Harishchandra (disambiguation)

Harishchandra is a legendary Indian king mentioned in ancient Hindu religious texts.

Harishchandra may also refer to:

Films

Based on the life of Harishchandra

• Raja Harishchandra, 1913 Marathi silent film directed by Dadasaheb Phalke
• Satyavadi Raja Harishchandra, 1917 Marathi silent short film directed by Dadasaheb Phalke
• Satyawadi Raja Harishchandra, 1917 Bengali silent film directed by Rustomji Dhotiwala
• Harishchandra, Tamil film directed by Raja Chandrasekhar and Sarvottam Badami
• Satya Harishchandra (1943 film), Kannada film directed by R. Nagendra Rao
• Satya Harishchandra (1951 film), Nepalese movie directed by D. B. Pariyar
• Harishchandra (1955 film), Malayalam film directed by Anthony Mithradas
• Satya Harishchandra (1965 Kannada film), Kannada film directed by Hunsur Krishnamurthy
• Satya Harishchandra (1965 Telugu film), Telugu film directed by K. V. Reddy
• Harichandra (1968 film), Tamil film directed by K. S. Prakash Rao

Other films

• Harishchandrachi Factory, 2009 Marathi film depicting the struggle of Dadasaheb Phalke in making Raja Harishchandra
• Satya Harishchandra (2017 film), 2017 Kannada film directed by Dayal Padmanabhan

People

Politicians

• Harischandra Devram Chavan (born 25 December 1951, a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India
• Harishchandra Patil is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party
• Tejlal Tambhare Harishchandra, an Indian politician from the state of the Madhya Pradesh

Other people

• Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850-1885), Indian novelist, poet, playwright, and father of modern Hindi literature
• Harish-Chandra (1923–1983), Indian mathematician
• Harishchandra (Gahadavala dynasty), an Indian king who reigned from 1194–1197 CE
• Harishchandra Abeygunawardena, a vice-chancellor of University of Peradeniya from 2006–2009
• Harishchandra Birajdar (1950–2011), a wrestler and wrestling coach from India

Other

• Harish-Chandra Research Institute, a research institute in Allahabad, India
• Harischandra National College, Negombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka