Subhas Chakraborty Indian politician, former minister of West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Died in 2009. Member of Communist Party of India Marxist and also former transport minister of West Bengal
^Gupta, Sankar Sen (1976).
Folklore of Bengal: A Projected Study. Indian Publications. p. 16. It is said that when the five brahmins went to the court of Adisura, there were 700 families of brahmin residents in Bengal, who were called Saptasatis or Satsatis (meaning 700). These Saptasatis too were honoured by the rulers and often they received grants of villages. Gradually they became priests to the lower castes and thereby descended to the rank of degraded brahmins, even though they have boasted such surnames such as Chakravarty and Bhattacharya
^Clark, Gregory (25 August 2015).
The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility. Princeton University Press. p. 147.
ISBN978-0-691-16837-1. This chapter examines social mobility in Bengal from 1860 to the present.. This group [Bengali Brahmins]: Bandopadhyaya/Banerjee, Bhattacharya/Bhattacharjee, Chakraborty/Chakravarty, Chattopadhyaya/Chatterjee, Gangopadhyaya/Ganguly, ...
^Folk-lore. Indian Publications. 1975. p. 172. A few Bengali Surnames that identify a caste - Surname Caste Identification Brahmin Bandyopadhyay (Banerjee), Mukhopadhyay (Mukherjee), Gangopadhyaya (Ganguli), Chattopadhyay (Chatterjee), Chakravarty, Kanjilal, Sanyal, Lahiri ...
^Ghosh, G. K.; Ghosh, Shukla (2003).
Brahmin Women. Firma KLM. p. 28.
ISBN978-81-7102-107-9. The Assamese Brahmins The Brahmins of Assam also claim that their ancestors migrated from either Gauda or Bengal and ... on whole the lower Assam group the adopt the surnames like Chakraborty, Bhattacharyaa...
^Singh, K. S. (1992).
People of India: Assam (2 pts.). Anthropological Survey of India. p. 168.
ISBN978-81-7046-128-9. The community is divided into two subgroups, Brahman and Kshat- triya. The Brahman enjoys a higher socio - religious position than the Kshattriya . The Brahman group uses surnames, such as, Chakraborty, Sharma,..
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Subhas Chakraborty Indian politician, former minister of West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Died in 2009. Member of Communist Party of India Marxist and also former transport minister of West Bengal
^Gupta, Sankar Sen (1976).
Folklore of Bengal: A Projected Study. Indian Publications. p. 16. It is said that when the five brahmins went to the court of Adisura, there were 700 families of brahmin residents in Bengal, who were called Saptasatis or Satsatis (meaning 700). These Saptasatis too were honoured by the rulers and often they received grants of villages. Gradually they became priests to the lower castes and thereby descended to the rank of degraded brahmins, even though they have boasted such surnames such as Chakravarty and Bhattacharya
^Clark, Gregory (25 August 2015).
The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility. Princeton University Press. p. 147.
ISBN978-0-691-16837-1. This chapter examines social mobility in Bengal from 1860 to the present.. This group [Bengali Brahmins]: Bandopadhyaya/Banerjee, Bhattacharya/Bhattacharjee, Chakraborty/Chakravarty, Chattopadhyaya/Chatterjee, Gangopadhyaya/Ganguly, ...
^Folk-lore. Indian Publications. 1975. p. 172. A few Bengali Surnames that identify a caste - Surname Caste Identification Brahmin Bandyopadhyay (Banerjee), Mukhopadhyay (Mukherjee), Gangopadhyaya (Ganguli), Chattopadhyay (Chatterjee), Chakravarty, Kanjilal, Sanyal, Lahiri ...
^Ghosh, G. K.; Ghosh, Shukla (2003).
Brahmin Women. Firma KLM. p. 28.
ISBN978-81-7102-107-9. The Assamese Brahmins The Brahmins of Assam also claim that their ancestors migrated from either Gauda or Bengal and ... on whole the lower Assam group the adopt the surnames like Chakraborty, Bhattacharyaa...
^Singh, K. S. (1992).
People of India: Assam (2 pts.). Anthropological Survey of India. p. 168.
ISBN978-81-7046-128-9. The community is divided into two subgroups, Brahman and Kshat- triya. The Brahman enjoys a higher socio - religious position than the Kshattriya . The Brahman group uses surnames, such as, Chakraborty, Sharma,..
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surnameChakraborty. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
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