This article is about a Chhetri noble family from Nepal. For Indo-Nepalese surname, see Pande. For other uses, see Pandey (disambiguation).
Pande Dynasty
पाँडे वंश/पाँडे काजी खलक
Panday/Pandey
Noble house
Country
Gorkha Kingdom
Kingdom of Nepal
Etymology
The name is derived from the Sanskrit paṇḍ (पण्ड्) which means "to collect, heap, pile up", and this root is used in the sense of knowledge. Same root as Pandit
Place of origin
Gorkha Kingdom
Founder
Ganesh Pandey (1529 A.D. – 1606 A.D.)
Current head
Sardar Bhim Bahadur Pande currently as a pretender
Final head
Rana Jang Pande
Titles
List
Hereditary Title of Kaji of the Kingdom of Nepal
Hereditary Title of Mulkaji of the Kingdom of Nepal
Sardar
Dewan of the Kingdom of Nepal
Mukhtiyar of the Kingdom of Nepal
Pradhan Senapati of the Nepalese Army
Commander-in-chief of the Nepalese Army
Ambassador to China
Style(s)
List
Kaji Saa'b
Pande Kaji
Prime Minister
Connected members
List
Bamshidhar Kalu Pande
Vamsharaj Pande
Damodar Pande
Rana Jang Pande
Karbir Pande
Tularam Pande
Ranajit Pande
Dalbhanjan Pande
Bir Keshar Pande
Bhotu Pande
Ranagambhir Pande
Bhim Bahadur Pande
Connected families
List
Shah
Rana
Basnet
Thapa
Khadka
Traditions
List
Hindu
Chhetri
Rajput
Bratabhand
Estate(s)
List
Lazimpat
Agni Bhawan
Deposition
1843–1846 (by death penalty to Rana Jang Pande and Kot Massacre)
Cadet branches
Kala Pandes and Gora Pandes
Chettri Pande
क्षेत्री पाँडे
Jāti
Rajput-Chhetri
Gotra
Upamanyu Gotra
Veda
Samaveda
Languages
Nepali
Original state
Khas Kingdom, Gorkha Kingdom, Gorkha Empire, Nepal
Family names
Pande, Gora Pande, Kala Pande
Heraldic title
Pande Kaji
Throne
Lazimpat
Victory weapon
Khukuri
Related groups
Kunwars, Ranas, Thapas, Basnyats
Status
Hill Kshatriya (Chhetri)
Bamshidhar Kalu Pande, Kaji of Gorkha and the famous war hero of the Pande family
The Pande family or Pande dynasty (also spelled as Pandey or Panday) (Nepali: पाँडे वंश/पाँडे काजी खलक; pronounced[paɳɖe] or [pãɽẽ]) was a Rajput-Chhetri political family[1] that directly ruled Nepali administration affairs from the 16th century to 19th century[2] as Mulkaji and Mukhtiyar (Prime Minister). This dynasty/family was one of the four noble families to be involved in active politics of Nepal together with Shah dynasty, Basnyat family and Thapa dynasty before rise of Rana dynasty. Pande dynasty is the oldest noble family to hold the title of Kaji.[1] This family was decimated from political power in 1843 CE[3] in the political massacre by Prime Minister Mathabar Singh Thapa as a revenge for his uncle Bhimsen's death in 1839.[4]
The family is descended from nobleman Ganesh Pande of the Gorkha Kingdom. Kalu Pande and Tularam Pande were descendants of Ganesh Pande.[5] Pande dynasty and Thapa dynasty were the two chief political families who alternatively contested for central power in the Nepalese court politics.[6][7] The Pande family was divided into two sections, Kala Pandes and Gora Pandes, who were always aligned to opposite political factions.[8] The Pande aristocratic family of Gora (White) Pande section was connected to Thapa dynasty through daughter of Chief Kazi Ranajit Pande, Rana Kumari who was married to Kaji General Nain Singh Thapa and to Rana dynasty through Nain Singh's son-in-law Bal Narsingh Kunwar.[9] The Pande family of Kala (Black) Pande section was maritally linked to Basnyat Family through Chitravati Pande who married Kaji Kehar Singh Basnyat.[10]
^ abJoshi & Rose 1966, p. 23.
^Joshi & Rose 1966, p. 25.
^Rose 1971, p. 105.
^Acharya 2012, pp. 179–181.
^Acharya 1979, p. 43.
^Pradhan 2012, p. 9.
^Majupuria, Trilok Chandra; Majupuria, Indra (1979). "Thapa and Pande family animosity". p. 26.
^Pradhan 2001, p. 6.
^JBR, PurushottamShamsher (1990). Shree Teen Haruko Tathya Britanta (in Nepali). Bhotahity, Kathmandu: Vidarthi Pustak Bhandar. ISBN 99933-39-91-1.
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