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Uda Gulf
Uda Gulf (Удская губа, Udskaya Bay), a bay in the western Sea of Okhotsk, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia; about 100 km long, 36 m deep, macrotidal (tides to 9.7 m), receiving the Uda River, ice-bound October to June, with Shantar Islands at its entrance.
Udaan (2010 film)
Udaan (Hindi "flight") is a 2010 Hindi coming-of-age drama, Vikramaditya Motwane's directorial debut co-written with Anurag Kashyap, about 17-year-old Rohan forced by his authoritarian Jamshedpur father into factory work and engineering while dreaming of writing; it screened in Un Certain Regard at Cannes 2010 and flopped commercially.
Udaan (B2B e-commerce company)
Udaan is a Bengaluru-based business-to-business e-commerce platform founded in 2016 by former Flipkart executives Amod Malviya, Sujeet Kumar, and Vaibhav Gupta, serving small Indian retailers.
Udaan (उड़ान) (2014 TV series)
Udaan (Udann Sapnon Ki, उड़ान सपनों की) is an Indian Hindi social drama on Colors TV (2014–2019) about Chakor, a girl pawned before birth as collateral and forced into bonded labour, conceptualized by Mahesh Bhatt from a TIME magazine story.
Udaari (اڑاری)
Udaari (اڑاری), a 2016 Pakistani Urdu-Punjabi Hum TV drama serial of 25 episodes written by Farhat Ishtiaq, directed by Ehteshamuddin, and co-produced by Kashf Foundation, treats child sexual abuse and women's empowerment and won Lux Style Awards including Best TV Actor for Ahsan Khan.
Udaariyaan
Udaariyaan (उड़ारियां), Hindi romantic drama on Colors TV, 15 March 2021 to 24 July 2024, 1,121 episodes, produced by Sargun Mehta and Ravi Dubey; Punjab family's Canada dream, sisters Tejo and Jasmine, Fateh, generational leaps.
Udacity
Udacity, founded 2011 by Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig, is an online tech-education company known for its trademarked project-based Nanodegree credentials with industry partners; it was acquired by Accenture in May 2024.
Udaeus Linea
Udaeus Linea: dark tectonic band (linea) on Jupiter's moon Europa, northern hemisphere, over 1,000 km long, IAU-named 2003 after a Greek mythological figure; studied as a strike-slip fault near Minos and Cadmus Lineae.
Udai Singh I of Mewar
Udai Singh I (उदय सिंह), also recorded as Uda or Udaikaran, was the sixth Maharana of Mewar, who killed his father Kumbha in 1468 and reigned five years.
Udai Singh II (उदय सिंह द्वितीय)
Maharana Udai Singh II (महाराणा उदयसिंह द्वितीय, 1522–1572), Sisodia ruler of Mewar, survived the Banvir usurpation, founded Udaipur on Lake Pichola, and lost Chittorgarh to Akbar's 1567–68 siege; his son was Maharana Pratap.
Udai Singh of Marwar
Udai Singh of Marwar (राजा उदयसिंह), called Mota Raja, was the Rathore ruler of Marwar from 1583 to 1595 and the first to accept Mughal emperor Akbar's allegiance.
Udaipur (district)
Udaipur district, Rajasthan, India; headquarters Udaipur city; southern Rajasthan district adjoining Gujarat with 3.07 million people (2011), 49.7% Scheduled Tribes, Aravalli surroundings, lake-based tourism, and lead-zinc and marble mining.
Udaipur (उदयपुर)
Udaipur (उदयपुर), the City of Lakes, is a Rajasthan city founded in 1559 by Maharana Udai Singh II as capital of Mewar; known for Lake Pichola, Fateh Sagar, the City Palace, and Rajput heritage tourism.
Udaipur Files
Udaipur Files: Kanhaiya Lal Tailor Murder (उदयपुर फाइल्स), also Gyanvapi Files, is a 2025 Hindi crime drama by Bharat S. Shrinate, produced by Amit Jani, about the 2022 Udaipur tailor murder; certified A after 55-61 cuts, released 8 August 2025, box office flop.
Udaipur World Music Festival
The Udaipur World Music Festival is an annual free world music festival held in Udaipur, Rajasthan, each February since 2016, produced by the cultural organization SEHER.
Udaipuri Begum
Udaipuri Begum (ادائی پوری بیگم), usually called Udaipuri Mahal, was a consort of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb and the mother of his son, Prince Muhammad Kam Bakhsh, born in 1667.
Udall family
The Udall family is an American political family with roots in Mormon settlement in the western United States. Its members have held judicial, legislative, executive, and diplomatic offices. Prominent figures include Arizona.
Udaloy-class destroyer
The Udaloy-class destroyer, Soviet designation Project 1155 Fregat, is a class of large anti-submarine ships built for the Soviet and Russian navies, with 12 entering service from 1980.
UDAN (उड़े देश का आम नागरिक)
UDAN (उड़े देश का आम नागरिक, Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik) is India's Regional Connectivity Scheme, launched in 2016 to make air travel affordable from smaller towns through fare caps and airline subsidies.
Udas Naslain
Udas Naslain (اداس نسلیں, The Weary Generations) is a 1963 Urdu novel by Abdullah Hussain following three generations of two Punjabi families from 1857 to 1947.
Udasi
Udasi (ਉਦਾਸੀ) is an ascetic order of Sikh history founded by Baba Sri Chand, elder son of Guru Nanak, whose celibate members long held many historic Sikh shrines.
Uday Benegal
Uday Benegal is a Mumbai-based vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist best known as frontman and founder of Indus Creed, the Indian rock band earlier called Rock Machine, active since 1983.
Uday Chopra
Uday Chopra (born 1973), Indian producer and former actor, son of Yash Chopra; played Ali in Dhoom, now CEO of YRF Entertainment and story writer of Alpha (2026).
Uday Hussein (عدي صدام حسين)
Uday Hussein (عدي صدام حسين), eldest son of Saddam Hussein, Iraqi security figure and founder-commander of the Fedayeen Saddam paramilitary and Olympic committee head, killed 22 July 2003 in a U.S. raid in Mosul with his brother Qusay.
Uday Kiran (ఉదయ్ కిరణ్)
Uday Kiran (ఉదయ్ కిరణ్), Telugu and Tamil film actor, the "Hat-trick Hero" whose first three films Chitram, Nuvvu Nenu, and Manasantha Nuvve each ran 175+ days; Filmfare Best Actor Telugu 2001; died January 2014 in Hyderabad.
Uday Kotak (उदय सुरेश कोटक)
Uday Kotak (उदय सुरेश कोटक) is an Indian banker who founded Kotak Mahindra Bank in 1985 with ₹3 million (₹30 lakh) and built it into one of India's largest private banks, leading it until 2023.
Uday Prakash
Uday Prakash (उदय प्रकाश, born 1952) is a Hindi short-story writer, novelist, poet, and essayist known for Mohandas, which won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2010.
Uday Pratap Singh
Uday Pratap Singh, born in 1964, is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician who serves as a Madhya Pradesh minister for School Education and Transport, after three Lok Sabha terms.
Uday Samant
Uday Samant is an Indian politician and Shiv Sena leader who serves as a Maharashtra minister holding the Industries and Marathi Language portfolios, representing Ratnagiri.
Uday Shankar (businessman)
Uday Shankar is an Indian media executive who led Star India from 2007, created Hotstar, later led Disney Asia Pacific, and is Vice Chairman of JioStar.