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Chandrasekhar or Chandra Shekhar is an Indian name and may refer to a number of individuals. Etymologically, the name comes from the Sanskrit words "चन्द्र (candra)", meaning "moon", and "शेखर (zekhara)", meaning "crest" or "crown" which is an epithet of Hindu god Shiva.[1][2] The name may refer to:
In politics and activism:
- Chandrasekhar Azad (1906–1931), Indian revolutionary
- Chandra Shekhar Singh known as Chandra Shekhar (1927–2007), former Prime Minister of India
- Sripati Chandrasekhar (1918–2001), an Indian demographer and politician
- K M Chandrasekhar (born 1948), Indian Cabinet Secretary
- Chandra Shekhar Dubey (born 1946), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India
- Chandrashekhar Prasad (died 1997), assassinated Indian student activist
- Chandrashekhar Singh (1915–1976), deputy leader of the Communist Party of India
In sports:
- Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (born 1945), Indian cricketer
- Chandrasekhar Gadkari (1928–1998), Indian cricketer
In arts and entertainment:
- Chandra Sekhar Yeleti (born 1973), Tollywood film director
- Jay Chandrasekhar (born 1968), American film actor, director and writer
- Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar, Indian film director and writer
- Chandrashekhara Kambara (born 1937), Indian poet, playwright, and professor
- Chandrashekhar (born 1922), Bollywood film actor
In science and academia:
- Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar (1930–2004), Indian physicist.
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910–1995), British Indian-American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate in physics.
- Chandrasekhar limit, an astrophysics formula named for him.
- Chandrasekhar number, an astrophysics quantity also named for him.
- Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1888–1970), was an Indian physicist and Nobel laureate in physics.
- Chandrashekhar Khare, professor of mathematics at the University of California Los Angeles
- Chandra Sekhar Sankurathri, founder of free Sarada Vidyalayam School and Srikiran Institute of Ophthalmology
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