Dipankar is a given name in
Assam
Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...
and
West Bengal
West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...
. It means "One who has the lamp in his hands or part of deep means light". People having this name are generally considered to be male.
Notable people with this name
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Dipankar Srijnan Atisha (982–1054), Buddhist religious leader and master
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Deepankar De
Dipankar Dey is an Indian actor in the Bengali film industry. He has worked in movies as a hero, villain and character artist.
He starred in Ray's ''Seemabaddha'' (''Company Limited, 1971''), '' Jana Aranya'' (''The Middleman'', 1976), '' G ...
, Indian actor
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Dipankar Banerjee (general), Indian major general
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Dipankar Banerjee (metallurgist) (born 1952), Indian metallurgist and engineer
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Dipankar Bhattacharjee (born 1972), Indian badminton player
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Dipankar Das Sarma (born 1955), Indian scientist and chemist
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Dipankar Datta (born 1965), Indian judge
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Dipankar Gupta (born 1949), Indian sociologist
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Dipankar Home (born 1955), Indian theoretical physicist
* Swami Dipankar (spiritual leader)
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Indian masculine given names
Masculine given names