Saha (surname) explained

Saha
Pronunciation:	/ʃaɦa/ ~ /ɕaɦa/
Variant:	Shaha, Sahu (obsolete)
Footnotes:	^[1]

Saha or Shaha (Bengali: সাহা) is a Bengali surname most commonly found among the Bengali Hindus in the Indian states of West Bengal, Assam, and Tripura, and in Bangladesh.^[2]

In the Pala domain a number of inscriptions from the Pala period mentioning communities of merchants have been found, some of which use the title sāhu (the earlier form of the word) for a merchant family.^[3] The word originated from Sanskrit sādhu, which, among many other meanings, refers to a merchant or trader.

Notable people

• Anamika Saha, Indian actress
• Arati Saha, First Asian woman to swim across the English channel & first Indian woman sportsperson to receive the padma shri award
• Ashim Saha, Bangladeshi poet & recipient of country's second highest civilian award Ekushey padak
• Barna Saha, Indian-American computer scientist
• Bhaskar Saha, Indian biologist & recipient of country's highest science award shanti swarup bhatnagar prize
• Bidya Sinha Saha Mim, Bangladeshi actress
• Bhanu Lal Saha, Former finance minister of Tripura
• Chandrima Shaha, Indian biologist & recipient of country's highest science award shanti swarup bhatnagar prize
• Chittaranjan Saha, Bangladeshi educationist, publisher and social worker & recipient of country's second highest civilian award Ekushey padak
• Debattama Saha, Indian actress
• Debojit Saha, Indian singer
• Emon Saha, Bangladeshi composer
• Ena Saha, Indian actress & producer
• Ishaa Saha, Indian actress
• Kanak Saha, Indian Astrophysicist & recipient of country's highest science award shanti swarup bhatnagar prize
• Mahadev Saha, Bangladeshi poet & recipient of country's highest civilian award Independence day award
• Manik Chandra Saha, Bangladeshi journalist & recipient of country's second highest civilian award Ekushey padak (posthumous)
• Meghnad Saha, Indian Astrophysicist & developer of the famous saha ionization equation
• Nityanand Saha, Indian revolutionist
• Pijush Saha, Indian film director
• Ranada Prasad Saha, Bangladeshi businessman and philanthropist & recipient of country's highest civilian award Independence day award (posthumous)
• Samir Kumar Saha, Bangladeshi scientist & recipient of country's second highest civilian award Ekushey padak
• Sanat Kumar Saha, Bangladeshi economist & recipient of country's second highest civilian award Ekushey padak
• Satya Saha, Bangladeshi music director & recipient of country's highest civilian award Independence day award (posthumous)
• Senjuti Saha, Bangladeshi scientist
• Shithi Saha, Bangladeshi singer & recipient of Bangladesh national awards - best Tagore singer (4 times)
• Subhajit Saha, Indian table tennis player & recipient of gold medal at the 19th commonwealth games
• Subrata Saha, Indian politician
• Swapan Saha, Indian film director
• Trina Saha, Indian actress
• Wriddhiman Saha, Indian Cricketer

See also

• Baishya Saha
• Shunri
• Shah (surname) in Western India
• 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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1990 Census Name Files . dead . 30 March 2005 . United States Census Bureau . https://web.archive.org/web/20050330030604/http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names_files.html . 30 March 2005 . 8 October 2018.
2. Web site: Saha . Banglapedia . 2020-07-08.
3. Furui. Ryosuke. 2013. Merchant groups in early medieval Bengal: with special reference to the Rajbhita stone inscription of the time of Mahīpāla I, Year 33. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 76. 3. 391–412. 0041-977X.