Famous People with Name Pandu

Pandu Khade            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Pandu Khade: was an Indian jockey, considered to be one of the greatest jockeys that ever rode in India. He won many prestigious races when India was under British rule. Khade was based at the premier Royal Western India Turf Club that comprised India's top racing cir

Pandurang Sadashiv Sane            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Pandurang Sadashiv Sane: was a famous Marathi author and social activist. He was born in a Brahmin family in a town palghad in Ratnagiri district konkan region of rural Maharashtra. He also had a younger brother. Despite poor financial conditions he completed his B.A.His father was a freedom fighter. Sane Guruji was also very much influenced by his mother. He graduated with a degree in Marathi and Sanskrit and earned a Master's degree in Philosophy, later joining the teaching profession. He chose to teach in the rural schools, forgoing a perhaps larger salary he could have earned by teaching wealthier students. He also worked as a hostel warden

Pandurang Shastri Vaijnath Athavale            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Pandurang Shastri Vaijnath Athavale: which literally translates as elder brother in Marathi was a philosopher who gave discourses on Srimad Bhagawad Gita and Upnishads. Pandurang Shastri was founder of Swadhyay Parivar.Param Pujya Pandurang Shastri Vaijnath Shastri Athavale was born on October 19, 1920 in the village of Roha near Mumbai. His grandfather, Laxman Rao, was a renowned scholar and brahmin in the area and regularly, against public opinion, visited Dalits to explain the Bhagavad Gita. Athavale, then age five, saw his grandfather taking a bath upon returning from such a trip . Athavale was surprised and posed the question that if in the Bhagavad Gita the Lord exclaims that God exists within all human hearts then how can anyone including the so-called 'untouchables' be considered inferior to anyone else? He became determined to see the God within others and from thenceforth became the proponent of "in-dwelling God."

Basarab Nica Panduru,            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Basarab Nica Panduru,: a former Romanian football player and current coach of FC Farul Constanta.Panduru started his professional career with FCM Resita where he played between 1987 and 1991, before being signed by Steaua Bucharest at the beginning of 1991. Panduru's first game with Steaua was in the Romanian Cup, when the Steaua's officials did not take into consideration that just prior leaving FCM Resita, Panduru was set to miss the next game due to yellow cards, therefore Steaua lost that game after a federal decision.