Manju

Manju may refer to:

• Manchuria or Manju, a region of China
  • Manju or Manchu people, a people from Manju
• Manju (era), a Japanese era name
• Manjū, a Japanese confection
• Manju (novel), an Indian novel written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair
  • Manju (film), a 1982 Indian film based on the novel

People with the given name

Manju is a predominantly feminine Indian given name, from Sanskrit mañju 'pleasant, sweet, snow, beautiful, clouds, morning dew'. People with this name include:

• Manju Basu, Indian politician
• Manju Bharat Ram (1945–2012), Indian educationist
• Manju Bhargavi, Indian actress
• Manju Borah (fl. 1999–present), Indian film director
• Manju Dey (1926–1989), Indian film actress in Bengali cinema
• Manju Kak (fl. 1992–present), Indian writer
• Manju Kapur, Indian writer
• Manju Malhi (born c. 1972), British-Indian chef
• Manju Manikuttan (born 1976), Indian social worker
• Manju Pathrose (born 1972), Indian actress
• Manju Ray, Indian enzymologist and cancer biochemist
• Manju Sharma (disambiguation)
  • Manju Sharma (biologist) (born 1940), Indian biotechnologist
• Manju Swaraj (born 1982), Indian film director
• Manju Qamaraidullāhī (1908–1983), Indian dramatist and poet
• Manju Warrier (born 1978), Indian actress

See also

• Monju (disambiguation)
• Manjunath (disambiguation)
• Manchu (disambiguation)
• Manjula, an Indian feminine given name
• Manjul (born 1971), an Indian cartoonist
• Manjushri, a bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism
• Sugaar or Maju, a Basque deity