Matale was a site of a major battle in 1848 when the Matale Rebellion started and the British garrison in the Fort Macdowall in Matale was placed under siege by the rebels led by Weera Puran Appu & Gongalegoda Banda who are renowned national heroes in Sri Lanka.

* Cisplatine War ( 1825 – 1828 ): Armed conflict over an area known as Banda Oriental or " Eastern Shore " between the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata and Empire of Brazil in the aftermath of the United Provinces ' emancipation from Spain.

* Aleke Banda ( 1939 – 2010 ), Malawian politician

* Banda Kanakalingeshwara Rao ( 1907 – 1968 ), Indian stage actor

* Banda Singh Bahadur ( 1670 – 1716 ), Sikh military leader

* Christopher John Banda ( 1974 – 2009 ), Malawian footballer

* Hastings Banda ( 1898 – 1997 ), former President of Malawi

* Patrick Banda ( 1974 – 1993 ), Zambian footballer

* 1966 – Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.

* February 13 – Rupiah Banda, President of Zambia

* July 6 – Hastings Banda is proclaimed President for Life of Malawi.

* June 9 – Banda Bahadur, Sikh military commander ( executed ) ( b. 1670 )

* May 18 – The Battle of Las Piedras is fought near Las Piedras, Banda Oriental, resulting in the first victory for the independentists of Uruguay.

* October 23 – José Gervasio Artigas and 16. 000 orientales leave the Banda Oriental del Uruguay to go into exile.

* Banda music – a country music performed in Spanish to a polka beat ; the country music have a polka 2 / 4 beat in the rhythm.

* Hastings Banda of Malawi ( 1971 ) – stripped of title 1993, defeated in 1994 general election, died 1997.

File: Hastings Kamuzu Banda-Denkmal Lilongwe. jpg | Hastings Banda, President for Life of Malawi ( 1971 – 1993 )

Hastings Kamuzu Banda ( 15 February 1898 – 25 November 1997 ) was the leader of Malawi and its predecessor state, Nyasaland, from 1961 to 1994.

Around 1915 – 16, Banda left home on foot with Hanock Msokera Phiri, an uncle who had been a teacher at the nearby Livingstonia mission school, for Hartley, Southern Rhodesia ( now Chegutu, Zimbabwe ).

Opening ceremony for the Banda Mausoleum, 14 May 2006 – Lilongwe, Malawi

In 1918 Tuwim co-founded the cabaret, " Picador ", and worked as a writer or artistic director with many other cabarets such as " Czarny kot " ( Black Cat 1917 – 1919 ), " Qui pro Quo " ( 1919 – 1932 ), " Banda " The Gang and " Stara Banda " The Old Gang ( 1932 – 1935 ) and finally " Cyrulik Warszawski " ( Barber of Warsaw 1935 – 1939 ).

The band has been mentioned or featured in various newspapers and magazines: the Vancouver Sun, Northshore News ( Vancouver, Canada newspaper ), New Times ( Los Angeles weekly entertainment newspaper ), BLU Magazine ( underground hip hop magazine ), BAM Magazine ( Southern California ), La Banda Elastica Magazine, and the Los Angeles Times Calendar section.

* Luso-Brazilian invasion ( 1816-1820 ): Was an armed conflict between the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves and the partisans of José Artigas over the Banda Oriental ( Eastern Bank ), present-day Uruguay.

* Banda ( Lok Sabha constituency ), Uttar Pradesh, India

* Banda ( Vidhan Sabha constituency ), Madhya Pradesh, India

* Abdallah Banda ( born 1963 ), Sudanese military commander

* Banda Karthika Reddy ( born 1977 ), Indian politician

* Carlos Banda ( born 1978 ), Chilean-Swedish football manager

* Davi Banda ( born 1983 ), Malawian footballer

* Dennis Banda ( born 1988 ), Zambian football goalkeeper

* Elizet Banda ( born 1988 ), Zambian runner

* Gift Banda ( born 1969 ), Zimbabwean soccer administrator

* Gilbert Banda ( born 1983 ), Zimbabwean football player

* Jacob Banda ( born 1988 ), Zambian footballer

* Joyce Banda ( born 1950 ), President of Malawi

* Kumbulani Banda ( born 1989 ), Zimbabwean footballer

* Lewis Banda ( born 1982 ), Zimbabwean sprinter

* M. D. Banda ( born 1914 ), Sri Lankan politician

In 2006, the President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa, 4th President of Sri Lanka Dingiri Banda Wijetunga, twice Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremasinghe and the Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka W. J. M. Lokubandara were guest speakers at a UC event.

Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (, ; February 15, 1916 – September 21, 2008 ) was the President of Sri Lanka from May 1, 1993 to November 12, 1994, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from March 3, 1989 to May 7, 1993 and the Governor of North Western province, Sri Lanka from 1988 to 1989.

The airline operated out of Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland carrying humanitarian and relief cargo to Tsunami areas ( Sri Lanka, Banda Aceh, Medan, Kuala Lumpur ) in January 2005.