List of Saraswat Brahmins
Appearance
This list comprises notable Saraswat Brahmins, by profession.
Politics
- Motilal Nehru, lawyer[1]
- Jawaharlal Nehru, former Prime Minister[1]
- Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister[1]
- Arun Jaitley, former Finance Minister
- Beena Kak, Minister, Rajasthan[2]
- Manohar Parrikar,[3] former Chief Minister of Goa
- P. N. Haksar, bureaucrat and diplomat[4]
- Sunil Dutt, former Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
- Tej Bahadur Sapru, Lawyer [5]
Military
- Tapishwar Narain Raina, 9th Chief of the Army Staff of Indian Army[6]
Police force
- Sanjiv Bhatt, Indian Police Service officer of the Gujarat-cadre[7]
Cinema
- Aditya Dhar, film director, screenwriter and lyricist[8]
- Ajay Devgn, actor.
- Guru Dutt, film director[9]
- M. K. Raina, actor[10]
- Mani Kaul, film director [11]
- Anupam Kher, actor [12]
- Kunal Khemu, actor[13]
- Mohit Raina, Actor[14]
- Manav Kaul, actor[15]
- Deepika Padukone, Indian actress[16]
- Pallavi Sharda, actress[17]
- Sanjay Dutt, actor.
- Sunil Dutt, actor and politician.
- P.L.Deshpande, Indian Marathi writer.
- Dilip Prabhavalkar, Indian actor.
- Ashok Saraf, Indian actor.
Sports
- Anil Kaul, Canadian badminton player.
- Bapu Nadkarni, Indian cricketer.
- Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricketer.
- Dilip Vengsarkar, Indian cricketer.
- Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricketer.
- Sanjay Manjrekar Indian cricketer.
- Dalima Chhibber, women's cricketer.
- Prakash Padukone, badminton player.[16]
- Suresh Raina, cricketer.[18]
Entertainment and Music
- Samay Raina, stand-up comedian and YouTuber[19]
- Kapil Sharma,[20][21] stand up comedian, Television personality and actor.
- Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor.
- KRSNA (rapper), Indian Rapper from Kashmir Valley.
References
- ^ a b c Thomas-Symonds, Nicklaus (30 July 2010). Attlee: A Life in Politics. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-85771-066-6.
- ^ "Rajasthan Government - Council of Ministers". Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Secretariat. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
- ^ "Forward castes must think forward as well". Hindustan Times. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ Singh, Kuldeep (2 December 1998). "Obituary: P.N. Haksar". www.independent.co.uk. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ^ Mohan Kumar (1981). Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru: a political biography. Vipul Prakashan. Retrieved 25 March 2007.
Even now there are many distinguished scholars of Persian among the Kashmiri Brahmins in India. Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru and Raja Narendranath to mention two of them.
- ^ "Kashmiri Pandit soldiers to the fore". Hindustan Times. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ @sanjivbhatt (14 April 2018). "985204040500957185" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ Sinha, Seema (15 January 2019). "Uri director Aditya Dhar on telling the story of surgical strikes and why it's an army film, not propaganda". Firstpost. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "What Guru Dutt & Deepika Padukone have in common?". www.rediff.com. 21 September 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ "Slow trotter, going places ..." The Hindu. 15 April 2002. Archived from the original on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ^ "Film maker Mani Kaul passes away". Jagran. 6 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ^ "Anupam Kher to work for Empowerment of Kashmiri Pandit Community". Hindustan Times. 11 April 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
as a member of the [Kashmiri Pandit] community
- ^ "Kunal Khemu On Being Kashmiri Pandit: "I did Feel like an OUTSIDER Every now and Then But…" - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ Shah, Shreya (18 August 2013). "Oh My God!". Verve Magazine. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ Tarannum, Asira (31 January 2016). "I have faith in my performance: Manav Kaul". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ a b Gupta, Priya (8 April 2014). "I don't have an issue marrying an actor: Deepika Padukone". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ Gupta, Priya (29 August 2013). "I always regretted not being born in India: Pallavi Sharda". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- ^ Misra, Itishree (31 August 2015). "Raina is a very caring husband, says wife Priyanka | Off the field News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ "'Standing up' for Kashmir". The New Indian Express. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ "Happy Birthday Kapil Sharma: Real name, rejection, odd jobs for survival & other lesser-known facts about King of comedy". DNA India. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "Welcome to Who Cares ?". panditsoflalowal.com. Retrieved 20 October 2022.