Famous People with Name Shastri

Vagish Shastri            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Vagish Shastri: an international Sanskrit grammarian, eminent linguist, Tantric and yogi. He was born at a village of Khurai, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh in 1934. His primary education was in Khurai, followed by his education in Vrindavan and Banares. He started his teaching career as a lecturer of Sanskrit at Tikmani Sanskrit College, Varanasi in 1959 and soon he became the Director and Professor of the Research Institute at Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi in the year 1970.[1] He served this prestigious academic post for about three decades. He received his Master degree Vyakarana Acharya (1959); Ph.D. Vidyavaridhi in Grammar and Historical Linguistics (1964) and D.Litt. Vachaspati (1969) from Sampurnanand Sanskrit University.

Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri: is a former Indian cricketer and captain. He was an all–rounder who batted right–handed and bowled left arm spin. His international career started when he was 18 years old and lasted for 12 years. He started his career purely as a bowler but gradually bec

Suresh Lalchand Shastri            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Suresh Lalchand Shastri: is an Indian cricket umpire. He has stood in two Test matches and 17 ODIs.

Rupanjali Shastri            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Rupanjali Shastri: is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She is a right-hand batsman and bowls right-arm off breaks. She has played one Test and 12 ODIs for India.

Vishnu Kant Shastri            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Vishnu Kant Shastri: was an Indian politician who served as the governor of Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. He was also an academician, scholar, poet, philosopher, author, critic, orator, editor and administrator.He was appointed Governor of Himachal Pradesh on December 2