Ashoka (disambiguation)
Ashoka (died 232 BC) was a monarch of the Mauryan Empire of India.
Ashoka, Asoka, or Ashok may also refer to:
Entertainment
[edit]- Ashok (film), a 2006 Telugu film directed by Surender Reddy
- Ashoka (2006 film), a 2006 Kannada film directed by Shivamani
- Ashoka (2008 film), a 2008 Tamil film directed by Prem
- Asoka (1955 film), a 1955 Sri Lankan film directed by Sirisena Wimalaweera
- Aśoka (film), a 2001 Bollywood historical drama film directed by Santosh Sivan
- Ashoka the Great (book), a 2011 book by Wytze Keuning
- Ashoka the Hero, a 2011 Indian animated film
- Ashok, a fictional character portrayed by Danny Denzongpa in his 1980 Indian film Phir Wohi Raat
People
[edit]Actors
[edit]- Ashok Kumar (Tamil actor) (born 1981), South Indian actor and Bharatnatyam performer
- Ashok Kumar (1911–2001), Indian film actor
- Ashok Lokhande (born 1950), Indian film actor
- Ashok Mehta (1947–2012), Indian film actor
- Ashok Saraf (born 1947), Indian actor and comedian, Marathi and Hindi
- Ashok Selvan (born 1989), Indian actor
- Ashok Shinde, Indian film actor
- Ashok (Kannada actor) (born 1951), Kannada film actor
Chief Ministers of Indian states
[edit]- Ashok Chavan (born 1958), Chief Minister of Maharashtra
- Ashok Gehlot (born 1951), chief minister of the Indian state of Rajasthan
- R. Ashok, former Deputy Chief Minister of Indian State of Karnataka
Cricketers
[edit]- Ashok Upadhyay (born 1953), Indian cricketer
- Asoka de Silva (cricketer) (born 1956), Sri Lankan Sinhala cricketer
Film-related
[edit]- Ashok Amritraj (born 1956), Indian American film producer
- Ashok Gaikwad (born 1962), Indian film director
Law and enforcement
[edit]- Ashok Chaturvedi (born 1947), former chief of India's external intelligence agency
- Ashok Desai, Attorney General of India, 1996 to 1998
- Asoka de Silva (judge) (born 1946), Sri Lankan Sinhala judge, Chief Justice
- Ashok B. Hinchigeri, Indian judge
- Ashok Kamte (1965–2008), Additional Commissioner of Mumbai Police for the East Region
Literature
[edit]- Ashok Banker (born 1964), Indian novelist and short story writer
- Ashokamitran (1931–2017), influential figure in post-independent Tamil literature
Others
[edit]- Ashoka (Gonandiya), a king of Kashmir
- Ashok Captain (born 1960), Indian herpetologist
- Ashok Row Kavi (born 1947), Indian journalist and LGBT rights activist
Other uses
[edit]- Ashoka (non-profit organization), an international citizen sector organization
- Ashoknagar (disambiguation) or Ashok Nagar, the name of various places in India
- Ashok Leyland, an Indian commercial vehicle manufacturer founded in 1948 based in Chennai
See also
[edit]- Ashok Kumar (disambiguation)
- Ashoka tree (disambiguation)
- Ashokan (disambiguation)
- Asoka de Silva (disambiguation)
- Ahsoka (disambiguation)
- Asok (disambiguation)
- Ashok Nagar (disambiguation)
- Ashok Vihar, neighborhood of North West Delhi, Delhi, India
- Ashok Vihar metro station, Delhi Metro
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