Saha (surname)

Saha (Bengali: সাহা) is a Bengali Hindu surname mostly residing in the Indian states of West Bengal, Assam, and Tripura, as well as in Bangladesh.[1] Members of various trading communities use the surname.[2] Several meanings of Saha include 'merchant', 'honest' and 'good'. The word Saha is derived from Sanskrit "Sadhu" . Meanwhile few people claims Saha as SC caste but government of India has rejected it . Because it has been found those people who claims specifically as Saha , their forefathers were actually traders, merchant or related to that . So it has been proved that they doesn't belong to SC quota . But at the same time it also has been proved that it not everytime possible that their next generation will always going to inherit sufficient wealth which is at the same time also true .[3]

Saha (Shaha)
PronunciationSaha
Origin
Word/nameBengali
MeaningBussniess Man, merchant
Region of originBangladesh, West Bengal, Assam, Tripura
Other names
Variant form(s)numerous
[4]
Meghnad Saha Of Bengal Presidency

Notable people

Images


Chandrima Shaha of West Bengal


See also
  • Saha ionization equation - relating the densities of atoms, ions, and electrons in a plasma.
  • Saha Airlines - an Iranian airline based in Tehran that operates scheduled domestic flights.
  • Saha, Ambala - town and tehsil in Ambala district of Haryana state of India.

References
  1. "Saha, and Bangladesh.surname". Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  2. "Saha". Banglapedia. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  3. "Saha Name Meaning and Saha Family History at ancestry.co.uk". Genealogy, Family Trees and Family History Records at Ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  4. "1990 Census Name Files". 30 March 2005. Archived from [/http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names_files.html the original] Check |url= value (help) on 30 March 2005. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
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