Rajendra (name)

Rajendra is popular Hindu given name. It is derived from the Sanskrit rājendra 'lord of kings', 'supreme sovereign',^[1] which is a compound of the words rāja 'king' and indra 'supreme'.^[2]

Notable people with the name include:

• Rajendra Chola I, Rajendra Chola II and Rajendra Chola III, Chola emperors in the 11th and 13th centuries
• Rajendra Kharel (active from 1999), Nepalese politician
• Rajendra Krishan, Bollywood lyricist and writer
• Rajendra Kumar (1927–1999), Bollywood actor
• Rajendra Kumar KC (active from 2013), Nepalese politician
• Rajendra Mahato (born 1958), Nepali politician
• Rajendra Patel, Gujarati language poet, short story writer and critic
• Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India
• Rajendra Prasad (actor), Telugu language actor
• Rajendra Rajya Lakshmi Devi, wife of King Pratap Singh Shah
• Rajendra Bikram Shah, king of Nepal
• Rajendra Singh (born 1959), Indian water conservationist and environmentalist