Basu (variants: ''

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, Boshu, Bosu, Bosh'') is an Indian

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, primarily found among

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. 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

Kshatriya Kshatriya ( hi, क्षत्रिय) (from Sanskrit ''kṣatra'', "rule, authority") is one of the four varna (social orders) of Hindu society, associated with warrior aristocracy. The Sanskrit term ''kṣatriyaḥ'' is used in the con ...

s and mostly Brahmins, according to

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. Basus are considered as Kulin Kayasthas of Gautam

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, along with Ghoshes and Mitras.

Notable people

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 & Civilization ...

, (b. 1953) American scholar *

Amar Bose Amar Gopal Bose (November 2, 1929 – July 12, 2013) was an American entrepreneur and academic. An electrical engineer and sound engineer, he was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for over 45 years. He was also the found ...

, (1929 – 2013) Founder and chairman of Bose Corporation which make Bose home audio products.

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entrepreneur and academic. Professor at the

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(MIT). *

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 Chu ...

, (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 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 ...

, (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 Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose (;, ; 30 November 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a biologist, physicist, Botany, botanist and an early writer of science fiction. He was a pioneer in the investigation of radio microwave optics, made significant contr ...

, (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) 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 term ...

. Barrister, longest serving chief minister of

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

. *

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 membe ...

, (1920-1982), Indian politician for CPM party . * Kaushik Basu, (b. 1952), Indian economist * Khudiram Bose, (1889-1908), Indian Freedom Fighter *

Kunal Basu ''Kunal Basu'' (''Bengali:'' কুনাল বসু) is an Indian author of English fiction who has written five novels – ''The Opium Clerk'' (2001), ''The Miniaturist'' (2003), ''Racists'' (2006), ''The Yellow Emperor's Cure'' (2011) ''Ka ...

, author of the novel ''Racists'' *

Maladhar Basu Maladhar Basu ( bn, মালাধর বসু; c. 15th century) was a Bengali poet. He wrote ''Sri Krishna Vijaya'' (শ্রীকৃষ্ণবিজয়, ''Triumph of Lord Krishna''), the earliest Bengali narrative poem that can be assign ...

, a poet of the Hossain-Shahi period in Bengal history, writer of Sri Krishna Vijaya (শ্রীকৃষ্ণবিজয়, Triumph of Lord Krishna) *

Neil Basu Anil Kanti "Neil" Basu (born 1968) is a senior British police officer. Basu is currently a Non-Executive Director of the College of Policing, leading the strategic command course which prepares police officers and staff for promotion to the mos ...

(b. 1968), senior British police officer. *

Nagendranath Basu Nagendranath Basu ( bn, নগেন্দ্রনাথ বসু; 6 July 1866 – 11 October 1938) was an archaeologist, encyclopaedist and a nationalist social historian of Bengal. Early life Nagendranath was born in the village of Mahesh ...

(1866-1938), encyclopedia compiler, archaeologist, and historian *

Nandalal Bose Nandalal Bose (3 December 1882 – 16 April 1966) was one of the pioneers of modern Indian art and a key figure of Contextual Modernism. A pupil of Abanindranath Tagore, Bose was known for his "Indian style" of painting. He became the principa ...

, seminal painter and sculptor * Nandita Basu, Indian-born American environmental engineer * Pam Basu (19581992), victim of carjacking and murder *

Rajnarayan Basu Rajnarayan Basu ({1826–1899) was an Indian writer and intellectual of the Bengal Renaissance. He was born in Boral in 24 Parganas and studied at the Hare School and Hindu College, in Kolkata, Bengal. A monotheist at heart, Rajnarayan Basu c ...

, (1826-1899), writer and intellectual of the

Bengal Renaissance Bengal ( ; bn, বাংলা/বঙ্গ, translit=Bānglā/Bôngô, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, predom ...

* Rash Behari Bose, (1886 – 1945), Indian revolutionary leader, founded the

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Samaresh Basu Samaresh Basu (11 December 1924 – 12 March 1988) was a writer in modern Bengali literature, known for his versatility and vast range of themes. He wrote under the pen name ''Kalkut''. Basu was awarded the 1980 Sahitya Akademi Award in Bengal ...

, writer; winner of the 1980 Sahitya Akademi Award * Samit Basu, (b. 1979), Indian author *

Satyendra Nath Bose Satyendra Nath Bose (; 1 January 1894 – 4 February 1974) was a Bengali mathematician and physicist specializing in theoretical physics. He is best known for his work on quantum mechanics in the early 1920s, in developing the foundation for ...

, (1894 – 1974), Indian mathematician and physicist. Best known for his work on

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, Bose–Einstein statistics and Bose–Einstein condensate. Elementary particles

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were named after him. *

Satyendranath Bosu Satyendra Nath Bosu (aka. Satyendranath Bose or Satyen Bose; 30 July 1882 – 21 November 1908) was an Indian nationalist of the Anushilan Samiti. Bosu, while held in Alipore Jail hospital as an under-trial in the Alipore Bomb Case,shot dead ...

, (1882-1908), Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter *

Sekhar Basu Sekhar Basu (20 September 195224 September 2020) was an Indian nuclear scientist who served as the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Atomic Energy ...

, (1952-2020), Indian nuclear scientist who served as the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Awarded the

Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...

in 2014 * Siddhartha Basu, Indian television producer-director and quiz show host * Sreyashi Jhumki Basu, (1977-2008) American science educator *

Subhas Chandra Bose Subhas Chandra Bose ( ; 23 January 1897 – 18 August 1945 * * * * * * * * *) was an Indian nationalist whose defiance of British authority in India made him a hero among Indians, but his wartime alliances with Nazi Germany and Imperia ...

, (1897-?), Indian freedom fighter. Commander in chief of the Azad Hind Fauj.

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{{Reflist Surnames Bengali Hindu surnames Indian surnames Kayastha

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