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List of people from Rajasthan

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This is a list of notable people from Rajasthan, India.

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Award winners from Rajasthan

Padma Vibhushan
- Naresh Chandra, 2007
- Ram Narayan, 2005
- Man Mohan Sharma, 2001
- Kalu Lal Shrimali, 1976
- Nagendra Singh, 1973
- Daulat Singh Kothari, 1973
- Mohan Sinha Mehta, 1969
- Manikya Lal Varma, 1965
- Ghanshyam Das Birla, 1957
Padma Bhushan
- Komal Kothari, 2006
- Vijay Shankar Vyas, 2006
- Durga Lal, 2003
- Jagat Singh Mehta, 2002
- Ram Narain Agarwal, 2000
- L. M. Singhvi, 1998
- Narayan Singh Manaklao, 1991
- M.V.Mathur, 1989
- Natwar Singh, 1984
- Jhabar Mal Sharma, 1982
- Bhogilal Pandya, 1976
- Ratan Shastri, 1975
- Narayandas Malkani, 1973
- Lt Gen Sagat Singh, 1972
- Gokulbhai Bhatt, 1971
- Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar, 1968
- Manikya Lal Varma, 1965
- Daulat Singh Kothari, 1962
- Rao Raja Hanut Singh, 1958
Padma Shri
- Lakha Khan, 2021
- Chandra Prakash Deval, 2011^[1]
- Krishna Poonia, 2011
- Arjun Prajapati, 2010
- Vijaydan Detha, 2007
- Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, 2005
- Veer Singh Mehta, 2005
- Kanhaiyalal Sethia, 2004
- Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, 2002
- Mohammed Tayab Khan, craftmanship, 2001
- Vaidya Suresh Chaturvedi, 2000
- Kailash Sankhala, The Tiger Man Of India, 1992
- Sriram Singh Shekhawat, in 1992
- Kudrat Singh, 1988
- Hisam-ud-din Usta, 1986, arts
- Mag Raj Jain, 1989, social work
- Lashmi Kumari Chundawat, 1984
- Purushottam Das, 1984, Arts
- Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya, 1984, painting
- Dafadar Raghubir Singh (Equestrian), 1983
- Allah Jilai Bai, 1982
- Shree Lal Joshi
- Raghubir Singh, 1983
- P. K . Sethi
- Sita Ram Lalas, 1977, literature
- Kripal Singh Shekhawat, 1974
- Vijay Singh, 1972, civil service
- Khailshanker Durlabhji, 1971, trade and industry
- Yudhvir Singh, 1971, social work
- Ratna Fabri, 1970, arts
- Devi Lal Samar, 1968, arts
- Sis Ram Ola, for social work in 1968
- Kanwar Sain, 1956
- Ratan Shastri, 1955
- Sudhir Tailang
Magsaysay Award
- Rajendra Singh
- P. K . Sethi
Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship
- Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya
Rashtrapati Award
- Kala Nath Shastry, 1998

Gallantry honors

Param Vir Chakra

CHM Piru Singh Shekhawat (Jhunjhunu)
Major Shaitan Singh Bhati

Maha Vir Chakra

Brigadier Bhawani Singh of Jaipur
Lt. Col Kishan Singh Rathore (Ghadsisar, Bikaner)
Naik Digendra Kumar
Lt. Gen. Hanut Singh, 1971

Ashoka Chakra

Defedar Sultan Singh Rathore (Mamdola-Didwana)
2nd Lt. Puneet Nath Dutt, Jaipur

Kirti Chakra

Captain Karni Singh Rathore (Later on Promoted to Colonel) Lakhau, Churu
Havaldar Amar Singh Rathore (Ramdawas, Jodhpur)]
Colonel Saurabh Singh Shekhawat (21 Para Commando, Special Forces)

Shaurya Chakra

Colonel Saurabh Singh Shekhawat, 21 Para Commando (Special Forces) - Village: Dhani Daulat Singh, Alwar

Vir Chakra

Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja
Naib Sub. Rampal Singh (Kotputli Jaipur), 9 Rajput, 1999

Sena Medal

Colonel Saurabh Singh Shekhawat (21 Para Commando, Special Forces)
Major Bhanu Pratap Singh (8 Rajputana Rifles / 43 Rashtriya Rifles)

Vishisht Seva Medal

Major Surendra Poonia (Rajpura, Sikar)-Special Forces, President's Bodyguard, AMC, World Medical Games
Colonel Saurabh Singh Shekhawat (21 Para Commando, Special Forces)

Business and Industry

Ajay Piramal
Ghanshyam Das Birla
Lakshmi Mittal
Jamnalal Bajaj
H S Ranka
Chanda Kochhar
Harakh Chand Nahata
Motilal Oswal of Motilal Oswal securities
Desh Bandhu Gupta of Lupin Laboratories
Rahul Yadav (born 1989) is an Indian entrepreneur best known for being the co-founder and former CEO of Indian real estate search portal Housing.com.

Defence

Abhey Singh
Lt. Gen. K. Bhadur Singh (retd.)
Lt Gen (Retd) Ajai Singh, PVSM, A VSM
Lt Gen Sagat Singh from (Village Moda), Churu district the hero of 1971 Bangladesh War
Lt. General Nathu Singh Rathore (Gumanpura, Dungarpur) - 1st Lt. General of Indian Army
Colonel Saurabh Singh Shekhawat KC, SC, VSM, SM (21 Para Special Forces) Village: Dhani Daulat Singh, Alwar

Judiciary and law

Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India

Rajendra Mal Lodha, Chief Justice of India

Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court

Chief Justice of Other High Courts

Judges of Rajasthan High Court

Jurists

Eminent scholars

Scientists

Brahmagupta
Daulat Singh Kothari
Rajendra Singh Paroda
Rajpal Singh Yadav, Vector ecologist
Laxman Singh Rathore, DG Meteorology
DP Sharma, Computer and IT scientist
Govardhan Mehta, Chemical scientist
PK Sethi, Medical orthopedics

Medicine

P. K. Sethi
Veer Singh Mehta
Hakim Syed Karam Husain, Unani practitioner
Tirath Das Dogra, Former Director AIIMS, Vice Chancellor SGT University, Gurgaon.

Historical figures

Meerabai
Panna Dhai
Gora and Badal
Hada Rani
Bhamashah
Rani Padmini
Narharidas Barhath^[2]
Adho Duraso OR Arha Dursa, Panchetiya, Pali
Kaviraja Bankidas Ashiya^[3]
Suryamal Misran^[4]
Kaviraja Shyamaldas^[5]

Journalism

Karpoor Chand Kulish, founder of Rajasthan Patrika
Ved Pratap Vaidik
Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Administration

Literature

Dursa Arha^[6]
Kaviraja Bankidas Ashiya^[3]
Narharidas Barhath^[2]
Suryamal Misran^[4]
Magha (poet)
Sunderdas
Lashmi Kumari Chundawat
Kanhaiyalal Sethia
Nand Kishore Acharya
Acharya Rajendrasuri
Abdul Vaheed `Kamal'
Vijaydan Detha
Bhatt Mathuranath Shastri (Sanskrit poet)
Kala Nath Shastry (Sanskrit scholar)
Hemant Shesh (Hindi poet)
Mandan Mishra (Sanskrit scholar)
Shyamaldas
Vidyadhar Shastri
Thakur Akshay Singh Ratnu^[7]
Chandra Prakash Deval^[1]
Rima Hooja ^{[citation needed]}
Rawat Saraswat (Rajasthani poet)

Arts

Suvigya Sharma
Reshma
Gulabo (Kalbelia dancer)

Music

Ahmed and Mohammed Hussain
Allah Jilai Bai
Aminuddin Dagar
Raj Kamal
Ananya Birla
Brij Bhushan Kabra
Chatur Lal
Ila Arun
Jagjit Singh
Mehdi Hassan
Moinuddin Khan, sarangi player
Nasir Moinuddin Dagar, Dhrupad vocalist
Raja Hasan
Sandeep Acharya
Shreya Ghoshal
Shail Hada
Toshi Sabri
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
Wasifuddin Dagar
Zia Fariddudin Dagar
Zia Mohiuddin Dagar
Khemchand Prakash
Brij Lal Verma
Sultan Khan (Sarangi player and classical vocalist)
Roop Kumar Rathod (Singer)
Shravan Kumar (music composer-Nadeem Shravan)
Bhanu Pratap Singh
Malini Rajurkar
Krishna Bhatt

Dance

Painting

Art craft and handicrafts

Kripal Singh Shekhawat, blue pottery
Badri Lal Chitrakar, Shilp Guru award
Mohanlal Chaturbhuj Kumhar
Vibhor Sogani, Sprouts
Vinod Kumar Jangir, Shilp Guru award^[8]
Usha Rani Hooja
Jagdish Lal Raj Soni
Beni Ram Soni

Film industry

Others

Independence activists

Religion

Rulers

Badan Singh, founder and first Maharaja of Bharatpur
Suraj Mal, Maharaja of Bharatpur
Jawahar Singh, Maharaja of Bharatpur
Ranjit Singh, Maharaja of Bharatpur
Jaswant Singh, Maharaja of Bharatpur
Ram Singh, Maharaja of Bharatpur
Kishan Singh, Maharaja of Bharatpur
Brijendra Singh, last ruling Maharaja of Bharatpur
Kirat Singh, founder and first Maharana of Dholpur

Amar Singh Rathore, king of Nagaur
Bappa Rawal, king of Mewar
Durga Das Rathore
Ganga Singh, king of Bikaner
Hammiradeva of Ranthambore- grandson of Prithvi Raj Chauhan
Hammir Singh, king of Mewar
Jai Singh I, king of Jaipur
Jai Singh II, king of Jaipur
Jaswant Singh, king of Jodhpur
Kanhadadeva, king of Jalore
Maharao Shardul Singh
Maharana Pratap, king of Mewar
Man Singh I, king of Jaipur
Prithvi Raj Chauhan, king Ajmer
Raja Nahar Khan, king of Mewat
Rana Kumbha, king Mewar
Rana Sanga, king of Mewar
Rao Jodha, king of Jodhpur
Rao Bika, king of Bikaner
Rawal Mallinath
Rao Shekhaji
Udai Singh II, king of Mewar
Vigraharaja IV, King of Shakambhari
Viramadeva, king of Jalore

Politics

Rajya Sabha members

List of Rajya Sabha members from Rajasthan

Ministers —Rajasthan Government

List of ministers in Government of Rajasthan

Vice President of India

Jagdeep Dhankar

Bhairon Singh Shekhawat

Governors of other states

Gulab Chand Kataria

Chief ministers

Ministers — central government

Jaswant Singh, Former External Affairs, Defense & Finance Minister of India
Kalyan Singh Kalvi, Energy Minister of India.
Natwar Singh, Former External Affairs Minister of India
Nathuram Mirdha
Subhash Maharia
Satish Chandra Agrawal
Krishana Kumar Goyal
Girija Vyas
Rajesh Pilot
Ram Niwas Mirdha
Sis Ram Ola
Nawal Kishore Sharma
Mohammed Usman Arif
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Arjun Ram Meghwal
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Bhupender Yadav
Kailash Meghwal
Jaskaur Meena
Kalu Lal Shrimali
Raj Bahadur
Sachin Pilot, Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Technology
Namo Narain Meena, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
Kirori Lal Meena
C.P. Joshi
Sanwar Lal Jat

Speakers of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly

Sumitra Singh, first women speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Poonam Chand Vishnoi
Parasram Maderna
Hari Shankar Bhabhra
Shanti Lal Chaplot
Laxman Singh
Kailash Chandra Meghwal

Others

Gayatri Devi
Rawal Umed Singh Rathore Barmer
Mohar Singh Rathore
Jawan Singh
Daulat Mal Bhandari
Chaudhari Kumbharam Arya
Narendra Budania
Motilal Vora Ex chief minister of Madhya Pradesh
Devi Singh Bhati
Mamta Sharma
Bhawani Singh of Pokhran (b. 1911) member 1st Lok Sabha^[14]

Award Winning Sports People

Khel Ratna Award Winners

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

Arjuna Award Winners

Basketball

Khushi Ram, in 1967
Hanuman Singh, in 1975
Radhey Shyam, in 1981
Ajmer Singh, in 1982

Athletics

Sriram Singh, in 1973
Gopal Saini, in 1981
Raj Kumar (athlete), in 1984
Deena Ram, in 1990

Volleyball

R K Purohit, in 1983
Suresh Mishra, in 1979

Hockey

Sunita Puri, in 1966
Varsha Soni, in 1981

Archery

Shyam Lal Meena, in 1989
Limba Ram, in 1991

Cricket

Salim Durani, in 1961
Pankaj Singh, in 2007 – present

Swimming

Manjari Bhargava, in 1974

Weightlifting

Mehar Chand Bhaskar, in 1985

Squash

Bhuvneshwari Kumari, in 1982

Shooting

Polo

Col. Maharaj Prem Singh, in 1961
Lt.Col Kishan Singh, in 1963
Rao Raja Hanut Singh, in 1964

Equestrian

Dafadar Raghubir Singh (Equestrian), in 1982
Col.G. M. Khan, VSM (Equestrian), in 1984

Golf

Lakshman Singh, in 1982

Paralympics

Others

Dronacharya award winners

Guru Hanuman, for wrestling
Maha Singh Rao, for wrestling in 2006
R. D. Singh, for Athletics in 2007
Sagar Mal Dhayal, for Boxing in 2016

List of members of the Constituent Assembly from Rajasthan as at 14 November 1949

Sports / Athletes

Cricket

References

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