Banerjee

Brahmin surname from the Indian subcontinent

Banerjee or Bandyopadhyay is a surname of Brahmins originating from the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent and from Bangladesh.

## Contents

* 1 Lineage and ancestry
* 2 History
* 3 Notable people
* 4 References

## Lineage and ancestry[edit]

Banerjees are from the ancient Shandilya Gotra, which means all Banerjees are descended from Kannauj from the ancient sage Shandilya as per the Puranas.[1] Together with Mukherjees, Chatterjees, Bhattacharjees and Gangulys, Banerjees form the Kulin Brahmins.[2]

## History[edit]

> "Indian (Bengal) and Bangladeshi: Hindu (Brahman) name, the first element of which, Ban-, is taken from Bandyopadhyay The final element -jee is derived from jha (greatly reduced form of Sanskrit upadhyaya 'teacher'); thus, Banerjee 'teacher who is head and only performs the main work aarti or,Vandana. A Sanskrit version of this name, Vandyopadhyaya, was coined from the elements vandya 'venerable' + upadhyaya 'teacher'. "

> — Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4, [3]

## Notable people[edit]

Notable people with the surname Banerjee, Bandopadhyay, or variations, include:

* Alapan Bandyopadhyay, IAS Officer
* Anjan Bandyopadhyay, Noted journalist
* Abhijit Banerjee, Nobel laureate economist
* Albion Rajkumar Banerjee
* Ambica Banerjee
* Audrish Banerjee
* Bhanu Banerjee, actor and freedom activist
* Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
* Bidisha Bandyopadhyay, writer, broadcaster
* Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
* Dibakar Banerjee, film director
* Dola Banerjee
* Gooroodas Banerjee, High Court judge
* Gurudas Bandyopadhyay, Actor
* Gopeshwar Banerjee
* Haradhan Bandopadhyay, actor
* Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay
* Jenni Banerjee, actress
* Kali Banerjee, actor
* Kali Charan Banerjee
* Kalyan Banerjee
* Kanika Bandyopadhyay (1924–2000), singer
* Kanu Banerjee (1905–1985), actor (Pather Panchali)
* Karuna Banerjee (1919–2001), actress (Pather Panchali)
* Krishna Mohan Banerjee
* Kaushik Banerjee, actor
* Mamata Banerjee
* Manik Bandopadhyay, writer, novelist
* Nikhil Banerjee, composer, musician
* Nyra Banerjee, Indian television actress and assistant director.
* Pradip Kumar Banerjee
* Prith Banerjee
* Pooja Banerjee, television actress
* Puja Banerjee, film and television actress
* Rachana Banerjee, actor
* Raghab Bandyopadhyay, prose writer
* Rahul Banerjee, archer
* R D Banerji, The discoverer of Mohenjo-daro, the principal site of the Indus Valley Civilisation
* Rina Banerjee
* Ruprekha Banerjee
* San Banarje, film director, producer, photographer
* Sanjay Banerjee, Indian engineer
* Shakuntala Banerjee (born 1973), German journalist
* Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
* Sarnath Banerjee
* Somen Banerjee
* Surendranath Banerjee, first Indian to qualify Indian Civil Service Examination
* Sushmita Banerjee, writer
* Victor Banerjee, actor both in Tollywood, Bollywood and Hollywood
* Vikram Banerjee
* Gargi Banerji, cricketer
* Sara Banerji, writer
* Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, first president of the Indian National Congress.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Ghurye, Govind Sadashiv (1969). Caste and Race in India. Popular Prakashan. p. 257\. ISBN 978-81-7154-205-5. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
2. ^ 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 28 February 2022.
3. ^ Hanks, Patrick (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. p. 94\. ISBN 978-0-19-977169-1.

Surname list

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