List of people from Indore

The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Indore, India, or the surrounding towns.

Artists and literary figures

• Meghdeep Bose, Indian music composer, producer, arranger and singer
• Vijayendra Ghatge, actor in the Hindi film industry; son of Sita Raje Ghatge, who was the daughter of Maharaja Tukojirao Holkar III of Indore (reigned 1903–-1926)
• M.F. Husain, painter; spent his childhood in Indore
• Rahat Indori, Urdu poet and songwriter in Hindi films
• Celina Jaitley, Shimla-born Indian actress; mainly appears in Bollywood films; her parents live in the army town of Mhow in the Indore district
• Ustad Amir Khan (born 1912), celebrated Hindustani classical vocalist; referred to his unique style of khyal singing as "Indore Gharana"; born in Indore
• Rais Khan (born 1938), Indian sitar maestro; born in Indore
• Salman Khan, Indian film actor; appears in Bollywood movies; born in Indore
• Zakir Khan,comedian, born and brought up in Indore; currently living in Mumbai
• Sneha Khanwalkar, Indian music director; works in Bollywood; was brought up in Indore
• Swanand Kirkire, lyricist-singer-writer, born in Indore
• Kiran Kumar, Mumbai-based Kashmiri Indian actor; studied at Daly College, Indore
• Kishore Kumar, playback singer and actor; belonged to Khandwa; studied at the Indore Christian College and used to stay in the hostel
• Lata Mangeshkar, playback singer; born in Indore to Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar
• Palak Muchhal, Indian playback singer; born and brought up in Indore
• Palash Muchhal, Musical composer; born and brought up in Indore
• Kunwar Amarjeet Singh, hip-hop and contemporary style dancer; played lead role in Dil Dosti Dance
• Mahadevi Varma, Hindi poet; freedom fighter; was married to Dr Swarup Narain Varma in Indore
• Johnny Walker, comic actor; born in Indore
• Hussain Haidry, poet, writer and lyricist; born and brought up in Indore; studied at Indian Institute of Management Indore and Government Arts and Commerce College, Indore

Rulers, nationalists, and politicians

• Kailash Vijayvargiya - A heavyweight leader of Indore BJP, currently serving as General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
• Homi F. Daji, member of the 3rd Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Indore constituency of Madhya Pradesh and was a member of the Communist Party of India.
• Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa, first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army; studied at Daly College, Indore
• Deepak Chaurasia, journalist, editor in chief of India News
• Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar, most noted ruler of Holkar State; built numerous temples, wells and dharamshalas all over India; spent most of her life in Maheshwar, then capital of the Holkars, situated on the banks of the Narmada and is said to have visited Indore only twice in her lifetime; her name is synonymous with Indore and the university and airport are named after her
• Maharaja Yashwantrao Holkar, key figure in Maratha history; galvanized several years of resistance against the British Empire; called the Napoleon of India
• Ramesh Mendola, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Leader and MLA; Member of Legislative Assembly from Indore-2 (Vidhan Sabha constituency) since 2008
• Yeshwantrao Holkar II (born 1908), the Maharaja of Indore belonging to the Holkar dynasty of the Marathas; born in Indore
• Ajit Jogi, first Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh; District Magistrate of Indore in the 1980s
• Prabhash Joshi, journalist, editor in chief of Jansatta (The Indian Express group)
• Guru Radha Kishan, Swatantrata Sangram Sainik, fought for the economic deprivation for the poor and issues of social deprivation

• Sumitra Mahajan, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Leader and MP; Member of Parliament from Indore Lok Sabha constituency since 1989
• Field Marshal Sam Bahadur Manekshaw, Commandant of the Infantry School, Mhow during the 1950s
• Prakash Chandra Sethi, Indian National Congress politician; Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh; Member of Parliament from Indore Lok Sabha constituency (1984-1989); served in a number of positions in the Centre, including Home Minister, Defence Minister, Minister of External Affairs, Finance Minister, Railways, and Housing and Development
• Digvijay Singh, Indian politician; former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh; senior leader of the Indian National Congress political party; studied at Daly College in Indore; alumnus of Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science, Indore
• General K. Sundarji, Commandant of the College of Combat, Mhow (now known as Army War College) during the early 1980s
• Air Chief Marshal Shashindra Pal Tyagi, Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force, 2004–2007
• Satyanarayan Patel, a senior leader of Indian National Congress party

Sports persons

• Sandhya Agarwal, former captain of Indian women's cricket team
• Captain Syed Mushtaq Ali (1914–2005), Indian international cricketer; Colonel Nayudu's team-mate in the Holkar team and in the Indian team; popularly known as the 'Errol Flynn' of Indian cricket; born and died in Indore^[1]
• Minoti Desai (born 1968), Indian cricketer, represented Indian women's team; born in Indore
• Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer and former cricket captain; born in Indore
• Raj Singh Dungarpur, former president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India; former Indian cricket selector; ex-student of Daly College, Indore
• Narendra Hirwani, leg spin bowler and former member of Indian cricket team; moved to Indore as a teenager
• Sanjay Jagdale, former state cricketer; presently a national selectors for the senior all-India teams and the honorary secretary of the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association; director of the Cricket Club of Indore
• Shankar Lakshman (1933–2006), goalkeeper of the Indian hockey team in the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won two golds and a silver; captain of the team which won the gold in the 1966 Asian Games; belonged to Mhow and lived his retired life here until his death
• Colonel C.K. Nayudu, first Indian Test Captain in cricket; led India between 1932 and 1934
• Mir Ranjan Negi, hockey goalkeeper and coach of Indian women's team; won Asian Championship
• Naman Ojha, Indian wicket-keeper, stays and practices in Indore
• Madhusudan Patidar, the youngest boy of India to climb Mount Everest via North Ridge; first person to stay on Mount Kilimanjaro for 22 hours^[2]
• Chandu Sarwate, former Indian cricketer and former Indian cricket selector; lived and died in Indore in 2003
• Jalaj Saxena (born 1986), cricketer who plays as an all rounder for the India A cricket team; born in Indore

Academia, business and professionals

• Deepak Mohoni, Indian stock market analyst; studied at Daly College, Indore
• Danish Sheikh, considered to be India's first and arguably the only charisma coach; born in Indore; currently living in London^[3]

See also

• List of people from Malwa

References