Guha (Bengali: গুহ, romanized: Guho) is an Indian surname found among Bengali Hindus. It is also another name for the Hindu deity Kartikeya .
Guhas mostly belong to Kayastha caste in Bengal. The Bengali Kayasthas evolved as a caste from a category of officials, between the 5th/6th century AD and 11th/12th century AD, its component elements being putative Kshatriyas and mostly Brahmins.[1] Guhas (and Guhathakurtas[2]) are considered as Kulin Kayasthas of Kashyapa gotra, along with Boses, Ghoshes and Mitras.[3]
Notable people
- Anita Guha (1932–2007), Indian Bengali actress
- Biraja Sankar Guha (1894-1951), Indian physical anthropologist
- Buddhadeb Guha (born 1936), Indian Bengali writer
- Chinmoy Guha (born 1958), Indian author and academician
- Isa Guha (born 1985), British cricketer
- Ramachandra Guha (1958), Indian historian.
- Ranajit Guha (born 1923), Indian historian
- Subrata Guha (1946-2003), Indian cricketer
- Sujoy K. Guha (born 1940), Indian biomedical engineer
- Prof B C Guha, Indian scientist - founder of Department of Biochemistry, Calcutta University; regarded as the father of modern biochemistry in India.
- Phulrenu Guha - Well known Bengali social activist and political personality, wife of famous scientist Dr. B C Guha, founder of Department of Biochemistry, Calcutta University
Notable others
Anton-Andreas Guha - German journalist and author.
See also
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ http://www.shram.org/uploadFiles/20171208110232.pdf
- ↑ 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.
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