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Mahendra Bohra

Indian actor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ16107224 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mahendra Ramkumar Bohra (3 July 1946 – 2 March 2026) was an Indian Bollywood producer.

Early life

Bohra was born in Jodhpur, Rajputana (now Rajasthan) on 2 July 1946, into a Marwari family. He was the son of popular filmmaker Ramkuma Bohra. He had a daughter Meenakshi and a son Karanvir.

Death

Bohra died on 2 March 2026, at the age of 79. His son, actor Karanvir Bohra, shared the news of his father's death in a social media post.

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“Mahendra Bohra” enters the record as indian actor. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Mahendra, Bohra and Indian can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1946, 2026—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1946-07-03. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Mahendra, Bohra and Indian.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16107224. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1946 and 2026.

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This entry incorporates text from “Mahendra Bohra” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.