Lahiri

Lahiri
Origin
Word/nameBengali Hindu
Region of originBengal

Lahiri (Bengali: লাহিড়ী) is a native Bengali surname belonging primarily to the Bengali Brahmins of India and Bangladesh. The surname belongs to the Barendra class of Bengali Brahmin caste. [1]

Notable people with this surname

  • Anirban Lahiri (born 1987), Indian golfer
  • Anya Lahiri (born 1982), British model
  • Bappi Lahiri (1952-2022), Indian music director
  • Dulal Lahiri (born 1947), Bengali actor
  • Jhumpa Lahiri (born 1967), Indian-American author
  • Prabhas Chandra Lahiri (1893–1974), Bengali revolutionary
  • Rajendra Lahiri (1901–1927), Bengali revolutionary
  • Samik Lahiri (born 1967), Indian politician
  • Shanu Lahiri (1928–2013), Bengali painter
  • Shyama Charan Lahiri (1828–1895), Indian yogi, better known as Lahiri Mahasaya
  • Ashutosh Lahiri (born 1898), Indian Freedom Fighter, Revolutionary, Anushilan Samity Member, Bengali Hindu Homeland movement organiser, one of the creator of West Bengal.
  • Maj. Jyanendra Mohan Lahiri (born 1900), Director West Bengal Veterinary, Founder of Haringhata

References

  1. ^ Bhattacharya, Jogendra Nath (1896). Hindu Castes and Sects. Kolkata: Thacker, Spink And Co. p. 42. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
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