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Madhusudan Raghavan

Madhusudan ("Madhu") Raghavan is a mechanical engineer at General Motors Research and Development who works on mechanism design, electrified propulsion, and battery systems, holding 289 US patents as a GM inventor.

Madhusudan Rao

Madhusudan Rao (ମଧୁସୂଦନ ରାଓ; 1853–1912) was an Odia poet and educator known as Bhaktakabi, the devout poet, and a pioneer of modern Odia literature alongside Radhanath Ray and Fakir Mohan Senapati.

Madhusudana Ashrama

Madhusudana Ashrama (श्री मधुसूदन आश्रम) is the 66th Shankaracharya of the Dwarka Sharada Peetham in Gujarat, listed with a tenure of 1780–1790, though no independent record of him survives.

Madhusudana Sarasvati

Madhusudana Sarasvati (मधुसूदन सरस्वती) was a Bengali-born Sanskrit philosopher and Advaita Vedanta monk who wrote the influential Advaitasiddhi in Banaras under Akbar's reign.

Madhusudana Tirtha

Madhusudana Tirtha was a Dashanami renunciate recorded as the 142nd Shankaracharya of the Govardhan Matha at Puri, Odisha, holding the seat from 1898 until 1925 or 1926.

Madhuvidhu (2026 film)

Madhuvidhu (മധുവിധു, "Honeymoon") is a 2026 Malayalam romantic comedy-drama directed by debutant Vishnu Aravind, starring Sharaf U Dheen and debutant Kalyani Panicker; released theatrically 23-24 April 2026 and streaming on Sony LIV from 22 May 2026.

Madhvacharya

Madhvacharya (मध्वाचार्य, Ananda Tirtha, Purnaprajna), 13th–14th-century Vaishnava philosopher of Udupi, Karnataka, founder of Dvaita (Tattvavada) Vedanta: five eternal differences, Vishnu as sole independent reality, 37 works, Udupi Krishna temple and eight mathas.

Madhya Pradesh (मध्य प्रदेश)

Madhya Pradesh (मध्य प्रदेश), the "Heart of India", is a central Indian state formed 1 November 1956; Chhattisgarh split off in 2000. Capital Bhopal, largest city Indore, area 308,252 km², 2011 population 72.6 million.

Madhya Pradesh High Court (मध्य प्रदेश उच्च न्यायालय)

Madhya Pradesh High Court (मध्य प्रदेश उच्च न्यायालय), established 1 November 1956 from the Nagpur High Court, is the High Court of Madhya Pradesh with principal seat at Jabalpur and permanent benches at Indore and Gwalior (1968), governed by the 2008 Rules.

Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Company Limited

Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Company Limited (MPPGCL) is a wholly owned Government of Madhya Pradesh company generating electricity through thermal and hydel power stations, headquartered at Jabalpur.

Madhyageha Bhaṭṭa

Madhyageha Bhaṭṭa (मध्यगेह भट्ट) is the father of Madhvacharya in Madhva hagiographies, a Tulu Brahmin of the Middle house at Pajaka kshetra near Udupi, husband of Vedavati.

Madhyamaka (माध्यमक)

Madhyamaka (माध्यमक) is an Indian Buddhist school of philosophy whose central claim is that all phenomena are empty. Tibetan Buddhism adopted Prāsaṅgika-Madhyamaka as its officially endorsed philosophy.

Madhyamanarayana taila

Madhyamanarayana taila (Madhyama nārāyaṇa taila) is a classical Ayurvedic medicated oil in the Ayurvedic Formulary of India (AFI000475, 6 g dose), used for hemiplegia, lock jaw, neck stiffness, throat obstruction, and kyphosis.

Madhyamgram

Madhyamgram (মধ্যমগ্রাম), also historically Majher Gaon, is a municipality town in Barasat subdivision, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, about 25 km north-east of Kolkata, with 28 wards, rapid 2001–2011 growth of 26.45%, and a Sealdah-line railway station.

Madhyāntika

Madhyāntika (मध्यान्तिक; Pali Majjhantika) is the monk Buddhist traditions credit with carrying Buddhism to Kashmir and Gandhara in the third century BCE, under Emperor Aśoka.

Madi Wilson

Madi Wilson (Madison Maree Wilson, born 1994) is a retired Australian swimmer, dual Olympic 4x100m freestyle relay gold medallist (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020), multi-world-record relay specialist, who retired in January 2025.

Madia

Madia, commonly called tarweeds, is a genus of sticky-hairy annual herbs in the sunflower family, established in 1782 and native to western North and South America.

Madidi National Park

Madidi National Park (Parque Nacional y ANMI Madidi) is a 1,895,750-hectare Bolivian protected area created in 1995 in northwest La Paz department, spanning Andes-to-Amazon elevations and ranking among the world's most biodiverse parks, with community ecotourism at Chalalán.

Madigan

Madigan (1968) is Don Siegel's crime drama starring Richard Widmark and Henry Fonda, adapted from Richard Dougherty's novel The Commissioner, about NYPD detectives given 72 hours to recapture a killer who stole their guns.

Madih

Madih (مدح, "praise") is the Arabic panegyric genre, poetry composed in praise of a person, often a ruler or patron, and sometimes of the Prophet Muhammad, dominant in Arabic poetry until the early 20th century.

Madih nabawi

Madih nabawi, meaning prophetic praise, is the Arabic poetic genre of verses in praise of the Prophet Muhammad, whose canonical text is al-Busiri's 13th-century Burda.

Madikeri (ಮಡಿಕೇರಿ)

Madikeri (ಮಡಿಕೇರಿ, Mercara) is the headquarters hill town of Kodagu district, Karnataka, founded as capital in 1681 by Muddu Raja; 33,381 residents (2011), about 1,166 m elevation, coffee country near Abbey Falls and Raja Seat.

Madiliang Coal Mine

Madiliang Coal Mine (麻地梁煤矿) is an underground coal mine in Jungar Banner, Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China, known as one of China's early 5G smart mines.

Madilu System

Madilu System, born Jean de Dieu Bialu Makiese (1950–2007), was a Congolese rumba singer, lead voice on TPOK Jazz's hit "Mario", later called Congo's King of Rumba.

Madina Hamidi

Madina Hamidi is the IMDb-listed name of Marzieh Hamidi, Afghan-Iranian taekwondo athlete of the Refugee Team, exiled in France, women's rights advocate, 2026 Geneva Summit International Women's Rights Award winner.

Madina Okot

Madina Okot (born 2004, Mumias, Kenya) is a Kenyan 6'6" center for the Atlanta Dream; drafted 13th overall in 2026, the first Kenyan WNBA first-round pick, after Mississippi State and South Carolina.

Madingo Afework

Madingo Afework was an Ethiopian singer from Gondar who rose from the azmari tradition to national fame, releasing albums including Aydergem before his death in 2022.

Madiqen

Madiqen was a royal woman of the Napatan kingdom of Kush, a sistrum-player of Amun installed by king Anlamani and buried in Pyramid 27 at Nuri.

Madisen Beaty

Madisen Beaty (born 1995) is an American actress and DJ, known for roles in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Master, and Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood.

Madisen Skinner

Madisen Skinner, American volleyball opposite hitter from Katy, Texas, for LOVB Austin and the U.S. Women's National Team; three-time NCAA champion (Kentucky 2020, Texas 2022 and 2023), 2023 Final Four Most Outstanding Player, first LOVB Finals MVP.