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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 | ||
* [[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 |