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'''Kumaonis''' are people from the [[Kumaon division|Kumaon]], a region in the [[India]]n [[Himalayas]].<br />
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==Administration==<br />
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* [[Murli Manohar Joshi]]<br />
* [[B. D. Pande]]<br />
* [[V. C. Pande]]<br />
* [[N.D. Tiwari]]<br />
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== Defence forces ==<br />
[[File:General Bipin Chandra Joshi.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|[[Bipin Chandra Joshi]]]]<br />
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* [[Rajesh Singh Adhikari|Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari]] , [[Mahavir Chakra]] awardee. Hero [[Battle of Tololing]] , [[Kargil]] war<br />
* [[Vice Admiral]] [[Harish Bisht]], [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]] former Flag Officer of the Indian Navy. <br />
* [[Bahadur Singh Bohra]], Lawanz Operation: 25 Sep 2008 , [[Ashoka Chakra]] recipient<br />
* [[Mohan Nath Goswami]],Operation : CI & IS Ops, Sep 03, 2015 , [[Ashoka Chakra]] recipient<br />
* [[Bipin Chandra Joshi| General Bipin Chandra Joshi]] , 17th [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of Army Staff]] (COAS) , First Army Chief from [[Uttarakhand]]<br />
* [[Devendra Kumar Joshi| Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi]] 21st [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of Naval Staff]] of the Indian Navy<br />
* [[Ummed Singh Mahra]] ,Operation : Op Orchid , 6 July 1971, [[Ashoka Chakra]] recipient<br />
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==Politics==<br />
[[File:Govind Ballabh Pant 1965 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|alt=|upright=0.6|[[Govind Ballabh Pant]] ]]<br />
[[File:Murli Manohar Joshi MP.jpg|thumb|alt=|upright=0.6|[[Murli Manohar Joshi]] ]]<br />
[[File:HarishRawat.jpg|alt=|thumb|upright=0.6|[[Harish Rawat]]]]<br />
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* [[Kashi Singh Airy]]<br />
* [[Yashpal Arya]]<br />
* [[K. C. Singh Baba]]<br />
* [[Mohan Singh Bisht]] <br />
* [[Ajay Bhatt (politician)|Ajay Bhatt]]<br />
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* [[Ganesh Joshi]]<br />
* [[Murli Manohar Joshi]]<br />
* [[Puran Chand Joshi]], general secretary of the C.P.I. (1935–1947)<br />
* [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]], governor of [[Maharashtra]], chief minister of [[Uttarakhand]]<br />
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* [[Kalu Singh Mahara]], freedom fighter, led an anti-British militia in [[Champawat]], during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]<br />
* [[Badri Datt Pandey]]<br />
* [[Govind Ballabh Pant]], freedom fighter, considered one of the architects of modern India<br />
* [[Hargovind Pant]]<br />
* [[Ila Pant]]<br />
* [[K. C. Pant]], former defence minister and vice chairman of the Planning Commission<br />
* [[Prakash Pant]]<br />
* [[Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan|Sheila Irene Pant]] or [[Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan]], Pakistan<br />
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* [[Bachi Singh Rawat]]<br />
* [[Harish Rawat|Harish Chandra Singh Rawat]], [[Member of Parliament|M.P.]] 7th, 8th, 9th [[Lok Sabha]] Almora, 15th [[Lok Sabha]] Haridwar, C.M. Uttarakhand<br />
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* [[Pradeep Tamta]], [[member of Parliament|M.P.]]<br />
* [[N. D. Tiwari]], three-time Chief Minister of [[Uttar Pradesh]](1976–77, 1984–85, 1988–89) and also served once as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (2002–2007)<br />
* [[Bipin Chandra Tripathi]], Founder of [[Uttarakhand Kranti Dal]],A political party which started [[Uttarakhand movement]], led to formation of state. <br />
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== Judiciary ==<br />
* [[Prafulla Chandra Pant]], author and former judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]], currently a member of the [[National Human Rights Commission of India]] <br />
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==Science==<br />
[[File:NainSingh.gif|thumb|upright=0.6|[[ Nain Singh Rawat]] ]]<br />
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* [[Ravindra Singh Bisht]], Indian archeologist, [[Padma Shri]] recipient.<br />
* [[J. P. Joshi]], archaeologist<br />
* [[M. C. Joshi (archaeologist)|M. C. Joshi]], Indian archaeologist who served as Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from 1990 to 1993.<br />
* [[Pooran Chand Joshi]], social anthropologist<br />
* [[Shri Krishna Joshi]], physicist<br />
* [[Janardan Ganpatrao Negi]], theoretical geophysicist<br />
* [[Ghananand Pande]], scientist<br />
* [[M. C. Pant]], radiation oncologist<br />
* [[Nilamber Pant]], space pioneer<br />
* [[Krishna Singh Rawat]], surveyor cartographer<br />
* [[Nain Singh Rawat]], C.I.E., first person to survey Tibet<br />
* [[Dalip Kumar Upreti]], lichenologist<br />
* [[Khadg Singh Valdiya]], geologist and environmentalist<br />
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==Journalism and literature==<br />
[[File:Prasoon Joshi (Cropped).png|thumb|upright=0.6|[[Prasoon Joshi]] ]]<br />
[[File:Sumitranandan Pant 2015 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|[[Sumitranandan Pant]] ]]<br />
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* [[Uma Bhatt]]<br />
* [[Namita Gokhale]]<br />
* [[Manohar Shyam Joshi]]<br />
* [[Manoj Joshi (journalist)|Manoj Joshi]]<br />
* [[Prasoon Joshi]], lyricist, poet, advertiser; chief executive offer and chairman of McCann World group India<br />
* [[Shekhar Joshi]]<br />
* [[Shailesh Matiyani]]<br />
* [[Mrinal Pande]]<br />
* [[Shivani|Gaura Pant]], who wrote under the name Shivani<br />
* [[Pushpesh Pant]], Indian historian and food critic<br />
* [[Sumitranandan Pant]]<br />
* [[Shekhar Pathak]], historian<br />
* [[Girish Tiwari]], also known as Girda<br />
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==Music==<br />
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*[[Dev Negi]], Bollywood Playback Singer<br />
*[[Pawandeep Rajan]], Indian Idol 2020, Season 12 winner<br />
*[[B. K. Samant]], folk singer<br />
*[[Mohan Upreti]], folk singer, composer of the classic Kumaoni song [[Bedu Pako Baromasa]] <br />
*[[Naima Khan Upreti]]<br />
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== Sports ==<br />
[[File:Mahendra_Singh_Dhoni_January_2016_(cropped).jpg|upright=0.6|[[MS Dhoni]]|thumb]]<br />
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*[[Chandraprabha Aitwal]], Padma Shri, Arjun awardee, (mountaineer) (Climbed all major peaks in the world) Rung Ratna Awardee. Tenzing Norgay Lifetime Achievement Award.<br />
*[[Kavinder Bisht]], boxer<br />
*[[Madhumita Bisht]], badminton<br />
*[[Ekta Bisht]], cricketer<br />
*[[Unmukt Chand]], cricketer<br />
*[[Rohit Danu]], footballer <br />
*[[Deepak Dhapola]], cricketer<br />
*[[Lakshya Sen]], badminton<br />
*[[MS Dhoni]], cricketer (former captain of Indian cricket team, born to Kumaoni parents)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.catchnews.com/india-news/no-one-in-mahi-s-ancestral-village-will-watch-ms-dhoni-the-untold-story-1475336025.html|title=No one in Mahi's ancestral village will watch 'MS Dhoni: The Untold Story'|website=CatchNews.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-01}}</ref><br />
*[[Kamlesh Nagarkoti]], cricketer<br />
*[[Mir Ranjan Negi]], hockey player<br />
*[[Pawan Negi]], cricketer<br />
*[[Manish Pandey]], cricketer<br />
*[[Rishabh Pant]], cricketer<br />
*[[Harish Chandra Singh Rawat]], 1965 Everester, [[Padma Shree]] recipient (1965)<br />
*[[Anirudh Thapa]] football<br />
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==Films and theatre==<br />
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[[File:Disha_Patani_snapped_at_Spider_Man_Homecoming_screening.jpg|alt=|thumb|upright=0.6|[[Disha Patani]]]]<br />
* [[Sapna Awasthi]], Bollywood playback singer<br />
* [[Nidhi Bisht]], casting director<br />
* [[Gopal Datt]], actor and writer<br />
* [[Prasoon Joshi]], advertisement guru and lyricist<br />
* [[Sukirti Kandpal]], television actress<br />
* [[Vinod Kapri]], filmmaker<br />
* [[Dev Negi]], singer<br />
* [[Hemant Pandey]], actor<br />
* [[Nitesh Pandey]], actor<br />
* [[Nirmal Pandey]], actor<br />
* [[Sudhir Pandey]], actor<br />
* [[Diksha Panth]], Indian film actress<br />
* [[Disha Patani]], actress<br />
* [[Sunita Rajwar]], film, television and stage actress who graduated from the National School of Drama<br />
* [[B. M. Shah]], Sangeet Natak Akademi Award winner<br />
* [[Mohan Upreti]], dramatist<br />
* [[Naima Khan Upreti]], dramatist<br />
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==Humanitarian==<br />
[[File:Deep Joshi-2.jpg|thumb|[[Deep Joshi]]|upright=0.6]]<br />
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*[[Dan Singh Bisht]], billionaire, philanthropist<br />
*[[Lakshman Singh Jangpangi]], former trade agent<br />
*[[Deep Joshi]], social activist, recipient of [[Padma Shri]].<br />
*[[Vinayak Lohani]], National Award for Child Welfare 2011<br />
*[[Lalit Pande]], social worker, [[Padma Shri]] recipient <br />
*[[Kamla Pant]], social activist<br />
*[[Ridhima Pandey]], activist for action against climate change<br />
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==Business==<br />
* [[Ranjan Pant]], chief executive officer, advisor, global strategy management consultant and a change management expert<br />
* [[Dan Singh Bisht]], billionaire, philanthropist<br />
* [[Muktesh Pant]], former chief executive officer of Yum China.<br />
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==Spiritual Leaders==<br />
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* [[Baba Hari Dass]], yoga master, silent monk, and commentator of Indian scriptural tradition of Dharma and Moksha<br />
* [[Satyananda Saraswati]], Sannyasin, yoga teacher and guru<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:People from Almora]]<br />
[[Category:People from Bageshwar]]<br />
[[Category:People from Nainital]]<br />
[[Category:People from Pithoragarh]]<br />
[[Category:Lists of people from Uttarakhand]]<br />
[[Category:People from Haldwani]]<br />
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