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Raj Kaushal

Indian film director

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJun 27, 2024
Entity authorityQ7285308
Source-derived summary

Raj Kaushal (15 August 1970 – 30 June 2021) was an Indian director, producer who was active during the 1990s and mid 2000s. He was married to actress and TV presenter Mandira Bedi. He died on 30 June 2021 due to a heart attack.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Raj Kaushal” is indian film director. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Kaushal, Indian and film, not as a finished interpretation.

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—1970, 2021—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1971-07-24. For this dossier, Kaushal, Indian and film is the immediate research focus.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 27, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q7285308. VIAF identifies the subject as 31829168. The Library of Congress control number is no2008185816. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1970 and 2021.

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This entry incorporates text from Raj Kaushal” 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.