Banda
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People
- Banda peopleBanda peopleBanda is an ethnic group of the Central African Republic, some of who also live in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, and South Sudan....
, an ethnic group of the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon and Sudan - Rupiah BandaRupiah BandaRupiah Bwezani Banda is a Zambian politician who was President of Zambia from 2008 to 2011.During the Presidency of Kenneth Kaunda, Banda held important diplomatic posts and was active in politics as a member of the United National Independence Party...
, President of Zambia - Hastings BandaHastings BandaHastings Kamuzu Banda was the leader of Malawi and its predecessor state, Nyasaland, from 1961 to 1994. After receiving much of his education overseas, Banda returned to his home country to speak against colonialism and advocate for independence...
, former President of Malawi - Raghu Banda, is a world citizen born in India and living in USA
- Banda Singh Bahadur, a Sikh military leader who waged war against the Mughals
- Banda Kanakalingeshwara RaoBanda Kanakalingeshwara RaoBanda Kanakalingeshwara Rao B.L. was famous Telugu drama and film actor.-Life sketch:...
, an Indian stage actor - Dennis BandaDennis BandaDennis Banda is a Zambian football defender who currently plays for Green Buffaloes in Zambia. He has several proposals to play in the upcoming season 2010/11 in Europe or South America were his FIFA agent Marcelo Houseman is working on several deals.He is consider one of the BEST defenders in...
, Zambian football goalkeeper - Banda Karthika ReddyBanda Karthika ReddyKarthika Banda is an Indian politician and the present Mayor of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. She became first woman mayor of the city of Hyderabad. She is a first time corporator of Congress party from Tarnaka division.-Early life:Born in Hyderabad ,...
, present commissioner of GHMC. - Siva Subrahmanyam Banda is an Indian-American aerospace engineer.
Places
- Banda DistrictBanda DistrictBanda district is a district of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Banda is the district headquarters. It is a part of Chitrakoot Division.Banda is famous for its Shajar stone, used for making jewellery, and the historically and architecturally significant sites Khajuraho and Kalinjar. Khajuraho is...
in Uttar Pradesh, India - Banda, India, administrative headquarters of Banda District
- Banda (Lok Sabha constituency)Banda (Lok Sabha constituency)-Members of Parliament:*1957: Raja Dinesh Singh, Indian National Congress*1962: Savitri Nigam, Indian National Congress*1967: Jageshwar Yadav, Communist Party of India*1971: Ram Ratan Sharma, Jan Sangh*1977: Ambika Prasad Pandey, Janata Party...
, India - Banda Traditional Area in Tain District, Ghana
- Banda SeaBanda SeaThe Banda Sea is a sea in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia, technically part of the Pacific Ocean but separated from it by hundreds of islands, as well as the Halmahera and Ceram Seas...
, the sea of the South Moluccas in Indonesia, a part of the Pacific Ocean - Banda IslandsBanda IslandsThe Banda Islands are a volcanic group of ten small volcanic islands in the Banda Sea, about south of Seram Island and about east of Java, and are part of the Indonesian province of Maluku. The main town and administrative centre is Bandanaira, located on the island of the same name. They rise...
, a group of ten small volcanic islands in the Banda Sea - Banda, MaharashtraBanda, MaharashtraBanda is a town near the Goa-Maharashtra border. The main languages spoken here are Marathi, Malvani and Konkani.God Shree Bandeshwar and Goddess Shree Mauli are the Main Temples in the Village. The name of the village Banda is only because of the God Bandeshwar, a Jagrit Swayambhu Shivalinga.This...
, a small town in Maharashtra, India - Banda, UgandaBanda, UgandaBanda is a hill that partly lies within the city of Kampala, Uganda's capital and partly in neighboring Kira Municipality, Wakiso District, central Uganda...
, a neighborhood that lies partly in Kira, Uganda and partly in Kampala, Uganda - Banda sub-county, an administrative subdivision of Namayingo District in Eastern Uganda
Music
- Banda musicBanda musicBanda is a brass-based form of traditional music. Bandas play a wide variety of songs, including rancheras, corridos, cumbias, baladas, and boleros. Bandas are most widely known for their rancheras, but they also play modern Mexican pop, rock, and cumbias...
, a form of Mexican music - Banda (opera), an offstage band, collected instruments or small orchestra used in opera (See also Offstage brass and percussionOffstage brass and percussionAn offstage brass and percussion part is a sound effect used in Classical music, which is created by having one or more trumpet players , horn players, or percussionists from a symphony orchestra or opera orchestra play a note, melody, or rhythm from behind the stage...
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Miscellaneous
- Banda languagesBanda languagesBanda is a family of Ubangian languages spoken by the Banda people of Central Africa.-Languages:Olson classfies the Banda family as follows :*Central**Central Banda...
, spoken by the Banda people - Banda fluid, the distinctive-smelling solvent used in a Banda machineSpirit duplicatorA spirit duplicator was a low-volume printing method used mainly by schools and churches. It was also used by members of science fiction fandom and early comic book fandom to produce fanzines...
, a type of copying machine - Banda, large smoked fish in Chad, see Fishing in ChadFishing in ChadWith its two major rivers, Lake Chad, and many runoff zones, in the 1970s Chad ranked high among Africa's producers of inland freshwater fish. With the drought and diversion of the waters of some rivers, however, production declined in the 1980s...
- Banda Carità, a semi-autonomous fascist police unit active in parts of Italy during World War II, established by Mario Carità
- BANDA is a cast of adivasis in Orissa, Chhattisgarh, and Jharkhand
- BANDA is the word for penis OriyaOriya languageOriya , officially Odia from November, 2011, is an Indian language, belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family. It is mainly spoken in the Indian states of Orissa and West Bengal...
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