List of University of Allahabad alumni
This is a list of notable alumni related to the University of Allahabad and its constituent colleges. Excluded from this list are those people whose only connection with Allahabad University is that they were awarded an honorary degree.
Bharat Ratna alumni
Padma Vibhushan recipient alumni
Writers and academics
- Doodhnath Singh – Hindi writer and critic[1]
- Gopinath Kaviraj – philosopher; Sanskrit scholar[2]
- Prem Chand Pandey – founding director of the National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research; recipient of SSB Prize[3]
- Ibn-e-Safi, Jasosi writer
- Mohammad Uzair, Sitara-i-Imtiaz
- Rafiq Hussain, Urdu writer, poet, academic, author, head of Urdu Department Allahabad University
- Harivansh Rai Bachchan, poet
- Dharamvir Bharati, writer
- Kamleshwar, writer
- Mrinal Pande, writer
- Neelum Saran Gour, author and academic[4]
- Govind Mishra, Hindi writer and former chairman of CBDT
- Ravindra Khattree, statistician, academic, author
- Acharya Narendra Dev
- Chandradhar Sharma Guleri, writer
- Krishna Kumar Sharma, Quit India Movement activist, poet and literary figure
- Ram Chandra Shukla, painter
- Surya Bahadur Thapa
- Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar, mathematician
- Daulat Singh Kothari, physicist
- Harish Chandra, mathematician
- Pankaj Mishra, author
- Lakshmi Raj Sharma, author and academician
- K. Banerjee, physicist and ex-Director of Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
- U.P. Arora, historian and writer
- Leema Dhar, author, poet and columnist
- Jamuna Sharan Singh, ecologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient
- Nibir Mandal, structural geologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Krityunjai Prasad Sinha, theoretical physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Deepak Dhar – theoretical physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Digvijai Singh, chemical engineer, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
Politicians and Bureaucrats
- Chandra Shekhar – ninth Prime Minister of India[5]
- V. P. Singh – eighth Prime Minister of India[6]
- Surya Bahadur Thapa, Ex-Prime Minister of Nepal
- Rajendra Kumari Bajpai, former Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry[7]
- Jagmohan Yadav, IPS, former Director General of Uttar Pradesh Police.[8][9]
- Narayan Dutt Tiwari, Ex- C M of UP
- Arjun Singh, Ex-CM of MP
- Satyendra Narayan Sinha[10]Ex-CM, Bihar
- Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, Ex-CM of UP
- Rajju Bhaiya, Ex-RSS Chief
- Murli Manohar Joshi, Ex-Education Minister Govt.of India
- Janeshwar Mishra, Ex-Minister Govt. of India
- Motilal Nehru
- Gopal Swarup Pathak, former Vice President of India
- Madan Mohan Malaviya[11]
- Madan Lal Khurana, former Chief Minister of Delhi
- Vijay Bahuguna, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
- Nikhil Kumar, former IPS, Governor of Nagaland
- Saiyid Nurul Hasan, Governor of West Bengal and Odisha
- Sir Syed Wazir Hasan, Chief Justice of Awadh Chief Court
- Mohan Singh, National General secretary, Samajwadi Party
- Shanti Bhushan, senior lawyer, law minister in government of Morarji Desai
- Ram Niwas Mirdha, former cabinet minister
Others
- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, known for Transcendental Meditation
- Krishnaswamy Sundarji, Chief of Army Staff
- Aditya Srivastava, actor and voice actor
- Uttar Kumar, film actor
- N. C. Saxena, IAS Officer, member of Planning Commission of India
- Alok Kumar, IPS Officer
- M. A. Ansari, pre-partition Royal Indian Navy Education Officer
- Mohammad Hidayatullah, former Chief Justice of India
- Kamal Narain Singh, former Chief Justice of India
- Rajendra Kumar Acharya, jurist of Law of tort in Nepal
- Udit Raj, social activist
- V. N. Khare, former Chief Justice of India
- J. S. Verma (1933–2013), former Chief Justice of India[12]
- Rajendra Singh, environmentalist, Magsaysay Award, 2001.[13]
- Vivek Sahai, former Chairman Railway Board
- Sudhir Dar, Cartoonist[14]
- Prashant Bhushan, Supreme Court lawyer
- Dhruva Harsh, filmmakerarun Kumar Singh Minna ex minister
See also
References
- ↑ Dharmani, Vidhi (12 January 2018). "नहीं रहे वरिष्ठ कवि, कथाकार दूधनाथ सिंह". Punjab Kesari (in Hindi). Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ↑ Sinha, Biswajit (1 January 1996). Encyclopaedia of Indian Writers. Eastern Book Linkers. p. 29. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ↑ Sahoo, Dinabandhu (1 January 2002). Advances in Marine and Antarctic Science. APH Publishing. p. 449. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ↑ Saran Gour, Neelum. "Allahabad University: A lore collector's recollections".
- ↑ Dubey, Scharada (2009). Movers and Shakers Prime Minister of India. Westland. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ↑ https://books.google.co.in/books?id=DPP7O3nb3g0C&pg=PA44&dq=vishwanath+pratap+singh+allahabad+university&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5NFzVd_jDMqXuAS1m7DwDg&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ↑ "9th Lok Sabha: Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha Official website.
- ↑ "Uttar Pradesh Cadre IPS Gradation List - 2015" (PDF). Uttar Pradesh Police. Department of Home, Government of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
- ↑ "श्री जगमोहन यादव द्वारा पुलिस महानिदेशक, उत्तर प्रदेश का पद भार ग्रहण किया गया।" [Mr. Jagmohan Yadav assumes the charge of Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh.] (PDF). Uttar Pradesh Police (in Hindi). June 30, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
- ↑ https://m.timesofindia.com/city/patna/S-K-Puri-park-to-be-named-after-ex-CM-Satyendra/amp_articleshow/53051057.cms
- ↑ This campus had its Bharadwaj years ago, Indian Express, 17 November 1998. "Leaders of the stature of Madan Mohan Malaviya, Purshottam Das Tandon, Acharya Narendra Dev and scholars like Amar Nath Jha and M N Saha are among its alumni."
- ↑ "Judges Biography:Jagdish Sharan Verma". Supreme Court of India. Archived from the original on 28 May 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ↑ "Biography of Rajendra Singh" (PDF). Magsaysay Award website. 2001.
- ↑ Horn, Maurice (1999). The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons. Chelsea House. p. 218. ISBN 0-7910-5185-4.
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