Famous People with Name Braj

Braj Kumar Nehru            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Braj Kumar Nehru: was the son of Brijlal and Rameshwari Nehru and a relative of India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.He joined the Indian Civil Service in 1934 and rose to be governor of seven different states of India; Jammu and Kashmir, (1981-84), Assam, (1968-73), Gujarat (1984-86), Nagaland (1968-73), Meghalaya (1970-73), Manipur (1972-73) and Tripura (1972-73).

Braj Basi Lal            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Braj Basi Lal: He was the Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India from 1968 to 1972, and has served as President of the World Archaeological Congress. He also worked in for UNESCO committees. He received the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 2000.He has done excavations in the Indus Valley Civilization with Mortimer Wheeler and other archaeologists. He has had a spectacularly successful and exemplary archaeological career spanning more than half-a-century. He was trained in excavation by the veteran archaeologist, Wheeler at Taxila, Harappa and other famous sites in the forties of the last century. Out of his many pupils Wheeler chose Lal to entrust the excavation of the Early Historic site of Sisupalgarh in Orissa before relinquishing the charge of the Director-General of Archaeology in India in 1947.

Braja Kishore Tripathy            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Braja Kishore Tripathy: is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Puri constituency of Orissa as a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party. He was a cabinet minister in NDA government in 13th Lok Sabha. He has joined Bharatiya Janata Party after

Brajendranath De            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Brajendranath De: was a civilian, linguist and historian.[1]Throughout his career, he served in various bureaucratic capacities in Bengal, Behar and Orissa. His first posting in the civil service was as Assistant Magistrate of Arrah in Behar. The Ilbert Bill Controversy of 1883 took place when he was a Joint Magistrate of Hooghly. When asked to comment on the nature of the Bill, he supported the recommendations for increase in the Indian magistrates' powers.[7] This gained him the contempt of his then Divisional Commissioner, John Beames, esq.

Brajesh Pathak            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Brajesh Pathak: is an Indian politician for the Unnao (Lok Sabha constituency) in Uttar Pradesh.