Pandey
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Pandey (Devanagari: पाण्डेय) or Pande (पाण्डे pāṇḍe) is a surname of the Hindu Brahmins communities of Northern and Central India as well as of both Brahmin and Chhetri families of Nepal. In Maharashtra, several Brahmin families have names ending in "-pande", such as "Deshpande" or Sardeshpande. There are also Marathi speaking people of the Vidarbha region with the surname Pande.
Notable people
- Kalu Pande One of the most prominent Nepalese Military Leader of Unification of Nepal, Member of Pande Clan- One of the 5 Kaji (Noble) Family Name of Nepal
- Damodar Pande Son of Kaji Kalu Pande, First PM of Nepal
- Rana Jang Pande Son of Kaji Damodar Pande, Third PM of Nepal
- Ghanshyam Pande - commonly known as Swaminarayan; believed to be a deity by followers. His spiritual contributions to society were complemented by a variety of social and humanitarian initiatives.
- Mahendra Bahadur Pandey - Nepali politician
- Surendra Pandey - Nepali politician
- Mangal Pandey - Indian soldier who was the leading participant in an incident immediately predating the Great Rebellion of 1857.
- Basdeo Panday - 5th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (West Indies) from 1995 to 2001
- Kabinga Pande - Minister of Foreign Affairs Zambia (originally hailing from Jabalpur,Madhya Pradesh)
- Chittu Pandey- Freedom fighter from Ballia
- Piyush Pandey- Advertising executive, Mumbai,India.
- Mike Pandey - Wildlife film maker
- Mrinal Pande - Indian journalist, editor, columnist, (TikamGarh,Madhya Pradesh)
- Gyanendra Pandey - Cricketer
- Nitesh Pandey, Indian TV/Films Actor
- Manish Pandey -Indian cricketer
- Chunky Pandey - Bollywood Film Star
- Prem Chand Pandey - Scientist and Founder Director, NCAOR-Indian Antarctic Program
- Lt.Manoj Kumar Pandey -Born to Nepali parents- from Indian Army,awarded Param Veer Chakra (Highest Military Honour in India) for valour displayed in Kargil War & recapturing Hills illegally occupied by Pakistani armed forces disguised as Kashmiri Freedom fighters.
- Vijay Kumar Pandey- Nepali media personality
- Nirmal Pandey - Bollywood Actor from Nainital in Uttarakhand
- V. C. Pande, former Cabinet Secretary and former governor, Bihar and Arunachal Pradesh
- Bhairab Dutt Pande former governor of Punjab and West Bengal (originally from Almora, Uttarakhand state)
- Alvin Soura Pandey - Audio Engineer from Dhaka,Bangladeshi
- Rohini Pande, economist
- Vijay Pande, protein biochemist
- Govind Chandra Pande, historian
- Hardik Pandya, Cricketer
- Neeraj Pandey, Bollywood film director,writer & producer.
See also
References
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