List of people from Haryana
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Badminton

  • Saina Nehwal
    Saina Nehwal
    Saina Nehwal is an Indian Khel Ratna badminton player currently ranked 4 in the world by Badminton World Federation. Saina is the first Indian woman to reach the singles quarterfinals at the Olympics and the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships...

    -International Badminton Player, 2010 Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist

Shooting

  • Gagan Narang
    Gagan Narang
    Gagan Narang is an ace Indian shooter, especially in Air rifle shooting, supported by the Olympic Gold Quest. He is the first Indian to qualify for the London Olympics.-Career:...

     - Won four Gold Medals in 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games/ 2006 Wold Cup Air Rifle Gold Medalist.

Kabaddi

  • Ram Singh THARDAK alias Pauda, coach of circle Kabaddi since 1980s, Village Bandrana, Kaithal
    Kaithal
    Kaithal is a city and a municipal council in Kaithal district in the Indian state of Haryana. Kaithal was previously a part of Karnal District and later, Kurukshetra District until 1 November 1989, when it became the headquarters of the Kaithal District of Haryana. Kaithal shares common boundary...

     district
  • Sher Singh Ror, International Kabaddi
    Kabaddi
    Kabaddi is a South Asian team sport...

     player in the 1990s, Village Khedi Ramnagar
  • bhram prkash beniwal,(bhrma)International Kabaddi
    Kabaddi
    Kabaddi is a South Asian team sport...

     player ...village shiehkpura teh. ganaur sonipat...

Ashan Kumar Sangwan is the first Kabaddi player who won the Arjun Award in 1998.

Basketball

  • Ajmer Singh
    Ajmer Singh
    Ajmer Singh is an Indian basketball player who was awarded the country's highest sporting honor, the Arjuna Award, in 1982. He represented the country in the Asian Basketball Championships and in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow....

    , Arjuna Award
    Arjuna award
    The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll....

    ee Basketball
    Basketball
    Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

     player, declared the "10th best pivot player" of the world.

Boxing

  • Manoj Kumar Kaltagediya
    Manoj Kumar (boxer)
    Manoj Kumar Kaltagediya is an Indian boxer who won a gold medal in the light welterweight division at the 2010 Commonwealth Games...

    , Indian national team (64 kg category), Gold Medallist XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 held in Delhi
    Delhi
    Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...

    , Village Rajound, Kaithal
    Kaithal
    Kaithal is a city and a municipal council in Kaithal district in the Indian state of Haryana. Kaithal was previously a part of Karnal District and later, Kurukshetra District until 1 November 1989, when it became the headquarters of the Kaithal District of Haryana. Kaithal shares common boundary...

     district.
  • Vikas Krishan Yadav
    Vikas Krishan Yadav
    Vikas Krishan Yadav is an Indian male boxer from Bhiwani district in Haryana, who won a gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games in the Lightweight category.-Life:...

     2010 Asian Games
    2010 Asian Games
    The 2010 Asian Games, also known as the XVI Asiad, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Guangzhou, China from November 12 to November 27, 2010. Guangzhou was the second Chinese city to host the Games, after Beijing in 1990...

     Gold medalist Boxer from Bhiwani
    Bhiwani
    Bhiwani is a city and a municipal council in Bhiwani district in the state of Haryana, India. It is known as the city of temples. Besides being a seat of spiritual learning, the city has been the centerstage of regional politics. The city is hometown to three of Haryana's chief ministers: Bansi...

     World Boxing Championship 2011 medalist.
  • Vijender Singh-2008,Beijing Olympic Medalist.
  • Sunil Kumar - Won U 17 World championship 2006 at Istanbul, Turkey/ Won World cadet title.
  • Akhil Kumar
    Akhil Kumar
    Akhil Kumar is an Indian boxer who has won several international and national boxing awards. He practices an “Open Guarded” boxing style. In 2005, the Indian government gave him the Arjuna Award for his achievements in international Boxing...

    -Indian Boxer,2006 Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist
  • Jitender Kumar-Indian Boxer,Commonwealth Games Medalist.
  • Kavita Goyat
    Kavita Goyat
    Kavita Goyat is a female boxer from India. She competes in 69–75 kg weight category.Kavita won bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China. She lost 1:3 to Jinzi Li of China in semi finals. Kavita has previously won gold medal at Hanoi Asian Indoor Games, 2009 in 64 kg...

     - Female Boxer, Asian Game 2010, Bronze Medalist.
  • Dinesh Kumar
    Dinesh Kumar
    Dinesh Kumar ' is an Indian amateur boxer from Bhiwani, Haryana who competed at the 2008 Olympics at light-heavyweight.He is coached by Jagdish Singh.He didn't compete in the 2007 World Championships....

     - Indian Boxer, Asian Boxing Meet Medalist.
  • Hawa Singh
    Hawa Singh
    Captain Hawa Singh was an Indian Heavyweight boxer, who dominated Indian and Asian amateur boxing for a decade in his weight class...

     - Indian Heavyweight boxer. Asian Champion
  • Jagdish Singh
    Jagdish Singh
    Jagdish Singh is an Indian boxer and a boxing coach from Bhiwani district of the Indian state of Haryana. He founded the Bhiwani Boxing Club in 2001, which produced four members of the five member boxing team in Beijing Olympics 2008, including the bronze medal winner, Vijender Kumar.The credit...

     - Indian Boxer and Coach, Founder Bhiwani Boxing Club
    Bhiwani Boxing Club
    The Bhiwani Boxing Club in Bhiwani in the state of Haryana, India came to the limelight in 2008 as four of the five boxers who represented India at the 2008 Summer Olympics are from Bhiwani. Sports Authority of India coach and boxer Jagdish Singh has been credited with making the Bhiwani Boxing...

    .
  • Havaldar Mahtab Singh -Indian Heavyweight boxer, Asian Champion, Arjuna Awardee.


Cricket

  • Kapil Dev
    Kapil Dev
    Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj , better known as Kapil Dev, is a former Indian cricketer. He captained the Indian cricket team which won the 1983 Cricket World Cup...

    , Cricketer
    Cricketer
    A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....

  • Joginder Rao
    Joginder Rao
    Joginder Singh Rao was an Indian cricketer: a right-arm medium pace bowler who played only five first-class games, all for Services in the 1963-64 Ranji Trophy, but who is notable for having not only taken a hat-trick on debut, but for following that up with two more in the same innings of his...

     Cricketer.
  • Chetan Sharma
    Chetan Sharma
    Chetan Sharma was a medium pace bowler who represented India at cricket.Sharma was coached by Desh Prem Azad, a Dronacharya Award winner, who was also the mentor of Kapil Dev...

     - Former Indian Cricketer.
  • Joginder Sharma
    Joginder Sharma
    Joginder "The Hulk" Sharma . Is an Indian cricketer who made sporadic appearances for the Indian cricket team.-Style of play:...

     - Indian Cricketer.
  • Nitin Saini - Playing for Kings XI Punjab IPL 4 Squad.
  • Ajay Ratra
    Ajay Ratra
    Ajay Ratra is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper.Ratra was selected in 2000 for the first intake of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore....

     - Indian Cricketer.
  • Sanjay Banger - Indian Cricketer.
  • Ashish Nehra
    Ashish Nehra
    Ashish Nehra is an Indian cricketer who has represented India at the international level since 1999.Nehra started playing first-class cricket for his hometown, Delhi, in the 1997/1998 season and made his Test debut against Sri Lanka at Colombo in 1999 and his ODI debut against Zimbabwe at Harare...

     - Indian Cricketer.
  • Virender Sehwag - Indian Cricketer.

Hockey

  • Mamta Kharab
    Mamta Kharab
    Mamta Kharab is the current captain of the Indian women's hockey team.During the 2002 Commonwealth Games, she scored the winning goal which gave India the Gold. She also served as the model for the character of Komal Chautala in the 2007 Bollywood hit, Chak De India.Now she is working in Haryana...

    -Captain of the Indian women's hockey team
  • Suman Bala
    Suman Bala
    Suman Bala is a member of the India women's national field hockey team. She hails from Haryana and played with the team when it won the Gold at the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games.- References :**...

    - Indian women's national hockey team player
  • Jasjeet Kaur Handa
    Jasjeet Kaur Handa
    Jasjeet Kaur Handa is a member of the India women's national field hockey team. She hails from Haryana and played with the team when it won the Gold at the 2004 Hockey Asia Cup.She was given the Arjuna award in 2010....

     Indian women's national hockey team player
  • Surinder Kaur (field hockey)
    Surinder Kaur (field hockey)
    Surinder Kaur is a member of the India women's national field hockey team. She hails from Haryana and played with the team when it won Gold at the 2004 Hockey Asia Cup.- References :*...

     Indian women's national hockey team player
  • Pritam Rani Siwach
    Pritam Rani Siwach
    Pritam Rani Siwach is a former captain of the Indian women's hockey team. In 2008, she was recalled to join the team for the Olympic qualifiers in order to bring an "additional wealth of experience." After the team did not qualify for the Olympics, Siwach stated in an interview, "We are not that...

     Indian women's national hockey team player
  • Sita Gussain
    Sita Gussain
    Sita Gussain is a member of the India women's national field hockey team. She played with the team when it won the Gold at the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games.- References :**...

     Indian women's national hockey team player
  • Sandeep Singh
    Sandeep Singh
    Sandeep Singh is an Indian National Hockey Player and an ex-Captain of the Indian National team. He generally features as a full back and is a penalty corner specialist for the team...

     Indian Men's National Hockey Team
  • Vikas Chaudhary, Junior Officer ONGC, member of the Indian Hockey team, 2007 Asia Cup, Village Bastali, Karnal district
    Karnal District
    Karnal district is one of the 21 districts of Haryana state in northern India. Karnal town is the administrative headquarters of the district. Other major towns in this district are Assandh, Gharaunda, Nilokheri, Indri and Uncha Siwana. This district is part of Rohtak Division.-History:Karnal...

  • Anil Nandal Indian Men's National Hockey Team
  • Ajit Nandal Indian Men's National Hockey Team
  • Dharmender antil Indian Men's National Hockey Team

Volleyball

  • Ballu
    Ballu
    Balwant Singh Sagwal , popularly known as Ballu, was an Indian volleyball player, considered a star of the national volleyball team.-Biography:...

    , Arjuna Award
    Arjuna award
    The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll....

    ee Volleyball
    Volleyball
    Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

     Player
  • Dalel Singh
    Dalel Singh Ror
    Dalel Singh is an Indian volleyball player who was awarded the country's highest sporting honor, the Arjuna Award, in 1990.He was born the village of Amin, close to Kurukshetra. He picked up Volleyball at the Kurukshetra University and went on to become the Captain of the Indian national team...

    , Arjuna Award
    Arjuna award
    The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll....

    ee Volleyball
    Volleyball
    Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

     player
  • Late Sunil, Ex-Captain, Indian Volleyball team
  • Balkar Chauhan, Indian Volleyball team, Village Amin
  • Ishwar Singh, Ex-Captain, Indian Volleyball team, Village Bhaini Kalan, Karnal
    Karnal
    Karnal is an important city and the headquarters of Karnal District in the Indian state of Haryana.Karnal is said to have been founded by the Kauravas in the Mahabharata era for the king Karna, a mythological hero and a key figure in the epic tale...

  • Mehar Singh, Ex-Captain, Indian Volleyball team
  • Parveen Rulhan, Indian Volleyball Team (BHEL), Village Dod Karsa, district Karnal
  • Darshan Kumar, Indian Volleyball Team Player, Village Shahpur, district Karnal
  • Surjit Kumar, Indian Volleyball Team Player, Village Shahpur, district Karnal

Wrestling

  • Alka Tomar
    Alka Tomar
    Alka Tomar is an Indian wrestler. The national National Women Wrestling champion of India, she received the bronze medal in Wrestling at the Doha Asian Games in 2006. Alka Tomar also received a bronze at the Senior Wrestling Championships in Guangzhou in China 2006.She was born in a Rajput family...

    -Bronze medal in World Wrestling Championships in Guangzhou in China 2006 and A bronze in Wrestling in Doha Asian games in 2006.
  • Geetika Jakhar
    Geetika Jakhar
    Geetika Jakhar is an Indian wrestler who has won the silver medal in the freestyle 63 kg category in Doha Asian Games 2006. At a young age she has already won a number of national as well as international events. A student of CRM Jat College and belonging to HAU SAI hostel, Geetika comes from a...

    - Silver medal in the freestyle 63 kg category in Doha Asian Games 2006.
  • Yogeshwar Dutt
    Yogeshwar Dutt
    Yogeshwar Dutt is an Indian wrestler. He is from Sonipat, Haryana.- Career :He started wrestling from a very young age...

    -2003 Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist.
  • Chandgi Ram
    Chandgi Ram
    Chandgi Ram was an Indian wrestler who won a gold medal at 1970 Asian Games. He received both an Arjuna award and a Padma Shri. He participated in 1972 Summer Olympics. He was born in 1937 in the Hisar district of state of Haryana. He later set up the akhara to train women wrestlers for...

    -Gold medalist at Asian games
  • Ramesh Kumar - World Wrestling Championship Bronze medalist and two times commonwealth *Sumit Sharma* Bronze medal in World Wrestling Championships in Guangzhou in China 2006 champion.

Karate

  • Dinesh Kumar Kadyan, Village Katalheri, Karnal
    Karnal
    Karnal is an important city and the headquarters of Karnal District in the Indian state of Haryana.Karnal is said to have been founded by the Kauravas in the Mahabharata era for the king Karna, a mythological hero and a key figure in the epic tale...

     Represented India in 5 World Shito-ryu Karate Championship at Japan in 2006

Baseball

  • Sumit Khranger, Village Kutail, Karnal
    Karnal
    Karnal is an important city and the headquarters of Karnal District in the Indian state of Haryana.Karnal is said to have been founded by the Kauravas in the Mahabharata era for the king Karna, a mythological hero and a key figure in the epic tale...

     Represented Indian base ball team in 2006

Others

  • Santosh Yadav
    Santosh Yadav
    Santosh Yadav is an Indian mountaineer. She is the first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice in less than an year and the first woman to successfully climb Mt Everest from Kangshung Face. She first climbed the peak in May 1992 and then did it again in May 1993.-Early life and...

    - Mountaineer, 1st woman in World to climb Mount Everest
    Mount Everest
    Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. The international boundary runs across the precise summit point...

     twice.
  • Abhinav Lohan - golfer , silver medal (golf team) at the 2010 Asian Games , Guangzhou & no.1 ranked Amateur golfer in india for 2010
  • Mamta Sodha, Kaithal- Mountaineer, scaled the world's highest peak Mt Everest in 2010.

Art

  • Pandit Lakhmi Chand, prominent Haryanvi culturist
  • Jat Mehar Singh, Haryanvi Gayak
  • Baba Ramdev, yoga guru of India
  • Rajan Zed, Hindu chaplain who delivered a Hindu prayer in the United States Senate
  • Shekhar Gurera
    Shekhar Gurera
    Chander Shekhar Gurera is an Indian editorial cartoonist, illustrator, and graphic designer, well known for his commentary on India's political and social trends...

    , cartoonist
  • Mohinder Pratap Chand
    Mohinder Pratap Chand
    Mohinder Pratap Chand is a Urdu writer and poet of India who has promoted Urdu language and literature in India. In Kurukshetra University , he initiated the Bazm-e-Adab and introduced the study of Urdu in the University Curriculum where he taught Urdu as Teacher In-charge for 26 years...

    , Urdu poet
  • Surinder Sharma
    Surinder sharma
    Surender Sharma is a popular Hindi poet and humorist, who usually writing comic sketches of himself and his wife. He originally belongs to village Nangal Chaudhary Mahendragarh district, Haryana and has made a very good contribution to Haryanvi comic poetry. He sometimes uses the Marwari language...

     - comic poet
  • Nek Chand Saini, An Indian self-taught artist, famous for building the world's famous Rock Garden of Chandigarh, an eighteen acre sculpture garden in the city of Chandigarh, Haryana.
  • Sonu Nigam
    Sonu Nigam
    Sonu Nigam is an Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured in numerous Hindi movies, as well as films in Assamese, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi and Kannada language. He has also released numerous Indi-pop albums and acted in a few Hindi feature films...

     - Singer

History

  • Samrat Harshawardhana King of Thanesar Haryana ruled India from AD606 to AD647...
  • Samrat Hem Chandra Vikramaditya also called Hemu
    Hemu
    Samrat Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, Hemu Vikramaditya or simply Hemu was a Hindu Emperor of India during the sixteenth century, in medieval times...

     who fought 2nd battle of Panipat against Akbar
  • Pran Sukh Yadav
    Pran Sukh Yadav
    Pran Sukh Yadav in Hindi प्राण सुख यादव was an extraordinary military commander of his time. He was a close friend of Hari Singh Nalwa and famous Punjab ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh.In his early career he trained Sikh Khalsa army...

    , military commander in Anglo-Sikh wars

Mahavir Chakra

  • Commodore Babru Bhan Yadav, Maha Vir Chakra recipient,1971 War.
  • Lt General Khem Karan Singh also Padma Bhushan recipient.
  • Lt General R. S. Dyal .
  • Brigadier V. P. Airy .
  • Major General Madan Mohan Singh Bakshi.
  • Lt. Colonel I.J.S Butalia .
  • Major M. S. Chaudhary.

Politician

  • Pandit Bhagatwat Dayal Sharma, former Chief Minister of Haryana
  • Rao Birender Singh
    Rao Birender Singh
    Rao Birender Singh was an Indian politician. He served as the Chief Minister of Haryana from 24 March 1967 until 2 November, 1967, and also served in the union cabinet...

     Yadav was the second chief minister of Haryana.
  • Bansi Lal
    Bansi Lal
    Chaudhary Bansi Lal was an Indian freedom fighter, senior Congress leader, former Chief Minister of Haryana and considered by many to be the architect of modern Haryana. He was born in a Jat family of Golagarh village in Bhiwani district of Haryana. He served three separate terms as Chief...

    , former Chief Minister of Haryana, former Railway Minister of India
    Railway Minister of India
    The Minister of Railways is the head of the Ministry of Railways and one of the cabinet ministers of the Government of India.-List of railway ministers:...

  • Bhajan Lal
    Bhajan Lal
    Bhajan Lal was a politician and two-time chief minister from the northern Indian state of Haryana.-Early life:...

    , former Chief Minister of Haryana.
  • Devi Lal Sihag (Tau), Former Chief Minister of Haryana, 6th Deputy Prime Minister
    Prime minister
    A 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
    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...

  • Mahendra Chaudhry
    Mahendra Chaudhry
    Mahendra Pal Chaudhry is a Fijian politician and the leader of the Fiji Labour Party...

     - Former Prime Minister of Fiji
  • Om Prakash Chautala
    Om Prakash Chautala
    Om Prakash Chautala is an Indian politician from the state of Haryana and the leader of the Indian National Lok Dal political party. He is a former Chief Minister of Haryana. Presently, he is the Leader of Opposition in the Haryana Vidhan Sabha.Chautala is the son of Chaudhari Devi Lal, a former...

     Former Chief Minister of Haryana,, son of Devi Lal

Bureaucrats

  • Jatin Narwal, IPS
  • Shweta Narwal, IAS
  • K C Narwal, XEN, UHBVN
  • Vikas Narwal, IAS
  • Naresh Narwal, HCS

Victoria Cross

  • Late Subedar Ganga Ram Dabas R/o V.PO Kultana Dist. Rohtak Had been awarded by Victoria Cross and died in 1965.

Revolutionaries and freedom fighters

  • Arvind Kejriwal
    Arvind Kejriwal
    Arvind Kumar Kejriwal is an Indian social activist fighting for greater transparency in Government. He was awarded Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership in 2006, for activating India's Right to Information movement at grassroots and social activities to empower the poorest citizens to...

     - RTI activist, India against Corruption activist
  • [Mehmood Khan] - Development activist-Transforming lives in rural India

  • Pran Sukh Yadav
    Pran Sukh Yadav
    Pran Sukh Yadav in Hindi प्राण सुख यादव was an extraordinary military commander of his time. He was a close friend of Hari Singh Nalwa and famous Punjab ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh.In his early career he trained Sikh Khalsa army...

    , (fought along with Rao Tula Ram Yadav at Nasibpur)
  • Arjun Singh Gurjar
    Arjun Singh Gurjar
    Arjun Singh Gurjar was a freedom fighter for India. He was born in Sirsa, Haryana.-Role in Independence of India:Born to a Gurjar family, he participated in the Indian freedom struggle.The financial position of his father, Ram Karan Gujar was not strong, which created problems in proper...

    -Freedom fighter of India.
  • Dharam Singh Hayatpur
    Dharam Singh Hayatpur
    Dharam Singh Hayatpur was a prominent member of the Sikh political and religious group the Babbar Akali Movement in India. In 1926 he was sentenced to life imprisonment for his activities by a British imperial Sessions Court but this sentence was raised on appeal by the High Court and he was hanged...

    , revolutionary leader.
  • Ganga Singh Gurjar, Freedom fighter of India who took active part in the Great revolt of 1857.
  • Mahendra Lal Wadhwa
    Mahendra Lal Wadhwa
    Mahendra Lal Wadhwa was an Indian freedom fighter from the town of Muzafargarh. He fought the British Rule in India for an independent country, for which he was subsequently imprisoned many times. He was awarded the Tamrapatra in 1972, an award for outstanding contribution to freedom fighting by...

  • Nihal Singh Takshak
    Nihal Singh Takshak
    Choudhary Nihal Singh Takshak was a great freedom fighter of village Bhagvi in Haryana, India. He started Paraja Mandal Freedom movement in Jind state. He was first MLA In Jind State during first election 1937. He was also an Education Inspector with Birla Institute Pilani...

     also former Education Inspector with Birla Institute Pilani.
  • Pandit Sri Ram Sharma - Prominent Freedom Fighter
  • Pandit Neki Ram Sharma - Prominent Freedom Fighter
  • Rao Tula Ram
    Rao Tula Ram
    Rao Tula Ram was one of the key leaders of the Indian rebellion of 1857, in Haryana, where he is considered a state hero....

    , revolutionary leader in 1857 revolt.
  • Ranbir Singh Hooda
    Ranbir Singh Hooda
    Ranbir Singh Hooda is well known in Haryana's Jat heartland for his role in India's freedom struggle as a leading member of the Indian National Congress....

     - Only alive member of the first Constituent Assembly that framed Indian Constitution. died in 2009
  • Seth Chhaju Ram
    Seth Chhaju Ram
    Seth Chhaju Ram was a leading Jat from Haryana, India, who made a fortune in Calcutta during the colonial raj. A philanthropist, he undertook many socially relevant projects...

    .
  • The Greatest - Chaudhary Sir Chhotu Ram Ohlyan - Kisan Maseeha & Agriculture Minister and President of The Unionist party in Joint Punjab - From Rohtak
  • late Sh.Sher Singh Freedom fighter R/o Mohmmed pur Ahir Teh.Taoru Distt.Mewat Participated in the fight of freedom with Neta Ji Subash Chander Boss and died on 22/10/2004.

  • Pandit hariram arya is a freedom fighter from rewari participate in Indian freedom movement in 1947 and also stayed in jail during national freedom movement.

  • Late Capt. Ran Singh Dabas freedom fighter R/o V.PO Kultana Dist. Rohtak Participated in the fight of freedom with Neta Ji Subash Chander Boss and died on 27/02/2011.
  • Late Ch. Dalip Singh,resident of VPO Bugana, Tehsil Barwala, District Hisar (Haryana), earlier joined Hongkong Singapore Royal Artillery (HKSRA)of British army and later volunteered for Indian National Army (INA) floated by Netaji Subhash Chander Bose. Also awarded 'Tamra Patra' by the state for his suffering during pre-independence freedom movement. He also spent many years behind bars and remained unknown to family for several years.
  • Late Sardar Pyara Singh Chaidi was a freedom fighter from Narnaul.He was a soldier in 'Ajad Hind Fouj'.He died in April 1999.
  • Rao GopiRam a freedom fighter from village BEWAL in district MAHENDERGARH in HARYANA

Business

  • Om Prakash O.P. Jindal, Former Member of Parliament, Haryana Power Minister, Founder - Jindal Group of Companies, hailing from Hissar
    Hisar, India
    Hisar city, previously spelled Hissar, is the administrative headquarters of Hisar district, in the state of Haryana, in northwestern India. Hisar was founded in 1354 CE, as Hissar-e-Firoza by Firoz Shah Tughlaq, who reigned over the Sultanate of Delhi from 1351 to 1388. on the demolished ruins...

  • Naveen Jindal
    Naveen Jindal
    Naveen Jindal is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament from the Kurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency in the northern Indian state of Haryana. He is the Chairman and Managing Director of Jindal Steel and Power Limited, which is part of the $15 billion diversified O.P...

    , industrialist son of O.P. Jindal, Member of Parliament, hailing from Hissar
    Hisar, India
    Hisar city, previously spelled Hissar, is the administrative headquarters of Hisar district, in the state of Haryana, in northwestern India. Hisar was founded in 1354 CE, as Hissar-e-Firoza by Firoz Shah Tughlaq, who reigned over the Sultanate of Delhi from 1351 to 1388. on the demolished ruins...

  • Sajjan Jindal
    Sajjan Jindal
    Sajjan Jindal is an Indian businessman. He is the Vice Chairman, Managing Director of JSW Steel, a part of the JSW Group of companies. JSW Steel is India's third-largest steel producer. JSW Steel has formed a strategic tie-up with the world's sixth largest and Japan's second largest steel producer...

    , industrialist son of O.P.. Jindal, hailing from Hissar
    Hisar, India
    Hisar city, previously spelled Hissar, is the administrative headquarters of Hisar district, in the state of Haryana, in northwestern India. Hisar was founded in 1354 CE, as Hissar-e-Firoza by Firoz Shah Tughlaq, who reigned over the Sultanate of Delhi from 1351 to 1388. on the demolished ruins...

  • Savitri Jindal
    Savitri Jindal
    Savitri Jindal is an Indian steel baroness, the wealthiest woman in India and the world's 56th richest person. She is the non-executive chairperson of Jindal Steel and Power Limited and JSW Steel, and member of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha, MLA. She also served as a Minister of Power in the...

    , industrialist and wife of O.P. Jindal, Member of Legislative Assambaly from Hissar
    Hisar, India
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    .
  • Subhash Chandra
    Subhash Chandra
    Subhash Chandra is a onetime rice exporter-turned media baron and Chairman of Essel Group, that launched India's satellite television revolution. The Zee chairman dropped out after standard 12. His pioneering channel Zee TV competes with, among others, Sony Entertainment Television and STAR Plus...

    , Founder Zee TV
    Zee TV
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    , Chairman ESSEL Group.
  • Manish Joshi Bismil
    Manish Joshi Bismil
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    , Theatre Director.
  • Chaudhary Raghavender Singh, Founder of DLF group.
  • Raj Singh Gahlaut - Realty (Ambience Group)
  • Samir Gahlaut - Insurance, Realty (Indiabulls)

Others

  • Qazi Mir Imdad Ali
    Qazi Mir Imdad Ali
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  • Syed Mohammad Ashraf
    Syed Mohammad Ashraf
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  • Vandana Pushpandra,Writer,poet
  • Ranbir Singh Mahendra
    Ranbir Singh Mahendra
    Ranbir Singh Mahendra is a politician from Haryana, India and was president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India from 2004 to 2005....

    , Formar President of BCCI
    Board of Control for Cricket in India
    The Board of Control for Cricket in India , headquartered at Mumbai, is the national governing body for all cricket in India. It's not the apex governing body in India. The board was formed in December 1928 as BCCI replaced Calcutta Cricket Club. BCCI is a society, registered under the Tamil Nadu...

     (s/o Sh Bansi Lal)
  • Ravi Sharma, RJ ,promoting Haryanvi Culture in UK
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