Bimal (name)

Bimal is an Indian or Nepalese given name, mostly masculine. Notable people of this name include:

• Bimal Kumar Bachhawat (1925–1996), Indian neurochemist and glycobiologist
• Bimal Bora, Assamese politician
• Bimal Bose (Bimal Krishna Bose; 1918–1996), Indian cricketer
• Bimal Kumar Bose (born 1932), Indian electrical engineer and academic in the field of artificial intelligence
• Bimal Chandra (1925–before 2003), Indian Olympic swimmer
• Bimal Gharti Magar (born 1998), Nepalese footballer
• Bimal Ghosh (born 1956), Indian footballer
• Bimal Guha (born 1952), Bangladeshi poet
• Bimal Gurung (born 1964), Indian Gurkha politician and wanted criminal.
• Bimal Jadeja (born 1962), Indian cricketer
• Bimal Jalan (born 1941), Indian financial expert, Governor of Reserve Bank of India 2000–2004
• Bimal Jayakody, Sri Lankan actor
• Bimal Kaur Khalsa (Bibi Bimal Kaur; died 1990), Indian female politician; wife of Beant Singh, one of the assassins of Indira Gandhi
• Bimal Lakra (born 1980), Indian hockey player
• Bimal Magar (born 1989), Nepalese footballer
• Bimal Krishna Matilal (1935–1991), Indian philosopher, Spalding Professor (University of Oxford) 1977–1991
• Bimal Mitra (1912–1991), Bengali writer
• Bimal Mitra (cricketer) (1914–nk), Bengali cricketer
• Bimal Mukherjee (1903–1996), Indian traveller and bicyclist
• Bimal Patel (born 1961), Indian architect, academic and town planner
• Bimal N. Patel, Indian Professor of Law and Member of Law Commission
• Bimal Prasad (1923–2015), Indian historian
• Bimal Rathnayake, Sri Lankan politician
• Bimal Roy (1909–1965), Indian film director
  • Bimal Roy Memorial Trophy
• Bimal Kumar Roy, Indian statistician and cryptologist
• Bimal Soni, Indian cricket manager
• Bimal Tarafdar (born 1974), Bangladeshi sprinter

See also

• Bimaal
• Bīmāl Revolt
• Vimala Temple, dedicated to the goddess Bimala or Vimala