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'''Ganguly''' (also called Ganguli, Ganguly, Gangulee, Gangoly or Gangopadhyay) is an [[Indian names#Last names|Indian family name]] of a [[Bengali Brahmins|Bengali jijhotia Brahmin]] caste; it is a variant of ''Gangele'' ''Gangopadhyay(a)'' ''Gônggopaddhae''. The historical book 'Jāti-Bhāṣkar' mentions that those who were given grants in the village named Gangul, by Ballāl Sena were called Ganguly (i). Also, called Gangopādhyāy (literally 'the Vedic teachers in the regions around the Ganges') because they selected the profession of teaching (upadhyay).
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|region            = [[Bengal]]
|origin            = [[Bengali Hindu]]
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The ancestors of Gangulys are from a hermit or saint called [[Bhrigu|Savarna Muni]]{{listref|a}}, belonging to the family of [[Bhrigu]] and thus all Gangulys have the same [[Savarna (gotra)|Savarna Gotra]], and Aurva-Bhrigu-Chyavana-Aapnuvata-Jaamadagnya Pancha (Five) pravaras which means they are from the same ancestral root.
'''Ganguly''' ({{langx|bn|গাঙ্গুলী}}), also known as Ganguli, Ganguly, Gangulee, Gangoly or Gangopadhyay is a native [[Bengalis|Bengali]] surname that is used by [[Kulin Brahmin]] group of the [[Bengali Brahmins|Bengali Brahmin]] caste. The traditional Bengali version of this surname is ''Gangopadhyay(a)'' or ''Gônggopaddhae''.


The Savarna Roychoudhury family of Kolkata are actually Gangopadhyay. The titles Roy and later Choudhury were bestowed on their ancestor Lakshmikanta Gangopadhyay by the Muslim emperors Akbar and Jahangir. Job Charnok had purchased three villages from this family. These three villages became Kolkata during the rule of East India Company.The current actual blood heir of Shridhar Ganguly's are Debaprasad Ganguly, Pradip Ganguly, Girija Shankar Ganguly, Sayan Ganguly and Arnab Ganguly.
== History ==
The Gangulys belong to the [[Kulin Brahmin]] class and are also classified as [[Rarh region|Rarhi]] class of [[Bengali Brahmin]] caste.<ref name="Bromley2">{{cite book |last=Hopkins |first=Thomas J. |title=Krishna consciousness in the West |publisher=Bucknell University Press |year=1989 |isbn=978-0-8387-5144-2 |editor1-last=Bromley |editor1-first=David G. |pages=35–36 |chapter=The Social and Religious Background for Transmission of Gaudiya Vaisnavism to the West |editor2-last=Shinn |editor2-first=Larry D. |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F-EuD3M2QYoC&pg=PA35 |accessdate=31 October 2011}}</ref> According to texts, King Adisura invited five Brahmins to settle in the region from [[Kannauj|Kanauj]] and designated them higher in social status.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Chatterjee |first=Kumkum |date=2009 |title=The Cultures of History in Early Modern India: Persianization and Mughal Culture in Bengal |url=https://academic.oup.com/book/1960/chapter-abstract/141771671?redirectedFrom=fulltext |access-date= |website= |publisher=Oxford Scholarship Online |pages=63–65 |doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195698800.003.0003 |isbn=9780195698800}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Chatterjee |first=Kumkum |date=2005 |title=The King of Controversy: History and Nation-Making in Late Colonial India, Volume 110, Issue 5 |url=https://academic.oup.com/ahr/article/110/5/1454/75969 |journal=The American Historical Review |pages=1456–1457 |doi=10.1086/ahr.110.5.1454 |doi-access=free}}</ref> Multiple accounts of this legend exist; historians generally consider it to be nothing more than myth or folklore, lacking historical authenticity.<ref name="NKSenguptap25">{{cite book |last=Sengupta |first=Nitish K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6eYsAAAAMAAJ |title=History of the Bengali-Speaking People |publisher=UBS Publishers' Distributors |year=2001 |isbn=81-7476-355-4 |page=25}}</ref> The tradition continues by saying that these incomers settled and each became the founder of a clan.<ref name="Bromley3">{{cite book |last=Hopkins |first=Thomas J. |title=Krishna consciousness in the West |publisher=Bucknell University Press |year=1989 |isbn=978-0-8387-5144-2 |editor1-last=Bromley |editor1-first=David G. |pages=35–36 |chapter=The Social and Religious Background for Transmission of Gaudiya Vaisnavism to the West |editor2-last=Shinn |editor2-first=Larry D. |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F-EuD3M2QYoC&pg=PA35 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719221253/https://books.google.com/books?id=F-EuD3M2QYoC&pg=PA35 |archive-date=19 July 2023 |url-status=live |accessdate=31 October 2011}}</ref> The five Brahmin clans, which later became known as [[Mukherjee|Mukherjees]], [[Chatterjee|Chatterjees]], [[Banerjee|Banerjees]], Gangulys and [[Bhattacharjee|Bhattacharjees]], were each designated as ''Kulina'' ("superior") in order to differentiate them from the more established local Brahmins.<ref name="Bromley">{{cite book |last=Hopkins |first=Thomas J. |title=Krishna consciousness in the West |publisher=Bucknell University Press |year=1989 |isbn=978-0-8387-5144-2 |editor1-last=Bromley |editor1-first=David G. |pages=35–36 |chapter=The Social and Religious Background for Transmission of Gaudiya Vaisnavism to the West |editor2-last=Shinn |editor2-first=Larry D. |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F-EuD3M2QYoC&pg=PA35 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719221253/https://books.google.com/books?id=F-EuD3M2QYoC&pg=PA35 |archive-date=19 July 2023 |url-status=live |accessdate=31 October 2011}}</ref>


==List of persons with the surname==
==List of persons with the surname==
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* [[Ashok Sekhar Ganguly]], former chairman of Hindustan Lever
* [[Ashok Sekhar Ganguly]], former chairman of Hindustan Lever
* [[Pablo Ganguli]], (born 1983), Indian cultural entrepreneur
* [[Pablo Ganguli]], (born 1983), Indian cultural entrepreneur
===Academic===
===Academic===
*[[Enakshi Ganguly]], Indian children's rights activist
*[[Enakshi Ganguly]], Indian children's rights activist
*[[Kadambini Ganguly]], one of the two Indian women doctors who was first South Asian female physician, trained in western medicine to graduate in South Asia.
*[[Kadambini Ganguly]], one of the two Indian women doctors who was first South Asian female physician, trained in western medicine to graduate in South Asia
*[[Girija Shankar Ganguly]], History scholar and teacher.
*[[Theotonius Amal Ganguly]] (1920–1977), Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Dhaka


===Politics===
===Politics===
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===Sport===
===Sport===
* [[Bhaskar Ganguly]], Indian footballer
* [[Bhaskar Ganguly]], Indian footballer
* [[Sourav Ganguly]] (born 1972), former Indian cricket captain and current BCCI President
* [[Sourav Ganguly]] (born 1972), former Indian cricket captain and former BCCI President
* [[Santosh Ganguli|S K Ganguli]], cricket umpire
* [[Santosh Ganguli|S K Ganguli]], cricket umpire
* [[Partho Ganguli]], International Badminton Player. Current National Selector for the sport of Badminton, India
* [[Partho Ganguli]], International Badminton Player. Current National Selector for the sport of Badminton, India
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* [[Chhaya Devi]] (1914-2001), Indian actress of Bengali and Hindi movies
* [[Chhaya Devi]] (1914-2001), Indian actress of Bengali and Hindi movies
* [[Jahar Ganguly]] (1904 – 1969), Indian film actor and theatre personality
* [[Jahar Ganguly]] (1904 – 1969), Indian film actor and theatre personality
* [[Arindam Ganguly]] (born 1960), Indian film actor, director and theatre persona
* [[Kaushik Ganguly]] (born 1968), Indian film director, screenwriter and actor
* [[Kaushik Ganguly]] (born 1968), Indian film director, screenwriter and actor
* [[Churni Ganguly]], Indian actress of Bengali movies and TV serials  
* [[Churni Ganguly]], Indian actress of Bengali movies and TV serials  
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* [[Preeti Ganguly]], Indian actress
* [[Preeti Ganguly]], Indian actress
* [[Richa Gangopadhyay]] (born 1986), Indian actress
* [[Richa Gangopadhyay]] (born 1986), Indian actress
* [[Roopa Ganguly]] (born 1966), Indian actress
* [[Roopa Ganguly]] (born 1963), Indian actress
* [[Rupali Ganguly]] (born 1978), Indian actress
* [[Rupali Ganguly]] (born 1978), Indian actress
* [[Samir Ganguly]], Indian film director
* [[Samir Ganguly]], Indian film director
* [[Subhashree Ganguly]] (born 1989), Indian actress
* [[Subhashree Ganguly]] (born 1989), Indian actress
* [[Usha Ganguly]] (born 1945) theatre director
* [[Usha Ganguly]] (born 1945) theatre director
===Multinational Companies===
* [[Paramjeet Ganguly]] Technical Product Manager at Visa Inc


===Music===
===Music===
* [[Sunil Ganguly]] (died 1999), Indian guitarist
* [[Sunil Ganguly (musician)|Sunil Ganguly]] (died 1999), Indian guitarist


===Writers and translators===
===Writers and translators===
* [[Kisari Mohan Ganguli]], Indian translator (''Mahabharata'' into English)
* [[Kisari Mohan Ganguli]], Indian translator (''Mahabharata'' into English)
* [[Narayan Gangopadhyay]] (1918–1970), Bengali writer
* [[Narayan Gangopadhyay]] (1918–1970), Bengali writer
* [[Sunil Gangopadhyay]] (born 1934), Bengali writer
* [[Sunil Gangopadhyay]] (1934-2012), Bengali writer
 
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==Resources==
==References==
*      http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Ganguly-name-meaning.ashx
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*      http://genealogy.familyeducation.com/surname-origin/ganguly


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==Further reading==
* {{Cite book |last=Kumar |first=Pratyush |title=Homo Connubialis Brahmanicus: Marriage Relations Among Brahmins as Described in the Work "Brahmarshi Vansha Vistar" |publisher=Ergon |year=2025 |isbn=978-3-98740-189-3 |location=[[Baden-Baden]] |language=English}}


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Latest revision as of 09:41, 17 May 2025

Ganguly
Origin
Word/nameBengali Hindu
Region of originBengal

Ganguly (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.), also known as Ganguli, Ganguly, Gangulee, Gangoly or Gangopadhyay is a native Bengali surname that is used by Kulin Brahmin group of the Bengali Brahmin caste. The traditional Bengali version of this surname is Gangopadhyay(a) or Gônggopaddhae.

History[edit | edit source]

The Gangulys belong to the Kulin Brahmin class and are also classified as Rarhi class of Bengali Brahmin caste.[1] According to texts, King Adisura invited five Brahmins to settle in the region from Kanauj and designated them higher in social status.[2][3] Multiple accounts of this legend exist; historians generally consider it to be nothing more than myth or folklore, lacking historical authenticity.[4] The tradition continues by saying that these incomers settled and each became the founder of a clan.[5] The five Brahmin clans, which later became known as Mukherjees, Chatterjees, Banerjees, Gangulys and Bhattacharjees, were each designated as Kulina ("superior") in order to differentiate them from the more established local Brahmins.[6]

List of persons with the surname[edit | edit source]

Business[edit | edit source]

Academic[edit | edit source]

  • Enakshi Ganguly, Indian children's rights activist
  • Kadambini Ganguly, one of the two Indian women doctors who was first South Asian female physician, trained in western medicine to graduate in South Asia
  • Theotonius Amal Ganguly (1920–1977), Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Dhaka

Politics[edit | edit source]

Sport[edit | edit source]

Chess[edit | edit source]

Film and acting[edit | edit source]

Music[edit | edit source]

Writers and translators[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 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 31 October 2011.
  2. ↑ Chatterjee, Kumkum (2009). "The Cultures of History in Early Modern India: Persianization and Mughal Culture in Bengal". Oxford Scholarship Online. pp. 63–65. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195698800.003.0003. ISBN 9780195698800.
  3. ↑ Chatterjee, Kumkum (2005). "The King of Controversy: History and Nation-Making in Late Colonial India, Volume 110, Issue 5". The American Historical Review: 1456–1457. doi:10.1086/ahr.110.5.1454.
  4. ↑ Sengupta, Nitish K. (2001). History of the Bengali-Speaking People. UBS Publishers' Distributors. p. 25. ISBN 81-7476-355-4.
  5. ↑ 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. Archived from the original on 19 July 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
  6. ↑ 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. Archived from the original on 19 July 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2011.

Further reading[edit | edit source]

  • Kumar, Pratyush (2025). Homo Connubialis Brahmanicus: Marriage Relations Among Brahmins as Described in the Work "Brahmarshi Vansha Vistar". Baden-Baden: Ergon. ISBN 978-3-98740-189-3.
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