Das (surname)
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Das (Punjabi: ਦਾਸ (Gurmukhi), داس (Shahmukhi); Hindi: दास; Oriya: ଦାସ / ଦାଶ; Assamese/Bengali: দাস; translation: devotee[1]) is a common surname in India and Bangladesh, among adherents of Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, and Buddhism. It is a vernacularized form of Dasa.
In the Punjab region of India[2] they generally belong to the Brahmin caste.[3] In the Assam Valley, Orissa, Bihar and Bengal Das belongs to Kayastha caste [4][5]
Das is also a surname (with a different meanining and etymology; Das means "badger" in Dutch, from PIE *teks-) found amongst the Dutch of the Netherlands.[6] Again Das surname was designated to many higher caste Kayastha who used to worship Lord Krishna in the middle-ages.The first part of their name consisted one of the many names of Lord Krishna and a suffix Das was added to that.
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[edit] Notable people with the surname Das
[edit] The Das's
- Amar Das, the third of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism caste- Khatri
- Amil Kumar Das
- Beni Madhab Das
- Bhagavan Das
- Raja Bhagwant Das, Rajasthani ruler of Amber caste- Rajput
- Bina Das
- Brojen Das
- Sutap Das,SAIL Employee all set to become chairman
- Chittaranjan Das, a Bengali lawyer and a major figure in the Indian independence movement
- Dinesh Das, a Bengali poet residing in Calcutta
- Bhai Dyal Das, Sikh martyr
- Durga Mohan Das
- Gardhab Das, fictional character
- Gobindachandra Das
- Gurcharan Das, a Punjabi columnist for The Times of India
- Jibanananda Das, a Bengali poet
- Kamala Das
- Khagen Das
- Krishna Das
- Bhai Mati Das, Sikh martyr caste- Saraswat Brahmin
- Guru Ram Das, the fourth of the Sikh gurus
- Rana Bhagwan Das, former Chief Justice of Pakistan; Sindhi caste- Rajput--
- Ranjan Das
- Bhai Sati Das, Sikh martyr
- Sarala Dasa, Caste-Caste-Oriya Kayastha/Karana,14th century poet of Orissa
- Satish Ranjan Das
- Satyajit Das, Noted economist, author of several books and media commentator[7]
- Seth Govind Das
- Shomie Das, schoolmaster
- Sumi Das, reporter for MSNBC and CNN
- Sudhi Ranjan Das
- Surya Das
- Tahbit Das Elahi Chowdhury
- Vasundhara Das, Indian actress and singer caste- Iyanger Brahmin
- Veena Das, caste- scheduled caste
- Jagannatha Dash, Caste-Oriya/Utkal Brahmin,15 century Sankrit and Oriya poet
- Madhusudan Das, caste-Oriya Kayastha/Karana (Later converted to Christian), Famous Oriya Lawyer and Indian nationalist of 19th century.
- Gopabandhu Dash, Caste-Oriya/Utkal Brahmin,Indian Freedom Fighter,Reformer,Journalist and educationist
- Nandita Das, caste-Oriya kayastha/Karana,Indian actress
- Jatin Das, Caste-Oriya kayastha/Karana,Indian painter
- Shiv Sundar Das, Caste-Oriya Kayastha/Karana,Indian Cricketer
- Manoj Das, Caste-Oriya Vaishnava/Kayastha/Karana,Renowned English and Oriya writer
- K. S. R. Das, famous Indian film director.
Prabir Das,stood 5th in Madhyamick,2006 West Bengal,after that his career not much of impact
[edit] References
- ^ Essays And Lectures On The Religions Of The Hindus: Religious Sects of the Hindus V1. Kessinger Publishing, LLC. 2006. p. 353. ISBN 1-4286-1308-0.
- ^ "Sikh surnames". Science groupsrv. http://www.groupsrv.com/science/about146639.html. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
- ^ "Bhai Mati Das". Sikh Heritage. http://www.sikh-heritage.co.uk/Martyrs/matisatidyal/MatiSatiDyal.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
- ^ "Das". Family Education. http://genealogy.familyeducation.com/surname-origin/das. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
- ^ "Pakistan Needs Tulip Revolution". OhyNews. http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?menu=c10400&no=352417&rel_no=1. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
- ^ "Dutch Surnames". Sara L. Uckelman. http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/dutch/dutch15surnames.html. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
- ^ http://www.ftpress.com/authors/bio.aspx?a=93670E55-5032-46B0-91EB-8E9F54D31148
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