Majumdar
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Majumdar 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.
The Maharashtrian title of Mujumdar is unrelated and evolved independently of its Bengali counterpart.
People named Majumdar (or variations)
- Akhoy Kumar MozumdarA. K. MozumdarAkhoy Kumar Mozumdar was an Indian-born lecturer and writer of the New Thought Movement during the first half of 20th-century United States...
, first Indian to earn American citizenship - Amiya Bhūşhan MajumdārAmiya Bhushan MajumdarAmiya Bhūşhan Majumdār is one of the major Bangla-language novelists of the twentieth century.-External links:*...
, novelist - Apratim MajumdarApratim MajumdarApratim Majumdar , is an Indian classical musician from Kolkata, India. He plays the Sarod. His "Dhrupadee Veenkar" style of Ustad Alauddin Khan's Seni Veenkar Gharana: analytically imaginative prosodic progression with metrical waves of melodic phrases interwoven with highest order of technical...
, classical musician - Arun MajumdarArun MajumdarArun Majumdar is a materials scientist, engineer, and Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay graduate who is presently President Barack Obama's nominee for the Under Secretary of Energy...
, first Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy, U.S. Department of Energy - Bibhal MajumdarBibhal MajumdarBibhal Majumdar was an Indian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Tripura. He was born in Agartala....
cricketer - Charu MajumdarCharu MajumdarCharu Majumdar was a communist revolutionary from India. Charu Majumdar's life is a story of "riches to rags". Born in a progressive landlord family in Siliguri in 1918, he not only dedicated his entire life to peasants' cause but also authored the historic 1968 Naxalbari uprising, the ideology...
, Maoist revolutionary and founder of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) - Chittabrata MajumdarChittabrata MajumdarChittabrata Majumdar was general secretary of Centre of Indian Trade Unions , the trade union wing of CPI from 2003 till his death. He was also a member of the politburo of the party and was always considered a hard liner...
(1935 – 2007), Indian politician - Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-ShawKiran Mazumdar-ShawKiran Mazumdar-Shaw' is an Indian entrepreneur. She is the Chairman & Managing Director of Biocon Limited a biotechnology company based in Bangalore , India.- Profile :Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw was born on March 23, 1953 in Bangalore, India...
, Chairman and Managing Director of Biocon IndiaBioconBiocon Limited is a global biopharmaceutical company with products and research services ranging from pre-clinical to clinical development through to commercialization. Within biopharmaceuticals, the Company manufactures generic active pharmaceutical ingredients like Statins and... - Gouri Prasanna MajumdarGouri Prasanna MajumdarGouri Prasanna Majumdar was an eminent Bengali lyricist. He is most commonly associated with the golden age of Bengali cinema, namely the black and white era, when he penned several enduring classics for the evergreen movies like Anyay Abichar, Maqsad, Tinmurti, Aparupa, Anusandhan, and Aaj Ka...
(1924–1986), Indian lyricist - Hemen MajumdarHemen MajumdarThis is an article about 2 different persons!Hemendra Majumdar was an Indian painter. His popular painting is Lady with Lamp, depicting loneliness of a woman...
, Indian painter - Kamal Kumar MajumdarKamal Kumar MajumdarKamalKumar Majumdar was a major fiction-writer of the Bengali language. The novel Antarjali Jatra is considered his most notable work.-Early life:...
(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 MajumdarLeela MajumdarLeela Majumdar , was a Bengali writer.-Early life:Born to Surama Devi and Pramada Ranjan Ray , Leela spent her childhood days at Shillong, where she studied at the Loreto Convent. Surama Devi had been adopted by Upendra Kishor Ray Choudhuri...
, author - Mohitlal Majumdar (1888–1952), author
- Protap Chunder MozoomdarProtap Chunder MozoomdarProtap Chunder Mozoomdar was a member of the Hindu reform movement the Brahmo Samaj, and a close associate of Keshub Chandra Sen. He is best known for his research into the "oriental" aspects of the teachings of Jesus....
, Brahmo delegate to the World Parliament of Religions. Distinguished researcher on Christianity - R. C. MajumdarR. C. MajumdarRamesh Chandra Majumdar was an Indian historian of great repute. He is sometimes called "the dean of Indian historians" for his colossal contribution to the study of Indian history.-Early life and education:...
, 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 MajumdarRonu MajumdarRonu Majumdar is a noted Indian flautist in the Hindustani Classical Music tradition.-Early life and training:Born in Varanasi on June 22, 1963, Ranendranath Majumdar, popularly known as Ronu was trained under his father, Dr. Bhanu Majumdar, and later learned vocal music with the late Pt. Laxman...
, flautist - Samaresh MajumdarSamaresh MajumdarSamaresh Majumdar is a well known contemporary Bengali writer. He spent his childhood years in the tea gardens of Duars, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India. He was a student of the Jalpaiguri Zilla School, Jalpaiguri. He completed his bachelors in Bengali from Scottish Church College, Kolkata. His...
, author. Magsaysay awardee. Sahitya Akademi, 1984 - Shaun MajumderShaun Majumder-Life and career:Majumder was born in Burlington, Newfoundland and Labrador to a European descended mother from Newfoundland and an Indian father. He started his entertainment career as an announcer for the YTV game show CLIPS, and soon was hosting the network's popular morning kids show Brain...
, Canadian comedian and actor - Shilajeet MajumdarShilajeet MajumdarShilajeet Majumdar , first name also credited as Shilajit, is an Indian Bengali male singer songwriter and actor. Singer Shilajeet Majumdar lives at Ruchira complex at bypass kolkata-Education:...
, songwriter and actor - Shipra MazumdarShipra MazumdarShipra Mazumdar was a member of the first women's expedition to successfully climb Mt. Everest.-References:* http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Army/Articles/Article54.html...
, member of the first women's team to climb Mt. Everest successfully - Shuvaloy MajumdarShuvaloy MajumdarShuvaloy Majumdar is a Visiting Foreign Policy Scholar at the University of British Columbia with a focus on Broader Middle East and North Africa democratization...
, scholar - Air Commodore S. K. Majumdar, India's first military helicopter pilot
- Sreela MajumdarSreela MajumdarSreela Majumdar is an actress in the Bengali language film industry of India.She has done voice dubbing for Aishwarya Rai in the film Chokher Bali .-Early life:...
, actress - Sudhansu Datta MajumdarSudhansu Datta MajumdarSudhansu Datta Majumdar was an Indian physicist, and faculty member of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.-Biography:...
, physicist - Sudhir Ranjan MajumdarSudhir Ranjan MajumdarSudhir Ranjan Majumdar was the Chief Minister of Tripura in India from February 5, 1988 to February 19, 1992.- External links :*http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/tripura.html...
, former Chief Minister of TripuraTripuraTripura is a state in North-East India, with an area of . It is the third smallest state of India, according to area. Tripura is surrounded by Bangladesh on the north, south, and west. The Indian states of Assam and Mizoram lie to the east. The capital is Agartala and the main languages spoken are... - Tarun MajumdarTarun MajumdarTarun Majumdar is a renowned Bengali Indian film director who makes films in Bengali and is notable for his depiction of Bengali culture and society. Many of his films are literature-based...
, director. National Film Award, 1979 - Tejendra MajumdarTejendra MajumdarTejendra Narayan Majumdar is an Indian sarod player and pupil of Bahadur Khan. Tejendra Narayan Majumdar is one of the most popular and celebrated modern sarod players.-Training:...
, sarod player - Vina MazumdarVina MazumdarDr. Vina Mazumdar is an Indian academic, feminist, a pioneer in Women studies in India and a leading figure of the women’s movement in post-independence India. She was secretary of the first Committee on Status of Women in India that brought out the first report on condition of women in the...
, feminist