Pandey
Pandey/Pande (Hindi: पाण्डेय) (Nepali: पाण्डे/पाँडे) is a surname found among the communities of India and both Bahun and Chhetri communities of Nepal. Deshpande and other variations of this surname, ending in "-pande", are found in the Deccan region of India.
Pande noble family of Nepal
Pande nobles of Nepal belonged to Thar Ghar aristocracy group which assisted the rulers of Gorkha Kingdom.[1] Pande/Pandey nobles typically took on the positions of Kaji, a high military role.[2] On the end of 18th century, Pandes were on extreme dominance of Nepalese Darbar politics consistently struggling for central power opposite to Thapa dynasty.[3] The Pande family was divided into two section Kala Pandes and Gora Pandes who were always aligned to opposite political factions.[4] The Pande aristocratic family of Gora (White) Pande section was connected to the same Thapa aristocratic family through Chief Kaji (Mulkaji) Ranajit Pande whose son-in-law was Kaji Nain Singh Thapa.[5] The Pande family of Kala (Black) Pande section was maritally linked to Basnyat family through Chitravati Pande who married Kaji Kehar Singh Basnyat.[6]
Notable people
- Basdeo Panday – 5th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 1995 to 2001
- Bhairab Dutt Pande former governor of Punjab and West Bengal
- Bhim Bahadur Pande, Former Nepalese diplomat and historian, awarded title of Sardar
- Chittu Pandey- Freedom fighter from Ballia
- Chunky Pandey – 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
- Deepak Kumar Pandey, Hindi poet, Book writer
- Ganesh Pandey, First Kaji of Gorkha Kingdom
- Ghanshyam Pande – religious leader, commonly known as Swaminarayan; believed to be a deity by followers
- Govind Chandra Pande, historian
- Gyanendra Pandey – Cricketer
- Hardik Pandya, Cricketer
- Kabinga Pande – 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, Politician, Chief Minister of Bihar
- Mahendra Bahadur Pandey – Nepali politician
- Mangal Pandey – Indian soldier who led an incident immediately predating the Great Rebellion of 1857.
- Manish Pandey -Indian cricketer
- Lt.Manoj Kumar Pandey, Indian Army soldier from First Gorkha Rifles; winner of Param Vir Chakra, India's highest bravery award
- Mike Pandey – Wildlife film maker
- Mrinal Pande – Indian journalist, editor, columnist, (TikamGarh, Madhya Pradesh)
- Neeraj Pandey, Bollywood film director, writer & producer
- Nirmal Pandey – Bollywood Actor from Nainital in Uttarakhand
- Nitesh Pandey, Indian TV/Films Actor
- Piyush Pandey- Advertising executive, Mumbai, India.
- Poonam Pandey- Bollywood Actor, Mumbai, India.
- Prem Chand Pandey – Scientist and Founder Director, NCAOR-Indian Antarctic Program
- Prithvi Bahadur Pande, Chairman of Nepal Investment Bank
- Ranajit Pande, Nepalese Mulkaji from aristocratic Pande family
- Rana Jang Pande, (Mukhtiyar) Prime Minister of Nepal, Son of Kaji Damodar Pande
- Raj Mangal Pandey, politician, former Central HRD Cabinet ministe, Government of India
- Rati Pandey. Indian actress and anchor
- Chhavi Pandey.Indian actress and anchor
- Rohini Pande, economist
- Saroj Pandey – Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Shikha Pandey – Indian female cricketer.
- Surendra Pandey – Nepali politician
- Vamsharaj Pande, Dewan (Prime Minister) of Kingdom of Nepal
- V. C. Pande, former Cabinet Secretary and former governor, Bihar and Arunachal Pradesh
- Vijay Kumar Pandey- Nepali media personality
- Vijay Pande, protein biochemist
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See also
References
- ^ Pradhan 2012, p. 8.
- ^ http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/contributions/pdf/CNAS_02_01_09.pdf
- ^ Pradhan 2012, p. 9.
- ^ Pradhan 2001, p. 6.
- ^ JBR, PurushottamShamsher (1990). Shree Teen Haruko Tathya Britanta (in Nepali). Bhotahity, Kathmandu: Vidarthi Pustak Bhandar. ISBN 99933-39-91-1.
- ^ Regmi 1995, p. 44.
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.