Biswas
Biswas (pronounced in Bengali as "bish-shash") is a common surname in West Bengal, Bihar among Indian Hindus, mostly Bengalis. In Bengali, Biswas means trustworthy.
Some Hindus, Christians and Muslims of India and Bangladesh have the surname of Biswas, originating during a later period. Biswas was a title given to trustworthy persons during the Mughal and British period.
Notables
- Abdur Rahman Biswas (born 1926), Bangladeshi politician
- Anil Biswas (composer) (1914–2003), Indian film music composer
- Anil Biswas (politician) (nickname 'Keru') (1944–2006), Indian politician
- Antara Biswas, Indian actress
- Apu Biswas, Bangladeshi actress who appears in Dhallywood Films.
- Ashim Biswas, footballer
- Basanta Kumar Biswas (1895–1915), pro-independence activist involved in the Jugantar group
- Biswamoy Biswas (1923–1994), Indian ornithologist
- Chhabi Biswas (1900–1962), Bengali character actor
- Debabrata Biswas (1911–1980), Bengali singer
- Debabrata Biswas (politician) (born 1945), politician from All India Forward Bloc and a Member of the Parliament of India
- Dipendu Biswas, Indian international football player
- Dulal Biswas, Indian footballer
- Hemanga Biswas, exponent of the Bhantiali folk music, originally popular among the fishermen of Bangladesh
- Muhammad Abdul Latif Biswas, politician, diplomat, and freedom fighter from Bangladesh
- Nihita Biswas (born 1944), wife of serial killer Charles Sobhraj
- Nirod Biswas, Bishop of Assam in the mid 20th century
- Pratim Biswas, professor at Washington University in St. Louis
- Pulak Biswas (born 1941), artist and children's book illustrator from India
- Robert Biswas-Diener (born 1972), positive psychologist, researcher, author and instructor at Portland State University
- Seema Biswas (born 1965), Indian film and theatre actress
- Sharmila Biswas, Odissi dancer and choreographer
- Soma Biswas (born 1978), athlete who lives in Kolkata, India and who specialises in the heptathlon
- Soumili Biswas Bengali television serial actress
- Suresh Biswas, 19th century adventurer from India
- Sutapa Biswas (born 1962), British Indian conceptual artist
- Timir Biswas (born 1982), playback singer, songwriter, composer and the lead singer of the band Fakira
- U. N. Biswas, Indian politician and the present Minister for Backward Class Welfare in the Government of West Bengal
- Ujjal Biswas, Indian politician and the present Minister for technical education in the Government of West Bengal
See also
- A House for Mr. Biswas, 1961 novel by V. S. Naipaul
- Biswas Nao Korte Paren, 2006 film
- Sankrail Anil Biswas Smriti Mahavidyalaya, college in Kultikri, in the Paschim Medinipur district
References
- Ghosh, Shourindra Kumar. Bangali Jati Parichay ("An Introduction of Bengali Castes") Kolkata. p. 27
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