Pande 1694277 215719881 2008-05-29T12:11:26Z Gppande 379757 + vidarbha {{otheruses}} The surname "Pande" ({{unicode|पाण्डे}} {{unicode|pāṇḍe}}), is used in Gujarat, North India and as well as in Nepal. In Maharashtra, several [[Brahmin]] families have names ending in "-pande", such as "[[Deshpande]]" or ''[[Sardeshpande]]''. Also [[Vidarbha]] region has [[Marathi]] speaking people with surname '''Pande'''. ==Notable Pandes in Society== * [[Vinod Chandra Pande]]: Ex-governor, Bihar and Arunachal Pradesh * [[Bhairab Dutt Pande]]: Ex-governor, Punjab and West Bengal * [[ Mrinal Pande ]]: Journalist, writer * [[Vijay Pande]] * [[Tansen Pande]] * [[Govind Chandra Pande]] * Also alternate spell [[Pandu]] * Also root of tree [[Pandeism]] [[Category:Indian family names]] [[Category:Nepalese surnames]] ==== See also ==== [[Pandey]] {{IndicText}}