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Chakraborty (other spelling variations include Chakraborti, Chakrabarti, Chakrabarty and Chakravarty) is a surname of Bengali Hindus and Assamese Hindus of India and Bangladesh,[1] the surname is used by people of the Bengali Brahmin[2][3][4] and Assamese Brahmin[5][6] communities.

Notable persons with this surname

Male

Female

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References

  1. ^ "How well do you know about the origins of some Indian Occupational Surnames?". TheBizdom. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Clark, Gregory (25 August 2015). The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility. Princeton University Press. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-691-16837-1. 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, ...
  4. ^ 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 ...
  5. ^ Ghosh, G. K.; Ghosh, Shukla (2003). Brahmin Women. Firma KLM. p. 28. ISBN 978-81-7102-107-9. 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...
  6. ^ Singh, K. S. (1992). People of India: Assam (2 pts.). Anthropological Survey of India. p. 168. ISBN 978-81-7046-128-9. 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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