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Banerjees are from the ancient [[Shandilya]] [[Gotra]], which means all Banerjees are descended from [[Kannauj]] from the ancient sage [[Shandilya (Rishi)|Shandilya]] as per the Puranas.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ghurye |first1=Govind Sadashiv |title=Caste and Race in India |date=1969 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=978-81-7154-205-5 |page=257 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nWkjsvf6_vsC&dq=banerjees+are+from+shandilya+gotra&pg=PA254 |accessdate=16 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref> |
Banerjees are from the ancient [[Shandilya]] [[Gotra]], which means all Banerjees are descended from [[Kannauj]] from the ancient sage [[Shandilya (Rishi)|Shandilya]] as per the Puranas.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ghurye |first1=Govind Sadashiv |title=Caste and Race in India |date=1969 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=978-81-7154-205-5 |page=257 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nWkjsvf6_vsC&dq=banerjees+are+from+shandilya+gotra&pg=PA254 |accessdate=16 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref> |
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== History == |
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{{quotation|"Indian (Bengal) and Bangladeshi: Hindu (Brahman) name, the first element of which, Ban-, is taken from Bandyopadhyay The final element -jee is derived from jha (greatly reduced form of Sanskrit upadhyaya ‘teacher’); thus, Banerjee ‘teacher who is head and only performs the main work aarti or,Vandana. A Sanskrit version of this name, Vandyopadhyaya, was coined from the elements vandya ‘venerable’ + upadhyaya ‘teacher’. "|Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|0-19-508137-4}}|source=}} |
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== Notable people == |
== Notable people == |
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Revision as of 03:28, 11 February 2022
Banerjee or Bandyopadhyay is a surname of Brahmins originating from the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent.
Lineage and ancestry
Banerjees are from the ancient Shandilya Gotra, which means all Banerjees are descended from Kannauj from the ancient sage Shandilya as per the Puranas.[1]
Notable people
Notable people with the surname Banerjee, Bandopadhyay, or variations, include:
- Alapan Bandyopadhyay, IAS Officer
- Anjan Bandyopadhyay, Noted journalist
- Abhijit Banerjee, Nobel laureate economist
- Albion Rajkumar Banerjee
- Ambica Banerjee
- Audrish Banerjee
- Bhanu Banerjee, actor and freedom activist
- Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
- Bidisha Bandyopadhyay, writer, broadcaster
- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
- Dibakar Banerjee, film director
- Dola Banerjee
- Gooroodas Banerjee, High Court judge
- Gurudas Bandyopadhyay, Actor
- Gopeshwar Banerjee
- Haradhan Bandopadhyay, actor
- Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay
- Jenni Banerjee, actress
- Kali Banerjee, actor
- Kali Charan Banerjee
- Kalyan Banerjee
- Kanika Bandyopadhyay (1924–2000), singer
- Kanu Banerjee (1905–1985), actor (Pather Panchali)
- Karuna Banerjee (1919–2001), actress (Pather Panchali)
- Krishna Mohan Banerjee
- Kaushik Banerjee, actor
- Mamata Banerjee
- Manik Bandopadhyay, writer, novelist
- Nikhil Banerjee, composer, musician
- Nyra Banerjee, Indian television actress and assistant director.
- Pradip Kumar Banerjee
- Prith Banerjee
- Pooja Banerjee, television actress
- Puja Banerjee, film and television actress
- Rachana Banerjee, actor
- Raghab Bandyopadhyay, prose writer
- Rahul Banerjee, archer
- R D Banerji, The discoverer of Mohenjo-daro, the principal site of the Indus Valley Civilisation
- Rina Banerjee
- Ruprekha Banerjee
- San Banarje, film director, producer, photographer
- Sanjay Banerjee, Indian engineer
- Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
- Sarnath Banerjee
- Somen Banerjee
- Surendranath Banerjee, first Indian to qualify Indian Civil Service Examination
- Sushmita Banerjee, writer
- Victor Banerjee, actor both in Tollywood, Bollywood and Hollywood
- Vikram Banerjee
- Gargi Banerji, cricketer
- Sara Banerji, writer
- Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, first president of the Indian National Congress.
References
- ^ Ghurye, Govind Sadashiv (1969). Caste and Race in India. Popular Prakashan. p. 257. ISBN 978-81-7154-205-5. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
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