Bengali Brahmos are those who adhere to Brahmoism, the philosophy of Brahmo Samaj which was founded by Raja Rammohan Roy. A recent publication describes the disproportionate influence of Brahmos on India's development post-19th Century as unparalleled in recent times.

Brahmo Samaj

;When is a Brahmo not a Brahmo Samajist? One aspect of Brahmoism is recognition that not only explicit faith and worship makes for a Brahmo, but also genealogy, which is implicit. People with even a single Brahmo parent or a Brahmo guardian are treated as Brahmos until they absolutely renounce the Brahmo faith. This often causes tension within the Samaj, for example, when an offspring of a Brahmo follows communism or

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or another religious belief without renouncing Brahmoism formally. There are differing views between the Theist and Deist streams of Brahmoism on the retention of such people within the fold. Additionally, a Brahmo who opts not to subscribe to membership of a Brahmo Samaj remains a Brahmo but ceases to be a Brahmo Samajist.

People associated with Brahmo Samaj

Banerjee

Sasipada Banerji Shasipada Banerjee (02 February, 1840– 15 December, 1924) was a social worker and leader of the Brahmo Samaj who is remembered as a champion of women's rights and education and as one of the earliest workers for labour welfare in India. He was ...

(1840–1924), Social reformer. ** Sir Albion Rajkumar Banerjee, CSI, CIE (1871–1950), Diwan of Cochin. *Amiya Charan Banerjee (1891–1968), Vice Chancellor of Allahabad University. *Probha Banerji, first lady magistrate of India. **Kalyan Banerji, Deputy Managing Director of the State Bank of India. **

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(1928–2010), Attorney General of India. *** Gourab Banerji, Additional Solicitor General of India.

Chakrabarty

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, Founder-Editor, Mainstream Weekly. **Sumit Chakravarty, Editor, Mainstream Weekly. *Uma Shehanobis (née Chakrabarty), Principal, Patha Bhavan, Calcutta.

Chattopadhayay

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, Principal, Nizam's College, Hyderabad. ** Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949), Politician. *** Padmaja Naidu (1900–1975), Governor of West Bengal. *** Leela Naidu (1940–2009), Artist. **

Suhasini Chattopadhyay Suhasini Chattopadhyay (also known as Suhasini Nambiar; 1902–26 November 1973) was an Indian communist leader and a freedom fighter. She was the first woman member of the Communist Party of India. Biography Suhasini was one of eight childr ...

, Indian freedom fighter. ** Virendranath Chattopadhyaya (1880–1937), Indian nationalist. ** Harindranath Chattopadhyaya (1898–1990), Padma Bhushan, Member of Parliament, Vijayawada. ** Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya, Padma Vibhushan, Social reformer. *** Krishna Chattopadhyay (1935–2009), Singer.

Bose

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, Writer and intellectual of the Bengal Renaissance. **Krishnadhan Ghosh (son-in-law of Rajnarayan Basu), Civil Surgeon, Pabna, Bengal. ***

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, Indian nationalist; vice principal of

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. * Girindrasekhar Bose, Psychoanalyst. Jagadish Chandra Bose 1926

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(1858–1937), Polymath who was Professor of Physics, Presidency College, Calcutta. * Lady Abala Bose (1864–1951), Social reformer who founded the Nari Sikhshya Samities. ** Debendra Mohan Bose (1887–1975) (Sir J.C. Bose was his maternal uncle), Director, Bose Institute, Calcutta *

Anandamohan Bose Ananda Mohan Bose ( bn, আনন্দমোহন বসু) (23 September 1847 – 20 August 1906) was an Indian politician, academician, social reformer, and lawyer during the British Raj. He co-founded the Indian National Association, one ...

(1847–1906) (brother-in-law of Sir J.C. Bose and paternal uncle of D.M. Bose), Co-founder of Indian National Association; first Indian Wrangler at Cambridge University. *

Rajsekhar Bose Rajshekhar Basu ( bn, রাজশেখর বসু; better known by the pen name Parashuram; 16 March 1880 – 27 April 1960) was a Bengali chemist, author and lexicographer. He was chiefly known for his comic and satirical short storie ...

(1880–1960), Author * Girindrasekhar Bose (1887–1953), Psychiatrist.

Das

*Bhuban Mohan Das ** Chittaranjan Das, Mayor of Calcutta. ** Basanti Devi, Padma Vibhushan, Social reformer. *** Siddhartha Shankar Ray (grandson), Chief Minister of West Bengal. ***Justice Manjula Bose (granddaughter), Judge of the High Court of Calcutta. *** Jaidip Mukherjea (grandson) (1942-), Sportsman. *

Durga Mohan Das Durga Mohan Das ( bn, দুর্গামোহন দাশ ''Durga Mohon Das''; 1841–1897) was a Brahmo Samaj leader and a social reformer. Early life Durga Mohan was born in a well-known Baidya family at Telirbagh, Bikrampur, Dhaka in ...

(1841–1897), Social reformer. ** Satish Ranjan Das (1870–1928), Law Member of the Viceroy's Executive Council; founder of Doon School. *** Shomie Ranjan Das (1935-), Headmaster of Doon School, Mayo College and Lawrence School, Sanawar. *Rakhal Chandra Das ** Sudhi Ranjan Das, 5th Chief Justice of India. ***

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***Anjana Sen (née Das) ***

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, Law Minister of India. Jibanananda Das (1899–1954)

* Kusumkumari Das, Social Worker. ** Jibanananda Das, Poet. ***

Chidananda Dasgupta Chidananda Das Gupta ( bn, চিদানন্দ দাশগুপ্ত) (20 November 1921 – 22 May 2011)—family name sometimes spelled 'Dashgupta' and 'Dasgupta'—was an Indian filmmaker, film critic, a film historian and one of the ...

, Filmmaker. *

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(1866–1952), Social reformer. ** Bina Das (1911–1986), Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly, 1947–51. *Arun Kumar Das, FRCS (Eng. & Edin.) (1924–2015), Orthopedist; Professor, NRS Medical College and Hospital, Calcutta.

Dey

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y, Esq.,

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(1852–1932), Bar-at-Law (Middle Temple), Commissioner (Actg.) of Burdwan & Magistrate and Collector of Hooghly, Bengal. ** Sir

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, (1879-1963) Bar-at-Law (Inner Temple), (son-in-law), Chief Justice of

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and Jaipur, husband of Lady Niraj Nalini Ghosh (née Dey) ** Gurusaday Dutta, Esq.,

(1882-1941), Bar-at-Law, (Grey's Inn), (son-in-law), Secretary, Local Self-Government and Public Health, Government of Bengal, husband of

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(née Dey),

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, (1887–1925), Social reformer. **Hemanta Kumar Dey, Esq., (1889-1967), Bar-at-Law (Grey's Inn), (son), Presidency Magistrate, Calcutta. **

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Jyotish Chandra Dey, I.M.S., (1892-1962), (son-in-law), 2nd Indian Principal of Calcutta Medical College, husband of Prafulla Nalini Dey (née Dey) ** Captain Dr. Paresh Chandra Datta (1893-1963), Director, Public Health, Government of West Bengal (son-in-law), husband of Sarasi Nalini Datta (née Dey) ***Ranajit Datta (1925-2016), Chairman & Managing Director, Braithwaite, Burn and Jessop Ltd. **Major (Hon.) Basanta Kumar Dey (1897–1975), (son), 2nd Indian Commercial Traffic Manager, Bengal Nagpur Railway. *** Professor Barun Dey (1932–2013), Chairman, West Bengal Heritage Commission. **Dr. Debprasad Dutta, Deputy Director, Public Health, Government of West Bengal (1898-1985), (son-in-law), husband of Nirmal Nalini Dutta (née Dey) ***Nandita Dutta (1935-2007), Founder-Principal,

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Dutta

* Romesh Chandra Dutta (1848–1908), C.I.E., Dewan of Baroda. **Jnanendranath Gupta, Esq., ICS (son-in-law of R.C. Dutt), Commissioner of Chittagong. ***Sudhindranath Gupta, Esq., 1st Indian Commercial Traffic Manager, Bengal Nagpur Railway. *

Akshay Kumar Datta Akshay Kumar Datta (also spelt Akshay Kumar Dutta) ( bn, অক্ষয় কুমার দত্ত) (15 July 1820 – 18 May 1886) was a Bengali writer from India. He was one of the initiators of the Bengal Renaissance. Early life He wa ...

(1820–1886), Poet. **

Satyendranath Dutta Satyendranath Dutta (also spelt Satyendranath Datta or Satyendra Nath Dutta; bn, সত্যেন্দ্রনাথ দত্ত) (1882 – 25 June 1922), a Bengali poet, is considered the "wizard of rhymes" (or 'ছন্দের জা ...

(1882–1922), Poet.

Ganguly

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(1844–1898), Social reformer. *

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(1861–1923), First female medical graduate in South Asia.

Goswami

* Bijoy Krishna Goswami (1841–1899), Social reformer, Brahmo Acharya

Gupta

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, (1849–1916), Dewan of Baroda. **Satish Gupta, IAAS. ***Ranajit Gupta,

, Chief Secretary, West Bengal. ***

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(1919–2001), Home Minister of India (1996–98). ****

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(1937-), Journalist. * Sir

Krishna Govinda Gupta Sir Krishna Govinda Gupta ( bn, স্যার কৃষ্ণগোবিন্দ গুপ্ত; 28 February 1851 – 20 March 1926) was a noted British Indian civil servant, the sixth Indian member of the Indian Civil Service, a barrister ...

, Member of the Secretary of States Council in London. ** Atul Prasad Sen, Barrister-at-Law, Lawyer, composer and singer.

Mahalanobis

*Gurucharan Mahalanobis, President and Treasurer of Brahmo Samaj. *Subodh Chandra Mahalanobis, Founder of the Physiology Department of Presidency College, Calcutta; 1st Indian Head of Department of Physiology, University of Cardiff. *Prabodh Chandra Mahalanobis. ** Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, F.R.S., pioneer statistician and teacher of statistics, Member, 1st Planning Commission of India.

Mitra

* Braja Sundar Mitra, Excise Collector, Calcutta. *** Deba Prasad Mitra (1902–1978), Pathologist. *

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(1814–1883), Deputy Librarian, Calcutta Public Library. *

Kishori Chand Mitra Kishori Chand Mitra (18221873) was a writer, civil servant and social worker. Early life and education Mitra was born in Kolkata although his ancestral village is Panisheola in Hooghly District of present-day West Bengal.Ghosh, Manmathna ...

(1822–1873), Police Magistrate.

Moitra

*Anupam Chandra Moitra, Geologist. **Anil Kumar Moitra, Indian Iron and Steel Company Ltd.

Mukherjee

* Nibaran Chandra Mukherjee, Social reformer. ** Satish Chandra Mukherjee (1865–1948), Educationist. *** Renuka Ray (née Mukherjee) (1904–1997), Politician. *** Subroto Mukerjee (1911–1960), First Chief of Air Staff of the

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. ***Prasanta Mukherjee, Chairman, Railway Board.

Nag Chaudhuri

* Basanti Dulal Nag Chaudhuri, Physicist; Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Pal

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(1858–1932), Indian nationalist leader. ** Niranjan Pal (1889–1959), Playwright, screenwriter and director. ***

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(1923–2005), Film director. **** Deep Pal (1953-), Cinematographer. **

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(son-in-law),

, Union Minister for Panchayati Raj.

Palchaudhuri

*Ila Palchaudhuri, Member of Parliament, Nabadwip, 1957. **Amitabha Palchaudhuri, Chairman, Bengal National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BNCCI). **Anik Palchaudhuri, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Gulma Mohorgong Tea Estate.

Ray/Roy

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, Principal, Metropolitan Institution (later Vidyasagar College) *

Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury (12 May 1863 – 20 December 1915) was a Bengali writer and painter. One of his written book is ''Chotoder Shera Biggan Rochona Shongkolon''. He was the son-in-law of reformer Dwarkanath Ganguly. He was also an entre ...

(1863–1915), Scholar and entrepreneur. ** Sukumar Ray (1887–1923), Writer. ***

Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian director, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and music composer. One of the greatest auteurs of fil ...

(1921–1992), Film-maker, Bharat Ratna and Oscar Award for Lifetime Achievement (1992) ***

Bijoya Ray Bijoya Ray ('' née'' Das; 27 October 1917 – 2 June 2015) was the wife of the Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray. Their son Sandip Ray is also a film director. Bijoya and Satyajit were first cousins. Bijoya's father was the eldest half brother of ...

(1917–2015), **** Sandip Ray (1953-), Film-maker. *Pramadaranjan Ray, Office of the Surveyor General of India **

Leela Majumdar Leela Majumdar ( bn, লীলা মজুমদার ''Lila Mojumdar''), (26 February 1908 – 5 April 2007) was a Bengali writer. Early life Born to Surama Devi and Pramada Ranjan Ray (who was the younger brother of Upendra Kishor Ray Cho ...

(1908–2007), Author. *Pratap Chandra Roy ** Bidhan Chandra Roy, 2nd Chief Minister of West Bengal. *** Subimal Roy, Judge of the Supreme Court of India. * Prasanna Kumar Roy (1849–1932), Educationist. * Sarala Roy (1859–1946), Educationist. **

Charulata Mukherjee Charulata Mukherjee was a noted women's rights activist and social worker from Calcutta, who was associated with Brahmo Samaj and All India Women's Conference. She was noted for her social and women rights activism. She was an active member of AI ...

(née Roy), Social reformer.

Sanyal

Trailokyanath Sanyal Trailokyanath is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Trailokyanath Sanyal (1848–1915), Brahmo missionary * Trailokyanath Chakravarty (1889–1970), Indian revolutionary and politician {{Short pages monitor