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Banerjee (Bengali: ব্যানার্জি Bênarji) or Bandyopadhyay (Bengali: বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় Bôndopaddhae) is a common brahmin surname in the Bengal region of India. The name is also spelt Bannerjee, Banerji, Banerjie,Bonnerjee and Bandopadhyaya.
History
Banerjees are Rarhi Kulin Brahmins of the Sandilya gotra,[1][2] who are considered the highest caste in Bengal alongside Mukherjees, Chatterjees and Gangulis. They are descendents of Bhattanarayana, originally from Uttar Pradesh. During the Bengal renaissance and Young Bengal movement, some Bandyopadhyays converted to Christianity and anglicized their name as "Banerjee" or "Bonnerjee". Others anglicized their name without converting. Recent genetic studies have shown that a high percentage of the Y-DNA haplogroup R1a1a occurs among these people, in common with West Bengal Brahmins (72%).
"Indian (Bengal) and Bangladeshi: Hindu (Brahman) name, the first element of which, Ban-, is a shortened form of the village name Bandoghat. The final element -jee is derived from jha (greatly reduced form of Sanskrit upadhyaya ‘teacher’); thus, Banerjee ‘teacher from the village of Bandoghat’. In Bengali names formed with -jee, the initial element is believed to indicate a village granted by Ballal Sen, a legendary ancient king of Bengal, to the ancestor of the person bearing the surname. A Sanskrit version of this name, Vandyopadhyaya, was coined later, from the elements vandya ‘venerable’ + upadhyaya ‘teacher’. "
— Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Notable people with the surname Banerjee / Bandopadhyay
Academics
Abhijit Banerjee- Amiya Charan Banerjee
- Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, key figure in the Bengal renaissance.
- Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
- Tarashankar Bandopadhyay
- Manik Banerjee
- Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
Business
Culture
- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
- Dibakar Banerjee, film director.
- Kali Banerjee, actor.
- Kanu Banerjee (1905–1985), actor (Pather Panchali)
- Karuna Banerjee (1919 – 2001), actress (Pather Panchali)
- Debina Bonnerjee, actress.
- Nikhil Banerjee
- Raghab Bandyopadhyay, prose writer.
- Rachana Banerjee, actor.
Rina Banerjee- Ruprekha Banerjee
- Sarnath Banerjee
- Victor Banerjee, actor.
Jenni Banerjee, actress.
Bidisha Bandyopadhyay, writer, broadcaster.- Tagore family (the Tagore family surname is Bandopadhyay/Banerjee).
- Haradhan Bandopadhyay, actor.
Politics
- Ambica Banerjee
- Mamata Banerjee
- Womesh Chandra Banerjee, first president of the Indian National Congress.
- Surendranath Banerjee
Sports
Other
See also
References
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