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- Mohammad Hamid AnsariMohammad Hamid AnsariMohammad Hamid Ansari ) is the 12th and current Vice President of India. He is a former chairman of the National Commission for Minorities...
, Vice President of India - ColonelColonelColonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...
H.H. MaharajaMaharajaMahārāja is a Sanskrit title for a "great king" or "high king". The female equivalent title Maharani denotes either the wife of a Maharaja or, in states where that was customary, a woman ruling in her own right. The widow of a Maharaja is known as a Rajamata...
SirSirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...
Nripendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur, Maharaja of Coochbehar - Mamata BanerjeeMamata BanerjeeMamata Banerjee is the 11th and current chief minister of the Indian state of West Bengal. She is the first woman to hold the office. Banerjee founded All India Trinamool Congress in 1997 and became chairperson, after separating from the Indian National Congress...
, Chief Minister of West Bengal - Surendranath BanerjeaSurendranath BanerjeaSir Surendranath Banerjee was one of the earliest Indian political leaders during the British Raj. He founded the Indian National Association, one of the earliest Indian political organizations, and later became a senior leader of the Indian National Congress...
, 11th President of the Indian National Congress - Jyoti BasuJyoti BasuJyoti Basu was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India from West Bengal, India. He served as the Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1977 to 2000, making him the longest-serving Chief Minister of any Indian state. Basu was a member of the CPI Politburo from the time of the...
, Former Chief Minister of West Bengal - Biman BoseBiman BoseBiman Bose is the state chief of the West Bengal Communist Party of India . He is also a Politburo member of the party. Besides, he is the present Chairman of the Left Front committee of West Bengal.-Notes:...
, Chairman of the Left Front in West Bengal - Buddhadeb BhattacharyaBuddhadeb BhattacharyaBuddhadeb Bhattacharjee is an Indian politician and a member of the politburo of the Communist Party of India . He was the Chief Minister of West Bengal from 2000 to 2011...
, Former Chief Minister of West Bengal - Muhammad Ali BograMuhammad Ali BograNawabzada Mohammed Ali Bogra was a Pakistani statesman of Bengali origin, who served as the third Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1953 until 1955.-Early life:...
, Former Prime Minister of Pakistan - Gopinath BordoloiGopinath BordoloiGopinath Bordoloi was the first Chief Minister of the Indian state of Assam, and also a leading Indian independence activist. He was a follower of the Gandhian principle of non violence as a political tool...
, Chief Minister of Assam - Bhupendra Nath BoseBhupendra Nath BoseBhupendra Nath Bose was an Indian politician and President of the Indian National Congress in 1914.Bose was born in Krishnanagar, West Bengal in 1859. He graduated from the Presidency College, Calcutta in 1880. He completed his master's degree in 1881 and his law degree in 1883.From 1904 to 1910,...
, 29th President of the Indian National Congress - Subhash Chandra BoseSubhash Chandra BoseSubhas Chandra Bose known by name Netaji was an Indian revolutionary who led an Indian national political and military force against Britain and the Western powers during World War II. Bose was one of the most prominent leaders in the Indian independence movement and is a legendary figure in...
, 53rd President of the Indian National Congress and founder of the Forward Bloc - Sarat Chandra BoseSarat Chandra BoseSarat Chandra Bose was a barrister and Indian freedom fighter. He was the elder brother of Subhash Chandra Bose.-Early life:His forefathers had served the Afghan rulers of pre-Mughal Bengal with great distinction....
, Works, Mines and Power Member of the Central Interim Government in Delhi - Somnath ChatterjeeSomnath ChatterjeeSomnath Chatterjee is an Indian politician who had been associated with the Communist Party of India for most of his life, though he is currently an independent...
, Speaker of the Lok SabhaLok SabhaThe Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
of India - Tarak Nath DasTarak Nath DasTaraknath Das was an anti-British Bengali Indian revolutionary and internationalist scholar. He was a pioneering immigrant in the west coast of North America and discussed his plans with Tolstoy, while organizing the Asian Indian immigrants in favor of the Indian freedom movement...
, freedom fighter - Priya Ranjan DasmunsiPriya Ranjan DasmunsiPriya Ranjan Dasmunsi was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Raiganj of West Bengal and is a member of the Indian National Congress party.-Career:Dasmunsi was President of Youth Congress in West Bengal from 1970 to 1971...
, Information and Technology Minister of India - Romesh Chunder DuttRomesh Chunder DuttRomesh Chunder Dutt, CIE was an Indian civil servant, economic historian, writer, and translator of Ramayana and Mahabharata.- Formative years :...
, ICS, 16th President of the Indian National Congress - B.K. Handique, Union Cabinet Minister, Government of India
- A.K. Fazlul Huq, Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
- Banwari Lal JoshiBanwari Lal JoshiBanwari Lal Joshi is the Governor for the State of Uttar Pradesh.Born in a small Rajasthan village, Shri B. L. Joshi began his career in 1957 with the state police service in Rajasthan and moved to the Govt...
, Former Governor of Meghalaya - Humayun KabirHumayun KabirHumayun Zahiruddin Amir-i Kabir or Humayun Kabir was an Indian educationist, politician, writer and philosopher.-Ancestry and early life:...
, Former Education Minister of India - Brinda KaratBrinda KaratBrinda Karat is a communist politician from India, elected to the Rajya Sabha as a Communist Party of India CPI member, on 11 April 2005 for West Bengal.In 2005, she became the first woman member of the CPI Politburo...
, Member of the CPI(M) Politburo - Brington Buhai Lyngdoh, Former Chief MinisterChief MinisterA Chief Minister is the elected head of government of a sub-national state, provinces of Sri Lanka, Pakistan, notably a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British Overseas Territory that has attained self-government...
of MeghalayaMeghalayaMeghalaya is a state in north-eastern India. The word "Meghalaya" literally means the Abode of Clouds in Sanskrit and other Indic languages. Meghalaya is a hilly strip in the eastern part of the country about 300 km long and 100 km wide, with a total area of about 8,700 sq mi . The... - Maharajadhiraja BahadurRao BahadurRao Bahadur was a title of honour issued in British India to individuals who had performed great service to the nation....
SirSirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...
Uday Chand Mahtab, Zamindar of Burdwan - Ba MawBa MawDr. Ba Maw was a Burmese political leader, active during the interwar and World War II period.-Early life and education:Ba Maw was born in Maubin. Ba Maw came from a distinguished family of mixed Mon-Burmese parentage which bred many scholars and lawyers...
, First Premier Burma, 1937-43, First President of Burma, 1943-45 - Ashok MitraAshok Mitra-Early life and Education:After completing his graduation from the University of Dacca, he came to India following the partition of India in 1947. Although he attended postgraduate classes in economics at the University of Calcutta, he was refused admission there. He moved to Banaras Hindu...
, Former Finance Minister of West Bengal - Harendra Coomar MookerjeeHarendra Coomar MookerjeeHarendra Coomar Mookerjee was the Governor of West Bengal from November 1, 1951 through August 8, 1956.Mookerjee was the first Indian to receive a Doctor of Philosophy degree...
, Governor of West Bengal - Syama Prasad MookerjeeSyama Prasad MookerjeeDr. Shyama Prasad Mookerjee was a minister in Jawaharlal Nehru's Cabinet as a Minister for Industry and Supply....
, Former Industries and Supply Member of the Central Interim Government - Ajoy MukherjeeAjoy MukherjeeAjoy Mukherjee was the fourth chief minister of West Bengal, India. He hailed from Tamluk, Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal.He was one of the leaders of Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar , which came into effect on 17 December 1942 during the Quit India Movement, a programme of civil disobedience...
, former Chief Minister, West Bengal - Pranab MukherjeePranab MukherjeePranab Kumar Mukherjee is the current Finance Minister of India and leader of the current Lok Sabha.Mukherjee is a senior member of the Cabinet Committees on Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Parliamentary Affairs, Political Affairs, Prices, Security, Unique Identification Authority of India,...
, Former Finance Minister and present Defence Minister of India - Subrata MukherjeeSubrata MukherjeeSubrata Mukherjee is an Indian politician and the present Minister for Public Health Engineering in the Government of West Bengal. He is also an MLA, elected from the Ballygunge constituency in the West Bengal state assembly election, 2011.-References:...
, Former Union Minister of West Bengal - Rajendra PrasadRajendra PrasadDr. Rajendra Prasad was an Indian politician and educator. He was one of the architects of the Indian Republic, having drafted its first constitution and serving as the first president of independent India...
, First President of India - Ajit Kumar PanjaAjit Kumar PanjaAjit Kumar Panja was a former Union minister of state in the Government of India. He was a member of Congress party but left it to join Trinamool Congress. He was born in Calcutta and studied law at the Scottish Church College, Calcutta and at the Lincoln's Inn. A lawyer by profession, he...
, Former Minister of State for External Affairs of India - Sarvepalli RadhakrishnanSarvepalli RadhakrishnanSir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan , OM, FBA was an Indian philosopher and statesman. He was the first Vice President of India and subsequently the second President of India ....
, President of India - Jagjivan RamJagjivan RamBabu Jagjivan Ram , known popularly as Babuji, was a freedom fighter and a social reformer hailing from the scheduled castes of Bihar in India. He was from the Chamar caste and was a leader for his community...
, former Deputy Prime Minister of India - Sheikh Mujibur RahmanSheikh Mujibur RahmanSheikh Mujibur Rahman was a Bengali nationalist politician and the founder of Bangladesh. He headed the Awami League, served as the first President of Bangladesh and later became its Prime Minister. He headed the Awami League, served as the first President of Bangladesh and later became its...
, Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh - Siddhartha Shankar RaySiddhartha Shankar RaySiddhartha Shankar Ray was an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He was a prominent barrister, Punjab Governor and Education minister of India...
, Former Chief Minister of West Bengal - Bidhan Chandra RoyBidhan Chandra RoyBidhan Chandra Roy, M.R.C.P., F.R.C.S. was the second Chief Minister of West Bengal in India. He remained in his post for 14 years as a Indian National Congress candidate, from 1948 until his death in 1962. He was a highly respected physician and a renowned freedom fighter...
, Former Chief Minister of West Bengal - Mohammad SalimMohammad SalimMohammad Salim is a Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 2 Tests and one ODI in 2003....
, Member, Lok Sabha, India - Abdus Sattar, Former President of Bangladesh
- Prafulla Chandra SenPrafulla Chandra SenPrafulla Chandra Sen was a Bengali Indian politician and freedom fighter. He was the Chief Minister of West Bengal during the period 1961–1967.-Background:...
, Former Chief Minister of West Bengal - Ashoke SenAshoke SenAshoke Sen , FRS, is an Indian theoretical physicist. He has made a number of major original contributions to the subject of string theory, including his landmark paper on strong-weak coupling duality or S-duality, which was influential in changing the course of research in the field...
, Former Law Minister of India - Anugrah Narayan SinhaAnugrah Narayan SinhaDr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha , known as Bihar Vibhuti, was an Indian statesman who was the first Deputy Chief Minister cum Finance Minister of the Indian state of Bihar...
, First Finance Minister of Bihar - Huseyn Shaheed SuhrawardyHuseyn Shaheed SuhrawardyHuseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy was a Pakistani-Bengali politician and statesman who served as 5th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1956 till 1957, and a close associate of Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Liaquat Ali Khan, first Prime minister of Pakistan...
, Former Prime Minister of Pakistan - George Gilbert Swell, Member of Rajya SabhaRajya SabhaThe Rajya Sabha or Council of States is the upper house of the Parliament of India. Rajya means "state," and Sabha means "assembly hall" in Sanskrit. Membership is limited to 250 members, 12 of whom are chosen by the President of India for their expertise in specific fields of art, literature,...
- Ram Baran YadavRam Baran YadavDr Ram Baran Yadav is the current President of Nepal. He was elected in July 2008 and is the country's first President. He previously served as Minister of Health and as General Secretary of the Nepali Congress party....
, President of Nepal - Jharna DasJharna DasJharna Das is an Indian politician from the Communist Party of India . She is a Member of the Parliament of India, representing Tripura in the Rajya Sabha. She was elected unopposed in March 2010. Das is a member of the Tripura State Committee of the CPI. Before being elected to parliament, she...
, Member of Rajya SabhaRajya SabhaThe Rajya Sabha or Council of States is the upper house of the Parliament of India. Rajya means "state," and Sabha means "assembly hall" in Sanskrit. Membership is limited to 250 members, 12 of whom are chosen by the President of India for their expertise in specific fields of art, literature,...
from TripuraTripuraTripura is a state in North-East India, with an area of . It is the third smallest state of India, according to area. Tripura is surrounded by Bangladesh on the north, south, and west. The Indian states of Assam and Mizoram lie to the east. The capital is Agartala and the main languages spoken are... - Basudeb Acharia, MPMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
from BankuraBankura (Lok Sabha constituency)Bankura is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India.-Assembly segments:As per order of the Delimitation Commission in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 36 Bankura is composed of the following assembly segments:*... - Sultan AhmedSultan Ahmed (politician)Sultan Ahmed is Union Minister of State for Tourism in the Manmohan Singh government. He was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from Uluberia on a Trinamool Congress ticket....
, MPMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
from UluberiaUluberia (Lok Sabha constituency)Uluberia is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Uluberia in West Bengal.-Assembly segments:... - Susmita BauriSusmita BauriSusmita Bauri is an Indian politician and has been elected on a CPI ticket from the Bishnupur in the Indian state of West Bengal to the 14th and 15th Lok Sabha....
, MPMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
from Bishnupur
Religion
- Durga Mohan DasDurga Mohan DasDurgamohan Das was a Brahmo Samaj leader and a social reformer with notable contribution in the field of widow remarriage and women’s emancipation.- Early life :...
, Leader of the Brahmo Samaj - Lal Behari DeyLal Behari DeyThe Revd Lal Behari Dey was a respected Bengali Indian journalist, who converted to Christianity, and became a missionary himself....
, Theologian of the Free Church of Scotland - Swami Gambhirananda, Former President of the Ramakrishna Mission Order
- Mahendranath GuptaMahendranath GuptaMahendranath Gupta , , was a disciple of Ramakrishna—a 19th century mystic and the author of Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita,a Bengali classic...
, Author of Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita (The Gospel of Sri RamakrishnaThe Gospel of Sri RamakrishnaThe Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna translated by Swami Nikhilananda is an English translation of the Bengali religious text Sri Sri Rāmakrishna Kathāmrita...
) - A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder, International Society for Krishna Consciousness
- Sitanath TattwabhushanSitanath TattwabhushanPandit Sitanath Tattwabhushan was the official theologian and philosopher of the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj. His hymns still form the basis of Brahmo rites and liturgies.-Early life:...
, Theologian of Sadharan Brahmo Samaj - Swami VivekanandaSwami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda , born Narendranath Dutta , was the chief disciple of the 19th century mystic Ramakrishna Paramahansa and the founder of the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission...
, Founder of the Ramakrishna Mission Order - Paramahansa YoganandaParamahansa YoganandaParamahansa Yogananda , born Mukunda Lal Ghosh , was an Indian yogi and guru who introduced many westerners to the teachings of meditation and Kriya Yoga through his book, Autobiography of a...
, Hindu mystic, Yogi and leading proponent of Kriya Yoga in the West
Government
- Sir Azizul HaqueSir Azizul HaqueSir Azizul Haque , was a Bengali lawyer, writer and politician. He studied at Presidency College and University Law College in Calcutta...
, B.L, C.I.E, K.C.S.I , D.Litt ,The former Speaker of the Bengal Legislative Assembly (1937-42), Minister of Education ( Government of Bengal), Former Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University (1938-42),and The High Commissioner for India to London (1942-43) - Gurusaday DuttGurusaday DuttGurusaday Dutt was a civil servant, politician, folklorist, and writer.-Early Life and education:He was the son of the Ramkrishna Dutt Chaudhuri and Anandamayee Debi...
, ICS, Local Self Government and Public Health Secretary of Bengal - Basanta Kumar DeBasanta Kumar De-Background and education:He was born in Balasore, Orissa. He was born in a Brahmo family of Calcutta. He was the second son of Brajendranath De, Esq., ICS, a long serving Magistrate and Collector of Hooghly and Commissioner of Burdwan Division in Bengal and Nagendranandini De...
, Commercial Traffic Manager of Bengal Nagpur Railway - Brajendranath DeBrajendranath De-In Calcutta and Lucknow:He was born at his maternal grandfather's home at 123, Manicktala Street, Calcutta. His father's family, originally from Uttar Rarh in Bengal, belonged to the newly emerging middle class of Calcutta. He describes them as Kayastha bhadraloks in his unpublished memoir...
, ICS, Commissioner of Burdwan - Sib Chandra DebSib Chandra DebSib Chandra Deb was one of the leading Derozians, virtually the first generation of English-knowing Indians. He had joined Hindu College in 1825 and was subsequently drawn towards Derozio...
, Deputy Collector in Bengal - Shaista Suhrawardy IkramullahShaista Suhrawardy IkramullahBegum Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah , was a prominent Pakistani female politician, diplomat and author. She was the Ambassador of Pakistan to many countries.-Family and education:...
, Pakistani Ambassador to Morocco - Sukumar Sen, ICS, Chief Election Commissioner of India
- Nitish SenguptaNitish SenguptaNitish Kumar Sengupta IAS studied history in Presidency College, Calcutta and belonged to the famous batch of 1953. He joined the IAS in 1957 and has held positions such as the Revenue Secretary of the Government of India and Member Secretary, the Indian Planning Commission...
, IAS, Revenue Secretary of India - Satyendranath TagoreSatyendranath TagoreSatyendranath Tagore was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Service. He was an author, song composer, linguist and made significant contribution towards the emancipation of women in Indian society during the British Raj.-Formative years:...
, ICS, District Judge in Gujerat - Binay Ranjan SenBinay Ranjan SenBinay Ranjan Sen was an Indian diplomat . He served as Director General of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization...
, ICS, Former Ambassador of India to the USA - Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan SinghChandeshwar Prasad Narayan SinghSir Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh was India's first ambassador to Nepal and later an ambassador to Japan and also the second Governor of Punjab in 1953 and then governor of Uttar Pradesh from 1980 to 1985. A distinguished educator, an able administrator and an inspiring leadership interpreter...
, India's ambassador to Nepal, Japan, Governor of Punjab and Uttar Pradesh - P.C. Bhattacharya, Controller General of Defence AccountsController General of Defence AccountsController General of Defence Accounts is one of the oldest government organisations in India. CGDA operates under the Defence Accounts Department of the Ministry of Defence of India. Its origins goes back to the Article of War adopted by the British Parliament in April 1747...
, Govt. of India
Jurists
- Debi Prasad PalDebi Prasad PalDebi Prasad Pal is a Senior Advocate practicing in the Supreme Court of India and High Courts of India. He is a former Minister of State for Finance, a former Judge of Calcutta High Court and a three-time former Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha....
, Senior Advocate in Supreme Court of India and Judge of the Calcutta High Court - Gooroodas BanerjeeGooroodas BanerjeeSir Gooroodas Banerjee, KCIE was a Bengali Indian judge of the Calcutta High Court. In 1890, he also became the first Indian Vice-Chancellor of University of Calcutta...
, Judge of the Calcutta High Court and first Indian Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta - Pannalal BosePannalal BosePannalal Bose was an eminent jurist and a judge who delivered famous "Bhawal's Case" which rocked the Privy Council by storm setting aside the Full Bench Judgment of the Calcutta High Court. He was the Education and Land Revenue Minister of West Bengal from 1952-1956.He was educated at the...
, Eminent jurist - Sudhi Ranjan DasSudhi Ranjan DasSudhi Ranjan Das was the Chief Justice of India from 1955 to 1955 and then again 1 December 1955 to 31 January 1959. He retired from the Supreme Court 30 September 1959.-Background and education:...
, Chief Justice of India - Hara Chandra GhoshHara Chandra GhoshRai Bahadur Hara Chandra Ghosh was one of the prominent leaders of the Young Bengal group . He was the first Bengali to be a judge of the Calcutta Small Causes Court from 1854 to 1868. H.E.A...
, First Bengali judge of the Small Causes Court in Calcutta - Monomohun GhoseMonomohun GhoseMonomohun Ghose was the first practicing barrister of Indian origin. He is notable for his contributions towards the fields of women’s education, for arousing the patriotic feeling of his countrymen and for being one of the earliest persons in the country in organised national politics...
, First practising Indian Barrister of the Calcutta High Court - Sarat Kumar GhoshSarat Kumar Ghosh-Background and education:He was the son of Rai Bahadur Tarini Kumar Ghosh, Inspector General of Registration of the Government of Bengal. He was a student of Mitra Institution, Calcutta and Presidency College, Calcutta, and then went to study in Trinity College, Cambridge. He entered the ICS in 1903...
, Chief Justice of Rajasthan - Ashutosh MukherjeeAshutosh MukherjeeSir Ashutosh Mukherjee, CIE was a prolific Bengali educator and the first Indian Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta from 1906 to 1924. Perhaps the most emphatic figure of Indian education, he was a man of great personality, high self-respect, courage and towering administrative ability...
, Judge of the Calcutta High Court and five times Vice Chancellor of the Calcutta University - Sabyasachi MukherjeeSabyasachi MukherjeeSabyasachi Mukherjee is an Indian fashion designer. He sells under his label, 'Sabyasachi', since 1999. He has also designed for a few Bollywood films -Early life:...
, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India - Radha Binod PalRadha Binod PalJustice Radha Binod Pal was an Indian jurist. He was the Indian member appointed to the International Military Tribunal for the Far East's trials of Japanese war crimes committed during the second World War. Among all the judges of the tribunal, he was the only one who submitted a judgment which...
, Judge of the Calcutta High Court - Hamoodur RahmanHamoodur RahmanChief Justice Hamoodur Rahman, Urdu: حمود الرحمن) was Pakistan-Bengali jurist and academia, a legal educator, who formerly served as the 7th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, and Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University as well as Professor of Law and Justice at the Karachi University...
, Former Chief Justice of Pakistan - Ajit Nath Ray, Former Chief Justice of India
- Amal Kumar SarkarAmal Kumar SarkarJustice Amal Kumar Sarkar was the Chief Justice of India from March 16, 1966 up to his retirement on June 29, 1966.-Education:...
, Former Chief Justice of India - Gnanendramohan TagoreGnanendramohan TagoreSee Tagore for disambiguationGnanendramohan Tagore was the first Asian to be called to the bar in England, in 1862.- Early life :...
, First Asian Barrister in 1862
Industry
- Jagmohan DalmiyaJagmohan DalmiyaJagmohan Dalmiya, born in Calcutta, India on May 30, 1940, is a well-known Indian cricket administrator. He studied at the Scottish Church College, Calcutta....
, Chairman of M.L.Dalmiya and Co. - Mani Lal BhaumikMani Lal BhaumikMani Lal Bhaumik is an Indian-born American physicist. He has been an author, lecturer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.His early contributions to laser technology are exemplified by the development of the excimer laser at the Northrop Corporation Research and Technology Center in Los Angeles. As...
, Inventor of the Excimer Laser - Rama Prasad Goenka, Chairman Emeritus of the RPG GroupRPG GroupThe RPG Group one of India's largest industrial conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai, India. It was founded by RP Goenka in 1979, and initially encompassed Phillips Carbon Black, Asian Cables, Agarpara Jute and Murphy India...
- Ramgopal GhoshRamgopal GhoshRamgopal Ghosh was an Indian businessman, social reformer, orator and one of the leaders of the Young Bengal group. He was called the Indian Demosthenes. Ghosh was one of the persons who helped John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune to establish his girls school.-Early life:The family hailed from Bagati,...
, Wealthy entrepreneur who founded his own firm R.G.Ghosh and Co. - Lakshmi Niwas Mittal, billionaire steel tycoon and entrepreneur
- Prafulla Chandra RoyPrafulla Chandra RoyPrafulla Chandra Ray was a Indian academician, a chemist and entrepreneur. He was the founder of Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, India's first pharmaceutical company...
, Founder of Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals
Medicine
- Lt. Col. Jyotish Chandra DeJyotish Chandra DeColonel Jyotish Chandra De IMS was a doctor in the Indian army, a civil servant and an eminent practitioner of modern medicine.-Education:After completing his FRCS examinations in London, he joined the Indian Medical Service.-Career:...
, I.M.S., Principal of Calcutta Medical College, Calcutta - Subhash MukhopadhyaySubhash Mukhopadhyay (physician)Subhash Mukhopadhyay was a physician from Kolkata, India.-Early life:He was born on January 16, 1931 in Hazaribag, Bihar , India. He studied and graduated with an honours degree in physiology from the Calcutta National Medical College, which was then affiliated with the prestigious University...
, First physician in India (and second in the world) to perform in vitro fertilization - Dr.Bidhan Chandra RoyBidhan Chandra RoyBidhan Chandra Roy, M.R.C.P., F.R.C.S. was the second Chief Minister of West Bengal in India. He remained in his post for 14 years as a Indian National Congress candidate, from 1948 until his death in 1962. He was a highly respected physician and a renowned freedom fighter...
, an eminent phisician of India of his time. He was a medical adviser to Pt. Jawharlal Nehru (the then Prime Minister of India). In his later life he became the Chief Minister of West Bengal.
Academics
- Jamal Nazrul IslamJamal Nazrul IslamJamal Nazrul Islam is a Bangladeshi mathematical physicist and cosmologist. He is a professor at Chittagong University and a member of the advisory board at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology...
, Eminent Physicist, Mathematician, Cosmologist, Astronomer - Rakhaldas BandyopadhyayRakhaldas BandyopadhyayRakhaldas Bandyopadhyay , also known as R. D. Banerji, was an Indian historian and a native Indian pioneer in the fields of Indian archaeology, epigraphy and palaeography. He was the Manindra Chandra Nandy Professor of Ancient Indian History and Culture at the Banaras Hindu University from 1928-30...
, Discoverer of Mohenjodaro, the principal site of the Harappa Culture - Chandramukhi BasuChandramukhi BasuChandramukhi Basu , who was a Bengali speaking Christian from Dehradun, which was located in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, was one of the first two female graduates of the British Empire. Along with Kadambini Ganguly, she received her Bachelor's degree in Arts from the University of...
, one of the first two female graduates of the British EmpireBritish EmpireThe British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height, it was the...
and first female head of an undergraduate academic institution in South AsiaSouth AsiaSouth Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east... - Jagadish Chandra Bose
- Nirmal Kumar BoseNirmal Kumar BoseNirmal Kumar Bose was a leading Indian anthropologist, whoplayed a formative role in "building an Indian Tradition in Anthropology". A humanist scholar with a broad range of interests, he was also a leading sociologist, urbanist, Gandhian, and educationist...
, Census Commissioner of India http://nlindia.org/exhib_nirmal.html - Satyendra Nath BoseSatyendra Nath BoseSatyendra Nath Bose FRS was an Indian mathematician and physicist noted for his collaboration with Albert Einstein in developing a theory regarding the gaslike qualities of electromagnetic radiation. He is best known for his work on quantum mechanics in the early 1920s, providing the foundation...
, Physicist, co-discoverer of Bose-Einstein statistics - Mani Lal BhaumikMani Lal BhaumikMani Lal Bhaumik is an Indian-born American physicist. He has been an author, lecturer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.His early contributions to laser technology are exemplified by the development of the excimer laser at the Northrop Corporation Research and Technology Center in Los Angeles. As...
, renowned physicist - Upendranath BrahmachariUpendranath BrahmachariSir Upendranath Brahmachari, KIH was a noted Indian scientist and a leading medical practitioner of his time...
, PhysicianPhysicianA physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
, nominee for the Nobel prizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
in 1929 in the category of physiologyPhysiologyPhysiology is the science of the function of living systems. This includes how organisms, organ systems, organs, cells, and bio-molecules carry out the chemical or physical functions that exist in a living system. The highest honor awarded in physiology is the Nobel Prize in Physiology or...
and medicineMedicineMedicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.... - Ramaprasad ChandaRamaprasad ChandaRamaprasad Chanda was an Indian historian and archaeologist from Bengal. A pioneer in his field in South Asia, Chanda's lasting legacy is the Varendra Research Museum, he established in Rajshahi , a leading institute for research on History of Bengal.-Early life:Born on August 15, 1873 at...
, Historian, anthropologist and archaeologist - Suniti Kumar Chatterjee, Internationally renowned linguist
- Nirad C. ChaudhuriNirad C. ChaudhuriItalic textNirad C. Chaudhuri was a Bengali−English writer and cultural commentator...
, Historian and commentator on culture - Shomie DasShomie DasShomie Ranjan Das in an Indian educationist. An Alumnus of The Doon School, he has served as the Headmaster of The Doon School, Mayo College and Lawrence School, Sanawar . He had earlier taught in Gordonstoun School in the UK.-Career:...
, Headmaster of The Doon SchoolThe Doon SchoolThe Doon School is an independent school located in Dehradun in the state of Uttarakhand in India. Established in 1935, it was founded by Satish Ranjan Das. Its first Headmaster was Arthur E... - Barun DeBarun DeBarun De is an Indian historian whose main area of research is Modern India. He has specialised in the social and economic history of India in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Bengal Renaissance, and British constitutional history.-Background:He was born in a Brahmo family of Calcutta...
, Chairman, West Bengal Heritage Commission, Calcutta - Mahasweta DeviMahasweta DeviMahasweta Devi is an Indian social activist and writer.- Biography :Mahasweta Devi was born in 1926 in Dhaka, to literary parents in a Hindu Brahmin family. Her father Manish Ghatak was a well known poet and novelist of the Kallol era, who used the pseudonym Jubanashwa...
, social worker, activist, novelist and feminist turned Marxist - Amlan DuttaAmlan DuttaAmlan Datta was an economist and educationist from West Bengal, India.-Biography:Amlan Datta was an intellectual and scholar, born on 17 June 1924 at Bagichagaon in the Comilla district of Bangladesh. His father was Ashwini Kumar Datta and mother was Sunitibala Devi...
, Former Vice Chancellor of Visva-Bharati UniversityVisva-Bharati UniversityVisva Bharati University is a Central University for research and teaching in India, located in the twin towns of Santiniketan and Sriniketan in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was founded by Rabindranath Tagore who called it Visva Bharati, which means the communion of the world with India...
, SantiniketanSantiniketanSantiniketan is a small town near Bolpur in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, India, approximately 180 kilometres north of Kolkata . It was made famous by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, whose vision became what is now a university town that attracts thousands of visitors each year... - Mircea EliadeMircea EliadeMircea Eliade was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago. He was a leading interpreter of religious experience, who established paradigms in religious studies that persist to this day...
, Eminent religious scholar and philosopher - Prafulla Chandra GhoshPrafulla Chandra GhoshDr. Prafulla Chandra Ghosh was the first Chief Minister of West Bengal, India. He was Chief Minister in three West Bengal governments, first in the Indian National Congress government from August 15, 1947 to August 14, 1948, then in the Progressive Democratic Alliance Front government from...
, English literature scholar - Sankar GhoshSankar GhoshSankar Ghosh is an Indian immunologist and microbiologist, who is the chair of the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at Columbia University Medical Center...
Chairman of Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Columbia UniversityColumbia UniversityColumbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, Co-Founder of Theralogics Inc. - Biraja Sankar GuhaBiraja Sankar GuhaBiraja Sankar Guha was an Indian physical anthropologist, who classified Indian people into races around the early part of the 20th century. He was the first Director of the Anthropological Survey of India ....
, First Director of the Anthropological Survey of IndiaAnthropological Survey of IndiaAnthropological Survey of India is the apex Indian organisation involved in anthropological studies and field data research for human and cultural aspects, working primarily in the fields of physical anthropology and cultural anthropology... - K. S. Krishnan, Philosopher
- Prasanta Chandra MahalanobisPrasanta Chandra MahalanobisPrasanta Chandra Mahalanobis FRS was an Indian scientist and applied statistician. He is best remembered for the Mahalanobis distance, a statistical measure. He made pioneering studies in anthropometry in India...
, Founder of the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta - Ashesh Prosad Mitra, Former Director of CSIRCSIR IndiaCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research established in 1942, is an autonomous body and India's largest Research and Development organization, with 39 laboratories and 50 field stations or extension centers spread across the nation, with a collective staff of over 17,000...
- Ashok MitraAshok Mitra-Early life and Education:After completing his graduation from the University of Dacca, he came to India following the partition of India in 1947. Although he attended postgraduate classes in economics at the University of Calcutta, he was refused admission there. He moved to Banaras Hindu...
, Professor of Delhi University and later Jawaharlal Nehru University - Dhan Gopal MukerjiDhan Gopal MukerjiDhan Gopal Mukerji was the first successful Indian man of letters in the United States and winner of Newbery Medal 1928...
, socio-cultural critic and first successful man of letters in early 20th century United States of America - Ganesh PrasadGanesh PrasadGanesh Prasad was an Indian mathematician who specialized in the theory of potentials, theory of functions of a real variable, Fourier series and the theory of surfaces. He was trained at the Universities of Cambridge and Göttingen and on return to India he helped develop the culture of...
, Mathematician - C. R. RaoC. R. RaoCalyampudi Radhakrishna Rao FRS known as C R Rao is an Indian statistician. He is currently professor emeritus at Penn State University and Research Professor at the University at Buffalo. Rao has been honored by numerous colloquia, honorary degrees, and festschrifts and was awarded the US...
, Legendary Indian statistician - Rajat Kanta RayRajat Kanta RayRajat Kanta Ray is a historian of South Asian history, specializing in Modern Indian history.-Background:He is the son of Kumud Kanta Ray, ICS who was a Home Secretary of West Bengal in the 1960s...
, Upacharya, Vishwa Bharati, Santiniketan - Tapan RaychaudhuriTapan RaychaudhuriTapan Raychaudhuri is an Indian historian specialising in British Indian history, Indian economic history and the History of Bengal.-Background:...
, Professor of Indian History and Civilisation, University of Oxford - Satyabrata Rai ChowdhuriSatyabrata Rai ChowdhuriSatyabrata Rai Chowdhuri, FRAS is a Political Scientist, Political Historian and International Relations expert.He is presently a Senior Research Fellow in International Relations at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, U.K., and an Emeritus Professor of Political Science...
, Eminent political scientist, Fellow of the University of LondonUniversity of London-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the... - Kamini RoyKamini RoyKamini Roy was a leading Bengali poet, social worker and feminist from India. She was the first woman honours graduate in India.-Early life:...
, first female honours graduate in the British EmpireBritish EmpireThe British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height, it was the...
, first feminist author in India - Prafulla Chandra RoyPrafulla Chandra RoyPrafulla Chandra Ray was a Indian academician, a chemist and entrepreneur. He was the founder of Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, India's first pharmaceutical company...
, Chemist - Megh Nad Saha, Physicist
- Binoy Kumar Sarkar, Economist
- Sumit SarkarSumit Sarkar-Background:He belongs to one of Bengal's most enlightened and progressive Brahmo families. His father was Professor Susobhan Chandra Sarkar, a Head of Department of History at Presidency College, Calcutta and the founder Head of Department of the Department of History, []...
, Professor of History, Delhi University - Susobhan SarkarSusobhan Sarkar-Background and education:Sarkar was born into a Brahmo family of Dhaka. After attending Dhaka Collegiate School and then studying history at Presidency College, Calcutta, he continued his studies at Jesus College, Oxford from 1923 to 1925. His daughter was Sipra Sarkar, a brilliant student of...
, Professor and Head of Department of History, Presidency College, Calcutta - Sir Jadunath Sarkar, Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta
- Amartya SenAmartya SenAmartya Sen, CH is an Indian economist who was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to welfare economics and social choice theory, and for his interest in the problems of society's poorest members...
, Master of Trinity College, CambridgeTrinity College, CambridgeTrinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
and winner of the 1998 Nobel PrizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
in economics - Ashoke SenAshoke SenAshoke Sen , FRS, is an Indian theoretical physicist. He has made a number of major original contributions to the subject of string theory, including his landmark paper on strong-weak coupling duality or S-duality, which was influential in changing the course of research in the field...
, String theorist - Dinesh Chandra SenDinesh Chandra SenRai Bahadur Dinesh Chandra Sen was an Indian writer in Bengali, educationist and researcher of Bengali folklore...
, Scholar of early Bengali literature - Brajendra Nath SealBrajendra Nath SealSir Brajendra Nath Seal KCIE was a renowned Bengali Indian humanist philosopher. He was one of the greatest original thinkers of the Brahmo Samaj and did work in comparative religion and on the philosophy of science. He systematized the humanism of the Brahmo philosophical thought...
, Vice Chancellor of Visva-Bharati UniversityVisva-Bharati UniversityVisva Bharati University is a Central University for research and teaching in India, located in the twin towns of Santiniketan and Sriniketan in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was founded by Rabindranath Tagore who called it Visva Bharati, which means the communion of the world with India...
and the University of MysoreUniversity of MysoreThe University of Mysore , is a public university in India. The University founded during the reign of Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, the Maharaja of Mysore, and was conceptualized on the basis of a report on educational progress in the United States and Australia, submitted by Messrs Thomas Denham and... - Surajit Chandra SinhaSurajit Chandra SinhaSurajit Chandra Sinha was an Indian anthropologist and a former Maharajkumar of Susang in undivided Bengal.-Background:He was born in Mymensingh District in 1926...
, Anthropologist - Gayatri Chakravorty SpivakGayatri Chakravorty SpivakGayatri Chakravorty Spivak is an Indian literary critic, theorist and a University Professor at Columbia University. She is best known for the essay "Can the Subaltern Speak?", considered a founding text of postcolonialism, and for her translation of Jacques Derrida's Of Grammatology. She...
, Philosopher,literary theorist
Literature
- Acharya Kuber Nath RaiAcharya Kuber Nath RaiAcharya Kuber Nath Rai was a writer and scholar of Hindi Literature and Sanskrit.-Early life:He was born in Matsa village, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh in a Brahmin of bhumihar Brahmin clan family...
Eminent writer of Hindi LiteratureHindi literatureHindi literature , is broadly divided into four prominent forms or styles, being Bhakti ; Shringar ; Veer-Gatha ; and Adhunik... - Birendra Krishna BhadraBirendra Krishna BhadraBirendra Krishna Bhadra was an Indian broadcaster, playwright, actor and theatre director from Kolkata, and a contemporary of Pankaj Mallick and Nazrul Hasan...
, poet widely remembered for his recital of Mahishashura Mardini - Satyendranath DuttaSatyendranath DuttaSatyendranath Dutta , a Bengali poet, is considered the wizard of rhymes...
, poet - Sudhindranath DuttaSudhindranath DuttaSudhindranath Dutta was a Bengali Indian post-modern poet, essayist, journalist and critic. Sudhindranath is one of the most notable poets after the Tagore-era in Bangla literature.-Education:...
, author and poet - Bankim Chandra ChattopadhyayBankim Chandra ChattopadhyayBankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was a famous Bengali writer, poet and journalist. He was the composer of India’s national song Vande Mataram, originally a Bengali and Sanskrit stotra personifying India as a mother goddess and inspiring the activists during the Indian Freedom Movement...
, famous Bengali novelist, composer of India's national anthem Bande Mataram - Benjamin WalkerBenjamin WalkerBenjamin Walker is the truncated pen name of George Benjamin Walker, who also writes under the pseudonym Jivan Bhakar...
, author - Bharati MukherjeeBharati MukherjeeBharati Mukherjee is an award-winning Indian-born American writer. She is currently a professor in the department of English at the University of California, Berkeley.-Background:...
, author - Bimal KarBimal KarBimal Kar was an eminent Bengali writer and novelist.He received 1975 Sahitya Akademi Award in Bengali, by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, for his novel Asamay.-Personal life and education:...
, novelist - Bimal MitraBimal MitraBimal Mitra was a prominent Bengali writer who wrote several novels.Bimal Mitra was equally adept in writing in Bengali as well as in Hindi, and has more than one hundred novels and short stories to his credit...
, novelist - Binoy MajumdarBinoy MajumdarBinoy Majumdar was a Bengali poet. Binoy received the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award in 2005.-Biography:Late Binoy Majumdar was born in Myanmar on the 17th of September 1934. His family later moved to what is now West Bengal in India. Binoy loved mathematics from his early youth...
, poet - Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniChitra Banerjee DivakaruniChitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an Indian-American author, poet, and the Betty and Gene McDavid Professor of Writing at the University of Houston Creative Writing Program....
, author - Dibyendu PalitDibyendu PalitDibyendu Palit is a Bengali writer of poems, novels, and short stories. His first story Chandapatan was published in 1955 in the Sunday edition of Anandabazar Patrika....
, ad-man turned novelist - Kadambini GangulyKadambini GangulyKadambini Ganguly was one of the first female graduates of the British Empire along with Chandramukhi Basu. She was one of the first female physicians of South Asia to be trained in European medicine.-Early life:...
, one of the first two female graduates of the British EmpireBritish EmpireThe British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height, it was the...
and first female physician of South AsiaSouth AsiaSouth Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east...
to be trained in the EuropeEuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an system of medicineMedicineMedicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.... - Michael Madhusudan DuttMichael Madhusudan DuttMichael Madhusudan Dutt or Michael Madhusudan Dutta was a popular 19th century Bengali poet and dramatist. He was born in Sagardari , on the bank of Kopotaksho [কপোতাক্ষ] River, a village in Keshobpur Upozila, Jessore District, East Bengal . His father was Rajnarayan Dutt, an eminent lawyer, and...
, first poet laureate in Bengali and dramatist - Nabarun BhattacharyaNabarun BhattacharyaNabarun Bhattacharya is an Indian Bengali writer deeply committed to a revolutionary and radical aesthetics. He was born at Baharampur , West Bengal...
, writer, magazine editor - Nirmal Kumar GangulyNirmal Kumar GangulyNirmal Kumar Ganguly is a top Indian scientist retired after heading the Indian Council for Medical Research. He is a graduate of R.G. Kar Medical College of the University of Calcutta and completed his training in pathology, parasitology and immunology for which he has been extensively...
- Paramahansa YoganandaParamahansa YoganandaParamahansa Yogananda , born Mukunda Lal Ghosh , was an Indian yogi and guru who introduced many westerners to the teachings of meditation and Kriya Yoga through his book, Autobiography of a...
- Premendra MitraPremendra MitraPremendra Mitra was a renowned Bengali poet, novelist, short story writer and film director. He was also an author of Bangla science fiction and thrillers.-Life:...
, writer - Purnendu Pattrea, writer
- Radhanath SikdarRadhanath SikdarRadhanath Sikdar was an Indian mathematician who, among many other things, calculated the height of Peak XV in the Himalaya and showed it to be the tallest mountain above sea level. Peak XV was later named Mount Everest.-Early life:Radhanath was born as youngest child of Tituram, a resident of...
- Rajshekhar Basu, writer
- Samaresh MajumdarSamaresh MajumdarSamaresh Majumdar is a well known contemporary Bengali writer. He spent his childhood years in the tea gardens of Duars, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India. He was a student of the Jalpaiguri Zilla School, Jalpaiguri. He completed his bachelors in Bengali from Scottish Church College, Kolkata. His...
, writer - Sanjeev ChattopadhyaySanjeev ChattopadhyaySanjeev Chattopadhyay is a fiction writer. His style is characterized by use of short satirical sentences mixed with very lively language.-Childhood and education:...
, novelist - Sasthi BrataSasthi BrataSasthi Brata is an Indo-Anglian writer of fiction. He was educated at Calcutta Boys' School, Kolkata and then at Presidency College, Kolkata...
, writer - Shankha GhoshShankha GhoshShankha Ghosh is a Bengali Indian poet and critic. Ghosh was born on February 6, 1932 at Chandpur of what is now Bangladesh...
, poet and critic - Shirshendu MukhopadhyayShirshendu MukhopadhyayShirshendu Mukhopadhyay is a Bengali author who writes Bengali books. He has written stories for both adults and children.-Life:Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay was born in Bikrampur , now in Bangladesh. He spent his childhood in Bihar and many places in Bengal and Assam accompanying his father, who worked...
, poet and writer - Soorjo Coomar Goodeve ChuckerbuttySoorjo Coomar Goodeve ChuckerbuttySurjo Kumar Chakraborty was one of the earliest Indians to practice modern medicine.He studied in Medical College,Bengal and went to England for further studies.He was an M.R.C.S. and M.D.He was the first Indian to join the Indian Medical Service....
of the Calcutta Medical College was the first Indian to achieve the MDDoctor of MedicineDoctor of Medicine is a doctoral degree for physicians. The degree is granted by medical schools...
degree as University College LondonUniversity College LondonUniversity College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
in 1849 - Sunil GangopadhyaySunil GangopadhyaySunil Gangopadhyay , is a celebrated Indian poet and novelist.-Early life:...
- Syed Mustafa SirajSyed Mustafa SirajSyed Mustafa Siraj সৈয়দ মুস্তাফা সিরাজ is an eminent Bengali writer. In 1994, he received the Sahitya Akademi award for his novel Aleek Manush অলীক মানুষ...
, novelist - Tarashankar BandopadhyayTarashankar BandopadhyayTarasankar Bandyopadhyay was one of the leading Bengali novelists. He wrote 65 novels, 53 story-books, 12 plays, 4 essay-books, 4 autobiographies and 2 travel stories...
, novelist - Premendra MitraPremendra MitraPremendra Mitra was a renowned Bengali poet, novelist, short story writer and film director. He was also an author of Bangla science fiction and thrillers.-Life:...
, novelist - Subhash Mukhopadhyay, Bengali poet
- Sunil GangopadhyaySunil GangopadhyaySunil Gangopadhyay , is a celebrated Indian poet and novelist.-Early life:...
, eminent novelist, poet and children's fiction writer. - Buddhadeb GuhaBuddhadeb GuhaBuddhadeb Guha is a popular Bengali fiction writer. He studied at the well-known St Xavier's College of the University of Calcutta....
, popular Bengali fiction writer and poet. - Parvati Prasad BaruwaParvati Prasad BaruwaParvati Prasad Baruva was a poet, lyricist, dramatist: an icon of Assamese literature and the Culture of Assam. Known for his simple and sensitive use of the Assamese language, he is popularly known as the Geetikavi—the lyrical poet of Assam...
, litterateur - Samaresh MajumdarSamaresh MajumdarSamaresh Majumdar is a well known contemporary Bengali writer. He spent his childhood years in the tea gardens of Duars, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India. He was a student of the Jalpaiguri Zilla School, Jalpaiguri. He completed his bachelors in Bengali from Scottish Church College, Kolkata. His...
, novelist - Bani BasuBani BasuBani Basu is a Bengali Indian author, essayist, critic and poet. She was educated at the well-known Scottish Church College and at the University of Calcutta....
, author - Farrukh AhmedFarrukh AhmedFarrukh Ahmad was a poet and writer of Bangladesh. He was born in the village of Sreepur Upazilla of Magura District.He was the second son of Syed Hatem Ali and Begum Rawshan. He graduated from Khulna Zila School in 1937 and did his IA from Ripon College, Kolkata in 1939...
, poet
Journalism
- Barun SenguptaBarun SenguptaBarun Sengupta , the founder-editor of Bartaman newspaper, was a Bengali journalist and popular political critic...
, Editor, BartamanBartamanBartaman Patrika is an Indian Bengali language daily newspaper published in Kolkata by Bartaman Pvt. Ltd. Apart from the Kolkata edition, the newspaper has four other simultaneous editions, published daily from four major towns of West Bengal -- Siliguri, Burdwan, Malda and Midnapore...
newspaper - Derek O'BrienDerek O'Brien (quizmaster)Derek O'Brien is an Indian television personality and Member of Parliament. He hosts one of the longest-running game show on Indian television, Bournvita Quiz Contest.- Early life and career :...
, nationally famous Quiz Master and television host - Ramananda ChatterjeeRamananda ChatterjeeRamananda Chatterjee was founder, editor, and owner of the Calcutta based magazine, the Modern Review. He has been described as the father of Indian journalism.- Early life :...
, pioneering journalist - Sanjeev ChattopadhyaySanjeev ChattopadhyaySanjeev Chattopadhyay is a fiction writer. His style is characterized by use of short satirical sentences mixed with very lively language.-Childhood and education:...
, Bengali journalist - MJ Akbar, eminent journalist
Films, Theatre and Music
- Clarence BarlowClarence BarlowClarence Barlow is a composer of classical and electroacoustic works.-Biography:Barlow was born in Calcutta, a member of the anglophone minority, of British and Portuguese descent...
, composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media... - Shishir Kumar Bhaduri, noted playwright
- Mithun ChakrabortyMithun ChakrabortyMithun Chakraborty is an Indian film actor, social activist, and entrepreneur, who has won three National Film Awards. He made his acting debut with the arthouse drama Mrigaya , for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Actor....
, National Film Award winning Indian film actor - Soumitra ChatterjeeSoumitra ChatterjeeSoumitra Chatterjee or Soumitra Chattopadhyay is an iconic Bengali actor from India, known among other things for his frequent collaborations with the great Bengali film director Satyajit Ray and his constant comparison with the Bengali screen idol Uttam Kumar.-Background:Soumitra graduated from...
, legendary actor - Anjan ChattopadhyayAnjan ChattopadhyayAnjan Chattopadhyay, the sitar player, born in a Bengali aristocratic family in Calcutta, India, was initiated to the art of sitar playing by his elder brother, a veteran Surbahar player, Pandit Gourisankar Chattopadhyay, a disciple of Pandit Birendra Kishore Roy Chowdhury...
, SitarSitarThe 'Tablaman' is a plucked stringed instrument predominantly used in Hindustani classical music, where it has been ubiquitous since the Middle Ages...
ist - Buddhadeb DasguptaBuddhadeb DasguptaBuddhadeb Dasgupta is a poet and prominent contemporary Indian filmmaker, most known for films like Bagh Bahadur, Tahader Katha, Charachar and Uttara...
, film director - Manna DeyManna DeyPrabodh Chandra Dey , better known by his nickname Manna Dey , is a playback singer in Bengali Assamese and Hindi films. Along with Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh, he was a part of Indian film playback music from the 1950s to the 1970s. He has recorded more than 3500 songs over the course of...
, singer - Sachin Dev BurmanSachin Dev BurmanSachin Dev Burman , also credited as Burman da, Kumar Sachindra Dev Barman, Sachin karta or S. D. Burman, was one of the most famous music composers for Hindi movies and a Bengali singer and composer. His son Rahul Dev Burman also achieved great success as a Bollywood music director in his own...
, singer - Anjan DuttaAnjan DuttaAnjan Dutta is a popular artist of the 1990s Bengali music scene defined by anyodharar gaan . Anjan Dutta's style of music is different from the others in the sense that it has simple tunes, one that is reminiscent of western folk music. His lyrics are simple and more natural...
, musician - Utpal DuttUtpal DuttUtpal Dutt was an Indian actor, director, and writer-playwright. He was primarily an actor in Bengali Theatre, where he became a pioneering figure in Modern Indian theatre, when he founded the 'Little Theater Group' in 1947, which enacted many English, Shakespearean and Brecht plays, in a period...
, actor - Manoj MitraManoj MitraManoj Mitra is a Bengali Indian actor, director and playwright.-Early life:He studied at the Scottish Church College of the University of Calcutta where he earned his B.A. degree. During his final year at Scottish Church College, he formed a theater group called Sundaram with colleagues like...
, dramatist - Suchitra MitraSuchitra MitraSuchitra Mitra was an Indian singer and composer, as well as a well-respected exponent of Rabindra Sangeet or the songs of Bengal's poet laureate Rabindranath Tagore. As an academic she remained a Professor and the Head of 'Rabindra Sangeet Department' at the Rabindra Bharati University for many...
, singer - Pankaj MullickPankaj MullickPankaj Mullick, also known as Pankaj Kumar Mullick was a Bengali Indian music director, who was a pioneer of film music in Bengali cinema and Hindi cinema at the advent of playback singing, as well as an early exponent of Rabindra Sangeet.He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1970, followed by the...
, music director and composer - Diptendu PramanickDiptendu PramanickDiptendu Pramanick was a bengali film personality from Calcutta. He was the founder secretary of the Eastern India Motion Pictures Association in Calcutta, India - a fraternity of film personnel which is an interface between the entertainment industry of eastern India and the Government...
, First Secretary of the Eastern India Motion Pictures Association; Secretary of Film Federation of India (1953-54) - Satyajit RaySatyajit RaySatyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature...
, Oscar Award winning film director - Kumar SanuKumar SanuKumar Sanu Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu (alias Kedarnath Bhattacharya , born in Kolkata, is a leading Indian Bollywood playback singer. He was awarded the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award over five consecutive years. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2009....
, singer - Indrani SenIndrani SenIndrani Sen is a Bengali Indian exponent of Rabindra Sangeet and Bengali songs. She studied at the Bengal Music College, a music training college affiliated with the prestigious University of Calcutta....
, singer - Mrinal SenMrinal SenMrinal Sen is a Bengali Indian filmmaker. He was born on 14 May 1923, in the town of Faridpur, now in Bangladesh in a Hindu family. After finishing his high school there, he left home to come to Calcutta as a student and studied physics at the well-known Scottish Church College and at the...
, film director - Rituparna SenguptaRituparna SenguptaRituparna Sengupta is an Indian actress. She is the leading actress in Bengali Cinema for the last decade in India, and is also currently performing in critically acclaimed Hindi Cinema.- Early life and education :...
, actress - Rudraprasad SenguptaRudraprasad SenguptaRudraprasad Sengupta is a Bengali Indian actor, director and cultural critic.- Biography :He was born in East Bengal , the son of Anant Sengupta and Usha Prabha Sengupta. He studied at the Scottish Church College of the University of Calcutta where he earned his B.A. and M.A degrees in English...
, Director of Nandikar theatre group - Madhav SharmaMadhav SharmaMadhav Sharma is an Indian born British actor and theatre director. He was educated at the St. Joseph's College, Bangalore, the Scottish Church College, Calcutta, and Fergusson College, Poona, before winning a merit scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London.-Early life:He was born...
, comedian and actor based in the UK - P. C. Sorcar, Jr.P. C. Sorcar, Jr.P. C. Sorcar, Jr. is an Indian magician based in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He is the second son of legendary Indian magician P. C. Sorcar, and is today considered the most prominent magician in India...
, internationally acclaimed magician - Badal Sircar, dramatist
Sports
- Talimeran AoTalimeran AoTalimeran Ao Dr Talimeran Ao, the legendary sports persona was the first captain of Independent India's Olympic Football team and the first athlete from undivided Assam to play at the Olympics.. He was born in the Naga village of Chanki, Assam in 1919. Son of Rev...
, Former Member of the Indian Football Team in the 1948 Olympics Games - Saurav Ganguly, Former Captain of the India Cricket team
- Surya Shekhar GangulySurya Shekhar GangulySurya Shekhar Ganguly is an Indian chess Grandmaster and a chess prodigy from Kolkata. He started playing chess at the age of 5 and achieved great successes at National Junior and World Junior Championships since the age of 8. He also set a record of being the youngest player to beat a Grandmaster...
, FIDE Chess Grandmaster, and National Champion - Gourgopal GhoshGourgopal GhoshGourgopal Ghosh was an Indian footballer playing for Mohan Bagan club of Kolkata. He also served as a member of managing committee of central co-operative bank of Visva-Bharati since its establishment in 1927. He also worked at Silpa-Sadan for some time...
, Football player for the Mohun Bagan Club - Sailen MannaSailen MannaSailendra Nath Manna , known popularly as Sailen Manna, is an Indian International Footballer and is considered to be one of the best defenders India has ever produced. He has represented and captained India in different international competitions including Olympics and Asian Games...
, Captain of the Indian Football Team in the London Olympics in 1948 and Gold Medalist in 1951 Asian Games - Leander PaesLeander PaesLeander Adrian Paes, pronounced pās, is an Indian professional tennis player who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament...
, Former OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
Bronze Medallist WimbledonThe Championships, WimbledonThe Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...
and French Open Doubles Champion - Vece PaesVece PaesVece Paes was a former Indian hockey midfielder, and representing the Indian team in the 1972 Munich Olympics, that won the bronze medal. He is the father of India's tennis player Leander Paes. He is also a doctor in sports medicine....
, Former Olympic Hockey player - Norman PritchardNorman PritchardNorman Gilbert Pritchard was an athlete from India who went on to star in Hollywood and Broadway...
, Former OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
Silver medalist