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Laksmi Pamuntjak
Laksmi Pamuntjak (born 1971) is an Indonesian novelist, poet, journalist, and food writer based in Jakarta, whose novel Amba, set against Indonesia's 1965 massacres, became a national bestseller.
Laksminarayana Rasa
Laksminarayana Rasa (Lakshminarayana Rasa, लक्ष्मीनारायण रस) is a classical Ayurvedic herbo-mineral pill from Yogaratnakara, used for fever, vata disorders, and postpartum conditions, dosed 120–240 mg with ginger juice and honey.
Lakson Group
Lakson Group is a Karachi-based, family-owned Pakistani conglomerate established in 1954, with over 15 companies, assets above $1 billion, and media interests including the Daily Express.
Laktionov Island
Laktionov Island is an Antarctic island at 65°46′S 65°46′W off the Antarctic Peninsula coast, listed in the USGS and SCAR gazetteers and named for Soviet oceanographer A.F. Laktionov.
Lakulīśa
Lakulīśa (लकुलीश) is the figure the Pāśupata tradition of Śaivism reveres as its founder and as an incarnation of Shiva, said to have taught at Kayavarohana in Gujarat.
Lakuntaka Bhaddiya
Lakuntaka Bhaddiya (लकुण्टकभद्दिय) was a disciple of the Buddha of very small stature, ranked foremost among monks with a sweet voice and celebrated as an arahant.
Lakurawa
Lakurawa is a hybrid jihadi-criminal armed group of Sahelian origin active in Sokoto and Kebbi states, northwestern Nigeria, since about 2016-2017. Also called a Lakuruje offshoot, it enforces strict sharia, taxes communities, and has contested ties to ISSP or JNIM; Nigeria proscribed it and US strikes hit it in December 2025.
Lakvijaya Power Plant
Lakvijaya Power Plant, also called the Norochcholai Coal Power Plant, is Sri Lanka's first and only coal-fired power station, generating about 40 percent of its electricity.
Lakyle Samuel
Lakyle Samuel (born 2006, Manchester) is an English right-back and England U20 player, son of Jlloyd Samuel, a Manchester City academy graduate on loan at Exeter City after a Bromley loan.
Lal (ലാൽ) (actor)
Lal (ലാൽ), born Paul Micheal in 1958 in Kochi, is a Malayalam actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and distributor. Half of the Siddique-Lal duo behind Ramji Rao Speaking and Godfather, he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor twice, for Thalappavu (2008) and Ayaal/Zachariayude Garbhinikal (2013).
Lal Baadshah (लाल बादशाह)
Lal Baadshah (लाल बादशाह) is a 1999 Hindi action drama directed by K.C. Bokadia, starring Amitabh Bachchan in a dual role with Manisha Koirala and Shilpa Shetty; released 5 March 1999, a box office flop and Nirupa Roy's final film, distinct from the same-year Shah Rukh Khan film Baadshah.
Lal Bagh
Lal Bagh (Lalbagh Botanical Garden), founded 1760 by Hyder Ali and expanded by Tipu Sultan, is a 240-acre botanical garden in Bengaluru with India's largest tropical plant collection, the 1889 Glass House, and twice-yearly flower shows.
Lal Bahadur Nagar
Lal Bahadur Nagar, commonly known as LB Nagar, is a commercial and residential locality in south-east Hyderabad, Telangana, anchored by the eastern terminal of the city metro's Red Line.
Lal Bahadur Shastri (लाल बहादुर शास्त्री)
Lal Bahadur Shastri (लाल बहादुर शास्त्री), India's second Prime Minister (1964–1966), led the country in the 1965 war with Pakistan, signed the Tashkent Declaration, coined Jai Jawan Jai Kisan, and died in Tashkent on 11 January 1966.
Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport
Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport, formally Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport, is the airport serving Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, at Babatpur about 26 km northwest of the city.
Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration
The Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, established in 1959, trains officers of India's higher civil services, including the IAS.
Lal Bal Pal
Lal Bal Pal is the name for Indian nationalist leaders Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, and Bipin Chandra Pal, who led the assertive wing of the Congress after 1905.
Lal Behari Day
Lal Behari Day (লালবিহারী দে; 1824 to 1892) was a Bengali Christian minister, professor, and writer, known for the novel Govinda Samanta and Folk-Tales of Bengal.
Lal Bihari (लाल बिहारी)
Lal Bihari, known as Lal Bihari Mritak, is an Indian farmer from Uttar Pradesh declared dead in 1976 who spent 18 years proving he was alive.
Lal Bihari Yadav (Uttar Pradesh politician)
Lal Bihari Yadav is an Indian Samajwadi Party politician from Azamgarh, elected in 2020 to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council and Leader of the Opposition from July 2024.
Lal Chand Kataruchakk
Lal Chand Kataruchakk is an Indian politician of the Aam Aadmi Party who represents Bhoa in the Punjab Assembly and serves as a Punjab minister since 2022.
Lal Ded
Lal Ded (لال ڈیڈ), also known as Lalleshwari or Lal Maej, was a 14th-century Kashmiri Shaiva mystic and poet whose verses, the vakhs, are among the earliest Kashmiri-language works.
Lal Ded school of mystic verse
The Lal Ded school of mystic verse is the Kashmiri lyric tradition of four-line quatrains descending from the sayings of Lal Ded, a fourteenth-century ascetic poet.
Lal Jose (ലാൽ ജോസ്)
Lal Jose (ലാൽ ജോസ്, born 1966) is a Malayalam film director, producer, and actor. Directorial debut Oru Maravathoor Kanavu (1998); known for Meesa Madhavan, Classmates, Arabikkatha, and the Kerala State Award-winning Ayalum Njanum Thammil; currently planning the ₹30-crore adaptation Ponam.
Lal Kavi
Lal Kavi (लाल कवि), born Gorelal with the pen-name Gorelal Purohit, was an Indian court poet who served Raja Chhatrasal Bundela and composed the Brajbhasha historical poem Chhatraprakash around 1710.
Lal Salaam (லால் சலாம்) (2024 film)
Lal Salaam (லால் சலாம்) is a 2024 Tamil sports drama directed by Aishwarya Rajinikanth, starring Rajinikanth as Moideen Bhai, Vishnu Vishal, and Vikranth, with A.R. Rahman music; released 9 February 2024, it flopped and reached Sun NXT only in June 2025.
Lal Shah Bokhari
Lal Shah Bokhari (لال شاہ بخاری) was an Indian field hockey halfback who captained India to the 1932 Olympic gold in Los Angeles and later served Pakistan as a diplomat.
Lal Shahbaz Qalandar (لال شہباز قلندر)
Lal Shahbaz Qalandar (لال شہباز قلندر), born Sayed Muhammad Usman Marwandi, was a 13th-century Sufi saint of the Qalandari order, buried in Sehwan, Sindh, Pakistan.
Lal Singh
Lal Singh (ਲਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ) was Wazir, or chief minister, of the Sikh Empire and commander of its army in the First Anglo-Sikh War of 1845 to 1846.
Lal Singh Arya
Lal Singh Arya, BJP politician from Gohad (SC), Madhya Pradesh; three-time MLA (1998, 2003, 2013), former MP Minister of State, BJP SC Morcha national president since 2020, and BJP National Vice President from 2026.