Das (surname)
Das (
Vaishnav community.[1]
Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand
Das is a common surname among
More broadly, in Bengal, Bihar, and Jharkhand, the surname "Das" is also used by the Dhobi and Patni communities.[5]
Assam
In Assam, the Kaibarta, the Patni, the Koch-Rajbanshi, and other communities also use Das as their surname.[6][7][5]
Odisha
In
Brahmins.[8]
Punjab
In Punjab, they generally belong to the Brahmin caste.[9]
Karnataka
In Karnataka, the Das surname is used by a section of Vokkaligas who profess Vaishnavism called Das Vokkaligas.[10]
Notable people
- Abhishek Das, Indian football player
- Ajit Das, Indian actor
- Amil Kumar Das, Indian astronomer
- Arjun Das, Indian actor
- Atulananda Das, Indian botanist
- Bhagavan Das, Indian Theosophist
- Bhagavan Das, an American yogi
- Bhai Dyal Das, Sikh martyr
- Bhai Mati Das, Sikh martyr
- Bhai Sati Das, Sikh martyr
- Bibhusita Das, Indian marine engineer
- Bina Das, Indian revolutionary and nationalist
- Bishnu Charan Das, Indian politician
- Biswanath Das, Indian politician
- Brojen Das, Bangladeshi swimmer
- Chittaranjan Das, a Bengali lawyer and a major figure in the Indian independence movement
- Dinesh Das, a Bengali poet
- Durga Mohan Das, religious leader and social reformer
- Gardhab Das, fictional character
- Gobindachandra Das, a Bengali poet and writer
- Gopabandhu Das, Indian freedom fighter, reformer, Jjournalist and educationist from Odisha
- Gurcharan Das, Indian Punjabi columnist for The Times of India
- Ten Gurus of Sikhism
- Guru Ram Das, the fourth of the Sikh gurus
- Hima Das, Assamese sprinter
- Indrapramit Das, Indian science fiction, fantasy and cross genre writer from Kolkata
- Jagannath Prasad Das, researcher in psychometrics and author of the (PASS theory of intelligence)
- Jatin Das, Indian painter from Odisha
- Jatindra Nath Das, Freedom fighter
- Jibanananda Das, a Bengali poet
- K. S. R. Das, Indian film director
- Kamala Das, Indian poet and author
- Khagen Das, Indian politician
- Liton Das, Bangladeshi Cricketer
- Madhusudan Das, Odia Lawyer and Indian nationalist of the 19th century.
- Mrinal Kanti Das, Bangladeshi politician
- Maharaja Bhagwant Das, King of Jaipur (1527-1589)
- Manoj Das, English and Odia writer
- Mohini Mohan Das, Indian politician, writer and activist from West Bengal.
- Monica Das, Indian feminist economist
- Moumita Das, Indian physicist
- Naba Das, Indian politician
- Indian filmand theatre actor.
- Nandita Das, Indian film actress/director from Odisha
- Rosogolla
- Parichay Das, path-breaker Bhojpuri- Hindi poet, essayist, critic[11]
- Prosenjit Das, Indian cricketer
- Pulin Behari Das, Revolutionary, founder of Dhaka Anushilan Samiti.
- Pushpalata Das, Indian independence activist, social worker, Gandhian and legislator from Assam
- Radha Charan Das, Former Vice-Chancellor of Berhampur University
- Raja Bhagwant Das, Rajasthani ruler of Amber
- Raja Sitaram Ray, born Sitaram Das was an autonomous king of Bengal.
- Ram Dass, American spiritual teacher, yoga guru, and author
- Ranjan Das, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Rima Das, Assamese Indian filmmaker
- Riyan Parag Das, Assamese cricketer
- Sarala Dasa, 14th-century poet of Odisha
- Sarat Chandra Das, Indian scholar of Tibetan language
- Satish Ranjan Das, legal representative for the Indian government
- Saumitra Das, Indian microbiologist
- Seth Govind Das, a member of Indian Parliament
- Shaktikanta Das, Governor of R.B.I.
- Shiv Sunder Das, Indian Cricketer from Odisha
- Shomie Das, schoolmaster
- Shraddha Das, Indian film actress
- Sudhi Ranjan Das, 5th Chief Justice of India
- Suhasini Das, politician from Bangladesh
- Surya Das, American religious educator
- Tapan Das, Indian actor
- Tarak Chandra Das, anthropologist, author, former teacher in University of Calcutta
- Tarak Nath Das, Indian revolutionary and Internationalist scholar
- Vasundhara Das, Indian actress and singer
- Veena Das, a professor of anthropology
- Vir Das, comedian and actor
See also
References
- ^ "Das Family History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ISBN 9780520025691.
- ISBN 978-93-5150-855-7.
- ISBN 978-81-7169-660-4.
- ^ a b "Scheduled Communities: A social Development profile of SC/ST's (Bihar, Jharkhand & W.B)" (PDF). niti.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ Census of India (Volume 5, Issue 1 ed.). India: Government of India. 1911. p. 498.
- ISBN 978-1-107-04235-3.
- ^ "shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in" (PDF).
- ^ "Bhai Mati Das". Sikh Heritage. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ISBN 978-81-7022-612-3.
- ISBN 1-4286-1308-0.
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