List of people from Uttarakhand

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This is a list of famous and notable people from Uttarakhand, India.

Education and development

Govind Ballabh Pant, recipient of Bharat Ratna India's highest civilian award, Pantnagar University on his name
Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University on his name
Kharag Singh Valdiya, Indian geologist and a former vice chancellor of Kumaon University, Padam Shri in 2007 and Padam Bhushan in 2015

Arts and culture

Surendra Pal Joshi, artist known for paintings, sculptures and murals
Gunanand Pathik, freedom fighter and poet
Girish Tiwari (Girda) (1942–2010), poet and folk singer
Mina Rana, folk singer
Narendra Singh Negi, folk singer
Chander Singh Rahi, prominent folk singer and researcher from Uttarakhand. Fondly described as the “Bhishma Pitamah of Uttarakhand folk music”

Cinema

Theatre

Defence

Surendra Singh Panwar, Lieutenant General
General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Army Staff of Indian Army
Gabar Singh Negi, Victoria Cross Garhwal Rifles
Lt. General M. M. Lakhera, ex-Governor of Mizoram, ex-Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry
Havaldar Gajender Singh, Ashoka Chakra
Rajesh Singh Adhikari, Maha Vir Chakra
General Bipin Chandra Joshi, Chief of Army Staff of Indian Army
Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi, Chief of Naval Staff of Indian Navy
Major Som Nath Sharma, first recipient of Param Vir Chakra
Lt. Col. Manabendra Shah
Major General Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri
Jaswant Singh Rawat, hero of Indo-China War, 1962; Mahavir Chakra
Darwan Singh Negi, Victoria Cross from 1st Battalion of 39th Garhwal Rifles
Ajit Kumar Doval, 5th National Security Adviser of India
Rifleman Jaswant Singh Rawat, recipient of Maha Vir Chakra
Naik Mohan Nath Goswami, recipient of Ashoka Chakra
Havildar Bahadur Singh Bohra, recipient of Ashoka Chakra
Ummed Singh Mahra, Captain. He was awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime military decoration.

Police

Mohan Chand Sharma

Literature

Manglesh Dabral, Hindi writer, poet
Sumitranandan Pant, Hindi writer, poet
Shekhar Pathak, Hindi writer, academic
Shivani, Hindi writer
Shailesh Matiyani, Hindi writer
Manohar Shyam Joshi, writer, screenwriter
Mrinal Pande, Hindi writer, journalist
Ruskin Bond, English writer
Ramachandra Guha, writer, historian
Girish Tiwari (Girda), writer, poet

Politics

Chief Ministers

Sports

Abhinav Bindra, shooter; won Olympic gold in the 10 m air rifle event in 2008
Bachendri Pal, mountaineer; in 1984 became the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest
Chandraprabha Aitwal, mountaineer
Ekta Bisht, first international cricketer from Uttarakhand
Major Harsh Vardhan Bahuguna, mountaineer; died in the international expedition to the Mount Everest on 18 April 1971
Hemlata Kala, cricketer
Jaspal Rana, shooter
Labhanshu Sharma, wrestler
Madhumita Bisht, badminton player
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, cricketer
Manish Pandey, cricketer
Nain Singh Rawat, Asian explorer
Unmukt Chand, cricketer
Pawan Suyal, cricketer
Parimarjan Negi
Mir Ranjan Negi
Navjit Singh, volleyball player
Arvind Raturi, youngest mountaineer of Uttarakhand to scale Mount Everest on 19 May 2013
Jagdish Singh, Winter Olympian

Others

Pooran Chand Joshi, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Delhi
Prof. (Dr.) Prem Lal Joshi, academic professor, author
Sundarlal Bahuguna, Chipko movement leader
Vandana Shiva, environmentalist
Yashodhar Mathpal, archaeologist, painter, curator, and rock art conservationist, recipient of the Padma Shri
Anurag Chauhan, social worker

References

↑ "Director's Cut". Indian Express. 13 October 2010.

[1] "Director's Cut". Indian Express. 13 October 2010.

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