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Indra Hang Subba

Indra Hang Subba, born in 1989 in West Sikkim, is an Indian politician of the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha who has represented Sikkim in the Lok Sabha since 2019.

Indra III

Indra III (इन्द्र तृतीय) was a king of the Rashtrakuta dynasty of Maharashtra, reigning from about 914 to 927, best known for defeating the Pratihara king Mahipala and sacking Kannauj.

Indra III's sack of Kanauj

Indra III's sack of Kanauj (इन्द्र तृतीय का कन्नौज पर आक्रमण) was the capture and plunder of Kanauj, the Gurjara-Pratihara capital, by the Rashtrakuta king Indra III in about 916 or 917.

Indra K. Vasil

Indra K. Vasil is an Indian-born plant biotechnologist at the University of Florida known for regenerating cereals from single cells and creating the first transgenic wheat.

Indra Kumar

Indra Kumar (born Indra Irani), Bollywood director, producer, and actor from Botad, Gujarat; brother of Aruna Irani. Directed Dil, Beta, Raja, and the Masti and Dhamaal franchises, including Dhamaal 4 (2026).

Indra Nooyi (இந்திரா நூயி)

Indra Nooyi (இந்திரா நூயி), born 1955 in Madras, is the Indian-American former Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo (2006-2018), architect of Performance with Purpose, later an Amazon director and author of My Life in Full.

Indra Sabha

The Indra Sabha (Cave 32) is the largest and most elaborate two-storeyed Jain rock-cut temple at Ellora, Maharashtra, and it was excavated during the 9th century.

Indra Sistemas

Indra Sistemas is a Spanish information technology and defense company headquartered in Alcobendas, Madrid, created in 1992 from the merger of Ceselsa and Inisel and listed since 1999.

Indra's net

Indra's net, also called Indra's web, is a Buddhist metaphor of a vast net in Indra's heaven with a jewel at every intersection, each reflecting every other.

Indrabhuti Gautama

Indrabhuti Gautama (इन्द्रभूति गौतम), known as Gautam Swami, was the chief ganadhara, or head disciple, of Mahavira, leading Jainism's monastic order for twelve years after Mahavira's nirvana.

Indradhanush Gas Grid Limited

Indradhanush Gas Grid Limited (IGGL) is an Indian joint venture of five state energy companies, formed in 2018 to build the North East Gas Grid connecting eight states.

Indrajeet (इन्द्रजीत)

Indrajeet (इन्द्रजीत) is a 1991 Hindi action drama directed by K.V. Raju, starring Amitabh Bachchan as an honest inspector turned vigilante, with Jaya Prada, Kumar Gaurav, and Neelam; music by R.D. Burman; distinct from the 1992 Bengali Indrajit.

Indrajith Sukumaran (ഇന്ദ്രജിത്ത് സുകുമാരൻ)

Indrajith Sukumaran (ഇന്ദ്രജിത്ത് സുകുമാരൻ), also called Indran, is a Malayalam film actor and singer born 1979 in Thiruvananthapuram, elder son of Sukumaran and Mallika Sukumaran, brother of Prithviraj, known for Meesa Madhavan and Amen.

Indraneil Sengupta

Indraneil Sengupta (Indraneel Sen Gupta, ইন্দ্রনীল সেনগুপ্ত), born 1974, Indian model and film/TV actor; Gladrags finalist 1999; known for Kahaani, Angshumaner Chhobi, Filmfare Award (Bengali) 2014, and Sandip Ray's Feluda films.

Indrani Corona

Indrani Corona is a 200-km-diameter corona, a circular volcano-tectonic structure, on Venus at 37.5°S, 70.5°E, named for a Hindu fertility goddess, IAU-approved in 1994, with thin lithosphere and elevated heat flow.

Indrani Haldar

Indrani Haldar (Bengali: ইন্দ্রাণী হালদার), born 1971 in Calcutta, is an Indian actress of Bengali cinema and television, known for the films Dahan and Saanjhbatir Roopkathara, the television series Sreemoyee, and a National Film Award.

Indrani Mukerjea

Indrani Mukerjea, also known as Pori Bora, is a former Indian media executive accused of murdering her daughter Sheena Bora, arrested in 2015 and granted bail in 2022.

Indrani Mukherjee

Indrani Mukherjee (इंद्राणी मुखर्जी), born 1942 in Allahabad, is an Indian actress who appeared in more than 70 Hindi films, playing the heroine in Aakhri Khat (1966).

Indranil Khan (ইন্দ্রনীল খান)

Indranil Khan (ইন্দ্রনীল খান), West Bengal medical oncologist and BJP politician; MD 2017. Won Behala Paschim in 2026 by 24,699 votes, became minister of state (independent charge) for sports and youth welfare on 1 June 2026.

Indrans (ഇന്ത്രൻസ്)

Indrans (ഇന്ദ്രൻസ്), born Surendran Kochuvelu, is a Malayalam film actor and costume designer, a tailor who entered cinema with Choothattam (1981), broke through with CID Unnikrishnan B.A., B.Ed. (1994), and won the Kerala State Best Actor award for Aalorukkam and a National Award Special Jury Mention for Home.

Indraprastha (इन्द्रप्रस्थ)

Indraprastha (इन्द्रप्रस्थ), the Pandavas' Yamuna-side capital in the Mahabharata, traditionally identified with Delhi's Purana Qila mound, where ASI excavations since B B Lal's 1954 dig found Painted Grey Ware in 2014.

Indraprastha Gas

Indraprastha Gas Limited is an Indian city gas distribution company founded in 1998 by GAIL and Bharat Petroleum, supplying vehicle CNG and piped gas in Delhi.

Indraprastha Power Generation

Indraprastha Power Generation Company Limited (IPGCL) is the electricity generation company of the Government of Delhi, created on 1 July 2002 when the Delhi Vidyut Board was unbundled.

Indrapura (Champa)

Indrapura, meaning city of Indra, was the capital of Champa in present-day Quảng Nam, Vietnam, from 875 CE until the court moved to Vijaya around 1000.

Indravadan A. Modi

Indravadan A. Modi (1926–2012), known as the "Medicine Man of India," was an Indian pharmaceutical industrialist who co-founded Cadila Pharmaceuticals in Ahmedabad in 1951 and championed the Indian Patents Act, 1970.

Indravarman I

Indravarman I (ឥន្ទ្រវរ្ម័នទី១) was a king of the Khmer, reigning from 877 to 889, who built the Bakong temple-mountain and the Indratataka reservoir at Hariharalaya.

Indravarman II

Indravarman II (died 1243) was a Buddhist king of the Khmer Empire who reigned from about 1218 to 1243, succeeding Jayavarman VII and preceding Jayavarman VIII.

Indravati

Indravati (इंद्रावती) is a Sufi premakhyan, a love-narrative poem in Awadhi composed by Noor Muhammad in 1744, telling of Rajkunwar and Indravati as an allegory of the soul's longing for divine light.

Indre-et-Loire

Indre-et-Loire (37), French department in Centre-Val de Loire created 4 March 1790 from Touraine, prefecture Tours. 619,362 inhabitants (2023), growth driven by migration, rivers Loire, Cher, Indre, Vienne.

Indri

Indri (Indri indri), also babakoto, the largest living lemur, endemic to eastern Madagascar rainforests; Critically Endangered IUCN, population down ≥80% over 33 years, 1,000–10,000 left, famous 2-km songs, never survives in captivity.