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'''Chatterjee''' ({{langx|bn|চ্যাটার্জি}}), also known as '''Chattopadhyay''' is a [[Bengali Hindu]] surname, used by the [[Kulin Brahmin|Kulin]] group of the [[Bengali Brahmin]] caste.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Hanks |first=Patrick |date=2003 |chapter=Chatterjee |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vG7MZ9J6dAgC&q=chatterjee%20chattopadhyay%20anglicize&pg=PA320 |title=Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set |publisher=Oxford University Press, USA |isbn=9780195081374 |pages=320 |language=en}}</ref> Together with [[Banerjee]]s, [[Mukherjee]]s, [[Bhattacharjee]]s, and [[Ganguly (surname)|Ganguly]]s, Chatterjees form the Kulin Brahmins, the highest tier of the [[Bengalis|Bengali]] caste system.<ref>{{Cite book |editor1-last=Bromley |editor1-first=David G. |editor2=Larry D. Shinn |date=1989 |title=Krishna Consciousness in the West |location=Lewisburg, Pa. |publisher=Bucknell University Press |isbn=0-8387-5144-X |oclc=17984402}}</ref> They belong to [[Rarh region|Rarhi]] clan of Bengali Brahmins and the [[Kashyapa]] [[gotra]]. | |||
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''Chatterjee'' is an [[Anglicisation|Anglicized]] variant of the Sanskritized ''Chattopadhyay''.<ref name=":0"/> English language spellings include Chatterjee, Chatterjea, Chatterji, Chaterjee, Chattopadhyay, and Chattopadhyaya.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Rodrigues |first=Hillary |date=2003 |title=Ritual Worship of the Great Goddess: The Liturgy of the Durga Puja with Interpretations |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=onyaEhwhJBUC&pg=PA320 |publisher=SUNY Press |isbn=9780791488447 |pages=320|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Joshi |first=Priya |date=2002 |title=In Another Country: Colonialism, Culture, and the English Novel in India |url=https://archive.org/details/inanothercountry0000josh |url-access=registration |publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=9780231500906 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/inanothercountry0000josh/page/283 283] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |author=International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions |title=Names of Persons: National Usages for Entry in Catalogues |date=2013 |chapter=Bengali |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z8zoBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA21 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |isbn=9783110974553 |pages=21 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EH08DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA5 |title=Ānandamaṭh, Or, The Sacred Brotherhood |last1=Chatterji |first1=Bankim Chandra |last2=Caṭṭopādhyāẏa |first2=Baṅkimacandra |date=2005 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780195178579 |pages=5 |language=en |chapter=Introduction}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Chakraborty |first=Paulomi |date=2018 |title=The Refugee Woman: Partition of Bengal, Gender, and the Political |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u1ZxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT70 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199095391 |pages=270}}</ref> | |||
== Notable Chatterjees == | == Notable Chatterjees == | ||
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* [[Abhishek Chatterjee]] {{en dash}} Bengali film and television actor | * [[Abhishek Chatterjee]] {{en dash}} Bengali film and television actor | ||
* [[Abir Chatterjee]] – actor | * [[Abir Chatterjee]] – actor | ||
* [[Adhar Kumar Chatterji]] – former Chief of the Naval Staff of the Indian Navy (1966–1970) | * [[Adhar Kumar Chatterji]] – former Chief of the Naval Staff of the Indian Navy (1966–1970) | ||
* [[Aditi Chatterjee]] – Bengali film and television actress | |||
* [[Alok Chatterjee]] – theatre actor and director | |||
* [[Amarendranath Chatterjee]] – freedom fighter | * [[Amarendranath Chatterjee]] – freedom fighter | ||
* [[Amitabha Chattopadhyay]] | * [[Amitabha Chattopadhyay]] – biophysicist | ||
* [[Amitava Chattopadhyay]] – INSEAD professor of marketing and innovation | * [[Amitava Chattopadhyay]] – INSEAD professor of marketing and innovation | ||
* [[Angana P. Chatterji]] – anthropologist, activist and feminist historian | * [[Angana P. Chatterji]] – anthropologist, activist and feminist historian | ||
*[[Anil Chatterjee]] – actor | * [[Anil Chatterjee]] – actor | ||
* [[Anindo Chatterjee]] | * [[Anindo Chatterjee]] – tabla player | ||
* [[Anjan Chatterjee (neuroscientist)]] – cognitive neuroscientist | |||
* [[Anjan Chatterjee (neuroscientist)]] | * [[Aroup Chatterjee]] – British Indian atheist, physician, author of ''Mother Teresa: The Untold Story'' | ||
*[[Aroup Chatterjee]] – British Indian atheist, physician, author of ''Mother Teresa: The Untold Story'' | |||
* [[Ashim Chatterjee]] – politician and activist | * [[Ashim Chatterjee]] – politician and activist | ||
* [[Asima Chatterjee]] – Indian organic chemist and the second woman to be conferred a Doctorate of Science by an Indian university | * [[Asima Chatterjee]] – Indian organic chemist and the second woman to be conferred a Doctorate of Science by an Indian university | ||
* [[Atul Chandra Chatterjee]] | * [[Atul Chandra Chatterjee]] – Indian diplomat and government official. Served as the Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1925 to 1931. | ||
*[[Bamakhepa|Bamacharan Chattopadhyay]] – ardent devotee of Maa Tara, also considered to be an avatar of Lord Shiva | * [[Bamakhepa|Bamacharan Chattopadhyay]] – ardent devotee of Maa Tara, also considered to be an avatar of Lord Shiva | ||
*[[Bankim Chandra Chatterjee]] | * [[Bankim Chandra Chatterjee]] – Indian patriot, writer, poet and journalist and composer of [[Vande Mataram]], the national song of India | ||
* [[Basu Chatterjee]] – film director | * [[Basu Chatterjee]] – film director | ||
* [[Bhaswar Chatterjee]] – Indian actor | * [[Bhaswar Chatterjee]] – Indian actor | ||
* [[Biswajit Chatterjee]] – Bollywood actor | * [[Biswajit Chatterjee]] – Bollywood actor | ||
* [[Debabarta Chatterjee]] | * [[Debabarta Chatterjee]] – botanist | ||
*[[Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya]] – author,philosopher | * [[Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya]] – author, philosopher | ||
* [[Debjani Chatterji]] – Indian-born British poet | * [[Debjani Chatterji]] – Indian-born British poet | ||
* [[Deen K. Chatterjee]] - philosopher | |||
* [[Dhritiman Chatterjee]] – actor | * [[Dhritiman Chatterjee]] – actor | ||
* [[Dhruva Chatterjee]] – writer and screenplay writer of Hindi movies | * [[Dhruva Chatterjee]] – writer and screenplay writer of Hindi movies | ||
* [[Dipankar Chatterji]] | * [[Dipankar Chatterji]] – molecular biologist | ||
* [[Ramakrishna|Gadadhar Chattopadhyay]] | * [[Ramakrishna|Gadadhar Chattopadhyay]] – Sri Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa, devotee of Dakshina Kali and Priest of Dakshineswar Kali Temple. | ||
* [[Gautam Chattopadhyay]] – musician | * [[Gautam Chattopadhyay]] – musician | ||
* [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]] – poet, actor and brother of Sarojini Naidu | * [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]] – poet, actor and brother of Sarojini Naidu | ||
* [[Indira Chatterji]] (born 1973), Swiss-Indian mathematician | |||
* [[Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee]] – Indian freedom fighter, activist and member of Rajya Sabha | * [[Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee]] – Indian freedom fighter, activist and member of Rajya Sabha | ||
* [[Joya Chatterji]] | * [[Joya Chatterji]] – Professor of South Asian history | ||
*[[Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay]] – social reformer | * [[Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay]] – social reformer | ||
*[[Kshetresa Chandra Chattopadhyaya]] – Sanskrit scholar | * [[Kshetresa Chandra Chattopadhyaya]] – Sanskrit scholar | ||
* [[Mirai | * [[Mirai Chatterjee]] – Indian social worker | ||
* [[ | * [[Mohini Mohun Chatterji]] – theosophist, scholar | ||
* [[Neil Chatterjee]] – | * [[Moushumi Chatterjee]] – Bollywood actress | ||
* [[Neil Chatterjee]] – American lawyer, political advisor, and government official, chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission twice between 2017 and 2020 | |||
* [[Nigamananda]] – Yogi | |||
* [[Parambrata Chatterjee]] – actor | * [[Parambrata Chatterjee]] – actor | ||
* [[Partha Chatterjee (scholar)|Partha Chatterjee]] – scholar and author | * [[Partha Chatterjee (scholar)|Partha Chatterjee]] – scholar and author | ||
*[[Piya Chattopadhyay]] – Canadian broadcaster | * [[Piya Chattopadhyay]] – Canadian broadcaster | ||
* [[Pratap Chatterjee]] – journalist and author | * [[Pratap Chatterjee]] – journalist and author | ||
* [[Priyadarshini Chatterjee]] – Miss India World 2016 | * [[Priyadarshini Chatterjee]] – Miss India World 2016 | ||
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* [[Pulok Chatterji]] – former bureaucrat and Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India (2011–2014) | * [[Pulok Chatterji]] – former bureaucrat and Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India (2011–2014) | ||
* [[Purnendu Chatterjee]] – businessman, founder of TCG | * [[Purnendu Chatterjee]] – businessman, founder of TCG | ||
*[[Ramakrishna Paramahamsa]] – born Gadadhar Chattopadhyay, a famous mystic of 19th-century India | * [[Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay]], Indian politician | ||
*[[Ramananda Chatterjee]] — founder, editor, and owner of the [[Modern Review (Calcutta)|Modern Review]], | * [[Ramakrishna Paramahamsa]] – born Gadadhar Chattopadhyay, a famous mystic of 19th-century India | ||
* [[Ramananda Chatterjee]] — founder, editor, and owner of the [[Modern Review (Calcutta)|Modern Review]], he has been described as the father of Indian journalism | |||
* [[Rangan Chatterjee]] – Physician, author, television presenter and broadcaster | |||
* [[Sabitri Chatterjee]] – Indian Bengali female actress | * [[Sabitri Chatterjee]] – Indian Bengali female actress | ||
* [[Sankar Chatterjee]] – paleontologist | * [[Sankar Chatterjee]] – paleontologist | ||
*[[Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay]], Indian | * [[Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay]], Indian writer | ||
* [[Sarojini Naidu]] née Chattopadhyay – freedom fighter, poet | * [[Sarojini Naidu]] née Chattopadhyay – freedom fighter, poet | ||
* [[Saswata Chatterjee]] – actor | * [[Saswata Chatterjee]] – actor | ||
*[[Shakti Chattopadhyay]] – poet | * [[Shakti Chattopadhyay]] – poet | ||
* [[Shekhar Chatterjee]] – entrepreneur | * [[Shekhar Chatterjee]] – entrepreneur | ||
* [[Shiba P. Chatterjee]] – professor, former president of International Geographical Union | * [[Shiba P. Chatterjee]] – professor, former president of International Geographical Union | ||
* [[Sitaramdas Omkarnath]] – Bhakti saint | |||
* [[Somnath Chatterjee]] – eminent lawyer and former speaker of Lok Sabha | * [[Somnath Chatterjee]] – eminent lawyer and former speaker of Lok Sabha | ||
* [[Soumitra Chatterjee]] – actor | * [[Soumitra Chatterjee]] – actor | ||
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* [[Srabanti Chatterjee]] – actress | * [[Srabanti Chatterjee]] – actress | ||
* [[Subhendu Chatterjee]] – actor | * [[Subhendu Chatterjee]] – actor | ||
* [[Subhadeep Chatterjee]] | * [[Subhadeep Chatterjee]] – Indian molecular biologist | ||
* [[Sudeep Chatterjee]] – cinematographer | * [[Sudeep Chatterjee]] – cinematographer | ||
* [[Sudip Chattopadhyay]] | * [[Sudip Chattopadhyay]] – biologist | ||
* [[Suman Chatterjee]] (now Kabir Suman) – musician | * [[Suman Chatterjee]] (now Kabir Suman) – musician | ||
* [[Suniti Kumar Chatterji]] – Indian linguist, educationist and litterateur | * [[Suniti Kumar Chatterji]] – Indian linguist, educationist and litterateur | ||
*[[Swapan Chattopadhyay]] – director of the Cockcroft Institute | * [[Swapan Chattopadhyay]] – director of the Cockcroft Institute | ||
* [[Tannishtha Chatterjee]] – actress | * [[Tannishtha Chatterjee]] – actress | ||
* [[Upamanyu Chatterjee]] | * [[Upamanyu Chatterjee]] – author | ||
* [[Utpal Chatterjee]] – cricketer | * [[Utpal Chatterjee]] – cricketer | ||
* [[Uttam Kumar]] (Arun Chatterjee) – actor | * [[Uttam Kumar]] (Arun Chatterjee) – actor | ||
*[[Vikram Chatterjee]] | * [[Vikram Chatterjee]] – Indian actor of Bengali cinema | ||
*[[Virendranath Chattopadhyaya]] – activist | * [[Virendranath Chattopadhyaya]] – activist | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Bengali Hindus]] | |||
* [[Bengali Brahmin]]s | |||
* [[Kulin Brahmins]] | * [[Kulin Brahmins]] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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Chatterjee (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.), also known as Chattopadhyay is a Bengali Hindu surname, used by the Kulin group of the Bengali Brahmin caste.[1] Together with Banerjees, Mukherjees, Bhattacharjees, and Gangulys, Chatterjees form the Kulin Brahmins, the highest tier of the Bengali caste system.[2] They belong to Rarhi clan of Bengali Brahmins and the Kashyapa gotra.
Variation[edit | edit source]
Chatterjee is an Anglicized variant of the Sanskritized Chattopadhyay.[1] English language spellings include Chatterjee, Chatterjea, Chatterji, Chaterjee, Chattopadhyay, and Chattopadhyaya.[3][4][5][6][7]
Notable Chatterjees[edit | edit source]
- Abhishek Chatterjee – Bengali film and television actor
- Abir Chatterjee – actor
- Adhar Kumar Chatterji – former Chief of the Naval Staff of the Indian Navy (1966–1970)
- Aditi Chatterjee – Bengali film and television actress
- Alok Chatterjee – theatre actor and director
- Amarendranath Chatterjee – freedom fighter
- Amitabha Chattopadhyay – biophysicist
- Amitava Chattopadhyay – INSEAD professor of marketing and innovation
- Angana P. Chatterji – anthropologist, activist and feminist historian
- Anil Chatterjee – actor
- Anindo Chatterjee – tabla player
- Anjan Chatterjee (neuroscientist) – cognitive neuroscientist
- Aroup Chatterjee – British Indian atheist, physician, author of Mother Teresa: The Untold Story
- Ashim Chatterjee – politician and activist
- Asima Chatterjee – Indian organic chemist and the second woman to be conferred a Doctorate of Science by an Indian university
- Atul Chandra Chatterjee – Indian diplomat and government official. Served as the Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1925 to 1931.
- Bamacharan Chattopadhyay – ardent devotee of Maa Tara, also considered to be an avatar of Lord Shiva
- Bankim Chandra Chatterjee – Indian patriot, writer, poet and journalist and composer of Vande Mataram, the national song of India
- Basu Chatterjee – film director
- Bhaswar Chatterjee – Indian actor
- Biswajit Chatterjee – Bollywood actor
- Debabarta Chatterjee – botanist
- Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya – author, philosopher
- Debjani Chatterji – Indian-born British poet
- Deen K. Chatterjee - philosopher
- Dhritiman Chatterjee – actor
- Dhruva Chatterjee – writer and screenplay writer of Hindi movies
- Dipankar Chatterji – molecular biologist
- Gadadhar Chattopadhyay – Sri Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa, devotee of Dakshina Kali and Priest of Dakshineswar Kali Temple.
- Gautam Chattopadhyay – musician
- Harindranath Chattopadhyay – poet, actor and brother of Sarojini Naidu
- Indira Chatterji (born 1973), Swiss-Indian mathematician
- Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee – Indian freedom fighter, activist and member of Rajya Sabha
- Joya Chatterji – Professor of South Asian history
- Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay – social reformer
- Kshetresa Chandra Chattopadhyaya – Sanskrit scholar
- Mirai Chatterjee – Indian social worker
- Mohini Mohun Chatterji – theosophist, scholar
- Moushumi Chatterjee – Bollywood actress
- Neil Chatterjee – American lawyer, political advisor, and government official, chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission twice between 2017 and 2020
- Nigamananda – Yogi
- Parambrata Chatterjee – actor
- Partha Chatterjee – scholar and author
- Piya Chattopadhyay – Canadian broadcaster
- Pratap Chatterjee – journalist and author
- Priyadarshini Chatterjee – Miss India World 2016
- Priyanshu Chatterjee – Bollywood actor
- Prosenjit Chatterjee – actor
- Pulok Chatterji – former bureaucrat and Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India (2011–2014)
- Purnendu Chatterjee – businessman, founder of TCG
- Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay, Indian politician
- Ramakrishna Paramahamsa – born Gadadhar Chattopadhyay, a famous mystic of 19th-century India
- Ramananda Chatterjee — founder, editor, and owner of the Modern Review, he has been described as the father of Indian journalism
- Rangan Chatterjee – Physician, author, television presenter and broadcaster
- Sabitri Chatterjee – Indian Bengali female actress
- Sankar Chatterjee – paleontologist
- Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian writer
- Sarojini Naidu née Chattopadhyay – freedom fighter, poet
- Saswata Chatterjee – actor
- Shakti Chattopadhyay – poet
- Shekhar Chatterjee – entrepreneur
- Shiba P. Chatterjee – professor, former president of International Geographical Union
- Sitaramdas Omkarnath – Bhakti saint
- Somnath Chatterjee – eminent lawyer and former speaker of Lok Sabha
- Soumitra Chatterjee – actor
- Sourav Chatterjee – mathematician
- Sovan Chatterjee – former mayor of the city of Kolkata
- Srabanti Chatterjee – actress
- Subhendu Chatterjee – actor
- Subhadeep Chatterjee – Indian molecular biologist
- Sudeep Chatterjee – cinematographer
- Sudip Chattopadhyay – biologist
- Suman Chatterjee (now Kabir Suman) – musician
- Suniti Kumar Chatterji – Indian linguist, educationist and litterateur
- Swapan Chattopadhyay – director of the Cockcroft Institute
- Tannishtha Chatterjee – actress
- Upamanyu Chatterjee – author
- Utpal Chatterjee – cricketer
- Uttam Kumar (Arun Chatterjee) – actor
- Vikram Chatterjee – Indian actor of Bengali cinema
- Virendranath Chattopadhyaya – activist
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hanks, Patrick (2003). "Chatterjee". Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 320. ISBN 9780195081374.
- ↑ Bromley, David G.; Larry D. Shinn, eds. (1989). Krishna Consciousness in the West. Lewisburg, Pa.: Bucknell University Press. ISBN 0-8387-5144-X. OCLC 17984402.
- ↑ Rodrigues, Hillary (2003). Ritual Worship of the Great Goddess: The Liturgy of the Durga Puja with Interpretations. SUNY Press. p. 320. ISBN 9780791488447.
- ↑ Joshi, Priya (2002). In Another Country: Colonialism, Culture, and the English Novel in India. Columbia University Press. pp. 283. ISBN 9780231500906.
- ↑ International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (2013). "Bengali". Names of Persons: National Usages for Entry in Catalogues. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 21. ISBN 9783110974553.
- ↑ Chatterji, Bankim Chandra; Caṭṭopādhyāẏa, Baṅkimacandra (2005). "Introduction". Ānandamaṭh, Or, The Sacred Brotherhood. Oxford University Press. p. 5. ISBN 9780195178579.
- ↑ Chakraborty, Paulomi (2018). The Refugee Woman: Partition of Bengal, Gender, and the Political. Oxford University Press. p. 270. ISBN 9780199095391.
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