Saha (surname)
| Pronunciation | Saha |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Bengali |
| Meaning | Businessperson, merchant |
| Region of origin | Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam, Tripura |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | numerous |
| [1] | |
Saha (Bengali: সাহা) is a Bengali Hindu surname mostly residing in the Indian states of West Bengal, Assam, and Tripura, as well as in Bangladesh.[2]
In the Pala domain a number of inscriptions from the Pala period mentioning communities of merchants have been found, some of which use the title Sadhu for a merchant family.[3]
Notable people[]
- Anamika Saha – Indian actress in Bengali films
- Arati Saha – Indian swimmer
- Arun Saha – Bangladeshi actor
- Ashim Saha – Bangladeshi poet
- Asit Kumar Saha – National level wrestler
- Bidya Sinha Saha Mim - Bangladeshi actress
- Biplob Saha - Bangladeshi fashion designer
- Chandrima Shaha – Indian biologist
- Chittaranjan Saha - Bangladeshi educator
- Debattama Saha - Indian Television Actress
- Debojit Saha – Indian singer
- Emon Saha - Bangladeshi music composer
- Ena Saha – Indian film actress and model
- Gopinath Saha – Bengali activist for Indian independence
- Mahadev Saha – Bangladeshi poet
- Meghnad Saha – Indian astrophysicist best known for his development of the Saha equation, used to describe chemical and physical conditions in stars
- Mousumi Saha – Indian actress in Bengali films and television
- Pijush Saha - Indian film director
- Proloy Saha – Indian footballer
- Ranadaprasad Saha – Bangladeshi businessman and philanthropist
- Samir Kumar Saha - Bangladeshi microbiologist
- Saraswati Saha - Indian sprinter
- Satya Saha - Bangladeshi composer and film director
- Senjuti Saha - Bangladeshi scientist
- Shithi Saha - Bangaldeshi singer
- Surjit Saha – Indian television actor and model
- Swapan Saha – Indian film director in Bengali movies
- Viki Saha - Indian cricketer
- Wriddhiman Saha – Indian cricketer
See also[]
- Shah (surname) in Western India
- Saha ionization equation - relating the densities of atoms, ions, and electrons in a plasma.
- Saha Airlines - an Iranian airline based in Tehran that operates scheduled domestic flights.
- Saha, Ambala - town and tehsil in Ambala district of Haryana state of India.
References[]
- ^ "1990 Census Name Files". United States Census Bureau. 30 March 2005. Archived from the original on 30 March 2005. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ "Saha". Banglapedia. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ Furui, Ryosuke (2013). "Merchant groups in early medieval Bengal: with special reference to the Rajbhita stone inscription of the time of Mahīpāla I, Year 33". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 76 (3): 391–412. ISSN 0041-977X.
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