PROMINENT PERSONALITIES  FROM JHARKHAND

1- MAHENDRA SINGH DHONI 

Who needs an introduction to this living legend.........Ranchi’s heart, Jharkhand’s pride and India’s best captain ever.........”The captain cool”, M S Dhoni has made India proud innumerable times. Born and brought up in Ranchi, Jharkhand, this Indian cricketer has unbounded records in the history of world cricket. An attacking right-handed middle-order batsman and wicket-keeper, he is widely regarded as the greatest finishers in limited-overs cricket. Being the captain from 2007-2016, Dhoni holds numerous captaincy records such as most wins by an Indian captain in Tests and ODIs, and most back-to-back wins by an Indian captain in ODIs. He led the team to its first-ever bilateral ODI series wins in Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, the CB Series of 2007–08, the 2010 Asia Cup, the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. In the final of the 2011 World Cup, Dhoni scored 91 not out off 79 balls handing India the victory for which he was awarded the Man of the Match. In June 2013, when India defeated England in the final of the Champions Trophy in England, Dhoni became the first captain to win all three ICC limited-overs trophies (World Cup, Champions Trophy and the World Twenty20). After taking up the Test captaincy in 2008, he led the team to series wins in New Zealand and West Indies, and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2008, 2010 and 2013. In 2009, Dhoni also led the Indian team to number one position for the first time in the ICC Test rankings. In 2013, under his captaincy, India became the first team in more than 40 years to whitewash Australia in a Test series. In the Indian Premier League, he captained the Chennai Super Kings to victory at the 2010 and 2011 seasons, along with wins in the 2010 and 2014 editions of Champions League Twenty20. He announced his retirement from Tests on 30 December 2014. Still many more to tell but not enough to list it down. Yes, we are really proud of you Dhoni!

2- TANUSHREE DUTTA

Born and raised in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, to a bengali family, Tanushree is an Indian actress and model. She was entitled with Femina Miss India Universe in 2004. During the same year at the Miss Universe beauty pageant, she was among the top ten finalists.
She made her Bollywood début in 2005, appearing in Chocolate and Aashiq Banaya Aapne. Aashiq Banaya Aapne was a box office success, and its music is considered to be a record breaking hit. Her other movies are Veerabhadra, Dhol, Good boy, Bad boy, Apartment, Speed, etc.

3- SHILPA RAO

Like Tanushree, Shilpa is also from Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. She is a successful playback singer of India. During her college days, Mithoon offered her to record the song "Tose Naina" from Anwar (2007), making her Bollywood career debut. She was nominated for the best female playback singer in 54th Filmfare Award for the song Khuda Jaane from the movie Bachna Ae Haseeno, and the nomination chain continued for the succeeding years. Many bollywood songs has been and is being put into her pockets due to her unique and soulful voice. With perfect and brimful knowledge of music, she has done justice to the famous songs like Ishq Shava, Bulleya, Malang, Meherbaan, etc. Top bollywood music directors like A R Rahman, Vishal Shekhar and Pritam has always given her the opportunity to showcase her talent.

4- DEEPIKA KUMARI

Hailing from Ranchi, Jharkhand, Deepika kumari is an Indian sportswoman in the field of Archery. She is currently ranked World number 5, and is a former world number one. She won a gold medal in the 2010 Commonwealth games in the women's individual recurve event. She qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the Women's Individual and Women's team events, finishing in eighth place in the latter.She was granted the Arjuna Award, India's second highest sporting award in the year 2012 by President of India Pranab Mukherjee. In February 2014, she was honored with FICCI Sportsperson of the Year Award. The Government of India awarded her the civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2016. Many more achievements are yet to in the hands of India.

5- R MADHAVAN

Madhavan was born on 1 June 1970 in Jamshedpur,  Jharkhand, to a Tamil family.He ia an Indian actor, writer and film producer too.Madhavan has received two Filmfare Awards, an award from the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards with some other nominations too in the succeeding years. He has appeared in films in more than seven languages. He is an electronics engineer too. Some of his outstanding work examples are Dil Vil Pyaar Var, Rehnna Hai Tere Dil Mein, Rang De Basanti, 3 Idiots, Tanu Weds Manu, Tanu Weds Manu Returns, Saala Khadoos, etc. Madhavan is amongst the leading brand ambassadors for products in India. His early work involved advertisements for brands including Bajaj, Ponds, Fair and Lovely and TVS, before signing a major endorsing deal with Pepsi and marketing company, IMG.

6- MEIYANG CHANG

Meiyang Chang was born on 6 October 1982 in Dhanbad, Jharkhand. He is an Indian actor, television host and singer of Chinese descent. He is a qualified dentist too like his father. He gained fame and came in limelight from the famous singing reality show Indian Idol season 5, where he was among the top five contestants. His cute and charming looks and of course sweet voice with singing talent gained him many fans and he hosted the next season of Indian Idol in next year. Along with this, he hosted numerous award functions and television shows and also participated in shows like Khatron Ke Khiladi and I Can DO That.  He appeared in the Bollywood film Badmaash Company with Yash Raj Films and Dibakar Banerjee's Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! and played himself in the 2016 film Sultan. It’s seems that Chang is having and will have a great time as he is multi-talented, passionate and versatile.

7- SHWETA BASU PRASAD

Shwetha Basu Prasad was born in Jamshedpur on January 11,1991 in Jharkhand and later migrated with her family to Mumbai when she was a child. Shweta Basu Prasad is an Indian film actress. She started her career as a child actress in Hindi films and television series and went on to play lead roles in Bengali, Telugu and Tamil cinema. For her performance in the 2002 film Makdee, she won the National Film Award for Best Child Actor. Her other movies are Iqbal, Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi, Dama Zaroori Hai and Badrinath Ki Dulhania. She is currently playing the female lead role in hindi television  serial as Nandani in Chandra Nandani which is a historic love story on Star Plus.

Apart from these celebrities, there are many more like Anjana Om Kashyap who is an anchor and journalist associated with Zee News, Varun Aaron who is an Indian cricketer, Vinay Pathak who is a comedian and film actor and Saurav Tiwari who gained fame from IPL and also played for Indian cricket, all are from Jharkhand. Pratyusha Banerjee, acquired fame from the famous serial Balika Vadhu and Bigg Boss on colors channel was also from Jamshedpur, Jharkhand but unfortunately she lost her life last year.Thus Jharkhand has given immense talents to India and surely will continue to follow the same path.