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Radha Krishna

Radha Krishna, also known as Radha and Krishna, is the paired form of the goddess Radha and the god Krishna, worshipped together in Vaishnavism's devotional traditions.

Radha Krishna Kishore

Radha Krishna Kishore, also written Radhakrishna Kishore, is an Indian National Congress politician and a minister in Jharkhand holding Finance, Commercial Tax, and other portfolios.

Radha Mitchell

Radha Mitchell (born 1973, Melbourne) is an Australian actress known for High Art, Pitch Black, Man on Fire, Finding Neverland, Melinda and Melinda, and Silent Hill, plus Australian work like Looking for Grace and Blueback.

Radha Mohan Das Agarwal

Radha Mohan Das Agarwal is an Indian BJP politician who represented Gorakhpur Urban in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly from 2002 and joined the Rajya Sabha in 2022.

Radha Mohan Singh

Radha Mohan Singh, born 1949, is an Indian BJP politician who represents Purvi Champaran in the Lok Sabha and served as agriculture minister from 2014 to 2019.

Radha Ravi (ராதா ரவி)

Radha Ravi (ராதா ரவி), or Madras Rajagopal Radhakrishnan Ravi, Tamil actor-politician, son of M. R. Radha; villain and character actor in over 300 films; ex-Saidapet MLA (AIADMK, 2002), later DMK, AIADMK, then BJP (2019).

Radha Soami

Radha Soami, also written Radhasoami, is a Sant Mat religious movement founded in Agra, India, in 1861 by Seth Shiv Dayal Singh, with over a million and a half adherents.

Radhabinod Pal (রাধাবিনোদ পাল)

Radhabinod Pal (রাধাবিনোদ পাল), Indian jurist (January 1886–1967), Calcutta High Court judge and IMTFE judge 1946–48, whose dissenting Tokyo Trial judgment acquitted all 25 accused; later International Law Commission chairman.

Radhagupta

Radhagupta (राधागुप्त) was a minister of the Maurya dynasty who, according to Buddhist tradition, helped Prince Ashoka seize the throne of Pataliputra after Bindusara died.

Radhakanta Deb

Radhakanta Deb (রাধাকান্ত দেব) was a Sanskrit scholar and leader of conservative Hindu society in Calcutta, known for the lexicon Shabda Kalpadruma and for founding the Dharma Sabha to protest the abolition of sati.

Radhakishan Damani (राधाकिशन शिवकिशन दामानी)

Radhakishan Damani (राधाकिशन दामानी) is an Indian investor and retailer who controls Avenue Supermarts, the listed operator of the DMart supermarket chain, after first making his fortune as a Dalal Street trader.

RadhaKrishn (राधाकृष्ण)

RadhaKrishn (राधाकृष्ण) is a Hindi mythological TV drama on Star Bharat (2018–2023) by Siddharth Kumar Tewary's Swastik Productions: 1,145 episodes on Radha and Krishna, starring Sumedh Mudgalkar and Mallika Singh.

Radhakrishna (ರಾಧಾಕೃಷ್ಣ ದೊಡ್ಡಮಣಿ) (politician)

Radhakrishna Doddamani (ರಾಧಾಕೃಷ್ಣ ದೊಡ್ಡಮಣಿ), Congress businessman-politician and son-in-law of Mallikarjun Kharge, won Karnataka's Kalaburagi (Gulbarga SC) Lok Sabha seat in 2024, defeating BJP's Umesh Jadhav by 27,205 votes in his first electoral contest.

Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil

Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil is an Indian politician and BJP leader in Maharashtra, serving as water resources minister after earlier stints as revenue minister and Leader of the Opposition.

Radhakrishnan L. Nagarajan

Radhakrishnan L. Nagarajan is an optical communications engineer who is Chief Technology Officer of Optical Engineering at Marvell Technology and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2025.

Radhanath Ray

Radhanath Ray (ରାଧାନାଥ ରାୟ, 1848–1908) was an Indian Odia-language poet honored with the title Kabibara, regarded as the founder of the modern era in Odia poetry and known for kavyas like Chilika.

Radhanath Sikdar (রাধানাথ শিকদার)

Radhanath Sikdar (রাধানাথ শিকদার) was a Bengali mathematician and surveyor who, as Chief Computer of the Great Trigonometrical Survey, calculated in 1852 that Peak XV, later Mount Everest, was the world's highest mountain.

Radhanath Swami

Radhanath Swami, born Richard Slavin in Chicago in 1950, is an American-born ISKCON guru who built the Chowpatty temple in Mumbai and wrote The Journey Home.

Radhasoami Satsang Dayalbagh

Radhasoami Satsang Dayalbagh is a branch of the Radhasoami faith, a Sant Mat movement, headquartered at Dayalbagh, a self-reliant colony founded near Agra, India, in 1915.

Radhe (राधे: योर मोस्ट वांटेड भाई) (2021 film)

Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai (राधे: योर मोस्ट वांटेड भाई) is a 2021 Hindi action film directed by Prabhu Deva, a remake of the Korean film The Outlaws, starring Salman Khan as cop Radhe; released 13 May 2021 on ZEE5/ZeePlex with overseas theatrical release.

Radhe Shyam (రాధే శ్యామ్)

Radhe Shyam (రాధే శ్యామ్), 2022 Telugu romantic drama by Radha Krishna Kumar starring Prabhas as palmist Vikramaditya and Pooja Hegde as doctor Prerana, set in 1970s Europe; released 11 March 2022, a box-office disaster despite praised visuals.

Radheshyam Rathiya

Radheshyam Rathiya, born in 1972, is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician who began in village council government and has represented Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, in the Lok Sabha since 2024.

Radhika Apte

Radhika Apte (राधिका आप्टे), born 1985 in Pune, is an Indian actress working across Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, and other language cinemas and streaming. Known for Antaheen, Phobia, Parched, Lust Stories, Sacred Games, Andhadhun, and Sister Midnight, and an International Emmy nomination.

Radhika Desai

Radhika Desai, Marxist political economist and Professor at the University of Manitoba, director of the Geopolitical Economy Research Group, author of Geopolitical Economy (2013) and Capitalism, Coronavirus and War (2023), critic of US hegemony and globalization theories.

Radhika Kumaraswamy (ರಾಧಿಕಾ ಕುಮಾರಸ್ವಾಮಿ)

Radhika Kumaraswamy (ರಾಧಿಕಾ ಕುಮಾರಸ್ವಾಮಿ), also known as Radhika or Kutty Radhika, is an Indian Kannada film actress and producer. Debut 2002 with Ninagagi; known for Mandya, Thayi Illada Thabbali, Sweety Nanna Jodi, and her production Bhairadevi (2024); wife of politician H. D. Kumaraswamy.

Radhika Madan (राधिका मदान)

Radhika Madan (राधिका मदान), born 1995 in Delhi, is an Indian actress who moved from TV lead in Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi to films Pataakha, Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota, and Angrezi Medium, winning IIFA and Filmfare OTT awards.

Radhika Nagpal

Radhika Nagpal is a computer scientist who works on self-organizing robot collectives, created the Kilobot thousand-robot swarm, and has been a professor of engineering at Princeton University since 2022.

Radhika Pandit (ರಾಧಿಕಾ ಪಂಡಿತ್)

Radhika Pandit (ರಾಧಿಕಾ ಪಂಡಿತ್), born 1984 in Bangalore, is a Kannada film actress who won three consecutive Filmfare Best Actress awards for Moggina Manasu, Love Guru, and Krishnan Love Story, and is married to actor Yash since 2016.

Radhika Roy

Radhika Roy, née Radhika Das (born 1949, Kolkata), Indian journalist who co-founded New Delhi Television (NDTV) with husband Prannoy Roy in 1988; Managing Director 1998–2011, Executive Co-Chairperson until the December 2022 Adani takeover; launched NDTV 24x7 and NDTV India.

Radhika Santwanam

Radhika Santwanam (రాధికా సాంత్వనము; "Appeasing Radhika"), also titled Ila Deviyamu, is an 18th-century Telugu erotic narrative poem by the courtesan-poet Muddupalani of Thanjavur, telling of Radha's jealousy and reconciliation after Krishna marries Ila.