List of people from Ballia
The following is a list of notable people from or related to Ballia district, India
Academics
- Ibrahim Balyawi, Indian Islamic scholar
- Ganesh Prasad - indian mathematician
- Jagadish Shukla - meteorology scientist
Activism, social work, and philanthropy
- Bhrigu – Brahmin saint from Ballia district
- Chittu Pandey – activist of 1942 Quit India Movement
- Mangal Pandey – prominent soldier in the 1857 revolution of India
- Rabindra Nath Upadhyay – Social worker and Padma Shri recipient
- Manzoor Alam Quraishi, Nationalist Indian Civil Service officer, joined India at the Partition of India 1947
Art and literature
- Amarkant – writer of Hindi literature
- Bulaki Das - saint and Bhojpuri poet
- Hazari Prasad Dwivedi – novelist and literary historian
- Kedar Nath Pandey - writer and member of Bihar Legislative Council
- Suryakumar Pandey – poet and writer
- Doodhnath Singh – Hindi language writer, critic and poet
- Kedarnath Singh – poet, critic, and essayist
- Baldev Upadhyaya – Sanskrit scholar, literary historian and essayist
- Atul kumar Rai - Young Novelist and Sahitya Academy Awardy
Film, television and entertainment
- Siddhant Chaturvedi - Bollywood film actor
- Atul Kumar Rai - Bollywood Film writer
- Kamlesh pandey - Bollywood Film writer
Politics and government
- Gulam Rasool Balyawi - Former Member of Rajya Sabha from Bihar and Member of the Former Bihar Legislative Council[1]
- Ram Govind Chaudhary - politician of the Samajwadi Party, ex-Leader of Opposition.
- Murli Manohar – politician from Uttar Pradesh state, member of parliament in 1962 for the Ballia Lok Sabha constituency from the Indian National Congress
- Virendra Singh Mast - Bharatiya Janata Party - Member of Parliament, 17th Lok Sabha, Ballia (Lok Sabha constituency)
- Rajeev Rai - Samajwadi Party - 18th Lok Sabha, Ghosi (Lok Sabha constituency)
- Janeshwar Mishra – Ex MP Rajyasabha, Ex Rail Minister
- Jayaprakash Narayan – Independence activist and political leader
- Bacha Pathak - Indian National Congress - Member of Legislative Assembly. ( Constituency - Bansdih, Ballia), Two time Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh Government.
- Chandra Shekhar – 8th Prime Minister of India
- Neeraj Shekhar - Bharatiya Janata Party - Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)
- Bharat Singh - Bharatiya Janata Party - Member of Parliament, 16th Lok Sabha, Ballia (Lok Sabha constituency), ex MLA
- Daya Shankar Singh - Minister of Transport, Government of Uttar Pradesh in the Second Yogi Adityanath ministry
- Harivansh Narayan Singh – Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha (2018)
- Manager Singh - political leader elected five times as the MLA from Doaba constituency.
- Umashankar Singh - BSP Rasara constituency
- Upendra Tiwari - BJP Phephana constituency
References
- "गुलाम रसूल बलियावी भी हुए बागी! बोले- नागरिकता बिल को जेडीयू के समर्थन से मुस्लिमों में बेचैनी, सीएम नीतीश करें पुनर्विचार". www.news4nation.com. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
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