Mitra (surname)
Mitra is an Indian family name and surname found mostly amongst Bengali Hindus. The surname may have been derived either from the word mitra meaning friend or ally[1] or from the name of an important deity in the Vedas.
Mitras belong to Kayastha caste in Bengal. Bengali Kayasthas 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.[2] Mitras are considered as Kulin Kayasthas of Vishvamitra gotra, along with Bose, Guha and Ghosh.[3]
Notables
- Amit Mitra (অমিত মিত্র), politician and current Finance Minister of West Bengal
- Abhik Mitra, Indian cricketer
- Amit Mitra, Indian politician
- Amitabh Mitra, Poet / Artist, South Africa
- Antara Mitra, Indian singer
- Arun Mitra (অরুণ মিত্র) (1909–2000), Bengali poet
- Bimal Mitra (1912–1991), Bengali author
- Braja Sundar Mitra (1227–1282 Bengali Era), social reformer, founder of Dhaka Brahmo Samaj
- Chandan Mitra (born 1955), Indian journalist, editor/managing director of The Pioneer newspaper
- Chittaranjan Mitra (1926-2008), Indian scientist and director of BITS Pilani
- Debasis Mitra (born 1944), Indian mathematician
- Debu Mitra, Indian cricketer
- Digambar Mitra (1817–1879), Derozian and Bengali Sheriff of Kolkata
- Dinabandhu Mitra (দীনবন্ধু মিত্র) (1830–1873), Bengali dramatist (given name: Gandharva Narayan)
- Hiran Mitra (born 1945), Bengali actor
- Kamal Mitra (1912-1993), Bengali actor
- Koena Mitra (born 1981), Indian actress and former model
- Lopamudra Mitra, Kolkata-based Bengali singer-songwriter
- Nabagopal Mitra (1840–1894), Indian playwright, poet, essayist, patriot
- Narendranath Mitra (নরেন্দ্রনাথ মিত্র) (1916–1975), Bengali writer, poet
- Panchanan Mitra (1892–1936), professor of anthropology in India
- Premendra Mitra (প্রেমেন্দ্র মিত্র) (1904–1988), Bengali poet and author
- Rajendralal Mitra (1823/24-1891), the first modern Indologist of Indian origin
- Ramon Mitra, Jr., Filipino statesman, diplomat, and a renowned pro-democracy activist
- Raul Mitra, Filipino composer, arranger, songwriter, musical director, pianist, and keyboardist
- Rhona Mitra (born 1976), English actress of Indian descent
- Shyam Mitra, Indian cricket
- Shyamal Mitra (1929-1987), Bengali singer
- Sisir Kumar Mitra (শিশির কুমার মিত্র) (1890–1963), Indian physicist
- Sombhu Mitra (1915–1997), Indian film and stage actor, director, playwright
- Sreelekha Mitra (শ্রীলেখা মিত্র) (born 1975), Indian actress of TV and films
- Subrata Mitra (সুব্রত মিত্র) (1930–2001), Indian cinematographer
- Subhrajit Mitra, (born 1976), Indian film maker
- Suchitra Mitra (1924-2011), Indian singer-composer
Fictional characters
- Pradosh Chandra Mitter (Feluda), a fictional private investigator created by Satyajit Ray
- Tapesh Ranjan Mitter (Topse), cousin of Feluda, created by Satyajit Ray
See also
References
- ^ "Mitra". Family Education. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ^ Andre Wink (1991). Al-Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World. Vol. 1. Brill Academic Publishers. p. 269. ISBN 978-90-04-09509-0.
- ^ Hopkins, Thomas J. (1989). "The Social and Religious Background for Transmission of Gaudiya Vaisnavism to the West". In Bromley, David G., David G.; Shinn, Larry D. (eds.). Krishna consciousness in the West. Bucknell University Press. pp. 35–36. ISBN 978-0-8387-5144-2.
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