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'''Chatterjee''' or '''Chattopadhyay''' is a [[Bengalis|Bengali Hindu]] family name, used primarily by Pancha-Gauda Brahmins in [[Indian name|India]], and associated with the [[Bengali Brahmins|Bengali Brahmin]] caste.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vG7MZ9J6dAgC&q=chatterjee%20chattopadhyay%20anglicize&pg=PA320|title=Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set|last=Hanks|first=Patrick|date=2003-05-08|publisher=Oxford University Press, USA|isbn=9780195081374|pages=320|language=en|chapter=Chatterjee}}</ref> ''Chatterjee'' is an [[Anglicisation|Anglicized]] variant of the Sanskritized ''Chattopadhyay''.<ref name=":0"/> English language spellings include Chatterjee, Chatterjea, Chatarji, Chatterji, Chaterjee, Chattopadhyay, and Chattopadhyaya.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=onyaEhwhJBUC&pg=PA320|title=Ritual Worship of the Great Goddess: The Liturgy of the Durga Puja with Interpretations|last=Rodrigues|first=Hillary|date=2003|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=9780791488447|pages=320|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/inanothercountry0000josh|url-access=registration|title=In Another Country: Colonialism, Culture, and the English Novel in India|last=Joshi|first=Priya|date=2002-04-24|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=9780231500906|pages=[https://archive.org/details/inanothercountry0000josh/page/283 283]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z8zoBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA21|title=Names of Persons: National Usages for Entry in Catalogues|last=Institutions|first=International Federation of Library Associations and|date=2013-06-21|publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG|isbn=9783110974553|pages=21|language=en|chapter=Bengali}}</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|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u1ZxDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PT70|title=The Refugee Woman: Partition of Bengal, Gender, and the Political|last=Chakraborty|first=Paulomi|date=2018-07-27|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199095391|pages=270|language=en}}</ref>Together with Banerjees, Mukherjees, Gangulys, Chatterjees form the [[Kulin Brahmins]], the highest tier of the Bengali caste system.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17984402|title=Krishna consciousness in the West|date=1989|publisher=Bucknell University Press|others=David G. Bromley, Larry D. Shinn, International Society for Krishna Consciousness|isbn=0-8387-5144-X|location=Lewisburg [Pa.]|oclc=17984402}}</ref>They belong to the [[Kashyapa]] gotra.
'''Chatterjee''' or '''Chattopadhyay''' is a [[Bengalis|Bengali Hindu]] family name, used primarily by Pancha-Gauda Brahmins in [[Indian name|India]], and associated with the [[Bengali Brahmins|Bengali Brahmin]] caste.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vG7MZ9J6dAgC&q=chatterjee%20chattopadhyay%20anglicize&pg=PA320|title=Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set|last=Hanks|first=Patrick|date=2003-05-08|publisher=Oxford University Press, USA|isbn=9780195081374|pages=320|language=en|chapter=Chatterjee}}</ref> ''Chatterjee'' is an [[Anglicisation|Anglicized]] variant of the Sanskritized ''Chattopadhyay''.<ref name=":0"/> English language spellings include Chatterjee, Chatterjea, Chatarji, Chatterji, Chaterjee, Chattopadhyay, and Chattopadhyaya.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=onyaEhwhJBUC&pg=PA320|title=Ritual Worship of the Great Goddess: The Liturgy of the Durga Puja with Interpretations|last=Rodrigues|first=Hillary|date=2003|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=9780791488447|pages=320|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/inanothercountry0000josh|url-access=registration|title=In Another Country: Colonialism, Culture, and the English Novel in India|last=Joshi|first=Priya|date=2002-04-24|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=9780231500906|pages=[https://archive.org/details/inanothercountry0000josh/page/283 283]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z8zoBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA21|title=Names of Persons: National Usages for Entry in Catalogues|last=Institutions|first=International Federation of Library Associations and|date=2013-06-21|publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG|isbn=9783110974553|pages=21|language=en|chapter=Bengali}}</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|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u1ZxDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PT70|title=The Refugee Woman: Partition of Bengal, Gender, and the Political|last=Chakraborty|first=Paulomi|date=2018-07-27|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199095391|pages=270|language=en}}</ref> Together with Banerjees, Mukherjees, Gangulys, Chatterjees form the [[Kulin Brahmins]], the highest tier of the Bengali caste system.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17984402|title=Krishna consciousness in the West|date=1989|publisher=Bucknell University Press|others=David G. Bromley, Larry D. Shinn, International Society for Krishna Consciousness|isbn=0-8387-5144-X|location=Lewisburg [Pa.]|oclc=17984402}}</ref> They belong to the [[Kashyapa]] gotra.


== Notable Chatterjees ==
== Notable Chatterjees ==

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Chatterjee or Chattopadhyay is a Bengali Hindu family name, used primarily by Pancha-Gauda Brahmins in India, and associated with the Bengali Brahmin caste.[1] Chatterjee is an Anglicized variant of the Sanskritized Chattopadhyay.[1] English language spellings include Chatterjee, Chatterjea, Chatarji, Chatterji, Chaterjee, Chattopadhyay, and Chattopadhyaya.[2][3][4][5][6] Together with Banerjees, Mukherjees, Gangulys, Chatterjees form the Kulin Brahmins, the highest tier of the Bengali caste system.[7] They belong to the Kashyapa gotra.

Notable Chatterjees

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hanks, Patrick (2003-05-08). "Chatterjee". Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 320. ISBN 9780195081374.
  2. ↑ Rodrigues, Hillary (2003). Ritual Worship of the Great Goddess: The Liturgy of the Durga Puja with Interpretations. SUNY Press. p. 320. ISBN 9780791488447.
  3. ↑ Joshi, Priya (2002-04-24). In Another Country: Colonialism, Culture, and the English Novel in India. Columbia University Press. pp. 283. ISBN 9780231500906.
  4. ↑ Institutions, International Federation of Library Associations and (2013-06-21). "Bengali". Names of Persons: National Usages for Entry in Catalogues. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 21. ISBN 9783110974553.
  5. ↑ Chatterji, Bankim Chandra; Caṭṭopādhyāẏa, Baṅkimacandra (2005). "Introduction". Ānandamaṭh, Or, The Sacred Brotherhood. Oxford University Press. p. 5. ISBN 9780195178579.
  6. ↑ Chakraborty, Paulomi (2018-07-27). The Refugee Woman: Partition of Bengal, Gender, and the Political. Oxford University Press. p. 270. ISBN 9780199095391.
  7. ↑ Krishna consciousness in the West. David G. Bromley, Larry D. Shinn, International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Lewisburg [Pa.]: Bucknell University Press. 1989. ISBN 0-8387-5144-X. OCLC 17984402.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)