Basu
Basu (variants: Bose, Boshu, Bosh) is an Indian surname, primarily found among Bengali Hindus. It stems from Sanskrit वासु vāsu (a name of Vishṇu meaning 'dwelling in all beings').[citation needed]
Basus belong to the Kayastha caste in Bengal. They evolved as a caste from a category of officials or scribes, between the 5th/6th century CE and 11th/12th century CE, its component elements being putative Kshatriyas and mostly Brahmins.[1] Basus are considered as Kulin Kayasthas, along with Ghoshes and Mitras.[2]
Notables
- Amrita Basu, (b. 1953) American scholar
- Bani Basu, (b. 1939), Bengali Indian author, essayist, critic, and poet
- Benoy Basu, (1908-1930), Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter
- Bipasha Basu, Bollywood actress and model
- Buddhadeb Bosu, (1908–1974), Bengali writer
- Debabrata Basu, (1924 - 2001) Indian statistician who proved Basu's theorem
- Durga Das Basu, (1910 - 1997), Indian jurist and lawyer who wrote the Commentary on the Constitution of India and Casebook on the Indian Constitutional Law
- Jyoti Basu, (1914-2010), founding member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- Kaushik Basu, (b. 1952), Indian economist
- Kunal Basu, author of the novel Racists
- Maladhar Basu, a poet of the Hossain-Shahi period in Bengal history, writer of Sri Krishna Vijaya (শ্রীকৃষ্ণবিজয়, Triumph of Lord Krishna)
- Neil Basu (b. 1968), senior British police officer.
- Nagendranath Basu (1866-1938), encyclopedia compiler, archaeologist, and historian
- Nandita Basu, Indian-born American environmental engineer
- Pam Basu (1958–1992), victim of carjacking and murder
- Rajnarayan Basu, (1826-1899), writer and intellectual of the Bengal Renaissance
- Samaresh Basu, writer; winner of the 1980 Sahitya Akademi Award
- Samit Basu, (b. 1979), Indian author
- Shweta Basu Prasad, Indian film actress
- Siddhartha Basu, Indian television producer-director and quiz show host
- Sreyashi Jhumki Basu, (1977-2008) American science educator
References
- ^ Andre Wink (1991). Al-Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World, Volume 1. Brill Academic Publishers. p. 269. ISBN 978-90-04-09509-0. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ Hopkins, Thomas J. (1989). "The Social and Religious Background for Transmission of Gaudiya Vaisnavism to the West". In Bromley, David G.; Shinn, Larry D. (eds.). Krishna Consciousness in the West. Bucknell University Press. pp. 35–36. ISBN 978-0-8387-5144-2. Retrieved 2011-10-31.