Virendra

Article summary

Virendra is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Birendra Sutradhar (1937–1961), Bengali language activist who was martyred on 19 May 1961 *Virendra Mohan Dar (1758-1821), was an Indian King, Jagirdar and founder of Dar royal family. *Virendra Bhatia, politician and Member of the Parliament of India *Virendra Kumar (born 1954), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India *Virendra Kumar Baranwal (born 1941), Hindi language writer and poet *Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha, chief minister of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh *Virendra Saxena, Indian theater, film and television actor *Virendra Sharma (born 1947), British Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament for Ealing Southall *Virendra Swarup, Member and Chairman of Legislative Council of Uttar Pradesh, India and an educationist

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1. date of birth: 1954 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1376280655