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Sukeban (スケバン)

Sukeban (スケバン, also 助番, onna-banchō) means Japanese female delinquent and the 1970s all-female girl gangs known for long modified sailor uniforms, concealed weapons, and the Sukeban Deka series.

Sukerchakia Misl

Sukerchakia Misl, or Shukar Chak misl, was a Sikh confederacy of 18th-century Punjab based at Gujranwala, founded by Charat Singh in 1752 and led later by Maha Singh and Maharaja Ranjit Singh, who seized Lahore in 1799 and proclaimed the Sikh Empire in 1801.

Suketu Mehta

Suketu Mehta, born 1963 in Calcutta, is an Indian-born writer and journalist in New York, author of Maximum City (2004) and This Land Is Our Land (2019), and teaches at New York University.

Sukh Sanghera

Sukh Sanghera is a Canada-based Punjabi music video director and filmmaker who has directed over 300 music videos, runs 10+1 Creations Ltd, and directed his first feature film, Laiye Je Yaarian, in 2019.

Sukh-E

Sukh-E, also known as Sukh-E Muzical Doctorz, is the stage name of Sukhdeep Singh, an Indian Punjabi singer and rapper known for the 2015 hit "Jaguar".

Sukha (musician)

Sukha (Sukhman Sodhi, born 2003, Toronto) is a Canadian Punjabi rapper, singer and songwriter; debut "Siftaan" 2022, hit "8 Asle" (Canadian Gold, Billboard Canadian Hot 100), album By Any Means, 2025 Juno nominations. Distinct from the Bangladeshi-Canadian artist SuKha and the mantra musician Sukha.

Sukhampha

Sukhampha (সুখাম্ফা), known as Khora Raja, was Swargadeo of the Ahom kingdom in Assam from 1552 to 1603, fighting wars with the Koch kingdom and Naga tribes.

Sukhbir Singh Badal (ਸੁਖਬੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਬਾਦਲ)

Sukhbir Singh Badal (ਸੁਖਬੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਬਾਦਲ), born 1962 in Faridkot, is president of the Shiromani Akali Dal since 2008, former Punjab Deputy Chief Minister (2009-2017), former Union Minister of State for Industry, and four-term Lok Sabha MP.

Sukhdeo Bhagat

Sukhdeo Bhagat, born in 1960, is an Indian National Congress politician who has represented Lohardaga, Jharkhand, in the Lok Sabha since 2024, after earlier serving as Jharkhand Congress president.

Sukhdev Thapar (ਸੁਖਦੇਵ ਥਾਪਰ)

Sukhdev Thapar (ਸੁਖਦੇਵ ਥਾਪਰ), 15 May 1907 to 23 March 1931, Indian revolutionary from Ludhiana who led HSRA work in Punjab, co-founded the Naujawan Bharat Sabha, and was hanged at Lahore with Bhagat Singh and Rajguru.

Sukhendu Sekhar Roy

Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, also spelled Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, is an Indian politician and Bharatiya Janata Party member of the Rajya Sabha from West Bengal, elected for 2026 to 2029 after leaving the Trinamool Congress.

Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa

Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, born 1959, is an Indian National Congress politician who served as Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab and represents Gurdaspur in the Lok Sabha since 2024.

Sukhmani Sahib

Sukhmani Sahib is a long devotional composition by Guru Arjan Dev, the fifth Sikh Guru, set in Raag Gauri on pages 262 to 296 of the Guru Granth Sahib.

Sukhna Lake

Sukhna Lake, also known as Sukhna Reservoir, is a 3 square kilometer rain-fed man-made lake at the Shivalik Hills foothills in Chandigarh, India, created in 1958.

Sukhoe Ozero II

Sukhoe Ozero II (Сухое Озеро II) is the most fully excavated Karasuk culture cemetery, Minusinsk basin, southern Siberia, 1200–800 BCE: 295 kurgans, 560 graves, horse-sacrifice enclosure, published in 2022 by Maksimenkov and Vadetskaya.

Sukhoi

Sukhoi, also known as the Sukhoi Design Bureau, is a Russian aircraft manufacturer famous for the Su-27 fighter family and the Superjet 100, now part of United Aircraft Corporation.

Sukhoi Log

Sukhoi Log ("dry gully") is a giant orogenic gold deposit in Irkutsk region, Eastern Siberia, Russia's largest, holding 43.5 million ounces of reserves and developed by Polyus.

Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik-B (Сухой С-70 «Охотник-Б»)

The Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik-B (Сухой С-70 «Охотник-Б») is a Russian stealth flying-wing combat drone developed to team with the Su-57 fighter, first flying in 2019.

Sukhoi Su-15 (Су-15)

The Sukhoi Su-15 (Су-15), NATO name Flagon, was a twin-engine Soviet interceptor in PVO service from 1967 to 1996, with about 1,290 built at Novosibirsk.

Sukhoi Su-17 (Су-17)

Sukhoi Su-17 (Су-17, NATO Fitter), Soviet swing-wing fighter-bomber derived from the Su-7, in service from 1970; variants Su-17M–M4, exports Su-20/Su-22; ~2,867 built (disputed), 1,165 exported to 15 countries; last Russian examples retired January 1998.

Sukhoi Su-24 (Су-24)

The Sukhoi Su-24 (Су-24), known to NATO by the reporting name Fencer, is a Soviet and Russian two-seat, variable-sweep-wing tactical bomber for all-weather low-altitude strikes, in service from 1974.

Sukhoi Su-25 (Су-25 «Грач»)

The Sukhoi Su-25, known as the Grach (Грач) and NATO-named Frogfoot, is a Soviet single-seat twin-engine close air support aircraft first flown in 1975, still in frontline use today.

Sukhoi Su-27 (Су-27)

The Sukhoi Su-27 (Су-27) is a Soviet twin-engine air superiority fighter, known to NATO as the Flanker, that entered service in 1985 to counter the American F-15 Eagle.

Sukhoi Su-30

The Sukhoi Su-30, NATO name Flanker-C, is a Russian two-seat, twin-engine heavy multirole fighter derived from the Su-27UB trainer, first flown in 1992 and exported widely, including India's Su-30MKI.

Sukhoi Su-30MKI

The Sukhoi Su-30MKI is a twin-seat, twin-engine multirole fighter developed by Sukhoi for the Indian Air Force and license-built by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, with over 270 in service.

Sukhoi Su-30MKK

The Sukhoi Su-30MKK, NATO name Flanker-G, is a Russian two-seat multirole fighter-bomber built by KnAAPO and exported to China as the PLAAF's first true multirole heavy fighter.

Sukhoi Su-30MKM (Су-30МКМ)

The Sukhoi Su-30MKM (Су-30МКМ) is a two-seat, twin-engine multirole fighter built by Russia's Irkut for the Royal Malaysian Air Force, an 18-aircraft fleet delivered between 2007 and 2009.

Sukhoi Su-33

The Sukhoi Su-33, NATO name Flanker-D and originally designated Su-27K, is a carrier-capable Russian fighter derived from the Su-27, adopted in 1998 for the Admiral Kuznetsov.

Sukhoi Su-34

The Sukhoi Su-34, NATO name Fullback and export designation Su-32, is a Russian side-by-side two-seat fighter-bomber derived from the Su-27, replacing the Su-24 as the primary tactical strike aircraft.

Sukhoi Su-35

The Sukhoi Su-35, also called Super Flanker, is a Russian twin-engine supermaneuverable multirole fighter, a deep modernization of the Su-27 that first flew in 2008.