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Harrying of the North

Harrying of the North: William the Conqueror's scorched-earth campaign of winter 1069–70 against rebels and a Danish force in northern England, mainly Yorkshire; Orderic Vitalis claimed 100,000 deaths, and modern historians debate whether Domesday 'waste' proves genocide.

Oct 10, 2026

Harsa of Kashmir

Harsa (हर्ष), also called Harsadeva, was a Lohara dynasty king of Kashmir who reigned from 1089 to 1101 and plundered his own kingdom's temples to restore his finances.

Harsh Chhaya (हर्ष छाया)

Harsh Chhaya (हर्ष छाया), Indian actor of Hindi TV, films, and web series; debut Khali Haath (1991), breakthrough as KT in Hasratein, Papaji in Undekhi, director of Khajoor Pe Atke.

Harsh Dev Singh

Harsh Dev Singh is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir, president of the J&K National Panthers Party (India) and a former education minister who later joined and left the Aam Aadmi Party.

Harsh Goenka (हर्ष वर्धन गोयनका)

Harsh Goenka, also known as Harsh Vardhan Goenka, is an Indian industrialist born in 1957 who chairs RPG Enterprises, the Mumbai-based group founded by his father R.P. Goenka.

Sep 19, 2026

Harsh Jain

Harsh Jain is an Indian technology entrepreneur who co-founded Dream Sports, the Mumbai company behind the Dream11 fantasy sports platform, and serves as its chief executive officer.

Harsh Mahajan

Harsh Mahajan is an Indian politician and BJP member of the Rajya Sabha from Himachal Pradesh, elected in 2024 after leaving the Congress in 2022.

Harsh Malhotra

Harsh Malhotra (born 1964) is an Indian BJP politician, East Delhi MP since 2024, Union Minister of State for Corporate Affairs and Road Transport & Highways, former East Delhi mayor, and Delhi BJP president from May 2026.

Harsh Sanghavi

Harsh Sanghavi is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician, Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat since 2025 and a three-time MLA from Majura, Surat, previously home minister.

Harsh Singh (judoka)

Harsh Singh (हर्ष सिंह), Indian judoka, men's -60 kg, from Dwarka Delhi, Indian Army Havaldar. First Indian male judoka to win Commonwealth Games gold, Glasgow 2026, beating Joshua Katz 10-0 by waza-ari.

Oct 3, 2026

Harsh Times

Harsh Times is a 2005 crime drama, David Ayer's directorial debut, starring Christian Bale as Gulf War veteran Jim Davis, who turns to petty crime after LAPD rejection; self-financed via Ayer's mortgage, released 2006, grossing $3.3 million.

Harsh Vardhan (हर्ष वर्धन) (Delhi politician)

Harsh Vardhan (हर्ष वर्धन), born 1954, is a retired Indian ENT surgeon and BJP politician, five-term Delhi MLA, Chandni Chowk MP 2014–2024, Union health and science minister, and founder of India's Pulse Polio campaign.

Harsh Vardhan Shringla

Harsh Vardhan Shringla is an Indian politician of the BJP and a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha, previously Foreign Secretary of India from 2020 to 2022.

Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor

Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor (born 1990, Mumbai) is an Indian actor and producer, son of Anil Kapoor; debuted with Mirzya (2016), known for Bhavesh Joshi Superhero, AK vs AK, and Thar (2022), and denied an acting hiatus in June 2026.

Harsha

Harsha (Harshavardhana, r. 606-647 CE), last emperor of the Pushyabhuti or Vardhana dynasty, ruled North India from Kannauj after uniting Thanesar and the Maukhari realm; defeated by Pulakeshin II at the Narmada and known from Banabhatta and Xuanzang.

Harsha Bhogle

Harsha Bhogle, the 'voice of Indian cricket', is an Indian cricket commentator and Cricbuzz analyst, a chemical engineer and IIM Ahmedabad graduate who never played professional cricket, commentated from age 19 on All India Radio, and had his BCCI IPL contract terminated in 2016.

Harsha Kumar

Harsha Kumar is a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners who invests in Indian and Southeast Asian startups, known for early backing of Pocket FM and a product career at Ola and Zynga.

Harsha of Kashmir

Harsha of Kashmir (हर्षदेव, Harshadeva) was a king of the Lohara dynasty who ruled Kashmir from 1089 to 1101, known chiefly through Kalhana's Rajatarangini, which records his large-scale spoliation of temples.

Harsha of Kashmir's plunder of temples

Harsha of Kashmir's plunder of temples (हर्ष) was the systematic looting of temple treasuries ordered by King Harsha of Kashmir, who reigned from 1089 to 1101.

Harsha's accession at Thanesar

Harsha's accession at Thanesar was the coming to the throne of Harshavardhana (हर्ष) as king of Thanesar in 606 CE, at age 16, after his brother Rajyavardhana's assassination.

Harsha's land-revenue system

Harsha's land-revenue system (हर्ष कर व्यवस्था) was the fiscal regime of Emperor Harsha of northern India, built on bhaga, a land tax of one-sixth of the produce.

Harsha's military establishment

Harsha's military establishment (हर्ष की सेना) was the 7th-century army of emperor Harshavardhana of Kannauj, described by the Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang as numbering 60,000 elephants and 100,000 cavalry.

Harsha's Prayag assembly

Harsha's Prayag assembly (प्रयाग) was a quinquennial gathering at Prayaga, at the Ganga-Yamuna confluence, where emperor Harsha distributed his treasury; Xuanzang witnessed the sixth assembly in 644.

Harsha's quinquennial assembly at Prayaga

Harsha's quinquennial assembly at Prayaga (मोक्षमहापरिषद्) was a ceremonial distribution of royal treasure held every five years by King Harsha at the Ganga-Yamuna confluence at Prayaga.

Harsha's quinquennial festival at Prayaga

Harsha's quinquennial festival at Prayaga (प्रयाग महोत्सव) was a charitable assembly held every five years at the Ganges–Yamuna confluence, where emperor Harsha gave away his treasury.

Harsha's silver coinage

Harsha's silver coinage is the scarce silver money of Harshavardhana (हर्षवर्धन), the Vardhana king who ruled northern India from 606 to 647, long misattributed to other rulers.

Harsha's union of Thanesar and Kannauj

Harsha's union of Thanesar and Kannauj (कन्नौज) merged the Pushyabhuti kingdom of Thanesar with the Maukhari kingdom of Kannauj under Harshavardhana beginning in 606 CE, after the king of Malwa killed Grahavarman, Harsha's brother-in-law.

Harshacharita

The Harshacharita (हर्षचरित, "The Deeds of Harsha") is a seventh-century Sanskrit prose biography of Emperor Harsha by his court poet Banabhatta, regarded as the earliest surviving Indian biography and first attempt at historiography.

Harshad Arora (हर्षद अरोड़ा)

Harshad Arora (हर्षद अरोड़ा), born 1987 in Delhi, is an Indian television actor known for Zain Abdullah in Beintehaa (2013), Adarsh Sinha in Dahleez, and roles in Mayavi Maling and Thoda Sa Badal, Thoda Sa Paani. Distinct from actor Harshad Chopda.