Nandy (surname)
Appearance
Nandy or Nandi (Bengali: নন্দী) is a Bengali surname (meaning pleasing, from Sanskrit ānand) which is found among the Bengali Kayasthas in Indian States of West Bengal, Assam,Tripura and in Bangladesh.[1][2]
Notable people with the surname
[edit]- Amitava Nandy (born 1943), Indian politician
- Anshuman Nandi, Indian child actor
- Abhilasha Gupta Nandi, Indian politician
- Arnab Nandi (born 1987), Indian cricketer
- Ashis Nandy (born 1937), Indian academic
- Basabi Nandi (1935–2018), Indian actress and singer
- Bibhuti Bhusan Nandy (1940–2008), Indian intelligence official
- Bishweshwar Nandi, Indian gymnast
- Dipak Nandy (born 1936), Indian academic and politician in the UK
- Dibyendu Nandi, Indian space scientist
- Jyotirindranath Nandi (1912–1982), Indian writer
- Jyotirindra Nath Nandi metro station, Kolkata, India
- Krishna Kanta Nandi, Indian trader during British colonial rule
- Kushan Nandy (born 1972), Indian film producer
- Lisa Nandy (born 1979), British politician
- Manindra Chandra Nandy (1860–1929), Maharaja of Cossimbazar Raj
- Moti Nandi (1931–2010), Indian writer and journalist
- Narasimha Nandi, Indian filmmaker and writer in Telugu cinema
- Palash Nandy (born 1952), Indian cricketer, played for Bengal, later a coach
- Pranob Nandy (born 1955), Indian cricketer, played for Bengal
- Pritish Nandy (born 1951), Indian writer and politician
- Rasikendra Nath Nandi, Indian social reformer
- Nand Kumar Nandi, Indian politician
- Samit Kumar Nandi (born 1967), Indian veterinarian
- Sampath Nandi (born 1980), Indian filmmaker in Telugu cinema
- Sandhyakar Nandi (c. 1084 - 1155), Indian Sanskrit poet in the Pala empire , writer of Ramacharitam
- Prajapati Nandi (c 1082-1124), the Sandhi-Vigrahika (minister of peace and war) of Ramapala and father of Sandhyakar Nandi
- Sandip Nandy, Indian footballer
- Sanhita Nandi, Indian classical vocalist of Hindustani music
- Sukumar Nandi, Indian electrical engineer
- Sunil Nandy (born 1935), Indian cricketer, played for Bengal
- Vyoma Nandi, Indian actress
- Nandi (Hinduism), start of nandi dynasty
References
[edit]- ^ Sharma, Tej Ram (1978). Personal and Geographical Names in the Gupta Empire. New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company. p. 115.
- ^ Inden, Ronald B. (1976). Marriage and Rank in Bengali Culture: A History of Caste and Clan in Middle Period Bengal. University of California Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-520-02569-1.