Famous People with Name Giri

Giridhar Gamang            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Giridhar Gamang: is a leader of the Indian National Congress and a former Chief Minister of Orissa. He was born at Dibirisingi village in Rayagada district of Orissa. In 1972, he was elected for the first time to the 5th Lok Sabha from Koraput. Subsequently, he was re-ele

Giridhari Yadav            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Giridhari Yadav: is an indian politician. Who is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of Bihar of India. He represents the Belhar constituency of Bihar and is a member of the Janata Dal (United) (JDU) political party. He has been elected twice into the Lok sabha

Giridharilal Kedia            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Giridharilal Kedia: was an Indian businessman and entrepreneur. He served the Kala Vikash Kendra, Cuttack for 12 years as the Working President and Trustee. Kedia was also the founder and chairman of Image Institute of Technology & Management. He was awarded the Samaj Gaurav

Girilal Jain            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Girilal Jain: was an Indian journalist. He served as the editor of The Times of India from 1978 till 1988. He was sympathetic to Hindu nationalism and authored books on the subject, the best known of which, The Hindu Phenomenon, was published posthumously.He believed that the political-economic order that Jawaharlal Nehru had fashioned was as much in its last throes as its progenitor, the Marxist-Leninist- Stalinist order. He believed that the two major planks of this order, secularism and socialism, have "lost much of their old glitter" while the third, non-alignment, has become redundant.[3][verification needed]

Girish Raghunath Karnad            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Girish Raghunath Karnad: a contemporary writer, playwright, actor and movie director in Kannada language. He is the latest of seven recipients[1] of Jnanpith Award for Kannada, the highest literary honour conferred in India. For four decades Karnad has been composing plays, often using history and mythology to tackle contemporary issues. He is also active in the world of Indian cinema working as an actor, director, and screenwriter, earning numerous awards along the way. He was conferred Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan by the government of India.

Varahagiri Venkata Giri            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Varahagiri Venkata Giri: commonly known as V. V. Giri, was the fourth president of the Republic of India from 24 August 1969 to 23 August 1974.Upon returning to India, he became heavily involved in the labour movement, becoming general secretary and then president of the All-Indi

Sri Yukteswar Giri            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Sri Yukteswar Giri: is the monastic name of Priyanath Karar (also Preonath Karar), the guru of Paramahansa Yogananda. Sri Yukteswar was a Jyotisha (traditional astrologer), a yogi, and an exponent of the Bhagavad Gita and the Bible. He was a disciple of Lahiri Mahasaya of Varanasi and a member of the Giri branch of the swami order. Yogananda styled Sri Yukteswar Jnanavatar, or "Incarnation of Wisdom".[1]