Devendra
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Devendra (Sanskrit: देवेन्द्र, romanized: Devendra) is a common Indian masculine given name. It comes from Sanskrit devendra 'chief of the gods', which has been used as an epithet of the Vedic god Indra.[1]
Notable people with the name include:
- Devendra Banhart, Venezuelan/American musician
- Devendra Bishoo, West Indies cricketer
- Devendra Fadnavis, Indian politician
- Devendra Goel, Indian filmmaker
- Devendra Jhajharia, Indian javelin thrower
- Devendra Kumar Joshi, the Indian Chief of Naval Staff
- Devendra Pandey, Indian politician who is best known for hijacking an airplane in 1978
- Devendra Prabhudesai, Indian biographer
- Devendra Prasad Gupta, Indian academic
- Debendra Prasad Ghosh, Indian writer
- Devendra Prasad Yadav, Indian politician
- Devendra Singh (disambiguation), multiple people
- Dev Alahan, a fictional character in ITV soap Coronation Street
