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Sandhya (actress)
Sandhya (சந்தியா), born Revathy, called Kaadhal Sandhya, is a South Indian actress who debuted in the 2004 Tamil hit Kaadhal and works in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, and Kannada films; distinct from Sandhya Shantaram and Sandhya Manoj.
Sandhya Mridul (संध्या मृदुल)
Sandhya Mridul (संध्या मृदुल), born 1975, is an Indian actress known for Saathiya (2002), Page 3 (2005), Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd., POW: Bandi Yuddh Ke, and Mentalhood, spanning television, Hindi films, and streaming.
Sandhya Ray
Sandhya Ray is an Indian politician from Madhya Pradesh, a BJP member of the Lok Sabha representing Bhind since 2024 and the first woman to hold the seat.
Sandhya Sangit
Sandhya Sangit (সন্ধ্যাসঙ্গীত, "Evening Songs") is an early Bengali lyric collection by Rabindranath Tagore, published in Kolkata in 1882 and regarded as his first book.
Sandhya Shantaram (संध्या शांताराम)
Sandhya Shantaram (संध्या शांताराम), born Vijaya Deshmukh, was an Indian actress and dancer, third wife of filmmaker V Shantaram, known for Navrang, Do Aankhen Barah Haath, Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje, and Marathi film Pinjra; she died 4 October 2025 in Mumbai.
Sandhyakara Nandi
Sandhyakara Nandi (सन्ध्याकर नन्दी) was a Sanskrit poet of the Pala dynasty of Bengal, best known for the Ramacharitam, a poem readable as both the Ramayana and the history of King Ramapala's reign.
Sandhyakara Nandin
Sandhyakara Nandin (सन्ध्याकर नन्दिन्) was a 12th-century Sanskrit court poet of Bengal's Pala dynasty, considered its greatest, whose Ramacharitam narrates King Ramapala's reign and the epic of Rama in the same verses.
Sandi Patty
Sandi Patty (born 1956, Oklahoma City), also billed as Sandi Patti, is an American gospel and contemporary Christian soprano known as "The Voice," with five Grammys, 40 Dove Awards, the 1986 Statue of Liberty anthem, and a 2026 comeback.
Sandi Toksvig
Sandi Toksvig (Sandra Birgitte Toksvig), Danish-British comedian, broadcaster and writer born 1958 in Copenhagen; host of QI since 2016, former chair of Radio 4's The News Quiz (2006-2015) and Bake Off co-host (2017-2020), co-founder of the Women's Equality Party.
Sandia National Laboratories
Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia Labs) is a US Department of Energy national laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 1945 and known for nuclear weapons engineering and the Z Machine.
Sandia Peak Tramway
The Sandia Peak Tramway is an aerial tramway in Albuquerque, New Mexico, opened in 1966, carrying passengers up the Sandia Mountains, the longest tramway in the Americas.
Sandie Shaw
Sandie Shaw (Sandra Ann Goodrich, born 1947) is an English singer, the barefoot 1960s pop star who won Eurovision 1967 for the UK with "Puppet on a String" and returned in the 1980s with The Smiths.
Sandifer syndrome
Sandifer syndrome: rare GERD complication in infants and young children causing paroxysmal dystonic neck, back, and head posturing that mimics seizures; resolves with antireflux treatment.
Sandile kaNgqika
Sandile kaNgqika, also known as Mgolombane Sandile, was a Xhosa prince and the last paramount chief of a united Rharhabe people, reigning from about 1840 until his death in 1878.
Sandile Zungu
Sandile Zungu is a South African businessman and founder of Zungu Investments (Zico), a black-owned investment group, who bought AmaZulu FC in 2020 and chairs the Black Business Council.
Sandinista National Liberation Front
Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional): Nicaraguan party founded 1961, overthrew Somoza in 1979, ruled 1979–1990, returned under Daniel Ortega in 2007, now an authoritarian co-presidency.
Sandinista!
Sandinista! is The Clash's fourth studio album, a 36-track triple LP released 12 December 1980 (UK catalogue FSLN 1), self-produced with Mikey Dread, sold at single-LP price, and known for its dub, rap and jazz eclecticism.
Sandino's rebellion
Sandino's rebellion (1927–1934) was an insurgency led by Augusto César Sandino against the US occupation of Nicaragua, waged from the northern highlands until his 1934 assassination.
Sandip Ghosh
Sandip Ghosh, ex-principal of RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata, resigned after the 2024 trainee doctor rape-murder, was arrested by the CBI on corruption charges, and later got Supreme Court bail.
Sandip Ray (সন্দীপ রায়)
Sandip Ray (সন্দীপ রায়), Indian Bengali film director, son of Satyajit Ray; directed Phatikchand (1983), Goopy Bagha Phire Elo, Feluda films including Hatyapuri and Nayan Rahasya, and Professor Shanku O El Dorado.
Sandipan Saha
Sandipan Saha (সন্দীপন সাহা), AITC politician and businessman, won Entally (Kolkata North) in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly election with 94,427 votes; IIM Calcutta PGDM 2005; later expelled from TMC with Ritabrata Banerjee.
Sandipanrao Bhumre
Sandipanrao Bhumre (Bhumare Sandipanrao Asaram) is an Indian Shiv Sena politician who has represented Aurangabad, Maharashtra, in the Lok Sabha since 2024, after five terms in the state assembly.
Sandisk
Sandisk Corporation is a vertically integrated NAND flash memory company founded in 1988 by Eli Harari, which makes SSDs and memory cards and separated from Western Digital in 2025.
Sanditon
Sanditon is Jane Austen's unfinished final novel, an untitled ~24,000-word draft written January–March 1817, satirizing seaside resorts, health fads, and property speculation; first published 1925, held at King's College Cambridge.
Sanditon (TV series)
Sanditon (2019–2023) is Andrew Davies's ITV/PBS Masterpiece drama adapting Jane Austen's unfinished 11-chapter final novel, starring Rose Williams, Theo James, Anne Reid, and Kris Marshall; cancelled after season 1, revived by fan petition, and concluded in 2023.
Sandiwara (film)
Sandiwara is a 2026 short film by Sean Baker starring Michelle Yeoh as five women in a Penang night market; shot on iPhone, premiered at the 2026 Berlinale, distinct from the Indonesian film of the same name.
Sandık Kokusu
Sandık Kokusu, Turkish family drama on Show TV (6 December 2023 to 19 March 2025, 50 episodes, O3 Medya), starring Özge Özpirinçci, Demet Akbağ, and Engin Öztürk; about Karsu, whose son Kuzey is lost by grandmother Filiz.
Sandkasteel
Sandkasteel: Dutch and Afrikaans for sandcastle, a packed-sand beach structure. Covers its 19th-century seaside origins, the 21.16 m Blokhus record, and namesakes Zandkasteel Amsterdam and Sandkasteel Jeffreys Bay.
Sandler O'Neill and Partners
Sandler O'Neill and Partners was a New York boutique investment bank serving financial-services companies, founded in 1988 and acquired by Piper Jaffray, closing in 2020.
Sandline affair
The Sandline affair: Papua New Guinea's 1997 secret US$36 million contract with private military company Sandline International to crush the Bougainville Revolutionary Army, undone by PNGDF commander Jerry Singirok's mutiny; also names the 1998 Sierra Leone arms-embargo affair.