List of Bangladeshi Hindus explained
This is an incomplete list of notable and prominent Hindus from Bangladesh.
Martyrs and Freedom Fighters in 1971
- Dhirendranath Datta, martyred intellectual, politician
- Jagat Joity Das (Bir Bikrom), martyred freedom fighter
- Dr. Govinda Chandra Dev, martyred intellectual, scholar, philosopher, Dhaka University professor
- Jogesh Chandra Ghosh, martyred intellectual, scholar, Ayurveda practitioner, entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Jyotirmoy Guhathakurta, martyred intellectual, scholar, Dhaka University professor
- Dr. Santosh Chandra Bhattacharya, martyred intellectual, scholar, Dhaka University professor
- Ranada Prasad Saha, businessman and philanthropist (founded educational institutes like Bharateswari Homes, Kumudini College and Debendra College). Martyred during the War of Liberation.
- Bishnu Chattopadhyay, freedom fighter and leader of peasant movement.Martyred during the War of Liberation.
- Nutan Chandra Singha, martyred intellectual, industrialist, a pioneer of women's education in Chittagong, a social reformer and a charitable man
- Sukharanjan Samaddar, martyred freedom fighter, Sanskrit scholar, educationalist, Rajshahi University professor
- Saroj Kumar Nath Adhikari, martyred intellectual, educationist
- Harinath Dey, martyred intellectual, biochemist, research scientist
- Anudvaipayan Bhattacharya, martyred intellectual, lecturer in Physics, Dhaka University
- Laxman Das, martyred intellectual
- Madhusudan Dey, martyred intellectual, social worker and businessman
- Moni Singh, freedom fighter, communist leader
- Chitta Ranjan Dutta (Bir Uttam), sector commander during the War of Liberation
- Manik Lal Ray, freedom fighter, communist politician, teacher, pioneer of mass-education
- Purnendu Dastidar, freedom fighter, communist leader, writer and lawyer
- Suranjit Sengupta, freedom fighter, politician
- Monikrishna Sen, freedom fighter, Bangladeshi communist revolutionary
- Ashutosh Bhardwaj, freedom fighter, Bangladeshi communist revolutionary
- Bipul Bhattacharya, freedom fighter, vocalist of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra during Bangladesh liberation war
- Pankaj Bhattacharya, coordinator of the NAP-Communist Party-Students Union Special Guerrilla Forces
Politics
- Manorama Basu, political activist, social reformer
- Pijush Kanti Bhattacharjee, Former Member of Parliament
- Shukhen Bhattacharjee, martyred communist politician, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
- Swapan Bhattacharjee, Former Member of Parliament
- Chitra Bhattacharya, Former Member of Parliament
- Gaan Chakraborty, Bangladeshi communist revolutionary and writer
- Sourendra Nath Chakraborty, Former Member of Parliament
- Trailokyanath Chakravarty, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
- Raj Kumar Chakraverty, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
- Gautam Chakroborty, Former Member of Parliament, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician
- Narayan Chandra Chanda, Former Member of Parliament, Former Minister of Land
- Sris Chandra Chattopadhyaya, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
- Bhupati Bhushan Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician, freedom fighter and businessman
- Binod Bihari Chowdhury, Bangladeshi social worker and an anti-colonial revolutionary, politician, one of the companions of Surya Sen during Chittagong armoury raid
- Nipun Roy Chowdhury, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician, lawyer, activist
- Nitai Roy Chowdhury, Former Member of Parliament, vice chairman of the Central Committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party
- Shankar Gobind Chowdhury, Former Member of Parliament, freedom fighter
- Mrinal Kanti Das, Former Member of Parliament
- Sukhendu Dastidar, a revolutionary, Bangladeshi communist leader, freedom fighter, one of the companions of Surya Sen during Chittagong armoury raid
- Pran Gopal Datta, Former Member of Parliament
- Pulin De,[1] politician, professor
- Manoranjan Dhar, Bangladeshi politician, diplomat, lawyer
- Aroma Dutta, Bangladeshi politician and human rights activist
- Chitta Ranjan Dutta, a leader of the minority communities, former military personnel
- Kamini Kumar Dutta, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
- Manoranjan Shill Gopal, Former Member of Parliament
- Jiten Ghosh, an armed revolutionary, communist leader, writer and freedom fighter
- Sunil Kumar Gupta, Former Member of Parliament, Jatiya Party (Ershad) and Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician
- Gopal Krishna Maharatna, politician, one of the founding members of Sarbadaliya Sangram Parishad, social worker
- Ranesh Maitra, Bangladeshi politician, journalist and columnist
- Jnanendra Chandra Majumdar, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
- Manu Majumdar, Former Member of Parliament
- Phani Bhushan Majumder, Former Member of Parliament
- Sadhan Chandra Majumder, Former Member of Parliament, Former Minister of Food[2]
- Nani Gopal Mandal, Former Member of Parliament
- Anil Chandra Mukhopadhyay, Bangladeshi communist revolutionary and writer
- Bhabesh Chandra Nandi, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
- Pankaj Nath, Former Member of Parliament
- Soumendra Prasad Pandey, Former Member of Parliament
- Barun Roy, Bangladeshi communist leader, freedom fighter, former member of Parliament
- Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Former Member of Parliament, vice-president of Bangladesh Nationalist Party
- Rupnarayan Roy, a veteran communist and peasant leader
- Hemonto Sarkar, Bangladeshi communist revolutionary and writer
- Ranjit Chandra Sarkar, Former Member of Parliament
- Amal Sen, Bangladeshi communist politician, founding president of the Workers Party of Bangladesh
- Bijan Sen, martyred communist politician, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
- Dr. Samanta Lal Sen, Former Member of Parliament, Former Minister of Health and Family Planning
- Ramesh Chandra Sen, Former Member of Parliament
- Sailendra Kumar Sen, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
- Joya Sengupta, Former Member of Parliament
- Suranjit Sengupta, Former Member of Parliament
- Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu, Former Member of Parliament
- Biren Sikder, Former Member of Parliament
- Kamparam Singh, martyred communist politician, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
- Comrade Moni Singh, founding general secretary of Bangladesh Communist Party
- Dipankar Talukdar, Former Member of Parliament
- Kujendra Lal Tripura, Former Member of Parliament, Former State Minister of Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs
Advisers of interim/caretaker governments
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh
Justices of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh
Military and Police
Civil Service
- Sunil Kanti Bose, former Secretary of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology and the former chairperson of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission
- Pradip Ranjan Chakrabarty, retired Secretary, Chairman of the Bangladesh Competition Commission
- Phani Bhoushon Choudhury, Secretary of the government of Bangladesh, member of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission, chief of the Criminal Investigation Department, former police officer
- Tapan Kanti Ghosh, Bangladeshi retired bureaucrat and former Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, vice-chairman of Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute
- Satyajit Karmaker, Secretary of the Planning Division
- Shib Nath Roy, Bangladeshi civil servant, former Ambassador of Bangladesh to Bhutan
- Manik Lal Samaddar, Bangladeshi civil servant and former special assistant to the Chief Advisor of the Caretaker government
- Nepal Chandra Sarker, retired Bangladeshi Civil Servant and former Commissioner of the Information Commission
- Sukesh Kumar Sarker, Director General (Secretary) of NAPD
Lawyers and Legal Writers
- Debesh Bhattacharya, Human rights activist, lawyer, jurist and judge.
- Sir Nikhilesh Dutta, Deputy Attorney General, Bangladeshi barrister and activist.
- Rana Dasgupta, Senior Advocate and General Secretary of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council.
Activism
Arts
- Shishir Bhattacharjee, cartoonist, academic
- Devdas Chakraborty, fine artist, Chittagong University professor
- Samarjit Roy Chowdhury, one of the pioneers of contemporary art in Bangladesh, Dhaka University professor
- Shib Narayan Das, designer of the first national flag of Bangladesh, vexillographer, student leader
- Dhruba Esh, cover-artist and writer
- Uttam Guho, stage and art director
- Kalidas Karmakar, painter
- Nitun Kundu, sculptor, businessman
- Partha Pratim Majumder, pioneer mime-artist
- Sarker Protick or Protick Sarkar
Music
- Shayan Chowdhury Arnob, singer-songwriter, artist
- Ramkanai Das, Bangladeshi singer
- Bipul Bhattacharya, producer, composer, music director and folk music artist
- Kumar Bishwajit, pop singer
- Dia Chakravarty, singer, political activist, tax consultant, barrister, journalist
- Amaresh Roy Chowdhury, classical vocalist
- Gouri Choudhury, singer and music teacher
- Probal Chowdhury, singer
- Sanjeeb Chowdhury, singer-songwriter, member of Dalchhut
- Tapan Chowdhury, singer of modern songs and former frontmant of Souls
- Alaka Das, classical music artist
- Haimanti Rakshit Das, playback singer
- Kalipada Das, singer
- Samar Das, music composer
- Sudhin Das, Nazrul Sangeet artist and Swaralipikar
- Kamal Dasgupta, music director
- Sunil Dhar, classical musician
- Shuvro Dev, pop-artist, singer-songwriter, music director, composer
- Pabitra Mohan Dey, instrumental musician
- Kalyani Ghosh, singer
- Robin Ghosh, music director
- Shefali Ghosh, singer of mostly Chittagonian folk music
- Priyanka Gope, singer
- Pantho Kanai, singer, member of Bangla, Arnab and Friends
- Bappa Mazumder (Shubhashish Mazumder Bappa), singer, and son of Ustad Barin Mazumder, member of Dalchhut
- Chandana Mazumdar, Lalon-geeti singer
- Ila Majumder, Bangladeshi classical vocalist
- Ustad Barin Mazumder, classical singer
- Mitali Mukherjee, Bangladeshi classical and playback singer
- Mihir Kumar Nandi, Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer and classical vocalist
- Subir Nandi, singer[4]
- Timir Nandi, singer, writer, activist, anchor
- Ajit Roy, Rabindra Sangeet singer
- Anima Roy, Rabindra Sangeet singer
- Kiran Chandra Roy, folk singer
- Rathindranath Roy, singer
- Emon Saha, music director
- Satya Saha, music director
- Bijoy Sarkar, baul singer, lyricist, composer and poet
- Chandan Sinha, playback singer, producer
Cinema and television
- Animesh Aich, director
- Amalendu Biswas, stage actor of the jatra-pala genre
- Anam Biswas, director, screenwriter, composer and writer
- Pijush Bandyopadhyay, actor, director, CEO of Ekushey Television
- Malay Bhowmick, actor, director and educationist
- Subhasish Bhowmik, actor
- Apu Biswas, contemporary actress
- Aruna Biswas, television, stage and film actress
- Jyotsna Biswas, stage-actress of jatra-pala genre, recipient of Ekushey Padak
- Amol Bose, actor
- Jayanta Chattopadhyay, actor
- Bappy Chowdhury, actor
- Chanchal Chowdhury, actor, singer, lecturer
- Chayanika Chowdhury, television drama director
- Brindaban Das, Bangladeshi playwright, actor, writer and director
- Shankha Dasgupta, director, filmmaker
- Sumita Devi (Hena Bhattacharya), actress
- Dipankar Sengupta Dipon, director, screenwriter
- Sanchita Datta, actress, model and lawyer
- Subhash Dutta, filmmaker, actor
- Anju Ghosh, actress, starred in record-breaking Beder Meye Josna
- Aparna Ghosh, contemporary actress
- Maya Ghosh, actress
- Chitralekha Guho, television actress
- Urmila Srabonti Kar, contemporary television actress
- Tamalika Karmakar, actress and model.
- Ashish Kumar Louho, film actor, playwright, dialogue writer and story writer
- Bidya Sinha Saha Mim, contemporary actress
- Ramendu Majumdar, actor and theatre-activist
- Narayan Ghosh Mita, film director and writer
- Kalyan Mitra, writer, actor, director and playwright
- Prabir Mitra, film actor
- Mousumi Nag, actress
- Manoj Pramanik, actor
- Yash Rohan, actor
- Puja Cherry Roy, contemporary actress
- Shabnam (Jharna Basak), actress
- Subrata, actor
- Sujata (Tandra Majumder), actress
- Srabosti Dutta Tinni, television actress and model
Literature
- Tapan Bagchi, poet, rhyme composer, researcher, and journalist
- Kajal Bandyopadhyay, poet, translator and academic
- Topon Chakrabarti, writer on science, technology and environment
- Jyoti Prakash Dutta, short-story writer, novelist, newspaper editor and professor
- Nirmalendu Goon, poet
- Karunamaya Goswami, musicologist and litterateur
- Bimal Guha, poet and academic
- Ranesh Das Gupta, writer, journalist, and politician
- Harishankar Jaladas, novelist
- Radhapada Roy, poet
- Mahadev Saha, poet
- Ashim Saha, poet and novelist.
- Arunabh Sarkar, poet, columnist, literary-editor and freedom fighter
- Satyen Sen, author, founder of Udichi
- Nikhil Sen, dramatist
- Niloy Chatterjee, atheist blogger and writer of Hindu origin, martyred by extremists
- Ananta Bijoy Das, atheist blogger and writer of Hindu origin, martyred by extremists
- Avijit Roy, atheist blogger and writer of Hindu origin, martyred by extremists
- Malay Bhowmick, playright and academic.
Academia
- Debapriya Bhattacharya, Bangladeshi economist and public policy analyst
- Satya Prasad Majumder, 14th Vice-Chancellor of BUET
- Shishir Bhattacharja, writer, researcher, linguist, professor of French
- Swadesh Bose, economist and Language-movement activist
- Govinda Chandra Dev, martyred academic, philosopher, Dhaka University professor
- Santosh Chandra Bhattacharya, martyred academic, scholar, Dhaka University professor
- Sukharanjan Samaddar, martyred freedom fighter, Sanskrit scholar, educationalist, Rajshahi University professor
- Soumitra Sekhar Dey, 6th Vice-chancellor of Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University
- Anupam Sen, Vice-Chancellor of the Premier University, author, sociologist, and social activist
- Gautam Buddha Das, former Vice-chancellor of Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU)
- Neem Chandra Bhowmik, professor at Dhaka University and a leader of the hindu minority community in Bangladesh
- Rangalal Sen, academician and writer
- Kaberi Gayen, columnist, academic
- Biswajit Ghosh, Bangladeshi essayist, researcher and academic
- Meghna Guhathakurta, academic, activist
- Ajoy Roy, academic and leader of secular-humanist movement in Bangladesh
- Sanat Kumar Saha, essayist, economist, professor and Tagore-exponent
- Jatin Sarker, author and Marxist philosopher
Science and Technology
- Harinath Dey, biochemist, research scientist, martyred intellectual
- Rakhal Chandra Das, physician, martyred intellectual
- Arun Kumar Basak, physicist, professor
- Purabi Basu, pharmacologist, writer and activist
- Baren Chakraborty, physician, writer, professor
- Suvagoto Chowdhury, physician, writer, professor
- Pran Gopal Datta, physician, ex-vice chancellor of BSMRMU and member of parliament
- Debjani Ghosh, researcher, engineer
- Hiranmay Sen Gupta, nuclear physicist, professor
- Ripon Nath, audio engineer
- Indrajit Prasad,[5] endocrinologist, academic and medical researcher
- Bibhuti Roy, researcher, engineer, professor
- Shuvo Roy, research scientist, bioengineer, writer
- Samir Kumar Saha, microbiologist, public health expert, professor
- Senjuti Saha, research scientist
- Dwijen Sharma, naturalist and science writer
- Bijan Kumar Shill, microbiologist, scholar, and teacher
Journalism
- Gautam Das, print journalist and bureau chief of Dainik Samakal
- Ajoy Dasgupta, journalist, writer and lecturer at Dhaka University and Jagannath University
- Shyamal Dutta, journalist and editor of Bhorer Kagoj
- Kaberi Gayen, journalist and academic
- Santosh Gupta, journalist and writer
- Ranesh Maitra, journalist, columnist and politician
- Swadesh Roy, journalist, writer and political analyst
- Manik Chandra Saha, journalist, recipient of Ekushey Padak
- Munni Saha, journalist, television presenter
- Nirmal Kumar Sengupta, journalist, politician
Business and philanthropy
Sports
- Arup Kumar Baidya, football
- Khitindra Chandra Baishya, swimmer
- Tapash Baishya, cricket
- Rajani Kanta Barman, football
- Topu Barman, football
- Biplob Bhattacharjee, football
- Disha Biswas, cricket
- Lily Rani Biswas, cricket
- Kesto Kumar Bose, football
- Puja Chakraborty, cricket
- Narayan Chandra, cricket
- Mithun Chowdhury, football
- Shuvagata Hom Chowdhury, cricket
- Sunil Krishna Dey Chowdhury, football
- Brojen Das, swimmer
- Litton Das, cricket
- Linkon Dey, cricket
- Bishwanath Ghosh, football
- Dhiman Ghosh, cricket
- Pinak Ghosh, cricket
- Taposh Ghosh, cricket
- Asim Gope, hockey
- Alok Kapali, cricket
- Pritom Kumar, cricket
- Pran Govinda Kundu, football
- Shibu Lal, tennis
- Amit Majumder, cricket
- Avishek Mitra, cricket
- Kochi Rani Mondal, kabaddi
- Arun Nandi, swimmer
- Debabrata Barua Paul, cricket
- Chandon Roy, football
- Dipok Roy, football
- Sandip Roy, cricket
- Subashis Roy, cricket
- Ranjit Saha, football
- Sanjit Saha, cricket
- Sumon Saha, cricket
- Krishna Rani Sarkar, football
- Soumya Sarkar, cricket
- Uttam Kumar Sarkar, cricket
- Amalesh Sen, football
- Jony Talukdar, cricket
- Rony Talukdar, cricket
- Bimal Chandra Tarafdar, track and field
- Sushanto Tripura, football
Religion and spirituality
See also
References
- Book: Rose, Saul. Socialism in southern Asia. 1959. London, New York, Oxford University Press. Internet Archive. 65. 951919875.
- News: 2019-01-07. Hasina axes heavyweights. 2019-10-30. The Daily Star. en.
- News: Bangladesh sentences former chief justice to 11 years in jail . Al Jazeera . 10 November 2021.
- News: Subir Nandi: Of songs and successes . New Age . 1 March 2019.
- News: Professor Dr. Indrajit Prasad. Sasthya Seba.
