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Kishore Biyani (किशोर बियानी)

Kishore Biyani (किशोर बियानी) is an Indian retail entrepreneur who founded the Future Group, built it into India's largest listed brick-and-mortar retailer, and lost it to insolvency in 2024.

Kishore Chandrananda Champu (କିଶୋରଚନ୍ଦ୍ରାନନ୍ଦ ଚମ୍ପୂ) is a famous Odia champu kavya by Kabisurjya Baladeba Ratha, with 34 songs, one for each of the Odia alphabet's 34 consonants, on Radha and Krishna.

Kishore filmography

Kishore (Kishore Kumar G., born 1974 or 1975) is a Kannada-born Indian actor working in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Hindi films; known for Duniya, Attahasa's Veerappan, Kantara, Ponniyin Selvan, and Jailer.

Kishore Kumar (কিশোর কুমার)

Kishore Kumar (কিশোর কুমার), born Abhas Kumar Ganguly (1929–1987), Indian playback singer, actor and composer; eight Filmfare Awards, Aradhana (1969) breakthrough, famous for yodeling.

Oct 10, 2026

Kishore Mahbubani

Kishore Mahbubani is a Singaporean diplomat and author who twice served as Ambassador to the United Nations and founded the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.

Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (किशोर वैज्ञानिक प्रोत्साहन योजना)

Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (किशोर वैज्ञानिक प्रोत्साहन योजना, KVPY) was an Indian government fellowship in basic sciences, run by IISc Bangalore and merged into INSPIRE in 2022.

Kishori Das Vajpeyi

Kishori Das Vajpeyi (किशोरीदास वाजपेयी; born Govind Prasad, 1898–1981) was an Indian Hindi grammarian and linguist, known for his 1954 grammar Hindi Shabdanushasan and called "Hindi ka Panini".

Kishori Lal Sharma (किशोरी लाल शर्मा)

Kishori Lal Sharma (किशोरी लाल शर्मा), Congress MP from Amethi since 2024, a Ludhiana-born Gandhi family loyalist who managed Amethi and Rae Bareli elections for four decades before defeating Smriti Irani by 1,67,196 votes.

Kishori Shahane (किशोरी शहाणे)

Kishori Shahane (किशोरी शहाणे), aka Kishori Shahane Vij, Indian Marathi and Hindi film and TV actress, producer, and dancer; known for Bhavani Chavan in Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin, Malik Ek, and Bigg Boss Marathi 2.

Kishū campaign

The Kishū campaign, or Kii suppression (紀州征伐), was Toyotomi Hideyoshi's 1585 punitive war against the Negoro-shū warrior monks and Saika-shū league of Kii Province, which ended with Negoro-ji burned and Kii given to his brother Hidenaga.

Sep 24, 2026

Kishū domain

Kishū domain (紀州藩), also called Wakayama domain, was a Tokugawa collateral domain of 555,000 koku at Wakayama Castle, one of the Gosanke, which supplied the shoguns Yoshimune and Iemochi.

Kishwar Naheed

Kishwar Naheed (کشور ناہید) is a Pakistani Urdu poet and prose writer born in 1940, considered a leading feminist voice in Urdu poetry and known for opposing religious extremism.

Kishwer Merchant

Kishwer Merchant (Kishwar Merchantt), Indian TV actress and model born 1981 in Bombay, known for Hip Hip Hurray, Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani, Kaisi Yeh Yaariyan, and Bigg Boss 9, where she walked out with Rs 15 lakh; married Suyyash Rai in 2016.

Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan (किसी का भाई किसी की जान)

Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan (किसी का भाई किसी की जान) is a 2023 Hindi action comedy directed by Farhad Samji, a remake of Veeram, starring Salman Khan, Pooja Hegde, and Venkatesh; released Eid 2023, it earned about ₹100 crore amid poor reviews.

Kisii

Kisii (Kisii County) is a county in the former Nyanza Province, southwestern Kenya, one of 47 devolved counties under the 2010 Constitution. Capital Kisii Town; 1,266,860 people (2019 census); highland agriculture in bananas, tea, coffee, and Tabaka soapstone carving.

Oct 15, 2026

Kislev

Kislev (Hebrew: כִּסְלֵו), also transliterated Chislev, is the ninth month of the Jewish calendar, falling in November and December and best known as the month in which Hanukkah begins.

Kislovodsk

Kislovodsk (Кисловодск), Russian spa city in Stavropol Krai at 817–1062 m, largest resort of the Caucasian Mineral Waters; narzan mineral springs, founded 1803, treats cardiovascular, respiratory, and nervous diseases.

Kismandaka Rasayana

Kushmandaka Rasayana (Kusmandaka Rasayana), a classical Ayurvedic ash gourd (Benincasa hispida) confection listed in the AFI and API, indicated for cough, dyspnoea, bleeding disorders, and debility; studied in a 193-patient chronic bronchitis trial.

Kismat Konnection

Kismat Konnection (किस्मत कोन्नेक्टिओं) is a 2008 Hindi romantic comedy-drama directed by Aziz Mirza, starring Shahid Kapoor and Vidya Balan, a remake of Just My Luck that flopped with 22.77 cr India nett.

Kismayo

Kismayo (Kismaayo), port city in Lower Juba, Somalia; capital of Lower Juba and de facto capital of Jubaland. Third-largest Somali city, over 250,000 people, major port, contested since 1991, recaptured from al-Shabaab in 2011.

Oct 3, 2026

Kismet (1943 film)

Kismet (किस्मत, 1943) is a Hindi crime drama directed by Gyan Mukherjee for Bombay Talkies, starring Ashok Kumar and Mumtaz Shanti; a record-breaking blockbuster famous for the coded nationalist song 'Door Hato Ae Duniya Walon'.

Oct 3, 2026

Kismet (1955 film)

Kismet (1955 film) is an MGM CinemaScope musical directed by Vincente Minnelli, adapted from the 1953 Broadway Kismet with Borodin-based music by Wright and Forrest, starring Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, and Dolores Gray; a costly 1955 box-office failure.

Kismet (Marvel Comics)

Kismet, also Paragon, Her, and Ayesha, is a Marvel Comics artificial being created by the Enclave after Adam Warlock; debuting as Paragon in Incredible Hulk Annual #6 (1977), she became Her to mate with Warlock, later Quasar's companion Kismet and, on Earth-691, Starhawk's mother.

Kismet (musical)

Kismet is a 1953 Broadway musical by Robert Wright and George Forrest, adapted from Alexander Borodin's music, with book by Lederer and Davis from Knoblock's 1911 play. It ran 583 performances at the Ziegfeld Theatre, won three Tonys including Best Musical, and became a 1955 MGM film.