# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kalu-pande
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:54:52.460Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kalu-pande"
name: "Kalu Pande"
slug: "kalu-pande"
description: "Vamshidhar Pande known by Alias Kalu Pande was a Nepalese politician and general who was appointed as Kaji of the Gorkha Kingdom. He was born in 1713 A.D. in a Gorkha family. He was the commander of the Gorkhali forces during the Unification Campaign of Nepal who died in the first Battle of Kirtipur in 1757 A.D. Pande's real name was Banshidhar Pande. He was a son of Kaji Bhimraj Pande who was minister during reign of King Prithivipati Shah of Gorkha. He was descendant of Minister of Gorkha and Dravya Shah's accomplice Ganesh Pande. He had three sons: Dewan Kajisaheb Vamsharaj Pande, Sardar Ranasur Pande and Mulkaji Sahib Damodar Pande."
tagline: "Nepalese Noble Administrator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kalu_Pande.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1713"
deathDate: "1757"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.79
  momentum:             0.4107981220657277
  historical:           4.231932
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "कालु पाँडे"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalu_Pande"
    title: "Kalu Pande"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%81_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%87"
    title: "कालु पांडे"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%81_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%87"
    title: "कालु पाण्डे"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%81_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%87"
    title: "कालु पाँडे"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21932260"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump