Famous People with Name Mahendra

Mahendra Singh Dhoni            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Mahendra Singh Dhoni: Dhoni is an aggressive right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. Dhoni is one of the wicket-keepers who have come through the ranks of junior and India A cricket teams to represent the national team - Parthiv Patel, Ajay Ratra and Dinesh Karthik being the others. Dhoni, referred to as 'Mahi' by his friends, debuted in the Bihar cricket team during the 1998/99 cricket season and was selected to represent India-A for a tour to Kenya in 2004. Along with Gautam Gambhir, Dhoni made multiple centuries against the Pakistan-A team in a tri-nation series and was selected in the Indian national team later in that year.

Mahendra Veeren Nagamootoo            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Mahendra Veeren Nagamootoo: is a West Indian cricketer of Indo-Guyanese ethnicity. Mahendra Nagamootoo is a bits-and-pieces man who admitted, after scoring 68 at Sydney in his second Test in 2000-01, that batting comes easier to him than the legbreak bowling he was actually picked t

Mahendra Gokhale            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Mahendra Gokhale: was an Indian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman nad a right-arm off-break bowler who played for Maharashtra. He was born in Poona. Gokhale made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1998-99 season, against Orissa.

Yusril Ihza Mahendra            Origin/Culture/Country: Indonesian

Yusril Ihza Mahendra: is an Indonesian politician. Yusril was formerly the chairman of Crescent Star Party (PBB). Yusril Ihza Mahendra was born on 5th February 1956 to Idris Haji Sainal and Norsiha in Manggar, Bangka Belitung. After completing his primary and secondary education, Yusril left for Jakarta in 1976 to attend the University of Indonesia (UI). To compensate for living costs, Yusril had to lodge at various mosques in the city. In addition to that, Yusril had to find part time work to fund his studies.

Sunanda Mahendra            Origin/Culture/Country: Sri-Lankan

Sunanda Mahendra: Ogha Tharanaya (The Crossing of the Torrential Stream) won the State Literary Award for the best Sinhala poetry collection, 2006. Many poems from the collection are now translated into English. He has won the State Literary Award for the best original play script (1993), the best research work (2002) and the best two Sinhala novels (1964 and 2002 respectively).