Guha (surname)
Guha (
Bengali Hindus in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and the neighbouring country Bangladesh. It is also another name for the Hindu deity Kartikeya
.
Guhas mostly belong to
Brahmins.[1] Guhas (and Guhathakurtas[2]) are considered as Kulin Kayasthas of Kashyapa gotra, along with Boses, Ghoshes and Mitras.[3]
People with the name
- Anita Guha (1932–2007), Indian Bengali actress
- Anton-Andreas Guha (1937–2010), German journalist and author
- Ajit Kumar Guha (1914–69), Bangladeshi educationalist
- Biraja Sankar Guha (1894–1951), Indian physical anthropologist
- Buddhadeb Guha (born 1936), Indian Bengali writer
- Chinmoy Guha (born 1958), Indian author and academic
- Chitralekha Guho, Bangladeshi actress and won Bangladesh National Film Award for best supporting role
- Isa Guha (born 1985), English cricketer and commentator
- Jatindra Charan Guho (1892–1972), or Gobar Guha , Indian wrestler
- Phulrenu Guha (born 1911), Indian activist, educationist and politician
- Ramachandra Guha (born 1958), Indian historian
- Ramanathan V. Guha (born 1965), Indian computer scientist
- Ranajit Guha (1923–2023), Indian historian
- Subrata Guha (1946–2003), Indian cricketer
- Sujoy K. Guha (born 1940), Indian biomedical engineer
- Uttam Guho, winner of Bangladesh National Film Award for best art director
See also
- Guhathakurta, a surname
- The dictionary definition of Guha at Wiktionary
References
- ISBN 978-90-04-09509-0. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ http://www.shram.org/uploadFiles/20171208110232.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ISBN 978-0-8387-5144-2. Retrieved 2011-10-31.