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Bajaj Finance
Bajaj Finance Limited is India's largest consumer finance company, a non-banking lender at retail points of sale whose loan book crossed ₹5 trillion in March 2026.
Bajaj Finserv
Bajaj Finserv is a Pune-headquartered Indian holding company, listed in 2008 after the Bajaj Auto demerger, whose main assets are Bajaj Finance and two insurers.
Bajaj Group
The Bajaj Group is an Indian family-owned conglomerate founded in Wardha as a cotton ginning business, now centered on two- and three-wheeler manufacturing and financial services.
Bajan Creole
Bajan Creole (Bajan) is the English-based creole of Barbados, formed in the 1640s–1680s, an intermediate creole closer to English than other Caribbean creoles, with no standard orthography and around 300,000 speakers.
Baji Prabhu Deshpande
Baji Prabhu Deshpande (बाजीप्रभू देशपांडे, c. 1615–13 July 1660), Maratha commander and deshkulkarni of Hirdas Maval under Shivaji, died holding Pavan Khind pass so Shivaji could escape the siege of Panhala to Vishalgad.
Bājī Rāo
Bājī Rāo (बाजीराव), also known as Bajirao Ballal, was Peshwa, or prime minister, of the Maratha king Shahu from 1720 until his death in 1740.
Baji Rao II
Baji Rao II (1775–1851), last Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy, signed the Treaty of Bassein (1802) under British protection, triggering the 1803 Anglo-Maratha campaigns, and was deposed after the 1817–18 war, pensioned at Bithur.
Bajinder Singh
Bajinder Singh, also called the 'Yashu Yashu' pastor, is a self-styled Punjab Christian faith healer, founder of the Church of Glory and Wisdom, convicted in 2025 in a 2018 rape case and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Bajirao I
Bajirao I, Peshwa of the Maratha state 1720–1740 under Shahu, appointed at age 20; drove Maratha expansion into Malwa, Gujarat, and Bundelkhand, fought the Nizam and won at Bhopal in 1737.
Bajkam
Bajkam (بجكم), in full Abu'l-Husayn Bajkam Makani, was a Turkish commander who served the Abbasid caliphate as amir al-umara, commander of commanders, from 938 to 941.
Bajo de la Campana shipwreck
The Bajo de la Campana shipwreck is a Phoenician merchant vessel that sank on a reef off Cartagena, Spain, in the late 7th century BC, carrying metals and ivory.
Bajo Topulli
Bajo Topulli was an Albanian patriot and guerrilla leader who founded the Committee for the Freedom of Albania in 1905 and later served as mayor of Gjirokastër.
Bajrakitiyabha (พัชรกิติยาภา)
Princess Bajrakitiyabha (พัชรกิติยาภา), eldest child of King Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand, diplomat to Austria, UNODC Goodwill Ambassador, initiator of the 2010 Bangkok Rules on women prisoners; died 11 June 2026 after hospitalization since 15 December 2022.
Bajram Begaj
Bajram Begaj is an Albanian politician who has served as President of Albania since 2022, also acting as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Albania.
Bajram Curri
Bajram Curri (1862–1925) was an Albanian chieftain and leader of uprisings against Ottoman rule, and after 1912 for the defense of Kosovo against Serbian rule.
Bajrang Dal
Bajrang Dal (बजरंग दल) is the youth wing of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, founded 8 October 1984 during the Ram Janmabhoomi movement under Vinay Katiyar; known for cow-protection campaigns, the 1992 Ayodhya ban, 2002 Gujarat riot involvement, and CIA and Facebook designations.
Bajrang Manohar Sonwane
Bajrang Manohar Sonwane, born in 1970, is an Indian politician of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) representing Beed, Maharashtra, in the Lok Sabha since 2024.
Baka (prince)
Baka, also written Bakare, was a prince of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty and a son of King Djedefre, known from inscribed quartzite statue fragments found at Abu Rawash.
Bakaffa
Bakaffa (ባካፋ) was emperor of Ethiopia from 1721 to 1730, succeeding his brother Dawit III and leaving the throne to his young son Iyasu II.
Bakari Sellers
Bakari Sellers (born 1984) is an American attorney, CNN political commentator, and author from Denmark, South Carolina; the son of civil rights leader Cleveland Sellers, he became the youngest member of the South Carolina legislature in 2006 at 22, served House District 90 through 2014, was the 2014 Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, and wrote My Vanishing Country.
Bakassi conflict
The Bakassi conflict was a territorial dispute between Nigeria and Cameroon over the Bakassi Peninsula, settled after a 2002 International Court of Justice ruling awarded sovereignty to Cameroon.
Bakeneko (化け猫)
Bakeneko (化け猫), also called kaibyō or monster cat, is a Japanese yōkai: an aged cat that gains supernatural power, takes human form, dances, licks lamp oil, or avenges its master, distinct from the forked-tailed nekomata and famous for the Edo-period Nabeshima cat disturbance.
Bakenkhons
Bakenkhons, also written Bakenkhonsu, was High Priest of Amun at Thebes under Ramesses II, serving about 70 years, the last 27 as High Priest; his autobiographical block statues record his career year by year.
Bakenranef
Bakenranef, also known as Bakenrenef or Greek Bocchoris, was the second and last king of Egypt's 24th Dynasty at Sais, son of Tefnakhte, proverbial as a lawgiver.
Bakenrenef (vizier)
Bakenrenef was a vizier of Egypt's 26th Dynasty under Psamtik I and a priest of Ptah and Sokar, known from a rock-cut tomb at Saqqara.
Baker Brothers Advisors
Baker Brothers Advisors is a New York-based investment adviser founded by brothers Julian and Felix Baker in 2000. It manages $28.1 billion in assets and specializes in biotechnology stocks.
Baker McKenzie
Baker McKenzie, founded 1949 in Chicago as Baker & McKenzie, is a global law firm with over 70 offices in 40+ countries, $3.64bn revenue, London its largest office, chaired by Sunny Mann.
Baker Plan
The Baker Plan was a 1985 US strategy, announced by Treasury Secretary James Baker, offering new loans to heavily indebted developing countries in exchange for reforms.
Baker Street robbery
The Baker Street robbery, also known as the walkie-talkie job, was a 1971 burglary in which a gang tunnelled into a Lloyds Bank vault in London.
Baker University
Baker University, founded 1858 in Baldwin City, Kansas, is the state's oldest university, Methodist-affiliated, with schools of arts and sciences, nursing, education, and professional studies enrolling about 2,000 students.