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Gopal Prasad Rimal

Gopal Prasad Rimal (गोपालप्रसाद रिमाल, 1918–1973) was a Nepali poet and playwright whose play Masan, published in 1946, is treated as the true beginning of modern realistic drama in Nepali literature.

Gopal Vittal

Gopal Vittal is an Indian business executive who served as Managing Director and CEO of Bharti Airtel from 2013 to 2025, then became Executive Vice Chairman.

Gopal Yonjan

Gopal Yonjan (गोपाल योञ्जन), also spelled Gopal Yonzon, was a Nepali composer, lyricist, and singer who helped define modern Nepali popular music from the 1960s.

Gopala

Gopala (গোপাল) was the founder of the Pala dynasty of Bengal, reigning from about 750 to 770; he was reportedly elected to end anarchy and was succeeded by his son Dharmapala.

Gopala Ata

Gopala Ata (গোপালদেৱ), also called Bhawanipuriya Gopala Ata, was a Vaishnava saint of Assam who lived from 1541 to 1611 and founded the Kala Samhati.

Gopala Bhatta Goswami

Gopala Bhatta Goswami (गोपाल भट्ट गोस्वामी) was a South Indian Sanskrit scholar and theologian of the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition who installed the Radha-Raman deity in Vrindavan in 1542.

Gopala Dasa

Gopala Dasa (ಗೋಪಾಲ ದಾಸ) was a Kannada Haridasa composer and saint of the Dvaita Vedanta tradition, born as Bhaganna, who lived from 1722 to 1762.

Gopala Gopala (గోపాల గోపాల) (2015 film)

Gopala Gopala (గోపాల గోపాల), 2015 Telugu satirical comedy-drama, official remake of OMG – Oh My God!, directed by Kishore Kumar Pardasani, starring Venkatesh as atheist Gopala Rao and Pawan Kalyan as Krishna; released 10 January 2015.

Gopalakrishna Adiga

Mogeri Gopalakrishna Adiga (ಗೋಪಾಲಕೃಷ್ಣ ಅಡಿಗ, 1918–1992) was a Kannada poet, critic, and teacher who pioneered the Navya modernist movement, winning the Sahitya Akademi and Pampa prizes.

Gopalarajavamshavali

Gopalarajavamshavali (गोपालराजवंशावली), "the Chronicle of the Gopala Kings," is a Nepalese chronicle of Kathmandu Valley rulers from legendary times to Jayasthitimalla, written in Sanskrit and Newari and dated 1389.

Gopalganj District

Gopalganj District: name shared by a Bihar, India district (HQ Gopalganj town, 2,562,012 people, 2,033 sq km, 2011) and a Dhaka Division, Bangladesh district (গোপালগঞ্জ জেলা, 1,295,053 people, 2022).

Gopalji Kaniha Coal Mine

Gopalji Kaniha Coal Mine is an operating surface coal mine in Angul district, Odisha, India, owned by Coal India subsidiary Mahanadi Coalfields Limited and opened in 2010.

Gopalkrishna Deshpande (ಗೋಪಾಲಕೃಷ್ಣ ದೇಶಪಾಂಡೆ)

Gopalkrishna Deshpande (ಗೋಪಾಲಕೃಷ್ಣ ದೇಶಪಾಂಡೆ), also credited Gopal Krishna Deshpande, is a Kannada film and theatre actor, Ninasam-trained, film debut Saheba (2017), breakthrough as Brahmayya in Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana (2021), Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Kannada for Blink.

Gopalkrishna Gandhi

Gopalkrishna Gandhi (born 1945), grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and Rajaji, is an Indian ex-IAS officer, diplomat, Governor of West Bengal 2004-2009, 2017 vice-presidential candidate, and writer-editor of Gandhi's works.

Gopalla Gramam

Gopalla Gramam (கோபல்ல கிராமம்) is a 1976 Tamil novel by Ki. Rajanarayanan, his first, telling of Telugu-speaking people who migrated from Andhra and founded a village in the Karisal region of southern Tamil Nadu.

Gopalpur Mound

Gopalpur Mound refers to several South Asian archaeological mounds: a Neolithic–Chalcolithic settlement mound (Jagati) in Nayagarh, Odisha, and an ASI-protected Extensive Mound at Gopalpur, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, source of Buddhist sutra-inscribed bricks.

Gopher

Gopher (pocket gopher, family Geomyidae): burrowing rodent of North and Central America with fur-lined cheek pouches, fan-shaped plugged mounds, and burrow systems up to 2,000 square feet; distinct from moles, voles, and ground squirrels.

Gopher (protocol)

Gopher, also known as Internet Gopher, is a protocol for searching and retrieving documents, designed at the University of Minnesota in 1991 and later displaced by the Web.

Gopher tortoise

Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus), a burrowing tortoise of southeastern US longleaf pine forests, keystone species whose burrows shelter 300+ species; federally threatened in western DPS, IUCN Critically Endangered 2025 assessment.

Gopherus

Gopherus, commonly called the gopher or North American tortoises, is a genus of six burrowing tortoise species native to North America, several of them among the continent's most threatened turtles.

Gopi (गोपी)

Gopi (गोपी) is a 1970 Hindi film directed by A. Bhimsingh, starring Dilip Kumar as Gopiram and Saira Banu as Seema, with Pran and Om Prakash; music by Kalyanji-Anandji, a remake of Chinnada Gombe.

Gopi Chand Narang

Gopi Chand Narang (گوپی چند نارنگ; 1931–2022) was an Indian Urdu literary critic and theorist who introduced structuralist methods into Urdu criticism and wrote more than 70 books.

Gopi Kishan (गोपी किशन)

Gopi Kishan (गोपी किशन), also spelled Gopi Kishen, is a 1994 Hindi action comedy directed by Mukesh Duggal, starring Suniel Shetty in a dual role as twins, a remake of Avasara Police 100, grossing ₹4.81 crore net in India.

Gopi Sundar (ഗോപി സുന്ദർ സി. എസ്.)

Gopi Sundar (ഗോപി സുന്ദർ), also Gopisundar C.S., is an Indian film score composer, music programmer, singer and songwriter from Kochi, active in Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil cinema since 2006, known for 1983, Bangalore Days, Geetha Govindam and a National Film Award for background score.

Gopichand (actor)

Tottempudi Gopichand (born 1979), Telugu film actor, son of director T. Krishna (టి. కృష్ణ); villain-turned-action-hero known for Jayam, Yagnam, Lakshyam, and Bhimaa (2024).

Gopichand Malineni

Gopichand Malineni (గోపీచంద్ మలినేని) is a Telugu film director and screenwriter whose films include Don Seenu, Krack, Veera Simha Reddy, and the Hindi debut Jaat with Sunny Deol.

Gopichandrer Git

Gopichandrer Git, also known as Maynamatir Gan, is a Bengali narrative folk ballad cycle in which the young king Gopichandra renounces his throne to take initiation from the yogi Hadipa.

Gopika (ഗോപിക)

Gopika (ഗോപിക), stage name of Girly Anto, is an Indian former actress of Malayalam cinema, active 2002 to 2013, known for 4 the People, Autograph, and Veruthe Oru Bharya; she married doctor Ajilesh Chacko in 2008 and lives in Australia.

Gopinath Mohanty

Gopinath Mohanty (ଗୋପୀନାଥ ମହାନ୍ତି; 1914–1991) was an Odia novelist and short story writer who brought tribal Odisha into Indian literature and became the first Odia winner of the Jnanpith Award.

Gopinath Munde (गोपीनाथ पांडुरंग मुंडे)

Gopinath Munde (गोपीनाथ पांडुरंग मुंडे), 1949–2014, BJP leader from Beed, Maharashtra; five-term MLA, Deputy Chief Minister 1995–1999, Beed MP 2009 and 2014, Union Rural Development Minister who died in a Delhi road accident days after taking office.