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Banerjee (
Bengali : ব্যানার্জী ), also known as Bandyopadhyay , is a
Bengali
Kulin Brahmin surname originating from the
Bengal region of the
Indian subcontinent . The surname belongs to the
Rarhi clan of
Bengali Brahmin caste.
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Lineage and ancestry
Banerjees are from the ancient
Shandilya
Gotra , which means all Banerjees are descended from
Kannauj from the ancient sage
Shandilya as per the Puranas.
[3] Together with
Mukherjees ,
Chatterjees ,
Bhattacharjees and
Gangulys , Banerjees form the
Kulin Brahmins .
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History
"Indian (Bengal) and Bangladeshi: Hindu (Brahman) name, the first element of which, Ban-, is taken from Bandyopadhyay The final element -jee is derived from jha (greatly reduced form of Sanskrit upadhyaya 'teacher'); thus, Banerjee 'teacher who is head and only performs the main work aarti or, Vandana. A Sanskrit version of this name, Vandyopadhyaya, was coined from the elements vandya 'venerable' + upadhyaya 'teacher'. "
Notable people
Notable people with the surname Banerjee, Bandopadhyay, or variations, include:
Alapan Bandyopadhyay , (born 1961) IAS Officer
Anjan Bandyopadhyay , (1965 – 2021) journalist
Abhijit Banerjee , (born 1961) Nobel laureate economist
Abhishek Banerjee (actor)
Abhishek Banerjee (politician)
Albion Rajkumar Banerjee (1871 – 1950) an Indian civil servant and administrator
Ambica Banerjee (1928 – 2013) a member of the
15th Lok Sabha .
Audrish Banerjee (born 1975) an Indian former
cricketer .
Bhanu Banerjee , (1920 – 1983) actor and freedom activist
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (1895 – 1950), Indian writer
Bidisha Bandyopadhyay , (born1978) writer, broadcaster
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born 1956) Indian-born American author, poet, and professor.
Dibakar Banerjee (born 1969) Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and advertisement-filmmaker.
Dola Banerjee (born 1980) is an Indian sportswoman who competes in
archery
Gargi Banerjee , cricketer
Gooroodas Banerjee , (1844 –1918) aka Gurudas Bandyopadhyay, Bengali Indian High Court judge
Gopeshwar Banerjee (1880–1963) an
Indian classical singer and musicologist,
Haradhan Bandopadhyay , (1926 – 2013) a Bengali Indian actor
Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay (1820 – 1891) Indian educator and social reformer
Jenni Banerjee , (born 1981) Finnish actress with Indian ancestry.
John Banerjee (1873 – ?) the second non-European bishop of the Church of India, Burma and Ceylon
Kali Banerjee , actor
Kali Charan Banerjee
Kalyan Banerjee
Kanika Bandyopadhyay (1924–2000), singer
Kanu Banerjee (1905–1985), actor (Pather Panchali)
Karuna Banerjee (1919–2001), actress (Pather Panchali)
Krishna Mohan Banerjee
Kaushik Banerjee , actor
Kaustav Banerjee , American electrical engineer
Mamata Banerjee , politician and Chief Minister of
West Bengal
Manik Bandopadhyay , writer, novelist
Nikhil Banerjee , composer, musician
Nyra Banerjee , Indian television actress and assistant director.
Pradip Kumar Banerjee
Prith Banerjee
Pooja Banerjee , television actress
Pratyusha Banerjee , television actress
Puja Banerjee , film and television actress
Pulak Bandyopadhyay , lyricist and songwriter
Rachana Banerjee , actor
Raghab Bandyopadhyay , prose writer
Rahul Banerjee , archer
R D Banerji , The discoverer of Mohenjo-daro, the principal site of the Indus Valley Civilisation
Reba Bandyopadhyay (born 1972), American astronomer and science policy analyst
Rina Banerjee
Ruprekha Banerjee
San Banarje , film director, producer, photographer
Sanjay Banerjee , Indian engineer
Sara Banerji , writer
Sarnath Banerjee , artist
Shakuntala Banerjee (born 1973), German journalist
Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
Sid Banerjee , an Indian-American pop singer, songwriter, and producer
Somen Banerjee
Subir Banerjee (born 1946), Indian actor
Subir Kumar Banerjee (born 1939), Indian-American geophysicist
Surendranath Banerjee , first Indian to qualify Indian Civil Service Examination
Sushmita Banerjee , writer
Syagnik Banerjee , scholar, author, and professor
Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay , novelist
Victor Banerjee , actor both in Tollywood, Bollywood and Hollywood
Vikram Banerjee
Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee , first president of the
Indian National Congress
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