Famous personalities of Allahabad

Allahabad, a city in Uttar Pradesh,India is famous for its rich intellectual past and for giving to the country and to the world,several eminent personalities in different walks of life.

Famous Personalities
*Jawahar Lal Nehru, Former Prime Minister of India
*SuryaKant Tripathi,One of top four poets of Modern Hindi.Also known as MahaKavi "Nirala".
*Indira Gandhi, Former Prime Minister of India
*Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, Founder, Banaras Hindu University
*Upendra Nath 'Ashk', Poet
*Kalajaha, Hmar alljali
*V. P. Singh, Former Prime Minister of India
*Rajiv Gandhi, Former Prime Minister of India
*Syed Abbas Husainy, Publisher
*Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Poet
*Dhyan Chand, Hockey player
*Firaq Gorakhpuri, Poet
*Mahadevi Varma, Poet
*Munshi Premchand, Literateur
*Suryakant Tripathi Nirala, Poet
*Dhananjaya Kumar, Yogacharya, Poet
*Zameer Hassan Kazmi, Writer in English
*Meghnad Saha, Scientist
*Harish Chandra, Scientist
*Allama Hakim Ahmad Hussain Al-Usmani, Founder, Unani Medical College, Allahabad
*Hakim Ahmad Usmani, Shefa-ul-Mulk, Unani Physician
*Hakim Hammad Usmani, Unani Physician and Philosopher
*Hariprasad Chaurasia, Classical Musician
*Nargis, Film actress
*Amitabh Bachchan, Film Actor
*Purushottam Das Tandon, Freedom Fighter
*Ram Chandra Shukla, Artist
*Mohammed Kaif, Cricketer
*Badruddin Siddiqui, Freedom Fighter
*Abdul Rasheed, Freedom Fighter
*Madan Lal Khurana, Politician
*Murli Manohar Joshi, Former Union Human Resources Development Minister of India
*Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, Politician
*Vivek Mushran, Bollywood Actor
*Vikas Bhalla, Hindi Pop Singer
*Shubha Mudgal, Singer
*Makam Venkat Satya Bharat Gupta, Classical Singer
*Dr. Kailash Nath Katju, Former Union Home Minister and Lawyer
*Justice R. S. Pathak, Former Chief Justice of India and Judge at World Court
*Justice V. N. Khare, Former Chief Justice of India
*Abhinn Shyam Gupta, International Badminton Player
*Professor Muhammad Naeemur Rehman, Department of Arabic & Persian, Allahabad University 1926 to 1950
*Zahoor Qasim, Marine scientist
*Vishal ,Singer
*Shamshur Rahman Faruqi, Urdu Poet and Critic
*Manu Katyal,Telecom Engineer

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