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List of people from Jharkhand

This is a list of some of the notable people either born or brought up in Jharkhand state, India.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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  • Bhagwat Jha Azad - Chief Minister of Bihar from 14 February 1988 to 10 March 1989; born at Kasba village at Mehrama in Godda district
  • Raghubar Das - former chief minister of Jharkhand
  • Bindeshwari Dubey - Chief Minister of Bihar from 12 March 1985 to 14 February 1988; was involved in a Trade Union Movement in Chotanagpur collieries and industries since 1944; played an important role in the nationalization of collieries in India, specially in Jharkhand; was 6 term MLA from Bermo constituency in Bokaro District and MP from Giridih in Jharkhand
  • Binodanand Jha - Chief Minister of Bihar from February 1961 to October 1963
  • Madhu Koda - former chief minister of Jharkhand
  • Babulal Marandi - first Chief Minister of Jharkhand born in Giridih P.S Tisri P.O Chandouri
  • Arjun Munda - born in Jamshedpur, Union Minister of Tribal Affairs, Government of India.
  • Krishna Ballabh Sahay - ex-Chief Minister of Bihar
  • Hemant Soren - former Chief Minister of Jharkhand
  • Shibu Soren - former Chief Minister of Jharkhand
  • Champai Soren - Current Chief Minister of Jharkhand

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  • Komalika Bari
  • Mangal Singh Champia - Indian archer, who won multiple medals in several International event, including Asian Games.
  • Deepika Kumari - Indian athlete who competes in archery status, currently ranked number 1 in the world.
  • Madhumita Kumari - won the Silver Medal Asian Games 2018 in the Women's compound archery team event.
  • Laxmirani Majhi
  • Purnima Mahato - won the Indian national archery championships and a silver medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.

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References edit

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