Ghosh

Ghosh
Origin
Word/name	Bengali Hindu
Region of origin	Bengal

Ghosh (or Ghose) is an Indian and Bangladeshi surname found among Bengali Hindus.

Ghoshes mostly belong to Kayastha caste in Bengal. 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 putative Kshatriyas and mostly Brahmins.^[1] Ghoshes are considered as Kulin Kayasthas of Soukalin gotra, along with Boses and Mitras.^[2]

Ghosh is also used as surname by the Sadgop (milkman) caste in Bengal.^[3]^[4]

It is also an English surname, pronounced (/ɡəʊst/; GOST.

Notable people

Notable people with the surname Ghosh include:

Girish Chandra Ghosh (born 1844) Bengali actor, director, and writer.
Sri Aurobindo (born as Aurobindo Ghose in 1872) Indian philosopher.
Barindra Kumar Ghosh (1880–1959), Indian revolutionary and journalist
Amitav Ghosh (born 1956), Indian writer
Amitav Ghosh (banker), Indian banker
Anindita Ghosh, British historian
Anirvan Ghosh (born 1964), American neuroscientist
Aparna Ghosh, Bangladeshi actress and model
DJ Talent, birth name Anthony Ghosh (born 1978), British reality television contestant
Atulkrishna Ghosh (1890–1966), Indian revolutionary
Atulya Ghosh (1904–1986), Indian politician
Debaprasad Ghosh (1894–1985), Indian politician
Debendra Nath Ghosh (1890–1999), Bangladeshi politician
Dhiman Ghosh (born 1987), Bangladeshi cricketer
Dilip Ghosh, Indian politician
Dilip Ghosh (economist), American economist
Dipu Ghosh, Indian badminton player
Ganesh Ghosh (1900–1994), Bengali Indian independence activist, revolutionary and politician
Helen Ghosh (born 1956), British civil servant
Jayanta Kumar Ghosh (born 1937), Indian statistician
Jayati Ghosh (born 1955), Indian economist
Joseph Ghosh (1869–1942), Indian educationist
(1868–1930), Indian philosopher
Malay Ghosh (born 1944), Indian statistician
Opashona Ghosh, Indian illustrator and graphic designer
Paramahansa Yogananda, born Mukunda Lal Ghosh (1893–1952), Indian yogi and guru
Pallab Ghosh (born 1962), Indian journalist
Prafulla Chandra Ghosh (1891–1983), first Chief Minister of West Bengal, India
Reshmi Ghosh, Indian beauty queen and actress
Rabi Ghosh (1931–1997), Indian actor
Ranjan Ghosh (academic), Indian academic and teacher
Rishab Aiyer Ghosh (born 1975), Dutch journalist, computer scientist and open-source software advocate
Rituparno Ghosh (1963–2013), Indian film director
Robin Ghosh (1929–2016), Bangladeshi musician and music composer
Sangita Ghosh (born 1976), Indian actress
Sarat Kumar Ghosh (1878–1962), Indian civil servant and jurist
Shankha Ghosh (1932–2021), Indian poet
Shankar Ghosh (1935–2016), Indian tabla player
Sisir Kumar Ghosh (1840–1911), Indian journalist
Sujoy Ghosh, Indian film director, actor and screenwriter
Shreela Ghosh (born 1962), Indian arts executive and actor
Shibdas Ghosh (1923–1976), Indian politician
Shiulie Ghosh (born 1968), British journalist
Subodh Ghosh (1909–1980), Indian author and journalist
Subroto Ghosh, Indian cricketer
Taposh Ghosh (born 1991), Bangladeshi cricketer

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. (eds.). Krishna consciousness in the West. Bucknell University Press. pp. 35–36. ISBN 978-0-8387-5144-2. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
^ John R. McLane (2002). Land and Local Kingship in Eighteenth-Century Bengal. Cambridge University Press. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-5215-2654-8.
^ Oh Calcutta (Volume 22 ed.). University of Virginia. 1993.

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[AlHind-1] 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.

[Hopkins1989pp35-36-2] 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 2011-10-31.

[mclane2002landp157-3] John R. McLane (2002). Land and Local Kingship in Eighteenth-Century Bengal. Cambridge University Press. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-5215-2654-8.

[4] Oh Calcutta (Volume 22 ed.). University of Virginia. 1993.

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