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{{Hatnote|This article is only on '''surname Mitra''', for other uses see ''[[Mitra (disambiguation)]]''}}
'''Mitra''' is an Indian family name and [[surname]] found mostly amongst [[Bengali Hindu|Bengali Hindus]]. The surname may have been derived either from the word ''mitra'' meaning friend or ally<ref>{{cite web|title=Mitra|url=https://www.familyeducation.com/baby-names/name-meaning/mitra|publisher=Family Education|accessdate=5 March 2012}}</ref> or from the name of [[Mitra|an important deity]] in the [[Vedas]].

Mitras belong to [[Kayastha]] caste in Bengal. [[Bengali Kayastha]]s 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 [[Kshatriya]]s and mostly [[Brahmins]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Andre Wink|title=Al-Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World|volume=1|year=1991|publisher=Brill Academic Publishers|isbn=978-90-04-09509-0|p=269}}</ref> Mitras are considered as [[Kulin Kayastha]]s of [[Vishvamitra]] [[gotra]], along with [[Bose (surname)| Bose]], [[Guha (surname)|Guha]] and [[Ghosh]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Krishna consciousness in the West|editor1-first=David G.|editor1=Bromley, David G.|editor2=Shinn, Larry D.|author=Hopkins, Thomas J.|chapter=The Social and Religious Background for Transmission of Gaudiya Vaisnavism to the West|publisher=Bucknell University Press|year=1989|isbn=978-0-8387-5144-2|pages=35–36}}</ref>

==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 (Indian newspaper)|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==
*[[Feluda|Pradosh Chandra Mitter (Feluda)]], a fictional [[private investigator]] created by [[Satyajit Ray]]
*[[Feluda# Tapesh Ranjan Mitter|Tapesh Ranjan Mitter (Topse)]], cousin of [[Feluda]], created by [[Satyajit Ray]]

==See also==
*[[Bose (surname) |Bose]]
*[[Ghosh]]
*[[Guha (surname)|Guha]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
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[[Category:Bengali Hindu surnames]]
[[Category:Indian surnames]]
[[Category:Kayastha]]

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