Shivram

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Shivram is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: *Shivram Shankar Apte, aka Dadasaheb Apte (1907–1985), founder and first General Secretary of the Vishva Hindu Parishad *Vaman Shivram Apte (1858–1892), Indian lexicographer and a professor of Sanskrit at Pune's Fergusson College *Shivram Bhoje (born 1942), Indian nuclear scientist who worked in the field of fast-breeder nuclear reactor technology *Shivram Dattatray Joshi (1926–2013), Indian Sanskrit scholar and grammarian based in Pune, Maharashtra *Shivram Karanth (1902–1997), Indian polymath, novelist in Kannada language, playwright and ecological conservationist *Yadav Shivram Mahajan (born 1911), member of the 4th Lok Sabha of India from the Buldhana constituency of Maharashtra *Balakrishna Shivram Moonje (1872–1948), leader of the Hindu Mahasabha in India *Shivram Mahadev Paranjape (1864–1929), Marathi writer, scholar, orator, journalist and freedom fighter *Shivram Dattatreya Phadnis (born 1925), cartoonist and illustrator from India *Shivram Rango Rane (1901–1970), politician from Bombay State *Purushottam Shivram Rege (1910–1978), Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India *Ivaturi Shivram (born 1954), former Indian cricket umpire *K.…

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1. date of birth: 1942 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of birth: 1953 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1335540519