Ashoka (Devanāgarī: अशोकः, IAST: ',, Prakrit Imperial title: Devanampriya Priyadarsi"', "He who is the beloved of the Gods and who regards everyone amiably") (304 BCE – 232 BCE) was an Mauryan emperor, who ruled the Maurya Empire across the Indian subcontinent from 273 BCE to 232 BCE. After a number of military conquests, Ashoka reigned over most of India, Pakistan, South Asia and beyond, …

Amitabh Bachchan (Hindi: IPA: [/mitab btn/], born Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan on October 11, 1942), is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s and has since become one of the most prominent figures in the history of Indian cinema.

Shah Rukh Khan (Devanagari: शाहरुख़ ख़ान, Naskh: شاہ رخ خان) is a prominent Bollywood actor, producer, and was recently the host of the game show, Kaun Banega Crorepati.

Lalu Prasad Yadav, sometimes spelt as Laloo Prasad, (Devanāgarī: लालू प्रसाद यादव) (born June 11, 1948 Goplaganj, Bihar) is an Indian politician from the state of Bihar. He is currently the Union Minister for the Indian Railways in the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and the president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, until recently the governing political party in Bihar.

Jagjivan Ram (Devanāgarī: जगजीवन राम, known popularly as Babuji was a freedom fighter and a social reformer hailing from the backward classes of Bihar in India. He served as a minister in the Indian parliament with various portfolios for more than forty years, and also served as the Deputy Prime Minister of India.

Vyāsa (Devanāgarī: व्यास) is a central and much revered figure in the majority of Hindu traditions. He is also sometimes called Veda Vyasa (वेद व्यास, "veda vyāsa"), (the one who compiled the Vedas) or Krishna Dvaipayana (referring to his complexion and birthplace). He is accredited as the scribe of both the Vedas, and the supplementary texts such as the Puranas.

Sir Charles Wilkins (1749 - 1836), was an English typographer and Orientalist, notable as the first translator of Bhagavad Gita into English, and as the creator of the first Devanagari typeface. He was born at Frome in Somerset in 1749, and trained as a printer. In 1770 he went to India as a printer and writer in the East India Company's service. His facility with language allowed him to quickly learn Persian and Bengali.

Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan(Devanagari:बड़े ग़ुलाम अली ख़ान, Nastaliq: بذے غلام علی خان) (b. Kasur, near Lahore, Punjab, British India (now Pakistan), c. 1902; d. Hyderabad, India, April 25, 1968) was an Indian vocalist, considered one of the finest representatives of the Hindustani music tradition in the early and middle 20th century. He belonged to the Patiala Gharana of Hindustani classical music.

Panini (IAST:, Devanāgarī: ; a patronymic meaning "descendant of Pani") was an ancient Indian grammarian from Gandhara (traditionally 520–460 BC, but estimates range from the 7th to 4th centuries BC). He is known for his Sanskrit grammar, particularly for his formulation of the 3,959 rules of Sanskrit morphology in the grammar known as Ashtadhyayi (meaning "eight chapters"), the foundational text of the grammatical branch of the Vedanga, …

Maharaja Suraj Mal (Devanagari:महाराजा सूरज मल) was ruler of Bharatpur in Rajasthan in India. He has been described by a contemporary historian as "the Plato of Jat caste" and by a modern writer as the "Jat Ulysses", because of his political sagacity, steady intellect and clear vision. He was the greatest warrior and ablest statesman.

Rakhi Sawant. (Devanagari:, ITRANS:) is an Indian model and actress. She is a daughter of a mumbai policeman. Her real name is Neeru Sawant and she is popular as an "item girl" and sex symbol.

Daniel Henry Holmes Ingalls, Jr. is a pioneer of object-oriented computer programming and the principal architect, designer and implementor of five generations of Smalltalk environments. He designed the bytecoded virtual machine that made Smalltalk practical in 1976. He also invented Bit blit, the general-purpose graphical operation that underlies most bitmap graphics systems today, and pop-up menus.

Prakash Vir Shastri was a noted Member of the Parliament of India (Sansad). Born on December 30, 1923 as Om Prakash Tyagi (Devanāgarī: अोउम प्रकाश त्यागी) in the village of Ayodhya to a sepoy father, he earned his Shastri degree from Banaras Hindu University.

John Borthwick Gilchrist (June 1759 - 1841) was a noted British Indologist. Gilchrist was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, to merchant Walter Gilchrist, who disappeared the year he was born. After graduation from George Heriot's Hospital, a school for orphans, he obtained employment first as a surgeon's mate in the Royal Navy, then as an assistant surgeon in the East India Company's Medical Service. He landed at Bombay in 1782, then traveled overland with the troops.

Dr Balram Jakhar, (Devanagari:बलराम जाखड, IAST: Balrām, is a well known Parliamentarian and Governor of Madhya Pradesh, India. He was born in Hindu Jat family of Jakhar clan in Panchkosi village of Ferozepur district in Punjab on 23 August 1923. His father’s name is Chaudhari Rajaram Jakhar and mother’s name is Patodevi Jakhar.

Kharavela (IAST: Khāravela, Devanagari: खारवेल), was the king of Kalinga, in Orissa state of India. He was responsible for the propagation of Jainism in East India. He lead many successful campaigns against Magadha, Anga and what is today Tamil Nadu. He restored the power of Kalinga after it had been devastated in a war with Maurya King Ashoka. He was the third king of the Mahameghavahana dynasty.

Ram Swarup Joon (Devanagari: रामस्वरुप जून) is a Jat historian. He has written a book "History of the Jats" in Hindi in 1938 which was translated to English in by Lt. Col. Dal Singh in 1967. He was in the Indian army. His son Major Risal Singh was also in Indian army, 3/9 The Jat Regiment, who was commissioned in 1938. His son Major Rishal Singh died on 21 June 1940 in a war with German army in Imphal-Kohima.

Candrakīrti, (Devanagari: चन्द्रकीर्ति, Tib. "Dawa Drakpa") was abbot of Nalanda University and a disciple of Nagarjunaand a commentator on his works. Candrakīrti was the most famous member of what the Tibetans came to call the Prasaṅgika school of Madhyamaka.

Sri Muralidhara Swamiji, often called ‘Guruji’ by his followers, a Spiritual Leader from South India, is considered as a pioneer in redeeming the Hindu faith and philosophy, which is being grossly misunderstood by people of modern times. His key goal is to promote universal brotherhood, peace and love by internal transformation through the chanting of the Divine Name of God. He advocates Nama Kirtan (singing the holy Name of God), …

Ranabai (Devanagari: रानाबाई, IAST: Rānābāī), popularly known as "Vīrānganā Rānābāī" (वीराँगना रानाबाई), was a Jat warrior girl, born on 1543 AD, in the family of Chaudhari Jalam Singh of village Harnawa in Parbatsar pargana of Marwar. Jalam Singh was a Hindu Jat chieftain of Ghana gotra(clan). Village Harnava is situated in Nagaur district midway between Degana railway station and Parbatsar towns.

Yasodharman or Yashôdharman (Devanagari:यशोधर्मा) was the king of Malwa, in central India, during the early part of the 6th century.

Naushad Ali (Nastaliq: نوشاد علی,Devanagari: नौशाद अली) was an Indian musician. He was one of the foremost music directors (composers) for Bollywood films.