Mitra (surname)

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Mitra is an Indian family name and surname found mostly amongst Bengali Hindus. This surname also has prevalence in Iran and is a popular Persian last name found in America.[1] The surname may have been derived either from the word mitra meaning friend or ally[2] or from the name of an important Indo-Iranian deity in the Vedas and in ancient Iran.[3]

Mitras belong to Kayastha caste in Bengal. Bengali Kayasthas evolved as a caste from a category of officials or scribes, between the 5th/6th century CE and 11th/12th century CE, its component elements being putative Kshatriyas and mostly Brahmins.[4] Mitras are considered as Kulin Kayasthas of Vishvamitra gotra, along with Bose, Guha and Ghosh.[5]

Notables[]

  • Amit Mitra (অমিত মিত্র), politician and current Finance Minister of West Bengal
  • Abhik Mitra, Indian cricketer
  • Amit Mitra, Indian politician
  • Amitabh Mitra, Poet / Artist, South Africa
  • Antara Mitra, Indian singer
  • Arun Mitra (অরুণ মিত্র) (1909–2000), Bengali poet
  • Bimal Mitra (1912–1991), Bengali author
  • Chandan Mitra (born 1955), Indian journalist, editor/managing director of The Pioneer newspaper
  • Chittaranjan Mitra (1926–2008), Indian scientist and director of BITS Pilani
  • Debasis Mitra (born 1944), Indian mathematician
  • Debu Mitra, Indian cricketer
  • Digambar Mitra (1817–1879), Derozian and Bengali Sheriff of Kolkata
  • Dinabandhu Mitra (দীনবন্ধু মিত্র) (1830–1873), Bengali dramatist (given name: Gandharva Narayan)
  • Hiran Mitra (born 1945), Bengali actor
  • Kamal Mitra (1912–1993), Bengali actor
  • Koena Mitra (born 1981), Indian actress and former model
  • Lopamudra Mitra, Kolkata-based Bengali singer-songwriter
  • Nabagopal Mitra (1840–1894), Indian playwright, poet, essayist, patriot
  • Narendranath Mitra (নরেন্দ্রনাথ মিত্র) (1916–1975), Bengali writer, poet
  • Panchanan Mitra (1892–1936), professor of anthropology in India
  • Premendra Mitra (প্রেমেন্দ্র মিত্র) (1904–1988), Bengali poet and author
  • Prabir Mitra (প্রবীর মিত্র) (born 1941), Bangladeshi movie and TV actor
  • Rajendralal Mitra (1823/24-1891), the first modern Indologist of Indian origin
  • Ramon Mitra, Jr., Filipino statesman, diplomat, and a renowned pro-democracy activist
  • Raul Mitra, Filipino composer, arranger, songwriter, musical director, pianist, and keyboardist
  • Rhona Mitra (born 1976), English actress of Indian descent
  • Samarendra Kumar Mitra, Bengali scientist and mathematician who created India's first computer
  • Shyam Mitra, Indian cricket
  • Shyamal Mitra (1929–1987), Bengali singer
  • Sisir Kumar Mitra (শিশির কুমার মিত্র) (1890–1963), Indian physicist
  • Sombhu Mitra (1915–1997), Indian film and stage actor, director, playwright
  • Sreelekha Mitra (শ্রীলেখা মিত্র) (born 1975), Indian actress of TV and films
  • Subrata Mitra (সুব্রত মিত্র) (1930–2001), Indian cinematographer
  • Subhrajit Mitra, (born 1976), Indian film maker
  • Suchitra Mitra (1924–2011), Indian singer-composer

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References[]

  1. ^ "Most Popular Persian/Iranian Names". Names.org. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  2. ^ "Mitra". Family Education. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  3. ^ Carnoy, Albert J. (1917). "The Moral Deities of Iran and India and Their Origins". The American Journal of Theology. 21: 58–78. doi:10.1086/479791.
  4. ^ Andre Wink (1991). Al-Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World. Vol. 1. Brill Academic Publishers. p. 269. ISBN 978-90-04-09509-0.
  5. ^ Hopkins, Thomas J. (1989). "The Social and Religious Background for Transmission of Gaudiya Vaisnavism to the West". In Bromley, David G., David G.; Shinn, Larry D. (eds.). Krishna consciousness in the West. Bucknell University Press. pp. 35–36. ISBN 978-0-8387-5144-2.
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