List of people from Madhya Pradesh

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Template:Pp-blp Template:More citations needed This is a list of famous and notable people from Madhya Pradesh, India.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This would include persons who are known to a large number of people and is based on the extent of their popularity. Their fame could be brief, what matters is that they were well known during the peak of their popularity.

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Rulers and Generals

Ancient

Medieval

Modern Day

Freedom fighters

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  • Rani Lakshmi Bai, born Manikarnika Tambe; 19 November 1828 — 18 June 1858),<ref>Meyer, Karl E. & Brysac, Shareen Blair (1999) Tournament of Shadows. Washington, DC: Counterpoint; p. 138 – "Known to history as Lakshmi Bai, she was possibly only twelve in 1842 when she married the aging and infirm Rajah of Jhansi ..."</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">Though the day of the month is regarded as certain historians disagree about the year: among those suggested are 1827 and 1835.</ref> was the Maharani consort of the princely state of Jhansi in Maratha Empire from 1843 to 1853 by marriage to Maharaja Gangadhar Rao Newalkar. She was one of the leading figures in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, who became a national hero and symbol of resistance to the British rule in India for Indian nationalists.
  • Tantya Bheel (Tantya Mama), (or Tantya Bheel, Tantya Mama; 26 January 1842 – 4 December 1889) was a freedom fighter active in India between 1878 and 1889. He is described very negatively as a criminal in the British-era accounts, but is recognized by Indians as a heroic figure. Accounts of both eras have described him as an "Indian Robin Hood".
  • Jhalkari Bai
  • Rani Avanti Bai (16 August 1831 – 20 March 1858) was an Indian queen-ruler and freedom fighter. She was the queen of the Ramgarh (present-day Dindori) in Madhya Pradesh. An opponent of the British East India Company during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, information concerning her is sparse and mostly comes from folklore. In 21st century, she has been used as an icon in Lodhi politics as she comes from Lodhi Rajput community.

Military

Airforce

Scientists

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Business

Nobel Laureates

Craftspeople

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Educators

Sport medal Winners

Medicine and Doctors

Chief Justices of India

  • J.S.Verma, (18 January 1933 – 22 April 2013) was an Indian jurist who served as the 27th Chief Justice of India from 25 March 1997 to 18 January 1998. He was the chairman of the National Human Rights Commission from 1999 to 2003, and chairman of the Justice Verma Committee Report on Amendments to Criminal Law after the 2012 Delhi gang rape case. He remains one of India's most highly regarded Chief Justices and eminent jurists in its history.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Judge

Governor of RBI

  • Raghuram Rajan, (born 3 February 1963) is an Indian economist and the Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.<ref name="thehindu.com">Template:Cite news Quote: "I am an Indian citizen. I have always been an Indian citizen. I always held an Indian passport. I held an Indian diplomatic passport when my father was in the foreign service and when I travelled on behalf of the Ministry of Finance. I have never applied for the citizenship of another country. I have never been a citizen of another country and have never taken a pledge of allegiance to another country."</ref><ref name=":0">Crabtree, James (30 August 2013) Raghuram Rajan, academic in a raging storm The Financial Times (requires a subscription), Retrieved 11 November 2014</ref><ref name="Raghuram Rajan Chicago Booth">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Hindi and Urdu literature

Sports

Activists

Journalists

Actors

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Male

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> He is the recipient of Zee Cine Awards for Best Actor In A Negative Role and Indian Television Academy Awards for Best Actor.

Female

Directors

Singers

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Politics

Hockey

Cricket

Militants

Skiing

Information Technology and Research

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Contribution in other fields

See also

References

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