Pandey, Pande, or Panday (Hindi: पाण्डेय/पाण्डे/पाँडे/पाण्डेय) (Nepali: पाण्डे/पाँडे/पाण्डेय) India is a surname found commonly among several different communities , most commonly found amongst the Gorkha and Chhetri Kshatriyas communities of Nepal; Pande dynasty of Nepal were the Kshatriyas Chhetri aristocratic family who dominated the Nepalese administration and military up until the 19th century as Mulkaji and Mukhtiyar .
Notable people[edit]
- 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
- Kedar Nath Pandey (1943-2022} Indian politician and leader of Communist Party of India
- Rahul Sankrityayan (Kedarnath Pandey) polyglot Writer, Padma Bhushan, Sahitya Academy Award winner
- Mahendra Bahadur Pandey (born 1948), Nepali politician
- Mangal Pandey an Indian soldier who played a key part in the events immediately preceding the outbreak of 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 11th 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 Mega Bank Limited
- 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 (singer), Indian singer
- Rohini Pande, economist
- Sandeep Pandey (born 1965), social activist
- Santosh Pandey, (born 1990), Indian Advocate, British Solicitor, Businessman, Investor
- Saroj Pandey, Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party
- Shikha Pandey (born 1989), Indian female cricketer
- Sunil Pandey, M.L.A piro
- 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
- V. C. Pande (1932–2005), former Cabinet Secretary and former governor, Bihar and Arunachal Pradesh
- Vamsharaj Pande – Dewan (Prime Minister) of Kingdom of Nepal
- 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[edit]
References[edit]
Books[edit]
- 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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