Basu

Basu (Bengali: বসু), also Bose (anglicized), Boshu, Bosu, or Bosh, is a Bengali Kulin Kayastha surname originating from the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent. The name stems from Vāsu (Sanskrit: वसु), which has many meanings including 'wealth gem radiance'.^[1]^[2]

History

Basus belong to the Bengali Kayastha caste, its component elements being putative Kshatriyas and mostly Brahmins, according to André Wink.^[3] Basus are considered as Kulin Kayasthas of Gautam gotra, along with Ghoshes, Mitras and Guhas.^[4]

Notable people

Amrita Basu, (b. 1953) American scholar
Amar Bose, (1929 – 2013) Founder and chairman of Bose Corporation which make Bose home audio products. Indian American entrepreneur and academic. Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Anurag Basu film director
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
Chandranath Basu, (1844-1910), Bengali conservative litterateur
Debabrata Basu, (1924 - 2001) Indian statistician who proved Basu's theorem
Durga Das Basu, (1910 - 1997), Indian jurist and lawyer who wrote the Commentary on the Constitution of India and Casebook on the Indian Constitutional Law
Jagadish Chandra Bose, (1858 - 1937), Biologist, physicist, botanist and an early writer of science fiction. One of the fathers of radio science, inventor of crescograph, founder of Bose Institute.
Jyoti Basu, (1914-2010), founding member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) . Barrister, longest serving chief minister of West Bengal.
Jyotirmoy Basu, (1920-1982), Indian politician for CPM party .
Kaushik Basu, (b. 1952), Indian economist
Khudiram Bose, (1889-1908), Indian Freedom Fighter
Kunal Basu, author of the novel Racists
Maladhar Basu, a poet of the Hossain-Shahi period in Bengal history, writer of Sri Krishna Vijaya (শ্রীকৃষ্ণবিজয়, Triumph of Lord Krishna)
Mankumari Basu (1863–1943), Bengali poet
Neil Basu (b. 1968), senior British police officer.
Nagendranath Basu (1866-1938), encyclopedia compiler, archaeologist, and historian
Nandita Basu, Indian-born American environmental engineer
Nandalal Bose, seminal painter and sculptor
Pam Basu (1958–1992), victim of carjacking and murder
Rajnarayan Basu, (1826-1899), writer and intellectual of the Bengal Renaissance
Rajshekhar Basu (1880–1960), Bengali writer, chemist and lexicographer
Rash Behari Basu (1886-1945), Indian Revolutionary Leader
Samaresh Basu, writer; winner of the 1980 Sahitya Akademi Award
Samit Basu, (b. 1979), Indian author
Sankar Basu, electrical engineer
Satyendra Nath Bose, (1894 – 1974), Indian mathematician and physicist. Best known for his work on quantum mechanics, Bose–Einstein statistics and Bose–Einstein condensate. Elementary particles Bosons were named after him.
Satyendranath Bosu, (1882-1908), Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter
Sekhar Basu, (1952-2020), Indian nuclear scientist who served as the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Awarded the Padma Shri in 2014
Siddhartha Basu, Indian television producer-director and quiz show host
Sreyashi Jhumki Basu, (1977-2008) American science educator
Subhas Chandra Bose, (1897-1945), Indian nationalist leader

References

^ Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. 2013.
^ Hardwick, Charles (2020-07-24). Traditions, Ssuperstitions, and Folk-Lore. BoD – Books on Demand. p. 279. ISBN 978-3-7523-3244-5.
^ 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. (eds.). Krishna consciousness in the West. Bucknell University Press. pp. 35–36. ISBN 978-0-8387-5144-2. Retrieved 2011-10-31.

[1] Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. 2013.

[2] Hardwick, Charles (2020-07-24). Traditions, Ssuperstitions, and Folk-Lore. BoD – Books on Demand. p. 279. ISBN 978-3-7523-3244-5.

[AlHind-3] 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.

[Hopkins1989pp35-36-4] Hopkins, Thomas J. (1989). "The Social and Religious Background for Transmission of Gaudiya Vaisnavism to the West". In Bromley, David G.; Shinn, Larry D. (eds.). 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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