Amarnath Jha

Amarnath Jha was the Vice Chancellor(VC)of University of Allahabad and Banaras Hindu University who was son of Sir Ganganath Jha, a great scholar of Sanskrit but was equally proficient in his mother tongue Maithili apart from Hindi,English, Persian, Urdu, and Bangla. Amarnath Jha was reputed as the ablest professor in India of his time. He was the Head of the Department of English at the University of Allahabad for a long time; on this post he was appointed at the Age of thirty-two only. He became Vice-Chancellor of the Allahabad University succeeding his father and of the Banaras Hindu University in succession to Dr.Radhakrishnan. He worked as the Vice Chairman of the committee of a project in National Defence Academy, India. He was one amongst eminent dignitories associated with the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sanstahan, Allahabad. Dr. Jha’s official career includs the first Chairman of the Public Service Commission, Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission. Next at the an end of his academic career, he was made the Chairman of the Bihar Public Service Commission (01/04/1953-01/09/1955)."].

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Jha

Jha or JHA may refer to:

Jha (surname), a surname of India & Nepal, especially among Brahmin people

Jha (Indic), a glyph in the Brahmic family of scripts

Jha Jha, musician who performed on Jim Jones' second album, Harlem: Diary of a Summer

Job Hazard Analysis, another term for Job Safety Analysis

Justice and Home Affairs, the former name for a pillar of the European Union; see Police and Judicial Co-operation in Criminal Matters

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Jha (surname)

Jha is a surname of India and Nepal, originating from the Mithila. Jhas are 1.12% of the population of Nepal and 0.1% of the population of India.

Jhas are Maithil Brahmins (Brāhamaṇas is the Sanskrit term), a community of highly cohesive,educated, traditional Hindu Brahmins who form part of ancient Vedic Brahmins. They are Maithili speakers. The Mathili language is listed as an official language in the Eighth Schedule of the constitution of India, and the language and Jha are also mentioned in the constitution of Nepal.

Notable people with this surname

Acharya Rameshwar Jha, Sanskrit scholar

Aditya Jha, Indian-Nepalese-Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist

Aditya Narayan Jha, known as Aditya Narayan, Nepali and Indian actor and singer

Aditya Nath Jha, Indian Civil Service, recipient of the Padma Vibhushan

Aloknath Jha, known as Alok Nath, Bollywood Actor

Amardeep Jha, Indian film and television actress

Anshuman Jha, Indian actor

Anurita Jha, Indian actress

Bhagwat Jha Azad, Ex Chief Minister of Bihar

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Jha (Indic)

Jha is the ninth consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, jha is derived from the Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter .

Āryabhaṭa numeration

Aryabhata used Devanagari letters for numbers, very similar to the Greek numerals, even after the invention of Indian numerals. The values of the different forms of झ are:

झ [d͡ʒʱə] = 9 (९)

झि [d͡ʒʱɪ] = 900 (९००)

झु [d͡ʒʱʊ] = 90,000 (९० ०००)

झृ [d͡ʒʱri] = 9,000,000 (९० ०० ०००)

झॢ [d͡ʒlə] = 9×10⁸ (९०^८)

झे [d͡ʒʱe] = 9×10¹⁰ (९०^१०)

झै [d͡ʒʱɛː] = 9×10¹² (९०^१२)

झो [d͡ʒʱoː] = 9×10¹⁴ (९०^१४)

झौ [d͡ʒʱɔː] = 9×10¹⁶ (९०^१६)

Devanagari script

Jha (झ, Hindi: झकार, [d͡ʒʱkaːr]) is the ninth consonant of the Devanagari abugida. In many languages, झ is pronounced as [d͡ʒʱə] or [d͡ʒʱ] when appropriate. In Marathi, झ is sometimes pronounced as [d͡zʱə] or [d͡zʱ] in addition to [d͡ʒʱə] or [d͡ʒʱ]. is a variant of झ that also in use, particularly in older texts. Letters that derive from it are the Gujarati letter ઝ and the Modi letter 𑘖.