Nanda

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Nanda may refer to:

• Nanda Dynasty, ruled Eastern India in the 5th and 4th centuries BCE
• Nanda (mythology), in Hinduism, a peasant and foster-father of Krishna
• Nanda (Buddhism), half-brother of the Buddha, brother of Nanda (below)
• Nanda (Buddhist nun), half sister of the Buddha, sister of Nanda (above)
• NANDA, North American Nursing Diagnosis Association
• Nanjing University, colloquially called Nanda (pinyin Nándà, Chinese characters 南大)
• Nanda, a Jat and Khatri surname

[edit] People

• Nanda Bayin, Burmese king (1581-1599)
• Gulzarilal Nanda (1898-1998), two-time Prime Minister of India
• Shweta Nanda, daughter of actor Amitabh Bachchan
• Nikhil Nanda
• Nanda (actress), Bollywood actress, 1960 Filmfare Best Supporting Actress award winner
• Vimal Nanda, Systems-Engineer-IT in Aricent Technologies Gurgaon
• Nandakumar, TM officer in chennai
• Amitabh Nanda, founder, ArtID

[edit] Fictional characters

• Nanda, a character in L. Frank Baum's Ozma of Oz, servant to Princess Langwidere