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Arun Sao

Arun Sao is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party who serves as Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, after representing Bilaspur in the Lok Sabha from 2019.

Arun Sarin

Arun Sarin is an India-born, US-educated business executive who was Chief Executive of Vodafone Group from 2003 until 2008, overseeing growth from 120 million to more than 260 million customers.

Arun Shankar Prasad

Arun Shankar Prasad, born in 1960, is an Indian BJP politician who represents Khajauli in the Bihar Legislative Assembly and became a Bihar minister in November 2025.

Arun Shourie (अरुण शौरी)

Arun Shourie (अरुण शौरी, born 1941) is an Indian journalist, author, and former BJP Union minister. World Bank economist turned Indian Express editor famous for the Antulay and Bofors exposés, later disinvestment minister under Vajpayee.

Arun Shridhar Vaidya

Arun Shridhar Vaidya, also known as General Arun S. Vaidya, was an Indian Army general who planned Operation Blue Star and was assassinated in 1986.

Arun Singh (politician, born 1965)

Arun Singh (born 1965) is an Indian politician and Bharatiya Janata Party leader serving his second Rajya Sabha term from Uttar Pradesh, after serving as the BJP's National General Secretary.

Arun Vijay

Arun Vijay (അരുണ്‍ വിജയ്), born 1977, is a Tamil film actor, son of Vijayakumar; debut Murai Mappillai (1995), breakthrough as Victor in Yennai Arindhaal (2015), later Kuttram 23, Thadam, Vanangaan.

Arun Yethiraj

Arun Yethiraj is an Indian-born theoretical and computational chemist who holds the V. W. Meloche-Bascom Professorship at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he has taught since 1993.

Aruna

Aruna, born Aruna Beth Abrams, is an American singer, songwriter, DJ, and producer based in Los Angeles who spent a decade as a leading trance vocalist before shifting to pop and drum & bass production.

Aruna Asaf Ali (अरुणा आसफ़ अली)

Aruna Asaf Ali (अरुणा आसफ़ अली), born Aruna Gangulee (1909–1996), Indian independence activist who hoisted the flag at Gowalia Tank Maidan on 9 August 1942, led the Quit India underground, and became Delhi's first mayor.

Aruna Irani (अरुणा ईरानी)

Aruna Irani (अरुणा ईरानी), Indian actress and producer, debuted at age nine in Ganga Jamna (1961); known for Beta, Caravan, dance numbers, two Filmfare Best Supporting Actress awards, and marriage to Kuku Kohli.

Aruna Miller

Aruna Miller is an American Democratic politician and former Maryland delegate who has served as the 10th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland since 2023, the first immigrant woman elected statewide in Maryland.

Aruna Shanbaug case (अरुणा रामचंद्र शानबाग)

Aruna Ramachandra Shanbaug case (अरुणा रामचंद्र शानबाग): 2011 Indian Supreme Court judgment arising from a nurse's 1973 assault at KEM Hospital, Mumbai; dismissed the euthanasia plea but first recognized passive euthanasia, requiring High Court approval, later superseded by Common Cause (2018).

Arunabh Kumar

Arunabh Kumar is an Indian new-media entrepreneur and producer who founded The Viral Fever, the company behind Panchayat, Kota Factory, and Aspirants, and is described as a pioneer of original online entertainment in India.

Arunachal Pradesh (अरुणाचल प्रदेश)

Arunachal Pradesh (अरुणाचल प्रदेश), the Land of the Dawn-lit Mountains, is India's northeasternmost state, capital Itanagar, 83,743 km², statehood 20 February 1987 as the 24th state, formerly NEFA.

Arunachalam (film)

Arunachalam (அருணாச்சலம்) is a 1997 Tamil comedy-drama directed by Sundar C, starring Rajinikanth in a dual role with Soundarya and Rambha; released 10 April 1997, based loosely on Brewster's Millions.

Arunachalam Muruganantham

Arunachalam Muruganantham, India's 'Pad Man', is the Coimbatore inventor of a low-cost sanitary pad machine and village micro-factory model, honored with the Padma Shri and TIME 100 recognition.

Arunachalesvara Temple

Arunachalesvara Temple, also called Annamalaiyar Temple, is a large Hindu temple to Shiva at the foot of Arunachala hill in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, covering about 25 acres.

Arunagirinathar

Arunagirinathar (அருணகிரிநாதர்) was a Tamil poet-saint, usually dated to the 15th century, who lived at Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu under Vijayanagara rule and composed the Thiruppugazh, devotional hymns in praise of the god Murugan.

Aruṇandi Śivācārya

Aruṇandi Śivācārya (அருணந்தி சிவாசாரியார்), also rendered Arulnandi Sivacarya, was a 13th-century Tamil Śaiva Siddhanta acharya of Tirutturaiyur, chief pupil of Meykandar and author of the Civañāṉa Cittiyār.

Arunas Rudvalis

Arunas Rudvalis is a mathematician and Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, known for the Rudvalis group, one of the 26 sporadic simple groups.

Arunava Gupta

Arunava Gupta is a materials chemist who spent nearly two decades at IBM Research before joining the University of Alabama in 2004, known for superconducting oxide films and spintronics.

Arunava Majumdar

Arunava Majumdar, known as Arun Majumdar, is an American mechanical engineer at Stanford, founding director of ARPA-E and inaugural Dean of the Doerr School of Sustainability.

Aruncus

Aruncus (goat's beard) is a genus of five accepted dioecious perennial species in Rosaceae, native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere; A. dioicus grows 3-6 ft with creamy plumes, A. aethusifolius is a 12-inch Korean dwarf.

Arundathi Nag

Arundathi Nag (Arundhati Nag, ಅರುಂಧತಿ ನಾಗ್) is an Indian multilingual stage and film actress, founder of Bengaluru's Ranga Shankara theatre (2004), Managing Trustee of Sanket Trust, and 57th National Film Awards Best Supporting Actress winner for Paa.

Arundel Castle

Arundel Castle, also known as Castle of Arundel, is a castle in Arundel, West Sussex, England, built in the 11th century by Roger de Montgomery.

Arundhati (అరుంధతి) (2009 film)

Arundhati (అరుంధతి), 2009 Telugu horror fantasy directed by Kodi Ramakrishna, produced by Shyam Prasad Reddy; Anushka Shetty in a dual role opposite Sonu Sood's Pasupathi; Rs 70 crore gross, ten Nandi Awards, Bengali remake in 2014.

Arundhati Bhattacharya (অরুন্ধতী ভট্টাচার্য)

Arundhati Bhattacharya (অরুন্ধতী ভট্টাচার্য) is an Indian banker who joined the State Bank of India in 1977 and became its first woman chairperson in October 2013.

Arundhati Choudhary

Arundhati Choudhary (born 2002, Kota, Rajasthan) is an Indian amateur boxer, 70kg, AIBA Youth World Champion 2021, and gold medallist in women's 70kg boxing at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy (born 1961, Shillong) is an Indian novelist, essayist, and activist whose debut The God of Small Things won the 1997 Booker Prize, sold over 6 million copies, and led to her career in political nonfiction.