Chandrasekhar
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Chandrasekhar or Chandra Shekhar is an India
n name and may refer to a number of individuals. Etymologically, the name comes from the Sanskrit
words "चन्द्र (candra)", meaning "moon", and "शेखर (zekhara)", meaning "crest" or "crown" which is an epithet of Hindu
god Shiva
. The name may refer to:
In politics and activism:
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India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n name and may refer to a number of individuals. Etymologically, the name comes from the Sanskrit
Sanskrit
Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
words "चन्द्र (candra)", meaning "moon", and "शेखर (zekhara)", meaning "crest" or "crown" which is an epithet of Hindu
Hindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
god Shiva
Shiva
Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...
. The name may refer to:
In politics and activism:
- Chandrasekhar AzadChandrasekhar AzadChandra Shekhar Azad , was one of the most important Indian revolutionaries who reorganised the Hindustan...
(1906–1931), Indian revolutionary - Chandra Shekhar Singh known as Chandra ShekharChandra ShekharChandra Shekhar Singh was the eighth Prime Minister of India.-Early years:He was born on 1 July 1927 to a Rajput farming family in Ibrahimpatti - Ballia in eastern Uttar Pradesh. Chandra Shekhar Singh did his Master of Arts at Allahabad University. He was known as a firebrand in student politics...
(1927–2007), former Prime MinisterPrime ministerA prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
of India - Sripati ChandrasekharSripati ChandrasekharSripati Chandrasekhar was a well-known Indian demographer, economist, sociologist, and scholar who as published extensively on demographics, especially related to India....
(1918–2001), an Indian demographer and politician - K M ChandrasekharK M ChandrasekharK. M. Chandrasekhar was a Indian civil servant, who was the 29th Cabinet Secretary of the Republic of India. He is presently the Vice-Chairman of the Kerala State Planning Board....
(born 1948), Indian Cabinet Secretary - Chandra Shekhar DubeyChandra Shekhar DubeyChandra Shekhar Dubey is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Dhanbad constituency of Jharkhand and is a member of the Indian National Congress political party.-Positions held:* 1970-77 Mukhia...
(born 1946), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India - Chandrashekhar PrasadChandrashekhar PrasadChandrashekar Prasad was an Indian student leader from Jawaharlal Nehru University, a president of its students' union and an activist of the Communist Party of India Liberation. He was shot dead on March 31, 1997 while addressing street corner meetings in the north-Bihar district town of Siwan in...
(died 1997), assassinated Indian student activist - Chandrashekhar SinghChandrashekhar SinghChandrashekhar Singh was a member of the Indian National Congress and served as the Chief Minister of Bihar from August 1983 to March 1985. He also held a number of Cabinet Minister positions in the Cabinet of Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi....
(1915–1976), deputy leader of the Communist Party of India
In sports:
- Bhagwat ChandrasekharBhagwat ChandrasekharBhagwat Subramanya Chandrasekhar is a former Indian cricketer who specialised in leg spin. Considered amongst the top echelon of leg-spinners, Chandrasekhar along with E.A.S. Prasanna, Bishen Singh Bedi and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan constituted the Indian spin quartet that dominated...
(born 1945), Indian cricketer - Chandrasekhar GadkariChandrasekhar GadkariLt. Col. Chandrasekhar Vaman Gadkari was an Indian Test cricketer.Gadkari was an attacking batsman, medium pace bowler and a great fielder. He made a fine impression as a fielder in the 1952/53 tour to West Indies in an Indian side that was noted for its fielding...
(1928–1998), Indian cricketer
In arts and entertainment:
- Chandra Sekhar YeletiChandra Sekhar YeletiChandra Sekhar Yeleti is a Tollywood film director. He directed 4 films in his career. The movies Aithe and Anukokunda Oka Roju went on to be big hits. He does not like directing art films. He prefers commercial films. He got married on 19 May 2006...
(born 1973), Tollywood film director - Jay ChandrasekharJay ChandrasekharJayanth Jambulingam "Jay" Chandrasekhar is a Tamil American actor, comedian, writer, and film director with the comedy team Broken Lizard.-Life and career:...
(born 1968), American film actor, director and writer - Nagathihalli ChandrashekharNagathihalli ChandrashekharNagathihalli Chandrashekhar is a Kannada film director. Chandrashekhar, also known as Chandru, has directed about 15 Kannada movies and about 10 Tele-serials...
, Indian film director and writer - Chandrashekhara KambaraChandrashekhara KambaraChandrashekhara Kambara is a prominent poet, playwright, folklorist, film director in Kannada language and the founder-vice-chancellor of Kannada University in Hampi. He is known for his effective usage of North Karnataka dialect of Kannada language in his plays and poems and is often compared...
(born 1937), Indian poet, playwright, and professor - ChandrashekharChandrashekharChandrashekhar is a prolific Indian film actor working in the Bollywood film industry.He has appeared in some 112 films since his 1954 in Aurat Teri Yehi Kahani .In 1984 he appeared in Sharaabi....
(born 1922), Bollywood film actor
In science and academia:
- Sivaramakrishna ChandrasekharSivaramakrishna ChandrasekharSivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar was an Indian physicist who won the Royal Medal in 1994. He was the founder-president of the International Liquid Crystal Society....
(1930–2004), Indian physicist. - Subrahmanyan ChandrasekharSubrahmanyan ChandrasekharSubrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, FRS ) was an Indian origin American astrophysicist who, with William A. Fowler, won the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics for key discoveries that led to the currently accepted theory on the later evolutionary stages of massive stars...
(1910–1995), British Indian-American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate in physics.- Chandrasekhar limitChandrasekhar limitWhen a star starts running out of fuel, it usually cools off and collapses into one of three compact forms, depending on its total mass:* a White Dwarf, a big lump of Carbon and Oxygen atoms, almost like one huge molecule...
, an astrophysics formula named for him. - Chandrasekhar numberChandrasekhar numberThe Chandrasekhar number is a dimensionless quantity used in magnetic convection to represent ratio of the Lorentz force to the viscosity. It is named after the Indian astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar....
, an astrophysics quantity also named for him.
- Chandrasekhar limit
- Chandrasekhara Venkata RamanChandrasekhara Venkata RamanSir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, FRS was an Indian physicist whose work was influential in the growth of science in the world. He was the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930 for the discovery that when light traverses a transparent material, some of the light that is deflected...
(1888–1970), was an Indian physicist and Nobel laureate in physics. - Chandrashekhar KhareChandrashekhar KhareChandrashekhar B. Khare is a professor of mathematics at the University of California Los Angeles. In 2005, he made a major advance in the field of Galois representations and number theory by proving the level 1 Serre conjecture, and later a proof of the full conjecture with Jean-Pierre Wintenberger...
, professor of mathematics at the University of California Los Angeles - Chandra Sekhar Sankurathri, founder of free Sarada VidyalayamSarada Vidyalayam-Background:The Sarada Vidyalayam school was founded on July 14, 1992 by Dr. Chandra Sekhar Sankurathri with the objective of providing free education to children in rural Kakinada, India, where illiteracy and poverty are commonplace. The school is funded by charitable donations raised by Dr...
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