Bhattacharya (surname)

Bhattacharya, Bhattacharyya, and Bhattacharjee are three common spellings of a Bengali Brahmin and Assamese Brahmin^{[citation needed]} surname. In Bengal, Bhattacharjees, together with Banerjees, Chatterjees, Gangulys and Mukherjees, form the Kulin Brahmins.^[1]

Notable persons with this surname[edit]

A. Bhattacharya, Indian statistician who worked at the Indian Statistical Institute in the 1930s and early 40s
Abhi Bhattacharya (1921−1993), Indian actor of Hindi and Bengali cinema
Abhijeet Bhattacharya (born 1958), Indian playback singer and composer
Abhinash Bhattacharya, leader in revolutionary movement for Indian independence
Aditya Bhattacharya (born 1965), Indian film director and screenwriter, Raakh
Amitabha Bhattacharya, Indian professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and an author of digital communication
Amitabh Bhattacharya, Indian lyricist and playback singer who works in Bollywood
Anirban Bhattacharya, Indian actor
Anuradha Bhattacharyya (born 1975), Indian writer
Arindam Bhattacharya, Indian politician, Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly and President, West Bengal Youth Congress
Arindam Bhattacharya, Indian footballer
Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairman, State Bank of India
Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya (1919−2016), Indian archaeologist
Atanu Bhattacharya, Indian football goalkeeper coach
B. B. Bhattacharya, Indian economist and educationist
Basu Bhattacharya (1934−1997), Hindi film director
Bhabani Bhattacharya (1906-1988), Indian writer, Indo-English literature
Bibhu Bhattacharya (1944−2011), Indian male actor in Bengali cinema
Bidhayak Bhattacharya (1907−1986), Indian playwright, litterateur and journalist
Bijon Bhattacharya (1917−1978), Indian theatre and film personality
Bikash Bhattacharya, Indian politician
Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya (1924−1997), Indian novelist and modern Assamese littérateur
Biswajit Bhattacharya, head coach of George Telegraph SC in the Calcutta Football League
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (born 1944), Indian politician, member of the politburo of the Communist Party of India, Chief Minister of West Bengal (2000–2011)
Chandril Bhattacharya, Indian singer
Charu Chandra Bhattacharya (1883−1961), prominent science teacher and writer of various scientific articles mainly for children in Bangla
Chittaprosad Bhattacharya, political artist of the mid-20th century
Debashish Bhattacharya (born 1963), Indian classical musician who plays the lap slide guitar
Deben Bhattacharya (1921−2001), Indian radio producer, record producer, ethnomusicologist, anthropologist, documentary filmmaker, photographer
Devoleena Bhattacharjee, Indian television actress
Dhananjay Bhattacharya, son of Surendranath Bhattacharya - Indian singer
Dipankar Bhattacharya, Indian politician
Durga Mohan Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar and professor of Sanskrit.
Ganga Kishore Bhattacharya (died 1831), Indian journalist, teacher and reformer
Gautam Bhattacharya, Indian sports journalist, sports editor of the Ananda Bazar Patrika
Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya (1895−1981), Indian entomologist and naturalist
Haridas Bhattacharya (1891−1956), Indian philosopher and educationist
Hiren Bhattacharyya (1932-2012), Indian Assamese language poet
Jaya Bhattacharya, Indian television actress
Jogendra Nath Bhattacharya, pandit, one of a group of Hindu nationalists who held a benevolent view of the traditional role of caste in Indian society
Kamalakanta Bhattacharya (1769–1821), Indian poet of the late 18th century
Kanailal Bhattacharya, educationist, former minister of Commerce and Indrustries and food department, West Bengal
Kanailal Bhattacharya, Indian nationalist
Kankan Bhattacharyya, one of the scientists of modern non-linear laser spectroscopy
Kedarnath Bhattacharya, first elected vice-chairman of Howrah Municipal Corporation
Kumar Sanu/Kedarnath Bhattacharya (born 1957), Indian playback singer
Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya (1875−1949), philosopher at Calcutta University
Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya, CBE (1940−2019), Indian-born British engineer, educator and government advisor
Lilabati Bhattacharjee, mineralogist and former Director (Mineral Physics), Geological Survey of India
Lokenath Bhattacharya (1927−2001), prolific Bangla writer who chose to remain in isolation
Madhuri Bhattacharya, Indian actress and former model who has appeared in Kannada and Bollywood films
Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya CIE (1836−1906), Indian scholar of Sanskrit, principal of the Sanskrit College for over 18 years
Monoranjan Bhattacharya, Indian football international player and a club level coach and manager
Nabarun Bhattacharya (1948−2014), Indian writer
Nagendra Kumar Bhattacharyya (1888−1967), Commissioner of the Berhampore Municipality from 1932 to 1948
Nalinidhar Bhattacharya (1921−2016), Indian Assamese language poet and literary critic
Narendra Nath Bhattacharyya (1887−1954), an Indian revolutionary, radical activist and political theorist, known as M. N. Roy
Nirmalendu Bhattacharya (died 2020), Indian politician
Nivedita Bhattacharya, Indian actress
P. C. Bhattacharya, the seventh Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1 March 1962 to 30 June 1967
Panchanan Bhattacharya (1853−1919), chief disciple of Yogiraj Sri Shama Churun Lahiri Mahasaya
Pannalal Bhattacharya, Indian singer
Rinki Bhattacharya (born 1942), Indian writer, columnist and documentary filmmaker
Ritwik Bhattacharya, junior squash player
Sameer Bhattacharya, guitarist for Texas rock band Flyleaf
Sanjiv Bhattacharya, British journalist, based in the US
Santosh Bhattacharyya (1924−2011), Indian scholar, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta
Santosh Chandra Bhattacharyya, teacher of Dhaka University and an intellectual martyr in the Bangladesh Liberation War
Sharmila Bhattacharya, the head of the Biomodel Performance and Behavior laboratory at NASA Ames Research Center
Shoumo Bhattacharya, Indian medical doctor and academic
Siva Brata Bhattacherjee (1921−2003), Professor of Physics and crystallographer, University of Calcutta
Soumya Bhattacharya (born 1969), Indian journalist and author
Subrata Bhattacharya, Indian football Defender who played for India in the 1984 Asian Cup
Suchitra Bhattacharya (1950−2015), Indian novelist
Sukanta Bhattacharya (1926−1947), Indian Bengali language poet and playwright
Suma Bhattacharya, Indian model and film actress
Sushil Bhattacharya (1924 - 2015), Indian footballer and veteran coach, first official coach of East Bengal Club, Indian Women's Football Team and Bengal Women's Football Team
Tanmoy Bhattacharya, Indian politician
Tarun Bhattacharya, Indian classical musician who plays the santoor, a type of hammered dulcimer
Utpal Bhattacharya, finance professor at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business
Vidyadhar Bhattacharya, chief architect and city planner of Jaipur
Shishir Bhattacharja, Bangladeshi linguist and writer.

References[edit]

↑ 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.

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[Bromley-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.

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