Majumdar

Majumdar

Majumdar (also Mojumdar, Majumder, Mojumder, Mazumdar, Mozumdar, Mazumder, Mozumder, Majoomdar, Mojoomdar, Majoomder, Mojoomder, Mazoomdar, Mozoomdar, Mazoomder, or Mozoomder) is a Bengali title, now commonly used as a family name.

The Maharashtrian title of Mujumdar is unrelated and evolved independently of its Bengali counterpart.

People named Majumdar (or variations)

  • Akhoy Kumar Mozumdar, first Indian to earn American citizenship
  • Amiya Bhūşhan Majumdār, novelist
  • Apratim Majumdar, classical musician
  • Arun Majumdar, first Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
  • Bibhal Majumdar cricketer
  • Charu Majumdar, Maoist revolutionary and founder of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
  • Chittabrata Majumdar (1935 – 2007), Indian politician
  • Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairman and Managing Director of Biocon India
  • Gouri Prasanna Majumdar (1924–1986), Indian lyricist
  • Hemen Majumdar, Indian painter
  • Kamal Kumar Majumdar (1914–1979), Indian fiction-writer
  • Wing Commander Karun Krishna Majumdar, only IAF pilot to be decorated with a Bar on his DFC
  • Lakshmi Mazumdar, recipient of Padma Shri and the Bronze Wolf, the highest award in scouting
  • Leela Majumdar, author
  • Mohitlal Majumdar (1888–1952), author
  • Protap Chunder Mozoomdar, Brahmo delegate to the World Parliament of Religions. Distinguished researcher on Christianity
  • R. C. Majumdar, compiler and partial author of The History and Culture of the Indian Peoples, widely considered the most definitive work on Indian history, and other works
  • Ronu Majumdar, flautist
  • Samaresh Majumdar, author. Magsaysay awardee. Sahitya Akademi, 1984
  • Shaun Majumder, Canadian comedian and actor
  • Shilajeet Majumdar, songwriter and actor
  • Shipra Mazumdar, member of the first women's team to climb Mt. Everest successfully
  • Shuvaloy Majumdar, scholar
  • Air Commodore S. K. Majumdar, India's first military helicopter pilot
  • Sreela Majumdar, actress
  • Sudhansu Datta Majumdar, physicist
  • Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar, former Chief Minister of Tripura
  • Tarun Majumdar, director. National Film Award, 1979
  • Tejendra Majumdar, sarod player
  • Vina Mazumdar, feminist

See also

  • All pages with titles containing "Majumdar "
  • All pages with titles containing "Mazumdar "

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