Ganguly (surname)

Ganguly (Bengali: গাঙ্গুলি), also called Ganguli, Ganguly, Gangulee, Gangoly or Gangopadhyay is an Indian family name of a Bengali Kulin Brahmin caste; it is a variant of Gangele Gangopadhyay(a) Gônggopaddhae.

History

The Gangulys belong to the Kulin Brahmin class and are also classified as Rarhi Brahmins.[1] According to texts, King Adisura invited five Brahmins to settle in the region from Kanauj and designated them higher in social status.[2][3] Multiple accounts of this legend exist; historians generally consider it to be nothing more than myth or folklore, lacking historical authenticity.[4] The tradition continues by saying that these incomers settled and each became the founder of a clan.[5] The five Brahmin clans, which later became known as Mukherjees, Chatterjees, Banerjees, Gangulys and Bhattacharjees, were each designated as Kulina ("superior") in order to differentiate them from the more established local Brahmins.[6]

List of persons with the surname

Business

Ashok Sekhar Ganguly, former chairman of Hindustan Lever
Pablo Ganguli, (born 1983), Indian cultural entrepreneur

Academic

Enakshi Ganguly, Indian children's rights activist
Kadambini Ganguly, one of the two Indian women doctors who was first South Asian female physician, trained in western medicine to graduate in South Asia.
Theotonious Amal Ganguly, CSC, (18 January 1920, in Hashnabad, Bangladesh – 2 September 1977) was Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Dhaka from 1967 until his death on 2 September 1977. Archbishop Ganguly was a religious of the Congregation of Holy Cross.

Politics

Bipin Behari Ganguli (1887-unknown), Indian freedom fighter
Pratul Chandra Ganguli, (1884–1957), Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary

Sport

Bhaskar Ganguly, Indian footballer
Sourav Ganguly (born 1972), former Indian cricket captain and current BCCI President
S K Ganguli, cricket umpire
Partho Ganguli, International Badminton Player. Current National Selector for the sport of Badminton, India

Chess

Surya Shekhar Ganguly (born 1983), Indian chess grandmaster

Film and acting

Ganguly family
Ashok Kumar Ganguly (1911–2001), Indian actor
Chhaya Devi (1914-2001), Indian actress of Bengali and Hindi movies
Jahar Ganguly (1904 – 1969), Indian film actor and theatre personality
Kaushik Ganguly (born 1968), Indian film director, screenwriter and actor
Churni Ganguly, Indian actress of Bengali movies and TV serials
Dhirendra Nath Ganguly (1893-1978), Bengali actor, director and entrepreneur
Dimpy Ganguly, Indian model and actress
Jeet Ganguly, Hindi and Bengali musical director, composer and singer
Kaushik Ganguly, Indian director, screenwriter and actor (Bengali cinema)
Kishore Kumar Ganguly (1929-1987), Indian singer and actor
Mouli Ganguly, Indian television actor
Pijush Ganguly, Indian television actor (Bengali)
Preeti Ganguly, Indian actress
Richa Gangopadhyay (born 1986), Indian actress
Roopa Ganguly (born 1963), Indian actress
Rupali Ganguly (born 1978), Indian actress
Samir Ganguly, Indian film director
Subhashree Ganguly (born 1989), Indian actress
Usha Ganguly (born 1945) theatre director

Music

Sunil Ganguly (died 1999), Indian guitarist

Writers and translators

Kisari Mohan Ganguli, Indian translator (Mahabharata into English)
Narayan Gangopadhyay (1918–1970), Bengali writer
Sunil Gangopadhyay (born 1934), Bengali writer
Pinaki Ganguly (born 1977), Author of God, Science, and Reality (Non Fiction); Yet, Remember Me (Fiction)

Notes

Compare with Wikipedia article on Gotra Pravara

References

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 31 October 2011.
Chatterjee, Kumkum (2009). "The Cultures of History in Early Modern India: Persianization and Mughal Culture in Bengal". Oxford Scholarship Online. pp. 63–65. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195698800.003.0003. ISBN 9780195698800.
Chatterjee, Kumkum (2005). "The King of Controversy: History and Nation-Making in Late Colonial India, Volume 110, Issue 5". The American Historical Review: 1456–1457. doi:10.1086/ahr.110.5.1454.
Sengupta, Nitish K. (2001). History of the Bengali-Speaking People. UBS Publishers' Distributors. p. 25. ISBN 81-7476-355-4.
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. Archived from the original on 19 July 2023. Retrieved 31 October 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. Archived from the original on 19 July 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2011.

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[1] Compare with Wikipedia article on Gotra Pravara

[Bromley2-1] 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 31 October 2011.

[:0-2] Chatterjee, Kumkum (2009). "The Cultures of History in Early Modern India: Persianization and Mughal Culture in Bengal". Oxford Scholarship Online. pp. 63–65. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195698800.003.0003. ISBN 9780195698800.

[:1-3] Chatterjee, Kumkum (2005). "The King of Controversy: History and Nation-Making in Late Colonial India, Volume 110, Issue 5". The American Historical Review: 1456–1457. doi:10.1086/ahr.110.5.1454.

[NKSenguptap25-4] Sengupta, Nitish K. (2001). History of the Bengali-Speaking People. UBS Publishers' Distributors. p. 25. ISBN 81-7476-355-4.

[Bromley3-5] 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. Archived from the original on 19 July 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2011.

[Bromley-6] 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. Archived from the original on 19 July 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2011.