Ganguly (surname)

Ganguly (also called Ganguli, Gangulee, Gangoly or Gangopadhyay) is an Indian family name of a Bengali Brahmin caste; it is a variant of Gangopadhyay(a) Gônggopaddhae). Gangopadhyay (compound of village name "By the Ganges" and "upādhyāya" denoting "priest, teacher") is the Sanskritized form of the original name anglicized to Ganguly. The historical book 'Jāti-Bhāṣkar' mentions that those who were given grants along the Ganges by Ballāl Sena were called Gangopādhyāya (literally 'the Vedic teachers in the regions around the Ganges').

The ancestors of Gangulys are from a hermit or saint called Savarna Muni^[a], belonging to the family of Bhrigu and thus all Gangulys have the same Savarna Gotra, and Bhaargava-Vaitahavya-Savedasa tri pravara which means they are from the same ancestral root.

List of persons with the surname

Business

Ashok Sekhar Ganguly, former chairman of Hindustan Lever
Pablo Ganguli, (born 1983), Indian cultural entrepreneur

Politics

Bipin Behari Ganguli (1887-unknown), Indian freedom fighter
Dwarkanath Ganguly (1844-1898), Brahmo reformer
Pratul Chandra Ganguli, (1884–1957), Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary

Sport

Bhaskar Ganguly, Indian footballer
Sourav Ganguly (born 1972), Indian cricket captain

Chess

Surya Shekhar Ganguly (born 1983), Indian chess grandmaster

Film and acting

Ashok Kumar Ganguly (1911–2001), Indian actor
Churni Ganguly, Indian actress of Bengali movies and TV serials
Dhirendra Nath Ganguly (1893-1978), Bengali tim actor, director and entrepreneur
Dimpy Ganguly, Indian model and actress
Jeet Ganguly, Bengali musical director and composer (film)
Kaushik Ganguly, Indian director, screenwriter and actor (Bengali cinema)
Kishore Kumar Ganguly (1929-1987), Indian singer and actor
Mouli Ganguly, Indian television actor
Pijush Ganguly, Indian television actor (Bengali)
Preeti Ganguly, Indian actress
Richa Gangopadhyay (born 1986), Indian actress
Rupa Ganguly (born 1966), Indian actress
Rupali Ganguly (born 1978), Indian actress
Samir Ganguly, Indian film director
Subhashree Ganguly (born 1989), Indian actress
Usha Ganguly (born 1945) theatre director

Music

Sunil Ganguly (died 1999), Indian guitarist

Writers and translators

Kisari Mohan Ganguli, Indian translator (Mahabharata into English)
Narayan Gangopadhyay (1918–1970), Bengali writer
Sunil Gangopadhyay (born 1934), Bengali writer

Notes

Compare with Wikipedia article on Gotra Pravara

Resources

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