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* [[Upendra Nath Biswas]], former joint director and Minister (East) of the CBI, MLA from [[Bagdah (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bagdah]] and former Minister of Backward Classes & Welfare of [[Government of West Bengal]]. (2011–16)<ref>{{Cite web|title='Bengal Hasn't Produced A Jagjivan Ram Or Even A Mayawati'|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/bengal-hasnt-produced-a-jagjivan-ram-or-even-a-mayawati/281957|website=outlookindia.com/|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref>
* [[Upendra Nath Biswas]], former joint director and Minister (East) of the CBI, MLA from [[Bagdah (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bagdah]] and former Minister of Backward Classes & Welfare of [[Government of West Bengal]]. (2011–16)<ref>{{Cite web|title='Bengal Hasn't Produced A Jagjivan Ram Or Even A Mayawati'|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/bengal-hasnt-produced-a-jagjivan-ram-or-even-a-mayawati/281957|website=outlookindia.com/|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref>
* [[Mukunda Behari Mullick]], former lawyer, professor of Pali, senate member in [[Calcutta University]], founder of All Bengal Namasudra Association, MLA and minister in first [[Fazlul Haq]]'s government<ref>{{cite web |title=A Secret History of the Mallik family |url=http://www.museumofmaterialmemory.com/a-secret-history-of-the-mallik-family/ |website=Museum of Material Memory |access-date=15 December 2021 |date=19 July 2020}}</ref>
* [[Mukunda Behari Mullick]], former lawyer, professor of Pali, senate member in [[Calcutta University]], founder of All Bengal Namasudra Association, MLA and minister in first [[A. K. Fazlul Huq]] 's government<ref>{{cite web |title=A Secret History of the Mallik family |url=http://www.museumofmaterialmemory.com/a-secret-history-of-the-mallik-family/ |website=Museum of Material Memory |access-date=15 December 2021 |date=19 July 2020}}</ref>
* [[Sumit Mullick]], IAS officer from the 1982 batch and former [[List of chief secretaries of Maharashtra|Chief Secretary of Maharashtra]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sumeet Mullick is Maharashtra's new Chief Secretary|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/sumeet-mullick-is-maharashtras-new-chief-secretary/|date=2017-03-01|website=The Indian Express|language=en|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref>


== Politicians ==
== Politicians ==
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* [[Birat Chandra Mandal]], minister and member of [[Constituent Assembly of Pakistan]]<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Chandra|first1=Uday|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7qXbCgAAQBAJ&q=birat+chandra+mandal+depressed+classes+league&pg=PA62|title=The Politics of Caste in West Bengal|last2=Heierstad|first2=Geir|last3=Nielsen|first3=Kenneth Bo|date=2015-09-25|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-41477-3|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Birat Chandra Mandal]], minister and member of [[Constituent Assembly of Pakistan]]<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Chandra|first1=Uday|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7qXbCgAAQBAJ&q=birat+chandra+mandal+depressed+classes+league&pg=PA62|title=The Politics of Caste in West Bengal|last2=Heierstad|first2=Geir|last3=Nielsen|first3=Kenneth Bo|date=2015-09-25|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-41477-3|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Kanti Biswas]], former MLA of [[Gaighata]] and minister of Youth Affairs and Home (Passport)<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Chandal education minister|url=https://www.forwardpress.in/2016/02/a-chandal-education-minister/|last=विस्वास|first=A. K. Biswas एके|date=2016-02-12|website=Forward Press|language=en-US|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref>
* [[Kanti Biswas]], former MLA of [[Gaighata]] and minister of Youth Affairs and Home (Passport)<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Chandal education minister|url=https://www.forwardpress.in/2016/02/a-chandal-education-minister/|last=विस्वास|first=A. K. Biswas एके|date=2016-02-12|website=Forward Press|language=en-US|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref>
* [[Manjul Krishna Thakur]], MLA from Gaighata and Minister of State {{citation needed|date=December 2020}}
* [[Shantanu Thakur]], M.P from [[Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bangaon]] and Minister of State of [[Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways]] in the [[Second Modi ministry]] (2021–present).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ground Report: Why BJP's Identity Politics in Bengal's Bongaon Will Likely Fall Flat|url=https://thewire.in/politics/bjp-west-bengal-bongaon-matua|website=thewire.in|language=en|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Santanu Thakur, Matua Leader From Bengal, Becomes Union Minister |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/santanu-thakur-matua-leader-from-bengal-becomes-union-minister-2481541 |access-date=15 December 2021 |work=NDTV.com}}</ref>
* [[Shantanu Thakur]], M.P from [[Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bangaon]] and Minister of State of [[Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways]] in the [[Second Modi ministry]] (2021–present).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ground Report: Why BJP's Identity Politics in Bengal's Bongaon Will Likely Fall Flat|url=https://thewire.in/politics/bjp-west-bengal-bongaon-matua|website=thewire.in|language=en|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Santanu Thakur, Matua Leader From Bengal, Becomes Union Minister |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/santanu-thakur-matua-leader-from-bengal-becomes-union-minister-2481541 |access-date=15 December 2021 |work=NDTV.com}}</ref>


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== Writers and journalists ==
== Writers and journalists ==
 
* [[Manoranjan Byapari|Manoranjan Bayapari]], [[Indian Bengali]] writer and socio-political activist, also known as the pioneer of ‘[[Dalit literature#Dalit literature in Bengal|Dalit literature in Bengali]]’<ref>{{Cite web|title=A migrant from East Bengal, Manoranjan Byapari "interrogated" his life as chandal|date=25 November 2018 |url=https://www.counterview.net/2018/11/a-migrant-from-east-bengal-manoranjan.html|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref>
* [[Debi Roy]], one of the founding fathers of the [[Hungry generation]] movement, and the first post-modern Dalit poet in Bengali{{cn|date=March 2023}}
* [[Manohar Mouli Biswas|Manohar Mauli Biswas]], bilingual poet, essayist and writer of [[Dalit literature#Dalit literature in Bengal|Bengali Dalit Literature]]<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Das|first1=Sukanta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VvlVDwAAQBAJ&q=manohar+mouli+biswas+namasudra&pg=PA192|title=Border, Globalization and Identity|last2=Bhowal|first2=Sanatan|last3=Syangbo|first3=Sisodhara|date=2018-04-18|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|isbn=978-1-5275-1076-0|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Manoranjan Byapari|Manoranjan Bayapari]], [[Indian Bengali]] writer and socio-political activist, also known as the pioneer of ‘Dalit literature in Bengali’<ref>{{Cite web|title=A migrant from East Bengal, Manoranjan Byapari "interrogated" his life as chandal|date=25 November 2018 |url=https://www.counterview.net/2018/11/a-migrant-from-east-bengal-manoranjan.html|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref>
* [[Kalyani Thakur Charal|Kalyani Thakur]], [[Dalit feminism|Dalit feminist]] writer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Why Bengali Dalit feminist poet and writer Kalyani Thakur added Charal (for Chandal) to her name|url=https://scroll.in/article/872273/why-bengali-dalit-feminist-poet-and-writer-kalyani-thakur-added-charal-for-chandal-to-her-name|last=Ghose|first=Amita|website=Scroll.in|date=18 March 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref>
* [[Manohar Mouli Biswas|Manohar Mauli Biswas]], bilingual poet, essayist and writer of Bengali Dalit Literature<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Das|first1=Sukanta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VvlVDwAAQBAJ&q=manohar+mouli+biswas+namasudra&pg=PA192|title=Border, Globalization and Identity|last2=Bhowal|first2=Sanatan|last3=Syangbo|first3=Sisodhara|date=2018-04-18|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|isbn=978-1-5275-1076-0|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Jatin Bala]], [[Bangladeshi]], Dalit author
* [[Baby Halder|Baby Haldar]], Indian Bengali author
* [[Kalyani Thakur Charal|Kalyani Thakur]], Dalit feminist writer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Why Bengali Dalit feminist poet and writer Kalyani Thakur added Charal (for Chandal) to her name|url=https://scroll.in/article/872273/why-bengali-dalit-feminist-poet-and-writer-kalyani-thakur-added-charal-for-chandal-to-her-name|last=Ghose|first=Amita|website=Scroll.in|date=18 March 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref>
* [[Rebati Mohan Sarkar]], Indian writer, MLC and editor of ''Namashudra Hitaishi''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hashmi|first=Taj Ul-islam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=veyoDwAAQBAJ&q=rebati+mohan+sarkar+namasudra+caste&pg=PA100|title=Pakistan As A Peasant Utopia: The Communalization Of Class Politics In East Bengal, 1920-1947|date=2019-07-11|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-000-31037-5|language=en}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Namasudra]]
* [[Chandala]]
* [[Chandala]]


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This article contains a list of notable people from the Namasudra caste, organized by profession, field, or focus.

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  1. ↑ "How The Demise Of Matua Matriarch Boroma Could Change The Political Landscape Of Bengal". outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  2. ↑ "'Bengal Hasn't Produced A Jagjivan Ram Or Even A Mayawati'". outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  3. ↑ "A Secret History of the Mallik family". Museum of Material Memory. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  4. ↑ Munsi, Sharanya (2019-01-29). "Jogendra Nath Mandal, a Bengali Dalit leader who went on to become a Pakistani minister". ThePrint. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  5. ↑ Chandra, Uday; Heierstad, Geir; Nielsen, Kenneth Bo (2015-09-25). The Politics of Caste in West Bengal. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-41477-3.
  6. ↑ विस्वास, A. K. Biswas एके (2016-02-12). "A Chandal education minister". Forward Press. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  7. ↑ "Ground Report: Why BJP's Identity Politics in Bengal's Bongaon Will Likely Fall Flat". thewire.in. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  8. ↑ "Santanu Thakur, Matua Leader From Bengal, Becomes Union Minister". NDTV.com. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "FORMER SPEAKER DIES". telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  10. ↑ "Matuas: nobody's people, everybody's votebank". telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  11. ↑ "In Bengal and Assam, BJP-TMC Tussle Over Namasudra Votes Has Reached New Heights". thewire.in. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  12. ↑ Bandyopadhyay, Sekhar (2004-07-01). Caste, Culture and Hegemony: Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal. SAGE Publishing India. ISBN 978-93-5280-072-8.
  13. ↑ "A migrant from East Bengal, Manoranjan Byapari "interrogated" his life as chandal". 25 November 2018. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  14. ↑ Das, Sukanta; Bhowal, Sanatan; Syangbo, Sisodhara (2018-04-18). Border, Globalization and Identity. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5275-1076-0.
  15. ↑ Ghose, Amita (18 March 2018). "Why Bengali Dalit feminist poet and writer Kalyani Thakur added Charal (for Chandal) to her name". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
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