Majumdar is a family surname.

Etymology and history

The name literally translates to 'record keeper' or 'archivist', from the

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(/) 'collection' + the

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suffix (/) 'possessor'. The surname has evolved from this title. The surname is found among both Hindu and Muslim

Bengalis Bengalis (singular Bengali bn, বাঙ্গালী/বাঙালি ), also rendered as Bangalee or the Bengali people, are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the Bengal region of ...

and should not be confused with the similar "Mujumdar" or "Muzumdar", found among

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, and to some extent among the peoples of

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, and

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. The Bengali Mirashdars living in the former

Kachari Kingdom The Dimasa Kingdom (also Kachari kingdom) was a late medieval/early modern kingdom in Assam, Northeast India ruled by Dimasa kings. The Dimasa kingdom and others (Kamata, Chutiya) that developed in the wake of the Kamarupa kingdom were exam ...

were given titles by the Kachari Raja, which in modern-day acts as a surname for them.

Variations

Variations of the surname Majumdar also remain very common. These include different English transliterations and regional pronunciations of the term. Different English spellings include: Mojumdar, Majumder, Mojumder, Mazumdar, Mozumdar, Mazumder, Mozumder, Majoomdar, Mojoomdar, Majoomder, Mojoomder, Mazoomdar, Mozoomdar, Mazoomder, Mozoomder and Muzumdar.

List of people with the surname

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* Aarti Majumdar American actress of Indian descent, better known as Aarti Mann *

Anita Majumdar Anita Majumdar is a Canadian actress and playwright. She is best known for her role in the CBC television film ''Murder Unveiled'' for which she received the Best Actress award at the 2005 Asian Festival of First Films. Personal life The daug ...

, Canadian actress * Amiya Bhūşhan Majumdār, novelist *

Apala Majumdar Apala Majumdar is a British applied mathematician specialising in the mathematics of liquid crystals. She is a Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Strathclyde. Education and career Majumdar did her undergraduate studies at the ...

, British mathematician *

Apratim Majumdar Apratim Majumdar (born 1978), is an Indian classical sarod player from Kolkata, India. His style is the "Dhrupadiya Veenkar" style of Alauddin Khan's Seni Beenkar Gharana. Tutelage He was tutored by Rabin Ghosh, disciple of Alauddin Khan, for ...

, classical musician *

Arun Majumdar Arunava Majumdar is a materials scientist, engineer, and the inaugural dean of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. He was nominated for the position of Under Secretary of Energy in the United States between November 30, 2011 and May 15 ...

, first Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy, U.S. Department of Energy * Badiul Alam Majumdar, Bangladeshi economist, development worker, political analyst *

Bibhal Majumdar This is a list of cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket for Tripura cricket team. Ihe team plays in Indian domestic cricket and was granted first-class status in 1985.Binoy Majumdar Binoy Majumdar ( bn, বিনয় মজুমদার) (17 September 1934 – 11 December 2006) was a Bengali poet. Binoy received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2005. Biography Binoy Majumdar was born in Myanmar (erstwhile Burma) on 17 Sept ...

, Bengali poet *

Boria Majumdar Boria Majumdar is an Indian sports journalist, sports historian and writer. He was the co-writer of Sachin Tendulkar's autobiography '' Playing it My Way''. He is currently banned for 2 years by the Board of Control for Cricket in India for thr ...

, journalist, author, and cricket historian *

Chanchal Kumar Majumdar Chanchal Kumar Majumdar () (11 August 1938 – 20 June 2000) was an Indian condensed matter physicist and the founder director of S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences. Known for his research in quantum mechanics, Majumdar was an electe ...

, physicist, founder of S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences * Charu Majumdar, Maoist revolutionary and founder of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) * Chittabrata Majumdar (1935–2007), General Secretary of Centre of Indian Trade Unions *

Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumdar Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumdar (15 April 1877 – 30 March 1956) was an Indian writer in Bengali of fairy tales and children's literature. He was born at Ulail in Dhaka district of Bengal province in British India (now Dhaka District of Banglad ...

, fairy tale writer * Hemen Majumdar, Indian painter *

Janab Ali Majumdar Muhammad Janab Ali Majumdar ( bn, মহম্মদ জনাব আলী মজুমদার) was a Bengali politician. He served as a member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly. Early life He was born into a Bengali Muslim family of Majumda ...

, Bengali politician *

Kamal Kumar Majumdar Kamal Kumar Majumdar ( bn, কমলকুমার মজুমদার) (17 November 1914 – 9 February 1979) was a major fiction-writer of the Bengali language. The novel ''Antarjali Jatra'' is considered his most notable work. Early life M ...

(1914–1979), writer *

Karun Krishna Majumdar Wing commander Karun Krishna 'Jumbo' Majumdar, DFC & bar (Bengali: করুণ কৃষ্ণ মজুমদার) (6 September 1913 – 17 February 1945) was an officer in the Indian Air Force. He was the first Indian to reach the rank ...

, only IAF pilot to be decorated with a Bar on his DFC * Leela Majumdar, author * Mahmudur Rahman Majumdar, commanding officer of East Pakistan Regiment Centre * Manu Majumdar, Bangladeshi Member of Parliament for Netrokona-1 *

Mohitlal Majumdar Mohitlal Majumdar (Bengali: মোহিতলাল মজুমদার; 26 October 1888 – 26 July 1952) was a renowned Indian poet and essayist in the Bengali-language. He began his journey as a poet, but later became literary critic. Li ...

(1888–1952), author *

Phani Majumdar Phani Majumdar was a pioneering Indian film director, who worked in Hindi cinema, most known for his film '' Street Singer'' (1938) starring K.L. Saigal noted for its song, ''Babul Mora Naihar Chhooto Jaye'', Meena Kumari classic ''Aarti'' (19 ...

, Indian director * Pinaki Majumdar, condensed matter physicist * R. C. Majumdar, compiler and partial author of ''The History and Culture of the Indian Peoples'', a definitive work on Indian history, and other works *

Ramendu Majumdar Ramendu Majumdar (born 9 August 1941) is a Bangladeshi actor, stage director and theater producer. In 2011, he was elected president of the International Theatre Institute (ITI) for the second time. He was the second Asian to be elected to this ...

, Bangladeshi actor *

Ramesh Chandra Majumdar Ramesh Chandra Majumdar (known as R. C. Majumdar; 4 December 1888 – 11 February 1980) was a historian and professor of Indian history. Majumdar is a noted historian of modern India. He was a former Sheriff of Kolkata. Early life and educati ...

, physicist who made contributions in statistical mechanics and ionospheric physics * Rakhee Majumdar, Indian actress * Ronu Majumdar, flautist *

Samaresh Majumdar Samares Mazumdar ( bn, সমরেশ মজুমদার, born 10 March 1944) is an Indian Bengali writer from West Bengal, India. He is best known for his Animesh series of novels, the second of which (''Kalbela'') won the Sahitya Akadem ...

, author. Magsaysay awardee. Sahitya Akademi, 1984 *

Saikat Majumdar Saikat Majumdar is an Indian novelist, critic and academic. A professor of English and Creative Writing at Ashoka University, Majumdar is the author of four novels: ''Silverfish'' (2007), ''The Firebird'' (2015), ''The Scent of God'' (2019), an ...

, novelist. * Simon Majumdar, British-American chef, author, and television personality *

Air Commodore S. K. Majumdar Air Commodore Sudhindra Kumar Majumdar (Bengali:সুধীন্দ্র কুমার মজুমদার) (8 October 1927 – 20 July 2011) was an officer and helicopter pioneer in the Indian Air Force. Early life Majumdar was born ...

, India's first military helicopter pilot *

Sreela Majumdar Sreela Majumdar (also credited as Srila Mazumdar) is an actress in the Bengali language film industry of India. She has done voice dubbing for Aishwarya Rai in the film '' Chokher Bali'' (2003). Early life She was born to Ramchandra Majumdar a ...

, actress * Sudhansu Datta Majumdar, physicist * Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar, former Chief Minister of

Tripura Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 36.71 lakh ( 3.67 million). It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the ea ...

Tarun Majumdar Tarun Majumdar (or Mazumdar, 22 September 1931 – 4 July 2022) was an Indian film director and Screenwriter who is known for his work in Bengali cinema. He received four National Awards, seven BFJA Awards, five Filmfare Awards and an Anandal ...

, director. National Film Award, 1979 *

Tejendra Majumdar Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar (born 17 May 1961) is an Indian sarod player and pupil of Bahadur Khan. Majumdar is one of the most popular and celebrated modern sarod players. Training He started his music training under his grandfather Bibhu ...

, sarod player

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Abdul Matlib Mazumdar Abdul Matlib Mazumder ( bn, আব্দুল মতলিব মজুমদার; 1890–1980) was an Indian freedom fighter and political leader based in undivided Assam State. In 1946, when India was still under British rule, he became a ...

(1890–1980), Indian freedom fighter and political leader *

Abraham Mazumdar Abraham Mazumder is an Indian Conducting, conductor and violinist. He is a former member of the Bengali band Moheener Ghoraguli and has been active in Kolkata's western classical music world since the 1980s. Career Abraham Mazumder started le ...

, Indian conductor and violinist * Ambica Charan Mazumdar (1850–1922), Indian politician, President of the Indian National Congress * Anita Mazumdar Desai, novelist. Sahitya Akademi, 1978. Shortlisted three times for the Booker Prize * Asit Mazumdar, Indian politician *

Anupam Mazumdar Anupam Mazumdar is a theoretical physicist at the University of Groningen specializing in cosmology and quantum gravity. Together with Sougato Bose, Mazumdar has proposed a bonafide test for the existence of the graviton in a table-top experime ...

, British-Indian Theoretical Physicist * Birendra Nath Mazumdar, (died 1987), doctor and only Indian prisoner in

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* Chandana Mazumdar, Bangladeshi singer * Chittrovanu Mazumdar (born 1956), Kolkata-based artist * Lakshmi Mazumdar, National Commissioner of the Indian Scouting organization from 1964 to 1983 * Leela Majumdar (1908–2007), Bengali writer * Maxim Mazumdar (1952–1988), Indo-Canadian playwright and director * Nalin Mazumdar, ustaad of the Hawaiian Guitar, also known as the Slide Guitar * Nirode Mazumdar, Indian painter from the first generation of Indian modernists * Pandit Ronu Mazumdar (born 1963), Indian flautist in the Hindustani Classical Music tradition * Pratap Chandra Mazumdar (1840–1905), leader of the Hindu reform movement, the Brahmo Samaj, in Bengal * Sandhya Mazumdar, former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India * Shipra Mazumdar, member of the first women's expedition to successfully climb Mt. Everest * Tarun Mazumdar (born 1931), Indian Bengali film director *

Tulip Mazumdar Tulip Mazumdar is a British journalist and broadcaster who currently works for the BBC as their global health reporter. Mazumdar is from Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, her first name chosen by her mother as she looked out on tulip fields in Linco ...

(born 1981) British journalist and broadcaster for the BBC * Vina Mazumdar (1927–2013), Indian academic, feminist, a pioneer in Women studies in India

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* Kamal Ahmed Majumder, Bangladeshi politician *

Khaleda Zia Khaleda Zia (; born Khaleda Khanam Putul in 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from March 1991 to March 1996, and again from June 2001 to October 2006. She was the first female prime minister of Ba ...

née Majumder, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1991–1996 and 2001–2006), Chair of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party *

Maia Majumder Maimuna (Maia) Majumder is a computational epidemiologist and a faculty member at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital's Computational Health Informatics Program (CHIP). She is currently working on modeling the spread of the COV ...

, American computational epidemiologist * Renuka Majumder, Indian cricketer * Sadhan Chandra Majumder, Bangladeshi politician *

Shaun Majumder Shaun Vincent Majumder (born January 29, 1972) is a Canadian actor and comedian. He is best known for his role on '' This Hour Has 22 Minutes,'' where he worked from 2003 until 2018. He won a Gemini Award for his work on the series in 2006. Earl ...

, Canadian comedian and actor *

Silajit Majumder Silajit Majumder ( bn, শিলাজিৎ মজুমদার, born 9 October 1965), first name also spelled ''Shilajit'', is an Indian Bengali male singer songwriter and actor from Kolkata. He is mostly credited by his first name. As an ac ...

, songwriter and actor *

Debjit Majumder Debjit Majumder (born 6 March 1988), is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Indian Super League club Chennaiyin. Early life Majumder hails from Hindmotor, known for Hindustan Motors factory(now closed), in Hooghly ...

, footballer

Mazumder

Bappa Mazumder Shubhashish Mazumder Bappa (born 5 February 1972), commonly known as Bappa Mazumder, is a Bangladeshi singer, lyricist and national film award winner composer. He is the lead singer of the rock band Dalchhut. Bappa is famous for his Bengali rom ...

, Bangladeshi lyricist * Barun Mazumder, Indian journalist * Ferdousi Mazumder, Bangladeshi actress *

Gauriprasanna Mazumder Gauriprasanna Majumdar (1925–1986) was an Indian lyricist and writer, known for his work in Indian cinema and Bangladeshi Cinema . He is most commonly associated with the black and white era of Bengali cinema, when he penned several enduring c ...

(1924–1986), Bengali lyricist, best known for ''Coffee Houser Shei Addata'' *

Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder (born 29 March 1935) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician, former chairman of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society and Pubali Bank Limited, businessman, and a member of parliament. He served as the Chairman of the Board o ...

, Chairman of

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Other spellings

* Akhoy Kumar Mozumdar, first Indian to earn American citizenship *

Amol Muzumdar Amol Anil Muzumdar (born 11 November 1974) was an Indian cricketer, domestically, having previously played for Mumbai and Assam. He was primarily a right-handed batsman. He held the record for the most runs scored in the Ranji Trophy, India's pr ...

(born 1974), Indian cricketer * Protap Chunder Mozoomdar, Brahmo delegate to the World Parliament of Religions. Distinguished researcher on Christianity

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References

External links

White House press release announcing Arun Majumdar's nomination

Times of India coverage of Arpita Majumdar's protest

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