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Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...

. Chand is also both a given

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North Indians Indo-Aryan peoples are a diverse collection of Indo-European peoples speaking Indo-Aryan languages in the Indian subcontinent. Historically, Aryan were the Indo-European pastoralists who migrated from Central Asia into South Asia and intr ...

and Nepalese. Notable people with the name include:

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Chand Bardai Chand Bardai was an Indian poet who composed ''Prithviraj Raso'', an epic poem in Brajbhasa about the life of the Chahamana king Prithviraj Chauhan. The poem presents him as a court poet of Prithviraj. According to it, after Prithviraj was def ...

, Indian poet * Chand Bibi, Indian ruler and warrior *

Chand Burke Chand Burke (2 February 1932 – 28 December 2008), also known as Chand Burque, was an Indian character actress in Hindi and Punjabi language films. She was the paternal grandmother of Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh. Career Chand Burke made he ...

, Indian actor in Hindi and Punjabi language films *

Chand Kaur Chand Kaur (1802 – 11 June 1842) was fourth ruler of the Sikh Empire, proclaimed as Malika Muqaddisa on 2 December 1840. She was born to Sardar Jaimal Singh of the Kanhaiya Misl. In 1812, she was married to Crown Prince Kharak Singh, son and ...

, ruler of the Sikh Empire * Chand Nawab (born 1963), Pakistani journalist *

Chand Sadagar Chand Sadagar ( Assamese: চান্দ সদাগৰ, Bengali: চাঁদ সদাগর) was a rich and powerful sea merchant of Champaknagar in Eastern India. This merchant has been claimed by both the Assamese and Bengali people of ...

, rich river and sea merchant of Champaknagar in Eastern India *

Chand Usmani Chand Usmani (3 January 1933 – 26 November 1989) was an Indian actress in Hindi films from the 1950s to the late 1980s. She won the 1971 Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. She is best remembered for playing self-sacrificing wives an ...

(1933–1989), Indian actress

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Amir Chand Major General Amir Chand (1889–1970) was a physician and teacher of medicine in India. In 1936, while India was still under British rule, Dr. Amir Chand became the first Indian to occupy the Chair of Medicine at King Edward Medical College, Lahor ...

(1889–1970), Indian physician and teacher of medicine *

Anand Chand His Highness Raja Sir Anand Chand (26 January 1913 – 12 October 1983) was the 44th Raja of Bilaspur. He was a Member of Parliament, representing Bihar in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of India's Parliament as a member of the Indian Natio ...

(1913–1983), 44th Raja of Bilaspur *

Bhuwan Chand Bhuwan Chand ( ne, भुवन चन्द; born June, 1949) is a Nepali actress. She is known for Aama, the first Nepali feature film which was produced in 1964. Owing to her lead role in the first feature film produced in Nepal, which was p ...

(born 1949), Nepali actress *

Bidhi Chand Baba Bidhi Chand (Gurmukhi: ਬਿਧੀ ਚੰਦ; 26 April 1579 - 30 August 1638) was a Sikh religious preacher, from Chhina Bidhi Chand village, 37 kilometers south of Amritsar and Chhina Bidhi Chand was part of Amritsar District not Lahore. H ...

(1579-1638), Sikh religious preacher * Binayadhoj Chand, Nepalese politician *

Dashrath Chand Dasharath Chand ( ne, दशरथ चन्द; 1903-28 January 1941) is martyr of Nepalese Democratic Movement and a politician of Nepal who was active in starting a political revolution in Nepal during Rana rule. He was born at Baskot of Baitadi ...

(1941-????), Nepalese politician and martyr *

Manzoor Chand Manzur ( ar, منظور ''Manẓūr''; also spelled Manzoor or Manzour) is a male Arabic name meaning "approved" or "accepted." It is most commonly used in South and Southeast Asia. Manzur is also a Spanish surname. ;Notable people named Manzu ...

(born 1942), Pakistani social worker *

Dhyan Chand Major Dhyan Chand (29 August 1905 – 3 December 1979) was an Indian field hockey player, widely regarded as one of the greatest field hockey players in history. He was known for his extraordinary ball control and goal-scoring feats, in a ...

(1905–1979), Indian field hockey player *

Dutee Chand Dutee Chand (born 3 February 1996) is an Indian professional sprinter and current national champion in the women's 100 metres event. She is the first Indian to win a gold medal in 100m race in a global competition. She is the third Indian woman ...

(born 1996), Indian sprinter *

Ganesh Chand Dr. Ganeshwar Chand, better known as Ganesh Chand, is a Fijian academic and former politician of Indian descent. His is Vice-Chancellor of Solomon Islands National University. He was a founder of the University of Fiji and serves as a trustee of t ...

, Fijian academic and politician of Indian descent *

Hari Chand Hari Chand (1 April 1953 – 13 June 2022) was an Indian long-distance runner. In the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, he came eighth in the 10,000 metre run with a time of 28:48.72, this however was a national record for an Indian athlete an ...

(1953-2022), Indian long distance runner *

Lokendra Bahadur Chand Lokendra Bahadur Chand ( ne, लोकेन्द्र बहादुर चन्द born 15 February 1940) was the 27th prime minister of Nepal four times: from 1983 to 1986, briefly during April 1990, briefly during 1997 and from October 2 ...

(born 1940), former PM of Nepal * Meira Chand (born 1942), Swiss Indian novelist established in London *

Mukesh Chand Mukesh Chand Mathur (22 July 1923 – 27 August 1976), better known mononymously as Mukesh, was an Indian playback singer. Mukesh is considered to be one of the most popular and acclaimed playback singers of the Hindi film industry. Amongst th ...

(1923–1976), Indian playback singer * Nar Bahadur Chand, member of 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly belonging to Nepali Congress *

Nek Chand Nek Chand Saini (15 December 1924 – 12 June 2015) was a self-taught Indian artist, known for building the Rock Garden of Chandigarh, an eighteen-acre sculpture garden in the city of Chandigarh. Early life and background Nek Chand hailed fro ...

(1924–2015), Indian artist *

Nihâl Chand Nihâl Chand (1710–1782) was an Indian painter and poet who produced some of the best known examples of Rajput painting. He was the chief painter at the court of Kishangarh during the time of the ruler Savant Singh (also known as Nagari Das). ...

(1710–1782), Indian painter and poet * Parmod Chand (born 1955/1956), Fijian politician and a member of the Fijian Parliament *

Prithvi Chand Prithvi Chand is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Chand was a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from the Ramnagar constituency in Udhampur District Udhampur is a district in the Indian Unio ...

, Indian politician *

Ramesh Chand Ramesh Chand Bind (born 7 March 1974) is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Bhadohi in the 2019 Indian general election as member of the Bharatiya Janta Party. Early life Bind w ...

(born 1974), Indian politician *

Rohit Chand Rohit Chand Thakuri (born 1 March 1992) is a Nepalese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga 1 club Persik Kediri and the Nepal national team. During his teenage years, Chand was heavily linked to clubs such as Arsenal, Tot ...

(born 1992), Nepalese Footballer *

Sansar Chand Sansar Chand (c. 1765 – 1824) was a Rajput ruler of the erstwhile state of Kangra-Lambagraon, Kangra in what is now the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Early life Sansar Chand was a scion of the Katoch dynasty which had ruled Kangra for cen ...

(c. 1765–1824), Rajput ruler of the state of Kangra in what is now the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh *

Sri Chand Sri Chand (8 September 1494–13 January 1629, Gurmukhi: ਸ੍ਰੀ ਚੰਦ), also referred to as Baba Sri Chandra or Bhagwan Sri Chandra, was the founder of the Udasi sect of ascetic Sadhus. Early life He was the eldest son of Guru Na ...

, founder of the ascetic sect of Udasin and son of Guru Nanak, first guru and founder of Sikhism * Tara Chand (archaeologist), Vice-Chancellor of Allahabad University, India *

Tara Chand (Himachal Pradesh politician) Tara Chand was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Himachal Pradesh Territorial Council in 1962, from the Jogindernagar constituency. He was the sole Communist Party of India (CPI) candidate elected to the council (which was converted in ...

, member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly *

Tara Chand (Jammu-Kashmir politician) Tara Chand is a politician and Dalit leader from Jammu and Kashmir. He was Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir from 2009 to 2014. He had earlier served as the Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. On 30 August 2022, he ...

(born 1963), member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly * Tara Chand (Pakistani politician), former Provincial Minister of Balochistan * Tapan Kumar Chand (born 1959), Indian mining veteran, executive and author *

Unmukt Chand Unmukt Chand (born 26 March 1993) is an Indian-American cricketer. He is a right-handed top order batsman who currently plays for the Silicon Valley Strikers in Minor League Cricket, and the Melbourne Renegades in Australia's Big Bash League. ...

(born 1993), Indian cricketer

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