Pankaj

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Pankaj is a male given name, common in Nepal and India to the Hindus. It has its roots in the Sanskrit word pankaj which means resembling the lotus flower.^[1] This consists of two words, pank + aj. panka=mud, aj=born; the actual meaning is lotus which is born in mud and blossoms after arising from mud. The lotus flower, or pankaj, is also the national flower of India.

• Pankaj Kapur, a Bollywood actor.
• Pankaj Mishra, an Indian writer
• Pankaj Roy, an Indian cricket player
• Pankaj Advani, an Indian and World Champion snooker and billiards player
• Pankaj Udhas, an Indian Ghazal singer
• Pankaj Rag, current director of the Film and Television Institute of India
• Pankaj Dharmani, an Indian cricket player
• Pankaj Gupta, an Indian sports administrators and hockey manager
• Pankaj Choudhary, an Indian politician of a party.
• Pankaj Singh, an Indian cricket player
• Pankaj Bhatia, an Indian entrepreneur and owner of K.P. Groups
• Pankaj Patel, the current chairman and managing director of Cadila Healthcare
• Pankaj Oswal, the former chairman and managing director of Burrup Holdings Limited
• Pankaj Manubhai Zaveri, an Indian cricketer
• Pankaj Sharma, an associate professor in clinical neurology at Imperial College

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