List of Kumaoni people
Kumaoni or Kumauni people are people from the Kumaon division of Uttarakhand, a region in the Indian Himalayas.
Administration
Defence forces
- Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari
- Harish Bisht
- Bahadur Singh Bohra
- Mohan Nath Goswami
- General Bipin Chandra Joshi
- Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi
Politics
- Ganesh Joshi
- Murli Manohar Joshi
- Puran Chand Joshi, General Secretary of the C.P.I. (1935–1947)
- Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Governor of Maharashtra, Former CM of Uttarakhand
- Kalu Singh Mahara, (freedom fighter) led an anti-British militia in Champawat, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857
- Badri Datt Pandey
- Govind Ballabh Pant, Indian freedom fighter, considered as one of the architects of modern India
- Hargovind Pant
- Ila Pant
- K. C. Pant, former Defence Minister & Vice Chairman Planning Commission
- Prakash Pant
- Sheila Irene Pant or Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan, (Pakistan)
- Bachi Singh Rawat
- Harish Chandra Singh Rawat, M.P. 7th, 8th, 9th Lok Sabha Almora, 15th Lok Sabha Haridwar, C.M. Uttarakhand
- Pradeep Tamta, M.P.
- 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)
- Bipin Chandra Tripathi, Founder of Uttarakhand Kranti Dal,A political party which started Uttarakhand movement,led to formation of state.
Science
- Ravindra Singh Bisht, Indian Archeologist, Padma Shri Recipient.
- Pooran Chand Joshi, Social Anthropologist
- Shri Krishna Joshi,Physicist
- Janardan Ganpatrao Negi, Indian theoretical geophysicist
- Ghananand Pande, Scientist
- M. C. Pant, radiation oncologist.
- Nilamber Pant,Indian space pioneer.
- Krishna Singh Rawat, surveyor cartographer
- Nain Singh Rawat, C.I.E., first person to survey Tibet
- Dalip Kumar Upreti, lichenologist
- Khadg Singh Valdiya, Geologist and environmentalist
Journalism and literature
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- Uma Bhatt
- Namita Gokhale
- Manohar Shyam Joshi
- Manoj Joshi
- Prasoon Joshi, lyricist, poet, advertiser; CEO and chairman of McCann World group India
- Shekhar Joshi
- Shailesh Matiyani
- Mrinal Pande
- Gaura Pant, who wrote under the name Shivani
- Pushpesh Pant, Indian historian and food critic
- Sumitranandan Pant
- Shekhar Pathak, historian
- Girish Tiwari, also known as Girda
Artist
- B. K. Samant, folk singer
Sports
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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.
- Kavinder Bisht, Indian boxer
- Madhumita Bisht, badminton
- Ekta Bisht, cricketer
- Unmukt Chand, cricketer
- Rohit Danu, Indian Footballer
- Deepak Dhapola, Cricketer
- MS Dhoni,cricketer(former captain of Indian cricket team, born to kumaoni parents)[1]
- Kamlesh Nagarkoti, cricketer
- Mir Ranjan Negi, indian hockey player
- Pawan Negi, cricketer
- Manish Pandey, cricketer
- Rishabh Pant, cricketer
- Harish Chandra Singh Rawat, 1965 Everester, Padma Shree recipient (1965)
Films and theatre
- Nidhi Bisht, casting director.
- Gopal Dutt, actor and writer.
- Prasoon Joshi, ad guru and lyricist
- Sukirti Kandpal, TV actress
- Vinod Kapri, film maker
- Dev Negi, singer
- Hemant Pandey, actor
- Nitesh Pandey, actor
- Nirmal Pandey, actor
- Sudhir Pandey, actor
- Digvijay Singh Pariyar, playback singer
- Disha Patani, actress
- B. M. Shah, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award winner
- Mohan Upreti, dramatist
- Naima Khan Upreti, dramatist
Humanitarian
- Dan Singh Bisht, billionaire, philanthropist
- Lakshman Singh Jangpangi, former Indian trade agent
- Deep Joshi, social activist, Recipient of Padma Shri.
- Vinayak Lohani, National Award for Child Welfare 2011
- Lalit Pande, social worker, Padma Shri recipient
- Kamla Pant, social activist
References
- ^ "No one in Mahi's ancestral village will watch 'MS Dhoni: The Untold Story'". CatchNews.com. Retrieved 1 February 2020.