All articles starting with B

Bal Krishna Sharma Naveen

Bal Krishna Sharma Naveen (1897–1960) was a Hindi poet, journalist, and freedom fighter, counted among the leading poets of the nationalist stream of modern Hindi poetry.

Bal Raj Sehgal

Bal Raj Sehgal (1933–2018) was a nuclear engineer known for severe accident research, and Chair Professor of Nuclear Power Safety at KTH in Stockholm from 1991.

Bal Sahitya Puraskar

Bal Sahitya Puraskar (बाल साहित्य पुरस्कार) is an annual children's literature award given by India's Sahitya Akademi since 2010 to the best children's book in each of 24 languages.

Sep 23, 2026

Bal Shastri Jambhekar (बाळ शास्त्री जांभेकर) was a Marathi scholar and journalist of British-ruled Bombay, remembered as the father of Marathi journalism for founding Darpan, the first Marathi newspaper, in 1832.

Bal Thackeray (बाळ केशव ठाकरे)

Bal Keshav Thackeray (बाळ केशव ठाकरे), 1926 or 1927 to 17 November 2012, was an Indian cartoonist who founded the Shiv Sena in 1966, led it on Marathi and then Hindutva politics, and left a legacy contested after the 2022 party split.

Bal w operze

Bal w operze (A Ball at the Opera) is a satirical verse narrative by Polish poet Julian Tuwim, caricaturing the Sanacja regime elite, written in 1936.

Bal-e-Jibril

Bal-e-Jibril (بالِ جبریل; "Gabriel's Wing") is the second Urdu poetry collection of Muhammad Iqbal, published in Lahore in 1935 and widely regarded as the peak of his Urdu verse.

Sep 23, 2026

Bal'arab ibn Sultan

Bal'arab ibn Sultan (بلعرب بن سلطان) was the third imam of the Ya'ariba dynasty of Oman, who ruled from 1680 and died in 1692 during a civil war with his brother Sayf.

Bala

Bala Town FC (Clwb Pêl-droed Tref Y Bala), founded 1880 in Bala, Gwynedd, is a Welsh club nicknamed the Lakesiders, playing at Maes Tegid. It won the 2016-17 Welsh Cup, made nine European qualifications, and was relegated from the Cymru Premier in 2026 after 17 top-flight seasons.

Bala (actor)

Bala Kumar, credited as Bala (born 1982, Chennai), is an Indian actor in Malayalam and Tamil films; Tamil debut Anbu (2003), Malayalam debut Kalabham (2006), directorial debut The Hitlist (2012), known for Lucifer (2019). Distinct from Tamil director Bala.

Bala (बाला) (2019 film)

Bala (बाला) is a 2019 Hindi satirical black comedy directed by Amar Kaushik, starring Ayushmann Khurrana as a Kanpur salesman coping with premature balding; it earned ₹116.38 crore net in India and drew Ujda Chaman plagiarism claims and brownface criticism.

Bala (பாலா பழனிசாமி) (director)

Bala (பாலா பழனிசாமி), born 1966, is a Tamil film director trained under Balu Mahendra. Known for Sethu, Nandha, Pithamagan, and National Award-winning Naan Kadavul; his 2025 film Vanangaan stars Arun Vijay.

Sep 27, 2026

Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed

Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed (born 1958) is a Nigerian politician serving as Governor of Bauchi State since 2019, previously a senator and Federal Capital Territory minister.

Bala and Pain village naming in Iran

Bala and Pain village naming in Iran is a convention where Persian words meaning upper and lower distinguish paired villages, as in Lam Beshkest-e Bala and Lam Beshkest-e Pain.

Bala caturbhadrika cirna

Bālacāturbhadrikā cūrṇa (Balchaturbhadra churna) is a classical Ayurvedic pediatric powder of four equal herbs, Cyperus rotundus, Piper longum, Aconitum heterophyllum, and Pistacia integerrima, used for childhood fever, diarrhea, vomiting, and cough.

Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania

Bala Cynwyd is a census-designated place in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, on Philadelphia's western edge, named for two Welsh towns by the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Bala Nista

Bala Nista concerns Bala (Sida cordifolia, Malvaceae), a classical Ayurvedic herb used for Vata, neuro-muscular, respiratory, and debility indications; contains ephedrine, so extracts carry stimulant risk.

BALA park

BALA park names several unrelated entities: children's entertainment centers in Semey and Shelek, Kazakhstan; a residential development by BALA park s.r.o. in Šamorín, Slovakia; and Bala Park, a locality and island in Muskoka, Ontario.

Bala Taila

Bala Taila (Bala oil) is a classical Ayurvedic medicated sesame oil processed with Sida cordifolia (Bala), used internally and externally for Vata, neurological, musculoskeletal, and reproductive disorders; variants include Ksheerabala Taila (with milk) and Mahabala Tailam (Bhaishajya Ratnavali).

Sep 19, 2026

Bala taxation

The bala, Sumerian for 'rotation', was the Ur III tax system in which southern Mesopotamian provinces paid rotating monthly dues of grain, livestock, and labor.

Balaam (בִּלְעָם)

Balaam (בִּלְעָם, Bil'am) is a non-Israelite diviner, son of Beor from Pethor, hired by Balak of Moab to curse Israel in Numbers 22–24 and famous for his talking donkey.

Balaam Barugahara

Balaam Barugahara Ateenyi, Ugandan politician and Minister of Local Government in Museveni's 2026 cabinet, formerly State Minister for Youth; known for his nationwide 2026 anti-corruption inspection crackdown with Justine Nameere.

Sep 27, 2026

Balabhadra Majhi

Balabhadra Majhi, born 1961, is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party who represents Nabarangpur, Odisha in the Lok Sabha, after earlier serving from 2014 to 2019.

Balabhaskar

Balabhaskar Chandran (Malayalam: ബാലഭാസ്കർ, 1978–2018) was a Kerala violinist, composer, and fusion music pioneer, youngest Malayalam film composer at 17, Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2008, died in a 2018 car crash under continued CBI investigation.

Balacarita

Balacarita (बालचरितम्, "The Deeds of the Boy") is a Sanskrit drama attributed to Bhāsa, one of the earliest surviving plays on the Krishna legend, covering his birth to Kamsa's death.

Balacaturbhadrika curna

Balacaturbhadrika curna (Bālacāturbhadrikā Cūrṇa, Balachaturbhadra Churna) is a classical Ayurvedic pediatric powder of four equal herbs, musta, pippali, ativisha, and karkatashringi, first recorded in Chakradatta and used for childhood diarrhea, vomiting, cough, and fever.