Basu

Basu (variants: Bose, Boshu, Bosh) is an Indian surname, primarily found among Bengali Hindus. It stems from Sanskrit वासु vāsu (a name of Vishṇu meaning 'dwelling in all beings').

Basus belong to the Kayastha caste in Bengal. They evolved as a caste from a category of officials or scribes, between the 5th/6th century CE and 11th/12th century CE, its component elements being putative Kshatriyas and mostly Brahmins.[1] Basus are considered as Kulin Kayasthas, along with Ghoshes and Mitras.[2]

Notables

Amrita Basu, (b. 1953) American scholar
Bani Basu, (b. 1939), Bengali Indian author, essayist, critic, and poet
Benoy Basu, (1908-1930), Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter
Bipasha Basu, Bollywood actress and model
Buddhadeb Bosu, (1908–1974), Bengali writer
Debabrata Basu, (1924 - 2001) Indian statistician who proved Basu's theorem
Durga Das Basu, (1910 - 1997), Indian jurist and lawyer who wrote the Commentary on the Constitution of India and Casebook on the Indian Constitutional Law
Jyoti Basu, (1914-2010), founding member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Kaushik Basu, (b. 1952), Indian economist
Kunal Basu, author of the novel Racists
Maladhar Basu, a poet of the Hossain-Shahi period in Bengal history, writer of Sri Krishna Vijaya (শ্রীকৃষ্ণবিজয়, Triumph of Lord Krishna)
Neil Basu (b. 1968), senior British police officer.
Nagendranath Basu (1866-1938), encyclopedia compiler, archaeologist, and historian
Nandita Basu, Indian-born American environmental engineer
Pam Basu (1958–1992), victim of carjacking and murder
Rajnarayan Basu, (1826-1899), writer and intellectual of the Bengal Renaissance
Samaresh Basu, writer; winner of the 1980 Sahitya Akademi Award
Samit Basu, (b. 1979), Indian author
Shweta Basu Prasad, Indian film actress
Siddhartha Basu, Indian television producer-director and quiz show host
Sreyashi Jhumki Basu, (1977-2008) American science educator

References

Andre Wink (1991). Al-Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World, Volume 1. Brill Academic Publishers. p. 269. ISBN 978-90-04-09509-0. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
Hopkins, Thomas J. (1989). "The Social and Religious Background for Transmission of Gaudiya Vaisnavism to the West". In Bromley, David G.; Shinn, Larry D. (eds.). Krishna Consciousness in the West. Bucknell University Press. pp. 35–36. ISBN 978-0-8387-5144-2. Retrieved 2011-10-31.

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[AlHind-1] Andre Wink (1991). Al-Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World, Volume 1. Brill Academic Publishers. p. 269. ISBN 978-90-04-09509-0. Retrieved 3 September 2011.

[Hopkins1989pp35-36-2] Hopkins, Thomas J. (1989). "The Social and Religious Background for Transmission of Gaudiya Vaisnavism to the West". In Bromley, David G.; Shinn, Larry D. (eds.). Krishna Consciousness in the West. Bucknell University Press. pp. 35–36. ISBN 978-0-8387-5144-2. Retrieved 2011-10-31.