Basu
Basu (
History
Basus belong to the
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
- 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.
- 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
- Samaresh Basu, writer; winner of the 1980 Sahitya Akademi Award
- Samit Basu, (b. 1979), Indian author
- Sankar Basu, electrical engineer
- Bosonswere 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
See also
References
- ^ Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. 2013.
- ISBN 978-3-7523-3244-5.
- ISBN 978-90-04-09509-0. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ISBN 978-0-8387-5144-2. Retrieved 2011-10-31.