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'''Ghosh''' is an [[India]]n and [[Bangladesh]]i [[surname]] found among [[Bengali Hindu]]s.
'''Ghosh (or Ghose)''' is an [[India]]n and [[Bangladesh]]i [[surname]] found among [[Bengali Hindu]]s.


Ghoshes mostly belong to [[Kayastha]] caste in [[Bengal]]. The [[Bengali Kayastha]]s evolved as a caste from a category of officials or scribes, between the 5th/6th century AD and 11th/12th century AD, its component elements being putative [[Kshatriya]]s and mostly [[Brahmins]].<ref name="AlHind">{{cite book|author=Andre Wink|title=Al-Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World, Volume 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bCVyhH5VDjAC|accessdate=3 September 2011|year=1991|publisher=Brill Academic Publishers|isbn=978-90-04-09509-0|page=269}}</ref> Ghoshes are considered as [[Kulin Kayastha]]s of Soukalin [[gotra]], along with [[Bose (surname)|Boses]] and [[Mitra (surname)|Mitras]].<ref name=Hopkins1989pp35-36>{{cite book |title=Krishna consciousness in the West |editor1-first=David G. |editor1-last=Bromley |editor2-first=Larry D. |editor2-last=Shinn |first=Thomas J. |last=Hopkins |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 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F-EuD3M2QYoC |pages=35–36 |accessdate=2011-10-31}}</ref>
Ghoshes mostly belong to [[Kayastha]] caste in [[Bengal]]. The [[Bengali Kayastha]]s evolved as a caste from a category of officials or scribes, between the 5th/6th century AD and 11th/12th century AD, its component elements being putative [[Kshatriya]]s and mostly [[Brahmins]].<ref name="AlHind">{{cite book|author=Andre Wink|title=Al-Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World, Volume 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bCVyhH5VDjAC|accessdate=3 September 2011|year=1991|publisher=Brill Academic Publishers|isbn=978-90-04-09509-0|page=269}}</ref> Ghoshes are considered as [[Kulin Kayastha]]s of Soukalin [[gotra]], along with [[Bose (surname)|Boses]] and [[Mitra (surname)|Mitras]].<ref name=Hopkins1989pp35-36>{{cite book |title=Krishna consciousness in the West |editor1-first=David G. |editor1-last=Bromley |editor2-first=Larry D. |editor2-last=Shinn |first=Thomas J. |last=Hopkins |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 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F-EuD3M2QYoC |pages=35–36 |accessdate=2011-10-31}}</ref>
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Notable people with the surname Ghosh include:
Notable people with the surname Ghosh include:


* [[Girish Chandra Ghosh]] (born 1844) Bengali actor, director, and writer.
* [[Sri Aurobindo]] (born as '''Aurobindo Ghose''' in 1872) Indian philosopher.
* [[Barindra Kumar Ghosh]] (1880–1959), Indian revolutionary and journalist
* [[Amitav Ghosh]] (born 1956), Indian writer
* [[Amitav Ghosh]] (born 1956), Indian writer
* [[Amitav Ghosh (banker)]], Indian banker
* [[Amitav Ghosh (banker)]], Indian banker
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* [[Atulkrishna Ghosh]] (1890–1966), Indian revolutionary
* [[Atulkrishna Ghosh]] (1890–1966), Indian revolutionary
* [[Atulya Ghosh]] (1904–1986), Indian politician
* [[Atulya Ghosh]] (1904–1986), Indian politician
* [[Barindra Kumar Ghosh]] (1880–1959), Indian revolutionary and journalist
* [[Debaprasad Ghosh]] (1894–1985), Indian politician
* [[Debaprasad Ghosh]] (1894–1985), Indian politician
* [[Debendra Nath Ghosh]] (1890–1999), Bangladeshi politician
* [[Debendra Nath Ghosh]] (1890–1999), Bangladeshi politician
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* [[Reshmi Ghosh]],  Indian beauty queen and actress
* [[Reshmi Ghosh]],  Indian beauty queen and actress
* [[Rabi Ghosh]] (1931–1997), Indian actor
* [[Rabi Ghosh]] (1931–1997), Indian actor
* [[Ranjan Ghosh (academic)]], Indian academic and teacher
* [[Rishab Aiyer Ghosh]] (born 1975), Dutch journalist, computer scientist and open-source software advocate
* [[Rishab Aiyer Ghosh]] (born 1975), Dutch journalist, computer scientist and open-source software advocate
* [[Rituparno Ghosh]] (1963–2013), Indian film director
* [[Rituparno Ghosh]] (1963–2013), Indian film director

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Ghosh
Origin
Word/nameBengali Hindu
Region of originBengal

Ghosh (or Ghose) is an Indian and Bangladeshi surname found among Bengali Hindus.

Ghoshes mostly belong to Kayastha caste in Bengal. The Bengali Kayasthas evolved as a caste from a category of officials or scribes, between the 5th/6th century AD and 11th/12th century AD, its component elements being putative Kshatriyas and mostly Brahmins.[1] Ghoshes are considered as Kulin Kayasthas of Soukalin gotra, along with Boses and Mitras.[2]

Ghosh is also used as surname by the Sadgop (milkman) caste in Bengal.[3][4]

It is also an English surname, pronounced (/ɡəʊst/; GOST.

Notable people[edit]

Notable people with the surname Ghosh include:

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ John R. McLane (2002). Land and Local Kingship in Eighteenth-Century Bengal. Cambridge University Press. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-5215-2654-8.
  4. ↑ Oh Calcutta (Volume 22 ed.). University of Virginia. 1993.
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