Famous People with Name Nagar

Nagarjun            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Nagarjun: was a major Hindi and Maithili poet who has also penned a number of novels, short stories, literary biographies and travelogues, and was known as Janakavi- the People's Poet [4][5].He started his literary career with Maithili poems by the pen-name of Yatri (??????) in early 1930s. By mid 1930s, he started writing poetry in Hindi. His first permanent job of a full time teacher, took him to Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh), though he didn't stay there for long as his urge to delve deeper into Buddhist scriptures, took him to the Buddist monastery at Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, where in 1935, he became a Buddist monk, as needed to enter the monastery and study the scriptures, just as his mentor, Rahul Sankrityayan had done earlier, and hence took upon the name "Nagarjun". While at the monastery, he also studied Leninism and Marxism ideologies, before returning to India in 1938 to join 'Summer School of Politics' organized by noted peasant leader, Swami Sahajanand Saraswati, founder of Kisan Sabha[6] . A wanderer by nature, Nagarjun spent a considerable amount of his time in the 30s and the 40s traveling across India.

Yogesh Nagar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Yogesh Nagar: is an Indian cricketer. He is an allrounder who is a right hand batsman and off spinner. He plays for the Delhi Ranji Trophy side and the Delhi under-16 side. He plays for the Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League.