List of people from Jharkhand

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This is a list of some of the notable people either born or brought up in Jharkhand state, India.

Award winners[edit]

Padma Bhushan[edit]

  • Sailesh Kumar Bandopadhyay - 2010, Social Activist, Gandhian
  • Mahendra Singh Dhoni - 2018, Indian international cricketer who captained the Indian national team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2016 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014.
  • Kariya Munda - 2019, Indian politician and the former Deputy Speaker of the 15th Lok Sabha

Padma Shri[edit]

Jharkhand Gaurav Samman[edit]

Academics[edit]

Authors[edit]

Business and industry[edit]

Cinema and theatre[edit]

Actors[edit]

Actresses[edit]

Cinematographer / Choreographers[edit]

Directors / Producers[edit]

Music / playback singers / Lyricist / Poet[edit]

Freedom fighters and revolutionaries[edit]

Journalism[edit]

Jurists and Lawyers[edit]

Medical[edit]

Gallantry Awards winner[edit]

Poetry[edit]

Politics[edit]

Activist[edit]

Governors of other states[edit]

Chief Minister[edit]

  • Arjun Munda - born in Jamshedpur, Union Minister of Tribal Affairs, Government of India.
  • Babulal Marandi - first Chief Minister of Jharkhand born in Giridih P.S Tisri P.O Chandouri
  • Bindeshwari Dubey - Chief Minister of Bihar from 12 March 1985 to 14 February 1988; was involved in a Trade Union Movement in Chotanagpur collieries and industries since 1944; played an important role in the nationalization of collieries in India, specially in Jharkhand; was 6 term MLA from Bermo constituency in Bokaro District and MP from Giridih in Jharkhand
  • Binodanand Jha - Chief Minister of Bihar from February 1961 to October 1963
  • Bhagwat Jha Azad - Chief Minister of Bihar from 14 February 1988 to 10 March 1989; born at Kasba village at Mehrama in Godda district
  • Hemant Soren - currently Chief Minister of Jharkhand
  • Krishna Ballabh Sahay - ex-Chief Minister of Bihar
  • Madhu Koda - former chief minister of Jharkhand
  • Raghubar Das - former chief minister of Jharkhand
  • Shibu Soren

Others[edit]

Religion[edit]

Rulers[edit]

Social service[edit]

  • Jyoti Dhawale
  • Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar - spent the last 18 to 20 years of his life among the Santhals at Karmatar, Jamtara district; the station Karmatar has been renamed as 'Vidyasagar' railway station in his honour
  • Rajesh Thakur - social worker and President of Helping Hands in Bokaro

Sports[edit]

Archery[edit]

  • Deepika Kumari - Indian athlete who competes in archery status, currently ranked number 1 in the world.
  • Komalika Bari
  • Laxmirani Majhi
  • Madhumita Kumari - won the Silver Medal Asian Games 2018 in the Women's compound archery team event.
  • Mangal Singh Champia - Indian archer, who won multiple medals in several International event, including Asian Games.
  • Purnima Mahato - won the Indian national archery championships and a silver medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.

Boxing[edit]

Cricket[edit]

Association football[edit]

Hockey[edit]

Mountaineering[edit]

Others[edit]

  • Atul Kochhar - Indian-born, British based chef, restaurateur, and television personality
  • Rajeev Topno - Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi; former Director of Prime Minister's office (PMO), New Delhi
  • Rameesh Kailasam - governance reform and policy expert from India
  • Subodh Kumar Jaiswal - Director of CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation)

References[edit]

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