title: Mahender
text: # Mahender
  
  Mahender may refer to several people:
  
  In arts and entertainment:
  
  * Mahender Singh Shekhawat, a writer of Rajasthani literature
  * S. Mahender, director of the films Preethigagi and Gandana Mane (seeKannada films of 2007)
  
  In politics:
  
  * P. Mahender Reddy, an Indian politician and legislator from Tandur, Telangana state, India
  * Mahender Buddha, village leader of Jagadevpur, Andhra Pradesh
  * Mahender Rawat, a leader in the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal political party in India
  * Mahender Singh, transport minister and deputy for Dharampur in the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh
  
  Other people:
  
  * Mahender Sabhnani, an American perfume maker convicted for slavery
  * Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh (1886–1979), a freedom fighter, journalist, writer and revolutionary social reformist of India
  * Mahender Rathor, an Indian sports official coach of the India national basketball team
  
  Fictional characters:
  
  * Mahender, a fictional character in the film Ijaazat
  * Thakur Mahender Pratap Singh, a fictional character in the Indian horror film Veerana
  * Balu Mahendar, a fictional a character in the 2007 Kannada film Hudugaata
  