Basu
Basu (variants: Bosu, Boshu, Bose) is a common Indian surname found among Bengali Hindus. The frequently observed variant is the anglicized form "Bose".
Basus belong to Kayastha caste in Bengal. They are from Gautam Gotra lineage. The Bengali Kayasthas evolved as a caste from a category of officials or scribes, between the 5th/6th century AD and 11th/12th century AD, its component elements being mostly Brahmins and, according to Wink, putative Kshatriyas.[1] Basus are considered as Kulin Kayasthas, along with Ghoshes and Mitras.[2]
Notables
- Amrita Basu, (b. 1953) American scholar
- Bani Basu, (b. 1939), Bengali Indian author, essayist, critic, and poet
- Benoy Basu, (1908-1930), Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter
- Bipasha Basu, Bollywood actress and model
- Buddhadeb Bosu, (1908–1974), Bengali writer
- Debabrata Basu, (1924 - 2001) Indian statistician who proved Basu's theorem
- Jyoti Basu, (1914-2010), founding member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- Kaushik Basu, (b.n. 1952), Indian economist
- Kunal Basu, author of the novel Racists
- Maladhar Basu, a poet of the Hosen-shahi period in Bengal, writer of Sri Krishna Vijaya (শ্রীকৃষ্ণবিজয়, Triumph of Lord Krishna)
- Nagendranath Basu (1866-1938), encyclopedia compiler, archaeologist, and historian
- Pam Basu (1958–1992), victim of carjacking and murder
- Rajnarayan Basu, (1826-1899), writer and intellectual of the Bengal Renaissance
- Samaresh Basu, writer; winner of the 1980 Sahitya Akademi Award
- Samit Basu, (b. 1979), Indian author
- Shweta Basu Prasad, Indian film actress
- Siddhartha Basu, Indian television producer-director and quiz show host
- Sreyashi Jhumki Basu, (1977-2008) American science educator
References
- ↑ Andre Wink (1991). Al-Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World, Volume 1. Brill Academic Publishers. p. 269. ISBN 978-90-04-09509-0. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ↑ Hopkins, Thomas J. (1989). "The Social and Religious Background for Transmission of Gaudiya Vaisnavism to the West". In Bromley, David G.; Shinn, Larry D. Krishna Consciousness in the West. Bucknell University Press. pp. 35–36. ISBN 978-0-8387-5144-2. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
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