Pandey
Pandey, Pande, Panday or Pandya (Hindi) (Nepali) is primarily a Hindu Brahmin[1] surname commonly found in India and Nepal. The term is used to refer to an individual with specialized knowledge in any of the domains of Hinduism, particularly the Vedas.[2][3] In Hindi, in addition to being a surname, pāṇḍe is used to denote Pandit or expert and derived from the Sanskrit term Pandita.[4]
Notable people
- Aditya Pande, (born 1976) Indian contemporary artist
- Alok Pandey (born 1989), Indian actor
- Ananya Panday (born 1998), Indian actress
- Basdeo Panday (1933–2024), 5th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 1995 to 2001
- B. D. Pande (1917–2009), former governor of Punjab and West Bengal
- Bhim Bahadur Pande (1915–1992), Nepalese aristocrat, diplomat and historian, awarded title of Sardar
- Brij Bihari Pandey, Indian political leader
- Chhavi Pandey (born 1994), Indian actress and anchor
- Chittu Pandey (1865–1946), Freedom fighter from Baliya
- Chunky Panday (born 1962), Bollywood film star
- Dalbhanjan Pande (died 1846), Nepalese politician, military officer and senior minister from Gora Pande clan
- Damodar Pande (1752–1804), Mulkaji (Prime Minister) of Kingdom of Nepal; Son of Kaji Kalu Pande
- Ganesh Pandey, first Kaji of Gorkha Kingdom
- Ganpath Rai Pandey (1809–1858), Indian revolutionary, rebel leader and zamindar
- Ghanshyam Pande (1781–1830), religious leader, commonly known as Swaminarayan; believed to be a deity by followers
- Govind Chandra Pande (1923–2011), Indianhistorian
- Gyanendra Pandey (cricketer) (born 1972), Indian cricketer
- Kabinga Pande (born 1952), Minister of Foreign Affairs, Zambia
- Kalu Pande (born Vamshidhar Pande, 1713–1713); 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, 1893–1963), polyglot writer, Padma Bhushan, Sahitya Academy Award winner
- Mahendra Bahadur Pandey (born 1948), Nepali politician
- Mangal Pandey (died 1857), 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
- Manoj Kumar Pandey (1975–1999), Indian Army officer from 11th Gorkha Rifles; winner of Param Vir Chakra, India's highest bravery award
- Mike Pandey, Indian wildlife film maker
- Mrinal Pande (born 1946), Indian journalist, editor, columnist
- 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
- Prem Chand Pandey (born 1945), 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 (1920–1993), politician, former Central HRD Cabinet Minister, Government of India
- Rajkumar R. Pandey (born 1972), Indian film director, producer, music composer and screenwriter
- Rana Jang Pande (1789–1843) (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 (born 1982), Indian actress and anchor
- Ravish Kumar (full name Ravish Kumar Pandey, born 1974), Journalist at NDTV
- Ritesh Pandey (born 1981), Indian politician
- Ritesh Pandey (singer) (born 1991), Indian singer
- Rohini Pande, American economist
- Sandeep Pandey (born 1965), Indian social activist
- Santosh Pandey (Uttar Pradesh politician) (born 1975)
- Santosh Pandey (Chhattisgarh politician) (born 1967)
- Saroj Pandey (born 1968), Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party
- Shikha Pandey (born 1989), Indian female cricketer
- Sudip Pandey (died 2025), Indian film actor and producer
- Sunil Pandey, Indian politician
- 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 (1910–1989), former Indian Member of Parliament
- V. C. Pande (1932–2005), former Cabinet Secretary and former governor, Bihar and Arunachal Pradesh
- Vamsharaj Pande (1739–1785), Dewan (Prime Minister) of Kingdom of Nepal
- Vijay Kumar Pandey, Nepali media personality
- Vijay S. Pande (born 1970), Trinidadian–American protein biochemist
- Vinod Pande, Indian film maker and author
- Members of Pande family
See also
References
- ^ McGregor, R.S. (1993). The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. p. 618.
- ^ Molesworth, J.T. (1857). A dictionary, Marathi and English. Bombay Education Press. p. 486.
- ^ Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.). Oxford University Press. November 2022.
- ^ Robbins, Dorothy Dodge (2023-10-03). Literary Onomastics. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. ISBN 978-1-6669-0593-9.
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.
- Joshi, Bhuwan Lal; Rose, Leo E. (1966), Democratic Innovations in Nepal: A Case Study of Political Acculturation, University of California Press