Pandey Explained
Pandey, Pande, or Panday (Hindi: पाण्डेय/पाण्डे/पाँडे/पाण्डेय) (Nepali: पाण्डे/पाँडे/पाण्डेय) is a surname which has its roots in Sanskrit.
India
Majority of Pandey in India are classified under Brahmin varna, mainly residing in various north Indian states including Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Maharashtra, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka. They used to have the knowledge of all four of the Vedas, Puranas, and Upnishads. With urban migration, now you can find people with the name in other parts of India as well.
Nepal
Pandey surname / family name most commonly found amongst the 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.
Similarly to India, Pandey as a last name is also used by Bhramins of the Madhesi community.
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
- 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, 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
- 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, 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 (Uttar Pradesh politician)
- Santosh Pandey (Chhattisgarh politician)
- Saroj Pandey, Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party
- Shikha Pandey (born 1989), Indian female cricketer
- 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, 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
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