List of Kumaonis Peoples
Kumaoni or Kumauni people are people from the Kumaon division of Uttarakhand, a region in the Indian Himalayas.
Politics
- Govind Ballabh Pant (Bharat Ratna) (Freedom fighter)
- Kalu Singh Mahara ,(Freedom fighter), Led an anti-British militia in Champawat, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857[1]
- Bhairab Dutt Pande (Administrator)
- Badri Dutt Pande (Freedom fighter)
- P. C. Joshi General Secretary of the C.P.I. (1935–1947)
- Ram Singh Dhoni (Saalam Satyagrah) (Freedom fighter)
- Teeka Singh Kanyal (Saalam Satyagrah) (Freedom fighter)
- Jyotiram Kandpal (Freedom fighter)
- Indra Singh Nayal (Freedom fighter)
- Chandra Singh Pathani (Freedom fighter)
- Durga Singh Rawat (Freedom fighter)
- Sher Singh Karki (Satyagrahi) (Freedom fighter)
- Capt. Ram Singh Thakur, I.N.A., Composer of the music of the current version of the Indian Nation
- Sheila Irene Pant or Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan (Pakistan)
- C. D. Pande M.P. Nainital Dist. cum Almora Dist.(South-West)cum Bareilly(North)
- Jung Bahadur Singh Bisht M.P. 2nd, 3rd, 4th Lok Sabha Almora West
- Narendra Singh Bisht M.P. 5th Lok Sabha Almora West
- Devi Dutt Pant (Freedom fighter) Khantoli (Settled in Bikaner. Died in 1981)
- Har Govind Pant M.P. Almora East
- Dungar Singh Bisht
- Narayan Dutt Tiwari
- Upadhyaya Shiv Dutt.[Freedom fighter and Member of Parliament]
- Murli Manohar Joshi
- Krishan Chandra Pant- former Defence Minister & Vice Chairman Planning Commission
- Ila Pant
- Pratap Singh Bora, Law Minister U.P. Government
- Bhagat Singh Koshiyari
- Harish Chandra Singh Rawat M.P. 7th, 8th, 9th Lok Sabha Almora, 15th Lok Sabha Haridwar
- Mahendra Singh Mahara
- Kashi Singh Aiery
- Mahendra Singh Pal M.P. 9th Lok Sabha, Nainital
- Baalam Singh Janauti
- Shumshere Singh Bisht
- Bipin Chandra Tripathi
- K.C. Singh Baba
- Bachi Singh Rawat
- Devki Nandan Pandey, Padma Shree All time great Hindi announcer in AIR
- Pradeep Tamta, M.P.
- Deb Singh Dasila (Freedom Fighter)
- Keshav Dutt Pandey (Social Worker and Industrialist)
- Late Moti Ram Sanguri (Former MLA, Haldwani)
- Late Prem Ballabh Belwal (Former Chairman Nagar Palika)
- Late Parimal Singh Hyankey (Freedom Fighter )
- Late Jawahar singh Nabiyal( First Chairman, Town Area Dharchula & First Block Pramukh, Dharchula)
- Late Bhopal Singh Khati (MLA Almora,Freedom Fighter)
Administration
- Babu Tej Singh Negi, (Administrator, British Raj)
- Sobhan Singh Jeena Bisht, (Lawyer)
- Kamal Pande - former Cabinet Secretary, Government Of India
- J.C. Pant - former Secretary, Government of India
- Ghananand Pande, Padma Vibhushan (1969)
- J.S. Nayal,IFS(Chief Conservator)
- R.S. Nayal,IPS(Insp.General of Police)
- A.S. Nayal, (IAS)
- R.S. Toliya, (IAS)
- B.R. Tamta, (IAS)
- B.D. Sanwal, (ICS)
- Mukul Sanwal, (IAS)
- Leela Singh Bisht, IPS(DG CISF)
- Hukum Singh Rana
- A.S. Gusain
- Raghunandan Pant(ICS)
- T.S.Bisht, (IPS ), Home Secretary, Govt. of Gujarat.
- Ambassador Manish Uprety F.R.A.S., IIMSAM[2]
- N.S. Napalchyal, (IAS)
- Kamal Pant (IG Police Karnatka)
Scientists and Scholars
- Pundit Nain Singh Rawat, C.I.E., (Surveyor)(First to do a survey of Tibet)
- Pundit Krishna Singh Rawat, (Surveyor)
- Dr. D.D. Pant, (Physicist)
- Dr. Shri Krishna Joshi, (Physicist), (Padma Bhushan), (Director-General, CSIR, 1991–95)
- Dr. K.S. Valdiya, (Geologist), Padma Shree
- Dr Trilok Singh Papola(Economist)
- Deep Joshi Ramon Magsaysay Award recipient.
- Shri Chandi Prasad Bhatt (Environment)Padma Vibhushan recipient
- Kunwar Singh Negi (Braille) Padma Vibhushan recipient
- Dr. Hemant Joshi, (linguist)
- Dr. Shekhar Pathak, (Historian), Padma Shree
- Dr. Ajay Rawat, (Historian)
- Prof. Manoj Pant, Scholar and Columnist on International Trade Issues
- Sukdev Pandey (for Education)Padma Shree recipient
- Narain Singh Thapa (Documentary maker and combat camera man)Padma Shree recipient
- Ranbir Singh Bisht (Arts)Padma Shree recipient
- Dr. G.P. Shah (Former President IMA- Uttaranchal)
- Sh. Inder Singh Negi (social Worker)
- Padma Shree Nilambar Pant (Space Scientist) Aryabhatta Award, Pioneering work for ISRO ,Member of Space Commission,Shri Hari Om Ashram Prerit Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Research Award, Dr. Biren Roy Space Award, Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Award
- Govind Chandra Pande, (Historian)[Former V.C Allahabad & Rajasthan University] Padma Shree
- Dr. Shailesh Upreti (Sanjupahari), Material Scientist (State University of New York, Binghamton, NY, USA)
- Dr. Kailash Chandra Sanwal( Nematologist)
- Shri Ratan Singh Raypa,Anthropologist and the author of Shauka,a border Tribe of India
- Shri Devi Dutt Sharma ,Linguist,Sanskrit Scholar , Padma Shri,Nehru Fellow and the renowned author of The Cultural History of UTTARAKHAND.
- Shri Y.S. Pangti,Botanist & author
- Shri Kamal K. Pandey,(Pal College) Technologist, Educationist & author
- Er V B Pant,Climate Change Expert - Kyoto Protocol,UNFCCC,Germany
Journalists and Writers
- Badri Dutt Pande
- Suhsma Joshi -Author, Murli Baji ge
- Sumitra Nandan Pant
- Hem Chandra Joshi
- Ila Chandra Joshi
- Gaura Pant Shivani
- Govind Vallabh Pant
- Manohar Shyam Joshi
- Shailesh Matiyani
- Rahul Joshi, Executive Editor, The Economic Times
- Mrinal Pande
- Shekhar Joshi
- Himanshu Joshi
- Pushpesh Pant
- Yamuna Dutt Vaishnava
- Nirmala Joshi
- Pramod Joshi
- Navin Joshi
- Govind Singh
- Girish Gururani,State Editorial Head,Amar Ujala,Himachal pradesh
- Sanjay Khati
- Ashutosh Upadhyay
- Shveta Mashiwal,RJ,Film maker
- Rajiv Lochan Sah
- Sunil Sah
- Pradeep Pant
- Batrohi
- Pankaj Bisht
- Govind Pant Raju
- Praveen Joshi
- Laxmi Prasad Pant
- Ramesh Chandra Shah, Padma Shree
- Dungar Singh Dhakriyal,`Himraj`
Sports
Mahendra Singh Dhoni stumps a South African batsman during a match in Chennai in 2008.
- Shri Hukum Singh Pangti, Mountaineer (Climbed all major peaks in the World), Padma Shree Recipient (1992)
- Bachendri Pal, first Indian woman to climb Mt. Everest
- Chandraprabha Aitwal,Padma Shri,Arjun Awardee, (Mountaineer) (Climbed all major peaks in the world)
- Harish Chandra Singh Rawat, 1965 Everester, Padma Shree Recipient (1965)
- Jaidev Bisht, Coach Boxing, recipient of the Dronacharya Award
- Manish Pandey, (Cricketer)
- Madhumita Bisht, (Badminton)
- Gunjan Bala, (Taekwando)
- Luvraj Singh Dharamsaktu, Everester (3 Times), Tenzing Norgay Award Recipient (2003)
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni, (Cricketer)
- Ankit Belwal, (BasketBall Player)
- Shri MOHAN SINGH GUNJIYAL,(MOUNTAINEER AND SKIER) Padma Shri,Tenzing Norgay Award Recipient
- Unmukt Chand(Cricket)Pithoragarh Member ,Ranji Team Delhi
Arts, films and drama
- Navin Joshi
- Shri NavinJoshi Navin Joshi, (Artist at Zazzle.Com, Art.com and Allposters.com)
Manasvi Mamgai Femina Miss India, 2010
- Shri Mohan Upreti, (Theatre)
- Shri Nain Nath Rawal, (Nyoli Samrat, Singer)
- Shri B.M. Shah, (Theatre)
- Shri Jhusia Damai
- Mohan Bhandari, (Actor)
- Nirmal Pandey, (Actor)
- Hemant Pandey, (Actor)
- Sudhir Pandey, (Actor)
- Manasvi Mamgai, Miss India World 2010[3]
- Yashodhar Mathpal (Artist)
- Shri D R Sepal(Sculptor)
- Mr Prasoon Joshi(Ad Guru and Lyricist)
Military
- General B.C. Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, ADC COAS
- Lt. Gen Gajendra Singh Rawat PVSM, AVSM - former Vice Chief Indian Army
LT GEN DR M.C BHANDARI
- Lt Gen Dr Mohan Chandra Bhandari, PVSM,AVSM & BAR, D Litt, FIMA, former DG NCC. Former Chairman, Public Service Commission, (Uttarakhand). Chairman, Sapphire Techno Services, Chairman,Cogence Advisors
- Maj. Gen. K. N. Bhatt (AVSM), Former ADG AEC.
- Maj.Gen.Surendra Shah
- Maj Gen. I J S Bora
- Brigadier Kailash Prasad Pande (MVC)
- Col KD Sanguri
- Lt.Col Harish Pathak (MVC)
- Lt.Col Deewan Singh Kalakoti
- Lt Col Navin Chandra
- Major H. S. Dhaila
- Major Bhukant Mishra (Ashoka Chakra)
- Major Harish Chandra Pant
- Sub Major Khushal Singh Garia
- Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari (MVC)
- Sub. Sujjan Singh (Ashoka Chakra)
- Nk Nirbhay Singh (Ashoka Chakra)
- Rajya Sabha Guard Matbar Singh Negi (Ashoka Chakra)
- Major Vivek Pandey, Kaknar
- Captain Nikhil Pandey, Kaknar
- Brig Pushkar Chand
- Col Sanjeev Pant
- Lieutenant Commander Digamber Singh Jalal-Indian Navy
- Commander Bhagwan Singh Rawat
- Commander NS Dhami
- CDT Vikram Singh Jalal
- Rifleman Jaswant Singh Rawat MVC
- Lt Col MD Sanguri (Msc Psc LLb)
Art and Literature
- Gumani Pant
- Gourda
- Sumitra Nandan Pant
- Shivani
- Manohar Shyam Joshi
- Sher Da Anpad
- Mrinal Pande
- Namita Gokhale
- Dev Singh Pokhariya
- Shailesh Matiyani
- Shekhar Joshi
- Himanshu Joshi
- K. D. Gunwant
- N.B.Awasthi
- Dr. Madhu Pant
- Yamuna Dutt Vaishnava
- Promil Pande
- Dr.Gopal Dutt Bisht(guinesse book of world record Holder for attaining Shothand typing speed of 250 words p/m.
- Shri Devi Singh Jalal
Technocrats, senior officials
- Ghana Nand Pande,Chairman Railway Board,
- Nand Kishore Pande, Chief Engineer, UP PWD
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kumaonis
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