Lahiri Mohanpur
Lahiri is an Indian surname belonging to Bengali Brahmins. Notable people with this surname include: * Anirban Lahiri (born 1987), Indian golfer * Anya Lahiri (born 1982), British model * Bappi Lahiri (1952-2022), Indian music director * Dulal Lahiri (born 1947), Bengali actor * Jhumpa Lahiri (born 1967), Indian-American author * Rajendra Lahiri (1901–1927), Bengali revolutionary * Samik Lahiri (born 1967), Indian politician * Shanu Lahiri (1928–2013), Bengali painter * Shyama Charan Lahiri (1828–1895), Indian yogi, better known as Lahiri Mahasaya {{surname Indian surnames Bengali Hindu surnames ...
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Bengali Brahmins
The Bengali Brahmins are Hindu Brahmins who traditionally reside in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, currently comprising the Indian state of West Bengal and the country of Bangladesh. The Bengali Brahmins, along with Baidyas and Kayasthas, are regarded among the three traditional higher castes of Bengal. In the colonial era, the Bhadraloks of Bengal were primarily, but not exclusively, drawn from these three castes, who continue to maintain a collective hegemony in West Bengal. History Multiple land-grants to Brahmins, from since the Gupta Era have been observed. The Dhanaidaha copper-plate inscription, dated to 433 CE, is the earliest of them and records a grantee Brahmin named Varahasvamin. The 7th-century Nidhanpur copperplate inscription mentions that a marshy land tract adjacent to an existing settlement was given to more than 208 Vaidika Brahmins (Brahmins versed in the Vedas) belonging to 56 gotras and different Vedic schools. It is traditionally believe ...
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