Pandey
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Pandey, Pande, or Panday (Hindi: पाण्डेय/पाण्डे/पाँडे/पाण्डेय) (Nepali: पाण्डे/पाँडे/पाण्डेय) is a surname found among the communities of Brahmins in India and both Bahun and Chhetri communities of Nepal.
Pande dynasty of Nepal were the Chhetri aristocratic family who dominated the Nepalese administration and military up until the 19th century as Mulkaji and Mukhtiyar, both equivalent to Prime minister.[1] Deshpande and other variations of this surname, ending in "-pande", are found in the Deccan region of India.
Notable people
- Aditya Pande, (born 1976) Indian contemporary artist
- Alok Pandey, Indian actor
- Ananya Panday, Indian actress
- Basdeo Panday, 5th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 1995 to 2001
- B. D. Pande (born 1917), former governor of Punjab and West Bengal
- Bhim Bahadur Pande (1915-1992), Nepalese aristocrat, diplomat and historian, awarded title of Sardar
- Brij Bihari Pandey, political leader
- Chhavi Pandey (born 1994), Indian actress and anchor
- Chittu Pandey (1865–1946), Freedom fighter from Baliya
- Chunky Pandey (born 1962), Bollywood film star
- Dalbhanjan Pande, Nepalese politician, military officer and senior minister from Gora Pande clan
- Damodar Pande, Mulkaji (Prime Minister) of Kingdom of Nepal; Son of Kaji Kalu Pande
- Ganesh Pandey, first Kaji of Gorkha Kingdom
- Ganpath Rai Pandey, revolutionary, rebel leader and zamindar.
- Ghanshyam Pande, religious leader, commonly known as Swaminarayan; believed to be a deity by followers
- Govind Chandra Pande (1923–2011), historian
- Gyanendra Pandey (born 1972), Cricketer
- Kabinga Pande (born 1952), Minister of Foreign Affairs Zambia (originally hailing from Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh)
- Kalu Pande (born Vamshidhar Pande); Kaji of Gorkha Kingdom, One of the Nepalese military leaders of Unification of Nepal, Leader of aristocratic Pande family of Nepal
- Kedar Pandey (1920–1982), Politician, Chief Minister of Bihar
- Rahul Sankrityayan (Kedarnath Pandey) Polyglot Writer, Padma Bhushan, Sahitya Academy Award winner
- Mahendra Bahadur Pandey (born 1948), Nepali politician
- Mangal Pandey, great Indian revolutionary starting the Great Rebellion of 1857
- Manish Pandey (born 1989), Indian cricketer
- Manish Raj Pandey (born 1970), Nepalese cricketer
- Capt. Manoj Kumar Pandey, Indian Army officer from First Gorkha Rifles; winner of Param Vir Chakra, India's highest bravery award
- Mike Pandey, Wildlife film maker
- Mrinal Pande (born 1946), Indian journalist, editor, columnist, (TikamGarh, Madhya Pradesh)
- Neeraj Pandey (born 1973), Bollywood film director, writer & producer
- Nirmal Pandey (1962–2010), Bollywood actor from Nainital in Uttarakhand
- Nitesh Pandey (born 1973), Indian TV/films actor
- Piyush Pandey, Advertising executive, Mumbai, India
- Poonam Pandey (born 1991), Bollywood actor, Mumbai, India
- Pradeep Pandey Indian Film Actor
- Prasoon Pandey (born 1961), film director
- Prem Chand Pandey, Scientist and Founder Director, NCAOR-Indian Antarctic Program
- Prithvi Bahadur Pande, Chairman of Nepal Investment Bank
- Rahul Pandey, Indian playback singer
- Raj Mangal Pande (born 1920), politician, former Central HRD Cabinet Minister, Government of India
- Rajkumar R. Pandey Indian film director, producer, music composer and screenwriter
- Rana Jang Pande (Mukhtiyar), Prime Minister of Nepal, Son of Kaji Damodar Pande
- Ranajit Pande, Nepalese Mulkaji from aristocratic Pande family
- Rangaraj Pandey (born 1975), Tamil journalist, political analyst, actor, TV anchor
- Rati Pandey, Indian actress and anchor
- Ravish Kumar (full name Ravish Kumar Pandey), Journalist at NDTV
- Ritesh Pandey, Indian politician
- Ritesh Pandey, Indian singer
- Rohini Pande, economist
- Sandeep Pandey (born 1965), social activist
- Saroj Pandey, Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party
- Shikha Pandey (born 1989), Indian female cricketer
- Surendra Pandey (born 1958), Nepali politician
- Tansen (Ramtanu Pandey), One of navratnas of Akbar and scholar of ragas and India's great musician
- Tarkeshwar Pandey, former Indian Member of Parliament
- Vamsharaj Pande – Dewan (Prime Minister) of Kingdom of Nepal
- V. C. Pande (1932–2005), former Cabinet Secretary and former governor, Bihar and Arunachal Pradesh
- Vijay Kumar Pandey, Nepali media personality
- Vijay S. Pande (born 1970), protein biochemist
- Vinod Pande, film maker and author
- Members of Pande family
See also
References
- ^ Joshi & Rose 1966, p. 23.
Books
- Pradhan, Kumar L. (2012). Thapa Politics in Nepal: With Special Reference to Bhim Sen Thapa, 1806–1839. New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company. ISBN 9788180698132.
- Regmi, Mahesh Chandra (1995), Kings and political leaders of the Gorkhali Empire, 1768–1814, Orient Longman, p. 83, ISBN 9788125005117
- Pradhan, Kumar L. (2001). Brian Hodgson at the Kathmandu residency, 1825–1843. Spectrum Publications. ISBN 9788187502159.
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