Bengali Brahmos are those who adhere to Brahmoism, the philosophy of

Brahmo Samaj Brahmo Samaj ( bn, ব্রহ্ম সমাজ, Brahmô Sômaj, ) is the societal component of Brahmoism, which began as a monotheistic reformist movement of the Hindu religion that appeared during the Bengal Renaissance. It was one of t ...

which was founded by

Raja Rammohan Roy Raja Ram Mohan Roy ( bn, রামমোহন রায়; 22 May 1772 – 27 September 1833) was an Indian reformer who was one of the founders of the Brahmo Sabha in 1828, the precursor of the Brahmo Samaj, a social-religious reform ...

. 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 Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, ...

atheism Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no d ...

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 (1840–1924), Social reformer. ** Sir Albion Rajkumar Banerjee, CSI, CIE (1871–1950), Diwan of

Cochin Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of ...

. *Amiya Charan Banerjee (1891–1968), Vice Chancellor of

Allahabad University , mottoeng = "As Many Branches So Many Trees" , established = , type = Public , chancellor = Ashish Chauhan , vice_chancellor = Sangita Srivastava , head_label ...

. *Probha Banerji, first lady magistrate of India. **Kalyan Banerji, Deputy Managing Director of the State Bank of India. **

Milon K. Banerji Milon Kumar Banerji (c. 1928 – 20 July 2010) was an Indian jurist who was Attorney General of India from 1992 to 1996 and again from 2004 to 2009. He was also Solicitor General from 1986 to 1989. He died on 20 July 2010 after a long illnes ...

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

Chakrabarty

Nikhil Chakravarty Nikhil Chakravartty (1913–1998) was an Indian journalist. Biography Chakravartty was born on 3 November 1913 in India's northeastern state of Assam. He was the founder-editor of the respected current affairs weekly ''Mainstream''. He gradua ...

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

Chattopadhayay

* Aghorenath Chattopadhyay, 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 childre ...

, Indian freedom fighter. ** Virendranath Chattopadhyaya (1880–1937), Indian nationalist. **

Harindranath Chattopadhyaya Harindranath Chattopadhyay (2 April 1898 – 23 June 1990) was an Indian English poet, dramatist, actor, musician and a member of the 1st Lok Sabha from Vijayawada constituency. He was the younger brother of Sarojini Naid ...

(1898–1990),

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 ...

, Member of Parliament,

Vijayawada Vijayawada, formerly known as Bezawada, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and is a part of the state's Capital Region. It is the administrative headquarters of the NTR district. Its metropolitan region comprises N ...

. ** Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya,

Padma Vibhushan The Padma Vibhushan ("Lotus Decoration") is the second-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "exceptional and distinguished service". All persons without ...

, Social reformer. *** Krishna Chattopadhyay (1935–2009), Singer.

Bose

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 ...

, 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, pred ...

. **Krishnadhan Ghosh (son-in-law of Rajnarayan Basu), Civil Surgeon, Pabna, Bengal. ***

Sri Aurobindo Sri Aurobindo (born Aurobindo Ghose; 15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) was an Indian philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet, and Indian nationalist. He was also a journalist, editing newspapers such as ''Vande Mataram''. He joined the ...

, Indian nationalist; vice principal of

Baroda College The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, formerly Baroda College, is a public university in the city of Vadodara, in Gujarat state, India. Originally established as a college in 1881, it became a university in 1949 after the independence ...

. *

Girindrasekhar Bose Girindrasekhar Bose (31 January 1887 – 3 June 1953) was an early 20th-century Indian psychoanalyst, the first president (1922–1953) of the Indian Psychoanalytic Society.Sudhir Kakar, 'Girindrasekhar Bose (1886-1953), ''International Dictionar ...

, Psychoanalyst. Jagadish Chandra Bose 1926

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

(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 Debendra Mohan Bose (26 November 1885 – 2 June 1975) was an Indian physicist who made contributions in the field of cosmic rays, artificial radioactivity and neutron physics. He was the longest serving Director (1938–1967) of Bose Institut ...

(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 The Indian Association was the first avowed nationalist organization founded in British India by Surendranath Banerjee and Ananda Mohan Bose in 1876. The objectives of this Association were "promoting by every legitimate means the political, i ...

; first Indian Wrangler at Cambridge University. * Rajsekhar Bose (1880–1960), Author *

(1887–1953), Psychiatrist.

Das

*Bhuban Mohan Das ** Chittaranjan Das,

Mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well ...

of Calcutta. ** Basanti Devi,

, 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 Mayo College (informally Mayo) is a boys-only independent boarding school in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. It was founded in 1875 by Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, who was the Viceroy of India from 1869 to 1872. This makes it one of the oldest pu ...

and Lawrence School, Sanawar. *Rakhal Chandra Das **

Sudhi Ranjan Das Sudhi Ranjan Das (1 October 1894 – 18 September 1977) was the 5th Chief Justice of India, serving from 1 February 1956 to 30 September 1959. Das also served as chairman of '' The Statesman''. Background and education S.R. Das was born in ...

, 5th Chief Justice of India. ***

Group Captain Group captain is a senior commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force, where it originated, as well as the air forces of many countries that have historical British influence. It is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank i ...

Suranjan Das ***Anjana Sen (née Das) ***

Ashoke Kumar Sen Ashoke Kumar Sen (10 October 1913 – 21 September 1996) was an Indian barrister, a former Cabinet minister of India, and an Indian parliamentarian. He also holds the record for winning a Lok Sabha seat the most times and also the record for ...

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

* Kusumkumari Das, Social Worker. ** Jibanananda Das, Poet. *** Chidananda Dasgupta, Filmmaker. * Beni Madhab Das (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

Brajendranath De Brajendranath Dey (23 December 1852 – 20 September 1932) was an early Indian member of the Indian Civil Service. Early life and education De studied at Hare School, Calcutta, and then Canning Collegiate School and Canning College, Lucknow. ...

y, Esq., ICS (1852–1932), Bar-at-Law (Middle Temple), Commissioner (Actg.) of Burdwan &

Magistrate The term magistrate is used in a variety of systems of governments and laws to refer to a civilian officer who administers the law. In ancient Rome, a '' magistratus'' was one of the highest ranking government officers, and possessed both judic ...

and Collector of Hooghly,

Bengal 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 ...

. ** Sir

Sarat Kumar Ghosh Sir Sarat Kumar Ghosh or Ghose, ICS (3 July 1879 – 8 January 1963) was an Indian civil servant and a jurist. Background and education He was the son of Rai Bahadur Tarini Kumar Ghosh, Inspector General of Registration of the Government of ...

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

Kashmir Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...

and

Jaipur Jaipur (; Hindi: ''Jayapura''), formerly Jeypore, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. , the city had a population of 3.1 million, making it the tenth most populous city in the country. Jaipur is also known a ...

, husband of Lady Niraj Nalini Ghosh (née Dey) ** Gurusaday Dutta, Esq., ICS (1882-1941), Bar-at-Law, (Grey's Inn), (son-in-law), Secretary, Local Self-Government and Public Health, Government of Bengal, husband of

Saroj Nalini Dutt Saroj Nalini Dutt (''née'' De) MBE (9 October 1887 – 19 January 1925) was an Indian feminist and social reformer. Background She was born in her father, Brajendranath De’s, country house in Bandel, near Hooghly, in Bengal Province. She ...

(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. **

Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant colonel ( , ) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colon ...

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 The Bengal Nagpur Railway was one of the companies which pioneered development of the railways in eastern and central India. It was succeeded first by Eastern Railway and subsequently by South Eastern Railway. History The opening of the ...

. ***

Professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professo ...

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,

Patha Bhavan, Kolkata Patha Bhavan () is a mixed medium independent co-educational day school in Kolkata, India, which is affiliated to the state secondary and higher secondary boards. It was established on 28 June 1965. History The school was named after the unive ...

Dutta

* Romesh Chandra Dutta (1848–1908), C.I.E., Dewan of

Baroda Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district and is situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River, from the state capital ...

. **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 জ� ...

(1882–1922), Poet.

Ganguly

Dwarkanath Ganguly Dwarkanath Gangopadhyay (also known as Dwarkanath Ganguly, 20 April 184427 June 1898) was a Brahmo reformer in Bengal, British India. He made substantial contributions towards societal enlightenment and the emancipation of women. Ganguly dedicat ...

(1844–1898), Social reformer. *

Kadambini Ganguly Kadambini Bose Ganguly (18 July 1861 – 3 October 1923) was one of the first Indian female doctors who practised with a degree in modern medicine. She was the first Indian woman to practice medicine in India. Ganguly was the first woman to gai ...

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

Goswami

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

Gupta

Behari Lal Gupta Behari Lal Gupta was a member of the Indian Civil Service and a politician. Early life and education Gupta was born in Calcutta into a Vaidya family. His parents were Chandrasekhar Gupta and Rajeshwari, who was the elder sister of Narendranat ...

, ICS, (1849–1916), Dewan of

. **Satish Gupta,

IAAS The first major provider of infrastructure as a service (IaaS) was Amazon in 2008. IaaS is a cloud computing service model by means of which computing resources are supplied by a cloud services provider. The IaaS vendor provides the storage, net ...

. ***Ranajit Gupta, ICS, Chief Secretary, West Bengal. ***

Indrajit Gupta Indrajit Gupta (18 March 1919 – 20 February 2001) was an Indian politician who belonged to the Communist Party of India (CPI). From 1996 to 1998, he served as Union Home Minister in the United Front governments of prime ministers H. D. Deve ...

(1919–2001), Home Minister of India (1996–98). **** Sunanda K. Datta-Ray (1937-), Journalist. * Sir Krishna Govinda Gupta, ICS, 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

. *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 Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis OBE, FNA, FASc, FRS (29 June 1893– 28 June 1972) was an Indian scientist and statistician. He is best remembered for the Mahalanobis distance, a statistical measure, and for being one of the members of the fir ...

, 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. * Peary Chand Mitra (1814–1883), Deputy Librarian, Calcutta Public Library. * Kishori Chand Mitra (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 Satish Chandra Mukherjee (5 June 1865 – 18 April 1948) was a pioneer in establishing a system of national education in India, along with Sri Aurobindo. The positivist background Satish Chandra was born at Banipur in Hooghly district of prese ...

(1865–1948), Educationist. ***

Renuka Ray Renuka Ray (1904–1997) was a noted freedom-fighter, social activist and politician of India. She was a descendant of Brahmo reformer, Nibaran Chandra Mukherjee, and daughter of Satish Chandra Mukherjee, an ICS officer, and Charulata Mukher ...

(née Mukherjee) (1904–1997), Politician. *** Subroto Mukerjee (1911–1960), First Chief of Air Staff of the

Indian Air Force The Indian Air Force (IAF) is the air force, air arm of the Indian Armed Forces. Its complement of personnel and aircraft assets ranks third amongst the air forces of the world. Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct ...

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

Nag Chaudhuri

Basanti Dulal Nag Chaudhuri Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri (6 September 1917 – 25 June 2006) was an Indian physicist and academic, and a scientific advisor to the Government of India. He is known as one of the pioneers of nuclear physics in India and for building the nation' ...

, Physicist; Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Pal

Bipin Chandra Pal Bipin Chandra Pal ( bn, বিপিন চন্দ্র পাল ; 7 November 1858 – 20 May 1932) was an Indian nationalist, writer, orator, social reformer and Indian independence movement freedom fighter. He was one third of the “L ...

(1858–1932), Indian nationalist leader. ** Niranjan Pal (1889–1959), Playwright, screenwriter and director. *** Colin Pal (1923–2005), Film director. **** Deep Pal (1953-), Cinematographer. ** S. K. Dey (son-in-law), ICS, Union Minister for Panchayati Raj.

Palchaudhuri

*Ila Palchaudhuri, Member of Parliament,

Nabadwip Nabadwip (), also spelt Navadwip, anciently Nadia or Nudiya, is a heritage city in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is regarded as a holy place by Hindus, and is the birthplace of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Famous for Rass fest ...

, 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

Saradaranjan Ray Saradaranjan Ray (26 May 1858 – 30 October 1925) was an Indian teacher of mathematics and Sanskrit who worked at Aligarh University and at Calcutta. He was also a cricket enthusiast and promoter who has been called the "W.G. Grace of India" an ...

, Principal, Metropolitan Institution (later

Vidyasagar College Vidyasagar College (Bengali: বিদ্যাসাগর কলেজ) is a state government-aided public college, affiliated to the University of Calcutta, located in North Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The college offers both post-gradu ...

) *

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 ent ...

(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 ...

(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 S ...

(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 Ch ...

(1908–2007), Author. *Pratap Chandra Roy **

Bidhan Chandra Roy Bidhan Chandra Roy (1 July 1882 – 1 July 1962) was an Indian physician, educationist, and statesman who served as Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1948 until his death in 1962. Roy played a key role in the founding of several institutio ...

, 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 (1848–1950), Social reformer. **

Aruna Asaf Ali Aruna Asaf Ali (''née'' Ganguly; 16 July 1909 – 29 July 1996) was an Indian educator, political activist, and publisher. An active participant in the Indian independence movement, she is widely remembered for hoisting the Indian National fl ...

(née Ganguly), Indian freedom fighter and prominent leader of the

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. ** Purmina Banerjee (née Ganguly), Member, Indian Constituent Assembly.

Sarkar

Susobhan Sarkar Susobhan Chandra Sarkar (1900–1982) was an Indian historian. Background and education Sarkar, son of Suresh Chandra Sarkar, was born into a Brahmo family of Dhaka. He attended Dhaka Collegiate School, studied history at Presidency College, ...

(1900–1982), Professor of History, Presidency College, Calcutta. ** Sumit Sarkar (1939-), Professor of History,

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Sen

Bhupati Mohan Sen Bhupati Mohan Sen () was an Indian physicist and mathematician. He made remarkable contributions in the fields of Quantum mechanics, Quantum Mechanics and Fluid mechanics, Fluid Mechanics. He taught at the Mathematics Department of Presidency Uni ...

, Wrangler, Smith's Prize-man, 2nd Indian Principal of Presidency College, Calcutta, (son-in-law of Sir Nilratan Sircar) **Monishi Mohan Sen (1920-2019), ICS Officer **Subrata Kumar Sen (1924–2016), MIT Graduate, Electrical Engineering Sen family Keshab Chandra Sen

* Keshub Chandra Sen (1838–1884), Religious reformer & founder of the Nababidhan Brahmo Samaj. **

Suniti Devi Sunity Devi CIE (30 September 1864 – 10 November 1932) was the Maharani of the princely state of Cooch Behar, British India. Early life She was a daughter of the renowned Brahmo Samaj reformist, Keshub Chandra Sen of Calcutta. She was ...

(1864–1932), Maharani of Coochbehar & founder of Sammilan Brahmo Samaj. ** Sucharu Devi (1874–1961), Maharani of Mayurbhanj. **Saral Chandra Sen, Bar-at-Law ***Sunit Chandra Sen, Collector, Calcutta Municipal Corporation. ***

Benita Roy ''Rajmata'' Benita Roy (born 18 August 1907, date of death unknown) was a Bangladeshi aristocrat, litterateur, diplomat and minister. She was the forty-ninth Rani of the Chakma Circle in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Roy served as the Rajmata durin ...

, Politician. ***

Sadhana Bose Sadhana Bose (20 April 1914 – 3 October 1973) (Sadhona Bose) was an Indian actress and a dancer. She acted in movies like ''Meenakshi'', where she played the lead. A contemporary of Uday Shankar, in the 1930s she staged a number of ballets in ...

, Artist. *** Nilina Singh, Singer. ***Pradip Chandra Sen, Deputy Managing Director, Mackinnon Mackenzie. ** Pramathalal Sen (1866–1930) (nephew of Keshub Chandra Sen), Social reformer. ** Benoyendranath Sen (1868–1913) (nephew of Keshub Chandra Sen), Social reformer and leader of the New Dispensation. * Abhijit Sen, Proprietor, Sen and Pandit Co. Ltd. Amartya Sen NIH

Kshitimohan Sen Kshitimohan Sen (2 December 1880 – 12 March 1960) was Indian scholar, writer, a Sanskrit professor and an M.A. in Sanskrit from Queen's College, Benares. He was born in a family hailing from Sonarang in Bengal Presidency (now in Bangladesh). H ...

(1880–1960), 2nd

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Visva Bharati Visva-Bharati () is a public central university and an Institution of National Importance located in Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India. It was founded by Rabindranath Tagore who called it ''Visva-Bharati'', which means the communion of the ...

Santiniketan Santiniketan is a neighbourhood of Bolpur town in the Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in West Bengal, India, approximately 152 km north of Kolkata. It was established by Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, and later expanded by hi ...

. **Ashutosh Sen (son-in-law), Chairman, West Bengal Public Service Commission. ***

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(1933-), 1st Asian

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in Economics. *

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Kumud Nath Sen **P.K. Sengupta, Income Tax Commissioner. **K.P. Sen, Post-Master General, Eastern India. **

Malati Choudhury Malati Devi Choudhury (née Sen) (26 July 1904– 15 March 1998) was an Indian civil rights and freedom activist and Gandhian. She was born in 1904 in an upper middle class Brahmo family. She was the daughter of Barrister Kumud Nath Sen, whom ...

(née Sen), Social Worker. *Nitish Chandra Sen, Mayor of Calcutta. * Kamini Roy (née Sen) (1864–1933), Social reformer and poet.

Sinha

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family * Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha (1863–1923), Politician. **Rt. Honourable Sushil Kumar Sinha, ICS. ** Romola Sinha (1913–2010), Social reformer. **

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N.P. Sen,

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Mohit Sen Mohit Sen (born 24 March 1929, in Calcutta, and died in Hyderabad on 3 May 2003) was a communist intellectual. He was general secretary of the United Communist Party of India at the time of his death. Early life and education Sen was born into ...

(grandson) (1929–2003), Politician.

Tagore

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Debendranath Tagore Debendranath Tagore (15 May 1817 – 19 January 1905) was an Indian Hindu philosopher and religious reformer, active in the Brahmo Samaj (earlier called Bhramho Sabha) ("Society of Brahma", also translated as ''Society of God''). He joined Brahm ...

(1817–1905), Social reformer. **

Satyendranath Tagore Satyendranath Tagore (1 June 1842 – 9 January 1923) was an Indian Bengali civil servant, poet, composer, writer, social reformer and linguist from Kolkata, West Bengal. He was the first Indian who became an Indian Civil Service officer in 18 ...

(1842–1923), First Indian ICS officer, (1863). ** Jnanadanandini Devi (1850–1941), Social reformer. ***

Indira Devi Chaudhurani Indira Devi Chaudhurani (29 December 1873 – 12 August 1960) was an Indian literary figure, author and musician. Born to the Tagore family, Indira was the younger child of Satyendranath Tagore and Jnanadanandini Devi and younger sister of Su ...

, Upacharya,

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Surendranath Tagore Surendranath Tagore (1872–1940) was a Bengali author, literary scholar, and translator. He is particularly noted for translating a number of works of Rabindranath Tagore to English. Early life and background A member of the Tagore family of ...

, Author. ****Subirendranath Tagore *****Supriyo Tagore, Principal,

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. ** Hemendranath Tagore (1844–1884), Religious savant, founder of Adi Dharm development of Brahmoism. **

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...

(1861–1941),

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poet and

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in Literature *

Swarnakumari Devi Swarnakumari Devi (1855 or 1856 – 1932), also known as Swarnakumari Tagore, Swarnakumari Ghosal, Svarṇakumārī Debī and Srimati Svarna Kumari Devi, was an Indian Bengali writer, editor, essayist, poet, novelist, playwright, composer, an ...

(1855–1932), Noted Bengali poet, novelist, musician and social worker.

Others

* Sir Nilratan Sircar(1861–1943), famous doctor, swadeshi entrepreneur, educationist, philanthropist, Vice-Chancellor of

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* Heramba Chandra Maitra, famous educationist after whom Heramba Chandra College is named * Sir Nalini Ranjan Chatterjee, Judge of the High Court of Calcutta. * Kalinath Bose, first Indian Superintendent of Police. * Uma Bose (1921–1942), Singer. *Kiran Chandra De, ICS,

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Chittagong Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in ...

. *Sib Chandra Deb, Deputy Collector in Bengal. *Umesh Chandra Dutta, Founder of the Harinavi Brahmo Samaj. *

Sucheta Kriplani Sucheta Kripalani (''née'' Majumdar; 25 June 1908 – 1 December 1974) was an Indian freedom fighter and politician. She was India's first female Chief Minister, serving as the head of the Uttar Pradesh government from 1963 to 1967. Early ...

, First woman Chief Minister of an Indian State. * Subrata Mitra (1931–2001),

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

, Cameraman; Emeritus Professor,

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, Calcutta. * Sir Brojendra Lal Mitter, Advocate General of Bengal. *Harish Chandra Mukherjee, Journalist. *

Girish Chandra Sen Girish Chandra Sen ( – 15 August 1910) was a Bengali religious scholar and translator. He was a Brahmo Samaj missionary and known for being the first publisher of the '' Qur’an'' into Bengali language in 1886. Early life Sen was born in a ...

, Translated the

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into Bengali. * Sir Nripendra Nath Sircar, Advocate General of Bengal. *Shree Suresh Chandra Roy, Padma Bhushan, Sheriff of Calcutta (1957, 1958).

Sivnath Shastri (1847-1919), Poet and Social Reformer

References

External links

{{Commonscat, Brahmos
brahmo.orgbrahmosamaj.org
Bengal Renaissance * Religious organisations based in India