Famous People with Name Shukla

Rakesh Chandra Shukla            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Rakesh Chandra Shukla: is a former Indian cricketer who played in one Test in 1982. He was leg-break-googly-bowler and a decent hard-hitting batsman also. Those days all-rounders were not given the recognition unlike later years. With spin quatret of Bishan Singh Bedi, B. S. Chandrashekhar, S.Venkatraghvan and Erapalli Prassana he couldn't break into Indian team. In his later years youngsters like Maninder Singh and Ravi Shastri were preferred. He would have made a better cricket if One-day Cricket was common like later years.

Jhanak Shukla            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Jhanak Shukla: She is the daughter of documentary filmmaker Haril Shukla and actress Supriya Shukla. Her greatest success till date is her character 'Jiya Kapur' in the Bollywood movie Kal Ho Na Ho, alongside Shahrukh Khan and Preity Zinta, where she plays the adopted daughter of Jaya Bachchan.In 2006, as "Princey" Shukla, she starred with Rajit Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma and Irfan Khan in the movie "Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante" as the kidnapped daughter 'Anishka Goenka'.

Ram Chandra Shukla            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Ram Chandra Shukla: an Indian painter and art critic. He resides in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, where he continues his art work. Ram Chandra Shukla was born in a farmer's family in a small village called Shukulpura of district Basti, Uttar Pradesh, in the year 1925. Soon after that his father shifted to a prominent, cultural city, Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, where he grew up. He graduated from the Allahabad University and studied painting under a renowned Indian Painter of the Bengal School named Kshitindra Nath Majumdar. Thereafter, he joined Banaras Hindu University as a teacher of art in the department of Painting.

Pt. Ravishankar Shukla            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Pt. Ravishankar Shukla: Veteran Congressman, Freedom Fighter, Premier of CP & Berar from 27 April 1946 to 14 August 1947,First Chief Minister of CP & Berar from 15 August 1947 to 31 October 1956. He was the First chief minister of the newly formed Madhya Pradesh, the biggest state of India consisting of Mahakoshal, Madhya Bharat, Bhopal and Vindhya Pradesh from 1 November 1956 to 31 December 1956 i.e. till his death.

Shrilal Shukla            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Shrilal Shukla: a Hindi writer, notable for his satire. He worked as a Provincial Civil Services (PCS) officer for the state government of Uttar Pradesh. He has written over 21 books [1], including, "Umraonagar men Kuchh Din" and "Suni Ghati ka Suraj".Shukla has highlighted the falling moral values in the Indian society in the post independence era through his novels. His writings expose the negative aspects of life in the rural and urban India in a satirical manner. His best known work Raag Darbari has been translated into English. A soap opera based on this continued for several months the national TV network in 1980s. It is a little known fact that he also wrote a jasoosi novel entitled Aadmi ka Zahar which went generally unnoticed by his fans and critics alike.