Thakur (ঠাকুর)

Bengali language

Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...

 is a Bengali

Bengali people

The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal in South Asia. They speak Bengali , which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. In their native language, they are referred to as বাঙালী...

 surname

Surname

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 derived from "Thakurmashai" or ‘holy sir’ for any Bengali

Bengali people

The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal in South Asia. They speak Bengali , which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. In their native language, they are referred to as বাঙালী...

 Brahmin

Brahmin

Brahmin Brahman, Brahma and Brahmin.Brahman, Brahmin and Brahma have different meanings. Brahman refers to the Supreme Self...

s and also for someone of high spiritual esteem. The surname was given out of respect for any Brahmin family earlier who used to hold a different title (surname) like Kushari

Tagore family

The Tagore family, with over three hundred years of history, has been one of the leading families of Kolkata, and is regarded as a key influence during the Bengal Renaissance...

,Bhattacharya etc. In English, it was Anglicized to Tagore

Tagore family

The Tagore family, with over three hundred years of history, has been one of the leading families of Kolkata, and is regarded as a key influence during the Bengal Renaissance...

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Thakur is also an Indian feudal and colonial title in Hindi.

People with surname Thakur

Here is a note of notable people with surname "Thakur"

• Dwarkanath Tagore
  Dwarkanath Tagore
  Dwarkanath Tagore , was one of the first Indian industrialists and entrepreneurs, was the founder of the Jorasanko branch of the Tagore family, and is notable for making substantial contributions to the Bengal Renaissance.-Childhood:...
  
  
• Ramanath Tagore
  Ramanath Tagore
  See Tagore for disambiguationRamanath Tagore was one of the leading social figures in 19th century Kolkata . The son of Rammani Tagore of the Jorasanko branch of the Tagore family, he was younger brother of Dwarkanath Tagore and a cousin of Prasanna Coomar Tagore...
  
  
• Debendranath Tagore
  Debendranath Tagore
  Debendranath Tagore was one of the founders in 1848 of the Brahmo Religion which today is synonymous with Brahmoism the youngest religion of India and Bangladesh....
  
  
• Dwijendranath Tagore
  Dwijendranath Tagore
  See Tagore for disambiguationDwijendranath Tagore was an Indian poet, song composer, philosopher, mathematician, and a pioneer in Bengali shorthand and musical notations.-Formative years:...
  
  
• Ganendranath Tagore
  Ganendranath Tagore
  Gagendranath Tagore was a musician and theatre personality, and contributed substantially to nationalist discourse. One of the first students to pass the Entrance Examinations of Calcutta University, he was the founder-secretary of Hindu Mela.-Family:Dwarkanath Tagore, the founder of Jorasanko...
  
  
• Satyendranath Tagore
  Satyendranath Tagore
  Satyendranath 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:...
  
  
• Jyotirindranath Tagore
  Jyotirindranath Tagore
  Jyotirindranath Tagore was a playwright, a musician, an editor and a painter. Endowed with an outstanding talent, he had the rare capability of spotting talent in others...
  
  
• Rabindranath Tagore
  Rabindranath Tagore
  Rabindranath Tagore , sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature...
  
  
• Monali Thakur
  Monali Thakur
  Monali Thakur is an Indian playback singer who sings mainly in Bollywood movies.-Biography:Thakur comes from a musical family, as her father is Bengali singer and actor Shakti Thakur and her sister Mehuli Thakur Goswami is also a professional playback singer...
  
  
• Soumendra Nath Thakur
• Bhaktivinoda Thakur
  Bhaktivinoda Thakur
  Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur , a prominent figure among the Gaudiya Vaishnavas of Bengal, was born Kedarnath Datta in the town of Birnagar, Bengal, India. He was the son of Raja Krsnananda Datta and Jagat Mohini Devi...
  
  
• Thakur Anukulchandra
  Thakur Anukulchandra
  Sri Sri Thakur Anukulchandra the son of God was a guru, and founder of the Satsang ashram.-Biography:...
  
  
• Bhaktivinoda Thakur
  Bhaktivinoda Thakur
  Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur , a prominent figure among the Gaudiya Vaishnavas of Bengal, was born Kedarnath Datta in the town of Birnagar, Bengal, India. He was the son of Raja Krsnananda Datta and Jagat Mohini Devi...
  
  
• Vidyapati
  Vidyapati
  Vidyapati Thakur , also known by the sobriquet Maithil Kavi Kokil was a Maithili poet and a Sanskrit writer. He was born in the village of Bishphi in Madhubani district of Bihar state, India. He was son of Ganapati...
  
   Thakur

See also

• Thakur (Indian title)
  Thakur (Indian title)
  Thakur is an Indian feudal title in several Indian languages, literally meaning "lord". A Thikana is the state or estate of a Thakur. A Thakurani is the wife of a Thakur...
  
  
• Thakar (Tribe)
  Thakar (Tribe)
  Thakar is a scheduled tribe of India. They are adivasi tribe mainly living in forest areas of MaharashtraThey are also called by other names like Thakur, Thakar, Ka Thakar, Ma Thakur, Ma Thakar....
  
  , an Adivasi people in Maharashtra, India
• Thakar (Rajput)
  Thakar (Rajput)
  Thakar are a branch of Rajput caste found in present day Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab States of India.Among the Thakar Rajputs, there are clans like Herbols, Dhatwals, Indaruias, Nangles, Gumbaris, Ranes, Banials, Ranats, Mailes...
  
   - a Rajput caste of India.
• Thakor is also another name of Hindu deities.
• Thakore
  Thakore
  The Thakore are Hindu caste found in the state of Gujarat in India. They also known as Patanwadia, Dharedas or Baria.-History and origin:The Thakore of Gujarat claim to have originated in Maharashtra in the distant past. They are found in the districts of Mehsana, Ahmedabad, Banaskantha,...
  
  , a Hindu caste in Gujarat, India
• Tagore
  Tagore
  Tagore is the name of a prominent Bengali family of intellectuals, writers and artists, generally known as the Tagore family.People - Jorasanko branch of the Tagore family...
  
  , a Bengali surname