Prominent Kayasthas
Dr Rajendra Prasad rose to become the first President of the Republic of India. Dr Sampurnanand was the first Chief Minister of U.P. and Governor of Rajasthan, besides being a literary figure. Jayaprakash Narayan brought down Indira Gandhi, Subhas Chandra Bose fought the British rule militarily. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, Satyendra Nath Bose and Jagdish Chandra Bose were eminent scientists. Munshi Prem Chand, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Satyendra Chandra Mitra a freedom fighter, Raghupat Sahai “Firaque” Gorakhpuri, Dr Vrindavan Lal Verma, Dr. Ram Kumar Verma, Mahadevi Varma, Kamla Chaudhury, Dr Dharm Vir Bharti and Bhagavati Charan Verma have been men of letters. Swami Vivekanand and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi were philosophers. Alakh Kumar Sinha was the first Indian Inspector-General of Police. S.K. Sinha, PVSM, has served as Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Governor of Assam and Governor of Jammu & Kashmir. Amitabh Bachchan and Shatrughan Sinha have excelled in the film world, Raju Srivastava have done best in the field of Comedy, Mukesh, Sonu Nigam in the world of music, Alok Shrivastava in the film film production & distribution and Ambarish Srivastava in the field of Architectural engineering and Literature .
This is a list of noteworthy people of the Kayastha caste of India.
1-NEEL NITIN MUKESH- ACTOR
2- AADESH SHRIVASTAVA – MUSIC DIRECTOR
3- AMITABH BACHHAN – ACTOR
4- ADITYA SHRIVASTAVA – ACTOR (CID SONY, GULAAL)
5- ANUJ SAXENA – ACTOR (CHASE)
6- SHATRUGHAN SINHA – ACTOR
7- ANJAN SHRIVASTAVA – ACTOR
8- VIRENDRA SHRIVASTAVA- ACTOR
9- SONU NIGAM- SINGER
10- SHARAT SAXENA – ACTOR (BODYGUARD)
11- SWAMI VIVEKANAND SHRIVASTAVA – GREAT MAN AND LEADER OF INDIA
12- MUKESH KAYASHTHYA – LEADING PLAYBACK SINGER
13- DR. HARIVANSH RAI SHRIVASTAVA “BACHHAN” – LEADING WRITER,POETER
14- RAJU SHRIVASTAVA – ACTOR/COMEDIAN (GREAT INDIAN LAUGHTER CHALANGE)
15- AMIT SAXENA BOLLYWOOD D.J. COMPOSER
16- DR. RAJENDRA PRASAD – 1 ST PRESIDENT OF INDIA
17- C.P. SHRIVASTAVA = RETIRED IAS INDIAN DEPLOMENT
18- LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI – GREAT MAN OF INDIA
19- ANAND SAXENA – DIRECTOR
20-MAHARSHI MAHESH YOGI – LEADER
21-SANJEEV SHRIVASTAVA- JOURNALIST IN BBC NEWS
22- ASHUTOSH SHRIVASTAVA- Indiantelevision.com’s HR WITH GROUP SOUTH ASIA CEO (SET MAX)
23- SONALI KHARE – ACTRESS
24- ALOK SHRIVASTAVA – PRODUCER-DIRECTOR
25- ASHOK SHRIVASTAVA – SCIENTIST IN NASA
26- MUNSI PREMCHAND – POETER, AND GREAT WRITER
27- NITIN MUKESH – PLAYBACK SINGER BOLLYWOOD
28- AMITABH SHRIVASTAVA – MEDIA PERSON
29- HARISH KHARE – MEDIA ADVISER OF P.M. OF INDIA
30- JAI PRAKASH NARAYAN – REVOLUSTIONARY FIGHTER “EMERGENCY”
31-R.C. SHRIVASTAVA – STATE SECURITY INCHARGE
32- RAHUL SAXENA – SA RE GA MA PA ZEE TV
33- HARSHIT SAXENA- ACTOR/ WINNER OF BIG STAR ENTERTAINMENT AWARD
34- CHANDRA SEKHAR KHARE – METHMETICAL SCIENTIST
35- SNIGHDHA SHRIVASTAVA – ACTRESS (SHOR ZEE TV, KANKU)
36- GAZAL SHRIVASTVA – ACTRESS
37- ANANYA KHARE PUNARVIVAAH (ZEE TV)
38- SAURYA KHARE – ACTOR
39- KAAJAL SHRIVASTAVA – ACTRESS
40- ALANKRITA SHRIVASTAVA – DIRECTOR (TURNING 30, RAKHTCHARITRA)
41- AISHWARYA RAI SHRIVASTAVA “BACHHAN” – MIISSWORD /ACTRESS
42- SONAKSHI SINHA – ACTRESS
43- SEFALI SAXENA – ACTRESS / SINGER
44- MANISHA KHARE – COORDINATOR for Films, Serials,Adv.films, Music album.
45- SONALI KHARE – ACTRESS
46- SANYA SHRIVASTAVA – ACTRESS TOLLYEOOD
47- NEHA SAXENA – ACTRESS (SAJAN GHAR JAANA HAI)
48- MANAS SHRIVASAVA – ACTOR (RAKHTBEEJ)
49- SWINI KHARE – CHILD ACTRESS