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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]]
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