Indira

Indira is a Hindu/Sanskrit Indian popular feminine given name, which means "beauty" and "splendid".

Notable people named Indira

• Indira Bajt (born 1980), Slovene chess player.
• Indira Devi (born February 19, 1892 – died September 6, 1968), Indian autobiographer, princess turned queen and Maharaja of Cooch Behar Jitendra Narayan's wife.
• Indira Gandhi (born November 19, 1917 – died October 31, 1984), Indian socialist and forth Prime Minister of India.
• Indira Jaising (born June 3, 1940), Indian lawyer, feminist, human rights activist and solicitor.
• Indira Kastratović (born October 2, 1970), Macedonian handball player.
• Indira Freitas Johnson (born 1943), Indian artist and nonviolence educator.
• Indira Kadambi (born September 30, 1969), Indian performer and dance teacher.
• Indira Levak (born September 15, 1973), Croatian singer member of Colonia.
• Indira Miri (born 1910 - died 2004), Indian educationist.
• Indira Naidoo (born 1968), Australian writer, journalist and television presenter.
• Indira Nath (born January 14, 1938) is an Indian immunologist.
• Indira Neville (born 1973), New Zealand comics artist, community organiser, musician and educationalist.
• Indira Parthasarathy, (born July 7, 1930), Indian writer and playwright.
• Indira Radić (born 14 June 1966), Serbian singer.
• Indira Samarasekera (born April 11, 1952) Canadian-Sri Lankian twelfth president and vice-chancellor of the University of Alberta.
• Indira Sant (born 1914 – died 2000), Indian poet.
• Indira Vizcaíno Silva (born January 14, 1987), Mexican politician.
• Indira Spence (born September 8, 1986), Jamaican hurdler.
• Indira Stefanianna (born December 15, 1946), American/Icelandic actress and singer.
• Indira Talwani (born 1960), American lawyer and jurist.
• Indira Terrero (born November 29, 1985), Cuban-Spanish sprinter.
• Indira Varma (born May 14, 1973), English actress.
• Indira Weis (born September 30, 1979), Indian-German actress and singer.

Notable people with surnamed Indira

• M. K. Indira (born January 5, 1917 – died March 15, 1994), Indian writer.

Fictional characters

• Indira, from the Abdul Rashid Kardar's 1950 film Dastan.

Films

• Indira (1929 film), directed by Jyotish Bannerjee.
• Indira (1983 film), directed by Dinen Gupta.
• Indira (1991 film), directed by Nripen Mohla.
• Indira (1995 film), directed by Suhasini Manirathnam.
• Indira Vizha (2009 film), directed by K. Rajeshwa.

Theatre

• Indira (play), 2015 Marathi language play

Others

• Indira is a byname of the Indian goddess Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of prosperity, good luck, and beauty.
• Indira Col, a col in the Karakoram mountains.
• Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, an Indian premier government-funded arts organization.
• Indira Kala Sangeet University, a public university in Chhattisgarh's state.
• Indira Marathon, an Indian national annual full marathon held in Allahabad's state.
• Indira Mount, an Indian seabed mountain situated in Antarctic Ocean.
• Indira Point, an India southernmost tip in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

See also

• Indra (disambiguation)