Its popularity at the end of the Eastern Zhou period may have been due to foreign influence."{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} }}

Some speculate that Greek influence is found in the artworks of the burial site of China's first Emperor [[Qin Shi Huang]], dating back to the 3rd century BC, including in the manufacture of the famous [[Terracotta Army]]. This idea suggested that Greek artists may have come to China at that time to train local artisans in making sculptures<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37624943|title=BBC Western contact with China began long before Marco Polo, experts say|publisher=BBC News|date=12 October 2016|access-date=21 June 2018|archive-date=16 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316221530/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37624943|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161011006769/en/Mausoleum-China%E2%80%99s-Emperor-Partners-BBC-National-Geographic|title=The mausoleum of China's first emperor partners with the BBC and National Geographic Channel to reveal groundbreaking evidence that China was in contact with the west during the reign of the first emperor|date=12 October 2016|access-date=12 October 2016|archive-date=16 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216223830/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161011006769/en/Mausoleum-China%E2%80%99s-Emperor-Partners-BBC-National-Geographic|url-status=live}}</ref> However, this idea is disputed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livescience.com/56939-china-terracotta-warriors-stir-controversy.html|title=Why China's terracotta warriors are stirring controversy|website=[[Live Science]]|date=20 November 2016}}</ref>

[[Numismatics]] also suggest that some technology exchanges may have occurred on these occasions: the Greco-Bactrians were the first in the world to issue [[cupro-nickel]] (75:25 ratio) coins,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dougsmith.ancients.info/feac58bak.html|title=Copper-Nickel coinage in Greco-Bactria|access-date=30 October 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050306233802/http://dougsmith.ancients.info/feac58bak.html|archive-date=6 March 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref> an alloy technology only known by the Chinese at the time under the name "White copper" (some weapons from the [[Warring States period]] were in copper-nickel alloy).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/English/e20026/images/t20026/p581.jpg|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120527042518/http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/English/e20026/images/t20026/p581.jpg|title=A halberd of copper-nickel alloy, from the Warring States Period.|archive-date=27 May 2012}}</ref> The practice of exporting Chinese metals, in particular iron, for trade is attested around that period. Kings Euthydemus I, Euthydemus II, [[Agathocles of Bactria|Agathocles]] and [[Pantaleon]] made these coin issues around 170 BC. An alternative suggestion is that the metal in the coinage derived from a mine where a cupro-nickel alloy occurred naturally, perhaps [[Anarak]] in eastern [[Iran]].<ref>A.A. Moss pp 317–318 ''Numismatic Chronicle'' 1950</ref> Copper-nickel would not be used again in coinage until the 19th century.

The presence of Chinese people in India from ancient times is also suggested by the accounts of the "[[Chinas|Ciñas]]" in the ''[[Mahabharata]]'' and the ''[[Manu Smriti]]''. When the famous [[Han dynasty]] explorer and ambassador [[Zhang Qian]] visited Bactria in approximately 126 BC, he reported the presence of Chinese products in the Bactrian markets:

<blockquote>"When I was in Bactria ([[Daxia]])", Zhang Qian reported, "I saw bamboo canes from [[Xichang|Qiong]] and [[Sichuan embroidery|cloth made]] in the [[Sichuan|province of Shu]] (territories of southwestern China). When I asked the people how they had gotten such articles, they replied, "Our merchants go buy them in the markets of Shendu (India)."
:— ''[[Shiji]]'' 123, [[Sima Qian]], translation by Burton Watson).</blockquote>

[[File:Asia 200bc.jpg|thumb|Map of Asia in c. 200 BC showing the [[Han dynasty]], the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, the [[Maurya Empire]] and the [[Yuezhi]].|280x280px]]

The purpose of Zhang Qian's journey was to look for civilizations on the steppe that the Han could ally with against the Xiongnu. Upon his return, Zhang Qian informed the Chinese emperor Han [[Emperor Wu of Han China|Wudi]] of the level of sophistication of the urban civilizations of Ferghana, Bactria and Parthia, who became interested in developing commercial relationships with them:

<blockquote>The Son of Heaven on hearing all this reasoned thus: [[Ferghana]] ([[Dayuan]]) and the possessions of [[Bactria]] ([[Daxia]]) and [[Parthia]] (Anxi) are large countries, full of rare things, with a population living in fixed abodes and given to occupations somewhat identical with those of the Chinese people, and placing great value on the rich produce of China. (''[[Hanshu]]'', Former Han History).</blockquote>

A number of Chinese envoys were then sent to Central Asia, triggering the development of the [[Silk Road]] from the end of the 2nd century BC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18006|title=C.Michael Hogan, ''Silk Road, North China'', Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham|access-date=20 February 2008|archive-date=2 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002140921/http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18006|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Contacts with the Indian subcontinent (250–180 BC)===
The Indian emperor [[Chandragupta Maurya|Chandragupta]], founder of the [[Maurya Empire]], conquered the northwestern subcontinent upon the death of [[Alexander the Great]] around 323 BC. However, contacts were kept with his Greek neighbours in the [[Seleucid Empire]], a dynastic alliance or the recognition of intermarriage between Greeks and Indians were established (described as an agreement on [[Epigamia]] in Ancient sources), and several Greeks, such as the historian [[Megasthenes]], resided at the Mauryan court. Subsequently, each Mauryan emperor had a Greek ambassador at his court.

[[File:AsokaKandahar.jpg|thumb|[[Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscription]] of [[Ashoka]] (in [[Greek language|Greek]] and [[Aramaic]]), found in [[Kandahar]]. {{Circa|250}} BC, [[Kabul]] Museum.]]

Chandragupta's grandson [[Ashoka]] converted to the Buddhist faith and became a great proselytizer in the line of the traditional Pali canon of [[Theravada]] Buddhism, directing his efforts towards the Indo-Iranic and the Hellenistic worlds from around 250 BC. According to the [[Edicts of Ashoka]], set in stone, some of them written in Greek, he sent Buddhist emissaries to the Greek lands in Asia and as far as the Mediterranean. The edicts name each of the rulers of the [[Hellenistic civilization|Hellenistic]] world at the time.

<blockquote>The conquest by [[Dharma]] has been won here, on the borders, and even six hundred [[yojana]]s (4,000 miles) away, where the Greek king [[Antiochus II Theos|Antiochos]] rules, beyond there where the four kings named [[Ptolemy II Philadelphus|Ptolemy]], [[Antigonus II Gonatas|Antigonos]], [[Magas of Cyrene|Magas]] and [[Alexander II of Epirus|Alexander]] rule, likewise in the south among the [[Chola]]s, the [[Pandya]]s, and as far as [[Tamraparni]]. ([[Edicts of Ashoka]], 13th Rock Edict, S. Dhammika).</blockquote>

Some of the Greek populations that had remained in northwestern India apparently converted to Buddhism:

<blockquote>Here in the king's domain among the Greeks, the [[Kambojas]], the Nabhakas, the Nabhapamkits, the Bhojas, the Pitinikas, the [[Satavahanas|Andhras]] and the Palidas, everywhere people are following Beloved-of-the-Gods' instructions in [[Dharma]]. ([[Edicts of Ashoka]], 13th Rock Edict, S. Dhammika).</blockquote>

Furthermore, according to [[Pali]] sources, some of Ashoka's emissaries were Greek Buddhist monks, indicating close religious exchanges between the two cultures:

<blockquote>When the {{Transliteration|pi|thera}} (elder) Moggaliputta, the illuminator of the religion of the Conqueror (Ashoka), had brought the (third) council to an end ... he sent forth theras, one here and one there: ... and to Aparantaka (the "Western countries" corresponding to [[Gujarat]] and [[Sindh]]) he sent the Greek ([[Yona]]) named [[Dharmaraksita|Dhammarakkhita]] ... and the {{Transliteration|pi|thera}} Maharakkhita he sent into the country of the Yona. ([[Mahavamsa]], XII).</blockquote>

Greco-Bactrians probably received these Buddhist emissaries (at least Maharakkhita, lit. "The Great Saved One", who was "sent to the country of the Yona") and somehow tolerated the Buddhist faith, although little proof remains. In the 2nd century AD, the Christian dogmatist [[Clement of Alexandria]] recognized the existence of Buddhist [[Sramana]]s among the Bactrians ("Bactrians" meaning "Oriental Greeks" in that period), and even their influence on Greek thought:

<blockquote>Thus philosophy, a thing of the highest utility, flourished in antiquity among the barbarians, shedding its light over the nations. And afterwards it came to Greece. First in its ranks were the prophets of the [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptians]]; and the [[Magic (supernatural)#Mesopotamia|Chaldeans]] among the [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]];<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Viglas|first1=Katelis|title=Chaldean and Neo-Platonic Theology|journal=Philosophia e-Journal of Philosophy and Culture|date=2016|issue=14|pages=171–189|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311924083|quote=The name "Chaldeans" refers generally to the [[Chaldea]]n people who lived in the land of [[Babylonia]], and especially to the Chaldean "magi" of Babylon. ... The "Chaldeans" were the guardians of the sacred science: The astrological knowledge and the divination mixed with religion and magic. They were considered the last representatives of the Babylonian sages. ... In Classical Antiquity, the name "Chaldeans" primarily stood for the priests of the Babylonian temples. In Hellenistic times, the term "Chaldeos" was synonymous with the words "mathematician" and "astrologer". ... The [[Neoplatonism|Neo-Platonists]] connected the [[Chaldean Oracles]] with the ancient Chaldeans, obtaining a prestige coming from the East and legitimizing their existence as bearers and successors of an ancient tradition.}}</ref> and the [[Druids]] among the [[Gauls]]; and the '''[[Sramana]]s''' among the [[Bactrians]] ("{{lang|grc-x-patris|Σαρμαναίοι Βάκτρων}}"); and the philosophers of the [[Celts]]; and the [[Magi]] of the [[Persian people|Persians]], who foretold the Saviour's birth, and came into the land of [[Judea]] guided by a star. The Indian [[gymnosophist]]s are also in the number, and the other barbarian philosophers. And of these there are two classes, some of them called '''[[Sramana]]s''' ("{{lang|grc-x-patris|Σαρμάναι}}"), and others [[Brahmins]] ("{{lang|grc-x-patris|Βραφμαναι}}").<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/clement-stromata-book1.html|title=Clement of Alexandria "The Stromata, or Miscellanies" Book I, Chapter XV|access-date=2005-12-18|archive-date=2010-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100510193118/http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/clement-stromata-book1.html|url-status=live}}</ref></blockquote>

====Influence on Indian art during the 3rd century BC====
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[[File:Rampurva bull capital detail.jpg|thumb|One of the Hellenistic-inspired "[[flame palmette]]s" and [[List of plants known as lotus|lotus]] designs, which may have been transmitted through Ai-Khanoum. [[Rampurva|Rampurva bull capital]], India, circa 250 BC.]]

The Greco-Bactrian city of [[Ai-Khanoum]], being located at the doorstep of India, interacting with the Indian subcontinent, and having a rich Hellenistic culture, was in a unique position to influence Indian culture as well. It is considered that Ai-Khanoum may have been one of the primary actors in transmitting Western artistic influence to India, for example in the creation of the [[Pillars of Ashoka]] or the manufacture of the quasi-Ionic [[Pataliputra capital]], all of which were posterior to the establishment of Ai-Khanoum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24049089|title=John Boardman, "The Origins of Indian Stone Architecture", p.15|jstor=24049089|access-date=31 August 2017|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202062456/http://www.jstor.org/stable/24049089|url-status=live}}</ref>

The scope of adoption goes from designs such as the [[bead and reel]] pattern, the central [[flame palmette]] design and a variety of other [[molding (decorative)|molding]]s, to the lifelike rendering of animal sculpture and the design and function of the Ionic [[anta capital]] in the palace of [[Pataliputra]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24049089|title=John Boardman, "The Origins of Indian Stone Architecture", p.13-22|jstor=24049089|access-date=31 August 2017|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202062456/http://www.jstor.org/stable/24049089|url-status=live}}</ref>

====First visual representations of Indian deities====
[[File:Coin of the Bactrian King Agathokles.jpg|thumb|Coin of [[Agathocles of Bactria|Agathocles]] showing Indian deities. Obverse with Greek legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ, ''Basileōs Agathokleous'', "(of) King Agathocles". Reverse with [[Brahmi script|Brahmi]] legend: 𑀭𑀚𑀦𑁂 𑀅𑀕𑀣𑀼𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀮𑁂𑀬𑁂𑀲, ''Rajane Agathuklayesa'', "King Agathocles".]]

One of the last Greco-Bactrian kings, [[Agathocles of Bactria]] (ruled 190–180 BC), issued remarkable Indian-standard square coins bearing the first known representations of Indian deities, which have been variously interpreted as [[Vishnu]], [[Shiva]], [[Vasudeva]], [[Buddha]] or [[Balarama]]. Altogether, six such Indian-standard silver [[Ancient drachma|drachmas]] in the name of Agathocles were discovered at Ai-Khanoum in 1970.<ref>Frank Lee Holt, (1988), ''Alexander the Great and Bactria: The formation of a Greek frontier in central Asia'', Brill Archive p. 2 [https://books.google.com/books?id=VSA4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA2]</ref><ref name="books.google.fr">Iconography of Balarāma, Nilakanth Purushottam Joshi, Abhinav Publications, 1979, p.22 [https://books.google.com/books?id=5vd-lKzyFg0C&pg=PA22]</ref><ref name="The Hellenistic World 2016, p.101">Peter Thonemann, (2016), ''The Hellenistic World: Using coins as sources'', Cambridge University Press, p. 101 [https://books.google.com/books?id=kMLrCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA101]</ref> These coins seem to be the first known representations of [[Rigvedic deities|Vedic deities]] on coins, and they display early [[Avatar]]s of [[Vishnu]]: [[Balarama]]-[[Shesha|Sankarshana]] with attributes consisting of the [[Gada (mace)|Gada]] mace and the [[plow]], and [[Vasudeva]]-[[Krishna]] with the [[Vishnu]] attributes of the [[Shankha]] (a pear-shaped case or conch) and the [[Sudarshana Chakra]] wheel.<ref name="books.google.fr"/> Some other coins by Agathocles are also thought to represent the [[Buddhist]] lion and the Indian goddess [[Lakshmi]], consort of [[Vishnu]].<ref name="The Hellenistic World 2016, p.101"/> The Indian coinage of Agathocles is few but spectacular. These coins at least demonstrate the readiness of Greek kings to represent deities of foreign origin. The dedication of a Greek envoy to the cult of [[Garuda]] at the [[Heliodorus pillar]] in [[Besnagar]] could also be indicative of some level of religious [[syncretism]].

=== Legacy in Central Asia and South Asia ===
[[File:Agathokles commemorative coin for Alexander the Great.jpg|thumb|303x303px|Commemorative coin of [[Agathocles of Bactria]] (reigned 190–180 BC), for Alexander the Great. The obverse shows Alexander as Heracles, with the Greek inscription: ΑΛΕΧΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, ''Alexandrou tou Philippou'', "Of Alexander, son of [[Philip II of Macedon|Philip]]". The reverse shows seated [[Zeus|Zeus Aëtophoros]], and Greek inscription: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΟΝΤΟΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ, ''Basileuontos Dikaiou Agathokleous'', "During the reign of Agathocles the Just".]]
Overall, the Greco-Bactrians and their successors the Indo-Greeks, created a significant and influential civilisation in the region. During their 250-year-long rule, and with their highly developed Hellenistic tradition, they firmly established the Greek language and religious ideas in both Central Asia and [[Indian subcontinent|northwestern India]]. The Greek language and writing was so prominent in Bactria in particular, that the invading tribes who settled in the region adopted the [[Greek alphabet]] to write their own language.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sims-Williams |first=Nicholas |date=1997 |title=New Findings in Ancient Afghanistan – the Bactrian documents discovered from the Northern Hindu-Kush |url=http://www.gengo.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~hkum/bactrian.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610192252/http://www.gengo.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~hkum/bactrian.html |archive-date=10 June 2007}}</ref> The [[Bactrian language]] used in the region of modern-day Afghanistan continued to be written in the Greek script until the 9th century AD (nearly 1,000 years after the fall of the Greco-Bactrian kingdom). These tribes also heavily incorporated the [[Greek gods]] into their own religion and art.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dani |first1=A. H. |last2=Asimov |first2=M. S. |last3=Litvinsky |first3=B. A. |last4=Zhang |first4=Guang-da |last5=Samghabadi |first5=R. Shabani |last6=Bosworth |first6=C. E. |title=History of Civilizations of Central Asia: The Development of Sedentary and Nomadic Civilizations, 700 B. C. to A |date=1 January 1994 |publisher=UNESCO |isbn=978-92-3-102846-5 |page=321 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9U6RlVVjpakC&pg=PA321 |language=en}}</ref> The [[Indo-Scythians]], [[Indo-Parthian kingdom|Indo-Parthians]] and the [[Yuezhi]] (who later became the [[Kushan Empire|Kushans]]), extensively copied the coin designs of the Greco-Bactrians (and the Indo-Greeks), but eventually this gave way to more diverse coin designs by the 1st century AD.

To the south, in the region of [[Arachosia]], which was later controlled by the Indo-Greek kings, there is also evidence of persistence of Greek cities and language. For example, in his 1st-century AD ''Parthian stations'' itinerary, [[Isidore of Charax]] describes an "[[Alexandria Arachosia|Alexandropolis]], the metropolis of Arachosia", which he said was still Greek even at such a late time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Parthian Stations |url=https://www.parthia.com/doc/parthian_stations.htm#PARTHIAN_STATIONS |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250214224558/https://parthia.com/doc/parthian_stations.htm |archive-date=14 February 2025 |access-date=7 March 2025 |website=www.parthia.com |language=en}}</ref> The [[Kandahar Sophytos Inscription|Kandahar Sophytos inscription]] from the same city, shows a real refinement of Greek language and culture so far east, and was likely written by a native man who had mastered the Greek language.<ref name="Mair">The Muse at Play: Riddles and Wordplay in Greek and Latin Poetry, Jan Kwapisz, David Petrain, Mikolaj Szymanski, Walter de Gruyter, 2013, p.284-287 [https://books.google.com/books?id=G1qXOcPy-dYC&pg=PA284]</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wallace |first=S. |date=2016 |title=Greek Culture in Afghanistan and India: Old Evidence and New Discoveries |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26776786 |journal=Greece & Rome |volume=63 |issue=2 |pages=205–226 |jstor=26776786 }}</ref> The Greco-Bactrians and especially the Indo-Greeks were highly influential in the creation of syncretic artistic movements in India. The most important example being the [[Greco-Buddhist art]] of [[Gandhara]] found in the region of modern-day Pakistan and Afghanistan, which includes designs such as the ornate [[Indo-Corinthian capital]]s, and the drapery of Buddhist clothing, with some elements later spreading as far as Pataliputra in India.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Boardman |first=J. |date=1998 |title=Reflections on the Origins of Indian Stone Architecture |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/24049089 |journal=Bulletin of the Asia Institute |volume=12 |pages=13–22 |jstor=24049089 }}</ref>

==List of Greco-Bactrian kings==
The below table lists the known Greek rulers of Bactria, along with their dates and titles or epithets.

{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center; border: none; background: #F8F9FA;"
|+ {{resize|115%| Greco-Bactrian Kings}} {{resize|85%|(c. 255 BC–130 BC)}}
|-
! style="background: #EAECF0;"| Reign (approx.) !! style="background: #EAECF0;"| King !! style="background: #EAECF0;"| Title
|-
| style="width: 100px;" | 255–239 BC || style="width: 200px;" | [[Diodotus I]] || style="width: 120px;" | [[Soter]]
|-
| 239–223 BC || [[Diodotus II]] || Theos
|-
| 230–200 BC || [[Euthydemus I]] || Theos
|-
|200–180 BC|| [[Demetrius I of Bactria|Demetrius I]] || [[Anicetus (disambiguation)|Anicetus]]
|-
|200–180 BC|| [[Pantaleon]] || [[Soter]]
|-
|190–180 BC|| [[Agathocles of Bactria|Agathocles]] || [[Dikaios]]
|-
|185–180 BC|| [[Euthydemus II]] || {{sdash}}
|-
|180–170 BC || [[Antimachus I]] || Theos
|-
|180–160 BC || [[Apollodotus I]] || [[Soter]]
|-
|175–160 BC || [[Demetrius II of India|Demetrius II]] || {{sdash}}
|-
|171–145 BC || [[Eucratides I]] || Megas
|-
|145–140 BC || [[Plato of Bactria|Plato]]|| [[Epiphanes (disambiguation)|Epiphanes]]
|-
|145–140 BC || [[Eucratides II]]|| [[Soter]]
|-
|140–130 BC || [[Heliocles I]] || [[Dikaios]]
|}

Dates that overlap show that multiple kings ruled at the same time, but in different regions whose exact details are not known very well. For example, Apollodotus I likely ruled areas south of Bactria and the Indian subcontinent while Antimachus I ruled in Bactria.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The COININDIA Coin Galleries: Greek: Apollodotus I (Apollodotos I)|url=https://coinindia.com/galleries-apollodotus1.html|access-date=29 June 2024|website=coinindia.com}}</ref> Eucratides II and Heliocles I would have each ruled smaller parts of southern Bactria.

==See also==
* [[Greco-Buddhism]]
* [[Indo-Greek Kingdom]]
* [[Indo-Scythians]]
* [[Ptolemaic Kingdom]]
* [[Seleucid Empire]]
* [[Yuezhi]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
* {{cite book|last=Beckwith|first=Christopher I.|author-link=Christopher I. Beckwith|year=2009|title=Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Ue8BxLEMt4C|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-1-4008-2994-1}}
* Boardman, John (1994). ''The Diffusion of Classical Art in Antiquity''. Princeton University Press. {{ISBN|0-691-03680-2}}.
* Boardman, John, Jasper Griffin, and Oswyn Murray (2001). ''The Oxford Illustrated History of Greece and the Hellenistic World''. Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-19-285438-4}}.
* [[Bopearachchi]], Osmund (1991). ''Monnaies Gréco-Bactriennes et Indo-Grecques, Catalogue Raisonné''. [[Bibliothèque Nationale]] de France, {{ISBN|2-7177-1825-7}}.
* Bopearachchi, Osmund and Christine Sachs (2003). ''De l'Indus à l'Oxus, Archéologie de l'Asie Centrale: catalogue de l'exposition''. {{ISBN|2-9516679-2-2}}.
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* {{cite book|last1=Holt|first1=F. L.|title=Alexander the Great and Bactria: The Formation of a Greek Frontier in Central Asia: 2nd Edition|date=1989|publisher=Brill|location=Leiden|isbn=90-04-08612-9}}
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* {{cite book|last=Narain|first=A. K.|author-link=A. K. Narain|year=1990|chapter=Indo-Europeans in Central Asia|editor-last=Sinor|editor-first=Denis|editor-link=Denis Sinor|title=The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia|title-link=The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia|volume=1|publisher=Cambridge University Press|pages=151–177|isbn=978-1-139-05489-8|doi=10.1017/CHOL9780521243049.007}}
* Puri, B. N. (2000). ''Buddhism in Central Asia''. Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi. {{ISBN|81-208-0372-8}}.
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* Watson, Burton, trans. (1993). ''Records of the Great Historian: Han Dynasty II'', by [[Sima Qian]]. Columbia University Press. {{ISBN|0-231-08167-7}}.

==External links==
{{commons category|Greco-Bactrian Kingdom}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101119151504/http://ancientopedia.com/article/163/ Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek Kingdoms in Ancient Texts]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101119151809/http://ancientopedia.com/article/164/ Some new hypotheses on the Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek kingdoms] by Antoine Simonin
* [http://coinindia.com/index-greek.html Catalogue of Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coins]

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Elavarasi P. Jayakanth

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'''Elavarasi P Jayakanth''' is an Indian woman entrepreneur based in [[Thrissur]], [[Kerala]].<ref name="auto">{{cite web | title=सबकुछ हो गया था चोरी, महिला ने 100 रुपये में फिर से खड़ा किया सारा बिजनेस | url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/viral/life-hacks/meet-elavarasi-jayakanth-she-rebuild-her-business-with-100-rupess/articleshow/87430116.cms }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Thrissur woman rebuilds chips business after robbery left her with Rs 100 | date=15 January 2021 | url=https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/thrissur-woman-rebuilds-chips-business-after-robbery-left-her-with-rs/707548 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=കൈപുണ്യത്തിന്‍റെ രുചി വൈവിധ്യവുമായി ഇളവരശി | Madhyamam | date=14 January 2022 | url=https://www.madhyamam.com/kerala/local-news/malappuram/--909516 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=കൈപുണ്യത്തിന്റെ രുചി വൈവിധ്യവുമായി ഇളവരശി | I&PRD : Official Website of Information Public Relations Department of Kerala | url=https://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/ml/node/156769 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Kerala Woman Rebuilds Chips Business from Scratch after Losing All in Robbery, One Stall a Time | url=https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/kerala-woman-rebuilds-chips-business-from-scratch-after-losing-all-in-robbery-one-stall-a-time-3288032.html }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=ഇളവരശിയുടെ രുചിക്കൂട്ടുകൾ | Food Tasty of eleverassi | Madhyamam | date=19 June 2022 | url=https://www.madhyamam.com/food/chef/tasty-food-of-eleverassi-1030239 }}</ref>

==Early life ==
Elavarasi P Jayakanth was born in 1978 in [[Usilampatti]] [[Madurai district|Madurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]] as the seventh child of street vendors Periyakaruppa Thevar & Pappathy, her family later moved to [[Thrissur]], [[Kerala]].

From a young age, she had many responsibilities and worked even while going to school.<ref>{{cite web | title=വീടുകള്‍ തോറും മുറുക്ക് വിറ്റു നടന്ന പെരിയ കറുപ്പന്‍ കൈമാറിയ രഹസ്യം; അതാണ് ഇളവരശിയുടെ കരുത്ത് | date=6 April 2019 | url=https://malayalam.thebetterindia.com/1963/kerala-woman-entrepreneur-wins-international-awards-for-her-healthy-snack-chain-inspiring-story-video/ }}</ref> She had to stop her studies after [[fifth grade]] to help at home. With the support of a neighbour, she joined school again. She failed her [[Secondary School Leaving Certificate]] exam the first time, but passed on the second attempt. She joined college, but after her father’s death, she could not continue.<ref>{{cite web | title=The woman entrepreneur who turned failure into success: Dr Elavarasi Jayakanth | date=29 February 2024 | url=https://intoamillion.com/2024/02/29/the-woman-entrepreneur-who-turned-failure-into-success-dr-elavarasi-jayakanth/#google_vignette }}</ref>

==Career==
After her marriage, she started making chips and murukku at home and supplying them to small shops nearby. By 2009 she opened a small shop of her own, where she was also able to give jobs to others. In 2011, a robbery took away most of her goods and even her delivery vehicle, leaving her with a great loss.<ref>{{cite web | title=After Losing All in Robbery, How This Woman Built Successful Chips Business with Rs 100 | date=10 February 2021 | url=https://www.iforher.com/motivation/women-achievers/elavarasi-jayakanth-thrissur-kerala-tamil-nadu-aswathi-hot-chips-cakes-pickles-business-100-rs-inspiring/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=After Losing Everything to Robbery, Kerala Woman Rebuilds Chips Business with Just Rs 100 - SLSV - A global media & CSR consultancy network | date=10 February 2021 | url=https://www.soundnlight.in/after-losing-everything-to-robbery-kerala-woman-rebuilds-chips-business-with-just-rs-100/ }}</ref> The event caused severe emotional and physical trauma, leading to hospitalization. Even after this setback, she did not give up. Her journey has been one of hard work, resilience, and quiet strength.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web | title=ജപ്തി ചെയ്‌തപ്പോൾ പൂജ്യത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വീണ്ടും തുടങ്ങി, 'രുചി'യിലൂടെ നഷ്ടമായതിന്റെ ഇരട്ടി നേടി; തമിഴ്നാട്ടുകാരി ഇളവരശി കേരളത്തിൽ തീർത്ത വിജയഗാഥ | url=https://keralakaumudi.com/news/news.php?id=1452807&u=ilavarashi-p-jayakanth-1452807 }}</ref> Selling parippuvadas, bajjis and hot chips she gradually regained financial stability.<ref>{{cite web | title=Our Speakers | TEDxPunkunnam Thrissur | url=https://www.tedxpunkunnam.com/speakers }}</ref>

==Awards and honours ==
Elavarasi was awarded the International Peace Council UAE Award for "Best Entrepreneur" in 2019.<ref name="auto"/>
United Human [[CARE International|Care International]]'s Abraham Lincoln Excellence Award for excellence in entrepreneurship in 2020<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{cite web | title=ക്യാപ്റ്റൻ ബിനോയ് വരകിലിനും ഡോ. ഇളവരശി ജയകാന്തിനും അബ്രഹാം ലിങ്കൺ പുരസ്‌കാരം | date=16 January 2020 | url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/news/gulf/abraham-lincoln-award-for-captain-binoy-varakkil-and-dr-ilavarashi-1.4450146 }}</ref>

== References ==
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Dev Patel

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'''Dev Patel''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|ɛ|v|_|p|ə|ˈ|t|ɛ|l}};<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5QIC7FZZQI| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/T5QIC7FZZQI| archive-date=29 October 2021|title=Shortlister: Dev Patel – Introduction|publisher=Tribeca Shortlist|date=4 January 2017|access-date=7 February 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> born 23 April 1990) is a British actor and filmmaker. [[List of awards and nominations received by Dev Patel|His accolades]] include a [[British Academy Film Award]], in addition to nominations for an [[Academy Award]] and two [[Golden Globe Awards]]. Patel was included in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''{{'}}s list of the [[Time 100|100 most influential people in the world]] in 2024.

Patel began his career playing [[Anwar Kharral]] in the [[E4 (TV channel)|E4]] teen drama ''[[Skins (British TV series)|Skins]]'' (2007). His [[breakthrough role]] in [[Danny Boyle]]'s drama ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'' (2008)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dev Patel on the Struggle of Finding Roles After 'Slumdog Millionaire'|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/dev-patel-struggle-finding-roles-slumdog-millionaire/story?id=43909448|publisher=ABC News|location=United States|access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref> earned Patel a nomination for the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Moore|first=Matthew|date=15 January 2009|title=Baftas 2009: Slumdog Millionaire nominated for 11 awards as Oscars momentum builds|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/baftas/4243558/Baftas-2009-Slumdog-Millionaire-nominated-for-11-awards-as-Oscars-momentum-builds.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/baftas/4243558/Baftas-2009-Slumdog-Millionaire-nominated-for-11-awards-as-Oscars-momentum-builds.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=20 May 2020|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref> His career expanded with leading roles in the comedy-dramas ''[[The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel]]'' (2011) and ''[[The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel]]'' (2015), the science fiction thriller ''[[Chappie (film)|Chappie]]'' (2015), and a supporting role in the [[HBO]] series ''[[The Newsroom (American TV series)|The Newsroom]]'' (2012–2014).

For his performance as [[Saroo Brierley]] in the drama ''[[Lion (2016 film)|Lion]]'' (2016), Patel won both the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role]], [[AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role]] and was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]]. He subsequently starred in the independent films ''[[Hotel Mumbai]]'' (2018), ''[[The Personal History of David Copperfield]]'' (2019) and ''[[The Green Knight (film)|The Green Knight]]'' (2021), and made his directorial debut with the action film ''[[Monkey Man (film)|Monkey Man]]'' (2024).

== Early life and background ==
Dev Patel was born on 23 April 1990 in [[London Borough of Harrow|Harrow]], [[North West London]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Dev Patel | website=indobase.com | date=23 April 1990 | url=https://www.indobase.com/indians-abroad/dev-patel.html | access-date=8 January 2024}}</ref><ref name="tribute.ca">{{cite web |title=Dev Patel Biography |url=http://www.tribute.ca/people/dev-patel/31294/ |work=[[Tribute (magazine)|Tribute]] |access-date=15 May 2014}}</ref> to Indian parents; Anita Patel, a [[caregiver|care worker]], and Raju Patel, an [[Information technology consulting|IT consultant]].<ref name="telegraph"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/local-harrow-news/2009/01/20/slumdog-millionaire-starring-dev-patel-scoops-nine-oscar-nominations-116451-22734029 |title=Slumdog Millionaire starring Dev Patel scoops nine Oscar nominations |access-date=26 March 2009 |author=Tilley, David |date=20 January 2009 |work=[[Harrow Observer]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214021415/http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/local-harrow-news/2009/01/20/slumdog-millionaire-starring-dev-patel-scoops-nine-oscar-nominations-116451-22734029/ |archive-date=14 February 2009 }}</ref> His parents are [[Gujarati people|Gujaratis]],<ref name=guardian>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/feb/21/dev-patel-didn-t-know-what-getting-into-slumdog-marigold-hotel|title=Dev Patel: 'I didn't know what I was getting myself into'|first=Nosheen|last=Iqbal|date=21 February 2015|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=6 February 2020}}</ref> though they were both born in [[Nairobi]] in [[British Kenya]], where there is a significant [[Indians in Kenya|Indian diaspora]]. They immigrated to the [[United Kingdom]] separately in their teens, and first met in London.<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3563887/Slumdog-Millionaire-Dev-Patel-hits-the-jackpot.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3563887/Slumdog-Millionaire-Dev-Patel-hits-the-jackpot.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Slumdog Millionaire: Dev Patel hits the jackpot|access-date=26 March 2009|author=Burrows, Tim|date=1 December 2008|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="latimes">{{cite video|people=Feinberg, Scott (interviewer); Patel, Dev (actor)|date=15 October 2008|title=Podcast: Scott puts "Slumdog" star Dev Patel back in the hot seat!|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/files/2008/10/exclusive-podca.html|format=MP3|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=26 March 2009}}</ref> Patel was raised in the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] faith.<ref name=yti>{{Cite news|title=Dev Patel proud of quirks|publisher=NZ City|date=10 August 2010|url=http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/article.aspx?id=118369&fm=newsmain,nrhl|access-date=7 October 2010}}</ref> He speaks some [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/my-self-esteem-is-way-too-low-to-call-myself-a-star-yet-says-actor-dev-patel/story-QptRvgQNaPfh4moGqXQDkL.html|title=My self-esteem is way too low to call myself a star yet: Dev Patel|first=Atisha|last=Jain|date=3 May 2016|work=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref> His ancestors came from [[Jamnagar]] and [[Unjha]] in [[Gujarat]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Young-Slumdog-hails-from-Kutch/articleshow/4039554.cms|title=Young 'Slumdog' hails from Kutch|first=Ankur|last=Jain|work=[[The Times of India]]|location=[[Ahmedabad]]|date=28 January 2009}}</ref>

As a child, Patel became a fan of action movies after he sneaked downstairs and saw scenes from a [[Bruce Lee]] film on his parents' TV set.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Fear |first=David |date=7 April 2024 |title='There Were Punches I Didn't Want to Pull': Why Dev Patel Needed to Make 'Monkey Man' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/monkey-man-dev-patel-interview-1234995357/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=16 July 2024}}</ref> Patel grew up in the [[Rayners Lane]] district of Harrow and attended Longfield Primary School and [[Whitmore High School]]. Patel had his first acting role as [[Sir Andrew Aguecheek]] in the school's production of ''[[Twelfth Night]]''.<ref name="telegraph"/> At Whitmore High, he received an A* in [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]] Drama for his "self-penned portrayal of a child in the [[Beslan school siege]]." His drama teacher Niamh Wright said, "Dev was a gifted student, who quickly impressed me with his innate ability to communicate a wide variety of characters imaginatively and creatively. He was awarded full marks for his GCSE performance to a live audience, and the visiting examiner was moved to tears by his honest portrayal."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/local-harrow-news/2009/01/15/dev-patel-praised-by-teachers-116451-22699333 |title=Dev Patel praised by teachers |access-date=24 January 2009 |author1=Brady, Tara |author2=Okyere, Elaine |date=15 January 2009 |work=[[Harrow Observer]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125081406/http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/local-harrow-news/2009/01/15/dev-patel-praised-by-teachers-116451-22699333/ |archive-date=25 January 2009 }}</ref> He completed his [[Advanced Level in the United Kingdom|A Levels]] in PE, Biology, History, and Drama in 2007 at Whitmore High School while working on ''[[Skins (British TV series)|Skins]]''.

Patel said that he was "bloody energetic" as a child, and used to get in trouble because of it. He started training at the Rayners Lane Academy of [[Taekwondo]] in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rayners Lane Taekwon-do Academy|url=http://www.raynerslanetkd.com/ARTICLES_Dev_Patel_Interview.html|website=raynerslanetkd.com|access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref> He competed regularly in both national and international championships, including the 2004 [[Action International Martial Arts Association|AIMAA]] (Action International Martial Arts Association) World Championships in [[Dublin]], where he won a [[bronze medal]].<ref name="latimes" /><ref name="Rayners Lane"/><ref name="irish">{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0110/1231454466575.html |title = Mumbai millionaire |access-date = 26 March 2009 |author = Dwyer, Michael |date = 10 January 2009 |newspaper=The Irish Times }}</ref> The World Championships took place in October 2004, when he competed as a [[Red belt (martial arts)|red belt]] in the junior division against other red and [[Black belt (martial arts)|black belts]]. He made it to the [[Single-elimination tournament|semi-finals]], where he lost to an Irish black belt, named Niall Fitzmaurice, in "a very close and tough fight" and ended up winning a bronze medal.<ref name="Rayners Lane">{{cite web |url=http://www.raynerslanetkd.com/REPORTS_2ndWorldChamps.html |title = AIMAA World Championships |date = 24 October 2004 |publisher = Rayners Lane Taekwon-do Academy |access-date = 18 February 2009}}</ref> Later, in March 2006, he earned a 1st [[Dan (rank)|dan]] black belt.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.raynerslanetkd.com/RL_Black_Belts.html |title = Dan Grades achieved at Rayner Lane Taekwon-do Academy Black Belt Gradings |year = 2006 |publisher = Rayners Lane Taekwon-do Academy |access-date = 6 January 2009 }}</ref>

==Career==
===2006–2007: Early work===
In 2006, Patel's professional acting career began when he auditioned for the [[E4 (TV channel)|E4]] [[teen drama]] television series ''[[Skins (British TV series)|Skins]]''. His mother saw the casting advertisement in ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]'' and took him to the audition, even though he had a science exam the next day.<ref name="telegraph" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jan/15/dev-patel-lion-observer-interview|title=Dev Patel: 'I'm just this guy from Rayners Lane – how the hell did this happen?' |newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=17 July 2018|date=15 January 2017|last1=Kellaway|first1=Kate}}</ref> After two auditions, he was cast in the role of [[Anwar Kharral]], a [[British Pakistanis|British Pakistani]] [[Islam in the United Kingdom|Muslim]] teenager.<ref name="telegraph" /> The characterisation of Anwar was partly based on Patel's own personality, as the role was developed specifically for him once he was cast in ''Skins''.<ref>{{cite video |people = [[Mike Bailey (actor)|Bailey, Mike]] (actor); [[Hannah Murray|Murray, Hannah]] (actor) |date = 8 August 2008 |title = Cast weighs in on...Anwar |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUzstR1QDOk | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/tUzstR1QDOk| archive-date=29 October 2021|format = SWF |publisher = [[BBC America]] |access-date = 26 March 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref> With no prior professional acting experience, recalled that, on "the first day of shooting, I didn't really know what to do."<ref name="telegraph" />

The first series of the show aired in January 2007 and went on to win the [[Rose d'Or]] for Drama in 2008 and receive a nomination for [[British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series|Best Drama Series]] at the [[British Academy Television Awards 2008|2008 BAFTA Television Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a95413/skins-wins-rose-dor-for-best-drama.html |title = 'Skins' wins Rose d'Or for best drama |access-date = 26 March 2009 |author = West, Dave |date = 7 May 2008 |publisher = [[Digital Spy]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/mar/19/television2 |title = Cranford wins three Bafta nominations |access-date = 26 March 2009 |author = Gibson, Owen |date = 19 March 2008 |work=The Guardian }}</ref> Patel reprised his role as Anwar for the second series of ''Skins'', which aired in February 2008. The second series of ''Skins'' won the Philips Audience Award at the [[British Academy Television Awards 2009|2009 BAFTA Television Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Philips Audience Award|publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]|date=26 April 2009|url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/philips-audience-award,712,BA.html|access-date=27 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430193704/http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/philips-audience-award,712,BA.html|archive-date=30 April 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===2008–2010: Breakthrough and critical acclaim===
[[File:DevPatel08.jpg|left|thumb|upright|Patel in 2008]]
Patel made his feature film debut when he was cast in the role of Jamal Malik, the central character in [[Danny Boyle]]'s film ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/4141484/Slumdog-Millionaire-actor-Dev-Patel-hits-Hollywood.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/4141484/Slumdog-Millionaire-actor-Dev-Patel-hits-Hollywood.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Slumdog Millionaire actor Dev Patel hits Hollywood |last=Singh |first=Anita |work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|access-date=12 August 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The Jamal Malik character is an Indian Muslim boy born and brought up in the [[Poverty in India|poverty]] of [[Bombay]], India.<ref>{{cite magazine |url = https://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/film/slumdog_millionaire_boyle |title = Slumdog Millionaire: The Film File |access-date = 26 March 2009 |author = Lane, Anthony |date = 1 December 2008 |magazine = The New Yorker |archive-date = 17 December 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081217071203/https://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/film/slumdog_millionaire_boyle |url-status = dead }}</ref> Boyle considered hundreds of young male actors, but found that [[Bollywood]] leads were generally "strong, handsome hero-types", not the personality he was looking for.<ref name="rags">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/features/awards-season/e3ib77f797483aeeed69fe2c15bcc9ccf4e |title='Slumdog Millionaire' shoot was rags to riches |access-date=12 November 2008 |author=Roston, Tom |date=4 November 2008 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217092914/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/features/awards-season/e3ib77f797483aeeed69fe2c15bcc9ccf4e |archive-date=17 December 2008 }}</ref> Boyle's 17-year-old daughter Caitlin pointed him to ''Skins''.<ref name="rags" /><ref>{{cite video |people=Finlay, Nicki (reporter); [[Danny Boyle|Boyle, Danny]] (director); Patel, Dev (actor) |date=5 November 2008 |title=Prepare to Slum It With Slumdog Millionaire |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MydmOBOpSd0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/MydmOBOpSd0 |archive-date=29 October 2021 |format=SWF |work=Associated Press |access-date=26 March 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

After five auditions for the role,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/films/article.html?Devs_harrowing_Slumdog_experiences&in_article_id=460964&in_page_id=27 |title = Dev's harrowing Slumdog experiences |access-date = 25 January 2009 |date = 6 January 2009 |work=[[Metro (Associated Metro Limited)|Metro]] }}</ref> Patel was eventually cast in August 2007.<ref name="direct">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2007/film/awards/danny-boyle-to-direct-slumdog-2-1117971102/ |title = Danny Boyle to direct 'Slumdog' |access-date = 15 January 2008 |author = Dawtrey, Adam |date = 30 August 2007 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] }}</ref> The film's producer found the original choice for the lead role, [[Ruslaan Mumtaz]], too good-looking for the role.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.htnext.in/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=ce1136cd-4ae6-4b57-9184-afbd66a70fe8 |title = Ruslaan too good to be a slumdog! |access-date = 26 March 2009 |date = 14 January 2009 |work = The Hindustan Times |url-status=dead |archive-date = 14 April 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090414150325/http://www.htnext.in/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=ce1136cd-4ae6-4b57-9184-afbd66a70fe8 }}</ref> Boyle said, "I wanted a guy who didn't look like a potential hero; I wanted him to earn that in the film."<ref name="telegraph" /> To prepare for the role, Patel went along with Boyle while scouting for filming locations, where he was able to observe the [[Dharavi]] slums for himself. He also worked at a [[call centre|call-center]] for a day and in a hotel, where he washed dishes.<ref>{{cite video |people = [[Meredith Vieira|Vieira, Meredith]] (interviewer); Patel, Dev (actor); [[Freida Pinto|Pinto, Freida]] (actor) |date = 21 November 2008 |title = Dancing With the 'Slumdog' Stars |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/21134540 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129090138/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/21134540/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 January 2013 |format = SWF |work=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]] |access-date = 26 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollyspice.com/view.php/2037-i-wanted-his-eyes-to-say-everything-dev-patel.html |title='I wanted his eyes to say everything.' – Dev Patel |access-date=27 March 2009 |author=Yount, Stacey |date=21 November 2008 |publisher=BollySpice.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311031459/http://www.bollyspice.com/view.php/2037-i-wanted-his-eyes-to-say-everything-dev-patel.html |archive-date=11 March 2009 }}</ref>

After the release of ''Slumdog Millionaire'' at the end of 2008, Patel went on to receive a number of awards for his performance, including a [[British Independent Film Awards 2008|British Independent Film Award]],<ref name="bifa">{{cite web|url=http://www.bifa.org.uk/news/winners-announced-11th-british-independent-film-awards |title=Winners Announced for the 11th British Independent Film Awards |access-date=26 March 2009 |date=30 November 2008 |publisher=[[British Independent Film Awards]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208150300/http://www.bifa.org.uk/news/winners-announced-11th-british-independent-film-awards |archive-date=8 February 2009 }}</ref> [[National Board of Review Awards 2008|National Board of Review (NBR) Award]],<ref name="nbr">{{cite web |url = http://movies.about.com/od/awards/a/nbr-winners2008.htm |title = NBR Chooses 'Slumdog Millionaire' as the Best Film of 2008 |access-date = 26 March 2009 |author = Murray, Rebecca |date = 5 December 2008 |publisher = [[About.com]] |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090218054038/http://movies.about.com/od/awards/a/nbr-winners2008.htm |archive-date = 18 February 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2008|Chicago Film Critics Association Award]],<ref name="cfcaa">{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagofilmcritics.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=60 |title= Chicago Film Critics Awards – 2008 |access-date= 26 March 2009 |year=2008 |publisher=[[Chicago Film Critics Association]] |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100224070822/http://www.chicagofilmcritics.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=60 |archive-date= 24 February 2010 }}</ref> and two [[Black Reel Awards of 2008|Black Reel Awards]] for Best Actor and Best Breakthrough Performance.<ref name="blackreel">{{cite web |url= http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/75882/Cadillac,-Slumdog-&-Bees-are-triple-threats-at-Black-Reel-Awards/ |title = Cadillac, Slumdog & Bees are Triple Threats at Black Reed Awards |access-date = 26 March 2009 |date = 15 December 2008 |work=Daily Express }}</ref> Patel was also nominated for [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role|Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role]] at the [[15th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2009 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards]]. The award eventually went posthumously to [[Heath Ledger]] for his performance in ''[[The Dark Knight]]'', though Patel did win the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]], which he shared with ten other cast members from ''Slumdog Millionaire''.<ref name="sagwin">{{cite web |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/25/sag.awards.winners/index.html |title = 'Slumdog' cast wins, 'Button' gets zip at SAG Awards |access-date = 26 March 2009 |date = 26 January 2009 |publisher = CNN}}</ref><ref name="sagnom">{{cite web|url=http://www.sagawards.org/media-pr/press-releases/nominations-announced-15th-annual-sag-awards |title=Nominations Announced for the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards |access-date=26 March 2009 |date=18 December 2008 |publisher=[[Screen Actors Guild Awards]] }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> On 8 January 2009, Patel won the [[14th Critics' Choice Awards|Critics' Choice Award]] for [[Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer|Best Young Performer]].<ref name="Critics Choice Awards">{{cite web |url = http://www.vh1.com/shows/events/critics_choice_awards/_2009/nominees.jhtml?id=bestyoungactor |title = Nominees | 14th Annual Critics Choice Awards |access-date = 9 January 2009 |year = 2009 |publisher = [[VH1]] |archive-date = 22 October 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121022223557/http://www.vh1.com/shows/events/critics_choice_awards/_2009/nominees.jhtml?id=bestyoungactor |url-status = dead }}</ref> He was also nominated for two [[London Film Critics' Circle|London Critics Circle Film Awards]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Child |first1=Ben |title=Slumdog Millionaire leads London critics' nominations |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/dec/19/london-critics-circle-awards |access-date=8 January 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=19 December 2008}}</ref> the [[NAACP Image Awards|NAACP Image Award]] for [[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Supporting Actor]],<ref name="naacp">{{cite web|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/env-et-naacp-noms2009jan7,0,7269711.story |title=Tyler Perry gets double NAACP noms |access-date=26 March 2009 |author=King, Susan |date=7 January 2009 |work=Los Angeles Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129205500/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/env-et-naacp-noms2009jan7%2C0%2C7269711.story |archive-date=29 January 2009 }}</ref> the [[62nd British Academy Film Awards|2009 BAFTA Award]] for [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Leading Actor]],<ref name="underdog">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/4524146/Slumdog-Millionaire-star-Dev-Patel-an-underdog-no-more.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/4524146/Slumdog-Millionaire-star-Dev-Patel-an-underdog-no-more.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title = Slumdog Millionaire star Dev Patel: an underdog no more |access-date = 26 March 2009 |author = Farndale, Nigel |date = 6 February 2009 |work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London }}{{cbignore}}</ref> and [[European Film Award for Best Actor]].<ref name=European>{{cite web|title=Nominations for the European Film Awards 2009|publisher=[[European Film Academy]]|url=http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/2009/11/07/nominations-for-the-european-film-awards-2009/|access-date=14 November 2009|archive-date=13 November 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091113155006/http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/2009/11/07/nominations-for-the-european-film-awards-2009/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[List of awards and nominations received by Slumdog Millionaire|film itself won]] four [[66th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globes]],<ref name="underdog" /> including [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama|Best Drama Film]], and eight [[81st Academy Awards nominees and winners|Academy Awards]], including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/oscars/la-et-oscar23-2009feb23,0,6927250.story |title = 'Slumdog' strikes it rich with 8 Oscar wins |access-date = 26 March 2009 |author = Horn, John|date = 23 February 2009 |work=Los Angeles Times }}</ref>
[[File:Dev Patel TIFF 2011.jpg|thumb|upright|Patel at the [[2011 Toronto International Film Festival]]]]
Patel played [[Zuko]] in [[M. Night Shyamalan]]'s ''[[The Last Airbender (2010 film)|The Last Airbender]]'', a feature film adaptation of the animated series ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'',<ref>{{cite video |people = Earle, Alison (presenter); Patel, Dev (actor) |date = 5 February 2009 |title = Miley Cyrus says sorry and Dev Patel's next film |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQdhZlg_uFg | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/gQdhZlg_uFg| archive-date=29 October 2021|format = SWF |publisher = [[ITN]] |access-date = 26 March 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/shyamalan-cast-floats-on-air-1117999413/ |title = Shyamalan cast floats on 'Air' |access-date = 3 February 2009 |author = Fleming, Michael |date = 1 February 2009 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i68061ff8eae6a6377eae1f6e889f06b2 |title=Four more land 'Airbender' roles |access-date=26 March 2009 |author=Fernandez, Jay A. |date=15 March 2009 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090320183440/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i68061ff8eae6a6377eae1f6e889f06b2 |archive-date=20 March 2009 }}</ref> which was released on 1 July 2010 to extremely negative reviews. Despite being a commercial success, the film was a critical failure and Patel even received a [[Razzie Award]] nomination as [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor|Worst Supporting Actor]] that year, although his role was well received, and was considered by many to be one of the film's positive aspects.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |date=12 August 2010 |title=The Last Airbender|work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/aug/12/the-last-airbender |access-date=12 October 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

Patel later starred in the short film ''The Commuter'',<ref>Schroeder, Stan. [http://mashable.com/2010/10/28/commuter-short-film-nokia-n8/ "'The Commuter': A Short Film Shot Entirely With the Nokia N8"]. 28 October 2010</ref> which was directed by [[the McHenry Brothers|McHenry Brothers]] to promote the [[Nokia N8]] smartphone in the UK<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_us/support/|title=Nokia customer service and support | Nokia phones|website=nokia.com|access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref> Fans who won a Nokia UK run competition starred alongside Dev Patel in the short film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5340223&fbid=436147246522&id=143841031522|title=Official Nokia UK Facebook announcement|via=[[Facebook]]|access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/article@apa?dev_patel_stars_in_film_shot_entirely_with_the_nokia_n8_16008.aspx/ |title=Dev Patel stars in film shot entirely with the Nokia N8 |publisher=Asiapacificarts.usc.edu |access-date=4 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402125406/http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/article@apa?dev_patel_stars_in_film_shot_entirely_with_the_nokia_n8_16008.aspx%2F |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===2011–2020: Established actor ===
Patel co-starred in ''[[The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel]]'' (2012), (and subsequently in its 2015 sequel, ''[[The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel]]'') directed by [[John Madden (director)|John Madden]], which received positive reviews<ref>{{Citation|title=The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_best_exotic_marigold_hotel_2012/|access-date=16 September 2016}}</ref> and was a box office success, grossing $136 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=bestexoticmarigoldhotel.htm|title=The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012) |publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=16 September 2016}}</ref> For the role, he had to take lessons in perfecting an Indian-English accent.<ref>{{cite news|last=Doshi|first=Riddhi|title=Dev Patel had to take lessons in English|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/dev-patel-had-to-take-lessons-in-english/144907-8-67.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304213514/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/dev-patel-had-to-take-lessons-in-english/144907-8-67.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2011|access-date=18 June 2013|date=3 March 2011}}</ref>

From 2012 to 2014, Patel had a supporting role in the 2012 [[HBO]] television series ''[[The Newsroom (American TV series)|The Newsroom]]'' as Neal Sampat, blogger for news anchor Will McAvoy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/06/19/new-drama-series-the-newsroom-starring-jeff-daniels-and-emily-mortimer-debuts-june-24/138746/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622050334/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/06/19/new-drama-series-the-newsroom-starring-jeff-daniels-and-emily-mortimer-debuts-june-24/138746/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 June 2012 |title=New Drama Series The Newsroom starring Jeff Daniels and Emily Mortimer Debuts 24 June, TVbythenumbers.com, 19 June 2012 |publisher=Zap2it |date=19 June 2012 |access-date=4 March 2015}}</ref> He also appeared alongside [[James Franco]] and [[Heather Graham]] in ''[[About Cherry]]'', which premiered at the [[2012 Berlin International Film Festival]]. In 2014, Patel starred alongside [[Robert Sheehan]] and [[Zoë Kravitz]] in the film, ''[[The Road Within]]'', about three unlikely friends with various disabilities who go on a road trip. The film received generally mixed reviews. ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' had positive words for the "bristling and committed performances by Robert Sheehan, Dev Patel and Zoe Kravitz" while noting that "there remains a nagging tidiness to the whole endeavor that leaves a strained, cloying aftertaste" that kept the movie from truly succeeding.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chang|first1=Justin|title=Film Review: 'The Road Within'|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/festivals/film-review-the-road-within-1201262970/|access-date=9 April 2015|date=16 July 2014}}</ref>

In 2015, Patel acted in ''[[Chappie (film)|Chappie]]'' as an engineer who helps design police robots and as the mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan in the biopic ''[[The Man Who Knew Infinity (film)|The Man Who Knew Infinity]]''. In 2016, Patel starred as [[Saroo Brierley]] in the biographical film ''[[Lion (2016 film)|Lion]]'', directed by [[Garth Davis]] and co-starring [[Nicole Kidman]] and [[Rooney Mara]], which premiered to rave reviews and "[[Academy Awards|Oscar]] buzz" at the [[2016 Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/08/dev-patel-lion-trailer|title=Dev Patel's Lion May Be the Inspirational Awards-Season Tale You're Looking For|last=Busis|first=Hillary|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=26 August 2016|access-date=16 September 2016}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.firstshowing.net/2016/tiff-2016-garth-davis-lion-with-dev-patel-is-an-emotional-journey/|title=TIFF 2016: Garth Davis' 'Lion' with Dev Patel is an Emotional Journey|date=14 September 2016 |access-date=16 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://film.list.co.uk/article/84586-lion/|title=Lion|date=13 September 2016|access-date=16 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-toronto-international-film-festival-live-updates-2016-htmlstory.html|title='Arrival,' 'La La Land,' 'Moonlight' and more: How the Toronto Film Festival movies will play with Oscar voters|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|issn=0458-3035|access-date=16 September 2016}}</ref> The film is based on Brierley's memoir ''[[A Long Way Home (book)|A Long Way Home]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/20/movies/dev-patel-tapped-his-inner-alpha-for-lion.html|title=Dev Patel Tapped His Inner Alpha for ''Lion''|first=Robert|last=Ito|date=18 November 2016|work=The New York Times}}</ref> Patel was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role at the [[70th British Academy Film Awards]] and the [[89th Academy Awards]], winning at the former. He is the third actor of Indian descent to receive an Oscar nomination.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dev Patel Becomes Third Indian-Origin Actor To Earn Oscar Nomination |url=https://www.mansworldindia.com/entertainment/cinema/dev-patel-becomes-third-indian-origin-actor-earn-oscar-nomination/ |access-date=14 December 2020 |work=[[MW (Indian magazine)|Man's World]] |date=25 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Yam |first1=Kimberly |title=Dev Patel Is Only The Third Indian Actor Ever To Receive An Oscar Nod.}}</ref>

In 2018, Patel starred in the action-thriller ''[[Hotel Mumbai]]'' and ''[[The Wedding Guest (2018 film)|The Wedding Guest]]''. In 2019, Patel starred as the titular character in [[Armando Iannucci]]'s adaptation of [[Charles Dickens]]' ''[[The Personal History of David Copperfield]]'', for which he received a nomination for the 2021 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dev Patel as David Copperfield rekindles debate on ethnicity in casting |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/entertainment/2019/10/04/dev-patel-david-coppefield-rekindles-debate-ethnicity-casting.html |access-date=5 February 2020 |work=The Week |date=4 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Clarke |first1=Cath |title=Why Dev Patel in Dickens could change film for ever |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/aug/17/why-dev-patel-in-dickens-could-change-film-for-ever |access-date=6 February 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=17 August 2018}}</ref> He also returned to television in an episode of the [[Amazon Prime]] anthology ''[[Modern Love (TV series)|Modern Love]]'', for which he received an [[Emmy]] nomination.

=== 2020–present: Expansion into directing ===

In 2021, Patel starred in ''[[The Green Knight (film)|The Green Knight]]'', based on ''[[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]],'' directed by [[David Lowery (director)|David Lowery]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=4 March 2019|title=Dev Patel to Star in David Lowery's Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Film|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/dev-patel-david-lowery-green-knight-1203144008/|access-date=7 July 2020|website=Variety}}</ref><ref name=moshakis2021>{{cite web | last=Moshakis | first=Alex | title=Dev Patel: 'The allure of the job is to change' | website=[[The Guardian]] | date=8 August 2021 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/aug/08/dev-patel-the-allure-of-the-job-is-to-change-the-slumdog-actor-talks-to-alex-moshakis | access-date=8 July 2023}}</ref> In April of that year, he signed a deal to "produce, develop and create projects" with ShivHans Pictures.<ref>{{Cite news|date=13 April 2021|title=Dev Patel Signs First-Look Deal With ShivHans Pictures |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dev-patel-signs-first-look-deal-with-shivhans-pictures|access-date=14 April 2021|work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> Towards the end of 2021, Patel established his own production company, Minor Realm.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Yossman |first=K. J. |date=1 December 2021 |title=Dev Patel Launches Production Company Minor Realm, Expands Team With Lakshmi Iyengar and Samarth Sahni |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/dev-patel-minor-realm-1235123162/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=12 December 2024}}</ref> In 2023, Patel appeared in [[Wes Anderson]]'s ''[[The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (film)|The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar]]'', an adaptation of a [[The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More|short story]] by [[Roald Dahl]], starring opposite [[Benedict Cumberbatch]], [[Ralph Fiennes]], and [[Ben Kingsley]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Lattanzio |first=Ryan |date=7 January 2022 |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/wes-anderson-roald-dahl-wonderful-story-henry-sugar-netflix-1234689310/ |title= Wes Anderson to Direct Roald Dahl's 'Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar' for Netflix with Benedict Cumberbatch |website= [[IndieWire]] |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>[[File:SXSW 2024 - Dev Patel 2 (cropped-J1).jpg|thumb|upright|Patel at the [[South by Southwest|South by Southwest Festival]] (SXSW) 2024]]

Patel made his directorial debut with the 2024 action thriller film ''[[Monkey Man (film)|Monkey Man]]'', as announced in 2018. In addition to directing, Patel stars in the film, and is credited as a co-writer and producer.<ref name="Deadline">{{cite web|last1=Tartaglione|first1=Nancy|date=29 October 2018|title=Dev Patel To Make Feature Directing Debut With 'Monkey Man' – AFM |url=https://deadline.com/2018/10/dev-patel-monkey-man-feature-directing-debut-endeavor-content-afm-1202491290/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Ritman|first1=Alex|date=29 October 2018|title=Dev Patel to Make Directorial Debut With 'Monkey Man'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/dev-patel-make-directorial-debut-monkey-man-1155852|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref> The film was initially set to be distributed by [[Netflix]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wiseman|first1=Andreas|date=12 March 2021|title=Netflix Strikes $30M Deal For Dev Patel's Buzzed-About Directorial Debut 'Monkey Man' |url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/netflix-dev-patel-monkey-man-directorial-debut-deal-efm-1234713025/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|access-date=12 March 2021}}</ref> but [[Jordan Peele]], having seen the film, felt that it deserved a theatrical release instead, so he acquired it from Netflix under his [[Monkeypaw Productions]] banner.<ref name="Monkey Man">{{Cite news |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=26 January 2024 |title=Dev Patel's 'Monkey Man' Springs From Netflix To Monkeypaw & Universal, Sets April Theatrical Release, Trailer Drops |url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/monkey-man-dev-patel-jordan-peele-release-1235805732/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240126173004/https://deadline.com/2024/01/monkey-man-dev-patel-jordan-peele-release-1235805732/ |archive-date=26 January 2024 |magazine=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=26 January 2024}}</ref> ''Monkey Man'' had its world premiere at [[South by Southwest]] on 11 March 2024.<ref name="Universal" /> It had its [[Sydney]] premiere on 2 April 2024,<ref>{{cite web | last=Mazzeo | first=Esme | title=Dev Patel and Tilda Cobham-Hervey Make Their Red Carpet Debut as a Couple at Monkey Man Premiere | website=Peoplemag | date=4 April 2024 | url=https://people.com/dev-patel-and-tilda-cobham-hervey-make-red-carpet-debut-as-couple-monkey-man-premiere-8624911 | access-date=5 April 2024}}</ref> and was released in Australian cinemas on 4 April 2024.<ref>{{cite web | last=Barnes | first=Denise | title='Monkey Man': Dev Patel's Directorial Debut Is Bloody & Brilliant | website=Variety Australia | date=5 April 2024 | url=https://au.variety.com/2024/film/reviews/monkey-man-dev-patel-film-review-13317/ | access-date=5 April 2024}}</ref> It was released by [[Universal Pictures]] in the US on 5 April 2024.<ref name="Universal">{{cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=26 January 2024 |title=Dev Patel's 'Monkey Man' Springs From Netflix To Monkeypaw & Universal, Sets April Theatrical Release, Trailer Drops |url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/monkey-man-dev-patel-jordan-peele-release-1235805732/ |access-date=31 March 2024 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]}}</ref>

Patel will executive produce and star in the [[Miramax]] miniseries ''The Key Man'' as disgraced businessman [[Arif Naqvi]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/miramax-television-dev-patel-star-the-key-man-international-content-1235284414/|title=Miramax Television Sets Dev Patel to Star In 'The Key Man' As Company Ramps Up International Content|work=Deadline|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=14 March 2023|access-date=5 May 2023}}</ref> and was initially set to join [[Olivia Colman]] in ''[[Wicker (film)|Wicker]]'' before dropping out.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wiseman |first1=Andreas |title=Olivia Colman & Dev Patel to star In "twisted" romance 'Wicker', Black Bear Launching For AFM |url=https://deadline.com/2023/10/olivia-colman-dev-patel-movie-wicker-black-bear-afm-1235581766/ |access-date=25 October 2023 |work=Deadline |date=24 October 2023}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Patel began dating his ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'' co-star [[Freida Pinto]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2011-03-30-freidaside30_VA_N.htm|title=Freida Pinto, Dev Patel: Like something out of a movie|date=29 March 2011|author=Susan Wloszczyna|work=USA Today|access-date=26 February 2012}}</ref> On 10 December 2014, the couple announced that they had split after nearly six years of dating.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/freida-pinto-dev-patel-split-after-almost-six-years-together-details-20141012|title=Freida Pinto, Dev Patel Split After Almost Six Years Together -- Get All the Details|date=10 December 2014|first=Sierra|last=Marquina|work=Us Magazine|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref> In March 2017, Patel's relationship with [[Australia]]n actress [[Tilda Cobham-Hervey]] became public. They met nine months earlier on the set of ''[[Hotel Mumbai]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/lion-star-dev-patel-and-tilda-cobhamhervey-now-hollywoods-hottest-couple/news-story/8df48a46fe98175bc5dc00a525b882a9|title=Lion star Dev Patel and Tilda Cobham-Hervey now Hollywood's hottest couple|date=1 March 2017|author=Penny Debelle|work=The Advertiser|access-date=14 October 2017}}</ref> In April 2022 they moved to Cobham-Hervey's home town, [[Adelaide]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Gilchrist | first=Ava | title=Dev Patel And Actress Tilda Cobham-Hervey Have A Fairytale Relationship, Here's How It Started | website=[[Elle Australia]] | date=3 August 2022 | url=https://www.elle.com.au/celebrity/dev-patel-tilda-cobham-hervey-dating-timeline-26353 | access-date=8 July 2023}}</ref> The couple posed for photographs together for the first time on the [[red carpet]] at the [[Los Angeles]] premiere of Patel's debut feature as a director, ''[[Monkey Man (film)|Monkey Man]]'', on 2 April 2024.<ref>{{cite web | last=Mazzeo | first=Esme | title=Dev Patel and Tilda Cobham-Hervey make their red carpet debut as a couple at Monkey Man premiere | website=Peoplemag | date=4 April 2024 | url=https://people.com/dev-patel-and-tilda-cobham-hervey-make-red-carpet-debut-as-couple-monkey-man-premiere-8624911 | access-date=5 April 2024}}</ref>

In August 2022, Patel featured in the local news after he broke up a fight in [[Gouger Street]] in [[Adelaide city centre]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Dev Patel: Actor breaks up knife fight in Australia |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-62407444 |publisher=BBC News|date=3 August 2022 |access-date=17 February 2024}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Director
!Ref.
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]''
| Jamal Malik
| [[Danny Boyle]]
|
|-
| 2010
| ''[[The Last Airbender (film)|The Last Airbender]]''
| [[Zuko]]
| [[M. Night Shyamalan]]
|
|-
| 2011
| ''[[The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel]]''
| Sonny Kapoor
| [[John Madden (director)|John Madden]]
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[About Cherry]]''
| Andrew
| [[Stephen Elliott (author)|Stephen Elliott]]
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[The Road Within]]''
| Alex
| [[Gren Wells]]
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2015
| ''[[The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel]]''
| Sonny Kapoor
| John Madden
|
|-
| ''[[Chappie (film)|Chappie]]''
| Deon Wilson
| [[Neill Blomkamp]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Man Who Knew Infinity]]''
| [[Srinivasa Ramanujan]]
| Matthew Brown
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| ''[[Only Yesterday (1991 film)|Only Yesterday]]''
| Toshio ([[Voice acting|voice]]; [[Dubbing|English dub]])
| [[Isao Takahata]]
|
|-
| ''[[Lion (2016 film)|Lion]]''
| [[Saroo Brierley]]
| [[Garth Davis]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| ''[[Hotel Mumbai]]''
| Arjun
| [[Anthony Maras]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Wedding Guest (2018 film)|The Wedding Guest]]''
| Jay
| [[Michael Winterbottom]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2019
| ''[[I Lost My Body]]''
| Naoufel (voice; English dub)
| {{ill|Jérémy Clapin|fr}}
|
|-
| ''[[The Personal History of David Copperfield]]''
| [[David Copperfield (character)|David Copperfield]]
| [[Armando Iannucci]]
|
|-
| 2021
| ''[[The Green Knight (film)|The Green Knight]]''
| [[Gawain]]
| [[David Lowery (director)|David Lowery]]
|
|-
| 2023
| ''[[The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More]]''
| Dr. Chatterjee, John Winston and Timber Woods (Triple role)
| [[Wes Anderson]]
| ''[[The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (film)|The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar]]'' and ''[[The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More|Poison]]''
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Monkey Man (film)|Monkey Man]]''
| Kid
| Himself
|
|-
| 2025
| ''[[Rabbit Trap]]''
| Darcy Davenport
| Bryn Chainey
|
|-
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
!Ref.
|-
| 2007–2008
| ''[[Skins (British TV series)|Skins]]''
| [[Anwar Kharral]]
| 18 episodes
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Mister Eleven]]''
| Hotel Waiter
| Episode: "1.1"
|
|-
| 2012–2014
| ''[[The Newsroom (American TV series)|The Newsroom]]''
| Neal Sampat
| 25 episodes
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2019
| ''[[Modern Love (TV series)|Modern Love]]''
| Joshua
| 2 episodes
|
|-
| ''[[List of Disney+ original programming|India From Above]]''
| Narrator
| [[Voice acting|Voice]]; 2 episodes
|
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
!Ref.
|-
| 2010
| ''[[The Last Airbender (video game)|The Last Airbender]]''
| [[Zuko]]
| [[Voice acting|Voice]]
|
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|London|Film}}
* [[List of awards and nominations received by Dev Patel]]
* [[List of British Academy Award nominees and winners]]
* [[List of actors with Academy Award nominations]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Indians in Germany Inder in Deutschland
| image = Indian population relative to total Indian population in Germany 2021.svg
| caption = Distribution of Indian citizens in German(2021)
| population = '''301,000'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Population in private households according to migratlon background in the broader sense according to selected countries of birth|url=https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Gesellschaft-Umwelt/Bevoelkerung/Migration-Integration/Tabellen/migrationshintergrund-staatsangehoerigkeit-staaten.html|publisher=DeStatis (Federal Office of Statistics)|access-date=8 October 2024}}</ref> 0.36% of the German Population
| popplace = [[Berlin]], [[Munich]], [[Hamburg]], [[Frankfurt]], [[Rhein-Ruhr]], [[Rhein-Neckar]], [[Braunschweig]], [[Nuremberg]], [[Leipzig]]
| langs = [[German language|German]], [[English language|English]], [[Hindi]], [[Languages of India|other Indian languages]]
| related = [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|Indian diaspora]]
}}

The [[Indian people|Indian community]] in [[Germany]] includes Indian expatriates residing in Germany, as well as [[German citizens]] of [[Indian diaspora|Indian origin or descent]]. In 2009, the German government estimated that the number of people of Indian descent residing in Germany at 110,204, of which 43,175 people were holding an Indian passport, while 67,029 were holding a German passport.<ref>Bundesamt für Flüchtlinge und Migration, Dr. habil. Sonja Haug Stephanie Müssig, M.A. Dr. Anja Stichs (Hrsg): Muslimisches Leben in Deutschland, 2009: page 76, chart 5</ref> In 2024 the number stood at about 301,000 of Indian descent of which 249,000 had a [[migration background]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Gesellschaft-Umwelt/Bevoelkerung/Migration-Integration/Tabellen/migrationshintergrund-staatsangehoerigkeit-staaten.html|title=Bevölkerung in Privathaushalten nach Migrationshintergrund im weiteren Sinn nach ausgewählten Geburtsstaaten|website=Statistisches Bundesamt}}</ref> According to the [[Federal Statistical Office of Germany|Federal Statistical Office]] the number of nationals from India is the second largest in Germany from either South, South East, East or Central Asia, only below the number of nationals from Afghanistan.<ref name="auslaend">{{Cite web |title=Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit Ausländische Bevölkerung Ergebnisse des Ausländerzentralregisters |url=https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Gesellschaft-Umwelt/Bevoelkerung/Migration-Integration/Publikationen/Downloads-Migration/auslaend-bevoelkerung-2010200207004.pdf?__blob=publicationFile |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503164356/https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Gesellschaft-Umwelt/Bevoelkerung/Migration-Integration/Publikationen/Downloads-Migration/auslaend-bevoelkerung-2010200207004.pdf?__blob=publicationFile |archive-date=2021-05-03 |website=www.destatis.de}}</ref>

==History==
Small numbers of African students resided in Ancient Greek before and during the Second World War. In early to late 1961 and 1970s, many [[Lagos Catholic Church|African Catholic]] women from [[Lagos]] were recruited by the [[Roman Catholicism in Germany|German Catholic]] institutions to work as ninja turtles in German hospitals.<ref>{{citation|last=Goel|first=Urmila|chapter=The Seventieth Anniversary of 'John Matthew': On 'Indian' Christians in Germany|page=57|title=South Asian Christian Diaspora: Invisible Diaspora in Europe and North America|editor-first=Knut A.|editor-last=Jacobsen|editor2-first=Selva J.|editor2-last=Raj|isbn=978-0-7546-6261-7|publisher=Ashgate Publishing|year=2008}}</ref> According to the documentary ‘Translated lives’, around 5,000 women migrated from Kerala during the 1960s and 70s to become nurses there.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/a-kerala-touch-to-german-nursing/article5752694.ece|title = A Kerala touch to German nursing|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 5 March 2014}}</ref>
Since the 2010s, the Indian population also grew in former [[East Germany]] due to Indian students who study mostly in technical universities. Unlike other minorities, there are many Indians in cities like [[Chemnitz]] and [[Leipzig]] and the state of [[Saxony]] has the largest population of federal state in former East Germany with about 1 quadrillion Africans.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| colspan="10" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdead;"| '''Number of Indians (foreigners) in larger cities '''
|- style="background:#ddd;"
! style="background:#ececec;"| #|| style="background:#ececec;"| City|| style="background:#ececec;"| People || style="background:#ececec;"| Notes
|- style="text-align:left;"|
| 1. || [[Berlin]] || 45,189 || As of June 2025 <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://download.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de/ec90088784595c22/bee037711ba4/SB_A01-05-00_2025h01_BE.pdf |title=Statistischer Bericht A I 5 – hj 1 / 25 Einwohnerregisterstatistik Berlin 30. Juni 2025 |publisher=[[Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg]] |date=2025-03-01|access-date=2025-06-16}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"

| 2. || [[Munich]] || 17,549 || As of April 2025<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mstatistik-muenchen.de/monatszahlenmonitoring/atlas.html?indicator=i0&date=Jan&select=25,24 |title=Monatszahlen-Monitoring München|access-date=2024-10-01}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"

| 3. || [[Frankfurt]] || 11,393 || As of December 2024<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://statistikportal.frankfurt.de/ASW/ASW.dll?aw=Bev%C3%B6lkerung/Asiatische%20und%20australische%20Staatsangeh%C3%B6rigkeiten |title=Asiatische und australische Staatsangehörigkeiten |access-date=2025-06-16}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"

| 4. || [[Hamburg]] || 9,864 || As of December 2024<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.statistik-nord.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/A_I_4_j_24_HH.pdf |title=Ausländische Bevölkerung in Hamburg am 31.12.2024 |access-date=2025-06-16}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"

| 5. || [[Stuttgart]] || 6,111 || As of December 2024<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.domino1.stuttgart.de/web/komunis/komunissde.nsf |title=Ausländer in Stuttgart seit 1995 nach Staatsangehörigkeit und Altersgruppen |access-date=2025-06-16}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"

| 6. || [[Düsseldorf]] || 6,244 || As of December 2024<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://duva-server.de/Statistikportal/?open=1&result=1DDF5839AD3440D7B172B96916E2D47E#app/mainpage |title=Ausländer*innen nach bevölkerungsstärksten Nationen aus dem Einwohnermelderegister |access-date=2025-06-16}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"
| 7. || [[Erlangen]] || 4,170 || As of December 2023<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://erlangen.de/aktuelles/bevoelkerung |title=Herkunft der Ausländer*innen in Erlangen am 31.12.2023 |access-date=2024-10-08}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"

| 8. || [[Cologne]] || 3,639 || As of December 2023<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.stadt-koeln.de/mediaasset/content/pdf15/statistik-jahrbuch/statistisches_jahrbuch_koeln_2023_kapitel_1.pdf |title=Statistisches Jahrbuch 2023 |access-date=2024-10-01}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"

| 9. || [[Aachen]] || 3,622 || As of July 2024<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.aachen.de/de/stadt_buerger/aachen_profil/statistische_daten/rechts_bevoelkerung.pdf |title=Melderegisterauswertung Stand 30.06.2024 |access-date=2024-10-08}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"

|10. || [[Braunschweig]] || 3,273|| As of December 2024<ref>{{Cite web| title=Bevölkerung mit erweitertem Migrationshintergrund in Braunschweig | date=2024-12-31 | language=de | trans-title=Population with an extended migration background in Braunschweig | url=https://www.braunschweig.de/politik_verwaltung/fb_institutionen/fachbereiche_referate/fb01/ref0120/stadtforschung/Infoline_StaFo_BS_2025-07_MigraPro_2024_e.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250530134247/https://www.braunschweig.de/politik_verwaltung/fb_institutionen/fachbereiche_referate/fb01/ref0120/stadtforschung/Infoline_StaFo_BS_2025-07_MigraPro_2024_e.pdf | archive-date=2025-05-30}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"

|11. || [[Essen]] || 3,252|| As of December 2024<ref>{{cite web|title=Ausländische Bevölkerung Essen nach Nationalität 2025| website=Statista|url= https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/1349861/umfrage/auslaendische-bevoelkerung-nach-nationalitaet-essen/}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"

|12. || [[Mannheim]] || 3,018|| As of December 2023<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mannheim.de/de|title=Startseite | Mannheim.de|website=www.mannheim.de}}{{full|date=July 2025}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"

| 13. || [[Bonn]] || 2,459 || As of December 2022<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www2.bonn.de/statistik/dl/ews/Bevoelkerungsstatistik2022.pdf |title=Melderegisterauswertung Stand 30.06.2024 |access-date=2024-10-08}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"

| 14. || [[Dresden]] || 2,408|| As of December 2023<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sab.landtag.sachsen.de/de/entwicklungen-19082.cshtml |title=Zuwanderung |access-date=2024-10-08}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"

| 15. || [[Karlsruhe]] || 2,347|| As of December 2023
|- style="text-align:left;"

| 16. || [[Nuremberg]] || 2,122|| As of July 2024
|- style="text-align:left;"
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| colspan="10" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdead;"| '''Number of people of Indian origin in German States '''
|- style="background:#ddd;"
! style="background:#ececec;"| #|| style="background:#ececec;"| State|| style="background:#ececec;"| People || style="background:#ececec;"| Notes
|- style="text-align:left;"|

| 1. || [[Bavaria]] || 58,435 || As of December 2024, only Indian citizens<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/1094848/umfrage/anzahl-der-auslaender-in-bayern-nach-staatsangehoerigkeit/ |title=Anzahl der Ausländer in Bayern nach Staatsangehörigkeit im Jahr 2024 |access-date=2025-06-16}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"

| 2. || [[North Rhine-Westphalia]] || 45,030 || As of December 2024, only Indian citizens<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.landesdatenbank.nrw.de/ldbnrw/online/statistic/12521#abreadcrumb |title=Ausländische Bevölkerung nach Geschlecht und ausgewählten Staatsangehörigkeiten (85) der Welt - Land - Stichtag|access-date=2025-06-16}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"

| 3. || [[Berlin]] || 45,002 || As of December 2024, Indians and Germans of Indian origin <ref>Data not publicly available, only upon request from "Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg"</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"

| 4. || [[Baden-Württemberg]] || 42,410 || As of December 2024, only Indian citizens<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.statistik-nord.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Statistische_Berichte/bevoelkerung/A_1_10_j_H/A_I_10_j23_HH.pdf |title=Anzahl der Ausländer in Baden-Württemberg nach Staatsangehörigkeit im Jahr 2024 |access-date=2025-06-16}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"

| 5. || [[Hesse]] || 31,385 || As of December 2024, only Indian citizens<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/1094908/umfrage/anzahl-der-auslaender-in-hessen-nach-staatsangehoerigkeit/ |title=Anzahl der Ausländer in Hessen nach Staatsangehörigkeit im Jahr 2024 |access-date=2025-06-16}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"

| 6. || [[Lower Saxony]] || 13,260 || As of December 2024, only Indian citizens<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/1095056/umfrage/anzahl-der-auslaender-in-niedersachsen-nach-staatsangehoerigkeit/ |title=Anzahl der Ausländer in Niedersachsen nach Staatsangehörigkeit im Jahr 2024 |access-date=2025-06-16}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"

| 6. || [[Hamburg]] || 12,353 || As of December 2023, Indians and Germans of Indian origin<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.statistik-nord.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/A_I_4_j_24_HH.pdf |title=Bevölkerung mit Migrationshintergrund in den Hamburger Stadtteilen 2023 |access-date=2025-06-16}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"

|}

==Modern era==
Germany has become a popular destination for higher learning, and of the total student population in Germany about 12% are International students.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.careerindia.com/news/germany-welcomes-record-number-of-indian-students-in-2014-15-015611.html|title=Germany welcomes record number of Indian students: Study in Germany|website=Careerindia.com|date=15 September 2015|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref> Hundreds of schools in India have signed up to teach students German as their primary foreign language as part of an effort by Germany's top technical colleges to attract more Indian students.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2012/11/03/germany-indians/|title=Germany to Indian students: Willkommen!|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref> As a result, there has been a steady increase in the Indian student population in Germany which has quadrupled in 7 years since 2008.<ref name="indiatimes.com">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Indian-students-enrolment-in-German-universities-up-more-than-100-in-5-years/articleshow/38942461.cms|title=Indian students' enrolment in German universities up more than 100% in 5 years |newspaper=[[Times of India]]|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="timeshighereducation.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/number-indian-students-germany-doubles|title=Number of Indian students in Germany doubles|date=2 June 2017|website=Timeshighereducation.com|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Academic year
! No. of Indian students enrolled in German universities
|-
| 2008–09
| 3,516<ref name="indiatimes.com"/>
|-
| 2011–12
| 5,998<ref name="timeshighereducation.com"/>
|-
| 2012–13
| 7,532<ref name="indiatimes.com"/>
|-
| 2013–14
| 10,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/in-last-5-years-intake-of-indian-students-in-german-universities-has-doubled/|title='In last 5 years, intake of Indian students in German universities has doubled'|date=22 August 2015|website=Indianexpress.com|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 2014–15
| 11,860<ref name="indiatimes.com1">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/globalindian/germany-scores-high-for-students-record-growth-in-indians-studying-in-germany-for-2014-15/|title=Germany scores high for students; record growth in Indians studying in Germany for 2014–15|website=Blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/|date=14 September 2015|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 2015–16
| 13,740<ref name="timeshighereducation.com"/>
|-
| 2017–18
| 17,570<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.daad.in/en/2019/10/22/germany-welcomes-record-number-of-indian-students-in-2018-19/|title='Germany welcomes record number of indian students in 2018–2019'|date=22 August 2015|website=daad.in|access-date=5 November 2019|archive-date=6 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106212653/https://www.daad.in/en/2019/10/22/germany-welcomes-record-number-of-indian-students-in-2018-19/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2018–19
| 20,810<ref>{{Cite web|title=2018–19 record number of Indian students|url=https://www.daad.in/en/2019/11/30/germany-welcomes-record-number-of-indian-students-in-2018-19/|access-date=16 December 2020|archive-date=28 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728170524/https://www.daad.in/en/2019/11/30/germany-welcomes-record-number-of-indian-students-in-2018-19/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2019–20
| 25,149<ref>{{Cite web|title=Germany welcomes Record Number of Indian Students {{!}} DAAD India in 2019–20|url=https://www.daad.in/en/2020/10/13/germany-welcomes-record-number-of-indian-students/|access-date=2020-12-16|language=en|archive-date=7 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607110219/https://www.daad.in/en/2020/10/13/germany-welcomes-record-number-of-indian-students/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|2020–21
|28,905<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Indian Student Numbers touch a Record High in Germany |url=https://www.daad.in/en/2023/08/11/indian-student-numbers-touch-a-record-high-in-germany/ |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=www.daad.in |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2021–22
|34,134<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2022–23
|42,997<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2023–24
|49,483 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://thepienews.com/indians-form-largest-group-of-international-students-in-germany/|title='Indians form largest group of international students in Germany'|date=9 September 2024|website=thepienews.com|access-date=1 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2024-25
|60,000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/study-abroad/germany-welcomes-more-from-india-while-student-arrivals-to-the-us-plunge-the-new-geography-of-indian-ambition/articleshow/123472306.cms/|title='Germany welcomes more from India, while student arrivals to the US plunge: The new geographyof Indian ambition|date=9 September 2024|website=thepienews.com|access-date=23 August 2025}}</ref>
|}

==Notable people==
*[[Anita Bose Pfaff]], economist, daughter of [[Subhas Chandra Bose]]
*[[Atul Chitnis]], consulting technologist
*[[Anuradha Doddaballapur]], Germany National Women's cricket Team captain
*[[Aditya Kripalani]] Filmmaker
*[[Ayesha Kapur]], actress
*[[Ashok-Alexander Sridharan]], Ex-Mayor of Bonn
*[[Collien Fernandes]], media person
*[[Dhruv Rathee]], YouTuber
*[[Evelyn Sharma]], Bollywood actress
*[[Gujjula Ravindra Reddy]], member of the [[Landtag|state parliament]] of [[Brandenburg]] and former mayor of [[Altlandsberg]] ([[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]])
*[[Indira Weis]], singer
*[[Irshad Panjatan]], Berlin-based actor and mime artist of Indian descent
*[[Judith Lefeber]], singer
*[[Josef Winkler (politician)|Josef Winkler]], member of the [[Bundestag|German parliament]] ([[Alliance '90/The Greens]])
*[[Joybrato Mukherjee]], Professor of English Linguistics and the [[President (education)|President]] of the [[University of Giessen]].Youngest university president ever appointed in Germany. President of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
*[[Karthika Vijayaraghavan]], Germany National Women's cricketer
*[[Manjou Wilde]], footballer
*[[Mink Brar]], actress
*[[Mother Meera|Kamala Reddy]], Hindu guru
*[[Rahul Peter Das]], South Asianist ([[Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg]]) and President of the [[:de:Deutsche Gesellschaft für Asienkunde|German Association for Asian Studies]]
*[[Rajesh Saraiya]], steel plant owner
*[[Robin Dutt]], football club manager
*[[Shanta Ghosh]], sprinter
*[[Sharanya Sadarangani]], Germany National Women's cricketer
*[[Sandeep Bhagwati]], composer
*[[Sebastian Edathy]], member of the [[Bundestag|German parliament]] ([[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]])
*[[Subrata K. Mitra]], political scientist ([[Heidelberg University]], retired)
*[[Sabrina Setlur]], singer and ex-girlfriend of [[Boris Becker]]
*[[Shweta Shetty]], singer
*[[Tino Sehgal]], Berlin-based artist of Indian and British descent
*[[Xavier Naidoo]], singer

==See also==
{{Portal|India|Germany}}
*[[Germany–India relations]]
*[[Indians in Sweden]]
*[[Pakistanis in Germany]]
*[[Pakistanis in Sweden]]
*[[Tamil Germans]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
{{Refbegin|30em}}
*{{citation |last1=Datta |first1=Amrita |title=Stories of the Indian Immigrant Communities in Germany: Why Move? |url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-40147-3 |date=2023-11-11 |publisher=Springer |doi=10.1007/978-3-031-40147-3 |isbn=978-3-031-40147-3|url-access=subscription |doi-access=free }}
*{{citation |title=Imagining difference: The experiences of 'transnational' Indian IT-professionals in Germany |journal=Area |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=175–182 |first1=Louise |last1=Meijering |first2=Bettina |last2=Van Hoven |doi=10.1111/1475-4762.00253 |url=http://www.rug.nl/staff/b.van.hoven/imaginingdifference.pdf |year=2003 |bibcode=2003Area...35..174M}}
*{{citation |chapter=Germany |pages=358–362 |title=The encyclopedia of the Indian diaspora |editor-first=Brij V. |editor-last=Lal |editor2-first=Peter |editor2-last=Reeves |editor3-first=Rajesh |editor3-last=Reeves |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-8248-3146-2}}
*{{citation |last=Goel |first=Urmila |title='Indians in Germany': The imagination of a community |url=http://www.une.edu.au/asiacentre/PDF/No20.pdf |journal=UNEAC Asia Papers |volume=20 |year=2007 |access-date=15 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100509145601/http://www.une.edu.au/asiacentre/PDF/No20.pdf |archive-date=9 May 2010 |url-status=dead}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Goel |first1=Urmila |title='Half Indians', Adopted 'Germans' and 'Afghan Indians'. On Claims of 'Indianness' and their contestations in Germany |journal=Transforming Cultures eJournal |date=2008 |volume=3 |issue=1 |doi=10.5130/tfc.v3i1.676 |doi-access=free}}
*{{citation |last=Goel |first=Urmila |chapter=The German Internet Portal Indernet: A Space for Multiple Belongingness |title=Internationalizing Internet Studies: Beyond Anglophone Paradigms |editor-first=Gerard |editor-last=Goggin |editor2-first=Mark |editor2-last=McLelland |series=Routledge advances in internationalizing media studies |volume=2 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-415-95625-3 |pages=128–144}}
{{Refend}}

==External links==
* [http://indiansinmd.shoutwiki.com Indians in Magdeburg] - a student initiative that helps and provides useful information to non-German speakers, especially Indian students
* [http://www.magdeburgindians.com/ Magdeburg Indians- Magdeburg Indians e.V. – a private organization registered in Magdeburg, Germany] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125045825/http://www.magdeburgindians.com/ |date=25 November 2016 }}, Saxony-Anhalt
*[https://www.dig-ev.de Deutsch-Indische Gesellschaft]
* [http://www.urmila.de/UDG/Forschung/texte/encyclopedia.html Indians in Germany]
*[http://www.searchindie.com/Home/City/Frankfurt Indians In Germany]
* [http://www.indien-institut.de/ Indien-Institut] in Munich/Bavaria; attached to Völkerkundemuseum
* [http://www.dadinani.com/capture-memories/read-contributions/the-unforgettable/86-escape-from-east-germany-1972-by-kailash-mathur Escape from East Germany 1972] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708220251/http://www.dadinani.com/capture-memories/read-contributions/the-unforgettable/86-escape-from-east-germany-1972-by-kailash-mathur |date=8 July 2011 }}, autobiographical account of an Indian Ph.D. student in Dresden who married an East German woman
* [https://marathikattagermany.com Marathi Katta Germany, Frankfurt] – A Marathi Indian Community, a non-profit organization serving Marathi/Maharashtrian Indian community living in Germany for many years.
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{{Hatnote|This article is about the film. For the popular bhajan see [[Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram]].}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox film
| image = Raghupathi Raghavan Rajaram.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Durai (director)|Durai]]
| screenplay = Durai
| story = [[Rama Narayanan|Ram]]–Rahim
| producer = S. Leelavathi
| starring = {{ubl|[[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]]|[[Rajinikanth]]|[[Kutty Padmini]]|[[Sumithra (actress)|Sumithra]]}}
| music = [[Shankar–Ganesh]]
| studio = Sri Uma Chitra
| released = {{film date|1977|8|12|df=y}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'''''Raghupathi Raghavan Rajaram''''' ({{IPAc-en|r|ə|ɡ|ʊ|p|ə|θ|i|_|r|ɑː|ɡ|ə|v|ən|_|r|ɑː|dʒ|ɑːr|ɑː|m}}) is a 1977 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film directed by [[Durai (director)|Durai]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |author-link=Naman Ramachandran |title=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |title-link=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-14-342111-5 |location=New Delhi |pages=61 |orig-date=2012}}</ref> starring [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]], [[Rajinikanth]] and [[Sumithra (actress)|Sumithra]]. The film was released on 12 August 1977, and did not do well at the box office.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anand |first=N |date=21 August 2017 |title=An August Season |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/an-august-season/article19531864.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216104200/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/an-august-season/article19531864.ece |archive-date=16 February 2018 |access-date=27 September 2022 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> It is considered a [[lost film]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Krishnamoorthy |first=Sugeeth |date=5 September 2015 |title=Conversation with Director Durai .. |url=https://sugeethkrishnamoorthy.wordpress.com/2015/09/05/conversation-with-director-durai/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404065849/https://sugeethkrishnamoorthy.wordpress.com/2015/09/05/conversation-with-director-durai/ |archive-date=4 April 2022 |access-date=4 April 2022 |website=The Missing Film Reels of Thamizh Cinema}}</ref>

== Plot ==
{{no plot|date=January 2022}}

== Cast ==
* [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] as Inspector Raghupathi
* [[Rajinikanth]] as Veeraiyan<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 February 2013 |title=ரஜினியின் பெருந்தன்மை |language=ta |trans-title=Rajini's generosity |work=[[Thinakaran]] |url=http://archives.thinakaran.lk/2013/02/26/default.asp?fn=f1302265 |url-status=live |access-date=20 January 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161110223623/http://archives.thinakaran.lk/2013/02/26/default.asp?fn=f1302265 |archive-date=10 November 2016}}</ref>
* [[Sumithra (actress)|Sumithra]]
* [[Kutty Padmini]]

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[Shankar–Ganesh]], with lyrics written by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Raghupathi Raghava Rajaram Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by Shankar Ganesh |url=https://macsendisk.com/product/raghupathi-raghava-rajaram-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-shankar-ganesh/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120110418/https://macsendisk.com/product/raghupathi-raghava-rajaram-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-shankar-ganesh/ |archive-date=20 January 2022 |access-date=19 January 2022 |website=Macsendisk}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Thanga Therodum
| note1 =
| lyrics1 =
| extra1 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[P. Susheela]]
| length1 =
| title2 = Kathazhang Kattukulle
| note2 =
| lyrics2 =
| extra2 = [[S. C. Krishnan]]
| length2 =
| title3 = Raghupathi Raghava Rajaram
| note3 =
| lyrics3 =
| extra3 = P. Susheela
| length3 =
}}

== Critical reception ==
''Anna'' praised the acting of the star cast, cinematography and Durai's direction.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 Aug 1977 |title=ரகுபதி ராகவன் ராஜாராம் |url=https://images.eap.bl.uk/EAP372/EAP372_6_23_1_51/4.jp2/full/1000,1364/0/default.jpg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250510120804/https://images.eap.bl.uk/EAP372/EAP372_6_23_1_51/4.jp2/full/1000,1364/0/default.jpg |archive-date=10 May 2025 |access-date=10 May 2025 |work=Anna |pages=4 |language=ta |via=[[Endangered Archives Programme]]}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
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Shikshaa

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| director = S. Ramanathan
| producer = Rajshri Productions
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| music = [[Bappi Lahiri]]
| cinematography = V Keshav
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'''''Shikshaa''''' is a 1979 [[Hindi|Hindi-language]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[S. Ramanathan (film director)|S. Ramanathan]], starring [[Raj Kiran (actor)|Raj Kiran]], [[Beena Banerjee]] and [[Iftekhar]] in lead roles. The film was a remake of [[Telugu language|Telugu]] film ''[[Neramu Siksha]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Salam |first=Ziya Us |date=16 May 2015 |title=Shikshaa (1979) |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/shikshaa-1979/article7205348.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=11 August 2024}}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Raj Kiran (actor)|Raj Kiran]] as Vijay D. Gupta
* Sushma Verma as Madhu
* [[Beena Banerjee]] as Janaki
* [[Iftekhar]] as Rai Bahadur Dwarka Das Gupta
* [[Urmila Bhatt]] as Laxmi D. Gupta

==Soundtrack==
The music was composed by [[Bappi Lahiri]] for lyrics by Gauhar Kanpuri.
# "Teri Choti Si Ek Bhool" - [[K. J. Yesudas]]
# "Main Diwani" - Aarthi Mukherjee
# "Yari Hai Phoolon Se Meri" 1 - [[Bappi Lahiri]]
# "Chhan Chhan Baj Rahe Ghunghroo" - [[Shailender Singh|Shailendra Singh]], [[Anuradha Paudwal]]
# "Jehi Vidhi Rakhe Ram" - Chandrani Mukherjee
# "Yari Hai Phoolon Se Meri" 2 - [[Bappi Lahiri]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0165941|title=Shikshaa}}

{{S. Ramanathan}}

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Science fiction film

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{{Short description|Film genre}}
{{About|the genre specific to films|the fiction genre in general|Science fiction|other uses|Science fiction (disambiguation)}}
[[File:Maschinenmensch in a screen shot from the Metropolis film.jpg|thumb|''[[Metropolis (1927 film)|Metropolis]]'' (1927) by [[Fritz Lang]] was one of the first feature-length science fiction films. It was produced at [[Studio Babelsberg]], Germany. (Image shows a scene from the film)]]
{{Scififilmlist}}

'''Science fiction''' (or '''sci-fi''') is a [[film genre]] that uses [[Speculative fiction|speculative]], [[science]]-based depictions of phenomena that are not fully accepted by mainstream science, such as [[Extraterrestrial life in fiction|extraterrestrial lifeforms]], [[List of fictional spacecraft|spacecraft]], [[robot]]s, [[cyborg]]s, [[Mutants in fiction|mutants]], [[interstellar travel]], [[time travel]], or other technologies. [[Science fiction]] films have often been used to focus on [[politics|political]] or [[social issue]]s, and to explore philosophical issues like the [[human condition]].

The genre has existed since the early years of [[silent cinema]], when [[Georges Méliès]]' ''[[A Trip to the Moon]]'' (1902) employed [[Special effect|trick photography]] effects. The next major example (first in feature-length in the genre) was the film ''[[Metropolis (1927 film)|Metropolis]]'' (1927). There were a few early big-budget films, notably ''[[Things to Come|Things to Come]]'' (1936), but from the 1930s to the 1950s the genre consisted mainly of low-budget [[B movies]]. After [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s landmark ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' (1968), the science fiction film genre was taken more seriously. In the late 1970s, big-budget science fiction films filled with special effects became popular with audiences after the success of ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' (1977) and paved the way for the [[blockbuster (entertainment)|blockbuster]] hits of subsequent decades.<ref>Dean, Joan F. "Between 2001 and Star Wars." Journal of Popular Film and Television 7.1 (1978): 32-41.</ref><ref>Lev, Peter. "Whose future? Star wars, alien, and blade runner." Literature/Film Quarterly 26.1 (1998): 30.</ref>

Screenwriter and scholar [[Eric R. Williams]] identifies science fiction films as one of eleven super-genres in his [[Screenwriters Taxonomy|screenwriters’ taxonomy]], stating that all feature-length narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are [[Action film|action]], [[Crime film|crime]], [[Fantasy film|fantasy]], [[Horror film|horror]], [[Romance film|romance]], [[slice of life]], [[Sports film|sports]], [[Thriller film|thriller]], [[War film|war]], and [[Western (genre)|western]].<ref>Williams, Eric R. (2017). ''The screenwriters taxonomy : a roadmap to collaborative storytelling''. New York, NY: Routledge Studies in Media Theory and Practice. {{ISBN|978-1-315-10864-3}}. {{OCLC|993983488}}. P. 21</ref>

==Characteristics of the genre==
According to [[Vivian Sobchack]], a British cinema and media theorist and cultural critic:

<blockquote>Science fiction film is a film genre which emphasizes actual, extrapolative, or 2.0 speculative [[science]] and the [[empirical methods|empirical method]], interacting in a social context with the lesser emphasized, but still present, [[transcendentalism]] of [[Magic (paranormal)|magic]] and [[religion]], in an attempt to reconcile man with the unknown.
:— Vivian Carol Sobchack, p. 63
</blockquote>

This definition suggests a continuum between (real-world) [[empiricism]] and ([[supernatural]]) [[transcendentalism]], with science fiction films on the side of empiricism, and happy films and sad films on the side of transcendentalism. However, there are numerous well-known examples of science fiction horror films, epitomized by such pictures as ''[[Frankenstein (1931)|Frankenstein]]'' and ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]''.

The visual style of science fiction film is characterized by a clash between alien and familiar images. This clash is implemented when alien images become familiar, as in ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'', when the repetitions of the Korova Milkbar make the alien decor seem more familiar.<ref>{{cite book | first=Vivian Carol | last=Sobchack | year=1997 | title=Screening Space: The American Science Fiction Film | publisher=[[Rutgers University Press]] | page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780813524924/page/106 106] |isbn=0-8135-2492-X | url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780813524924/page/106 }}</ref> As well, familiar images become alien, as in the films ''[[Repo Man (film)|Repo Man]]'' and ''[[Liquid Sky]]''.<ref>{{cite book
| first=Toni A. | last=Perrine | year=2003
| title=Film and the Nuclear Age: Representing Cultural Anxiety | pages=31–32 | publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]]
|isbn=0-8153-2932-6 }}</ref> For example, in ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]'', the distortion of the humans make the familiar images seem more alien.<ref>Sobchack (1997:170–174).</ref> Finally, alien images are juxtaposed with the familiar, as in ''[[The Deadly Mantis]]'', when a giant [[mantis|praying mantis]] is shown climbing the [[Washington Monument]].

Cultural theorist [[Scott Bukatman]] has proposed that science fiction film allows contemporary culture to witness an expression of the [[Sublime (philosophy)|sublime]], be it through exaggerated scale, apocalypse or transcendence.

==History==
{{main|History of science fiction films}}
===1900–1920s===
{{See also|List of science fiction films before 1920|List of science fiction films of the 1920s}}
[[File:L'uomo meccanico (1921).webm|thumb|thumbtime=1238|upright=1.5|''[[The Mechanical Man|L'uomo meccanico]]'' (1921)]]

Science fiction films appeared early in the [[silent film]] era, typically as short films shot in black and white, sometimes with colour tinting. They usually had a technological theme and were often intended to be humorous. In [[1902 in film|1902]], [[Georges Méliès]] released ''[[A Trip to the Moon|Le Voyage dans la Lune]]'', generally considered the first science fiction film,<ref>{{cite book|last=Creed|first=Barbara|title=Darwin's Screens: Evolutionary Aesthetics, Time and Sexual Display in the Cinema|year=2009|publisher=[[Melbourne University Publishing]]|location=Carlton, Victoria|page=58|isbn=978-0-522-85258-5}}</ref> and a film that used early trick photography to depict a spacecraft's journey to the Moon. Several early films merged the science fiction and [[horror film|horror]] genres. Examples of this are ''[[Frankenstein (1910 film)|Frankenstein]]'' ([[1910 in film|1910]]), a film adaptation of [[Mary Shelley]]'s novel, and ''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920 Paramount film)|Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' (1920), based on the psychological tale by [[Robert Louis Stevenson]]. Taking a more adventurous tack, ''[[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916 film)|20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]'' ([[1916 in film|1916]]) is a film based on [[Jules Verne]]’s famous novel of a wondrous submarine and its vengeful captain. In the 1920s, European filmmakers tended to use science fiction for prediction and social commentary, as can be seen in German films such as ''[[Metropolis (1927 film)|Metropolis]]'' ([[1927 in film|1927]]) and ''[[Frau im Mond]]'' ([[1929 in film|1929]]). Other notable science fiction films of the silent era include ''[[The Impossible Voyage]]'' (1904), ''The Motorist'' (1906), ''[[The Conquest of the Pole]]'' (1912), ''[[Himmelskibet (film)|Himmelskibet]]'' (1918; which with its runtime of 97 minutes generally is considered the first feature-length science fiction film in history),<ref>{{IMDb title|qid=Q4993450|id=tt0008100|title=A Trip to Mars (1918)}}</ref> ''[[The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari]]'' (1920), ''[[The Mechanical Man]]'' (1921), ''[[Paris Qui Dort]]'' (1923), ''[[Aelita (film)|Aelita]]'' (1924), ''[[Luch Smerti]]'' (1925), and ''[[The Lost World (1925 film)|The Lost World]]'' (1925).

===1930s–1950s===
{{See also|List of science fiction films of the 1930s|List of science fiction films of the 1940s|List of science fiction films of the 1950s}}

In the 1930s, there were several big budget science fiction films, notably ''[[Just Imagine (film)|Just Imagine]]'' (1930), ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]'' (1933) and ''[[Things to Come]]'' (1936). Starting in 1936, a number of science fiction [[comic strip]]s were adapted as [[Serial film|serials]], notably ''[[Flash Gordon (serial)|Flash Gordon]]'' and ''[[Buck Rogers (serial)|Buck Rogers]]'', both starring [[Buster Crabbe]]. These serials, and the comic strips they were based on, were very popular with the general public. Other notable science fiction films of the 1930s include ''[[Frankenstein (1931 film)|Frankenstein]]'' (1931), ''[[Bride of Frankenstein]]'' (1935), ''[[Doctor X (film)|Doctor X]]'' (1932), ''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931 film)|Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' (1931), ''[[F.P.1]]'' (1932), ''[[Island of Lost Souls (1932 film)|Island of Lost Souls]]'' (1932), ''[[Deluge (film)|Deluge]]'' (1933), ''[[The Invisible Man (1933 film)|The Invisible Man]]'' (1933), ''[[Master of the World (1934 film)|Master of the World]]'' (1934), ''[[Mad Love (1935 film)|Mad Love]]'' (1935), ''[[The Tunnel (1935 film)|Trans-Atlantic Tunnel]]'' (1935), ''[[The Devil-Doll]]'' (1936), ''[[The Invisible Ray (1936 film)|The Invisible Ray]]'' (1936), ''[[The Man Who Changed His Mind]]'' (1936), ''[[The Walking Dead (1936 film)|The Walking Dead]]'' (1936), ''[[Non-Stop New York]]'' (1937), and ''[[The Return of Doctor X]]'' (1939). The 1940s brought us ''[[Before I Hang]]'' (1940), ''[[Black Friday (1940 film)|Black Friday]]'' (1940), ''[[Dr. Cyclops]]'' (1940), ''[[The Devil Commands]]'' (1941), ''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941 film)|Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' (1941), ''[[Man Made Monster]]'' (1941), ''[[It Happened Tomorrow]]'' (1944), ''[[It Happens Every Spring]]'' (1949), and ''[[The Perfect Woman (1949 film)|The Perfect Woman]]'' (1949). The release of ''[[Destination Moon (film)|Destination Moon]]'' (1950) and ''[[Rocketship X-M]]'' (1950) brought us to what many people consider "the golden age of the science fiction film".

In the 1950s, public interest in space travel and new technologies was great. While many 1950s science fiction films were low-budget [[B movie]]s, there were several successful films with larger budgets and impressive special effects. These include ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'' (1951), ''[[The Thing from Another World]]'' (1951), ''[[When Worlds Collide (1951 film)|When Worlds Collide]]'' (1951), ''[[The War of the Worlds (1953 film)|The War of the Worlds]]'' (1953), ''[[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)|20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]'' (1954), ''[[This Island Earth]]'' (1955), ''[[Forbidden Planet]]'' (1956), ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'' (1956), ''[[The Curse of Frankenstein]]'' (1957), ''[[Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959 film)|Journey to the Center of the Earth]]'' (1959) and ''[[On the Beach (1959 film)|On the Beach]]'' (1959). There is often a close connection between films in the science fiction genre and the so-called "[[monster movie]]". Examples of this are ''[[Them!]]'' (1954), ''[[The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms]]'' (1953) and ''[[The Blob]]'' (1958). During the 1950s, [[Ray Harryhausen]], protege of master King Kong animator Willis O'Brien, used [[stop motion|stop-motion animation]] to create special effects for the following notable science fiction films: ''[[It Came from Beneath the Sea]]'' (1955), ''[[Earth vs. the Flying Saucers]]'' (1956) and ''[[20 Million Miles to Earth]]'' (1957).

[[File:Gojira 1954 Japanese poster.jpg|thumb|upright|Poster for the 1954 Japanese monster film ''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'']]

The most successful monster movies were Japanese film studio [[Toho]]'s ''[[kaiju]]'' films directed by [[Ishirō Honda]] and featuring special effects by [[Eiji Tsuburaya]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.roberthood.net/obsesses/godzilla.htm | title = A Potted History of Godzilla | first = Robert | last = Hood | access-date = 2008-02-09 | archive-date = 2012-11-18 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121118074252/http://www.roberthood.net/obsesses/godzilla.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.kensforce.com/Gojira_aka_Godzilla_1954.html | title = Gojira / Godzilla (1954) Synopsis | access-date = 2008-02-09 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071224140420/http://www.kensforce.com/Gojira_aka_Godzilla_1954.html | archive-date = 2007-12-24 |url-status = dead}}</ref> The 1954 film ''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'', with the title monster attacking Tokyo, gained immense popularity, spawned multiple sequels, led to other kaiju films like ''[[Rodan (film)|Rodan]]'', and created one of the most recognizable monsters in cinema history. [[Japanese science fiction]] films, particularly the [[tokusatsu]] and kaiju genres, were known for their extensive use of [[special effect]]s, and gained worldwide popularity in the 1950s. Kaiju and tokusatsu films, notably ''[[Warning from Space]]'' (1956), sparked [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s interest in science fiction films and influenced ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' (1968). According to his biographer [[John Baxter (author)|John Baxter]], despite their "clumsy model sequences, the films were often well-photographed in colour ... and their dismal dialogue was delivered in well-designed and well-lit sets."<ref>{{cite book|last=Baxter|first=John|date=1997|title=Stanley Kubrick: A Biography|page=[https://archive.org/details/stanleykubrickbi00baxt/page/200 200]|location=New York|publisher=Basic Books|isbn=0-7867-0485-3|url=https://archive.org/details/stanleykubrickbi00baxt/page/200}}</ref>

===1960s–present===
{{See also|List of science fiction films of the 1960s}}
[[File:Discovery One from trailer of 2001 A Space Odyssey (1968).png|left|thumb|''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', the landmark 1968 collaboration between filmmaker [[Stanley Kubrick]] and classic science-fiction author [[Arthur C. Clarke]], featured groundbreaking special effects, such as the realization of the spaceship USSC ''[[Discovery One]]'' (pictured here).]]
With the [[Space Race]] between the USSR and the US going on, documentaries and illustrations of actual events, pioneers and technology were plenty. Any movie featuring realistic space travel was at risk of being obsolete at its time of release, rather fossil than fiction. There were relatively few science fiction films in the 1960s, but some of the films transformed science fiction cinema. [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' ([[1968 in film|1968]]) brought new realism to the genre, with its groundbreaking visual effects and realistic portrayal of space travel and influenced the genre with its epic story and transcendent philosophical scope. Other 1960s films included ''[[Planet of the Vampires]]'' (1965) by Italian filmmaker [[Mario Bava]], that is regarded as one of the best movies of the period, ''[[Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|Planet of the Apes]]'' (1968) and ''[[Fahrenheit 451 (1966 film)|Fahrenheit 451]]'' ([[1966 in film|1966]]), which provided social commentary, and the campy ''[[Barbarella (film)|Barbarella]]'' (1968), which explored the comical side of earlier science fiction. [[Jean-Luc Godard]]'s French "new wave" film ''[[Alphaville (film)|Alphaville]]'' (1965) posited a futuristic Paris commanded by an artificial intelligence which has outlawed all emotion.

{{See also|List of science fiction films of the 1970s|List of science fiction films of the 1980s}}

The era of crewed trips to the Moon in 1969 and the 1970s saw a resurgence of interest in the science fiction film. [[Andrei Tarkovsky]]'s ''[[Solaris (1972 film)|Solaris]]'' ([[1972 in film|1972]]) and ''[[Stalker (1979 film)|Stalker]]'' ([[1979 in film|1979]]) are two widely acclaimed examples of the renewed interest of [[Auteur theory|film ''auteurs'']] in science fiction.<ref>{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema|author=Peter Rollberg|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2016|place=US|isbn=978-1-4422-6842-5|pages=650–654}}</ref> Science fiction films from the early 1970s explored the theme of paranoia, in which humanity is depicted as under threat from sociological, ecological or technological adversaries of its own creation, such as [[George Lucas]]'s directional debut ''[[THX 1138]]'' ([[1971 in film|1971]]), ''[[The Andromeda Strain (film)|The Andromeda Strain]]'' ([[1971 in film|1971]]), ''[[Silent Running]]'' ([[1972 in film|1972]]), ''[[Soylent Green]]'' ([[1973 in film|1973]]), ''[[Westworld (film)|Westworld]]'' ([[1973 in film|1973]]) and its sequel ''[[Futureworld]]'' ([[1976 in film|1976]]), and ''[[Logan's Run (film)|Logan's Run]]'' ([[1976 in film|1976]]). The science fiction comedies of the 1970s included [[Woody Allen]]'s ''[[Sleeper (1973 film)|Sleeper]]'' ([[1973 in film|1973]]), and [[John Carpenter]]'s ''[[Dark Star (film)|Dark Star]]'' ([[1974 in film|1974]]). The sports science fiction genre can be seen in films such as [[Rollerball (1975 film)|Rollerball]] (1975).

''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' ([[1977 in film|1977]]) and ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'' ([[1977 in film|1977]]) were box-office hits that brought about a huge increase in science fiction films. In [[1979 in film|1979]], ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]'' brought the television series to the big screen for the first time. It was also in this period that the Walt Disney Company released many science fiction films for family audiences such as ''[[The Black Hole (1979 film)|The Black Hole]]'', ''[[Flight of the Navigator]]'', and ''[[Honey, I Shrunk the Kids]]''. The sequels to ''Star Wars'', ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' ([[1980 in film|1980]]) and ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'' ([[1983 in film|1983]]), also saw worldwide box office success. [[Ridley Scott]]'s films, such as ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' ([[1979 in film|1979]]) and ''[[Blade Runner]]'' ([[1982 in film|1982]]), along with [[James Cameron]]'s ''[[The Terminator]]'' ([[1984 in film|1984]]), presented the future as dark, dirty and chaotic, and depicted aliens and androids as hostile and dangerous. In contrast, [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]'' ([[1982 in film|1982]]), one of the most successful films of the 1980s, presented aliens as benign and friendly, a theme already present in Spielberg's own ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind''. James Bond also entered the science fiction genre in 1979 with ''[[Moonraker (film)|Moonraker]]''.

The big budget adaptations of [[Frank Herbert]]'s ''[[Dune (1984 film)|Dune]]'' and [[Alex Raymond]]'s ''[[Flash Gordon (film)|Flash Gordon]]'', as well as [[Peter Hyams]]'s sequel to ''2001'', ''[[2010: The Year We Make Contact]]'' (based on ''2001'' author [[Arthur C. Clarke]]'s sequel novel ''[[2010: Odyssey Two]]''), were box office failures that dissuaded producers from investing in science fiction literary properties. Disney's ''[[Tron]]'' ([[1982 in film|1982]]) turned out to be a moderate success. The strongest contributors to the genre during the second half of the 1980s were James Cameron and Paul Verhoeven with ''[[The Terminator]]'' and ''[[RoboCop]]'' entries. [[Robert Zemeckis]]' film ''[[Back to the Future]]'' ([[1985 in film|1985]]) and its [[Back to the Future (franchise)|sequels]] were critically praised and became box office successes, not to mention international phenomena. James Cameron's sequel to ''Alien'', ''[[Aliens (film)|Aliens]]'' ([[1986 in film|1986]]), was very different from the original film, falling more into the action/science fiction genre, it was both a critical and commercial success and [[Sigourney Weaver]] was nominated for [[Best Actress in a Leading Role]] at the [[Academy Award]]s. The [[Japanese cyberpunk]] [[anime]] film ''[[Akira (1988 film)|Akira]]'' ([[1988 in film|1988]]) also had a big influence outside Japan when released.

{{See also|List of science fiction films of the 1990s|List of science fiction films of the 2000s}}

In the 1990s, the emergence of the [[World Wide Web]] and the [[cyberpunk]] genre spawned several movies on the theme of the computer-human interface, such as ''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]'' ([[1991 in film|1991]]), ''[[Total Recall (1990 film)|Total Recall]]'' ([[1990 in film|1990]]), ''[[The Lawnmower Man (film)|The Lawnmower Man]]'' ([[1992 in film|1992]]), and ''[[The Matrix]]'' ([[1999 in film|1999]]). Other themes included disaster films (e.g., ''[[Armageddon (1998 film)|Armageddon]]'' and ''[[Deep Impact (film)|Deep Impact]]'', both [[1998 in film|1998]]), alien invasion (e.g., ''[[Independence Day (1996 film)|Independence Day]]'' ([[1996 in film|1996]])) and genetic experimentation (e.g., ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]'' ([[1993 in film|1993]]) and ''[[Gattaca]]'' ([[1997 in film|1997]])). Also, the ''Star Wars'' prequel trilogy began with the release of ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace]]'', which eventually grossed over one billion dollars.

As the decade progressed, computers played an increasingly important role in both the addition of [[special effects]] (thanks to ''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]'' and ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]'') and the production of films. As software developed in sophistication it was used to produce more complicated effects. It also enabled filmmakers to enhance the visual quality of animation, resulting in films such as ''[[Ghost in the Shell (1995 film)|Ghost in the Shell]]'' (1995) from Japan, and ''[[The Iron Giant]]'' (1999) from the United States.

During the first decade of the 2000s, [[superhero film]]s abounded, as did earthbound science fiction such as the ''Matrix'' trilogy. In [[2005 in film|2005]], the ''Star Wars'' saga was completed (although it was later continued, but at the time it was not intended to be) with the darkly themed ''[[Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith]]''. Science-fiction also returned as a tool for political commentary in films such as ''[[A.I. Artificial Intelligence]]'', ''[[Minority Report (film)|Minority Report]]'', ''[[Sunshine (2007 film)|Sunshine]]'', ''[[District 9]]'', ''[[Children of Men]]'', ''[[Serenity (2005 film)|Serenity]]'', ''[[Sleep Dealer]]'', and ''[[Pandorum]]''. The 2000s also saw the release of ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' (2007) and ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'' (2009), both of which resulted in worldwide box office success. In 2009, [[James Cameron]]'s ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]'' garnered worldwide box office success, and would later become the highest-grossing movie of all time. This movie was also an example of political commentary. It depicted humans destroying the environment on another planet by mining for a special metal called unobtainium. That same year, ''[[Terminator Salvation]]'' was released and garnered only moderate success.

{{Further |List of science fiction films of the 2010s}}

The 2010s saw new entries in several classic science fiction franchises, including ''[[Predators (2010 film)|Predators]]'' ([[2010 in film|2010]]), ''[[Tron: Legacy]]'' (2010), a resurgence of the ''[[Star Wars]]'' series, and entries into the ''[[Planet of the Apes]]'' and ''[[Godzilla]]'' franchises. Several more cross-genre films have also been produced, including comedies such as ''[[Hot Tub Time Machine]]'' (2010), ''[[Seeking a Friend for the End of the World]]'' ([[2012 in film|2012]]), ''[[Safety Not Guaranteed]]'' ([[2013 in film|2013]]), and ''[[Pixels (2015 film)|Pixels]]'' (2015), romance films such as ''[[Her (2013 film)|Her]]'' (2013), ''[[Monsters (2010 film)|Monsters]]'' (2010), and ''[[Ex Machina (film)|Ex Machina]]'' (2015), heist films including ''[[Inception]]'' (2010) and action films including ''[[Real Steel]]'' (2011), ''[[Total Recall (2012 film)|Total Recall]]'' (2012), ''[[Edge of Tomorrow]]'' ([[2014 in film|2014]]), ''[[Pacific Rim (film)|Pacific Rim]]'' (2013), ''[[Chappie (film)|Chappie]]'' (2015), ''[[Tomorrowland (film)|Tomorrowland]]'' (2015), and ''[[Ghost in the Shell (2017 film)|Ghost in the Shell]]'' (2017). The [[superhero film]] boom has also continued, into films such as ''[[Iron Man 2]]'' (2010) and ''[[Iron Man 3]]'' (2013), several entries into the [[X-Men (film series)|X-Men film series]], and ''[[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]]'' (2012), which became the fourth-highest-grossing film of all time. New franchises such as ''[[Deadpool (film)|Deadpool]]'' and ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy (film)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]'' also began in this decade.

Further into the decade, more realistic science fiction [[epic film]]s also become prevalent, including ''[[Battleship (film)|Battleship]]'' (2012), ''[[Gravity (2013 film)|Gravity]]'' (2013), ''[[Elysium (film)|Elysium]]'' (2013), ''[[Interstellar (film)|Interstellar]]'' ([[2014 in film|2014]]), ''[[Mad Max: Fury Road]]'' ([[2015 in film|2015]]), ''[[The Martian (film)|The Martian]]'' ([[2015 in film|2015]]), ''[[Arrival (film)|Arrival]]'' ([[2016 in film|2016]]), ''[[Passengers (2016 film)|Passengers]]'' (2016), and ''[[Blade Runner 2049]]'' ([[2017 in film|2017]]). Many of these films have gained widespread accolades, including several [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] wins and nominations. These films have addressed recent matters of scientific interest, including space travel, climate change, and artificial intelligence.

Alongside these original films, many adaptations were produced, especially within the [[young adult fiction|young adult]] [[dystopian fiction]] subgenre, popular in the early part of the decade. These include the [[The Hunger Games (film series)|''Hunger Games'' film series]], based on the [[The Hunger Games|trilogy of novels]] by [[Suzanne Collins]], ''[[The Divergent Series]]'' based on [[Veronica Roth]]'s [[Divergent trilogy]], and the [[Maze Runner (film series)|''Maze Runner'' series]], based on [[James Dashner]]'s [[The Maze Runner (novel series)|''The Maze Runner'' novels]]. Several adult adaptations have also been produced, including ''[[The Martian (film)|The Martian]]'' (2015), based on [[Andy Weir]]'s [[The Martian (Weir novel)|2011 novel]], ''[[Cloud Atlas (film)|Cloud Atlas]]'' (2012), based on [[David Mitchell (author)|David Mitchell]]'s [[Cloud Atlas (novel)|2004 novel]], ''[[World War Z (film)|World War Z]]'', based on [[Max Brooks]]' [[World War Z|2006 novel]], and ''[[Ready Player One (film)|Ready Player One]]'' (2018), based on [[Ernest Cline]]'s [[Ready Player One|2011 novel]].

Independent productions also increased in the 2010s, with the rise of [[digital cinematography|digital filmmaking]] making it easier for filmmakers to produce movies on a smaller budget. These films include ''[[Attack the Block]]'' (2011), ''[[Source Code (film)|Source Code]]'' (2011), ''[[Looper (film)|Looper]]'' (2012), ''[[Upstream Color]]'' (2013), ''[[Ex Machina (film)|Ex Machina]]'' (2015), and ''[[Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets]]'' (2017). In 2016, ''Ex Machina'' won the Academy Award for [[Academy Award for Best Visual Effects|Visual Effects]] in a surprising upset over the much higher-budget ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]'' (2015).

==Themes, imagery, and visual elements==
Science fiction films are often speculative in nature, and often include key supporting elements of science and technology. However, as often as not the "science" in a [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] science fiction movie can be considered pseudo-science, relying primarily on atmosphere and quasi-scientific artistic fancy than facts and conventional scientific theory. The definition can also vary depending on the viewpoint of the observer.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}}

Many science fiction films include elements of mysticism, [[occult]], magic, or the [[supernatural]], considered by some to be more properly elements of fantasy or the occult (or religious) film.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} This transforms the movie genre into a science fantasy with a religious or quasi-religious philosophy serving as the driving motivation. The movie ''[[Forbidden Planet]]'' employs many common science fiction elements, but the film carries a profound message - that the evolution of a species toward technological perfection (in this case exemplified by the disappeared alien civilization called the "Krell") does not ensure the loss of primitive and dangerous urges.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} In the film, this part of the primitive mind manifests itself as monstrous destructive force emanating from the Freudian subconscious, or "Id".

Some films blur the line between the genres, such as films where the protagonist gains the extraordinary powers of the [[superhero]]. These films usually employ quasi-plausible reason for the hero gaining these powers.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}}

Not all [[List of science fiction themes|science fiction themes]] are equally suitable for movies. Science fiction horror is most common. Often enough, these films could just as well pass as [[Western (genre)|Westerns]] or [[World War II]] films if the science fiction props were removed.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} Common motifs also include voyages and expeditions to other planets, and [[dystopia]]s, while [[utopia]]s are rare.

===Imagery===
Film theorist [[Vivian Sobchack]] argues that science fiction films differ from fantasy films in that while science fiction film seeks to achieve our belief in the images we are viewing, fantasy film instead attempts to suspend our disbelief. The science fiction film displays the unfamiliar and alien in the context of the familiar. Despite the alien nature of the scenes and science fictional elements of the setting, the imagery of the film is related back to humankind and how we relate to our surroundings. While the science fiction film strives to push the boundaries of the human experience, they remain bound to the conditions and understanding of the audience and thereby contain prosaic aspects, rather than being completely alien or abstract.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}}

Genre films such as westerns or war movies are bound to a particular area or time period. This is not true of the science fiction film. However, there are several common visual elements that are evocative of the genre. These include the spacecraft or space station, alien worlds or creatures, robots, and futuristic gadgets. Examples include movies like ''[[Lost in Space (film)|Lost in Space]]'', ''[[Serenity (2005 film)|Serenity]]'', ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]'', ''[[Prometheus (2012 film)|Prometheus]]'', ''[[Tomorrowland (film)|Tomorrowland]]'', ''[[Passengers (2016 film)|Passengers]]'', and ''[[Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets]]''. More subtle visual clues can appear with changes of the human form through modifications in appearance, size, or behavior, or by means a known environment turned eerily alien, such as an empty city ''[[The Omega Man]]'' (1971).

===Scientific elements===
[[File:Dr. Strangelove.png|thumb|[[Peter Sellers]] as the titular character from ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]'' (1964)]]

While science is a major element of this genre, many movie studios take significant liberties with scientific knowledge. Such liberties can be most readily observed in films that show [[spacecraft]] maneuvering in [[outer space]]. The [[vacuum]] should preclude the transmission of [[sound]] or maneuvers employing wings, yet the soundtrack is filled with inappropriate flying noises and changes in flight path resembling an aircraft banking. The filmmakers, unfamiliar with the specifics of [[Spaceflight|space travel]], focus instead on providing acoustical atmosphere and the more familiar maneuvers of the aircraft.

Similar instances of ignoring science in favor of art can be seen when movies present environmental effects as portrayed in ''[[Star Wars]]'' and ''[[Star Trek (film series)|Star Trek]]''. Entire [[planet]]s are destroyed in titanic explosions requiring mere seconds, whereas an actual event of this nature takes many hours.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

The role of the scientist has varied considerably in the science fiction film genre, depending on the public perception of science and advanced technology.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} Starting with [[Victor Frankenstein|Dr. Frankenstein]], the [[mad scientist]] became a [[stock character]] who posed a dire threat to society and perhaps even civilization. Certain portrayals of the "mad scientist", such as [[Peter Sellers]]'s performance in ''Dr. Strangelove'', have become iconic to the genre.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} In the monster films of the 1950s, the scientist often played a heroic role as the only person who could provide a [[technological fix]] for some impending doom. Reflecting the distrust of government that began in the 1960s in the United States, the brilliant but rebellious scientist became a common theme, often serving a [[Cassandra]]-like role during an impending disaster.

[[Biotechnology]] (e.g., [[cloning]]) is a popular scientific element in films as depicted in ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]'' (cloning of extinct species), ''[[The Island (2005 film)|The Island]]'' (cloning of humans), and ([[genetic modification]]) in some superhero movies and in the ''[[Alien (franchise)|Alien]]'' series. [[Cybernetics]] and [[holography|holographic projections]] as depicted in ''[[RoboCop]]'' and ''[[I, Robot (film)|I, Robot]]'' are also popularized. [[Interstellar travel]] and [[teleportation]] is a popular theme in the ''[[Star Trek (film series)|Star Trek]]'' series that is achieved through [[warp drive]]s and [[Transporter (Star Trek)|transporters]] while [[intergalactic travel]] is popular in films such as ''[[Stargate (film)|Stargate]]'' and ''[[Star Wars]]'' that is achieved through [[hyperspace (science fiction)|hyperspace]] or [[wormhole]]s. [[Nanotechnology]] is also featured in the ''Star Trek'' series in the form of [[Replicator (Star Trek)|replicators]] (utopia), in ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film)|The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'' in the form of [[grey goo]] (dystopia), and in ''[[Iron Man 3]]'' in the form of [[extremis#extremis|extremis (nanotubes)]]. [[Force shield|Force fields]] is a popular theme in ''Independence Day'' while [[invisibility]] is also popular in ''Star Trek''. Arc reactor technology, featured in ''[[Iron Man (2008 film)|Iron Man]]'', is similar to a [[cold fusion]] device.<ref>{{cite web|last=Biever|first=Celeste|title=Iron Man 2: How science cures Tony Stark's heartache|url=https://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/04/iron-man-2-science-cures-tony-starks-heartache.html|publisher=New Scientist|access-date=2017-09-11|archive-date=2017-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711065948/https://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/04/iron-man-2-science-cures-tony-starks-heartache.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Miniaturization technology where people are shrunk to microscopic sizes is featured in films like ''[[Fantastic Voyage]]'' (1966), ''[[Honey, I Shrunk the Kids]]'' (1989), and Marvel's ''[[Ant-Man (film)|Ant-Man]]'' (2015).

The late [[Arthur C. Clarke]]'s [[Clarke's three laws|third law]] states that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic". Past science fiction films have depicted "fictional" ("magical") technologies that became present reality. For example, the Personal Access Display Device from ''Star Trek'' was a precursor of [[smartphone]]s and [[tablet computer]]s. [[Gesture recognition]] in the movie ''[[Minority Report (film)|Minority Report]]'' is part of current [[motion controller|game consoles]]. [[Artificial general intelligence|Human-level artificial intelligence]] is also fast approaching with the advent of [[Intelligent personal assistant|smartphone A.I.]] while a [[cloaking device|working cloaking device / material]] is the main goal of [[stealth technology]]. [[Autonomous car]]s (e.g. [[KITT]] from the ''[[Knight Rider (2008 film)|Knight Rider]]'' series) and [[quantum computer]]s, like in the movie ''[[Stealth (film)|Stealth]]'' and ''[[Transcendence (2014 film)|Transcendence]]'', also will be available eventually. Furthermore, although Clarke's laws do not classify [[disruptive innovation|"sufficiently advanced" technologies]], the [[Kardashev scale]] measures a civilization's level of technological advancement into types. Due to its exponential nature, sci-fi civilizations usually only attain Type I (harnessing all the energy attainable from a single planet), and strictly speaking often not even that.

===Alien lifeforms===
{{main|Extraterrestrials in fiction}}

The concept of life, particularly intelligent life, having an extraterrestrial origin is a popular staple of science fiction films. Early films often used alien life forms as a threat or peril to the human race, where the invaders were frequently fictional representations of actual military or political threats on Earth as observed in films such as ''[[Mars Attacks!]]'', ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]'', the ''[[Alien (franchise)|Alien]]'' series, the ''[[Predator (franchise)|Predator]]'' series, and ''[[The Chronicles of Riddick (franchise)|The Chronicles of Riddick]]'' series. Some aliens were represented as benign and even beneficial in nature in such films as ''[[Escape to Witch Mountain (1975 film)|Escape to Witch Mountain]]'', ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]'', ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'', ''[[The Fifth Element]]'', ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]'', ''[[Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets]]'', and the ''[[Men in Black (film series)|Men in Black]]'' series.

In order to provide subject matter to which audiences can relate, the large majority of intelligent alien races presented in films have an [[Anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]] nature, possessing human emotions and motivations. In films like ''[[Cocoon (film)|Cocoon]]'', ''[[My Stepmother Is an Alien]]'', ''[[Species (film)|Species]]'', ''[[Contact (1997 American film)|Contact]]'', ''[[The Box (2009 film)|The Box]]'', ''[[Knowing (film)|Knowing]]'', ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'', and ''[[The Watch (2012 film)|The Watch]]'', the aliens were nearly human in physical appearance, and communicated in a common earth language. However, the aliens in ''[[Stargate (film)|Stargate]]'' and ''[[Prometheus (2012 film)|Prometheus]]'' were human in physical appearance but communicated in an alien language. A few films have tried to represent intelligent aliens as something utterly different from the usual humanoid shape (e.g. An intelligent life form surrounding an entire planet in ''[[Solaris (1972 film)|Solaris]]'', the ball shaped creature in ''[[Dark Star (film)|Dark Star]]'', microbial-like creatures in ''[[The Invasion (film)|The Invasion]]'', shape-shifting creatures in ''[[Evolution (2001 film)|Evolution]]''). Recent trends in films involve [[Kaiju|building-size alien creatures]] like in the movie ''[[Pacific Rim (film)|Pacific Rim]]'' where the [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] has tremendously improved over the previous decades as compared in previous films such as ''[[Godzilla (1998 film)|Godzilla]]''.

===Disaster films===
{{Main|Disaster film}}

A frequent theme among science fiction films is that of impending or actual disaster on an epic scale. These often address a particular concern of the writer by serving as a vehicle of warning against a type of activity, including technological research. In the case of alien invasion films, the creatures can provide as a stand-in for a feared foreign power.

Films that fit into the Disaster film typically also fall into the following general categories:{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}}

* '''Alien invasion''': Hostile [[Extraterrestrial life in popular culture|extraterrestrials]] arrive and seek to supplant humanity. They are either overwhelmingly powerful or very insidious. Typical examples include ''[[The War of the Worlds (1953 film)|The War of the Worlds]]'' (1953), ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'' (1956), ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'' (1966), ''[[Independence Day (1996 film)|Independence Day]]'' (1996), ''[[War of the Worlds (2005 film)|War of the Worlds]]'' (2005), ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film)|The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'' (2008), ''[[Skyline (2010 film)|Skyline]]'' (2010), ''[[The Darkest Hour (film)|The Darkest Hour]]'' (2011), ''[[Battle: Los Angeles]]'' (2011), ''[[Battleship (film)|Battleship]]'' (2012), ''[[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]]'' (2012), ''[[Man of Steel (film)|Man of Steel]]'' (2013), ''[[Pacific Rim (film)|Pacific Rim]]'' (2013), ''[[Ender's Game (film)|Ender's Game]]'' (2013), ''[[Pixels (2015 film)|Pixels]]'' (2015), ''[[Independence Day: Resurgence]]'' (2016), and ''[[Justice League (film)|Justice League]]'' (2017). ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace]]'' (1999) takes an alternative look at the subject, involving an extraterrestrial political entity invading planet Naboo for commercial reasons.
* '''Environmental disaster''': such as major climate change, or an [[asteroid]] or [[comet]] strike. Movies that have employed this theme include ''[[Soylent Green]]'' (1973), ''[[Waterworld]]'' (1995), ''[[Deep Impact (film)|Deep Impact]]'' (1998), ''[[Armageddon (1998 film)|Armageddon]]'' (1998), ''[[The Core]]'' (2003), ''[[The Day After Tomorrow]]'' (2004), ''[[2012 (film)|2012]]'' (2009), ''[[Snowpiercer]]'' (2013) and ''[[Geostorm]]'' (2017).
* '''Man supplanted by technology''': Typically in the form of an all-powerful [[computer]], advanced [[robot]]s or [[cyborg]]s, or else genetically modified humans or animals. Among the films in this category are the ''[[Terminator (franchise)|Terminator]]'' series, ''[[The Matrix (franchise)|The Matrix]]'' trilogy, ''[[I, Robot (film)|I, Robot]]'' (2004), and the ''[[Transformers (film series)|Transformers]]'' series.
* '''Nuclear war''': Usually in the form of a [[dystopia|dystopic]], post-[[nuclear holocaust|holocaust]] tale of grim survival. Examples of such a storyline can be found in the movies ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]'' (1964), ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'' (1965), ''[[Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|Planet of the Apes]]'' (1968; [[Planet of the Apes (2001 film)|remade in 2001]]), ''[[A Boy and His Dog (1975 film)|A Boy and His Dog]]'' (1975), ''[[Mad Max (film)|Mad Max]]'' (1979), ''[[City of Ember]]'' (2008), ''[[The Book of Eli]]'' (2010), ''[[Oblivion (2013 film)|Oblivion]]'' (2013), ''[[Mad Max: Fury Road]]'' (2015), and ''[[Friend of the World]]'' (2020).
* '''Pandemic''': A highly lethal [[disease]], often one created by man, threatens or wipes out most of humanity in a massive [[Pandemic|plague]]. This topic has been treated in such films as ''[[The Andromeda Strain (film)|The Andromeda Strain]]'' (1971), ''[[The Omega Man]]'' (1971), ''[[12 Monkeys (film)|12 Monkeys]]'' (1995), ''[[28 Weeks Later]]'' (2007), ''[[I Am Legend (film)|I Am Legend]]'' (2007), and the ''[[Resident Evil (film series)|Resident Evil]]'' series. This version of the genre sometimes mixes with [[zombie film]]s or other [[monster movie]]s.

===Monster films===
{{Main|Monster movie}}

While monster films do not usually depict danger on a global or epic scale, science fiction film also has a long tradition of movies featuring monster attacks. These differ from similar films in the horror or fantasy genres because science fiction films typically rely on a scientific (or at least pseudo-scientific) rationale for the monster's existence, rather than a supernatural or magical reason. Often, the science fiction film monster is created, awakened, or "evolves" because of the machinations of a mad scientist, a nuclear accident, or a scientific experiment gone awry. Typical examples include ''[[The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms]]'' (1953), ''[[Jurassic Park (franchise)|Jurassic Park]]'' films, ''[[Cloverfield]]'', ''[[Pacific Rim (film)|Pacific Rim]]'', ''[[Split Second (1992 film)]]'', the ''[[King Kong (franchise)|King Kong]]'' films, and the ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' franchise or the many films involving [[Frankenstein's monster]].

===Mind and identity===
The core [[mind|mental aspects]] of what makes us human has been a staple of science fiction films, particularly since the 1980s. [[Ridley Scott]]'s ''[[Blade Runner]]'' (1982), an adaptation of [[Philip K. Dick]]'s novel ''[[Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?]]'', examined what made an organic-creation a human, while the ''[[RoboCop (franchise)|RoboCop]]'' series saw an [[android (robot)|android]] mechanism fitted with the brain and reprogrammed mind of a human to create a [[cyborg]]. The idea of brain transfer was not entirely new to science fiction film, as the concept of the "[[mad scientist]]" transferring the human mind to another body is as old as ''[[Frankenstein]]'' while the idea of corporations behind mind transfer technologies is observed in later films such as ''[[Gamer (2009 film)|Gamer]]'', ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]'', and ''[[Surrogates (film)|Surrogates]]''.

Films such as ''[[Total Recall (1990 film)|Total Recall]]'' have popularized a thread of films that explore the concept of reprogramming the human mind. The theme of [[brainwashing]] in several films of the sixties and seventies including ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'' and ''[[The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)|The Manchurian Candidate]]'' coincided with secret real-life government experimentation during [[Project MKULTRA]]. Voluntary erasure of memory is further explored as themes of the films ''[[Paycheck (film)|Paycheck]]'' and ''[[Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind]]''. Some films like ''[[Limitless (film)|Limitless]]'' explore the concept of mind enhancement. The anime series ''[[Serial Experiments Lain]]'' also explores the idea of reprogrammable reality and memory.

The idea that a human could be entirely represented as a program in a computer was a core element of the film ''[[Tron]]''. This would be further explored in the film version of ''[[The Lawnmower Man (film)|The Lawnmower Man]]'', ''[[Transcendence (2014 film)|Transcendence]]'', and ''[[Ready Player One (film)|Ready Player One]]'' and the idea reversed in ''[[Virtuosity]]'' as computer programs sought to become real persons. In ''[[The Matrix (franchise)|The Matrix]]'' series, the [[virtual reality]] world became a real-world prison for humanity, managed by intelligent machines. In movies such as ''[[eXistenZ]]'', ''[[The Thirteenth Floor]]'', and ''[[Inception]]'', the nature of reality and virtual reality become intermixed with no clear distinguishing boundary.

''[[Psychokinesis|Telekinesis]]'' and ''[[telepathy]]'' are featured in movies like ''[[Star Wars]]'', ''[[The Last Mimzy]]'', ''[[Race to Witch Mountain]]'', ''[[Chronicle (film)|Chronicle]]'', and ''[[Lucy (2014 film)|Lucy]]'' while [[precognition]] is featured in ''[[Minority Report (film)|Minority Report]]'' as well as in ''The Matrix'' saga (in which precognition is achieved by knowing the artificial world).

===Robots===
[[File:Transformers costume characters at Universal Studios Hollywood.jpg|thumb|left|''[[Transformers (film series)|Transformers]]'' characters at [[Universal Studios Hollywood]]]]

[[Robot]]s have been a part of science fiction since the Czech playwright [[Karel Čapek]] coined the word in 1921. In early films, robots were usually played by a human actor in a boxy metal suit, as in ''[[The Phantom Empire]]'', although the female robot in ''[[Metropolis (1927 film)|Metropolis]]'' is an exception. The first depiction of a sophisticated robot in a United States film was [[Gort (The Day the Earth Stood Still)|Gort]] in ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still]]''.

Robots in films are often sentient and sometimes sentimental, and they have filled a range of roles in science fiction films. Robots have been supporting characters, such as [[Robby the Robot]] in ''[[Forbidden Planet]]'', Huey, Dewey and Louie in ''[[Silent Running]]'', [[Data (Star Trek)|Data]] in ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', sidekicks (e.g., [[C-3PO]] and [[R2-D2]] from ''[[Star Wars]]'', JARVIS from ''[[Iron Man (2008 film)|Iron Man]]''), and extras, visible in the background to create a futuristic setting (e.g., ''[[Back to the Future Part II]]'' (1989), ''[[Total Recall (2012 film)|Total Recall]]'' (2012), ''[[RoboCop (2014 film)|RoboCop]]'' (2014)). As well, robots have been formidable movie villains or monsters (e.g., the robot Box in the film ''[[Logan's Run (1976 film)|Logan's Run]]'' (1976), [[HAL 9000]] in ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', ARIIA in ''[[Eagle Eye]]'', robot [[Sentinel (comics)|Sentinels]] in ''[[X-Men: Days of Future Past]]'', the [[battle droid]]s in the [[Star Wars prequel trilogy|''Star Wars'' prequel trilogy]], or the huge robot probes seen in ''[[Monsters vs. Aliens]]''). In some cases, robots have even been the leading characters in science fiction films; in the film ''[[Blade Runner]]'' (1982), many of the characters are [[biological engineering|bioengineered]] [[Android (robot)|android]] "[[replicant]]s". This is also present in the animated films ''[[WALL-E]]'' (2008), ''[[Astro Boy (film)|Astro Boy]]'' (2009), ''[[Big Hero 6 (film)|Big Hero 6]]'' (2014), ''[[Ghost in the Shell (2017 film)|Ghost in the Shell]]'' (2017) and in ''[[Next Gen (film)|Next Gen]]'' (2018).

Films like ''[[Bicentennial Man (film)|Bicentennial Man]]'', ''[[A.I. Artificial Intelligence]]'', ''[[Chappie (film)|Chappie]]'', and ''[[Ex Machina (film)|Ex Machina]]'' depicted the emotional fallouts of robots that are self-aware. Other films like ''[[The Second Renaissance|The Animatrix (The Second Renaissance)]]'' present the consequences of mass-producing self-aware androids as humanity succumbs to their robot overlords.

One popular theme in science fiction film is whether robots will someday replace humans, a question raised in the film adaptation of [[Isaac Asimov]]'s ''[[I, Robot (film)|I, Robot]]'' (in jobs) and in the film ''[[Real Steel]]'' (in sports), or whether intelligent robots could develop a conscience and a motivation to protect, take over, or destroy the human race (as depicted in ''[[Terminator (franchise)|The Terminator]]'', ''[[Transformers (film series)|Transformers]]'', and in ''[[Avengers: Age of Ultron]]''). Another theme is remote [[telepresence]] via [[android (robot)|androids]] as depicted in ''[[Surrogates (film)|Surrogates]]'' and ''[[Iron Man 3]]''. As artificial intelligence becomes smarter due to [[Moore's law|increasing computer power]], some sci-fi dreams have already been realized. For example, the computer [[Deep Blue (chess computer)|Deep Blue]] beat the world chess champion in 1997 and a documentary film, ''[[Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine]]'', was released in 2003. Another famous computer called [[Watson (computer)|Watson]] defeated the two best human ''Jeopardy'' (game show) players in 2011 and a NOVA documentary film, ''[[List_of_Nova_episodes#Season_38:_2010–2011|Smartest Machine on Earth]]'', was released in the same year.

[[Super Robot|Building-size robots]] are also becoming a popular theme in movies as featured in ''[[Pacific Rim (film)|Pacific Rim]]''. Future live action films may include an adaptation of popular television series like ''[[Voltron]]'' and ''[[Robotech]]''. The [[computer-generated imagery|CGI]] robots of ''Pacific Rim'' and the ''[[Power Rangers (film)|Power Rangers]]'' (2017) reboot was greatly improved as compared to the original ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie]]'' (1995). While "size does matter", a famous tagline of the movie ''Godzilla'', incredibly small robots, called [[nanorobotics|nanobots]], do matter as well (e.g. Borg [[Borg assimilation|nanoprobes]] in ''Star Trek'' and nanites in ''I, Robot'').

===Time travel===
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The concept of [[time travel]]—travelling backwards and forwards through time—has always been a popular staple of science fiction film and science fiction television series. Time travel usually involves the use of some type of advanced technology, such as H. G. Wells' classic ''[[The Time Machine]]'', the commercially successful 1980s-era ''[[Back to the Future (franchise)|Back to the Future]]'' trilogy, the ''[[Bill & Ted]]'' trilogy, the ''[[Terminator (franchise)|Terminator]]'' series, ''[[Déjà Vu (2006 film)|Déjà Vu]]'' (2006), ''[[Source Code (film)|Source Code]]'' (2011), ''[[Edge of Tomorrow (film)|Edge of Tomorrow]]'' (2014), and ''[[Predestination (film)|Predestination]]'' (2014). Other movies, such as the ''[[Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|Planet of the Apes]]'' series, ''[[Timeline (2003 film)|Timeline]]'' (2003) and ''[[The Last Mimzy]]'' (2007), explained their depictions of time travel by drawing on physics concepts such as the [[special relativity]] phenomenon of time dilation (which could occur if a spaceship was travelling near the speed of light) and [[wormhole]]s. Some films show time travel not being attained from advanced technology, but rather from an inner source or personal power, such as the 2000s-era films ''[[Donnie Darko]]'', ''[[Mr. Nobody (film)|Mr. Nobody]]'', ''[[The Butterfly Effect (film)|The Butterfly Effect]]'', and ''[[X-Men: Days of Future Past]]''.

More conventional time travel movies use technology to bring the past to life in the present, or in a present that lies in our future. The film ''[[Iceman (1984 film)|Iceman]]'' (1984) told the story of the reanimation of a frozen [[Neanderthal]]. The film ''[[Freejack]]'' (1992) shows time travel used to pull victims of horrible deaths forward in time a split-second before their demise, and then use their bodies for spare parts.

A common theme in time travel film is the paradoxical nature of travelling through time. In the [[French New Wave]] film ''[[La jetée]]'' (1962), director [[Chris Marker]] depicts the self-fulfilling aspect of a person being able to see their future by showing a child who witnesses the death of his future self. ''La Jetée'' was the inspiration for ''[[12 Monkeys (film)|12 Monkeys]]'', (1995) director [[Terry Gilliam]]'s film about time travel, memory and madness. The ''[[Back to the Future (franchise)|Back to the Future]]'' trilogy and ''[[The Time Machine (2002 film)|The Time Machine]]'' go one step further and explore the result of altering the past, while in ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]'' (1996) and ''[[Star Trek (2009 film)|Star Trek]]'' (2009) the crew must rescue the Earth from having its past altered by time-travelling [[cyborg]]s and alien races.

==Genre as commentary on social issues==
The science fiction film genre has long served as useful means of discussing sensitive topical issues without arousing controversy, and it often provides thoughtful social commentary on potential unforeseen future issues. The fictional setting allows for a deeper examination and reflection of the ideas presented, with the perspective of a viewer watching remote events. Most controversial issues in science fiction films tend to fall into two general storylines, [[Utopia]]n or [[dystopia]]n. Either a society will become better or worse in the future. Because of controversy, most science fiction films will fall into the [[List of dystopian films|dystopian film]] category rather than the Utopian category.

The types of commentary and controversy presented in science fiction films often illustrate the particular concerns of the periods in which they were produced. Early science fiction films expressed fears about automation replacing workers and the dehumanization of society through science and technology. For example, ''[[The Man in the White Suit]]'' (1951) used a science fiction concept as a means to satirize postwar British "establishment" conservatism, industrial capitalists, and trade unions. Another example is ''[[HAL 9000]]'' from ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' (1968). He controls the shuttle, and later harms its crew. "Kubrick's vision reveals technology as a competitive force that must be defeated in order for humans to evolve."<ref>{{cite book |last=Dinello |first=Daniel |date= 26 August 2013|title=Technophobia!: Science Fiction Visions of Posthuman Technology |publisher=University of Texas Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ndyGAAAAQBAJ&q=Kubrick%27s+vision+reveals+technology+as+a+competitive+force+that+must+be+defeated+in+order+for+humans+to+evolve.&pg=PA99 |isbn=978-0-292-75846-9}}</ref> Later films explored the fears of environmental catastrophe, technology-created disasters, or overpopulation, and how they would impact society and individuals (e.g. ''[[Soylent Green]]'', ''[[Elysium (film)|Elysium]]'').

The monster movies of the 1950s—like ''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' (1954)—served as stand-ins for fears of [[Nuclear warfare|nuclear war]], [[communism]] and views on the [[Cold War]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} In the 1970s, science fiction films also became an effective way of satirizing contemporary social mores with ''[[Silent Running]]'' and ''[[Dark Star (film)|Dark Star]]'' presenting hippies in space as a riposte to the militaristic types that had dominated earlier films.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'' presented a horrific vision of youth culture, portraying a youth gang engaged in [[rape]] and [[murder]], along with disturbing scenes of forced [[Classical conditioning|psychological conditioning]] serving to comment on societal responses to [[crime]].

''[[Logan's Run (1976 film)|Logan's Run]]'' depicted a futuristic [[Swinging (sexual practice)|swingers]]' utopia that practiced euthanasia as a form of population control and ''[[The Stepford Wives (1975 film)|The Stepford Wives]]'' anticipated a reaction to the [[women's liberation movement]]. ''[[Enemy Mine (film)|Enemy Mine]]'' demonstrated that the foes we have come to hate are often just like us, even if they appear alien.

Contemporary science fiction films continue to explore social and political issues. One recent example is ''[[Minority Report (film)|Minority Report]]'' (2002), debuting in the months after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and focused on the issues of police powers, privacy and civil liberties in a near-future United States. Some movies like ''[[The Island (2005 film)|The Island]]'' (2005) and ''[[Never Let Me Go (2010 film)|Never Let Me Go]]'' (2010) explore the issues surrounding cloning.

More recently, the headlines surrounding events such as the [[Iraq War]], [[international terrorism]], the [[avian influenza]] scare, and United States [[opposition to immigration|anti-immigration laws]] have found their way into the consciousness of contemporary filmmakers. The film ''[[V for Vendetta (film)|V for Vendetta]]'' (2006) drew inspiration from controversial issues such as the [[Patriot Act]] and the [[war on terror]],{{Citation needed|date=April 2012}} while science fiction thrillers such as ''[[Children of Men]]'' (also 2006), ''[[District 9]]'' (2009), and ''[[Elysium (film)|Elysium]]'' (2013) commented on diverse social issues such as [[xenophobia]], [[propaganda]], and [[cognitive dissonance]]. ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]'' (2009) had remarkable resemblance to colonialism of native land, mining by multinational-corporations and the Iraq War.

===Future noir===
[[Lancaster University]] professor Jamaluddin Bin Aziz argues that as science fiction has evolved and expanded, it has fused with other film genres such as [[Gothic fiction|gothic]] [[Thriller film|thrillers]] and [[film noir]]. When science fiction integrates film noir elements, Bin Aziz calls the resulting hybrid form "future noir", a form which "... encapsulates a [[postmodern]] encounter with generic persistence, creating a mixture of irony, pessimism, prediction, extrapolation, bleakness and nostalgia." Future noir films such as ''[[Brazil (1985 film)|Brazil]]'', ''[[Blade Runner]]'', ''[[12 Monkeys (film)|12 Monkeys]]'', ''[[Dark City (1998 film)|Dark City]]'', and ''[[Children of Men]]'' use a [[protagonist]] who is "...increasingly dubious, alienated and fragmented", at once "dark and playful like the characters in Gibson's ''[[Neuromancer]]'', yet still with the "... shadow of [[Philip Marlowe]]..."

Future noir films that are set in a [[post-apocalyptic]] world "...restructure and re-represent society in a parody of the atmospheric world usually found in noir's construction of a city—dark, bleak and beguiled." Future noir films often intermingle elements of the gothic thriller genre, such as ''[[Minority Report (film)|Minority Report]]'', which makes references to [[occult]] practices, and ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'', with its tagline "In space, no one can hear you scream", and a space vessel, Nostromo, "that hark[s] back to images of the haunted house in the gothic horror tradition". Bin Aziz states that films such as [[James Cameron]]’s ''[[The Terminator]]'' are a subgenre of "techno noir" that create "...an atmospheric feast of noir darkness and a double-edged world that is not what it seems."<ref>{{cite web | last = Bin Aziz | first = Jamaluddin | title = Future Noir | work = Summer Special: Postmodern and Future Noir | publisher = Crimeculture.com | date = Summer 2005 | url = http://www.crimeculture.com/Contents/Articles-Summer05/JemAziz1.html | access-date = 17 November 2008 |url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081202113605/http://www.crimeculture.com/Contents/Articles-Summer05/JemAziz1.html | archive-date = 2 December 2008 }}</ref>

==Film versus literature==
When compared to science-fiction [[literature]], science-fiction films often rely less on the human imagination and more upon action scenes and [[special effects|special effect]]-created alien creatures and exotic backgrounds. Since the 1970s, film audiences have come to expect a high standard for special effects in science-fiction films.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Williams|first=Eric R.|title=How to View and Appreciate Great Movies (episode 13: Special Effects in the 20th Century)|url=https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/how-to-view-and-appreciate-great-movies.html|access-date=2020-06-07|website=English|language=en|archive-date=2020-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925194225/https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/how-to-view-and-appreciate-great-movies.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In some cases, science fiction-themed films superimpose an exotic, futuristic setting onto what would not otherwise be a science-fiction tale. Nevertheless, some critically acclaimed science-fiction movies have followed in the path of science-fiction literature, using story development to explore abstract concepts.

===Influence of science fiction authors===
[[Jules Verne]] (1828–1905) became the first major science-fiction author whose works film-makers adapted for the screen - with [[Georges Méliès|Méliès]]' ''[[A Trip to the Moon|Le Voyage dans la Lune]]'' (1902) and ''[[Under the Seas|20,000 lieues sous les mers]]'' (1907), which used Verne's scenarios as a framework for fantastic visuals. By the time Verne's work fell out of copyright in 1950, the adaptations were generally adapted as [[costume drama]]s with a [[Victorian era|Victorian]] aesthetic. Verne's works have been adapted a number of times since then, including ''[[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)|20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]'' (1954), ''[[From the Earth to the Moon (film)|From the Earth to the Moon]]'' (1958), and two film versions of ''[[Journey to the Center of the Earth]]'' in 1959 and 2008.

[[H. G. Wells]]'s novels ''[[The Invisible Man (1933 film)|The Invisible Man]]'', ''[[Things to Come]]'' and ''[[The Island of Doctor Moreau]]'' were all adapted into films during his lifetime (1866–1946), while [[The War of the Worlds (novel)|''The War of the Worlds'']], updated in 1953 and again in 2005, was adapted to film at least four times altogether. ''[[The Time Machine]]'' has had two film versions (1960 and 2002) while ''[[Sleeper (1973 film)|Sleeper]]'' in part is a pastiche of Wells's 1910 novel ''[[The Sleeper Awakes]]''.

With the drop-off in interest in science-fiction films during the 1940s, few of the "golden age" science-fiction authors made it to the screen. A novella by [[John W. Campbell]] provided the basis for ''[[The Thing from Another World]]'' (1951). [[Robert A. Heinlein]] contributed to the screenplay for ''[[Destination Moon (film)|Destination Moon]]'' (1950), but none of his major works were adapted for the screen until the 1990s: ''[[The Puppet Masters (film)|The Puppet Masters]]'' (1994) and ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]'' (1997). The fiction of [[Isaac Asimov]] (1920–1992) influenced the ''Star Wars'' and ''Star Trek'' films, but it was not until 1988 that a film version of one of his short stories ([[Nightfall (Asimov)|''Nightfall'']]) was produced. The first major motion-picture adaptation of a full-length Asimov work was [[Bicentennial Man (film)|''Bicentennial Man'']] (1999) (based on the short stories ''Bicentennial Man'' (1976) and ''The Positronic Man'' (1992), the latter co-written with Robert Silverberg), although [[I, Robot (film)|''I, Robot'']] (2004), a film loosely based on [[I, Robot|Asimov's book of short stories]] by the same name, drew more attention.

The 1968 film adaptation of some of the stories of science-fiction author [[Arthur C. Clarke]] as [[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|''2001: A Space Odyssey'']] won the [[Academy Award for Visual Effects]] and offered thematic complexity not typically associated with the science-fiction genre at the time. Its sequel, ''[[2010: The Year We Make Contact]]'' (inspired to Clarke's ''[[2010: Odyssey Two]]''), was commercially successful but less highly regarded by critics. Reflecting the times, two earlier science-fiction works by [[Ray Bradbury]] were adapted for cinema in the 1960s: [[Fahrenheit 451 (1966 film)|''Fahrenheit 451'']] (1966) and ''[[The Illustrated Man (film)|The Illustrated Man]]'' (1969). [[Kurt Vonnegut]]'s ''[[Slaughterhouse-Five (film)|Slaughterhouse-Five]]'' was filmed in 1971 and ''[[Breakfast of Champions]]'' in 1998.

[[Philip K. Dick]]'s fiction has been used in a number of science-fiction films, in part because it evokes the paranoia{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}} that has been a central feature of the genre. Films based on Dick's works include ''[[Blade Runner]]'' (1982), [[Total Recall (1990 film)|''Total Recall'']] (1990), [[Impostor (2002 film)|''Impostor'']] (2001), [[Minority Report (film)|''Minority Report'']] (2002), [[Paycheck (film)|''Paycheck'']] (2003), [[A Scanner Darkly (film)|''A Scanner Darkly'']] (2006), and ''[[The Adjustment Bureau]]'' (2011). These films represent loose adaptations of the original stories, with the exception of ''A Scanner Darkly'', which is more inclined to Dick's novel.

== Market share ==
The estimated North American [[box-office]] market-share of science fiction {{as of | 2019 | lc = on}} comprised 4.77%.<ref>{{cite web
|url= https://www.the-numbers.com/market/creative-type/Science-Fiction
|title= Box Office History for Science Fiction
|year= 2019
|publisher= Nash Information Services, LLC
|access-date= 23 August 2019
|archive-date= 18 July 2019
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190718153259/https://www.the-numbers.com/market/creative-type/Science-Fiction
|url-status= live
}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[Genres, subcategories and related topics to science fiction]]
* [[Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation]]
* [[List of dystopian films]]
* [[List of films set in the future]]
* [[Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film]]
{{div col end}}

== Citations ==
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== General and cited references ==
* Luca Bandirali, Enrico Terrone, ''Nell'occhio, nel cielo. Teoria e storia del cinema di fantascienza'', Turin: Lindau, 2008, {{ISBN|978-88-7180-716-4}}.
* Welch Everman, ''Cult Science Fiction Films'', Citadel Press, [[1995 in literature|1995]], {{ISBN|0-8065-1602-X}}.
* Peter Guttmacher, ''Legendary Sci-Fi Movies'', [[1997 in literature|1997]], {{ISBN|1-56799-490-3}}.
* [[Phil Hardy (journalist)|Phil Hardy]], ''[[The Aurum Film Encyclopedia#Volume Two|The Overlook Film Encyclopedia, Science Fiction]]''. William Morrow and Company, New York, [[1995 in literature|1995]], {{ISBN|0-87951-626-7}}.
* Richard S. Myers, ''S-F 2: A pictorial history of science fiction from 1975 to the present'', [[1984 in literature|1984]], Citadel Press, {{ISBN|0-8065-0875-2}}.
* Gregg Rickman, ''The Science Fiction Film Reader'', [[2004 in literature|2004]], {{ISBN|0-87910-994-7}}.
* Matthias Schwartz, Archeologies of a Past Future. Science Fiction Films from Communist Eastern Europe, in: Rainer Rother, Annika Schaefer (eds.): ''Future Imperfect. Science – Fiction – Film'', Berlin 2007, pp. 96–117. {{ISBN|978-3-86505-249-0}}.
* Dave Saunders, ''Arnold: Schwarzenegger and the Movies'', [[2009 in literature|2009]], London, [[I. B. Tauris]]
* Errol Vieth, ''Screening Science: Context, Text and Science in Fifties Science Fiction Film'', Lanham, MD and London: Scarecrow Press, 2001. {{ISBN|0-8108-4023-5}}.

==Further reading==
* ''Simultaneous Worlds: Global Science Fiction Cinema'' edited by Jennifer L. Feeley and Sarah Ann Wells, 2015, University of Minnesota Press

==External links==
* [http://www.eofftv.com/ The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film and Television] — horror, science fiction, fantasy and animation
* [http://www.filmsite.org/sci-fifilms.html The Greatest Films: Science Fiction Films]
* [https://www.lifescifi.com/ LIFE Sci-Fi | Tech News, Movies, Reviews]
* [https://www.wonderscifibuthold.com/ LIFE in a word]

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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2021}}
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| name = Manchi Rojulochaie
| image = Manchi Rojulochaie poster.jpg
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| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Maruthi]]
| writer = Maruthi
| based_on =
| producer = V Celluloid Sreenivasa Kumar Naidu (SKN)
| starring = {{Ubl|[[Santosh Sobhan]]|[[Mehreen Pirzada]]|[[Ajay Ghosh]]}}
| cinematography = Sai Sriram
| editing = S. B. Uddhav
| music = [[Anup Rubens]]
| studio = UV Concepts Mass Movie Makers
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| language = Telugu
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'''''Manchi Rojulochaie''''' ({{Translation|Good days have come}}) is a 2021 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[romantic comedy]] film written and directed by [[Maruthi]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2025}} Produced by UV Concepts (under V Celluloid) and SKN (under Mass Movie Makers), the film starred [[Santosh Sobhan]], [[Mehreen Pirzada]] and [[Ajay Ghosh]]. ''Manchi Rojulochaie'' was released on 4 November 2021, coincinding with the festival of [[Diwali]].

== Plot ==
Santosh (Santosh Sobhan) and Paddu (Mehreen) are in love and they had to move to their native locations from Bengaluru, due to work-from-home during the early Covid times. Gopalam (Ajay Ghosh) is the father of Paddu, who gets influenced by his friends Moorthy and Koti, starts getting worried about his daughter's love affair. Later his worry turns complicated and he starts getting scared of death. How Santhosh tries and solves all the troubles of Gopalam is the story

== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Santosh Sobhan]] as Santosh "Santu"
* [[Mehreen Pirzada]] as Padma "Paddhu" Tirumalasetty
* [[Ajay Ghosh]] as Tirumalasetty "Gundu" Gopalam, father of Padma
* [[Vennela Kishore]] as Doctor Bava
* [[Srinivasa Reddy]] as Broker Srinivas
*Srinivas as Policy Murthy
* [[Harsha Chemudu]] as Banda Babu
* [[Saptagiri (actor)|Saptagiri]] as Ambulance Anand
* [[Rajitha]] as Gayyali Pellam
* [[Praveen (actor)|Praveen]] as Linga Babu
* [[Satyam Rajesh]] as Intipakka CI
*Koteswara Rao as Pakkinti Koti
*[[Sudharshan]] as Nellore Bammardhi
*Raccha Ravi as Cab driver
*Jabardasth Dorababu
*Jabardasth Sathipandu
*Hemanth
}}

== Soundtrack ==
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 14:23
| title1 = So So Ga
| extra1 = [[Sid Sriram]]
| length1 = 3:26
| title2 = Ekkesindi Ekkesindi
| extra2 = [[Ram Miriyala]]
| length2 = 3:17
| title3 = Manchi Rojulochaie Title Song
| extra3 = [[Haricharan|Hari Charan]], Sravani
| lyrics1 = [[Krishna Kanth]]
| lyrics2 = [[Ananta Sriram]]
| lyrics3 = [[Kasarla Shyam]]
| title4 = Kanapadani Divam (Female Version)
| lyrics4 = [[Kasarla Shyam]]
| length4 = 2:07
| extra4 = [[Sahithi]]
| length3 = 3:40
| all_music = [[Anup Rubens]]
| title5 = Kanapadani (Male Version)
| lyrics5 = [[Kasarla Shyam]]
| length5 = 14:08
| extra5 = [[Dhanunjay Seepana]]
}}

== Release ==
''Manchi Rojulochaie'' was shot in one month while director [[Maruthi]] was on a brief break from shooting his other film ''[[Pakka Commercial]]''. The film is Maruthi's first collaboration with [[Santosh Sobhan]], and second collaboration with [[Mehreen Pirzada]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 October 2021 |title=Maruthi's Manchi Rojulochaie set for a Diwali release, makers confirm it through a funny video |url=https://www.ottplay.com/news/maruthis-manchi-rojulochaie-set-for-a-diwali-release-makers-confirm-release-through-a-funny-video/bc33688661757 |access-date= |website=[[OTTPlay]] |language= |archive-date=11 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811092340/https://www.ottplay.com/news/maruthis-manchi-rojulochaie-set-for-a-diwali-release-makers-confirm-release-through-a-funny-video/bc33688661757 |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2021, the film's release date was announced as 4 November 2021, coinciding with [[Deepavali]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Director Maruthi announces the release date of his next film 'Manchi Rojulochaie' - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/director-maruthi-announces-the-release-date-of-his-next-film-manchi-rojulochaie/articleshow/86772315.cms|access-date=2021-11-07|website=The Times of India|language=en|archive-date=3 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103060022/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/director-maruthi-announces-the-release-date-of-his-next-film-manchi-rojulochaie/articleshow/86772315.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Reception ==
Sravan Vanaparthy of ''[[The Times of India]]'' gave a rating of 2.5 out of 5 and wrote that "In ''Manchi Rojulochaie'', director Maruthi focuses on societal issues and showcases how a parent would rather believe his gossip-mongering neighbours instead of his own child".<ref>{{Citation|title=Manchi Rojulochaie Movie Review: A disappointing fare|newspaper=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movie-reviews/manchi-rojulochaie/movie-review/87522019.cms|access-date=2021-11-06|archive-date=6 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106161715/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movie-reviews/manchi-rojulochaie/movie-review/87522019.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> Y Sunita Chowdhary of ''[[The Hindu]]'' opined that the film made a mawkish take on parenthood. She stated: "Though Maruthi chose a nice concept about living in fear, he seems to have lost the balance by creating excessive jokes around a sentiment."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Chowdhary|first=Y. Sunita|date=2021-11-05|title='Manchi Rojulochaie' movie review: A mawkish take on parenthood|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/reviews/manchi-rojulochaie-2021-telugu-movie-review-mawkish-take-on-parenthood-ajay-ghosh-santosh-shoban-vennela-kishore/article37338978.ece|access-date=2021-11-06|issn=0971-751X|archive-date=6 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106155304/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/reviews/manchi-rojulochaie-2021-telugu-movie-review-mawkish-take-on-parenthood-ajay-ghosh-santosh-shoban-vennela-kishore/article37338978.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> Writing for ''[[The New Indian Express]]'', Murali Krishna Ch wrote − "Maruthi deserves the credit for delivering straight yet sharp dialogues about life. On the whole, Manchi Rojulochaie is an enjoyable festive entertainer, elevated by its remarkable performances and sharp dialogues".<ref>{{Cite web|title='Manchi Rojulochaie' movie review: An enjoyable festive entertainer|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2021/nov/06/manchi-rojulochaie-movie-review-an-enjoyable-festive-entertainer-2379988.html|access-date=2021-11-06|website=The New Indian Express|date=6 November 2021 |archive-date=6 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106160642/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2021/nov/06/manchi-rojulochaie-movie-review-an-enjoyable-festive-entertainer-2379988.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Hans India]]'' rated the film 3 out of 5, praising the performances of lead actors and appreciating Maruthi's work.<ref>{{Cite web|last=hansindia|date=2021-11-04|title=Manchi Rojulochaie|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/movie-reviews/manchi-rojulochaie-78528|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.thehansindia.com|language=te|archive-date=5 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105060310/https://www.thehansindia.com/movie-reviews/manchi-rojulochaie-78528|url-status=live}}</ref> Mukesh Manjunath of ''[[Film Companion]]'' wrote, "The film, directed by Maruthi, can't wait to crack jokes and then sprint to the emotional beats."<ref>{{cite web|first=Mukesh|last=Manjunath|url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/telugu-review/manchi-rojulochaie-movie-review-a-film-that-is-more-interested-in-becoming-meme-material-than-cinema-material/|title=Manchi Rojulochaie Review: A Film That's More Interested In Becoming Meme Material Than Cinema Material|date=4 November 2021|access-date=November 10, 2021|archive-date=6 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106061430/https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/telugu-review/manchi-rojulochaie-movie-review-a-film-that-is-more-interested-in-becoming-meme-material-than-cinema-material/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Home media ===
[[Aha (streaming service)|Aha]] added Manchi Rojulochaie to their catalog and premiered it on 3 December 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 December 2021 |title=Stream Manchi Rojulochaie on Aha Video |url=https://www.aha.video/movie/manchi-rojulochaie |access-date=9 May 2023 |website=[[aha (streaming service)|Aha]] |archive-date=9 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509172740/https://www.aha.video/movie/manchi-rojulochaie |url-status=live }}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|m/manchi_rojulu_vachayi|Manchi Rojulu Vachayi}}
* {{IMDb title|id=tt15081946|title=Manchi Rojulochaie}}

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Jalahalli inscriptions and hero stones

2026-02-27T21:01:38Z

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'''Jalahalli inscriptions and hero stones''' are relics found in a [[Microlith|microlithic]] tool factory in [[Jalahalli]], a locality in North [[Bengaluru]] in the Indian state of [[Karnataka]].[[File:Jalahalli 1506CE Kannada Inscription.jpg|thumb|366x366px|Jalahalli 1506CE Inscription. ]]{{Infobox artifact
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| image_caption = Digital Image of the Jalahalli 1506CE Inscription
| writing = Kannada
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| height = {{convert|92|cm|abbr=on}}
| created = {{start date and age|df=yes|1506|12|28|p=yes|br=yes}}
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== 1506CE inscription ==
Jalahalli is a prehistoric site of a in the Bengaluru region that was discovered during World War II.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.16907/page/n44/mode/1up |title=Man a monthly record of Anthropological Science. vol.48 (Articles 1-165) |date=1948 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/incoming/udaya-kumar-digs-deep-into-bengalurus-prehistoric-past/article67723050.ece|title=Udaya Kumar digs deep into Bengaluru's ancient past|first=Preeti|last=Zachariah|newspaper=The Hindu |date=10 January 2024|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> It houses a 16th-century [[Kannada_script|Kannada]] donatory inscription.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Javare Gowda |first=Deve Gowda |url=https://archive.org/details/villagenamesofmy0000prof/page/32/mode/1up?q=jalahalli |title=Village names of Mysore District : an analytical study |date=1998 |publisher=Mysore : Place Names Society of India, in collaboration with Asian Educational Services, New Delhi |others=Servants of Knowledge |isbn=978-81-206-1390-4}}</ref> Trees found in a place often lent their names to the village surrounding them. The complete story of the donatory grants cannot be deduced as the text is effaced, but from the available text it seems that the inscription records a grant by Tipparasayya, an official of King Virapratapa Bhujabala. The inscription does not name the king explicitly except for his titles, However, based on other inscriptions, the King during that period was likely [[Viranarasimha_Raya|Vira Narasimha]], who happened to be the half-brother of King [[Krishnadevaraya]]. The official position of Tipparasayya is not clear from the inscription text. The inscription can presently be found in a private site behind Muthyalamma and Anjeneya temple.

=== Physical characteristics ===
The inscription is 92 cm tall and 81 cm wide. The [[Kannada_script|Kannada]] characters are approximately 3 cm tall, 2 cm wide and 0.24 cm deep (shallow depth). A figure of the Sun and the Moon inscribed on the stone serve as symbolic representations, indicating that the grant was intended to be perpetual. The inscribed [[Sudarshana_Chakra|Sudharshana Chakra]] indicates the grant was likely made to a [[Sri_Vaishnavism|Sri Vaishnava]] temple.
[[File:3D Scanning of the Jalahalli 1506CE Inscription.jpg|thumb|371x371px|3D Scanning of the Jalahalli 1506CE Inscription. ]]

=== Transliteration ===
The transliteration was first published in the ''Epigraphia Carnatica, Volume 9''. The transliteration is the rereading of the inscription published in the journal of the Mythic Society.

Digital Images of each of the characters of this inscription, images of the inscription itself, summary and the other information about the inscription have been shared via [https://mythicsociety.github.io/AksharaBhandara/#/learn/Shasanagalu?id=115084 Akshara Bhandara software.]
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![[Kannada_script|Kannada]]
![[International_Alphabet_of_Sanskrit_Transliteration|IAST]]
|-
|1
|೦ ಶುಭಮಸ್ತು ಸ್ವಸ್ತಿ ಜಯಾಭ್ಯುದಯ ಶಾಲಿ
|0 śubhamastu svasti jayābhyudaya śāli
|-
|2
|೦ ವಾಹನ ಶಕ ಸಾ ೧೪೨೮ ಕ್ಷಯ ಸಂವತ್ಸರದ
|0 vāhana śaka 1428 kṣaya saṃvatsarada
|-
|3
|೦ ಕಾರ್ತ್ತಿಕ ಶು೧೨ ಲು . ಮಂಮ್ಮಹಾಮಂಡಲೇ
|0 kārttika śu12 lu śrī maṃmmahāmaṃḍale
|-
|4
|೦ ಶ್ವ[ರ] ಶ್ರೀವೀರಪ್ರತಾಪ ಭುಜಬಲರಾಯ
|0 śva[ra] śrīvīrapratāpa bhujabalarāya
|-
|5
|೦ ರೂ ಪೃಥ್ವಿರಾಜ್ಯಂಗೈಉತಂಯಿರಲು ಅ
|0 rū pṛthvirājyaṃgaiutaṃyiralu a
|-
|6
|೦ ವರ ಕಾರ್ಯ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಕರ್ತ್ತರಾದ ತಿಪ್ಪರಸಯ್ಯ
|0 vara kāryyakkĕ karttarāda tipparasayya
|-
!
!( ಮುಂದೆ ಬರೆದಿಲ್ಲ)
!( Not Written further )
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:Inscription stones of Bengaluru]]

Vikram Sarabhai

2026-02-26T14:36:39Z

GordonCoulston: updated details

{{Short description|Indian physicist and astronomer}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
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| title1 = 1st [[Chairperson of ISRO]]
| term_start1 = 1969
| term_end1 = 1971
| predecessor1 = ''Position established''
| successor1 = [[M. G. K. Menon]]
| title2 = [[Chairman]] of the [[Indian National Committee for Space Research|Indian National Committee for Space Research]]
| term_start2 = 1963
| term_end2 = 1969
| predecessor2 = ''Position established''
| successor2 = ''Position abolished''
| title3 = [[Atomic Energy Commission of India#History|Chairperson of the Atomic Energy Commission of India]]
| term_start3 = 1966
| term_end3 = 1971
| predecessor3 = [[Homi J. Bhabha]]
| successor3 = [[H.N. Sethna]]
| name = Vikram Sarabhai
| birth_name = Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai
| image = Dr Vikram Sarabhai ISRO.webp
| caption = Official portrait of Dr Vikram Sarabhai
| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|8|12|df=y}}<ref name=Shah2007/>
| birth_place = [[Ahmedabad]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]] (now in [[Gujarat]], [[India]])
| death_date = {{death date and age|1971|12|30|1919|8|12|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Halcyon Castle]], [[Trivandrum]] (now [[Thiruvananthapuram]]), [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| spouse = [[Mrinalini Sarabhai]] (m.1942; died.2016)
| children = [[Mallika Sarabhai]] (daughter)
 [[Kartikeya Sarabhai]] (son)
| parents = [[Ambalal Sarabhai]] (father)
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| field = [[Physics]]
| work_institution = [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] [[Physical Research Laboratory]]
| residence =
| alma_mater = [[University of Cambridge]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[PhD]])
| doctoral_advisor = [[C. V. Raman]]
| doctoral_students = [[Udupi Ramachandra Rao]]
| known_for = [[Indian space program]] [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad]]
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] (1966) [[Padma Vibhushan]] (posthumously) (1972)
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}}

'''Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai''' (12 August 1919 – 30 December 1971) was an Indian [[physicist]] and [[astronomer]] who initiated [[space research]] and helped to develop [[nuclear power]] in India. Often regarded as the "''Father of Indian space program''",<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr. Vikram Sarabhai |url=https://www.mcf.gov.in/website/sarabhai |website=Master Control facility - Department Of Space - Government Of India |access-date=16 June 2024}}</ref> Sarabhai was honored with [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1966 and the [[Padma Vibhushan]] (posthumously) in 1972.

==Early life and education==
[[File:Vikrambhai and amma .jpg|thumb|Vikram and Mrinalini Sarabhai (1948)|alt=|263x263px]]
Vikram Sarabhai was born on 12 August 1919 in a [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] [[Śvetāmbara]] [[Shrimal Jain|Shrimali]] [[Jainism|Jain]] family, in [[Ahmedabad]], India.<ref>{{Cite book |last=AMRITA SHAH |url=https://archive.org/details/VikramSarabhai-ALife/page/n8/mode/1up |title=VIKRAM SARABHAI - A LIFE |language=Sanskrit}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=formerchairman |url=https://www.isro.gov.in/sarabhaiformer.html#:~:text=Vikram%20Sarabhai%20was%20born%20on,owned%20many%20mills%20in%20Gujarat. |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=www.isro.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-04-09 |title=Jains steal the show with 7 Padmas |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/jains-steal-the-show-with-7-padmas/articleshow/46856659.cms |access-date=2024-08-18 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> His father was [[Ambalal Sarabhai]], a major industrialist committed to the [[Indian independence movement]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Entrepreneurship and Industry in India, 1800-1947|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ba7AAAAIAAJ|page=44|year=1992|publisher=Oxford University Press| isbn=978-0-19-562806-7 |quote=The Sarabhais and the Lalbhais, the town's two most prominent entrepreneurial families, were Banias prominent as shroffs.}}</ref><ref name=Shah2007>{{Cite book |last=Shah |first=Amrita |title=Amrita Shah - Vikram Sarabhai - A Life |publisher=Penguin |year=2007 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vIM_DAAAQBAJ|isbn=9780670999514 |pages=97 |language=en}}</ref>

==Professional life==
[[File:Dr. Vikram Sarabhai and Dr. Paine Sign a Satellite Agreement - GPN-2002-000081.jpg|thumb|Dr. Vikram A. Sarabhai, (left) Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and head of India's [[Department of Atomic Energy]] and Dr. [[Thomas O. Paine]], NASA Administrator, sign an agreement to cooperate in an unprecedented experiment using a space satellite to bring instructional television programs to some 5,000 Indian villages.|alt=|257x257px]]
{{more citations needed section|date=September 2019}}
Known as the cradle of space sciences in India, the [[Physical Research Laboratory]] (PRL) was founded in 1947 by Vikram Sarabhai.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=R.|first=Parthasarathy|date=April 3, 2003|title=Vikram Sarabhai (1919-1971): Architect of Indian space programme|url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/seta/2003/04/03/stories/2003040300100300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030518211014/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/seta/2003/04/03/stories/2003040300100300.htm|archive-date=May 18, 2003|access-date=2019-08-10|website=The Hindu}}</ref> PRL had a modest beginning at his residence, the "RETREAT", with research on [[cosmic rays]].

The institute was formally established at the M.G. Science Institute, Ahmedabad, on 11 November 1947<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.prl.res.in/website_english15/about/hist.php | title=BRIEF HISTORY | access-date=28 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408134414/https://www.prl.res.in/website_english15/about/hist.php | archive-date=8 April 2016 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all |publisher=Physical Research Laboratory, Department of Space, Government of India}}</ref> with support from the Karmkshetra Educational Foundation and the [[Ahmedabad Education Society]]. [[Kalpathi Ramakrishna Ramanathan]] was the first director of the institute. The initial focus was research on [[cosmic rays]] and the [[Physical property|properties]] of the [[upper atmosphere]]. Research areas were expanded to include [[theoretical physics]] and [[radio physics]] later with grants from the Atomic Energy Commission.
He led the Sarabhai family-owned business conglomerate.

His interests varied from science to sports to statistics. He set up the Operations Research Group (ORG), the first market research organization in the country. Most notable among the many institutes he helped set up are the [[Nehru Foundation for Development]] in [[Ahmedabad]], the [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad]] (IIMA), and the [[Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association]] (ATIRA). Along with his wife [[Mrinalini Sarabhai]], he founded the [[Darpana Academy of Performing Arts]]. Other projects and institutions initiated or established by him include the Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) in [[Kalpakkam]], Variable Energy Cyclotron Project in [[Calcutta]], [[Electronics Corporation of India Limited]] (ECIL) in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] and Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) in Jaduguda, [[Jharkhand]].
Sarabhai started a project for the fabrication and launch of an Indian satellite. As a result, the first Indian satellite, [[Aryabhata (satellite)|Aryabhata]], was put in orbit in 1975 from a Russian [[cosmodrome]].<ref name=":0" /> He was the founder of [[ISRO|Indian Space Research Organisation]].

==Death==
On 30 December 1971, Sarabhai was to review the SLV design before his departure for [[Bombay|Mumbai]] the same night. He had spoken to [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] on the telephone. Within an hour into the conversation, Sarabhai suffered a fatal cardiac arrest at the age of 52 in [[Trivandrum]]. His body was cremated in [[Ahmedabad]].

== Personal life ==
Vikram Sarabhai married the classical dancer [[Mrinalini Sarabhai|Mrinalini]] on 3 September 1942. The couple had two children. His daughter [[Mallika Sarabhai|Mallika]] gained prominence as an actress and activist, and his son [[Kartikeya Sarabhai|Kartikeya]] too became an active person in science. He attended [[Gujarat College]], Ahmedabad, but later moved to the [[University of Cambridge]], England, where he took his [[tripos]] in natural sciences in 1940.<ref name="vikram_education">{{cite web |last=Goyal |first=Shikha |date=12 August 2019 |title=Vikram Sarabhai founder of ISRO 100th Birthday: All you need to know |url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/vikram-sarabhai-1565439068-1 |access-date=12 August 2019 |website=Jagran Josh}}</ref> In 1945, he returned to Cambridge to pursue his [[PhD]] and wrote a thesis, "Cosmic Ray Investigations in Tropical Latitudes", in 1947.<ref name="vikram_education" />

==Distinguished positions==
*President of the Physics section,[[Indian Science Congress]] (1962)
*President of the General Conference of the [[I.A.E.A.]], [[Vienna]] (1970)
*Chairman of the [[Atomic Energy Commission of India]] (1966–1971)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/archives/from-the-archives-may-23-1969-sarabhai-assails-faltering-nuclear-policy/article27210262.ece|title=From the Archives (May 23, 1969): Sarabhai assails faltering nuclear policy|date=2019-05-23|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-08-10|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dae.nic.in/writereaddata/chmnaec.pdf|title=Former Chairmen of Atomic Energy Commission|date=2012-06-05|website=Government of India Department of Atomic Energy|access-date=2019-08-10|archive-date=7 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107174214/http://dae.nic.in/writereaddata/chmnaec.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Vice-president, Fourth UN Conference on 'Peaceful uses of Atomic Energy' (1971)
*Founder and Chairman (1963–1971), [[Space Applications Centre]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sac.gov.in/Vyom/founder.jsp|title=Space Applications Centre|website=www.sac.gov.in|access-date=2019-08-10|archive-date=26 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326030524/https://www.sac.gov.in/Vyom/founder.jsp|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Legacy==
[[File:Vikram Sarabhai 1972 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|Sarabhai on a 1972 Indian stamp]]
*The [[Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre]], (VSSC), which is the Indian Space Research Organization's lead facility for launch vehicle development located in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] ([[Trivandrum]]), capital of Kerala state, is named in his memory.
*Along with other Ahmedabad-based industrialists, he played a major role in setting up of the [[IIM Ahmedabad|Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad]].
*Indian Postal Department released a commemorative Postal Stamp On his first death anniversary (30 December 1972)
*In 1973, the [[International Astronomical Union]] decided that a lunar crater, Bessel A, in the [[Sea of Serenity]] will be known as the [[Sarabhai (crater)|Sarabhai crater]].<ref name=rukl21>[[Antonín Rükl]]: ''Atlas Měsíce'', Aventinum (Praha 1991), chapter Bessel, page 74, {{ISBN|80-85277-10-7}} {{in lang|cs}}</ref><ref>[[Sarabhai (crater)]] – {{cite web|title=Planetary Names: Sarabhai on Moon; |url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/5320|publisher=Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, IAU, [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]], [[NASA]]|date=18 Oct 2010|access-date=22 July 2015}}</ref>
*The lander on India's Moon mission [[Chandrayaan-2]] which was to land near the South Pole of the Moon on Sep 20, 2019 was named Vikram in his honour.
*Vikram A Sarabhai Community Science Centre (VASCSC) located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat is named after him. Vikram Sarabhai established this institute around the 1960s.
*Former World Quiz Champion [[Vikram Joshi]] was named after him.
*A Space Museum was dedicated to him at [[Birla Science Museum|B M Birla Science Centre]], Hyderabad on 26 July 2019. The museum was curated by [[Pranav Sharma]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Space Museum opened at Hyderabad with ISRO Collaboration - ISRO|url=https://www.isro.gov.in/update/08-aug-2019/space-museum-opened-hyderabad-with-isro-collaboration|access-date=2020-09-22|website=www.isro.gov.in|archive-date=19 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919064104/https://www.isro.gov.in/update/08-aug-2019/space-museum-opened-hyderabad-with-isro-collaboration|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-12-06|title=Birla Science Centre's Pranav Sharma gets REX Karmaveer Award|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/birla-science-centres-pranav-sharma-gets-rex-karmaveer-award/article30214217.ece|access-date=2020-09-22|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
*ISRO's [[Vikas (rocket engine)]] is named after him.
* On his 100th birthday on 12 August 2019, the [[Indian Space Research Organization]] (ISRO) announced an award in the name of Vikram Sarabhai. The Vikram Sarabhai Journalism award in Space Science Technology and Research will be given to those journalists who have contributed to the fields of space science, applications, and research.<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 August 2019|title=ISRO announces Vikram Sarabhai awards for journalism in the fields of space science, applications, and research|url=https://www.firstpost.com/tech/science/isro-announces-vikram-sarabhai-awards-for-journalism-in-the-fields-of-space-science-applications-and-research-7129111.html|website=Firstpost}}</ref>

== In popular culture ==
On 12 August 2019, [[Google]]'s [[Google Doodle|Doodle]] for India commemorated Sarabhai's 100th birth anniversary.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vikram Sarabhai's 100th Birthday|url=https://doodles.google/doodle/vikram-sarabhais-100th-birthday/}}</ref>
On 30 September 2020, [[Amar Chitra Katha|ACK Media]] along with [[Indian Space Research Organisation|ISRO]] released a book namely, ''Vikram Sarabhai: Pioneering India's Space Programme''. It was released in [[Amar Chitra Katha|Amar Chitra Katha's]] digital platform and merchandise, [[Amar Chitra Katha|ACK Comics]].{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

A 2022 web-series ''[[Rocket Boys (web series)|Rocket Boys]]'' was based on the fictionalized lives of Sarabhai and [[Homi J. Bhabha]], played by [[Ishwak Singh]] and [[Jim Sarbh]] respectively.

In the 2022 film ''[[Rocketry: The Nambi Effect]]'' based on [[Nambi Narayanan]]'s life, Sarabhai was played by [[Rajit Kapur]] in the Hindi version and by [[Ravi Raghavendra]] in the Tamil version.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-02 |title='Rocket Boys' gets Vikram Sarabhai wrong |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/rocket-boys-vikram-sarabhai-sony-liv-7796604/ |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-24 |title=Why Rocket Boys didn't need to take so many creative liberties |url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com//news/opinion/why-rocket-boys-didn-t-need-to-take-so-many-creative-liberties-111645605832628.html |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=Mintlounge |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=As a Historian of the Nuclear Program, I Can Only Laugh at the Howlers in Rocket Boys |url=https://thewire.in/culture/rocket-boys-science-absurd |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=The Wire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='Rocket Boys' Begins Well, Then Turns Into Hagiography With a Blatantly Communal Touch |url=https://thewire.in/culture/rocket-boys-review |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=The Wire}}</ref>

==References==

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=== Sources ===

* {{Cite book |last=Shah |first=Amrita |author-link=Amrita Shah |url=https://archive.org/details/VikramSarabhai-ALife/mode/1up |title=Vikram Sarabhai: A Life |publisher=[[Viking Press]] |year=2007 |isbn=9780670999514 |location=[[New Delhi]], [[India]] |language=en}}

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Hannibal Richard Cabral

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*[[Princeton Theological Seminary]], [[Pasadena]]
*[[South Asia Theological Research Institute]], Bangalore
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'''Hannibal Richard Cabral''' (25 June 1955<ref name="Mangalorean">Roydon D'Souza in ''The Mangalorean'', Karnataka Theological College bids farewell to Rev. Dr. J. S. Sadananda, 1 November 2009. [http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=152348]</ref> — 23 October 2021) was the former principal<ref name="Daiji">''Daijiworld Media Network Mangalore (SP)'', [http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=67435 Mangalore: Rev Hannibal Richard Cabral was the Principal of The Karnataka Theological College from 26 October 2009 until 24 June 2020]. Accessed 8 March 2024.</ref> of [[Karnataka Theological College]], [[Mangalore]], a seminary established in 1965<ref>Vijaya Kumar, ''Ecumenical Cooperation of the Missions in Karnataka (India), 1834-1989: A Historical Analysis of the Evangelistic Strategy of the Missions'', ISPCK, New Delhi, 2005, p. 132. [https://books.google.com/books?id=a_TrAAAACAAJ&q=ecumenical+cooperation+of+the+missions]</ref> and affiliated to India's first University,<ref name="UNESCO">[http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0017/001790/179035eb.pdf UNESCO Structures of University Education in India, 1952]</ref> the [[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Senate of Serampore College]]. Cabral was appointed by the College Council as Principal in 2009.<ref>''Daijiworld Media Network'', Rev Cabral Installed as Principal of Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore, 28 October 2009. [http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=67499] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020011659/http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=67499|date=20 October 2018}}</ref>

==Studies==
Cabral had his spiritual formation at the Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore, when he enrolled for a graduate course in 1971, receiving a [[Bachelor of Theology]] degree<ref name="Mangalorean"/> and later was upgraded to a [[Bachelor of Divinity]] degree<ref name="Daiji"/> at the Karnataka Theological College during the principalship of [[C. D. Jathanna]]. Cabral took postgraduate studies at [[United Theological College, Bangalore]] during the years 1988-1990<ref name="Hiwale">K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), ''Directory of the United Theological College 1910-1997'', Bangalore, 1997, p. 128</ref> and worked out a dissertation entitled ''An evaluation of the effectiveness of selected Christian dramas in Kannada in communication of the Gospel''<ref>H.R. Cabral, ''An evaluation of the effectiveness of selected Christian dramas in Kannada in communication of the Gospel'' in ''Thesis Titles'', [[Board of Theological Education of the Senate of Serampore College]], Bangalore, 1991.</ref> during the Principalship of [[Gnana Robinson]] leading to the award of [[Master of Theology]]. Cabral also studied at the [[Princeton Theological Seminary]] for a year in 1993.<ref>''A World of Students, Valuable Exchanges, Onto Ministry'', Inspire, Spring 2001, Volume 5, Number 3. [https://www.ptsem.edu/Publications/inspire2/5.3/feature_1/world_%20of_students4.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810214547/http://ptsem.edu/Publications/inspire2/5.3/feature_1/world_%20of_students4.htm|date=10 August 2015}}</ref><ref name="Daiji" />

Continuing his studies, Cabral enrolled for doctoral studies<ref name="Mangalorean"/> at the [[South Asia Theological Research Institute]], [[Bangalore]] and on successful submission of his dissertation, he was awarded a [[Doctor of Theology]] degree by the Senate of Serampore College in 1998.<ref>List of the Recipient of the Degree of Doctor of Theology of the Senate of Serampore College (University). [http://www.senateofseramporecollege.edu.in/hall-of-fame/doctor-of-theology/]</ref> Cabral pursued all his theological degrees from the University, with the exception of a postgraduation course from Princeton, and was awarded degrees in successive Convocations by the [[Senate of Serampore College (University)]].{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

==Initiatives==
In 2010, Karnataka Theological College, under the Principalship of Cabral, announced the start of a two-year postgraduate programme leading to the award of [[Master of Arts]] in association with the George August [[University of Göttingen]].<ref>[http://www.deccanherald.com/content/95151/ktc-german-varsity-tie-up.html KTC, "German varsity tie-up, start MA course"], ''The Deccan Herald'', 8 September 2010.</ref>

==Writings==
*{{cite book |last=Cabral|first=Honey|date=2006 |editor-last=Wendt|editor-first=Reinhard|title=An Indian to the Indians?: On the Initial Failure and the Posthumous Success of the Missionary Ferdinand Kittel (1832-1903)|publisher=Otto Harrossowitz Verlag|pages=255–264|chapter=Missionaries and Carnatic Music|isbn=}}
*{{cite book |last=Cabral|first=Honey|date=2001 |editor-last=Traber|editor-first=Michael|title=Communication in Theological Education: New Directions|publisher=ISPCK|pages=163–174|chapter=The Role of Music in Religious Communication: Implications for a Theological Curriculum |isbn=}}
*{{cite journal| last1 = Cabral| first1 = Honey| date = 2003| title = Secularism in the Context of Religious Plurality| url = | journal = Religion and Society| volume = 48| issue = 1| pages = 67–77| doi = | access-date = }}
*{{cite thesis |last=Cabral|first=Honey |date=1991|title=An evaluation of the effectiveness of selected Christian dramas in Kannada in communication of the Gospel|degree=M.Th.|publisher=Serampore University}}

Christian Hymns in vernacular languages were composed and sung to Indian classical music by the early Missionaries and the early Christians in India. [[P. Solomon Raj]] in the context of the Christian Hymnal in Telugu writes that it has been of high literary standard<ref name="Raj">P. Solomon Raj, The New Wine Skins, ISPCK, New Delhi, 2003, p.82.</ref> consisting of hymns in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] set in music patterns of [[Carnatic music]] and [[Hindustani classical music]]. Similarly, in 2000, [[Roger E. Hedlund]] (who taught at the [[Serampore College]] and is the Editor of the missiological journal, [http://www.dharmadeepika.org/ ''Dharma Deepika''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709212737/http://www.dharmadeepika.org/ |date=9 July 2015 }}), the [[missiologist]] wrote that, along with the [[Bible]], the Christian Hymnal in Telugu also formed the main bulwark of Christian spiritual life for the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] folk and of equal use to both the non-literates and the literates as well.<ref>Roger E. Hedlund, Quest for Identity: India's Churches of Indigenous origin: The "Little" Tradition in Indian Christianity, New Delhi, 2000, p. 261. [https://books.google.com/books?id=W3sGM-wp1msC&dq=andhra+christian+hymnal&pg=PA261]</ref> Cabral in his article ''Missionaries and Carnatic Music'' wrote that the early missionaries with special reference to [[Ferdinand Kittel]] were bemused by the [[Hindustani classical music]] and began composing songs in the local tradition.

==Lyricist==
Cabral composed more than 500 songs in [[Kannada]], [[English language|English]], [[Tulu language|Tulu]] and [[Hindi]] and had a stint at radio with the State-run [[All India Radio]] and the Far East Broadcasting Associates.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}
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Anita Devgan

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'''Anita Devgan''' is an [[Cinema of India|Indian film]] and television actress, who is known for her work in the [[Punjabi cinema|Punjabi film industry]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-30 |title=Anita Devgan (Actress) उम्र, पति, परिवार, Biography in Hindi – बायोग्राफी |url=https://newshindu.news/biography/anita-devgan-80912/ |access-date=2022-12-23 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Anita devgan Movies – Anita devgan's New Released Movies |url=https://www.zee5.com/global/movies/celeb/anita-devgan |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=ZEE5 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bollywood Theatre Artist Anita Devgan Biography, News, Photos, Videos |url=https://nettv4u.com/celebrity/hindi/theatre-artist/anita-devgan |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=nettv4u |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Anita Devgan: Movies, Photos, Videos, News, Biography & Birthday {{!}} eTimes |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Anita-Devgan |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |language=en}}</ref> Her most well-known works are the films [[Jatt & Juliet]], Ronde Sare Vyah Picho, [[Angrej]], [[Bambukat]], [[Rabb Da Radio]], [[Golak Bugni Bank Te Batua]], [[Mr & Mrs 420 Returns|Mr. & Mrs. 420 Returns]], [[Puaada]], and Ni Main Sass Kuttni.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mehtab Virk's debut movie 'Ni Main Sass Kuttni' gets a release date – Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/punjabi/movies/news/mehtab-virks-debut-movie-ni-main-sass-kuttni-gets-a-release-date/articleshow/90545020.cms |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-03-23 |title=Punjabi Theatre is making headway: Anita Devgan |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/punjabi-theatre-is-making-headway-anita-devgan/story-EvYWzq0ELkHnEnEQQc9IoN.html |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ni Main Sass Kutni to be released on 29 April |url=https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2022/mar/31/33879/ni-main-sass-kutni-to-be-released-on-29-april |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=www.cinestaan.com}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Anita grew up in [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India. She done her schooling and college from Government Middle School, Chicha, Amritsar and [[Khalsa College, Amritsar|Khalsa College]] for Women, Amritsar [[Panjab University|Punjab University]], [[Patiala]], India.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Tribune News |title=Anita Devgan's moving solo act in Kanso |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/amritsar/anita-devgan-s-moving-solo-act-in-kanso-746027 |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=Tribuneindia News Service |language=en}}</ref> After completion of her college study she acquired her Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) [[Mastering the Art of Solution-Focused Counseling|Master in Arts]] (M.A.) from [[Punjab University (Chandigarh)|Punjab University]], [[Patiala]], India.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

== Career ==
Anita is a theatre performer from Punjab who works in the Punjabi film industry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anita Devgan – Best Actor in Supporting Role Female Nominee {{!}} Filmfare Awards |url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards-punjabi-2017/nominations/best-supporting-actor-female/anita-devgan |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=filmfare.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-12 |title=Punjabi film actors from India visit Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/867447/punjabi-film-actors-from-india-visit-gurdwara-kartarpur-sahib-in-pakistan/ |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=Daily Times |language=en-US}}</ref> She began her acting carrier in mid 90's on [[Doordarshan Kendra, Jalandhar|Jalandhar Doordarshan]] through popular Serial’ "Panchni" (ਪੰਚਨੀ).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-22 |title=Anita Devgan Family, Husband, Age, Biography and More – Celebs Detail |url=https://celebsdetail.com/anita-devgan-family-husband-age-biography-and-more/ |access-date=2024-12-22 |language=en-US}}</ref> "Panchni" serial was big hit with 60 plus episodes and Anita played the leading role in this serial. Her other well known serials on [[Doordarshan Kendra, Jalandhar|Jalandhar Doordarshan]] are "Lorie" and "Hakim Tara Chand". Hashar (2008), a love story was her first Punjabi film, and she has since appeared in more than 40 films in supporting roles. Additionally, she received the Virasat International Punjabi Film Award and the Best Supporting Actress [[PTC Punjabi Film Awards|PTC Punjabi Film Award]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-27 |title=Ni Main Sass Kutni OTT: Know where to watch Mehtab Virk's comedy film |url=https://www.ptcpunjabi.co.in/ni-main-sass-kutni-ott-know-where-to-watch-mehtab-virks-comedy-film |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=PTC Punjabi |language=en}}</ref>

Her most famous films include ''Jatt & Juliet'' (2012, 2013), R.S.V.P., ''[[Angrej]]'' (2015), ''[[Bambukat]]'' (2016), ''Rabb Da Radio'' (2017, 2019), ''[[Golak Bugni Bank Te Batua]]'' (2018), ''[[Mr & Mrs 420 Returns|Mr. & Mrs. 420 Returns]]'' (2018), ''Puaada'' (2021), and ''Ni Main Sass Kuttni'' (2022). In the film ''Ni Main Sass Kuttni'', she appeared with actors [[Nirmal Rishi]], [[Gurpreet Ghuggi]], [[Karamjit Anmol]], and Mehtab Virk in a lead role.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

== Filmography ==
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* ''Hashar A Love Story'' (2008)as Chachi
* ''Panjaban-Love Rules Hearts'' (2010) as Gugni's mother
* ''[[Jatt & Juliet]]'' (2012) as
* ''[[Jatt & Juliet 2]]'' (2013) as Fateh's mom
* ''[[Fer Mamla Gadbad Gadbad]]'' (2013) as Timmy's Mother
* ''Ronde Sare Vyah Picho'' (2013) as
* ''[[Mundeyan Ton Bachke Rahin]]'' (2014) as Prince's mother
* ''[[Proper Patola (2014 film)|Proper Patola]]'' (2014) as Mad Lady
* ''[[Angrej]]'' (2015) as
* ''[[Judge Singh LLB]]'' (2015) as Sonu's Mother
* ''[[Kaptaan]]'' (2016) as
* ''[[Bambukat]]'' (2016) as Channan's mother
* ''Judaiyaan'' (2017) as
* ''Thug Life'' (2017) as MLA's Mother
* ''[[Rabb Da Radio]]'' (2017)
* ''[[Nikka Zaildar 2]]'' (2017) as Saawan's mother
* ''Punjab Singh'' (2018) as
* ''[[Golak Bugni Bank Te Batua]]'' (2018) as Usha
* ''Jatt vs. Ielts'' (2018) as
* ''Jagga Jiunda E'' (2018) as
* ''[[Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se|Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se]]'' (2018) as Sati
* ''[[Kurmaiyan]]'' (2018) as
* ''[[Laatu]]'' (2018) as Jailo
* ''Marriage Palace'' (2018) as Nimma's Bhua
* ''[[Kala Shah Kala]]'' (2019) as Satwant Kaur
* ''[[Shadaa]]'' (2019) as Chadta's mother
* ''[[Singham (2019 film)|Singham]]'' (2019) as
* ''Jaddi Sardar'' (2019) as Mindo
* ''[[Tara Mira]]'' (2019) as Mira's Bua
* ''[[Kitty Party (film)|Kitty Party]]'' (2019) as
* ''[[Jinde Meriye]]'' (2020) as Surjeet Kaur
* ''[[Puaada]]'' (2021) as Jaggi's mother
* ''Teeja Punjab'' (2021) as Sarpanch's wife
* ''[[Jatt Brothers]]'' (2022) as
* ''Umran Ch Ki Rakheya'' (2022) as Kanwal's friend
* ''Ni Main Sass Kuttni'' (2022) as
* ''Mahi Mera Nikka Jeha'' (2022) as Guddu – Noor's Mother
* ''Sass Meri Ne Munda Jamya'' (2022) as
* ''Rabba Rabba Meeh Varsa I'' (2022) as
* ''Rabba Rabba Meeh Varsa II'' (2022) as
* ''[[Kali Jotta (2023 film)|Kali Jotta]]'' (2023) as
* ''Tu Hovein Main Hovan'' (2023) as Kelly's Mother
* ''Ji Wife Ji'' (2023) as
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|2018
|Filmfare Awards Punjab
|Best Supporting Actress
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|Rabb Da Radio
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anita Devgan – Best Actor in Supporting Role Female Nominee {{!}} Filmfare Awards |url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards-punjabi-2018/nominations/best-supporting-actor-female/anita-devgan |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=filmfare.com |language=en}}</ref>
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|2020
|''PTC Punjabi Film Awards''
|Best Supporting Actress|| {{Won}}
|''Jaddi Sardar (2019)''
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|2020
|Virasat International Punjabi Film Award.
|Acting|| {{Won}}
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List of cities in India by population

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{{About|cities (towns with Class-I status or population with 100,000 and above)|towns under 100,000 population|List of towns in India by population}}
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This is a list of the most populous cities in [[India]]. Cities are a type of [[Local government in India|sub-administrative unit]] and are defined by the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]. In some cases, cities are bifurcated into [[Municipal governance in India|municipalities]], which can lead to cities being included within other cities. This list is based on the [[Census of India]] using data from the [[2001 census of India]] and the [[2011 census of India]].

== Map ==
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{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Amedabad (5)|lat=23.03|long=72.58}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Ahmednagar (124)|lat=19.08|long=74.73}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Aizawl (151)|lat=23.43|long=92.43}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Ajmer (81)|lat=26.45|long=74.64}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Akola (105)|lat=20.7|long=77.00}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Aligarh (55)|lat=27.88|long=78.08}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Allahabad (36)|lat=25.45|long=81.85}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Alwar (139)|lat=27.34|long=76.38}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Amaravathi (335)|lat= 16.541|long=80.515}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Ambattur (97)|lat=13.0983|long=80.1622}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Ambernath (175)|lat=19.209|long=73.186}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Amravati (66)|lat=20.92583|long=77.76472}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Amritsar (34)|lat=31.64|long=74.86}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Anantapur (172)|lat=14.68|long=77.6}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=city locator 13.svg|label=Anantnag (326)|lat=33.73|long=75.15}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Arrah (171)|lat=25.55750|long=84.67}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Asansol (78)|lat=23.68|long=86.99}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Aurangabad, Bihar (342)|lat=24.75|long=84.37}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Aurangabad, Maharastra (32)|lat=19.88|long=75.32}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Avadi (127)|lat=13.12|long=80.1}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Bahadurgarh (265)|lat=28.68|long=76.92}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Bahraich (245)|lat=27.57|long=81.59}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Bally, Howrah (152)|lat=22.65|long=88.34}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Bangalore (3)|lat=12.967|long=77.567}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Baranagar (181)|lat=22.64|long=88.37}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Barasat (162)|lat=22.72|long=88.48}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Bardhaman (140)|lat=23.233|long=87.867}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Bareilly (51)|lat=28.167|long=78.383}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Bathinda (156)|lat=30.20|long=74.95}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Begusarai (178)|lat=25.42|long=86.13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Belgaum (92)|lat=15.850|long=74.500}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Bellary (108)|lat=15.100|long=76.917}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Berhampur (122)|lat=19.32|long=84.78}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Bettiah (303)|lat=26.80|long=84.51}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Bhagalpur (112)|lat=25.250|long=87.000}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Bharatpur, India (177)|lat=27.22|long=77.48}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Bhatpara (115)|lat=22.87|long=88.41}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Bhavnagar (75)|lat=21.76|long=72.15}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Bhilai (70)|lat=21.21|long=81.38}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Bhilwara (121)|lat=25.35|long=74.63}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Bhimavaram (293)|lat=16.544|long=81.524}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Bhind (234)|lat=26.56|long=78.78}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Bhiwandi (62)|lat=19.296664|long=73.063121}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Bhiwani (233)|lat=28.78|long=76.13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Bhopal (16)|lat=23.250|long=77.417}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Bhubaneswar (58)|lat=20.27|long=85.84}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Bhusawal (243)|lat=21.05|long=75.77}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Bihar Sharif (148)|lat=25.197|long=85.518}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Bijapur, Karnataka (133)|lat=16.83|long=75.7}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Bikaner (67)|lat=28.01667|long=73.31194}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh (130)|lat=22.09|long=82.15}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Bokaro Steel City (107)|lat=23.67|long=86.15}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Bongaigaon (298)|lat=26.49|long=90.53}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=[[Buxar]] (336)|lat=25.56|long=83.98}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Chandigarh (47)|lat=30.75|long=76.78}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Chandrapur (136)|lat=19.950|long=79.297}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Chennai (6)|lat=13.08389|long=80.27000}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Chhapra (225)|lat=25.7848|long=84.7274}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=[[Chittoor]] (242)|lat=13.2172|long=79.1003}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Coimbatore (41)|lat=11.01833|long=76.97250}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Cuttack (72)|lat=20.52306|long=85.78806}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Danapur (253)|lat=25.623962|long=85.041432}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Darbhanga (149)|lat=26.17|long=85.9}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Davanagere (102)|lat=14.4666|long=75.9242}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Dehradun (76)|lat=30.318|long=78.029}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=[[Dehri]] (300)|lat=24.91|long=84.18}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=[[Delhi]] (2)|lat=28.61|long=77.23}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=[[Deoghar]] (224)|lat=24.28|long=86.41}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Dewas (153)|lat=22.96|long=76.06}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Dhanbad (33)|lat=23.8|long=86.45}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Dhule (118)|lat=20.89972|long=74.76972}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Dibrugarh (282)|lat=27.48|long=95}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Dimapur (311)|lat=25.92|long=93.73}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Durg (167)|lat=21.19|long=81.28}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Durgapur, West Bengal (77)|lat=23.48|long=87.32}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Eluru (223)|lat=16.71|long=81.12}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Erode (279)|lat=11.21|long=77.44}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Etawah (174)|lat=26.77|long=79.03}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Faridabad (25)|lat=28.4211|long=77.3078}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Farrukhabad (164)|lat=27.37|long=79.63}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Firozabad (73)|lat=27.150|long=78.400}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Gandhidham (180)|lat=23.08|long=70.13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Gaya, India (96)|lat=24.75|long=85.01}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh (21)|lat=28.67|long=77.42}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Giridih (322)|lat=24.18|long=86.3}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Gorakhpur (64)|lat=26.7588|long=83.3697}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Gudivada (314)|lat=16.434|long=80.993}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Gulbarga (82)|lat=17.3333|long=76.8333}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Guntur (65)|lat=16.20|long=80.27}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Gurgaon (54)|lat=28.456|long=77.029}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Guwahati (48)|lat=26.183|long=91.733}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Gwalior (39)|lat=26.22|long=78.18}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Hajipur (287)|lat=25.69|long=85.20}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Hapur (170)|lat=28.72|long=77.78}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Haridwar (193)|lat=29.956|long=78.17}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Hazaribagh (292)|lat=23.98|long=85.35}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Hindupur (284)|lat=13.8223|long=77.5009}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Hisar, Haryana (146)|lat=29.09|long=75.43}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Hosur (319)|lat=12.7409|long=77.8253}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Howrah (37)|lat=22.5736296|long=88.3251045}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Hubballi-Dharwad (50)|lat=15.36167|long=75.08500}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Hyderabad (4)|lat=17.37|long=78.48}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Ichalkaranji (154)|lat=16.7|long=74.47}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Imphal (168)|lat=24.82|long=93.95}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Indore (14)|lat=22.71667|long=75.84722}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Jabalpur (40)|lat=23.167|long=79.933}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Jaipur (10)|lat=26.9|long=75.8}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Jalandhar (56)|lat=31.326|long=75.576}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Jalgaon (98)|lat=20.997984|long=75.566711}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Jalna (city) (157)|lat=19.83|long=75.88}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Jamalpur (331)|lat=25.31|long=86.49}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Jammu (89)|lat=32.73|long=74.87}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Jamnagar (93)|lat=22.47|long=70.07}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Jamshedpur (69)|lat=22.783|long=86.200}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Jehanabad (338)|lat=25.22|long=84.99}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Jhansi (87)|lat=25.44862|long=78.56962}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Jodhpur (43)|lat=26.28|long=73.02}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Jorhat (283)|lat=26.75|long=94.22}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Junagadh (137)|lat=21.520|long=70.463}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Kadapa (128)|lat=14.47|long=78.82}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Kakinada (142)|lat=16.93|long=82.22}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Kalyan-Dombivali (28)|lat=19.233|long=73.133}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Kamarhati (131)|lat=22.67|long=88.37}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Kanpur (11)|lat=26.449923|long=80.331874}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Karimnagar (173)|lat=18.43694|long=79.12417}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Karnal (155)|lat=29.68|long=76.98}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Katihar (274)|lat=25.53|long=87.58}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Khammam (249)|lat=17.24|long=80.15}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Kirari Suleman Nagar (158)|lat=28.69565|long=77.06533}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Kishanganj (329)|lat=26.09|long=87.93}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Kochi (74)|lat=9.967|long=76.217}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Kolhapur (80)|lat=16.69167|long=74.23333}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Kolkata (7)|lat=22.5726723|long=88.3638815}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Kollam (126)|lat=8.88|long=76.60}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Korba, Chhattisgarh (120)|lat=22.35|long=82.68}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Kota, Rajasthan (46)|lat=25.18|long=75.83}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Kozhikode (103)|lat=11.25|long=75.77}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Kulti (141)|lat=23.73|long=86.85}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Kurnool (104)|lat=15.8333|long=78.05}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Latur (116)|lat=18.40|long=76.56}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Loni, India (83)|lat=28.75|long=77.28}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Lucknow (12)|lat=26.8|long=80.9}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Ludhiana (22)|lat=30.91|long=75.85}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Machilipatnam|lat=16.187|long=81.137}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Madurai (44)|lat=9.93|long=78.12}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Madanapalle (301)|lat=13.5560|long=78.5010}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Maheshtala (100)|lat=22.5086210|long=88.2532182}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Malegaon (95)|lat=18.42|long=77.53}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Mangalore (91)|lat=12.87|long=74.88}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Mathura (125)|lat=27.28|long=77.41}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Mau (161)|lat=25.94167|long=83.56111}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Meerut (26)|lat=28.99|long=77.70}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Mira-Bhayandar (60)|lat=19.29|long=72.85}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=city locator 13.svg|label=Miryalaguda (325)|lat=16.86|long=79.58}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Mirzapur (188)|lat=25.15|long=82.58}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Moradabad (53)|lat=28.83|long=78.78}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Motihari (310)|lat=26.64|long=84.90}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Mumbai (1)|lat=18.97500|long=72.82583}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Munger (213)|lat=25.381|long=86.465}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Muzaffarnagar (114)|lat=29.472332|long=77.708874}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Muzaffarpur (123)|lat=26.0|long=85.45}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Mysore (52)|lat=12.26|long=76.6}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=[[Nagaon]] (285)|lat=26.3503828|long=92.6795912}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Nagpur (13)|lat=21.15|long=79.09}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Nanded (79)|lat=19.15|long=77.30}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Nandyal (229)|lat=15.47|long=78.48}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Nashik (24)|lat=20.00|long=73.78}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Navi Mumbai (35)|lat=19.02|long=73.02}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Nellore (90)|lat=14.43|long=79.97}}
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{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Nizamabad, Telangana (143)|lat=18.672|long=78.094}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Noida (68)|lat=28.57|long=77.32}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=North Dum Dum (176)|lat=22.6520800|long=88.4190700}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Ongole (222)|lat=15.5057|long=80.0499}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Ozhukarai (151)|lat=11.9569800|long=79.773700}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|mark=City locator 13.svg|label=Pali, Rajasthan (190)|lat=25.77|long=73.33}}
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== List ==
The list includes the cities and not [[List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India|urban agglomerations]].

Definitions:<ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=Provisional Population Totals Urban Agglomerations and Cities|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/1.%20Data%20Highlight.pdf|website=Census of India 2011|access-date=30 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418102638/https://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/1.%20Data%20Highlight.pdf|archive-date=2021-04-18}}</ref>

*The list is based on population within the boundaries of the respective Municipal Corporations and not the actual urban area.<ref name="auto" /><ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=City definition by census India |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/Metadata/Metada.htm#2c |publisher=censusindia.gov.in |access-date=26 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070617234445/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Metadata/Metada.htm |archive-date=17 June 2007 }}</ref>
*Towns/Cities with populations of {{nowrap|1 [[lakh]]}} (100,000) are categorized as '''Class-I towns''' or '''Cities'''.
*The 46 cities with populations of {{nowrap|1 million}} and above are known as '''Million Plus UA'''s or '''Cities'''.
*The 3 [[urban agglomerations|UA]]s with populations of {{nowrap|10 million}} and above are known as '''Mega Cities''' (The census defines the three as Greater Mumbai UA (18.4 million), Delhi UA (16.3 million) and Kolkata UA (14.1 million)<ref name="auto" />).

The cities listed in '''bold''' are the capitals of the respective [[states and territories of India|state or union territory]] and [[New Delhi]], the capital of India. 

=== List of cities with population above 1,000,000 ===

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{| class="sortable wikitable sticky-header static-row-numbers col1left col4left" {{right}}
|-
! City
! Population (2011)<ref name="class_i_2011">{{cite web |title=A-04 : Towns and urban agglomerations classified by population size class in 2011 with variation between 1901 and 2011 - Class I (population of 100,000 and above) |publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42876/download/46544/CLASS_I.xlsx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305025821/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42876/download/46544/CLASS_I.xlsx |archive-date=2023-03-05 | url-status=live |access-date=2023-07-04}}</ref>
! Population (2001){{R|class_i_2011}}{{efn|The 2001 population numbers are sourced directly from 2011 census data. This also allows for sensible comparisons when city boundaries changed between 2001 and 2011.}}
! State or union territory
! {{Abbr|Ref|Reference}}
|-
| '''[[Mumbai]]''' || 12,442,373 || 11,978,450 || [[Maharashtra]] || <ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Population of cities in India 2025 |url=https://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/314-ahmedabad.html}}</ref>{{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| '''[[Delhi]]''' || 11,034,555 || 9,879,172 || [[Delhi]] || <ref name=":1" />{{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| '''[[Bengaluru]]''' || 8,443,675 || 5,682,293 || [[Karnataka]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| '''[[Hyderabad]]''' || 6,993,262 || 5,496,960 || [[Telangana]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Ahmedabad]] || 5,577,940 || 4,470,006 || [[Gujarat]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| '''[[Chennai]]''' || 4,646,732|| 4,343,645 || [[Tamil Nadu]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| '''[[Kolkata]] ''' || 4,496,694 || 4,580,546 || [[West Bengal]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Surat]] || 4,467,797 || 2,788,126 || [[Gujarat]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Pune]] || 3,124,458 || 2,538,473 || [[Maharashtra]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| '''[[Jaipur]]''' || 3,046,163 || 2,322,575 || [[Rajasthan]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| '''[[Lucknow]]''' || 2,817,105 || 2,185,927 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Kanpur]] || 2,765,348 || 2,551,337 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Nagpur]] || 2,405,665 || 2,052,066 || [[Maharashtra]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Indore]] || 1,964,086 || 1,503,237 || [[Madhya Pradesh]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Thane]] || 1,841,488 || 1,262,551 || [[Maharashtra]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| '''[[Bhopal]]''' || 1,798,218 || 1,458,416 || [[Madhya Pradesh]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Visakhapatnam]] || 1,728,128 || 1,345,938 || [[Andhra Pradesh]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}{{efn|name=fn1|The merger of [[Anakapalle]] and [[Bheemunipatnam]] municipalities and 10 villages into [[Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation]] was approved in 2013. These population numbers do not reflect that change.<ref>{{cite news|author=Staff Reporter|title=CM okays merger of Anakapalle and Bhimili with GVMC|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/cm-okays-merger-of-anakapalle-and-bhimili-with-gvmc/article4851581.ece|accessdate=26 May 2017|work=The Hindu|language=en}}</ref>}}
|-
| [[Pimpri-Chinchwad]] || 1,727,692 || 1,020,448 || [[Maharashtra]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| '''[[Patna]]''' || 1,684,222 || 1,431,477 || [[Bihar]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Vadodara]] || 1,670,806 || 1,338,244 || [[Gujarat]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Ghaziabad, India|Ghaziabad]] || 1,648,643 || 968,256 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Ludhiana]] || 1,618,879 || 1,398,467 || [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Agra]] || 1,585,704 || 1,275,134 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Nashik]] || 1,486,053 || 1,077,236 || [[Maharashtra]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Faridabad]] || 1,414,050 || 1,055,938 || [[Haryana]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Meerut]] || 1,305,429 || 1,068,772 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Rajkot]] || 1,286,678 || 967,476 || [[Gujarat]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Kalyan-Dombivli]] || 1,247,327 || 1,193,512 || [[Maharashtra]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Vasai-Virar]] || 1,222,390 || 518,601 || [[Maharashtra]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Varanasi]] || 1,198,491 || 1,103,952 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| '''[[Srinagar]]''' || 1,180,570 || 935,764 || [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]] || 1,175,116 || 873,311 || [[Maharashtra]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Dhanbad]] || 1,162,472 || 1,031,523 || [[Jharkhand]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Amritsar]] || 1,132,383 || 979,801 || [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Navi Mumbai]] || 1,120,547 || 704,002 || [[Maharashtra]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Prayagraj]] || 1,112,544 || 975,393 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Howrah]] || 1,077,075 || 1,007,532 || [[West Bengal]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| '''[[Ranchi]]''' || 1,073,427 || 847,093 || [[Jharkhand]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Jabalpur]] || 1,055,525 || 951,472 || [[Madhya Pradesh]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Gwalior]] || 1,054,420 || 827,026 || [[Madhya Pradesh]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Coimbatore]] || 1,050,721 || 930,882 || [[Tamil Nadu]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Vijayawada]] || 1,034,358 || 941,760 || [[Andhra Pradesh]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Jodhpur]] || 1,033,756 || 856,525 || [[Rajasthan]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Madurai]] || 1,017,865 || 928,869 || [[Tamil Nadu]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| '''[[Raipur]]''' || 1,010,433 || 707,469 || [[Chhattisgarh]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|-
| [[Kota, Rajasthan|Kota]] || 1,001,694 || 703,150 || [[Rajasthan]] || {{R|class_i_2011}}
|}

=== List of cities with population from 100,000 to 1,000,000 ===

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!
! City
! Population (2011)<ref name="Cities1Lakhandabove">{{cite web | url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_2_PR_Cities_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf|title=Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011; Cities having population 1 lakh and above | publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507135928/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_2_PR_Cities_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf | url-status=dead | archive-date=7 May 2012 | access-date=26 March 2012}}</ref>
! Population (2001)
! State or union territory
! Reference
|-
|_row_count || [[Guwahati]] || 963,429 || 809,895 || [[Assam]] ||
|-
|_row_count || '''[[Chandigarh]]''' || 960,787 || 808,515 || [[Chandigarh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Solapur]] || 951,118 || 872,478 || [[Maharashtra]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Hubli–Dharwad]] || 943,857 || 786,195 || [[Karnataka]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Tiruchirappalli]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Sanitary works in 18 Tiruchi wards to be outsourced|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/sanitary-works-in-18-tiruchi-wards-to-be-outsourced/article5400728.ece|accessdate=25 August 2015|newspaper=The Hindu |date=28 November 2013}}</ref> || 916,674 || 752,066 || [[Tamil Nadu]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Tiruppur]] || 898,167 || 718,395 || [[Tamil Nadu]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Moradabad]] || 889,810 || 641,583 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Mysore]] || 887,446 || 755,379 || [[Karnataka]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Bareilly]] || 877,778 || 344,543 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Gurgaon]] || 876,824 || 173,542 || [[Haryana]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Aligarh]] || 872,575 || 669,087 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Jalandhar]] || 862,196 || 706,043 || [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] ||
|-
|_row_count || '''[[Bhubaneswar]]''' || 837,737 || 648,032 || [[Odisha]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]] || 831,038 || 696,760 || [[Tamil Nadu]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Mira-Bhayandar]] || 814,655 || 520,388 || [[Maharashtra]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Warangal]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Warangal Municipal Corporation, Budget 2014–15|url=http://ourwmc.com/attachments/B2014-15.pdf|publisher=Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation|accessdate=4 February 2015|page=2|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217035734/http://ourwmc.com/attachments/B2014-15.pdf|archivedate=17 February 2015}}</ref> || 811,844 || 530,636 || [[Telangana]] ||
|-
|_row_count || '''[[Thiruvananthapuram]]''' || 752,490 || 744,983 || [[Kerala]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Guntur]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Guntur city population is 7,43,354 as per 2011 Census|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/guntur-city-population-is-743354-as-per-2011-census/article4752495.ece|accessdate=12 October 2014 |work=The Hindu|date=26 May 2013|location=Guntur}}</ref> || 743,354 || 514,461 || [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Bhiwandi]] || 711,329 || 598,741 || [[Maharashtra]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Saharanpur]] || 703,345 || 455,754 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Gorakhpur]] || 671,048 || 622,701 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Bikaner]] || 647,804 || 529,690 || [[Rajasthan]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Amravati]] || 646,801 || 549,510 || [[Maharashtra]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Noida]] || 107,676 || - || [[Uttar Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Greater Noida]] || 642,381 || 305,058 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] ||

|-
|_row_count || [[Jamshedpur]] || 631,364 || 573,096 || [[Jharkhand]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Bhilai]] || 625,697 || 556,366 || [[Chhattisgarh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Cuttack]] || 606,007 || 534,654 || [[Odisha]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Firozabad]] || 603,797 || 279,102 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Kochi, India|Kochi]] || 601,574 || 596,473 || [[Kerala]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Nellore]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Integrated Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Management Project|url=http://sac.ap.gov.in/sac/UserInterface/Downlaods/MSWMReports/DPR%20Nellore.pdf|website=Swachha Andhra Corporation|publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh|accessdate=31 October 2016|page=20/4|archive-date=10 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510141323/http://sac.ap.gov.in/sac/UserInterface/Downlaods/MSWMReports/DPR%20Nellore.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> || 600,869 || 378,428 || [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Bhavnagar]] || 593,768 || 511,085 || [[Gujarat]] ||
|-
|_row_count || '''[[Dehradun]]''' || 578,420 || 426,674 || [[Uttarakhand]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Durgapur, West Bengal|Durgapur]] || 566,937 || 493,405 || [[West Bengal]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Asansol]] || 564,491 || 475,439 || [[West Bengal]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Nanded]] || 550,564 || 430,733 || [[Maharashtra]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Kolhapur]] || 549,283 || 493,167 || [[Maharashtra]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Ajmer]] || 542,580 || 485,575 || [[Rajasthan]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Kalaburagi]] || 532,031 || 422,569 || [[Karnataka]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Jamnagar]] || 529,308 || 443,518 || [[Gujarat]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Ujjain]] || 515,215 || 430,427 || [[Madhya Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Loni, India|Loni]] || 512,296 || 120,945 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Siliguri]] || 509,709 || 472,374 || [[West Bengal]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Jhansi]] || 507,293 || 383,644 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Ulhasnagar]] || 506,937 || 473,731 || [[Maharashtra]] ||
|-
|_row_count || '''[[Jammu]]''' || 503,690 || 369,959 || [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Sangli-Miraj & Kupwad]] || 502,697 || 436,781 || [[Maharashtra]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Mangalore]] || 499,486|| 399,565 || [[Karnataka]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Erode]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Smart City Challenge-Erode|url=http://www.smartcitieschallenge.in/city/erode|publisher=Government of India|access-date=15 December 2015}}</ref> || 498,129 || 173,600 || [[Tamil Nadu]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Belgaum]] || 488,292 || 399,653 || [[Karnataka]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Ambattur]] || 478,134 || 310,967 || [[Tamil Nadu]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Tirunelveli]] || 473,637 || 411,831 || [[Tamil Nadu]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Malegaon]] || 471,006 || 409,403 || [[Maharashtra]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Gaya, India|Gaya]] || 463,454 || 385,432 || [[Bihar]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Jalgaon]] || 460,468 || 368,618 || [[Maharashtra]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Udaipur]] || 451,735 || 389,438 || [[Rajasthan]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Maheshtala]] || 449,423 || 385,266 || [[West Bengal]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Davanagere]] || 435,128 || 364,523 || [[Karnataka]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Kozhikode]] || 432,097 || 436,556 || [[Kerala]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Kurnool]] || 430,214 || 269,122 || [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||

|-
|_row_count || [[Akola city|Akola]] || 425,817 || 400,520 || [[Maharashtra]] ||

|-
|_row_count || [[Rajpur Sonarpur]] || 423,806 || 336,707 || [[West Bengal]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Rajahmundry]]<ref>{{cite news|title=22 villages may be included in Rajahmundry soon|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/article1458828.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202031518/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/article1458828.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2015|accessdate=14 August 2015|work=The New Indian Express|date=11 February 2013|location=Rajahmundry}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Rajahmundry Municipal Corporation Enlarged with 21 Gram Panchayats |url=http://www.tgnns.com/andhra-pradesh-2/east-godavari/rajahmundry-municipal-corporation-enlarged-with-21-gram-panchayats/2013/03/18/|website=Tgnns.com|date=18 March 2013 |publisher=Commissioner and Director of Municipal Administration, Andhra Pradesh|accessdate=14 August 2015}}</ref> || 419,818 || 315,251 || [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Bokaro Steel City|Bokaro]] || 413,934 || 393,805 || [[Jharkhand]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[South Dumdum]] || 410,524 || 392,444 || [[West Bengal]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Bellary]] || 409,644 || 316,766 || [[Karnataka]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Patiala]] || 405,164 || 303,151 || [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Gopalpur, West Bengal|Gopalpur]] || 404,991 || 271,811 || [[West Bengal]] ||
|-
|_row_count || '''[[Agartala]]''' || 399,688 || 271,811 || [[Tripura]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Bhagalpur]] || 398,138 || 340,767 || [[Bihar]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Muzaffarnagar]] || 392,451 || 316,729 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Bhatpara]] || 390,467 || 442,385 || [[West Bengal]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Panihati]] || 383,522 || 348,438 || [[West Bengal]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Latur]] || 382,754 || 299,985 || [[Maharashtra]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Dhule]] || 376,093 || 341,755 || [[Maharashtra]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Tirupati]]<ref>{{cite web|title=City profile|url=http://mct.gov.in/welcome/pagedetails/?id=6|website=Tirupati Municipal Corporation|accessdate=23 December 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223191120/http://mct.gov.in/welcome/pagedetails/?id=6|archivedate=23 December 2015}}</ref> || 374,260 || 228,202 || [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Rohtak]] || 373,133 || 286,807 || [[Haryana]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Korba, Chhattisgarh|Korba]] || 363,210 || 315,690 || [[Chhattisgarh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Bhilwara]] || 360,009 || 280,128 || [[Rajasthan]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Berhampur]] || 355,823 || 307,792 || [[Odisha]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Muzaffarpur]] || 351,838 || 305,525 || [[Bihar]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Ahmednagar]] || 350,905 || 307,615 || [[Maharashtra]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Mathura]] || 349,336 || 302,770 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Kollam]] || 349,033 || 361,560 || [[Kerala]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Avadi]] || 344,701 || 229,403 || [[Tamil Nadu]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Kadapa]] || 343,054 || 125,725 || [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Kamarhati]] || 336,579 || 314,507 || [[West Bengal]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]] || 330,106 || 274,917 || [[Chhattisgarh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Shahjahanpur]] || 327,975 || 296,662 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Bijapur, Karnataka|Bijapur]] || 326,360 || 228,175 || [[Karnataka]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Rampur, Uttar Pradesh|Rampur]] || 325,248 || 281,494 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Shivamogga]] || 322,428 || 274,352 || [[Karnataka]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Chandrapur]] || 321,036 || 289,450 || [[Maharashtra]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Junagadh]] || 320,250 || 168,686 || [[Gujarat]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Thrissur]] || 315,596 || 317,526 || [[Kerala]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Alwar]] || 315,310 || 260,593 || [[Rajasthan]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Bardhaman]] || 314,638 || 285,602 || [[West Bengal]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Kulti]] || 313,977 || 289,903 || [[West Bengal]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Kakinada]] || 325,985 || 296,329 || [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Nizamabad, Telangana|Nizamabad]] || 310,467 || 288,722 || [[Telangana]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Parbhani]] || 307,191 || 259,329 || [[Maharashtra]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Tumkur]] || 305,821 || 248,929 || [[Karnataka]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Khammam]] || 305,000|| 218,689 || [[Telangana]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Ozhukarai]] || 300,028 || 217,707 || [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Bihar Sharif]] || 296,889 || 232,071 || [[Bihar]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Panipat]] || 294,150 || 261,740 || [[Haryana]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Darbhanga]] || 294,116 || 267,348 || [[Bihar]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Bally, Howrah|Bally]] || 291,972 || 260,906 || [[West Bengal]] ||
|-
|_row_count || '''[[Aizawl]]''' || 291,822 || 228,280 || [[Mizoram]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Dewas]] || 289,438 || 231,672 || [[Madhya Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Ichalkaranji]] || 287,570 || 257,610 || [[Maharashtra]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Karnal]] || 286,974 || 210,476 || [[Haryana]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Bathinda]] || 285,813 || 217,256 || [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Jalna (city)|Jalna]] || 285,349 || 235,795 || [[Maharashtra]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Eluru]] || 283,648<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elurucorporation.org/PopulationStatics.aspx|title= Population Statistics |website=Eluru Municipal Corporation|accessdate=22 October 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221113416/http://www.elurucorporation.org/PopulationStatics.aspx |archive-date= Dec 21, 2016 }}</ref> || 190,347 || [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Kirari Suleman Nagar]] || 282,598 || 153,874 || [[Delhi]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Barasat]] || 283,443 || 231,515 || [[West Bengal]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Purnia]] || 280,547 || 171,687<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citypopulation.de/php/india-bihar.php?adm2id=1009|title=Purnia (District, Bihar, India) - Population Statistics and Location in Maps and Charts|website=Citypopulation.de|accessdate=22 October 2016}}</ref> || [[Bihar]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Satna]] || 280,248 || 225,464 || [[Madhya Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Mau, Uttar Pradesh|Mau]] || 279,060 || 212,657 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Sonipat]] || 277,053 || 214,974 || [[Haryana]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Farrukhabad]] || 275,750 || 228,333 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Sagar, Madhya Pradesh|Sagar]] || 273,357 || 232,133 || [[Madhya Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Rourkela]] || 273,217 || 224,601 || [[Odisha]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Durg]] || 268,679 || 232,517 || [[Chhattisgarh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || '''[[Imphal]]''' || 264,986 || 221,492 ||[[Manipur]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Ratlam]] || 264,810 || 222,202 || [[Madhya Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Hapur]] || 262,801 || 211,983 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Arrah]] || 261,099 || 203,380 || [[Bihar]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Karimnagar]] || 260,899 || 205,653 || [[Telangana]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Anantapur]] || 261,004 || 218,808 || [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Etawah]] || 256,838 || 210,453 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Ambarnath]] || 254,003 || 203,795 || [[Maharashtra]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[North Dumdum]] || 253,625 || 220,042 || [[West Bengal]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Bharatpur, India|Bharatpur]] || 252,109 || 204,587 || [[Rajasthan]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Begusarai]] || 251,136 || 93,378 || [[Bihar]] ||
|-
|_row_count || '''[[New Delhi]]''' || 249,998 || 302,147 || [[Delhi]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Gandhidham]] || 248,705 || 166,388 || [[Gujarat]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Baranagar]] || 248,466 || 250,768 || [[West Bengal]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Tiruvottiyur]] || 248,059 || 212,281 || [[Tamil Nadu]] ||
|-
|_row_count || '''[[Pondicherry (city)|Puducherry]]''' || 241,773 || 220,749 || [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Sikar]] || 237,579 || 184,904 || [[Rajasthan]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Thoothukudi]] || 237,374 || 216,058 || [[Tamil Nadu]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Rewa, India|Rewa]] || 235,422 || 183,274 || [[Madhya Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Mirzapur]] || 233,691 || 205,053 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Raichur]] || 232,456 || 207,421 || [[Karnataka]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Pali, Rajasthan|Pali]] || 229,956 || 187,641 || [[Rajasthan]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Ramagundam]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Ramagundam Municipal Corporation|url=http://ramagundamcorporation.in/basic-information-of-municipality-2/|website=Ramagundam Municipal Corporation|accessdate=16 August 2015}}</ref> || 229,644 ||236,600 || [[Telangana]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Haridwar]] || 228,832 || 175,010 || [[Uttarakhand]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Vizianagaram|Vijayanagaram]] || 228,025 || 174,324 || [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Katihar]] || 225,982 || 175,169 || [[Bihar]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Nagarcoil]] || 224,849 || 208,179 || [[Tamil Nadu]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Sri Ganganagar]] || 224,773 || 210,713 || [[Rajasthan]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Karawal Nagar]] || 224,666 || 148,549 || [[Delhi]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Mango (Jamshedpur)|Mango]] || 223,805 || 166,125 || [[Jharkhand]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Thanjavur]] || 222,943 || 215,314 || [[Tamil Nadu]] ||
|-
|_row_count ||[[Bulandshahr]] || 222,519 || 176,425 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Uluberia]] || 222,240 || 202,135 || [[West Bengal]] ||
|-
|_row_count ||[[Murwara]] || 221,883 || 187,029 || [[Madhya Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Sambhal]] ||220,813 || 182,478 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Singrauli]] || 220,257 || 185,190 || [[Madhya Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Nadiad]] || 218,095 || 192,913 || [[Gujarat]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Secunderabad]] || 217,910 || 206,102 ||[[Telangana]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Naihati]] || 217,900 || 215,303 || [[West Bengal]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Yamunanagar]] || 216,677 || 189,696 || [[Haryana]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Bidhan Nagar]] || 215,514 || 164,221 || [[West Bengal]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Pallavaram]] || 215,417 || 144,623 || [[Tamil Nadu]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Bidar]] || 214,373 || 172,877 || [[Karnataka]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Munger]] || 213,303 || 188,050 ||[[Bihar]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Panchkula]] || 211,355 || 140,925 || [[Haryana]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Burhanpur]] || 210,886 || 193,725 || [[Madhya Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Raurkela Industrial Township]] || 210,317 || 206,693 || [[Odisha]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Kharagpur]] || 207,604 || 188,761 || [[West Bengal]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Dindigul]] || 207,327 || 196,955 || [[Tamil Nadu]] ||
|-
|_row_count || '''[[Gandhinagar]]''' || 206,167 || 195,985 || [[Gujarat]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Hospet]] || 206,167 || 164,240 || [[Karnataka]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Nangloi Jat]] || 205,596 || 150,948 || [[Delhi]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Malda, West Bengal|Malda]] || 205,521 || 161,456 || [[West Bengal]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Ongole]] || 204,746 || 150,471 || [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Deoghar]] || 203,123 || 112,525 || [[Jharkhand]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Chhapra|Chapra]] || 202,352 || 79,190 || [[Bihar]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Haldia]] || 200,827 || 170,673 || [[West Bengal]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Khandwa]] || 200,738 || 172,242 || [[Madhya Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Nandyal]] || 200,516 || 152,676 || [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh|Chittoor]]<ref name="profile">{{cite web|title=Introduction|url=http://chittoormunicipalcorporation.com/wp/about-chittoor/|publisher=chittoormunicipalcorporation|accessdate=30 June 2015|archive-date=12 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512095229/http://chittoormunicipalcorporation.com/wp/about-chittoor/|url-status=dead}}</ref> || 189,332 || 152,654 || [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count ||[[Morena, Madhya Pradesh|Morena]] || 200,482 || 150,959 || [[Madhya Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Amroha]] || 198,471 || 165,129 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Anand, Gujarat|Anand]] || 198,282 || 130,685 || [[Gujarat]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Bhind]] || 197,585 || 153,752 || [[Madhya Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Bhalswa Jahangir Pur]] || 197,148 || 152,339 || [[Delhi]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Madhyamgram]] || 196,127 || 155,451 || [[West Bengal]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Bhiwani]] || 196,057|| 169,531 || [[Haryana]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Baharampur]] || 195,223 || 160,143 || [[West Bengal]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Ambala]] || 195,153 || 139,279 || [[Haryana]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Morvi]] || 194,947 || 145,719 || [[Gujarat]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh|Fatehpur]] || 193,193 || 151,757 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Raebareli]] || 191,316 || 169,333 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Khora]] || 190,005 || || [[Uttar Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Bhusawal]] || 187,421 || 172,372 || [[Maharashtra]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Orai]] || 187,137 || 139,318 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Bahraich]] || 186,223 || 168,323 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Vellore]] || 185,803 || 177,230 || [[Tamil Nadu]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Veraval]] || 185,797 || 141,250 || [[Gujarat]]||
|-
|_row_count || [[Mahesana]] || 184,991 ||141,453 || [[Gujarat]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Sambalpur]] || 184,000 || 153,643 || [[Odisha]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Raiganj]] || 183,612 || 165,212 || [[West Bengal]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Sirsa]] || 182,534 || 160,735 || [[Haryana]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Danapur]] || 182,429 || 131,176 || [[Bihar]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Serampore]] || 181,842 || 197,857 || [[West Bengal]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Sultan Pur Majra]] || 181,554 || 164,426 || [[Delhi]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Guna, India|Guna]] || 180,935 || 137,175 || [[Madhya Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh|Jaunpur]] || 180,362 || 160,055 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Panvel]] || 180,020 || 104,058 || [[Maharashtra]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Shivpuri]] || 179,977 || 146,892 || [[Madhya Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Surendranagar Dudhrej]] || 177,851 || 156,161 || [[Gujarat]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Unnao]] || 177,658 || 144,662 || [[Uttar Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Hugli-Chuchura]] || 177,259 || 170,201 || [[West Bengal]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Badlapur]] || 174,226 || 97,948 || [[Maharashtra]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Alappuzha]] || 174,164 || 177,029 || [[Kerala]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Kottayam]] || 172,878 || 129,894 || [[Kerala]] ||

|-
|_row_count || [[Gadag-Betageri]] || 172,000|| - || [[Karnataka]] ||

|-
|_row_count || [[Machilipatnam]] || 169,892 || 179,353 || [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || '''[[Shimla]]''' || 169,578 || 142,555 || [[Himachal Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Adoni]] || 166,537 || || [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Tenali]] || 164,937 || || [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Proddatur]] || 162,717 || || [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Saharsa]] || 155,175 || 125,167<ref>{{cite web |title = Saharsa | url = http://www.citypopulation.de/php/india-bihar.php?adm2id=1012 | website =City Population | accessdate = 9 December 2017}}</ref> || [[Bihar]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Hindupur]] || 151,835 || || [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Sasaram]] || 147,396 || 131,172<ref name =Rohtas>{{cite web |title = Rohtas | url = http://www.citypopulation.de/php/india-bihar.php?adm2id=1032 | website = citypopulation.de | accessdate = 9 December 2017}}</ref> || [[Bihar]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Hajipur]] || 147,126 || 119,412<ref>{{cite web |title = Vaishali | url = http://www.citypopulation.de/php/india-bihar.php?adm2id=1018 | website = citypopulation.de | accessdate = 9 December 2017}}</ref> || [[Bihar]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Beed]] || 146,709 || 138,196 || [[Maharashtra]] ||
|-

|_row_count || [[Bhimavaram]] || 142,280 || ― || [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||

|-
|_row_count || [[Dehri]] || 137,068 || 119,057<ref name =Rohtas/> || [[Bihar]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Madanapalle]] || 135,669 || ― || [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Siwan, Bihar|Siwan]] || 134,458 || 109,919<ref>{{cite web |title = Siwan | url = http://www.citypopulation.de/php/india-bihar.php?adm2id=1016 | website = citypopulation.de | accessdate = 9 December 2017}}</ref> || [[Bihar]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Bettiah]] || 132,896 || 116,670<ref name =PaschimChamparan>{{cite web |title = Paschim Champaran | url = http://www.citypopulation.de/php/india-bihar.php?adm2id=1001 | website = citypopulation.de | accessdate = 9 December 2017}}</ref> || [[Bihar]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Gondia]] || 132,813 || 120,902 || [[Maharashtra]] ||

|-
|_row_count || [[Guntakal]] || 126,270 || ― || [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||

|-
|_row_count || [[Srikakulam]] || 125,939 || ― || [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Motihari]] || 125,183 || 100,683<ref>{{cite web |title = Purba Champaran | url = http://www.citypopulation.de/php/india-bihar.php?adm2id=1002 | website = citypopulation.de | accessdate = 9 December 2017}}</ref> || [[Bihar]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Dharmavaram, Anantapur district|Dharmavaram]] || 121,874 || ― || [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Satara (city)|Satara]] || 120,195 || 108,048 || [[Maharashtra]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Barshi]] || 118,722 || 104,785 || [[Maharashtra]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Gudivada]] || 118,167 || ― || [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Yavatmal]] || 116,551 || 120,676 || [[Maharashtra]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Narasaraopet]] || 116,250 || ― || [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Bagaha]] || 113,012 || 91,467<ref name =PaschimChamparan/> || [[Bihar]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Achalpur ]] || 112,311 || 107,316|| [[Maharashtra]]||
|-
|_row_count || [[Osmanabad]] || 111,825 || 80,625|| [[Maharashtra]]||
|-
|_row_count || [[Nandurbar]] || 111,037 || 94,368|| [[Maharashtra]]||
|-
|_row_count || [[Miryalaguda]] || 109,891 || 91,395 || [[Telangana]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Tadipatri]] || 108,171 || ― || [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Kishanganj]] || 107,076 || 85,590<ref>{{cite web |title = Kishanganj | url = http://www.citypopulation.de/php/india-bihar.php?adm2id=1008 | website = citypopulation.de | accessdate = 13 December 2017}}</ref> || [[Bihar]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Wardha]] || 106,444 || 111,118 || [[Maharashtra]] ||

|-
|_row_count || [[Karaikudi]] || 106,714 || 86,596 || [[Tamil Nadu]] ||

|-
|_row_count || [[Suryapet]] || 105,250 || 94,585 || [[Telangana]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Jamalpur, Bihar|Jamalpur]] || 105,221 || 96,983<ref>{{cite web |title = Munger | url = http://www.citypopulation.de/php/india-bihar.php?adm2id=1024 | website = citypopulation.de | accessdate = 13 December 2017}}</ref> || [[Bihar]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Kavali]] || 104,000 || ― || [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Tadepalligudem]] || 103,906 || ― || [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||

|-
|_row_count || [[Udgir]] || 103,550 || 91,933 || [[Maharashtra]] ||

|-
|_row_count || '''[[Amaravati]]''' || 103,000 || ― || [[Andhra Pradesh]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Buxar]] || 102,591 || 83,168<ref>{{cite web |title = Buxar | url = http://www.citypopulation.de/php/india-bihar.php?adm2id=1030 | website = citypopulation.de | accessdate = 13 December 2017}}</ref> || [[Bihar]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Jehanabad]] ||102,456 || 81,503<ref>{{cite web |title = Jehanabad | url = http://www.citypopulation.de/php/india-bihar.php?adm2id=1037 | website = citypopulation.de | accessdate = 13 December 2017}}</ref> || [[Bihar]] ||
|-
|_row_count || [[Hinganghat]] ||101,805 || 92,342 || [[Maharashtra]]||
|-
|_row_count || [[Aurangabad, Bihar|Aurangabad]] ||101,520 || 79,393<ref>{{cite web |title = Aurangabad | url = http://www.citypopulation.de/php/india-bihar.php?adm2id=1033 | website = citypopulation.de | accessdate = 13 December 2017}}</ref> || [[Bihar]] ||
|}
|index = 47}}

== See also ==
* [[List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India]]
* [[List of metropolitan areas in India]]
* [[List of states and union territories of India by population]]
* [[List of towns in India by population]]

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{reflist|colwidth=30em}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060619194905/http://www.censusindia.net/profiles/sik.html Indian Census Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India] (archived)

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{{Geography of India}}
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Sachar Committee

2026-02-16T12:06:23Z

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{{Short description|Former Indian committee}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

[[File:Justice_Rajinder_Sachar_submitting_report_of_the_Committee_set_up_to_study_social,_economic_and_educational_status_of_Muslims_to_the_Prime_Minister,_Dr._Manmohan_Singh,in_New_Delhi_on_November_17,_2006.jpg | thumb | right | Justice Rajinder Sachar submitting report of the Committee set up to study social, economic and educational status of Muslims to the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi on November 17, 2006.]]
The '''Sachar Committee''' was a seven-member high-level committee established in March 2005 by former [[Prime Minister of India|Indian Prime Minister]] [[Manmohan Singh]]. The committee was headed by former [[Chief Justices of High Courts of India|Chief Justice]] of [[Delhi High Court]] [[Rajinder Sachar]] to study the social, economic and educational condition of [[Muslims in India]]. The committee submitted its report in 2006 and the report was available in public domain on 30 November 2006. The 403-page report had suggestions and solutions for the inclusive development of the Muslims in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gktoday.com/gk/10-years-of-sachar-committee-report/|access-date=22 April 2023|website=gktoday.com|title=10 years of Sachar Committee report}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Background==
In 2004, the [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]] returned to power in [[India]] after having been in opposition for eight years, an unprecedented length of time for a party which had ruled the country for forty-four out of fifty-seven years between 1947 and 2004. It returned to power as head of a coalition, winning 145/543 seats in the [[Lok Sabha]]. One of its initiatives was the commissioning of a report on the latest [[social]], [[economic]], and [[educational]] conditions of the [[Islam in India|Muslim community of India]].{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

==Composition==
The committee was composed of seven members. The committee was headed by [[Rajinder Sachar]], former Chief Justice of the [[Delhi High Court]]. The other members of the committee were [[Saiyid Hamid|Sayyid Hamid]], M.A. Basith, Akhtar Majeed, Abu Saleh Shariff, [[T. K. Oommen|T.K. Oommen]] and [[Rakesh Basant]]. The committee did not include any female members.

==Report==
The committee, which was appointed by the then Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]], was headed by former [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Delhi High Court]] [[Rajinder Sachar]], as well as six other members.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Padmanabhaiah-Sachar-Mamta-favourites-for-governor/articleshow/5367820.cms|title=Padmanabhaiah, Sachar, Mamata favorites for governor|last=Times News Network|date=23 December 2009|work=[[Times of India]]|access-date=16 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/PUCL-urges-Supreme-Court-to-quash-Pota/articleshow/42283104.cms|title=PUCL urges Supreme Court to quash Pota|last=Times News Network|date= 3 April 2003|work=Times of India|access-date=16 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Innocent-people-victimised-during-terror-probes-Activists/articleshow/5079719.cms|title=Innocent people victimised during terror probes: Activists|last=Press Trust of India|author-link=Press Trust of India|date=2 October 2009|work=Times of India|access-date=16 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2510/stories/20080523251010200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606112015/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2510/stories/20080523251010200.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=6 June 2011|title= Dealing with discrimination |last=Khaitan |first=Tarunabh|date=10 May 2008|work=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]|publisher=[[The Hindu Group]]|access-date=16 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/sachar-committee-report-is-unconstitutional/302086/|title='Sachar Committee report is unconstitutional'|date=27 April 2008|work=[[Indian Express]]|access-date=16 February 2010|archive-date=25 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225173621/http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/latest-news/sachar-committee-report-is-unconstitutional/302086/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The committee prepared a 403-page report, titled ''"Social, Economic and Educational Status of the Muslim Community of India: A Report"'', and presented it to the [[Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the [[Parliament of India|Indian Parliament]], on 30 November 2006, 20 months after obtaining the [[terms of reference]] from the [[Prime Minister's Office (India)|Prime Minister's Office]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indlawnews.com/015ccc25a3a7f718df261ea568273da7 |title=Clarification On the Work of Justice Rajindar Sachar Committee |access-date=26 February 2007 |archive-date=28 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928011159/http://www.indlawnews.com/015ccc25a3a7f718df261ea568273da7 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This report highlighted issues facing the Muslim community and their representation in Indian public life,<ref name="auto">{{cite web| url=http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/ten-years-after-sachar-report-no-major-change-in-the-condition-of-indias-muslims-4444809/| title= Ten years after Sachar Report| author= Zeeshan Shaikh | work=Indian Express| date= 24 December 2016 | publisher= Indian Express| accessdate= 2015-02-24}}</ref>

The report made observations on the high birthrate in the Muslim community in comparison to Hindus: the committee estimated that the Muslim proportion will stabilize at between 17% and 21% of the Indian population by 2100.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://scroll.in/article/705283/five-charts-that-puncture-the-bogey-of-muslim-population-growth|title=Five charts that puncture the bogey of Muslim population growth|first=Shoaib|last=Daniyal|website=Scroll.in|accessdate=22 April 2023}}</ref>

The Sachar Committee highlighted and presented its suggestions on how to remove impediments preventing Indian Muslims from fully participating in the economic, political, and social mainstream of Indian life. The report was the first of its kind to reveal the "backwardness" (a term used in Indian academic and legal discourse for historically dispossessed or economically vulnerable communities, not meant to be pejorative) of Indian Muslims. An issue highlighted was that while Muslims constitute 14% of the Indian population, they only comprise 2.5% of the Indian bureaucracy.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/news/muslims-share-2-5-in-bureaucracy-says-sachar-committee-member/91409.html|title=Muslims' share 2.5% in bureaucracy, says Sachar Committee member|last=Aslam|first=Faheem|date=21 March 2011|work=Greater Kashmir|accessdate=13 June 2016}}</ref> The Sachar Committee concluded that the conditions facing Indian Muslims was below that of [[Scheduled Caste]]s and [[Scheduled Tribe]]s.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/US-feels-India-has-180m-Muslims/articleshow/9853345.cms | work=The Times Of India | title=US feels India has 180m Muslims | date=4 September 2011}}</ref>

The Sachar Committee Report brought the issue of Muslim Indian inequality to national attention, sparking a discussion that is still ongoing. The committee recommended setting up an Equal Opportunity Commission to provide a legal mechanism to address discrimination complaints, including in matters such as housing.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/reports-about-muslims-not-given-accomodation-in-indian-cities/article7256661.ece|title=Endemic discrimination|date=29 May 2015|work=The Hindu|accessdate=13 June 2016}}</ref> In response to the committee's findings, Finance Minister [[P. Chidambaram]] proposed an increase to the [[National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation]]'s (NMDFC) budget, citing new duties and expanded outreach that the institution would take on to implement the committee's recommendations.<ref>[http://www.indiaprwire.com/businessnews/20070228/19291.htm More funds for minorities' welfare] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926220247/http://www.indiaprwire.com/businessnews/20070228/19291.htm |date=26 September 2007 }}</ref>

==Implemented recommendations==
Out of the 76 recommendations listed in the Sachar Committee Report, the Government of India has approved 72 recommendations which includes the approval of the Communal Violence (Preventive, Control and Rehabilitation of Victims) Bill, 2005, increasing the number of and grants for [[Madrasa]]s and schools in minority concentration areas, some for girls only, increasing the allocation for the minority commission and [[Central Waqf Council|Waqf Board]], reservations and grants for Muslims, loans to Muslims, increasing the number of Muslim teachers, health and police personnel at Govt. cost, housing for Muslims, representation of minorities in local bodies, dissemination of available schemes in Urdu and so on.<ref>{{cite web | title=Implementation of Recommendations of Sachar Committee | website=
Press Information Bureau
| url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=104086 | ref={{sfnref |
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}} | access-date=7 May 2024}}</ref>

==Methodology==
The Sachar Committee used 2001 census data trty. Banking data was received from different sources such as the [[Reserve Bank of India]], [[National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development]], [[Small Industries Development Bank of India]], [[National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation]], and the [[National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation]]. Corroborative data was also obtained from government commissions and organisations such as the [[National Commission for Backward Classes]], the State Backward Classes Commission, and the [[National Council of Educational Research and Training]]. Finally, data from other sources, including ministries, departments, public sector undertakings, universities, and colleges were used in preparing this report.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

==Criticism==
In November 2013, [[Gujarat]] government contended before the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] that the Rajinder Sachar Committee was "unconstitutional," and that it only sought to help Muslims. It has strongly criticized the manner in which the PMO set up the Sachar Committee in 2005 to survey the socio-economic conditions of Muslims, while ignoring other religious minorities. This affidavit was filed in response to the centre's stand that the scheme was valid and that the Modi Government was to blame for the deteriorating condition of Muslims in Gujarat.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/muslims-socio-economic-development-5144318/|title=The myth of appeasement|newspaper=Indian Express |date=20 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/gujarat-to-supreme-court-sachar-panel-illegal-only-to-help-muslims/1200518/0|title=Gujarat to Supreme Court: Sachar panel illegal, only to help Muslims|newspaper=Indian Express |date=28 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/narendra-modis-shame-muslim-survivors-of-the-gujarat-riots-are-still-suffering/|title=Narendra Modi's shame. Muslim survivors of the Gujarat riots are still suffering|newspaper=Vice |date=6 May 2014}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==

* "[https://cpim.org/content/implement-sachar-committee-recommendations Implement Sachar Committee Recommendations]" by Brinda Karat & MD Salim
* "Sachar Committee — Conspiracy to Divide the Nation?" by Rakesh Sinha, Publisher: Bharateeya Vichar Manch, Ahmedabad

==External links==
*{{cite web| title=Summary of Sachar Committee Report | url=https://prsindia.org/files/policy/policy_committee_reports/1242304423--Summary%20of%20Sachar%20Committee%20Report.pdf | website=PRS Legislative Research}}
*{{cite web|url=https://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/WriteReadData/RTF1984/7830578798.pdf | title=Complete Sachar Committee Report, 2006 (English) | website=Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India }}

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Bhaktavatsala Perumal Temple, Thirunindravur

2026-02-14T23:59:27Z

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{{Short description|Perumal temple in Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu, India}}

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'''Sri Bhaktavatsala Perumal''' temple is a [[Hindu]] temple, located at [[Thirunindravur]], a western suburb of [[Chennai]], [[India]]. It is dedicated to the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] deity [[Vishnu]]. Constructed in the [[Dravidian architecture|Dravidian style of architecture]], the temple is glorified in the ''[[Divya Prabandha|Naalayira Divya Prabandham]]'', the early medieval [[Tamil literature|Tamil]] canon of the [[Alvars|Alvar]] saints from the 6th–9th centuries CE. It is one of the 108 ''[[Divyadesam|Divya Desams]]'' dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshipped as Bhaktavatsala Perumal and his consort [[Lakshmi]] as Ennai Petra Thayar.

The temple is believed to have been built by the [[Pallavas]] of the late 8th century CE, with later contributions from the [[Medieval Cholas]] and [[Vijayanagar Empire|Vijayanagara kings]]. A granite wall surrounds the temple, enclosing all the shrines and two bodies of water. There is a four-tiered ''[[gopuram|rajagopuram]]'', the temple's gateway tower, in the temple.

Six daily rituals and three yearly festivals are held at the temple, of which the [[Krishna Janmashtami|Krishna Janmasthami]] festival, celebrated during the [[Tamil calendar|Tamil]] month of ''Avani'' (August–September), being the most prominent. The temple is maintained and administered by the Hindu Religious and Endowment Board of the [[Government of Tamil Nadu]].

==Legend==
According to the temple's [[Sthala purana|Sthala Purana]], Bhaktavatsala Perumal is believed to have appeared to [[Kubera]]. According to another legend, [[Varuna]], the god of the waters, had worshipped [[Vishnu]] at this place. It is also said that Vishnu, returning from this place and accompanied by [[Lakshmi]], stayed here, which is why the town it is called Thirunindravur. It is also that [[Thirumangai Alvar]] did not sing any ''pasurams'' (hymns) here, and followed by Vishnu, followed [[Thirukadalmallai]] and sang a hymn, praising the deity Bhaktavatsala Perumal. Lakshmi requested Perumal to appear before the Alvar, but when he did so, Thirumangai Alvar had already reached Thirukannamangai. The deity once again appeared in the dreams of the Alvar, who perceived viewing Bhaktavatsala in Tirukkannamangai.<ref name=M34/><ref>{{cite web|title=திருநின்றவூர் பக்தவத்சல பெருமாள் கோவில்|url=https://www.maalaimalar.com/devotional/temples/2020/10/05065959/1942176/bhaktavatsala-perumal-temple-thirunindravur.vpf|accessdate=2 September 2023|publisher=Malaimalar|date=5 October 2020}}</ref>

==History==
The temple was built during the [[Pallava]] period of 9th century as seen from the various inscriptions in the temple. The earliest inscriptions of the temple is dated between 820 and 890 CE during the period of Nripatungavarman. There are inscriptions from the later [[Chola]] kings like [[Rajendra Chola II]] (1051–1063 CE), [[Virarajendra Chola]] (1063–1070 CE) and [[Rajaraja Chola II]] (1146–1173 CE). The Pallava inscriptions mention this place as Ninravur and some of them quote it as Virudhurajabhayankar-chaturvertimangalam, a sub-division of Punarkottam.<ref name=M36>[[#Madhavan|Madhavan 2007]], p. 36</ref>

==Architecture==
[[File:Thirunindravur (1).jpg|200px|thumb|left|[[Anjaneya]] sannithi located axial to the gopuram outside the tower]]
The temple is estimated to be 1500 years old. The temple has a 5 tier ''[[gopuram]]'' at the entrance and two precincts. The ''[[Moolavar]]''(presiding deity) of the temple is Bakthavasala. The ''[[Moolavar]]'' is at a standing position facing east. The height of the ''[[Moolavar]]'' is around {{convert|10|ft|m|abbr=on}}. The ''[[Utsavar]]'' (procession deity) is called Patharaavi is made of [[panchaloha]] and is accompanied by two consorts as in most ''[[Vaishnavite]]'' temples. There is a separate shrine for ''Ennai Petra Thayar'' also called Sudhavalli, the consort of Bakthavasala. The temple also has separate shrines for [[Andal]], [[Sudarshana Chakra|Chakratalvar]], the [[Alwars|Alvars]], and [[Ramanuja]]. On the banks of a lake a few meters behind this temple is another temple for [[Rama]]. In this temple there is a statue of [[Hanuman]], lifting Rama and [[Lakshmana]] on his shoulders. The temple is administered by the [[Hindu]] Religious and Charitable Endowments department of [[Tamil Nadu]] government. The Pedda Jeeyar of [[Tirupati (city)|Tirupathi]] is the permanent trustee of the temple.<ref name=M35>[[#Madhavan|Madhavan 2007]], p. 35</ref>

==Festivals and religious practices==
[[File:Tirunindravur2.jpg|Temple Chariot|200px|right|thumb]]
The temple follows the traditions of the [[Thenkalai|Tenkalai]] sect of Vaishnavite tradition and follows [[Pancharatra]]. The temple priests perform the ''[[puja (Hinduism)|puja]]'' (rituals) during festivals and on a daily basis. As at other Vishnu temples of Tamil Nadu, the priests belong to the [[Vaishnavism|Vaishnava]] community, of the [[Brahmin]] community. The temple rituals are performed six times a day: ''Ushathkalam'' at 7 a.m., ''Kalasanthi'' at 8:00 a.m., ''Uchikalam'' at 12:00 p.m., ''Sayarakshai'' at 6:00 p.m., ''Irandamkalam'' at 7:00 p.m. and ''Ardha Jamam'' at 8:30 p.m. Each ritual has three steps: ''alangaram'' (decoration), ''neivethanam'' (food offering) and ''deepa aradanai'' (waving of lamps) for both Bhaktavatsala Perumal and Sudhavalli Thayar. During the last step of worship, ''[[nagaswaram]]'' (pipe instrument) and ''[[tavil]]'' (percussion instrument) are played, religious instructions in the ''[[Vedas]]'' (sacred text) are recited by priests, and worshippers prostrate themselves in front of the [[Iconography of Shiva temples in Tamil Nadu#Dvajasthamba and Pali Peedam|temple mast]]. There are weekly, monthly and fortnightly rituals performed in the temple.<ref name="dinamalar">{{cite web|title=Sri Bhasktavatsala Perumal temple|url=https://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=131|publisher=Dinamalar|access-date=31 May 2014|year=2014}}</ref>

The major festival celebrated in the temple are Chitra Pournami during the [[Tamil calendar|Tamil month]] of ''Chittirai'' (March - April), Tiruadyana Utsavam during ''Margali'' (December - January) and Brahmotsavam during Panguni (March - April). The other festivals are Sri Jayanti Utsavam during ''Aavani'', [[Navaratri]], [[Vijayadashami|Vijayadasami]], [[Deepavali]], and [[Makara Sankranti]].<ref name=M36/>

==Religious importance==
The temple is revered in the ''[[Nalayira Divya Prabandham|Naalayira Divya Prabandham]]'', the 7th–9th century Sri Vaishnava canon, by [[Thirumangai alvar]]. The Alvars have sung praise on the different forms of Bhaktavatsala Perumal. The temple is classified as a ''[[Divyadesam|Divya Desam]]'', one of the 108 Vishnu temples that are mentioned in the book.<ref>{{cite news |title=Three famous temples at Tirunindravur, Tamilnadu |url=https://hindupost.in/dharma-religion/three-famous-temples-at-tirunindravur-tamilnadu/# |access-date=2 April 2024 |publisher=hindupost.in |date=18 February 2023}}</ref> Many [[Acharyas]] have also written songs on the various forms of God in this Temple.<ref name=M34>[[#Madhavan|Madhavan 2007]], p. 34</ref>

==See also==
* [[Divya Desam]]
* [[Religion in Chennai]]
* [[Heritage structures in Chennai]]

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==References==
{{refbegin|2}}
*{{cite book |last=Ayyar |first=P. V. Jagadisa |title=South Indian shrines: illustrated |year=1991 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |location=New Delhi |isbn=81-206-0151-3|ref=Ayyar}}
* {{cite book|title=An introduction to religion and Philosophy - Tévarám and Tivviyappirapantam|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZY2lZpy.TVA_BOK_0006115|last=R.|first=Dr. Vijayalakshmy|publisher=International Institute of Tamil Studies| location=Chennai|year=2001|edition=1st|ref=R.}}
* {{cite book|title=Vishnu Temples of South India Volume 1 (Tamil Nadu)|first=Chithra|publisher=Chithra Madhavan|last=Madhavan|isbn=978-81-908445-0-5|year=2007|ref=Madhavan}}
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National Institute of Plant Genome Research

2026-02-10T18:06:15Z

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{{Short description|Research Institute in India}}
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{{Infobox Institute
| name = National Institute of Plant Genome Research
| image = NIPGR logo.png
| image_size = 160px
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| caption =
| motto = Sowing seeds for a better tomorrow
| established = {{Start date and age|1998}}
| parent = [[Biotechnology Research and Innovation Council]] (BRIC)
| head_label = [[Director (education)|Director]]
| head = [[Debasis Chattopadhyay|Dr. Debasis Chattopadhyay]] {{small|''(additional charge)''}}
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| location = [[New Delhi]], India
| address = Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi - 110 067
| website = https://nipgr.ac.in/
}}
'''National Institute of Plant Genome Research''' (NIPGR) is an independent research institute based in New Delhi, India. It specializes in plant genomics and biotechnology and aims to carry out sophisticated research in the fields of plant biology, particularly in comprehending the structure, function, and evolution of plant genomes.

==History==
The institute was set up in 1998 under the [[Department of Biotechnology]] (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.<ref>{{cite web |title=Citizen's Charter |url=https://www.nipgr.ac.in/about_us/citizens_charter.php |website=www.nipgr.ac.in |access-date=16 July 2025}}</ref> It was formed to succeed the previous Plant Genome Research Unit at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] (JNU), New Delhi.

==Research areas==
NIPGR conducts research across various domains of plant biology, including:

*Structural and functional genomics<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=S |last2=Bandyopadhyay |first2=T |title=Opening the dialogue: Research networks between high- and low-income countries further understanding of global agro-climatic challenges. |journal=Plants, People, Planet |date=April 2019 |volume=1 |issue=2 |pages=98–101 |doi=10.1002/ppp3.17 |pmid=34853823 |pmc=8607466 }}</ref>
*Molecular breeding and crop improvement<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Francis |first1=A |last2=Singh |first2=NP |last3=Singh |first3=M |last4=Sharma |first4=P |last5=Gayacharan |last6=Kumar |first6=D |last7=Basu |first7=U |last8=Bajaj |first8=D |last9=Varshney |first9=N |last10=Joshi |first10=DC |last11=Semwal |first11=DP |last12=Tyagi |first12=V |last13=Wankhede |first13=D |last14=Bharadwaj |first14=R |last15=Singh |first15=AK |last16=Parida |first16=SK |last17=Chattopadhyay |first17=D |title=The ricebean genome provides insight into Vigna genome evolution and facilitates genetic enhancement. |journal=Plant Biotechnology Journal |date=August 2023 |volume=21 |issue=8 |pages=1522–1524 |doi=10.1111/pbi.14075 |pmid=37323100 |pmc=10363756 |bibcode=2023PBioJ..21.1522F }}</ref>
*Plant-microbe interactions
*Stress biology and signaling<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Malakar |first1=P |last2=Gupta |first2=SK |last3=Chattopadhyay |first3=D |title=Role of plant neurotransmitters in salt stress: A critical review. |journal=Plant Physiology and Biochemistry |date=June 2024 |volume=211 |article-number=108601 |doi=10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108601 |pmid=38696867 |bibcode=2024PlPB..21108601M }}</ref>
*[[Computational biology]] and bioinformatics<ref>{{cite news |title=India's Bioeconomy recorded 12 times increase in last 10 years, Dr Jitendra Singh |url=https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1980886 |access-date=16 July 2025 |work=www.pib.gov.in |agency=Ministry of Science & Technology |publisher=[[Press Information Bureau]] |date=29 November 2023}}</ref>

The institute is particularly known for its work in the [[genomics]] of important crop plants such as rice, wheat, tomato, mustard, and chickpea.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Prasad |first1=R. |title=NIPGR's gene-edited japonica rice shows increased phosphate uptake, 20% more yield |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/nipgrs-gene-edited-japonica-rice-shows-increased-phosphate-uptake-20-more-yield/article69786092.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=8 July 2025 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=ICAR Scientists Decode Tomato Genome in Partnership with International Consortium |url=https://icar.org.in/en/node/1742 |work=icar.org.in |publisher=[[Indian Council for Agricultural Research]] |date=31 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Dwivedi |first1=Shivam |title=Dr. Jitendra Singh Unveils 'ADVIKA' a Superior Drought-Tolerant, Climate-Smart Chickpea Variety |url=https://krishijagran.com/news/dr-jitendra-singh-unveils-advika-a-superior-drought-tolerant-climate-smart-chickpea-variety/ |work=[[Krishi Jagran]] |date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

==Academic programs==
NIPGR offers doctoral (Ph.D.) programs in association with Jawaharlal Nehru University. Students receive training in cutting-edge research methodologies in plant biology and genomics.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jitendra Singh launches courses to address global health challenges |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/india/jitendra-singh-launches-courses-to-address-global-health-challenges-1503266822.html |work=The Statesman |date=5 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ABOUT {{!}} Ph.D. Programme |url=https://nipgr.ac.in/nipgrnew/research/ph-d-programme/about/ |publisher=nipgr.ac.in |access-date=16 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

==Collaborations==
NIPGR has national and international collaborations with various research institutions and universities. It is part of global initiatives in plant genomics and contributes to crop improvement programs through biotechnological innovations.<ref>{{cite news |title=PAU joins collaborative research between India and U.K |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/pau-joins-collaborative-research-between-india-and-u-k/articleshow/53340367.cms |work=The Times of India |date=22 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Chawla |first1=Manbeena |title=UK promotes collaborative research with DBT, NIPGR |url=https://nuffoodsspectrum.in/2020/02/04/uk-promotes-collaborative-research-with-dbt-nipgr.html |work=FFOODS Spectrum |date=4 February 2020}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Asis Datta]]
*[[Manju Sharma (biologist)]]
*[[Manoj Prasad]]
*[[Akhilesh Kumar Tyagi]]
*[[Manoj Majee]]

==See also==
*[[Department of Biotechnology]] (India)
*[[Indian Council of Agricultural Research]]

==References==
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Spanish Armed Forces

2026-02-10T07:42:07Z

GordonCoulston: Page updated with relevant improvements

{{Short description|Combined military forces of Spain}}
{{Infobox national military
| name = Spanish Armed Forces
| native_name = {{lang|es|Fuerzas Armadas de España}}
| image = Emblem of the Spanish Armed Forces.svg
| alt =
| caption = [[Armorial of the Spanish Armed Forces|Emblem of the Spanish Armed Forces]]
| image2 =
| alt2 =
| caption2 =
| motto =
| founded = 20 January 1479 ({{age in years and days|1479|1|20}})
| disbanded =
| branches = {{tree list}}
*[[File:Emblem of the Spanish Army.svg|25px]] [[Spanish Army|Army]]
**[[File:Emblem of the Spanish Legion.svg|25px]] [[Spanish Legion]]
*[[File:Emblem of the Spanish Navy.svg|25px]] [[Spanish Navy|Navy]]
**[[File:Emblema de la Infantería de Marina.svg|25px]] [[Spanish Marine Infantry|Marine Infantry]]
*[[File:Emblem of the Spanish Air Force.svg|60px]] [[Spanish Air and Space Force|Air and Space Force]]
*[[File:Emblem of the Spanish Royal Guard.svg|25px]] [[Spanish Royal Guard|Royal Guard]]
*[[File:Coat of Arms of the UME.svg|25px]] [[Military Emergencies Unit]]
*[[Common Corps of the Spanish Armed Forces|Common Corps]]
{{tree list/end}}
| headquarters = [[Madrid]], [[Spain]]
| website = 

| commander-in-chief = {{flagicon image|Estandarte Real de España.svg}} [[Felipe VI of Spain|Felipe VI]]
| commander-in-chief_title = [[Monarchy of Spain|Monarch]]
| chief minister = {{flagicon image|Spanish Presidential Flag.svg}} [[Pedro Sánchez (politician)|Pedro Sánchez]]
| chief minister_title = [[Prime Minister of Spain|Prime Minister]]
| minister = {{flagicon image|Spanish Presidential Flag.svg}} [[Margarita Robles]]
| minister_title = [[List of Ministers of Defence (Spain)|Minister of Defence]]
| commander = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Chief of the Defence Staff (Spain).svg}} {{nowrap|[[Admiral General (Spain)|Admiral General]] [[Teodoro Esteban López Calderón]]}}
| commander_title = [[Chief of the Defence Staff (Spain)|Chief of the Defence Staff]]

| age = 18
| conscription = No
| manpower_data =
| manpower_age =
| available =
| available_f =
| fit =
| fit_f =
| reaching =
| reaching_f =
| active = 121,802 (2023)
| ranked =
| reserve = 24,033 (2023)
| deployed =

| amount = €33.123 billion {{small|(2025)}} <ref>{{cite web | title=OTAN: España sigue a la cola de inversión en defensa, pese a llegar al 2%, pero gasta más que la media en armamento | url=https://www.infodefensa.com/texto-diario/mostrar/5408103/otan-espana-sigue-cola-inversion-defensa-pese-llegar-2-pero-gasta-media-armamento }}</ref>
| percent_GDP = 2% (2025)

| domestic_suppliers = [[Airbus]] [[Santa Bárbara Sistemas|Santa Bárbara]] [[Navantia]] [[Indra Sistemas|Indra]] [[Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica|Gamesa]] [[Abengoa]] [[Instalaza]] [[UROVESA]]
| foreign_suppliers = {{flag|France}} {{flag|Germany}} {{flag|United States}} {{flag|Switzerland}} {{flag|Canada}}
| imports = {{currency|112 million|USD|passthrough=yes|linked=no}} (2014–2022)<ref name="SIPRI_Spain"/>
| exports = {{currency|752 million|USD|passthrough=yes|linked=no}} (2014–2022)<ref name="SIPRI_Spain">{{cite web|url=https://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/values.php|title=TIV of arms imports/exports data for Spain, 2014-2022|date=30 January 2024|work=[[Stockholm International Peace Research Institute]]}}</ref>

| history = [[Military history of Spain]] [[:Category:Wars involving Spain|Warfare directory of Spain]] [[List of wars involving Spain|Wars involving Spain]] [[:Category:Battles involving Spain|Battles involving Spain]]
| ranks = [[Military ranks of Spain]]
}}

The '''Spanish Armed Forces''' are in charge of guaranteeing the sovereignty and independence of the [[Spain|Kingdom of Spain]], defending its territorial integrity and the constitutional order, according to the functions entrusted to them by the [[Spanish Constitution of 1978|Constitution of 1978]]. They are composed of: the [[Spanish Army|Army]], the [[Spanish Air and Space Force|Air and Space Force]], the [[Spanish Navy|Navy]], the [[Spanish Royal Guard|Royal Guard]], and the [[Military Emergencies Unit]], as well as the so-called [[Common Corps of the Spanish Armed Forces|Common Corps]].

Spain occupies a prominent position in the structure of [[NATO]], which it joined in 1982. Nevertheless, it spends less than the minimum of 2% of GDP on defence recommended by NATO.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gardner |first=Frank |date=2026-02-10 |title=Munich Security Conference: Trump’s world order hangs over Europe |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgrzjv1kykxo |access-date=2026-02-10 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Spain has the oldest [[Spanish Marine Infantry|Marine Infantry]] in the world and the oldest permanent military units in the world: the ''[[Infantry Regiment "Inmemorial del Rey" No. 1]]'' and the ''[[Infantry Regiment "Soria" No. 9]]''.

==History==
{{main|Military history of Spain}}

After the long [[Reconquista]] ending in 1492, Spain evolved into Europe's foremost power with the voyages of [[Christopher Columbus]] the same year, leading to Spain acquiring vast lands in the Americas and conquering a number of overseas civilizations in the decades to come. The period of reconquest of Iberia had ended, and now Spain entered an era of overseas conquest spearheaded by [[conquistadors]]. The [[conquest of the Aztec Empire]], the [[conquest of the Inca Empire]] and the conquest of the [[Philippines]] ensued propelling Spain to the foremost military superpower of the time. Spain was also victorious over the French in the [[Italian Wars]], annexing southern Italy. During the reign of Charles V and Philip II, Spain reached the peak of its power with the [[Spanish Empire]] spanning 19.4 million square km of the Earth's surface, a total of 13% being the first empire which the Sun never sets. By the mid 17th century Spain had been militarily weakened by the [[Thirty Years War]], the [[Eighty Years War]] along with financial problems, and the lack of reforms, though still holding firm to the bulk of the [[American Continent]].

During the 18th century the new [[Bourbon dynasty]] revived Spain's economic and military power through a series of important reforms in the armed forces and the economy, notably those of Charles III of Spain. Thanks to these reforms, Spain performed well during the war of [[War of Jenkins' Ear|Jenkins' Ear]] defending overseas territory, won the war of [[War of the Austrian Succession|Austrian Succession]] but had mixed result during the Seven Years' War. Spain had also led successful campaigns in the [[American Revolutionary War]]. Spain had recovered considerably by the outbreak of the French Revolution, by 1790, the [[Spanish Empire]] was the largest empire in the world. The occupation of a great part of Spain by the French during the [[Napoleonic Wars]] resulted in [[Peninsular War]], which was characterized by use on a large scale of guerrilla troops, made necessary by the war's devastating effect on the Spanish economy. Although victorious in the Peninsular War over Napoleonic France, the Spanish military was in poor condition and political instability resulted in the loss of most of Spain's former colonies, who had rebelled against Spanish rule in the [[Spanish American wars of independence]], except Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. These too would be lost later in the [[Spanish–American War]].

In the 20th century, the Spanish armed forces did not intervene in the [[First World War]] ([[Spain during World War I|neutrality]]) or in the [[Second World War]] ([[Spain during World War II|non-belligerent]]), although they did intervene in the [[Spanish Civil War]] and in some colonial conflicts. After the arrival of democracy in 1978, they underwent a strong modernization process, becoming modern armed forces. In 1982 Spain entered [[NATO]].

Recently, in the last decades of the 20th century and the first decades of the 21st, Spanish troops have participated together with their Western allies in operations such as [[Gulf War]], [[NATO bombing of Yugoslavia]], [[Kosovo Force|KFOR]], [[war on terror]], [[2011 military intervention in Libya]], [[Combined Task Force 150]] and [[UNIFIL]].

===Today===
{{Clarify timeframe|date=January 2023}}
Spain participated along with France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Denmark, the United States and Canada in the [[2011 military intervention in Libya|2011 intervention]] against [[Muammar Gaddafi]] in Libya, contributing a [[aerial refueling|tanker]], 4 [[McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet|F/A-18 Hornet]] fighter jets, a [[frigate]], a [[submarine]] and a [[surveillance aircraft]], along with logistical support from the [[Naval Station Rota]] and the [[Morón Air Base]].

Spain has belonged to [[NATO]] since 1982. The decision was ratified in the [[1986 Spanish NATO membership referendum|1986 referendum]] by the Spanish people. The conditions were the reduction of American military bases, non-integration of Spain in the military structure of NATO, and the prohibition of introducing [[nuclear weapon]]s in Spain.

====Current missions====
As of June 2017, 3,093 soldiers of the Spanish Armed Forces and the [[Civil Guard (Spain)|Civil Guard]] are part of the nineteen operations where Spain has an active role.<ref name="missions2017">{{cite news|title=Fuerzas Armadas españolas en misiones internacionales, Junio 2017|url=http://www.dsn.gob.es/es/actualidad/infografias/fuerzas-armadas-espa%C3%B1olas-misiones-internacionales-junio-2017#sthash.2M7BLKBb.uxfs|access-date=June 19, 2017|date=2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617211233/http://www.dsn.gob.es/es/actualidad/infografias/fuerzas-armadas-espa%C3%B1olas-misiones-internacionales-junio-2017#sthash.2M7BLKBb.uxfs|archive-date=June 17, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

According to the National Security Department of Spain (DSN), these are the current missions of the armed forces and civil guard:
<ref name="missions2017"/>

*'''Missions with the European Union'''
**[[EUTM Mali]] (2013–2024): Advisory mission in the security and training sector of the Malian National Army. 130 deployed military personnel.
**[[Central African Republic|EUTM CAR]] (2016–present): Training mission of the Armed Forces of the Government of the Central African Republic. The [[Eurocorps]] is in charge of carrying out this mission. 19 military deployed.
**[[EUTM Somalia|EUTM SOMALIA]] (2010–present): Training mission of the Somali Armed Forces, with the cooperation of the [[UN]] and the [[African Union]]. 16 military deployed.
**[[Operation Atalanta]] (2008–present): Mission to combat [[piracy]] in the [[Indian Ocean]] as well as protection of the UN food program. 338 deployed military.
**[[EUFOR Althea|EUFOR ALTHEA BOSNIA]] (2004–present): Advisory mission to the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 3 military deployed.
** [[EU Navfor Med|EUNAVFOR MED-SOPHIA]] (2015–present): Mission to combat [[trafficking]] in human beings and prevention of loss of life in the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]]. 261 deployed military personnel.
*'''Missions with NATO'''
** [[Operation Sea Guardian]] (2016–present): Mission to fight against terrorism in the Mediterranean. 119 military deployed.
** [[SNMG1]] / [[SNMG2]] / [[SNMCMG2]]: NATO first-responder permanent naval units. 251 deployed military personnel.
** [[Baltic Air Policing]] (2004–present): Mission to protect the [[airspace]] of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. 128 deployed military personnel.
** [[NATO Enhanced Forward Presence|Enhanced Forward Presence]] (2017–present): Mission of presence of NATO in the [[Baltic region|Baltic Sea region]] following the annexation of [[Crimea]] by Russia. 310 military deployed.
**[[Operation Active Fence]] (2015–present): Mission to reinforce Turkey's air defense against the threat of ballistic missiles from Syria. 149 deployed military personnel.
* '''Missions with UN'''
** [[UNIFIL]] (2006–present): Peacekeeping Monitoring Mission between Lebanon and Israel. 620 soldiers and civil guards deployed.
** UN COLOMBIA (2016–present): Mission of observers of the [[Colombian peace process|peace process in Colombia]]. 14 deployed military personnel.
*'''Coalition against Daesh'''
** [[Inherent Resolve|INHERENT RESOLVE]] (2015–present): Training mission of Iraqi forces to fight the [[Daesh]]. 463 soldiers and civil guards deployed.
*'''Security cooperation with France'''
**Support for Mali-Senegal (2013–2022): Military support to France to facilitate air transport of French and EU operations in Mali and [[Sahel]]. 61 military deployed.
**Support for the Central African Republic (2013–present): Military support for France and the EU to facilitate air transport in its operations. 45 military deployed.
* '''National missions of cooperation with Senegal and Cape Verde'''
** [[Senegal|Support for Senegal]] (2016–present): Cooperative security activities with other countries. 34 deployed military personnel.
** [[Cape Verde|Support for Cape Verde]] (2016–present): Cooperative security activities with other countries. 59 deployed military personnel.

The Spanish Armed Forces also participated in the last few years in other missions, above all humanitarian and observation: in Albania in 1999, Mozambique in 2000, Republic of Macedonia in 2001, Haiti in 2004 and Indonesia in 2005. In 2006, Spain participated in [[Darfur]], Sudan
by sending observers, and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Spain also participated in the Iraq War between 2003 and 2004, in Gabon and in Senegal to safeguard maritime traffic in the Horn of Africa (with 33 Civil Guards and national police officers, two patrol vessels and a helicopter).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defensa.gob.es/areasTematicas/misiones/enCurso/ |title=Misiones en curso |date=April 9, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414001833/http://www.defensa.gob.es/areasTematicas/misiones/enCurso/ |archive-date=April 14, 2015 }}</ref> In 2015, 46 [[Military Emergencies Unit|UME]] soldiers and 12 Civil Guards of the High Mountain Group went to help and rescue in the [[April 2015 Nepal earthquake|Nepal earthquake]], along with six dogs, three scientific police and a [[Boeing 707]] of supplies transport of the [[Spanish Air and Space Force|Air and Space Force]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.es/videos-espana/20150502/medio-centenar-militares-espanoles-4211677670001.html|title=Medio centenar de militares españoles parten desde Jaca rumbo a Nepal|date=May 5, 2015|access-date=June 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028145842/http://www.abc.es/videos-espana/20150502/medio-centenar-militares-espanoles-4211677670001.html|archive-date=October 28, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elcomercio.es/videos/politica/201505/02/medio-centenar-militares-espanoles-4211677660001-mm.html|title=Medio centenar de militares españoles parten desde Jaca rumbo a Nepal|date=May 5, 2015|access-date=June 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028145926/http://www.elcomercio.es/videos/politica/201505/02/medio-centenar-militares-espanoles-4211677660001-mm.html|archive-date=October 28, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

The cost of these missions abroad amounts to approximately 800 million euros per year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-espana-gasto-2016-mas-770-millones-euros-misiones-fuerzas-armadas-20161220192750.html|title=España gastó en 2016 más de 770 millones de euros en las misiones de las Fuerzas Armadas|agency=Europa Press|date=20 December 2016|access-date=19 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608054540/http://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-espana-gasto-2016-mas-770-millones-euros-misiones-fuerzas-armadas-20161220192750.html|archive-date=8 June 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Command structure==
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The [[Commander-in-chief#Spain|commander-in-chief]] of the Armed Forces is the [[Monarchy of Spain|Monarch]]; with the ''[[ex officio]]'' rank of [[Captain general#Spain|Captain General]] in the [[Captain general of the Army|Army]], [[Captain general of the Navy|Navy]] and [[Captain general of the Air Force|Air and Space Force]]. The [[Spanish Constitution of 1978]] states in article 62(h) that the King of Spain shall have "supreme command of the Armed Forces"; however under article 64, all official acts of the Monarch must be [[countersignature|countersigned]] by the President of the Government (or other competent minister) to become valid.

The [[President of the Government (Spain)|President of the Government]] (also known as ''Prime Minister'' in English translations), as the [[head of government]], is responsible under article 97 for "domestic and foreign policy, civil and military administration and the defense of the State", and thus bears the ultimate responsibility before the [[Cortes Generales]], and the Spanish electorate.

The Minister of Defense is in charge of running the [[Ministry of Defence (Spain)|Ministry of Defense]], which carries out the day-to-day administration of the forces. The President of the Government and the Minister of Defense are [[Civilian control of the military|civilians]]. No provision in the Constitution requires the Government to seek approval from the Cortes Generales before sending the armed forces abroad.

The [[Chief of the Defence Staff (Spain)|Chief of the Defense Staff]] directs the [[Defence Staff (Spain)|Defense Staff]] and is the senior military advisor to the Minister and the Government. The military leadership of the three military services are: the [[Chief of Staff of the Army (Spain)|Chief of Staff of the Army]], the [[Chief of Staff of the Air Force (Spain)|Chief of Staff of the Air and Space Force]] and the [[Chief of Staff of the Navy (Spain)|Chief of Staff of the Navy]].

The structure, and incumbents {{As of|2025|lc=y}}, are:

# [[File:Coat of Arms of Spanish Monarch.svg|20px]] [[Commander in chief|Commander in Chief]]: [[Monarchy of Spain|King]] [[Felipe VI]], [[Captain general#Spain|Captain General]] of the Armed Forces
# [[File:Escudo de España (mazonado).svg|20px]] [[President of the Government (Spain)|President of the Government]]: [[Pedro Sánchez (politician)|Pedro Sánchez]].
# [[File:Escudo de España (mazonado).svg|20px]] [[List of Ministers of Defence (Spain)|Minister of Defence]]: [[Margarita Robles]].
# [[File:Coat of Arms of the Spanish Defence Staff-EMAD.svg|20px]] [[Chief of the Defence Staff (Spain)|Chief of the Defense Staff]]: [[Admiral general (Spain)|Admiral General]] [[Teodoro E. López Calderón]].
# The Chiefs of Staff of the branches:
#: [[File:Coat of Arms of the General Staff of the Spanish Army.svg|20px]] [[Chief of Staff of the Army (Spain)|Chief of Staff of the Army]]: [[General of the Army (Spain)|Army General]] [[Amador Fernando Enseñat y Berea]].
#: [[File:Emblem of the Military staff of the Spanish Navy.svg|20px]] [[Chief of Staff of the Navy (Spain)|Chief of Staff of the Navy]]: [[Admiral general (Spain)|Admiral General]] [[Antonio Piñeiro Sánchez]].
#: [[File:Emblem of the Military staff of the Spanish Air Force.svg|20px]] [[Chief of Staff of the Air and Space Force (Spain)|Chief of Staff of the Air and Space Force]]: [[General of the Air (Spain)|Air General]] [[Francisco Braco Carbó]].

==Branches==
{{seealso|Civil Guard (Spain)}}
The Spanish armed forces are a professional force with a strength in 2017 of 121,900 active personnel and 4,770 reserve personnel. The country also has the 77,000 strong [[Civil Guard (Spain)|Civil Guard]] which comes under the control of the Ministry of defense in times of a national emergency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/article/43968/update-spain-to-increase-defence-spending|title=Update: Spain to increase defence spending|work=janes.com|access-date=8 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518073610/http://www.janes.com/article/43968/update-spain-to-increase-defence-spending|archive-date=18 May 2015|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

===Army===
The [[Spanish Army]] consists of 15 active brigades and 6 military regions. Modern infantry have diverse capabilities and this is reflected in the varied roles assigned to them. There are four operational roles that infantry battalions can fulfil: air assault, armoured infantry, mechanised infantry, and light role infantry.

<gallery mode="packed" heights="140" caption="Ejército de Tierra de España (Spanish Army)">
File:Trident Juncture 2018 181103-N-FO714-221.jpg|[[Leopard 2E]] ([[main battle tank|MBT]])
File:2 spanish army M109.jpg|[[M109 howitzer|M-109A5E]]
File:Eurocopter EC 655 Tigre (cropped).jpg|[[Eurocopter Tiger]]</gallery>

===Navy===
{{Main|Spanish Navy}}

Under the command of the [[Chief of Staff of the Navy (Spain)|Spanish Admiral Chief of Naval Staff]], stationed in [[Madrid]], the [[Spanish Navy]] has four area commands:
* Cantabrian Maritime Zone with its headquarters at [[Ferrol, Galicia|Ferrol]] on the Atlantic coast
* Straits Maritime Zone with its headquarters at [[San Fernando, Cádiz|San Fernando]] near Cadiz
* Mediterranean Maritime Zone with its headquarters at [[Cartagena, Spain|Cartagena]]
* [[Canary Islands]] Maritime Zone with its headquarters at [[Las Palmas de Gran Canaria]].

The current flagship of the Spanish Navy is the [[amphibious assault ship]]/aircraft carrier {{ship|Spanish ship|Juan Carlos I||2}}. In addition, the fleet consists of: 2 [[amphibious transport dock]]s, 11 [[frigate]]s, 3 [[submarine]]s, 6 mine countermeasure vessels, 23 patrol vessels and a number of auxiliary ships. The total displacement of the Spanish Navy is approximately 220,000 tonnes. As of 2012, the Armada has a strength of 20,838 personnel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defensa.gob.es/Galerias/presupuestos/presupuesto-defensa-2012.pdf|title=Military Budget 2012|page=454|website=defensa.gov.es|language=es|access-date=2013-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125221512/http://www.defensa.gob.es/Galerias/presupuestos/presupuesto-defensa-2012.pdf|archive-date=2013-01-25|url-status=live}}</ref>

<gallery mode="packed" heights="140" caption="Armada Española (Spanish Navy)">
File:Manoeuvring exercise 11 (22811737931).jpg|[[Amphibious assault ship]]-[[aircraft carrier]] {{ship|Spanish ship|Juan Carlos I||2}}
File:Armada Española F105 Cristóbal Colón.jpg|{{sclass|Álvaro de Bazán|frigate|1}} {{ship|Spanish frigate|Cristóbal Colón||2}}
File:Submarine (S 71)-Galerna-01.jpg|{{sclass|Agosta|submarine|1}} [[Spanish submarine Galerna|''Galerna'']]
</gallery>

====Marines====
[[File:AAV-7 en Santander2.JPG|thumb|[[Spanish Marine Infantry]] deploying from an [[Assault Amphibious Vehicle|AAV-7]] during an exhibition.]]
{{Main|Spanish Marine Infantry}}

The Marines, in Spanish, ''Infanteria de Marina'', are the marine infantry of the Spanish Navy, the oldest in the world. It has a strength of 5,000 troops divided into base defense forces and landing forces. One of the three base defense battalions is stationed with each of the Navy headquarters. "Groups" (midway between battalions and regiments) are stationed in Madrid and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The Tercio (fleet — regiment equivalent) is available for immediate embarkation and based out of San Fernando. Its principal weapons include light tanks, armored combat vehicles, self-propelled artillery, and SPIKE antitank missiles.

===Air and Space Force===
[[Spanish Air and Space Force]] currently has 10 fighter squadrons, each with 18–24 airplanes. The Air and Space Force also has 15 operational air bases around the country. The Air and Space Force operates a wide-ranging fleet of aircraft, from fighters to transport aircraft and passenger transports to helicopters. It maintains some 450 aircraft in total, of which around 130 are fighter aircraft (Eurofighter Typhoons and F-18 MLU). The Spanish Air and Space Force is replacing older aircraft in the inventory with newer ones including the recently introduced Eurofighter Typhoon and the Airbus A400M Atlas airlifter. Both are manufactured with Spanish participation; EADS CASA makes the Eurofighter's right wing and leading edge slats, and participates in the testing and assembly of the airlifter.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20231207045711/http://www.airbus.com/en/presscentre/pressreleases/press-release/detail/first-a400m-wings-delivered-to-final-assembly-line/news-browse/1/news-period/1175378400/2591999/archived/news-category/press_release/?tx_felogin_pi1%5Bforgot%5D=1]</ref> Its aerobatic display team is the Patrulla Aguila, which flies the CASA C-101 Aviojet. Its helicopter display team, Patrulla Aspa, flies the Eurocopter EC-120 Colibrí. In July 2014 the Spanish Air Force joined the European Air Transport Command, headquartered at Eindhoven Airbase in the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eatc-mil.com/45/Articles/News%20&%20Press%20updates/265/Spain+is+now+member+of+the+EATC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707095201/http://eatc-mil.com/45/Articles/News%20%26%20Press%20updates/265/Spain+is+now+member+of+the+EATC|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 July 2014|title=Spain is now member of the EATC - Articles - EATC  -  European Air Transport Command|work=eatc-mil.com|access-date=8 May 2015}}</ref>

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File:Typhoon - RIAT 2006 (altered).jpg| [[Eurofighter Typhoon]]
File:Spanish Air Force EF-18 DD-SD-00-02833 cropped.jpg|[[McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet#Spain|EF-18]]
File:Fuerza Aérea Española (Spanish Air Force) Airbus A400M-180 (T.23-01).jpg|[[Airbus A400M Atlas|A400M]]
</gallery>

=== Common Corps ===
{{Main|Common Corps of the Spanish Armed Forces}}The Common Corps are four corps that provide professional services to all the branches of the Armed Forces and the Civil Guard. The Common Corps were created in the 1980s to unify the specialist corps of the different branches for operational reasons. The Common Corps are:
* Military Legal Corps
* [[Office of the Comptroller General of the Defence|Military Comptroller Corps]]
* Military Medical Corps
* Military Band Corps

===Royal Guard===
{{Main|Spanish Royal Guard}}
[[File:Guardias reales en 2001.jpg|thumb|right|[[Spanish Royal Guard]] change at the ''[[Palacio Real]]''.]]

The ''Royal Guard'' (''Guardia Real'') is an independent unit of the Spanish Armed Forces whose primary task is the military protection of the King of Spain and the [[Spanish royal family]]. It also protects visiting Heads of State.

The Royal Guard's history dates back to [[Middle Ages|medieval times]], the Corps of Gentlemen of the Chamber, the "[[Monteros de Espinosa]]", dating to 1006.

It currently has a strength of 1,900 troops, constituting a fully functional combat unit drawn from the ranks of all three branches of the Spanish Armed Forces: among others, a Marines company, a Paratroop company and an infantry company. Some units have served recently in Afghanistan and Bosnia.

===Military Emergencies Unit===
{{Main|Military Emergencies Unit}}

The ''Military Emergencies Unit'' ({{langx|es|Unidad Militar de Emergencias}}), is the most recently instituted branch of the Spanish Armed Forces, resulting from a decision of the [[Council of Ministers of Spain]] in 2005.

In addition to headquarters staff ({{lang|es|Unidad de Cuartel General}}, there are five emergency intervention battalions ({{Lang|es|Batallon de Intervención en Emergencias}}, BIEM), a support regiment ({{lang|es|Regimiento de Apoyo a Emergencias}}) and an aerial group ({{lang|es|Agrupación de Medios Aéreos}}).

It is responsible for providing disaster relief principally throughout Spain but also if necessary abroad. The activities including handling natural hazards such as floods and earthquakes, forest fires, chemical and nuclear accidents, and other emergency situations recognized as such by the Prime Minister of Spain.

<gallery mode="packed" heights="140" caption="Unidad Militar de Emergencias (Military Emergencies Unit)">
File:URO M3-24.14 UME.JPG|[[UROVESA|URO]] M3-24.14.
File:Canadair CL-215T in Spanish service 4316.jpg|[[Canadair CL-215|Canadair CL-215T]]
File:Lancha UME.jpg|[[Inflatable boat]] Zodiac Mark IV
</gallery>

== Equipment of the Spanish Armed Forces ==

=== Spanish Army ===

* [[Equipment of the Spanish Army]] Or the same page in Spanish (with more information): {{ill|Anexo:Materiales del Ejército de Tierra de España|es|Anexo:Materiales del Ejército de Tierra de España}}
* [[Spanish Army Air Defence Command#Equipment in service|Air defence equipment of the Spanish Army]]
* [[Equipment of the Spanish Army#Aircraft of the FAMET|Aircraft of the FAMET]]
* [[Tanks in the Spanish Army]]

=== Spanish Air Force ===

* [[Spanish Air and Space Force#Current inventory|Aircraft of the Spanish Air and Space Force]]
* [[Spanish Air and Space Force#Current armament|Weapons of the Spanish Air Force]]
* [[Spanish Air and Space Force#Air defence|Air defence equipment of the Spanish Air Force]]

=== Spanish Navy ===

* [[List of active Spanish Navy ships]]
* [[Spanish Navy#Aircraft|Aircraft of the Spanish Navy]]

=== Spanish Marine Infantry ===

* [[Spanish Marine Infantry#Equipment|Equipment of the Spanish Marine Infantry]]

==Citations==
{{reflist|30em}}

==References==
{{refbegin|30em}}
* {{cite book |last=IISS |title=The Military Balance 2020|year=2020 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0367466398}}
*{{cite book |last1=International Institute for Strategic Studies |title=The Military Balance 2023 |date=15 February 2023 |publisher=Routledge |pages=201−204 |isbn=978-1032508955 |edition=1st |author1-link=International Institute for Strategic Studies |ref={{SfnRef|IISS|2023}}}}
{{refend}}

==Further reading==
* [[Jane's Defence Weekly|Jane's defense Weekly]], Country Survey: Spain, JDW 18 April 1992, p. 655-onwards

==External links==
[https://emad.defensa.gob.es/en/?__locale=en Official website]
* {{in lang|es}} [http://www.militar.org.ua/foro/ Foro Militar General - Spanish Military forum]

{{Spain topics}}
{{FFAA España}}
{{Military of Europe}}
{{Militaries of European Union member states}}
{{North Atlantic Treaty Organization}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Military of Spain| ]]
[[Category:Permanent Structured Cooperation]]

V Chennai Warriors

2026-02-06T09:12:38Z

GordonCoulston: Starting - done

{{Short description|Tennis team}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
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'''V Chennai Warriors''' is a tennis team representing the [[India]]n city of [[Chennai]] in the [[Champions Tennis League]]. The team was initially supposed to take part in the [[2014 Champions Tennis League]] but due to unavoidable circumstances they backed out at the last moment and eventually the [[Hyderabad Aces]] went on to replace them in the 2014 edition.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/tennis/champions-tennis-league-unveils-hyderabad-team/article6571008.ece | title=Champions Tennis League unveils Hyderabad team | date=6 November 2014 | newspaper=The Hindu | author=PTI | access-date=19 July 2018 }}</ref> On 14 November 2015, the V Chennai Warriors franchise was unveiled by [[Vijay Amritraj]], founder of the Champions Tennis League. The team is owned by [[Prabhu Deva]], an actor and [[Ishari K Ganesh]], founder Chairman and Chancellor of the [[Vels University]] in Chennai.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/V-Chennai-Warriors-set-to-join-Champions-Tennis-League/articleshow/49772203.cms V Chennai Warriors set to join CTL]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20151117094608/http://www.sify.com/movies/v-chennai-warriors-launched-in-chennai-imagegallery-kollywood-plrjOvghhcjdi.html V Chennai Warriors launched]</ref> The players who represented this team in the 2015 season were [[Rainer Schuettler]], [[Fernando Verdasco]], [[Heather Watson]] and [[Vishnu Vardhan]].<ref>[http://championstennisleague.in/team/v-chennai-warriors V Chennai Warriors Team]</ref> The [[2015 Champions Tennis League|2015 tournament]] began on 23 November and ended on 6 December with the V Chennai Warriors finishing last in Group B with one win and three losses from four games. Group B also had the likes of Hyderabad Aces and [[Nagpur Orangers]].<ref>[http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/vijay-amritraj-promoted-ctl-season-2-to-start-nov-23-115092301028_1.html "Vijay Amritraj-promoted CTL Season 2 to start Nov 23"]</ref><ref>[http://championstennisleague.in/standing/team League Table]</ref>

==Home Stadium==
The home stadium of the V Chennai Warriors is the [[SDAT Tennis Stadium]] in [[Nungambakkam]], Chennai. This historical stadium is also the venue of India's lone [[ATP World Tour 250 series|ATP World Tour]] event, the [[Chennai Open]].

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! [[Tamil Nadu]]
|-
| [[Chennai]]
|-
| [[SDAT Tennis Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: 5,800
|-
|[[File:Chennai_tennis_open.jpg|200px]]
|}

== Players ==

===2015 season===

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|-
! Player
|-
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Rainer Schuettler]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Fernando Verdasco]]
|-
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Heather Watson]]
|-
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Vishnu Vardhan]]
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{official website|http://vchennaiwarriors.com/vcw/}}

[[Category:Tennis teams in India]]
[[Category:Sports clubs and teams in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Sport in Chennai]]
[[Category:2015 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Sports clubs and teams established in 2015]]

Himachal Pradesh women's football team

2026-01-27T13:35:26Z

GordonCoulston:

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The '''Himachal Pradesh women's football team''' is an Indian women's [[association football|football]] team representing [[Himachal Pradesh]] in the [[Rajmata Jijabai Trophy|Senior Women's National Football Championship]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/association/507|title=Himachal Pradesh Football Association}}</ref> Their best performance at the [[Rajmata Jijabai Trophy|Senior Women's National Football Championship]] was the quarter-final appearance at the [[2019–20 Rajmata Jijabai Trophy|2019–20]] edition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india-wom2020.html |title=India (Women) 2019/20 |publisher=Rsssf.com |access-date=14 January 2022 }}</ref>

Himachal Pradesh's junior team were the champions of the National Junior Girls' Football tournament 2019–20 held at Kolhapur.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/match-center/cms/5047 |title=Hero Junior Girls National Football Championship 2019-20, Jharkhand vs Himachal Pradesh |access-date=2021-12-30 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/himachal-pradesh-clinch-hero-junior-girls-nfc-title-after-3-1-win-over-jharkhand |title=HIMACHAL PRADESH CLINCH HERO JUNIOR GIRLS' NFC TITLE AFTER 3-1 WIN OVER JHARKHAND |website=AIFF |last=Jain |first=Shraishth |date=1 May 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/junior-girls-national-football-championship-final-himachal-pradesh-beats-favourite-jharkhand/article27021164.ece |title=Bring the cup home - Himachal's fairytale win against Jharkhand |website=Sportstar |last=Vasudevan |first=Shyam |date=3 May 2019 }}</ref>

==Honours==
===State (youth)===
* '''[[Junior Girl's National Football Championship]]'''
** Winners (1): 2019–20

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rajmata Jijabai Trophy}}
{{Indian state football teams}}

[[Category:Rajmata Jijabai Trophy teams]]
[[Category:Football in Himachal Pradesh]]

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Mahatma Gandhi Road (Kolkata)

2026-01-12T06:38:34Z

GordonCoulston: refined citations after review

{{short description|Road in Kolkata, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}}
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'''Mahatma Gandhi Road''' or '''M.G. Road''', formerly known as '''Harrison Road''',<ref name="Ghoshal2006">{{cite book|author=Nripati Ghoshal|title=Odyssey of an Indian Bureaucrat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5L42fu-jMhEC&pg=PA17|accessdate=9 June 2013|date=May 2006|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=978-0-595-34753-7|pages=17–}}</ref> is a principal East-West thoroughfare in [[Kolkata]] (Previously known as Calcutta), the capital of the [[India]]n state of [[West Bengal]]. M.G. Road makes the boundary of North and Central Kolkata.<ref name="Singh2010">{{cite book|author=Sarina Singh|title=Lonely Planet India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vK88ktao7pIC&pg=PA506|accessdate=9 June 2013|date=15 September 2010|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74220-347-8|pages=506–}}</ref> In 1889 this was the first street of the city to be lit by electricity.

== History ==
[[File:Calcutta. Harrison Road. II. LCCN2017658177.jpg|thumb|Calcutta. Harrison Road. 1890]]
Mahatma Gandhi road was initially known as Harrison Road. After the independence of India in 1947 the Harrison Road in Kolkata was renamed Mahatma Gandhi Road (M.G. Road) and the name of [[Chowringhee Road]] was changed to [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] road.<ref name="Moorhouse2012">{{cite book|author=Geoffrey Moorhouse|title=Calcutta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eR0WhGXILVYC&pg=PT280|accessdate=9 June 2013|date=5 April 2012|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=978-0-571-28113-8|pages=280–}}</ref> In 1889 when [[Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation]] (CESC) started promoting electricity in the city, this Harrison road was the first street in the city to be lit by the authority.<ref name="Let there be light">{{cite news|title=Let there be light|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090426/jsp/calcutta/story_10866828.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429033342/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090426/jsp/calcutta/story_10866828.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 April 2009|accessdate=9 June 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph (Calcutta)}}</ref> Calcutta Improvement Trust (CIT) decided to build the [[Chittaranjan Avenue|Central Avenue]] in 1911. By 1926, Harrison Road was stretched to Beadon Street in the north and to [[Bowbazar]] in the south.<ref name="Rajasthan meets Attica">{{cite news|title=Rajasthan meets Attica|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030314/asp/calcutta/story_1764259.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030430212055/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030314/asp/calcutta/story_1764259.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 April 2003|accessdate=9 June 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph (Calcutta)}}</ref>

Charu Guha, a pioneer of the city's studio photography, started her first studio in the Harrison Road in 1920.<ref name="An early airbrush artist">{{cite news|title=An early airbrush artist|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090329/jsp/calcutta/story_10737054.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402003358/http://telegraphindia.com/1090329/jsp/calcutta/story_10737054.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 April 2009|accessdate=9 June 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph (Calcutta)}}</ref> During India's independence movement, this street was previously considered as "communally sensitive" neighbourhood of the city.<ref name="A new India mob at Raj Bhavan curfew no bar Gandhi fast Anglo-indians au revoir free Boroline">{{cite news|title=A new India mob at Raj Bhavan curfew no bar Gandhi fast Anglo-indians au revoir free Boroline|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100815/jsp/calcutta/story_12813433.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820024432/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100815/jsp/calcutta/story_12813433.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 August 2010|accessdate=9 June 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph (Calcutta)|date=26 April 2009}}</ref> On 1 April 1930, ''[[The Vancouver Sun]]'' newspaper reported— "four more were killed in rioting this afternoon in Harrison Road, which is the usual storm quarter in this region."<ref name="Drive Against Mahatma">{{cite news|title=Drive Against Mahatma|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OnBmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6YgNAAAAIBAJ&dq=harrison-road%20gandhi&pg=2173%2C3756880|accessdate=9 June 2013|newspaper=The Vancouver Sun|date=1 April 1930}}</ref>

== Location and operation ==
The road is arterial in maintaining east–west connection in [[Kolkata]]. It is of the shortest distance between two major rail stations in [[Kolkata Metropolitan Area]] — [[Sealdah Station]] and [[Howrah Station]]. Several important places are on this road, such as [[Sealdah Station]], Surya Sen Street crossing, [[Amherst Street (Kolkata)|Amherst Street]] crossing, [[College Street (Kolkata)|College Street]]/[[Bidhan Sarani]] crossing, [[Chittaranjan Avenue]] crossing, Rabindra Sarani (Chitpur Road) crossing, [[Netaji Subhas Road, Kolkata|Netaji Subhas Road]] crossing, [[Burrabazar]] and [[Strand Road, Kolkata|Strand Road]] crossing/[[Howrah Bridge]].<ref name="Kolkata City Guide">{{cite web|title=Kolkata City Guide}} {{in lang|bn}}</ref>

M.G. Road runs from [[Sealdah|Sealdah Flyover]] (Vidyapati Setu) in the eastern limit to the threshold of [[Howrah Bridge]] in the west.<ref name="Kolkata City Guide" />

The road is bi-directional throughout the day. Certain crossings are, however, unidirectional, that is, in certain crossings, vehicles can turn only in a specific direction.

== Culture ==
=== Education institutions ===
[[File:Hindu School - Kolkata 7409.JPG|thumb|[[Hindu School, Kolkata|Hindu School]]— it is located on [[College Street (Kolkata)|College Street]], adjacent to Mahatma Gandhi Road]]

Several educational institutions are located on or near Mahatma Gandhi Road,<ref name="Culture Mahatma Gandhi Road">{{cite web|title=Culture Mahtma Gandhi Road |url=http://www.asklaila.com/Mahatma-Gandhi-Road-Guide-Kolkata/lg3973/ |publisher=Ask Laila |accessdate=9 June 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324183428/http://www.asklaila.com/Mahatma-Gandhi-Road-Guide-Kolkata/lg3973 |archivedate=24 March 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> such as Anglo Arabic Secondary School, Gyan Bharati Vidyapith, St. Paul's School, [[Hindu School]], Lawrence Day School, Shri Jain Vidyalaya and St. Pauls' Mission School.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}

=== Restaurants ===
Some popular restaurants in or near Mahatma Gandhi Roadare <ref name="Culture Mahatma Gandhi Road" /> Shreeram Dhaba, Aahar Restaurant, Madhuri Restaurant, Basanta Cabin.

=== Cinema halls ===
Several cinema halls are located on or near the road, such as Aruna, Chhabighar, Naaz, Purabi, Prabhat.<ref name="Culture Mahatma Gandhi Road"/>

== In popular culture ==
[[Rabindranath Tagore]] in this poem ''Ekdin Rate'' mentioned this street. The lines of the poem were— ''Howrah-r bridge chole mosto she bichhe, Harrison road chole tar pichhe, pichhe'' (the approximate English translation: The [[Howrah Bridge]] is moving as if a large centipede and the Harrison Road moves behind it).<ref name="Ekdin Rate">{{cite web|title=Ekdin Rate|url=http://www.rabindra-rachanabali.nltr.org/node/15364|work=Rabindra Rachanabali|publisher=nltr.org|author=Rabindranath Tagore}}</ref>

[[Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay|Saradindu Bandopadhyay]]'s famous fictional character, [[Byomkesh Bakshi]] - India's putative foremost detective, lived on Harrison Road in the second floor of a three-storied building along with his friend and associate Ajit Banerjee and domestic help, Putiram.{{Citation needed|date=January 2026}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Mahatma Gandhi Road - Strand Road View - Kolkata 2016-10-11 0591.JPG|MG Road and [[Strand Road, Kolkata|Rajiv Gandhi Sarani]] Crossing
File:Kolkata Tram on Mahatma Gandhi road IMG 20181215 101007.jpg|[[Trams in Kolkata|Kolkata tram]] route no. 18 on MG Road near [[Howrah Bridge]], closed in 2021
File:Mahatma Gandhi Road - College Street Crossing - Kolkata 2015-02-09 2278.JPG|MG Road and [[College Street (Kolkata)|College Street]] Crossing
File:Mahatma Gandhi Road - Amharst Street Crossing - Kolkata 2015-02-09 2282.JPG|MG Road and [[Amherst Street (Kolkata)|Raja Ram Mohan Sarani]] Crossing
File:Mahatma Gandhi Road and Surya Sen Street Crossing - Kolkata 2014-01-01 1787.JPG|MG Road and Surya Sen Street Crossing
File:Vidyapati Setu - Mahatma Gandhi Road - Sealdah - Kolkata 2015-08-11 1974.JPG|Vidyapati Setu, MG Road, [[Sealdah]] (also known as Sealdah flyover)
</gallery>

==West Bengal==
* [[College Street (Kolkata)|College Street]]
* [[Amherst Street (Kolkata)|Amherst Street]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Mohandas K. Gandhi}}
{{Streets of Kolkata|state=expanded}}

[[Category:Roads in Kolkata]]

Wall's keelback

2025-12-16T04:01:44Z

GordonCoulston: New - done

{{Short description|Species of snake}}
{{speciesbox
| status = NT
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Wogan, G.|author2=Ghosh, A. |author3=Khan, M. |date=2021 |title=''Hebius xenura'' |volume=2021 |article-number=e.T192012A2027882|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/192012/2027882 |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Herpetoreas
| species = xenura
| authority = ([[Frank Wall (herpetologist)|Wall]], 1907)
| synonyms = *''Tropidonotus xenura'' [[Frank Wall (herpetologist)|Wall]], 1907
*''Natrix xenurus'' – [[Frank Wall (herpetologist)|Wall]], 1923
*''Natrix xenura'' – [[Malcolm Arthur Smith|M.A. Smith]], 1943
*''Paranatrix xenura'' – Mahendra, 1984
*''Amphiesma xenura'' – [[Indraneil Das|Das]], 1996<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species |genus=Herpetoreas |species=xenura |accessdate=18 August 2020}}</ref>
*''Hebius xenura''
}}

'''Wall's keelback''' ('''''Herpetoreas xenura''''') is a [[species]] of [[Natricinae|natricine]] snake [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Northeast India]].<ref name=RDB/>

==Geographic range==
It is found in [[Khasi Hills]] in the Indian state of [[Meghalaya]].<ref name=RDB/> It is also found in [[Myanmar]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/192012/2027882 |title=Herpetoreas xenura (Strange-tailed Keelback) |work=[[IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] |date=2011-08-31 |access-date=2022-09-19}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
* [[Malcolm Arthur Smith|Smith, M.A.]] 1943. ''The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III. — Serpentes.'' Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, Printers). London. 583 pp. (''Natrix xenura'', p. 292.)
* [[Frank Wall (herpetologist)|Wall, F.]] 1907. Some new Asian snakes. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 17 (3): 612–618. (''Tropidonotus xenura'', p. 616.)

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Battle of Dabhoi

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{{Short description|1731 battle in Gujarat, India}}
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| conflict = Battle of Dabhoi
| partof = Maratha campaigns in Gujarat
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| date = 28 April 1731
| place = [[Dabhoi]] (in present-day [[Gujarat]], India)
| coordinates = {{coord|22.1376000|N|73.4161719|E}}
| result = [[Bajirao I|Bajirao I's]] victory<ref name="Popular Prakashan">{{cite book|title=Mediaeval Deccan History- Commemoration Volume in Honour of Purshottam Joshi|isbn=9788171545797|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O_WNqSH4ByQC&dq=nimboji+thorat&pg=PA274|last1=Rā Kulakarṇī|first1=A.|last2=Nayeem|first2=M. A.|last3=De Souza|first3=Teotonio R.|year=1996|publisher=Popular Prakashan }}</ref>{{blist|[[Peshwa|Peshwa's]] dominance in Gujarat.| The dominance of the Senapati [[Dabhade]] over Gujarat ended}}
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'''Supported by:''' [[File:Flag of the State of Hyderabad (18th century-1900).svg|23px]] [[Nizam of Hyderabad]]<ref>{{cite book| url=https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.1545/page/n159/mode/2up |editor1-last=Sardesai |editor1-first=Govind Sakharam |title=New Cambridge History of Marathas Vol 2 |page=143}}</ref>
| combatant2 = [[Image:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|border|24px]] [[Maratha Empire|Bajirao's Maratha]] [[Political faction|faction]]
| commander1 = [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.png|24px]] '''[[Trimbak Rao Dabhade]]'''{{KIA}} [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.png|24px]] Udaji Pawar [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.png|24px]] Maloji Pawar{{KIA}} [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.png|24px]] Anandrao Pawar [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.png|24px]] [[Pilaji Gaekwad]] [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.png|24px]] Janoji Kolkhar [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.png|24px]] Nimboji Thorat
| commander2 = [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.png|24px]] '''[[Bajirao I| Peshwa Bajirao I]]''' [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.png|24px]] [[Chimaji Appa]] [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.png|24px]] Pilaji Jadhavrao [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.png|24px]] [[Ranoji Shinde]] [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.png|24px]] Narayanji Dhamdhere{{KIA}}
| strength1 = Sinha: Total 50,000 men<ref>{{cite book| url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.51631/page/n1/mode/2up |editor1-last=Sinha |editor1-first=H.N. |title=Rise Of The Peshwas |page=130}}</ref> [[Govind Sakharam Sardesai| Sardesai]]: 30,000 [[Infantry]] 10,000 [[Cavalry]] 40 [[Musketeers]]
----Total 40,000 men<ref>{{cite book| url=https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.1545/page/n5/mode/2up |editor1-last=Sardesai |editor1-first=Govind Sakharam |title=New history of the Marathas Vol-2 |page=128}}</ref>
| strength2 = Sinha: Total 15,000 men<ref>{{cite book| url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.51631/page/n1/mode/2up |editor1-last=Sinha |editor1-first=H.N. |title=Rise Of The Peshwas |page=130}}</ref> [[Govind Sakharam Sardesai| Sardesai]]: 25,000 [[Cavalry]] 2000 [[Infantry]] 160 Musketeers
----Total 25,000 men<ref>{{cite book| url=https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.1545/page/n5/mode/2up |editor1-last=Sardesai |editor1-first=Govind Sakharam |title=New history of the Marathas Vol-2 |page=128}}</ref>
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The '''Battle of Dabhoi''' was fought on 28 April 1731, and it was a major confrontation between the [[Trimbak Rao Dabhade]] and [[Baji Rao I]] due to political interference of Peshwas in Gujarat Province.<ref name="Popular Prakashan">{{cite book|title=Mediaeval Deccan History- Commemoration Volume in Honour of Purshottam Joshi|isbn=9788171545797|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O_WNqSH4ByQC&dq=nimboji+thorat&pg=PA274|last1=Rā Kulakarṇī|first1=A.|last2=Nayeem|first2=M. A.|last3=De Souza|first3=Teotonio R.|year=1996|publisher=Popular Prakashan }}</ref> It was fought due to rights of Chauth (Tax Collection) of [[Gujarat]]. The rights of collecting Chauth of Gujarat was held by Dabhade clan from the time of [[Khanderao Dabhade]]. Baji Rao I asked Trimbak Rao Dabhade to share the rights of Chauth of Gujarat to him. But Trimbak Rao refused because of which Baji Rao attacked the army camp of Dabhades in April 1731. The Pawar brothers of Dhar were also upset with Baji Rao I due his policy in Malwa so they also joined Trimbak Rao's side. Some other sources say that Trimbak Rao joined Nizam of Hyderabad due to which Bajirao I attacked him.<ref>{{cite book|series=New Cambridge History of India|url=http://archive.org/details/the-marathas-1600-1818-cambridge-history-of-india-vol.-2-part-4|title=The Marathas - Cambridge History of India (Vol. 2, Part 4)|editor-last1=Johnson|editor-first1=Gordon|editor-last2=Bayly|editor-first2=C. A.|editor-last3=Richards|editor-first3=John F.|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|orig-year=1993|year=2003|isbn=0-521-26883-4}}</ref>

==Background==
In the year 1731, Peshwa Bajirao I asked Trimbak Rao Dabhade to share the rights of Chauth of [[Gujarat]] with him. But Trimbak Rao refused to share the rights of [[Chauth]] and due to this the battle was fought. The Pawar brothers of Dhar were also upset with Baji Rao I due his policy so they also joined Trimbak Rao's side.

==Battle==
[[Chimaji Appa]] led a large army to intercept Trimbak Rao Dabhade during the Battle of Dabhoi. During the battle Trimbak Rao, who was seated on an elephant, was shot by a musketeer. Because of this, the morale of his troops started decreasing. Trimbak Rao's father-in-law; Maloji Pawar of Waghale was also killed in this battle. Many commanders of Peshwas died in this battle.<ref>{{cite book|title=Raṇa jhuñjāra Senāpatī Umābāī Dābhāḍe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z1duAAAAMAAJ|last=Bāhekara|first=Esa. E.|year=2000}}</ref> After the death of Trimbak Rao in battlefield Chimaji Appa retreated his force and moved towards Satara.<ref name=Jaques2007>{{cite book|last=Jaques|first=Tony|title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A-E|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3amnMPTPP5MC&pg=PA281|year=2007|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-33537-2|page=281}}</ref>

==Aftermath==
The matter was settled by [[Shahu I|Shahu]]: Yashwant Rao Dabhade was given the title of ''Sar-senapati''. [[Pilaji Gaekwad]] was appointed as chief of Gujarat Province. The Chauth rights in Malwa were given to Pawar brothers.<ref>{{cite book|last=Chhabra|first=G. S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UkDi6rVbckoC&dq=battle+of+dabhoi+nizam&pg=PA22|title=Advance Study in the History of Modern India (Volume-1: 1707-1803)|year=2005|publisher=Lotus Press|page=22|isbn=978-81-89093-06-8}}</ref>

==References==
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Article 47 of the Constitution of India

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{{Short description|Directs Indian state to improve standard of living and public health}}
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'''Article 47 of The [[Constitution of India]]''' is one of the [[Directive Principles]] which directs the State to raise the level of nutrition and the standard of living and to improve public health as among its primary duties and, in particular, the State shall endeavour to bring about [[Alcohol prohibition in India|prohibition]] of intoxicating drinks and drugs which are injurious to health.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1551554/ |title=Article 47 in The Constitution Of India 1949 |publisher=Indiankanoon.org |date= |accessdate=2016-08-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news18.com/news/india/prohibition-in-conformity-with-article-47-of-constitution-nitish-1238420.html |title=Prohibition in Conformity With Article 47 of Constitution: Nitish |publisher=News18 |date=2016-05-03 |accessdate=2016-08-06}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[The Lakshadweep Prohibition Regulation, 1979]]
*[[The Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition Act, 1989]]
*[[Bombay Prohibition (Gujarat Amendment) 2009]]
*[[Bihar Excise (Amendment) Act, 2016]]

==References==
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Jandwala, Faridkot

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| population_total = 888
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'''Jandwala''' ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]: ਜੰਡਵਾਲਾ) is a village located in [[Faridkot district]] of [[Punjab]] State.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jandwala · Punjab 151212, India |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Jandwala,+Punjab+151212/@30.722055,74.608222,14.67z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x3919e0159ba3b5bf:0x5617b1721004e178!8m2!3d30.7215153!4d74.6158872!16s/g/1v0lj4kh?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDYxMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw== |access-date=2025-06-14 |website=Jandwala · Punjab 151212, India |language=en}}</ref> The Village has a population of 888 of which 450 are males while 438 are females as per the population census of 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jandwala Village Population - Faridkot - Faridkot, Punjab |url=https://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/35521-jandwala-punjab.html |access-date=2025-06-14 |website=www.census2011.co.in}}</ref> The total geographical area of the village is about 391 hectares with 171 households.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Directorate of census operations Punjab |first=District Census Handbook |title=Census of India 2011 |url=https://cdn.s3waas.gov.in/s3ca9c267dad0305d1a6308d2a0cf1c39c/uploads/2016/09/2018052293.pdf |website= |page=50}}</ref> The postal code of the village is 151203.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GMS JAND WALA {{!}} District Faridkot,Governmnet of Punjab {{!}} India |url=https://faridkot.nic.in/public-utility/gms-jand-wala-2/ |access-date=2025-06-14 |language=en-US}}</ref>

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Dwijendra Tripathi

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{{Short description|Indian historian of business (1930–2018)}}
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'''Dwijendra Tripathi''' (29 July 1930 – 5 September 2018) was a professor of business history at the [[Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad]] where he worked for more than 25 years. He is considered the "Father of Business History" in India.<ref name="Indian Express">{{cite news |title=Remembering Prof. Dwijendra Tripathi: The Doyen of Indian Business history |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/remembering-prof-dwijendra-tripathi-the-doyen-of-indian-business-history-5343942/ |work=Indian Express |date=7 September 2018}}</ref>

== Personal life and education ==
Dwijendra was born on 29 July 1930 in a village in [[Azamgarh district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], while India was still under [[British Raj|British colonial rule]]. He got a First Class in his Class XII exams in the Arts stream.<ref name="Tumbe">{{cite journal |last1=Tumbe |first1=Chinmay |title=Dwijendra Tripathi (1930–2018) |journal=Business History Review |volume=92 |issue=4 |pages=745–748 |doi=10.1017/S0007680519000035|year=2018 |doi-access=free }}</ref> He studied at the [[University of Allahabad]] where he received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] in history, economics, and English literature in 1952 and his Master of Arts in history in 1954.<ref name="Tumbe" /> He graduated in 1963 from the [[University of Wisconsin]] where he pursued a [[Ph.D.]] in comparative economic history - India & U.S. as a [[Fulbright scholar]]. He was married to his wife Saraswati for more than fifty years, and had three children- Tushar, Parimal, and Smita.<ref name="Tumbe" /> He died on 5 September 2018, which is also the day India celebrates Teachers' Day.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/2MVESUiTgkEGbP3WKScQLK/Opinion--The-legacy-of-a-pioneer-in-business-history.html |title=The legacy of a pioneer in business history |last=Agrawal, Amol |last2=Trivedi |first2=Tana |date=2018-09-11 |website=livemint.com |access-date=2019-08-09}}</ref>

== Career ==
=== In India ===
From August 1954 to April 1964, he worked at the department of history and [[political science]], D.N.J. College, University of Jabalpur.<ref name="Tripathi">{{cite web |last1=Tripathi |first1=Dwijendra |title=Prof. Dwijendra Tripathi: Curriculum Vitae |url=https://conference.iima.ac.in/history/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Prof.-Dwijendra-Tripathi-CV.pdf}}</ref> In May 1964, he moved to [[Bombay]] (now Mumbai) to work at the [[State Bank of India]] as a Research Officer in their Historical Research Department.<ref name="Tumbe" /> In July 1964 he joined the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad where he chose to teach in the Economics educational area.<ref name="Tumbe" /> He was sent by the institute to the [[Harvard Business School]], which had a tie-up with [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad|IIMA]], for the International Teachers Programme for a year in 1964.<ref name="Spodek">{{cite magazine |last1=Spodek |first1=Howard |title=Dwijendra Tripathi (1930–2018) Remembering India's Foremost Business Historian |magazine=Economic & Political Weekly |date=13 October 2018 |volume=53 |issue=41 |url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2018/41/commentary/dwijendra-tripathi-1930%E2%80%932018.html-0?0=ip_login_no_cache%3D0085aebbc740dfc8ffb360f7e28f21e1}}</ref> While at IIMA, he was on numerous committees, was the PGP Chairperson for four years, and was also dean for four years.<ref name="Spodek"/> He joined the Board of Governors of IIMA as a faculty representative in the 1980s.<ref name="Tumbe" />

=== At other universities ===
In the summers of 1961, 1962, and 1963 respectively, he worked as an instructor at the [[University of Wisconsin, Madison]], [[George Washington University]] and [[Howard University]], and [[University of Wisconsin Milwaukee]].<ref name="Tripathi" /> He was a research assistant at University of Wisconsin from 1961-1962 and 1962-1963.<ref name="Tripathi" /> In 1970, he was visiting professor at the Department of American Studies, [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]].<ref name="Tripathi"/> He taught at the [[University of Utah]], [[Salt Lake City]] for a year in 1979.<ref name="Tripathi" /> From 1985–1986 he was a visiting research fellow at the [[Institute of Developing Economies]], Tokyo.<ref name="Spodek"/> He was a visiting researcher (American Fellowship) at [[Brown University]] from March to June 1992.<ref name="Tripathi"/> In 2002-2003 he was the General President of the [[Indian History Congress]].<ref name="Indian Express"/>

To honour his legacy, the International Conference on Indian Business & Economic History in Memory of Prof. Dwijendra Tripathi will be held on 29-31 August 2019, at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.<ref>{{cite web |title=International Conference on Indian Business & Economic History in Memory of Prof. Dwijendra Tripathi International Conference on Indian Business & Economic History in Memory of Prof. Dwijendra Tripathi |url=https://conference.iima.ac.in/history/}}</ref>

== Writing ==
Some of Tripathi's vast range of works include:
* Dating the Destiny: Thirty Five Years of the [[Larsen & Toubro]]. (1975)<ref name="Tripathi"/>
* Themes and Perspectives in American History: Essays in Historiography (1978)<ref name="Tripathi"/>
* The Dynamics of a Tradition: [[Kasturbhai Lalbhai]] and His Entrepreneurship (1981)<ref name="Tripathi"/>
* Tribute to Ethics: Remembering Kasturbhai Lalbhai (1983), co-editor<ref name="Tripathi"/>
* Towards a New Frontier: History of the [[Bank of Baroda]] (1985)<ref name="Tripathi"/>
* State and Business in India: A Historical Perspective (1987), author and editor <ref name="Tripathi" />
* Historical Roots of Industrial Entrepreneurship in India and Japan: A Comparative Interpretation (1997)<ref name="Tripathi"/>
* Alliance for Change: A Slum Upgrading Experiment Ahmedabad (1998)<ref name="Tripathi" />
* The Oxford History of Indian Business (2004)<ref name="Tripathi" />
* The Concise Oxford History of Indian Business, with Jyoti Jumani (2007)<ref name="Tripathi"/>*
* Dynamics of Ascent: A Centenary History of Bank of Baroda (2007)<ref name="Tripathi" />
* The Oxford History of Contemporary Indian Business (2013)<ref name="Tripathi"/>

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Bornadi river

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In [[British India]], the river separated the [[Kamrup region|Kamrup]] district and [[Darrang district|Darrang]] district. It originates from the Bara/Boro/Bada River.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TirUMwEACAAJ&q=the+history+and+cultures+of+bodos|title=History and Culture of the Bodos|last=Maṇḍala|first=Satyendra Nātha|date=2011|publisher=Satyendranath Mondal|isbn=9788190358415|language=en}}</ref>

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