Chander is a given name and surname. People with the name include:

Surname

* Bhanu Chander, South Indian actor who acted in many Telugu/Tamil movies *

Krishan Chander Krishan Chander (23 November 1914 – 8 March 1977) was an Indian Urdu and Hindi writer of short stories and novels. Some of his works have also been translated in English. He was a prolific writer, penning over 20 novels, 30 collections o ...

(1914–1977), Urdu and Hindi Afsaana Nigaar, or short story writer

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* Chander Kumar (born 1944), member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India * Chander Mohan, the former Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana State in India *

Chander Prakash Chander Prakash Wadhwa SM, VSM, (born 1953) is a senior Indian Army Lt. General who was Force Commander of MONUSCO, the United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He served from August 2010 until 31 March 2013. He joined th ...

, (born 1953), Indian general *

Nirmal Chander Vij General Nirmal Chander Vij PVSM, UYSM, AVSM (born 3 January 1943, in Jammu) was the 21st Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army. He held the office from 1 Jan 2003 to 31 Jan 2005. Early life and education General Vij was born on 3 January 194 ...

(born 1943), the 21st Indian Chief of Army Staff during 31 Dec 2002 – 31 Jan 2005 * Yogesh Chander Deveshwar, the chairman and CEO of ITC Limited, one of India's largest multi-business conglomerates

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