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]
Pronunciation | Saha |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Bengali |
Meaning | Bussniess Man, merchant |
Region of origin | Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam, Tripura |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | numerous |
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Notable people
- Meghnad Saha – Indian astrophysicist best known for his development of the Saha equation, used to describe chemical and physical conditions in stars
- Wriddhiman Saha – Indian cricketer
- Proloy Saha – Indian footballer
- Asit Kumar Saha – National level wrestler
- Gopinath Saha – Bengali activist for Indian independence
- Ranadaprasad Saha – Bangladeshi businessman and philanthropist
- Surjit Saha – Indian television actor and model
- Debojit Saha – Indian singer
- Mousumi Saha – Indian actress in Bengali films and television
- Anamika Saha – Indian actress in Bengali films
- Arati Saha – Indian swimmer
- Swapan Saha – Indian film director in Bengali movies
- Ena Saha – Indian film actress and model
- Pijush Saha - Indian Film Director
- Chandrima Shaha – Indian biologist
- Emon Saha - Bangladeshi Music Composer
- Ashim Saha – Bangladeshi poet
- Arun Saha – Bangladeshi actor
- Bidya Sinha Saha Mim - Bangladeshi Actress
- Satya Saha - Bangladeshi composer
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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
- "Saha, and Bangladesh.surname". Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- "Saha". Banglapedia. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- "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.
- "1990 Census Name Files". 30 March 2005. Archived from [/http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names_files.html the original] Check
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