Pandey, Pande, or Panday ( Hindi: पाण्डेय/पाण्डे/पाँडे/पाण्डेय) (

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: पाण्डे/पाँडे/पाण्डेय) is a

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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. Deshpande and other variations of this surname, ending in "-pande", are found in the Deccan region of India.

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Aditya Pande Aditya Pande (born 1976) is an Indian contemporary artist. His technique often involves a layering of surfaces along with mixed, diverse media ranging from vector drawing, digital photography, ink, acrylic paint to tinsel. His work combines the s ...

, (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 Chhavi Pandey is an Indian television actress known for playing Tara in Life OK's '' Ek Boond Ishq'', Namrata Singh in Star Bharat's mystery thriller '' Kaal Bhairav Rahasya'' and Prarthana Kashyap in Sony TV's '' Ladies Special 2''. Career ...

(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 Swaminarayan (IAST: ', 3 April 1781 – 1 June 1830), also known as Sahajanand Swami, was a yogi and ascetic, who is believed by followers to be a manifestation of God Krishna, or as the highest manifestation of Purushottam, and around ...

, religious leader, commonly known as Swaminarayan; believed to be a deity by followers *

Govind Chandra Pande Govind Chandra Pande (30 July 1923 – 21 May 2011) was a well-known Indian scholar, philosopher and historian of the Vedic and the Buddhist periods. He served as professor of ancient history and vice-chancellor at Jaipur and Allahabad universit ...

(1923–2011), historian *

Gyanendra Pandey Gyanendra Kedarnath Pandey (born 12 August 1972) is a former Indian cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each compr ...

(born 1972), Cricketer *

Kabinga Pande Kabinga Jacus Pande (born 1952) is a Zambian politician. Pande was appointed to the position of foreign minister in August 2007, replacing Mundia Sikatana. Pande had previously been the tourism minister. He held the Foreign Minister portfolio ...

(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 1st Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment), often referred to as the 1st Gorkha Rifles, or 1 GR in abbreviation, is the most senior Gorkha Infantry regiment of the Indian Army. It was originally formed as part of the East India Company's Bengal Arm ...

; 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 Poonam Pandey (born 11 March 1991) is an Indian model and actress. She debuted in Bollywood with the film '' Nasha'' in 2013. Early life Pandey was born to a family from Kanpur. She began her career as a model. She became one of the top nine ...

(born 1991), Bollywood actor, Mumbai, India * Pradeep Pandey Indian Film Actor * Prasoon Pandey (born 1961), film director *

Prem Chand Pandey Prem Chand Pandey is an Indian space scientist, planetary scientist, and academic in the fields of satellite oceanography, remote sensing, atmospheric science, the Antarctic and climate change, and also he is the founding director of the Nat ...

, Scientist and Founder Director,

NCAOR The National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, (NCPOR) formerly known as the National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR) is an Indian research and development institution, situated in Vasco da Gama, Goa. It is an autonomous Instit ...

Indian Antarctic Program The Indian Antarctic Programme is a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional programme under the control of the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India. It was initiated in 1981 with the first ...

* 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 Rangaraj Pandey Ragunathacharya is an Indian journalist and actor. He started his career at Dinamalar and Visual Media Career at Thanthi TV. Later he started his Youtube channel Chankyaa Network. Early life and education He was born in a Bra ...

(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 Rohini Pande is an economist who is currently the Henry J. Heinz II Professor of Economics and Director of the Economic Growth Center at Yale University. She was previously the Rafik Hariri Professor of International Political Economy and Moha ...

, economist *

Sandeep Pandey Sandeep Pandey (born 22 July 1965) is an Indian social activist and the present General Secretary of the Socialist Party (India). He co-founded Asha for Education with Dr. Deepak Gupta (presently Professor at IIT Kanpur) and V.J.P Srivastava ...

(born 1965), social activist * Saroj Pandey, Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party * Shikha Pandey (born 1989), Indian female cricketer *

Surendra Pandey Surendra Pandey is a nepalese politician and current vice chairman of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist). He was a member of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly. He won the Chitwan–1 seat in 2013 Nepalese Constituent Asse ...

(born 1958), Nepali politician * Tansen (Ramtanu Pandey), One of navratnas of Akbar and scholar of ragas and India's great musician *

Tarkeshwar Pandey Tarkeshwar Pandey (1910–1989) was an Indian Member of Parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), repres ...

, former Indian Member of Parliament * Vamsharaj Pande – Dewan (Prime Minister) of Kingdom of Nepal *

V. C. Pande Vinod Chandra Pandey (16 February 1932 – 7 February 2005) was an Indian Civil Servant of the Rajasthan Cadre, and was, notably, Cabinet Secretary in 1989–1990. He was a prolific writer and an erudite astrologer. He was born to a family w ...

(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

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