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Abstract This paper reports combustion synthesis of Gd2NiMnO6 nanostructures (GNMO NSs), for the first time, through reaction between metal nitrates in the presence of different saccharides, as capping and reducing agents. Analysis of XRD, FT-IR, EDS, along with TEM and SEM images and also VSM and DRS spectra were applied to study the NSs. The VSM showed an antiferromagnetic behavior. The DRS spectroscopy ascertained semiconducting behavior of GNMO NSs with Eg = 3.05 eV for optimum sample prepared in the presence of glucose at 1000 °C. The CV was used to investigation of electrochemical property of the NSs. For the first time, the photocatalytic behavior of the GNMO NSs was evaluated, using the degradation of organic dyes under UV irradiation. The photodegradation of EDT was almost similar to that of ES, except for initial times of the irradiation. The degradation percentage of EBT and ES in the presence of GNMO NSs was large, whereas that of MV was little in the time range.