List of Kumaonis
Kumaoni or Kumauni people are people from the Kumaon division of Uttarakhand, a region in the Indian Himalayas.
Administration
Defence Forces
Politics
- Badri Datt Pandey
- Govind Ballabh Pant, (Bharat Ratna)
- Kalu Singh Mahara, (freedom fighter) led an anti-British militia in Champawat, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857
- P. C. Joshi, General Secretary of the C.P.I. (1935–1947)
- Sheila Irene Pant or Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan, (Pakistan)
- Narayan Dutt Tiwari
- Murli Manohar Joshi
- Krishan Chandra Pant, former Defence Minister & Vice Chairman Planning Commission
- Bachi Singh Rawat
- Bhagat Singh Koshiyari
- Harish Chandra Singh Rawat, M.P. 7th, 8th, 9th Lok Sabha Almora, 15th Lok Sabha Haridwar, C.M. Uttarakhand
- Bipin Chandra Tripathi
- K.C. Singh Baba
- Ila Pant
- Pradeep Tamta, M.P.
Scientists and scholars
The cartographer (pundit) Nain Singh Rawat (1830–1895) received a Royal Geographical Society Founder's Gold Medal in 1877.
- Nain Singh Rawat, C.I.E., first person to survey Tibet
- Krishna Singh Rawat, surveyor
- Khadg Singh Valdiya, Geologist and environmentalist
Journalists and writers
- Sumitra Nandan Pant,
- Gaura Pant 'Shivani'
- Manohar Shyam Joshi
- Mrinal Pande
- Shekhar Joshi
- Pushpesh Pant
- Girish Tiwari (Girda)
- Manoj Joshi
- Namita (Pande) Gokhale/ Namita Gokhale
- Shailesh Matiyani
Sports
- Chandraprabha Aitwal, Padma Shri, Arjun awardee, (mountaineer) (Climbed all major peaks in the world) Rung Ratna Awardee.Tenzing Norgay Lifetime Achievement Award.
- Madhumita Bisht, badminton
- Ekta Bisht, cricketer
- Unmukt Chand, cricketer
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni, cricketer
- Pawan Negi, cricketer
- Bachendri Pal, first Indian woman to climb Mt. Everest
- Manish Pandey, cricketer
- Harish Chandra Singh Rawat, 1965 Everester, Padma Shree recipient (1965)
Films and drama
- Nirmal Pandey, actor
- Hemant Pandey, actor
- Prasoon Joshi, ad guru and lyricist
- Sukirti Kandpal, TV actress
- Manoj Ramola, casting director
- Urvashi Rautela,Indian film actress, model,beauty pageant
References
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