Basu (variants: Bose, Boshu, Bosu, Bosh) is an Indian surname, primarily found among Bengali upper caste Hindus. It stems from Sanskrit वासु vāsu (a name of Vishṇu meaning 'dwelling in all beings').[1]
History
Basus belong to the Kayastha caste in Bengal. They evolved as a caste from a category of officials or scribes, between the 5th/6th century CE and 11th/12th century CE, its component elements being putative Kshatriyas and mostly Brahmins.[2] Basus are considered as Kulin Kayasthas of Gautam gotra, along with Ghoshes and Mitras.[3]
Notable people
- Amrita Basu, (b. 1953) American scholar
- Amar Bose, (1929 – 2013) Founder and chairman of Bose Corporation which make Bose home audio products. Indian American entrepreneur and academic. Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
- Bani Basu, (b. 1939), Bengali Indian author, essayist, critic, and poet
- Benoy Basu, (1908-1930), Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter
- Bipasha Basu, Bollywood actress and model
- Buddhadeb Bosu, (1908–1974), Bengali writer
- Chandranath Basu, (1844-1910), Bengali conservative litterateur
- Debabrata Basu, (1924 - 2001) Indian statistician who proved Basu's theorem
- Durga Das Basu, (1910 - 1997), Indian jurist and lawyer who wrote the Commentary on the Constitution of India and Casebook on the Indian Constitutional Law
- Jagadish Chandra Bose, (1858 - 1937) , Biologist, physicist, botanist and an early writer of science fiction. One of the fathers of radio science , inventor of crescograph , founder of Bose Institute.
- Jyoti Basu, (1914-2010), founding member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) . Barrister , longest serving chief minister of West Bengal.
- Jyotirmoy Basu, (1920-1982), Indian politician for CPM party .
- Kaushik Basu, (b. 1952), Indian economist
- Kunal Basu, author of the novel Racists
- Maladhar Basu, a poet of the Hossain-Shahi period in Bengal history, writer of Sri Krishna Vijaya (শ্রীকৃষ্ণবিজয়, Triumph of Lord Krishna)
- Neil Basu (b. 1968), senior British police officer.
- Nagendranath Basu (1866-1938), encyclopedia compiler, archaeologist, and historian
- Nandita Basu, Indian-born American environmental engineer
- Pam Basu (1958–1992), victim of carjacking and murder
- Rajnarayan Basu, (1826-1899), writer and intellectual of the Bengal Renaissance
- Samaresh Basu, writer; winner of the 1980 Sahitya Akademi Award
- Samit Basu, (b. 1979), Indian author
- Satyendra Nath Bose, (1894 – 1974), Indian mathematician and physicist. Best known for his work on quantum mechanics, Bose–Einstein statistics and Bose–Einstein condensate. Elementary particles Bosons were named after him.
- Satyendranath Bosu, (1882-1908), Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter
- Sekhar Basu, (1952-2020), Indian nuclear scientist who served as the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Awarded the Padma Shri in 2014
- Shweta Basu Prasad, Indian film actress
- Siddhartha Basu, Indian television producer-director and quiz show host
- Sreyashi Jhumki Basu, (1977-2008) American science educator
- Subhas Chandra Bose, (1897-?), Indian nationalist leader .
References
- ↑ "50 Popular Bengali Surnames or Last Names with Meanings". 12 February 2020.
- ↑ Andre Wink (1991). Al-Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World, Volume 1. Brill Academic Publishers. p. 269. ISBN 978-90-04-09509-0. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ↑ 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 2011-10-31.