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Mithilesh Tiwari
Mithilesh Tiwari, born in 1971, is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party, a minister in the Bihar government and the MLA for Baikunthpur.
Mithlesh Kumar
Mithlesh Kumar is an Indian politician and Bharatiya Janata Party member of the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh since 2022, after representing Shahjahanpur in the 15th Lok Sabha.
Mithoon
Mithoon (Mithun Sharma), Indian Hindi film composer, lyricist and singer; debuted with Zeher (2005); known for Tum Hi Ho (Aashiqui 2), Kabir Singh, Gadar 2, Saiyaara's Dhun, and Filmfare wins in 2014.
Mithra (θra)
Mithra (Avestan Miθra, later Mihr) is the Indo-Iranian god of contracts and oaths, known as Mitra in the Vedas; the Roman mystery god Mithras took his name but was a separate cult with no surviving texts.
Mithra Mandali
Mithra Mandali (మిత్ర మండలి) is a 2025 Telugu comedy directed by debutant Vijayender S, starring Priyadarshi and influencer Niharika NM. Released 16 October 2025, it flopped (₹1.54 Cr gross) and was re-cut for Prime Video on 6 November 2025.
Mithraeum at Fertőrákos
Roman sanctuary of Mithras at Fertőrákos, Hungary, near Sopron (Scarbantia) and Lake Neusiedl; built by Carnuntum legionaries in the early 3rd century AD, rock-cut tauroctony, found 1866, restored 1992 after Iron Curtain closure.
Mithraeum at Mundelsheim
Roman Mithraeum (Mithräum von Mundelsheim) on the Ottmarsheimer Höhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, found 1989; 17.6 × 7.2 m, in use 2nd to early 3rd century, with back-lit Sol and Luna altars and bone deposits.
Mithraeum at Riegel
Mithraeum at Riegel: Roman sanctuary of Mithras at Riegel am Kaiserstuhl, Germany, built in the second half of the 2nd century AD, excavated 1974; known for its bent ceremonial sword, red sandstone altar, and stacked tablewares.
Mithraeum at Segontium
Mithraeum at Segontium, a Mithras temple at Caernarfon, Wales, 150 m east of Segontium Roman fort; discovered 1958, excavated 1959 by G.C. Boon; built c. AD 200, three 3rd-century phases, burnt in the later 4th century.
Mithraeum at Vulci
Mithraeum at Vulci: Roman sanctuary of Mithras found in 1975 in a domus beside the Domus del Criptoportico at Vulci, Italy; two rooms, two marble tauroctony reliefs, studied in Nicola Luciani's 2023 monograph.
Mithraeum of Lucretius Menander
Mithraeum of Lucretius Menander (Mitreo di Lucrezio Menandro), an early 3rd-century Mithras sanctuary at Ostia (I,III,5), named for pater Caius Lucretius Menander, honored by Diocles' altar dedication with a crescent-shaped lamp opening.
Mithraism
Mithraism, also known as the Mithraic Mysteries, was a Roman mystery religion centered on the god Mithras, practiced from the late 1st century CE in men-only congregations.
Mithramycin
Mithramycin, also called plicamycin or Mithracin, is an antineoplastic antibiotic produced by Streptomyces bacteria that binds GC-rich DNA and inhibits transcription; toxicity ended its clinical use by 2000.
Mithrapata
Mithrapata, also known as Mithrapata of Lycia, was a dynast of Lycia in southern Anatolia around 390–370 BC, known from silver coins bearing his name in Lycian, including some of the earliest human portraits on coinage.
Mithridates I of Parthia
Mithridates I of Parthia (مهرداد یکم) was an Arsacid king from about 171 BC who conquered Media, Babylonia, and Seleucia, turning a small kingdom into an empire.
Mithridates II of Parthia
Mithridates II of Parthia (مهرداد دوم) was an Arsacid king of the Parthian Empire from 121 to 91 BC who defeated the Saka and took the title king of kings.
Mithridates VI Eupator
Mithridates VI Eupator Dionysos (Μιθραδάτης), the Great, last king of Pontus (r. 120–63 BCE), builder of a Black Sea empire and Rome's most determined enemy since Hannibal in three Mithridatic Wars, defeated by Sulla, Lucullus, and Pompey, dead by his own order in 63 BCE.
Mithridatic Wars
The Mithridatic Wars: three 1st-century BCE conflicts between Rome and Mithridates VI of Pontus (88-63 BCE), ending with Lucullus and Pompey, Roman annexation of Bithynia, Pontus, and Syria.
Mithridatism
Mithridatism, also called mithridatization, is self-administering gradually increased doses of a poison to gain tolerance, named after Mithridates VI of Pontus; no scientific evidence supports its success, though drug tolerance is real.
Mithril
Mithril (also mythril, true-silver, Moria-silver): Tolkien's fictional silvery metal of Middle-earth, coined in Sindarin, mined in Moria, worth ten times gold; later a standard fantasy RPG metal.
Mithril Capital
Mithril Capital, also known as Mithril Capital Management, is a growth-stage venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Ajay Royan with Peter Thiel, based in Austin, Texas.
Mithrim Montes
Mithrim Montes, a trio of mountain ridges on Saturn's moon Titan near 2°S 127°W, holds Titan's tallest known peak at 3,337 m (10,948 ft); named for Tolkien's Middle-earth, formed by contractional tectonism.
Mithun Chakraborty (মিঠুন চক্রবর্তী)
Mithun Chakraborty (মিঠুন চক্রবর্তী), born Gouranga Chakraborty in 1950, is an Indian actor and politician with over 350 films, three National Film Awards, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, Padma Bhushan, and a BJP political career.
Mithya
Mithya (मिथ्या) is a ZEE5 Hindi psychological thriller series adapted from the British series Cheat, starring Huma Qureshi and Avantika Dassani as professor Juhi and student Rhea; season 1 premiered 18 February 2022, season 2 on 1 November 2024.
Mithya (2008 film)
Mithya (मिथ्या, "lie") is a 2008 Hindi comedy-thriller directed by Rajat Kapoor, starring Ranvir Shorey as a struggling actor forced to impersonate a look-alike Mumbai underworld don; produced by Arindam Chaudhuri, released 8 February 2008.
Mithya (ಮಿಥ್ಯ) (2023 film)
Mithya (ಮಿಥ್ಯ) is a 2023 Kannada drama film, Sumanth Bhat's debut feature, produced by Rakshit Shetty's Paramvah Pictures. It follows 11-year-old Mithun, orphaned in Mumbai, who moves to Udupi; it premiered at Jio MAMI 2023 and released theatrically on 7 March 2025.
Miti Corona
Miti Corona is a 180-km-diameter corona on Venus at 3.5° S, 259.8° E in quadrangle V-40, IAU-approved in 2000 and named for the Koryak-Itelmen mythological wife of the Raven, the world creator.
Mitica Pricop
Mitică Pricop, Romanian sprint canoeist born 1977 in Constanța, Olympic gold C2 1000 m and bronze C2 500 m at Sydney 2000 with Florin Popescu; later a Dinamo coach.
Mitidika family
Mitidika family, asteroid family 2262 Mitidika, a middle main belt primitive collisional family of about 531 members dominated by F-type asteroids, located near the Eunomia and Juno families.
Mitigation banking
Mitigation banking, also called wetland mitigation banking, restores or creates wetlands in advance so credits can be sold to offset permitted impacts under the Clean Water Act.