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Pagal Panthis

18th-19th century socio-religious order founded by Karam Shah

The Pagal Panthis were a socio-religious order that emerged in the late 18th-century in the Mymensingh region of Bengal. Karam Shah a Sufi saint was the founder of that order. Adherents of a syncretic mixture of Hinduism, Sufism and Animism, the order sought to uphold religious principles and the rights of landless peasants in Bengal; under the leadership of Karam Shah's son Tipu Shah, the movement soon evolved into a popular, armed struggle against the British East India Company and the zamindar (landlord) system. It was crushed with the help of the army in 1833. It was a semi religious sect having influence in the northern districts of Bengal. Pagal panthi was the movement of Hodi, Garo and Hajong tribes. It was led by the Hodi leader Janku Pathar and Debraj Pathar.

Pandey Ganpat Rai

Leader in the Indian Rebellion of 1857

Pandey Ganpat Rai was a rebel leader in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and a chieftain in Lohardaga district of Bihar.

Pandit Kanshi Ram

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Pandit Kishori Lal

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Pandit Nayanuram Sharma

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Pandurang Mahadev Bapat

Indian revolutionary (1880–1967)

Pandurang Mahadev Bapat, popularly known as Senapati Bapat, was a figure in the Indian independence movement. He acquired the title of Senapati, meaning commander, as a consequence of his leadership during the Mulshi Satyagraha. In 1977, the Indian government issued a postage stamp to commemorate him. He participated in various movements and agitations, such as the Samyukt Maharashtra movement, the Goa Liberation movement, the Hyderabad liberation movement and the Maharashtra-Mysore border agitation.

Pandurang Shastri Athavale

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Parsee Rustomjee

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Perin Chandra

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Periya Kaladi

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Pitambar Pant

Pitambar Pant was an Indian independence activist, civil service officer and writer, best known for his contributions for the establishment of the Central Statistics Office and for changing the Indian system of measurement to the metric system. He served as the secretary to Jawaharlal Nehru, the then prime minister of India and headed the Perspective Planning Division of the Planning Commission of India. He was also the author of a number of books on socialist economics. The Government of India awarded him the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award, in 1973.

P. Kodanda Rao

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Prabhas Chandra Lahiri

Bengali writer and politician

Prabhas Chandra Lahiri (1893–1974) was a Bengali writer, revolutionary, and politician. He served twice as a provincial minister in East Pakistan.

Prabhudas Patel

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Prabhu Narayan

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Prem Sahgal

British and Indian army officer (1917–1992)

Lieutenant colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal was an Indian Army officer in the British Indian Army. After becoming a Japanese prisoner of war, he served as an officer in the Indian National Army, which was led by Subhas Chandra Bose and had been set up by the Japanese to fight against British rule in India.

Prithviraj Chauhan

King of Ajmer from 1177 to 1192

Prithviraja III, popularly known as Prithviraj Chauhan or Rai Pithora, was a king from the Chauhan (Chahamana) dynasty who ruled the territory of Sapadalaksha, with his capital at Ajmer in present-day Rajasthan in north-western India. Ascending the throne as a minor in 1177 CE, Prithviraj inherited a kingdom which stretched from Thanesar in the north to Jahazpur (Mewar) in the south, which he aimed to expand by military actions against neighbouring kingdoms, most notably defeating the Chandelas.

P. S. Nataraja Pillai

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Puli Thevar

Palaiyakkarar of Nerkattumseval

Puli Thevar was a Tamil Palaiyakkarar who ruled Nerkattumseval, situated in the Sankarankoil taluk, Tenkasi, formerly Tirunelveli Tamil Nadu. He is notable for fighting against East India Company from May 22, 1752 - 1767 in India. His son in law Vadakarai king are the generals of Thevar's army, to fight against the East India Company. He is known for the Polygars revolt against the British. He maintained a good relationship with the Kingdom of Travancore.

Puran Chand Joshi

Former General secretary of the Communist party of India

Puran Chand Joshi was one of the early leaders of the communist movement in India. He was the general secretary of the Communist Party of India from 1935 to 1947.

Pyarelal Nayyar

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Pyari Devi

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