List of people from Ballia
The following is a list of notable people from or related to Ballia district, India
Activism, social work, and philanthropy
- Bhrigu Maharaj – Brahmin saint from Ballia district
- Chittu Pandey – activist of 1942 Quit India Movement
- Mangal Pandey – prominent soldier in the 1857 revolution of India
- Jagadish Shukla - US scientist
- Raja Mohar Singh – Raja of Maurha from 1894 until 1923
- Rabindra Nath Upadhyay – social worker
Art and literature
- Amarkant – writer of Hindi literature
- Bulaki Das - Saint and Bhojpuri poet
- Hazari Prasad Dwivedi – novelist and literary historian
- Doodhnath Singh – Hindi language writer, critic and poet
- Kedarnath Singh – poet, critic, and essayist
- Baldev Upadhyaya – Sanskrit scholar, literary historian and essayist
Film, television and entertainment
- Siddhant Chaturvedi - Bollywood film actor
Politics and government
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
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