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Basu
Basu (variants: ''Bose, Boshu, Bosu, Bosh'') is an Indian surname, primarily found among Bengali Hindus. It stems from Sanskrit वासु vāsu (a name of Vishṇu meaning 'dwelling in all beings'). 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, according to André Wink. Basus are considered as Kulin Kayasthas of Gautam gotra, along with Ghoshes and Mitras. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bipasha Basu
Bipasha Basu Singh Grover (born 7 January 1979) is an Indian actress and former model. Primarily known for her work in Hindi films, she has also appeared in Tamil, Telugu, Bengali and English films. Basu is the recipient of numerous accolades, including one Filmfare Award. Particularly known for her work in the thriller and horror film genres, and for several item numbers, she is frequently cited in the media as a sex symbol and a scream queen. Born in Delhi and raised in Kolkata, Basu pursued a successful career as a fashion model. She then began receiving offers for film roles, and made her acting debut with the thriller '' Ajnabee'' (2001), which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. Basu's first leading role was in the horror film '' Raaz'' (2002), which earned her a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. Her career progressed with a leading role in the erotic thriller '' Jism'' (2003) and with her roles in the top-grossing films ''No Entry'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaushik Basu
Kaushik Basu (born 9 January 1952) is an Indian economist who was Chief Economist of the World Bank from 2012 to 2016. He is the C. Marks Professor of International Studies and Professor of Economics at Cornell University, and academic advisory board member of upcoming Plaksha University. He began a three-year term as President of the International Economic Association in June 2017. From 2009 to 2012, during the United Progressive Alliance's second term, Basu served as the Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India. Kaushik Basu is winner of the Humboldt Research Award 2021. Early life and education Kaushik Basu was born in Kolkata, India, where he attended St. Xavier's Collegiate School. In an autobiographical essay he noted that finishing school in 1969 he was caught in a dilemma. His father wanted him to study physics. But those were revolutionary times and he wanted to study nothing. They settled on economics as half-way compromise between physics and nothing. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debabrata Basu
Debabrata Basu (5 July 1924 – 24 March 2001) was an Indian statistician who made fundamental contributions to the foundations of statistics. Basu invented simple examples that displayed some difficulties of likelihood-based statistics and frequentist statistics; Basu's paradoxes were especially important in the development of survey sampling. In statistical theory, Basu's theorem established the independence of a complete sufficient statistic and an ancillary statistic. Page i in Basu was associated with the Indian Statistical Institute in India, and Florida State University in the United States.Page i in "Preface" to IMS festschrift. Biography Debabrata Basu was born in Dacca, Bengal, unpartitioned India, now Dhaka, Bangladesh. His father, N. M. Basu, was a mathematician specialising in number theory. Young Basu studied mathematics at Dacca University. He took a course in statistics as part of the under-graduate honours programme in Mathematics but his ambition wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amrita Basu
Amrita Basu is an American academic and political scientist. She currently is a professor at Amherst College where she holds affiliations in the departments of Political Science, Sexuality, Women's, & Gender Studies, Asian Languages & Civilizations, and Black Studies. Early life Amrita Basu was born in December 1953 in New York, United States. She is the daughter of parents who worked for the United Nations. Her mother worked on various issues relating to women, and her father worked on issues pertaining to economics. She speaks Hindi, English and Punjabi and possesses moderate conversational abilities in French. Education and career Basu obtained her Bachelors in Government with a minor in Asian studies from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York in 1975. In 1977, Basu obtained her Masters in Political Science from Columbia University with a Certificate from the South Asian Institute. Basu graduated from Columbia University with a Ph.D. in Political Science in 1984. Start ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Party Of India (Marxist)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the List of political parties in India#National parties, national parties of India. The party emerged from a split in the Communist Party of India (CPI) on 7 November 1964. CPI(M) is a part of ruling alliances in three states — the Left Democratic Front (Kerala), Left Democratic Front in Kerala, Mahagathbandhan (Bihar), Mahagathbandhan in Bihar, and the Secular Progressive Alliance in Tamil Nadu. CPIM has representation in the legislative assemblies of 8 states. The All-India Party Congress is the supreme authority of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). However, during the time between two party congresses, the Central Committee is the highest decision-making body. The Central Committee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bani Basu
Bani Basu (born 11 March 1939 bn, বাণী বসু) is a prolific Bengali Indian author, essayist, critic, poet, translator and professor. Life She received her formal education from the well-known Lady Brabourne College, Scottish Church College and at the University of Calcutta where she received M.A. in English. Career Basu began her career as a novelist with the publication of ''Janmabhoomi Mātribhoomi''. A prolific writer, she started her professional career as an author from 1980, first in “Anandamala”, a juvenile magazine, then in “Desh” and other periodicals of the time. She is known as a novelist, short story writer, essayist, and writings for children and teenagers. Some of her fictions have been made into films & TV Serials. The broad range of her fiction deals with gender, history, mythology, society, psychology, adolescence, music, sexual orientation, the supernatural, and more. Her major works include ''Swet Pātharer Thālā'' (A Plate of Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bose (surname)
Bose, Basu, Bosu, Boshu or Bosh ( bn, বসু, Bôsu, ) is a surname found amongst upper caste Kulin Kayasthas of West Bengal, India. The traditional Bengali version is Bosu, which is sometimes written Basu, which is alternately spelled as Bose or Basu. It from Sanskrit (, a name of Viṣṇu meaning ‘dwelling in all beings’). History Boses belong to Kayastha caste in Bengal. The Bengali Kayasthas evolved between the 5th/6th century AD and 11th/12th century AD, its component elements being putative Kshatriyas and mostly Brahmins, according to André Wink. Boses are considered as Kulin Kayasthas of Gautam gotra, along with Ghoshes, Mitras and Guhas. One of the twelve local rulers was King Pratapaditya of Jessore (currently in southern Bangladesh). At this time, the caste system was pretty much the way of life in India and certain communities were always expected to perform certain tasks. In order to rule the region, the King needed various types of people like Brahmins f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandranath Basu
Chandranath Basu (1844-1910) was a Bengali litterateur. A staunch Hindu, Chandranath coined the term Hindutva and has been regarded as a doyen of economic nationalism in Bengal. Early life and education Chandranath was born on 31 August 1844 in Koikala village at Hooghly district, Bengal Presidency, British India. He was the second son of Sitanath Basu, and had 3 sisters. Chandranath studied at the Hedore School, a missionary institute for a while, before dropping out due to a fear of being baptized. He then joined the Oriental Seminary because it had a teacher who took care of English pronunciation among the students. He pursued his B.A. (1862-1865) from Presidency College on a financial scholarship provided by the Department of Public Instruction and went on to secure fifth place in the First Arts examination, before eventually topping the list of graduates in 1865. He received a M.A. in history in 1866 and a degree in law, the following year. Career After serving in vario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benoy Basu
Benoy Krishna Basu ( bn, বিনয় কৃষ্ণ বসু ''Binôe Boshu'') or Benoy Basu or Benoy Bose (11 September 1908 – 13 December 1930) was an Indian revolutionary against British rule in India, who launched an attack on the Secretariat Building; the Writers' Building at the Dalhousie square in Kolkata, along with Badal Gupta and Dinesh Chandra Gupta. Early life Basu was born on 11 September 1908, in the village Rohitbhog in the Munshiganj District, then in British India. His father, Rebatimohan Basu was an engineer. References Bibliography * ''Hemendranath Dasgupta, Bharater Biplab Kahini'', II & III, Calcutta, 1948; * Ramesh Chandra Majumdar Ramesh Chandra Majumdar (known as R. C. Majumdar; 4 December 1888 – 11 February 1980) was a historian and professor of Indian history. Majumdar is a noted historian of modern India. He was a former Sheriff of Kolkata. Early life and educati ..., ''History of the Freedom Movement in India'', III, Calcutta 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddhadeb Bosu
Buddhadeva Bose (; 1908–1974), also spelt Buddhadeb Bosu, was an Indian Bengali writer of the 20th century. Frequently referred to as a poet, he was a versatile writer who wrote novels, short stories, plays and essays in addition to poetry. He was an influential critic and editor of his time. He is recognised as one of the five poets who moved to introduce modernity into Bengali poetry. It is said that since Rabindranath Tagore, there has not been a more versatile talent in Bengali literature. Biography Bose studied English language and literature at the University of Dhaka. He was a resident of Jagannath Hall. As a student of Dhaka University, he, along with fellow student Nurul Momen (who later became the Natyaguru), obtained the highest possible marks in the first Binnet Intelligence Test (which later came to be known as IQ test). Only the two of them were able to achieve that distinction. After completing his MA in English there, with distinction marks that remain unsur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jyotirmoy Basu
Jyotirmoy Basu (18 December 1920 – 12 January 1982) was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from the Diamond Harbour constituency of West Bengal in 1967,1971,1977 and 1980 as a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the na .... References External links Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website 1920 births Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal Lok Sabha members from West Bengal India MPs 1967–1970 India MPs 1971–1977 India MPs 1977–1979 India MPs 1980–1984 1982 deaths People from South 24 Parganas district Communist Party of India politicians from West Bengal {{CPIndiaMarxist-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durga Das Basu
Durga Das Basu (1910–1997) was an Indian jurist and lawyer. He wrote the ''Commentary on the Constitution of India'' and ''Casebook on the Indian Constitutional Law''. The former is one of the most important textbooks in social sciences and legal studies related to the Constitution of India. He was born in 1910. Basu was awarded the Padma Bhushan The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service ... in 1985, and nominated as honorary fellow of Asiatic Society in 1994. He died in the year 1997. References 5Death https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl2804/stories/20110225280407400.htm 1910 births 1997 deaths 20th-century Indian lawyers University of Calcutta alumni Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in public affairs {{India-law-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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