Sen (surname)
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Sen (Bengali: সেন) (pronounced Shen) is a surname derived from "Sena", the Sanskrit word for "army".
The sequence of using this surname is first found among the kings of a Brahmin dynasty named as Vakataka[1][2][3] (Vidarbha). This surname is also used by Raja Dahir Sen, the last king of Brahman dynasty of Sindh (Southeast Pakistan) and then followed by Sena Dynasty (East India and Bangladesh).
Presently, it is found in the east of the Indian Subcontinent; namely Bangladesh & West Bengal, India mainly among Baidya and Kayastha[4] communities. The Sena kings claim that they are Brahmakshatriya or Kshatriya in their own inscriptions.[5]
Notables
A
- Amarendra Nath Sen, jurist
- Amartya Sen (born 1933), Indian economist and philosopher, Nobel Prize winner
- Anil Kumar Sen, jurist
- Antara Dev Sen (born 1963), British–Indian journalist
- Aparna Sen (born 1945), an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and actress
- Asit Sen (actor) (1917–1993), prolific Indian film actor and comedian in the Hindi film industry
- Ashoke Sen, theoretical physicist
- Ashoke Kumar Sen former law minister, lawyer, and parliamentarian
B
- Benoyendranath Sen, theologian of New Dispensation Brahmoism
- Binay Ranjan Sen, former Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Binayak Sen, human rights activist
D
- Dahir Sen, last ruler of the Brahman dynasty of Sindh
- Dinesh Chandra Sen, researcher of Bengali folklore
E
- Erroll Chunder Sen (c. 1899 – after 1941), First World War Indian pilot in the Royal Flying Corps
J
- Jogendra Nath Sen, First Bengali soldier to die in the First World War
K
- Kaushik Sen (or Koushik Sen), Indian actor of film, television and theater based in Kolkata
- Keshab Chandra Sen, social reformer of India
- Konkona Sen (born 1979), Indian actress, writer, and director
L
- Lakshya Sen (born 2001), Indian badminton player
M
- Mihir Sen (born 1930), a famous Indian long distance swimmer, a national hero and youth icon
- Moon Moon Sen (born 1954), an Indian film actress working in Bengali, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi and Kannada films
- Mrinal Sen, Dadasaheb Phalke award-winning film director
N
- Nabinchandra Sen, poet and writer
- Nandana Sen (born 1967), daughter of Amartya Sen, actress in Hindi cinema, screenwriter, children's author and child-rights activist
P
- Pabitra Kumar Sen, scientist and social reformer
- Palash Sen, Band member of Euphoria (Indian band)
- Probir Sen, wicket keeper, the only wicket keeper to have stumped out Sir Donald Bradman
- Prafulla Chandra Sen, former chief minister of West Bengal
R
- Ramprasad Sen, singer and lyricist
- Raima Sen (born 1979), Indian actress
- Reema Sen (born 1981), Indian actress and model primarily working in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films
- Rii Sen, actress
- Rimi Sen (born 1981), Indian actress and film producer who has appeared in Bollywood, Telugu and Bengali films
- Riya Sen (born 1981), Indian film actress and model
S
- Samar Sen, poet
- Samita Sen, historian and professor
- Sandipta Sen (born 1987), Bengali television actress
- Shobha Sen (1923–2017), also known as Sova Sen, Bengali theatre and film actress
- Shyamal Kumar Sen, jurist and former governor of West Bengal
- Srabani Sen (also spelt as Sraboni Sen), Bengali Indian singer of Rabindra Sangeet and other genres of Bengali songs
- Surya Sen (1894–1934), revolutionary and Bengali freedom fighter
- Suchitra Sen (born as Roma Dasgupta, 1931), Indian actress
- Sudeep Sen, poet
- Sukumar Sen, first Chief Election Commissioner of India
- Sukumar Sen, Bengali linguist
- Surya Sen (1894–1934), revolutionary and Bengali freedom fighter
- Susmit Sen, member of the band Indian Ocean
- Sushmita Sen (born 1975), Indian actress, model and beauty queen; former Miss Universe
Fictional characters
- Banalata Sen, fictional character in Jibanananda Das's poem
- Mr. Saurav Sen, fictional characters in Jhumpa Lahiri's short story, Mrs. Sen's, from her collection of short stories, Interpreter of Maladies.
See also
- Şen, Turkish surname
References
- ^ Indian Costume By Govind Sadashiv Ghurye, Popular Prakashan Publications, Page 43
- ^ Dynastic History of Magadha, Cir. 450-1200 A.D. By Bindeshwari Prasad Sinha, Page 28
- ^ | Rabindranath Tagore: The Poet of India By A. K. Basu Majumdar, Indus Publishing, Page 50(Vakatakas and Chalukyas-both of Brahmin origin)
- ^ Ronald. B. Inden. Marriage and Rank in Bengali Culture : A History of Caste and Clan in Middle Period Bengal. p. 40.
- ^ Ronald. B. Inden. Marriage and Rank in Bengali Culture : A History of Caste and Clan in Middle Period Bengal. p. 60.
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