Pradhan is a Kshatriya Hindu surname in the Indian subcontinent.
Background
The surname Pradhan originates from the ministerial title Pradhan, the head of a village.[1][2] The title derives from the Sanskrit pradhāna meaning "most important, prime, chief or major".[3]
People
A
- Adrian Pradhan, Nepali musician
- Aishwarya Rutuparna Pradhan, Indian civil servant
- Ajay Pradhan, Indian cricketer
- Ajayanti Pradhan, Indian politician
- Alisha Pradhan, Bangladeshi actress and businesswoman
- Amar Roy Pradhan, Indian politician
- Amerika Pradhan, Indian politician
- Amitash Pradhan, Indian actor
- Amrit Prasad Pradhan, Nepali professor and founder of Amrit Campus
- Anoop Pradhan, Indian politician
- Arghya Roy Pradhan, Indian politician
- Atul Pradhan, Indian politician
- Ashish Pradhan, Indian footballer
B
- Bhushan Pradhan, Indian actor
- Bikash Pradhan, Indian cricketer
- Binod Pradhan, Indian cinematographer and director
- Biswajeet Pradhan, Indian spatial scientist and writer
- Buddhi Pradhan, Nepali cricket umpire
C
- C.K. Pradhan, Indian politician
D
- Dharmendra Pradhan, Indian politician
- Dhruba Bahadur Pradhan, Nepali politician
- Debabrata Pradhan, Indian cricketer
- Debendra Pradhan, Indian politician
G
- Gananath Pradhan, Indian politician
- Ganga Prasad Pradhan, Nepali pastor and writer
- Gangadhar Pradhan, Indian dancer
- Gauri Pradhan Tejwani, Indian actress and model
H
- Hari Prasad Pradhan, Nepali Chief Justice
- Hridaya Chandra Singh Pradhan, Nepali writer and social worker
J
- Jacob Pradhan, Indian politician
- Jagadish Pradhan, Nepali weightlifter
- Jagdish Pradhan, Indian politician
- Jaslal Pradhan, Indian boxer
K
- Kashiraj Pradhan, Sikkimese politician and journalist
- Keshab Chandra Pradhan, Indian politician
- Kishore Pradhan, Indian actor
- K. N. Pradhan, Indian politician
L
- Latika Pradhan, Indian politician
M
- Manasi Pradhan, Indian women's rights activist and author
- Mandil Pradhan, Nepali mountain biker
- Manoj Pradhan, Indian politician
- Mazharul Haque Prodhan, Bangladeshi politician
- Menuka Pradhan, Nepali actress
N
- Nagarjuna Pradhan, Indian politician
- Nahakul Pradhan, Sikkimese politician and journalist
- Narendra Pradhan, Indian politician
- Nibedita Pradhan, Indian politician
- Nikki Pradhan, Indian field hockey player
- Nitesh R Pradhan, Indian journalist and singer
- Nitin Pradhan, Indian-American Chief Information Officer
- Nityananda Pradhan, Indian politician
P
- Pallavi Pradhan, Indian actress
- Parashu Pradhan, Nepali writer
- Pranoti Pradhan, Indian actress
- Prasanta Pradhan, Indian politician
- Prem Dhoj Pradhan, Nepali musician
- Pushpa Pradhan, Indian field hockey player
R
- Raj Pradhan, Nepali cricketer
- Rajendra Pradhan, Nepali weightlifter
- Rakesh Pradhan, Indian footballer
- Ram Chandra Singh Pradhan, Indian politician
- Ramita Pradhan, Nepali politician
- R. D. Pradhan, Indian Administrative Service officer
- Renubala Pradhan, Indian politician
- Rifat Pradhan, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Rishiram Pradhan, Nepali judoka
- Rohan Pradhan, Indian music director
- Runa Pradhan, Nepali swimmer
S
- Sahana Pradhan, Nepali politician
- Sakshi Pradhan, Indian actress and model
- Saluga Pradhan, Indian politician
- Sanju Pradhan, Indian footballer
- Sapana Pradhan Malla, Nepali Supreme Court Judge
- Saraswati Pradhan, Indian politician
- Satish Pradhan, Indian mayor
- Shahnawaz Pradhan, Indian actor
- Shivam Pradhan, Indian actor
- S.N. Pradhan, Indian Director General of Narcotics Control Bureau
- Snehal Pradhan, Indian cricketer and journalist
- Sonalika Pradhan, Indian-Australian fashion designer
- Srichchha Pradhan, Nepali model
- Subhadra Pradhan, Indian field hockey player
- Sukumar Pradhan, Indian politician
- Sunil Pradhan, Indian medical researcher and writer
- Suryakant Pradhan, Indian cricketer
T
- Tapan Kumar Pradhan, Indian poet and writer
- Tejashri Pradhan, Indian actress
- Trilochan Pradhan, Indian scientist
V
- Vimla Pradhan, Indian politician
- Vishwajeet Pradhan, Indian actor
References
- ↑ Kumar Majumdar, Anis; Singh, Bhanwar (1996). Panchayat Politics and Community Development. Radha Publications. p. 22. ISBN 9788174870919.
- ↑ Uniyal, Vaibhav; Bahuguna, Rajesh (December 31, 2021). PANCHAYAT RAJ IN INDIA: REMEMBERING THE FORGOTTEN. Ashok Yakkaldevi. pp. 58–66, 80–83. ISBN 9781716149979.
- ↑ Williams, Monier (1899). "प्रधान". A Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. p. 680.
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