Famous People with Name Das

Krishna Das            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Krishna Das: a former Indian archer.Das represented India in the Asian Games in 1978 in Bangkok and 1982 in Delhi, and in three Asian Archery meets. She was the first archer to receive the Indian government's Arjuna Award to recognise outstanding sportspersons.

Bhagwan Das            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Bhagwan Das: was an Indian theosophist and public figure. For a time he served in the Central Legislative Assembly of British India. He became allied with the Hindustani Culture Society and was active in opposing rioting as a form of protest. As an advocate for national freedom from the British rule, he was often in danger of reprisals from the Colonial government.

Gurcharan Das            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Gurcharan Das: an Indian author, consultant and public intellectual. He is a columnist for The Times of India and other newspapers. Currently he is a venture capitalist and a consultant to Industry and Indian government.Gurcharan Das was the CEO of Procter & Gamble India and Vice President for Procter & Gamble Far East between 1985 and 1992. He was later Vice President and Managing Director, Procter & Gamble Worldwide. Prior to P&G, he was Chairman and Managing Director of Richardson Hindustan Limited from 1981 to 1985, the company where he started as a trainee. Having chalked out his life graph, he quit at the age of 50.

Manoj Das            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Manoj Das: an Indian award-winning author who writes in Oriya and English.Manoj Das is internationally recognized and is the recipient of many prestigious awards like the Sahitya Akademi Award, the Padmashri and the Saraswati Samman. He has columns in India's national dailies like The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Hindu and The Statesman. His writings, revealing the deeper truth and the untraced aspects behind current issues, have been highly appreciated.

Seth Govind Das            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Seth Govind Das: was a freedom fighter and a distinguished parliamentarian. He belonged to the famous Maheshwari merchant family of Raja Gokuldas of Jabalpur.He was also a famous Hindi author. He is well known for his support of Hindi as the national language of India. He represented Jabalpur in the Indian Parliament from 1947 to 1974 and came to be called the "father of the Lok Sabha".He was a close associate and follower of Mahatma Gandhi. He was jailed in Damoh for eight months, where he wrote four plays ‘Prakash’ (social), ‘Kartavya’ (mythological), ‘Navras’ (philosophical) and a ‘Spardha’(one act play).