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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
Politics
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
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
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
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
Sukhendu Dastidar , a revolutionary, Bangladeshi communist leader, freedom fighter, one of the companions of
Surya Sen during
Chittagong armoury raid
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
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
Anil Chandra Mukhopadhyay , Bangladeshi communist revolutionary and writer
Bhabesh Chandra Nandi , pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
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
Bijan Sen , martyred communist politician, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
Sailendra Kumar Sen , pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
Joya Sengupta , Member of Parliament
Suranjit Sengupta , Former Member of Parliament
Kamparam Singh , martyred communist politician, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
Comrade
Moni Sinha , founding general secretary of
Bangladesh Communist Party
Current ministers
Current members of Jatiya Sangsad
Current 12th
Jatiya Sangsad has 12 Hindu MP.
[3]
1।
Pankaj Nath
2।
Ramesh Chandra Sen
3।
Jaya Sengupta
4।
Biren Sikder
5।
Narayon Chandra Chanda
6।
Nani Gopal Mandal
7।
Sadhan Chandra Majumder
8।
Sourendra Nath Chakraborty
9।
Soumendra Prasad Pandey
10।
Pran Gopal Datta
11।
Kujendra Lal Tripura
12।
Ranjit Chandra Sarkar
Previous 11th
Jatiya Sangsad had 16 Hindu MP.
[4]
Justices of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh
Bhishmadev Chakrabortty , justice of the
High Court Division
Bimalendu Bikash Roy Chowdhury , former justice and adviser of
Caretaker Government
Ashish Ranjan Daash , justice of the
High Court Division
Biswajit Debnath , justice of the
High Court Division
Krishna Debnath , justice of the
High Court Division
Bhabani Prasad Singha , justice of the
High Court Division [
citation needed ]
Surendra Kumar Sinha ,
Chief Justice of Bangladesh (2015–2017)
[6]
Gour Gopal Saha , justice of the
High Court Division
Sashanka Shekhar Sarkar , justice of the
High Court Division
Gobinda Chandra Tagore , justice of the
High Court Division
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.
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
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
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
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
[7]
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
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
Brindaban Das , Bangladeshi playwright, actor, writer and director
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
Prabir Mitra , film actor
Mousumi Nag , actress
Manoj Pramanik , actor
Yash Rohan , actor
Puja Cherry Roy , contemporary actress
Shabnam (
Jharna Basak ), actress
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
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
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
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 , 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
Ajoy Dasgupta , journalist, writer and lecturer at
Dhaka University and
Jagannath University
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
Tapash Baishya , cricket
Rajani Kanta Barman , football
Topu Barman , football
Biplob Bhattacharjee , football
Disha 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
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
Main topics Rituals
Mantras Objects Materials Instruments
Iconography Places Roles Sacred animals Sacred plants
Trees Fruits and other plants
See also