# Basu
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'''Basu''' ({{langx|bn|বসু}}, {{ipa|bn|bɔʃu|lang}}), also '''[Bose](/source/Bose_(surname))''' ([anglicized](/source/Anglicisation)), '''Boshu''', '''Bosu''', or '''Bosh''', is a [Bengali Kayastha](/source/Bengali_Kayastha) surname originating from the [Bengal](/source/Bengal) region of the [Indian subcontinent](/source/Indian_subcontinent).[{{Cite book |last=Basu |first=Lokeshwar |title=Amader Padobir Itihas |publisher=Ananda |year=1981 |location=Kolkata |pages=29 |language=Bengali}}] The name stems from [Vāsu](/source/Vasu) ({{Langx|sa|वसु}}), which means 'Bright one'.[{{cite book|title=Dictionary of American Family Names|date=2013|publisher=Oxford University Press}}][{{Cite book |last=Hardwick |first=Charles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JufyDwAAQBAJ&dq=vasus+bright&pg=PA279 |title=Traditions, Ssuperstitions, and Folk-Lore |date=2020-07-24 |publisher=BoD – Books on Demand |isbn=978-3-7523-3244-5 |pages=279 |language=en}}]
Basus are considered as [Kulin Kayastha](/source/Kulin_Kayastha)s of [Gautam](/source/Gautama_Maharishi) [gotra](/source/gotra), along with [Ghosh](/source/Ghosh)es, [Mitras](/source/Mitra_(surname)) and Bangaja (Eastern Bengal) [Guhas](/source/Guha_(surname)).[{{cite book |title=Krishna consciousness in the West |editor1-first=David G. |editor1-last=Bromley |editor2-first=Larry D. |editor2-last=Shinn |first=Thomas J. |last=Hopkins |chapter=The Social and Religious Background for Transmission of Gaudiya Vaisnavism to the West |publisher=Bucknell University Press |year=1989 |isbn=978-0-8387-5144-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F-EuD3M2QYoC |pages=35–36 |access-date=2011-10-31}}][{{Cite web |date=2017-11-23 |title=Kayasthas of Bengal {{!}} Economic and Political Weekly |url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2017/47/special-articles/kayasthas-bengal.html |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=www.epw.in |language=en}}]
== Notable people ==
* [Amrita Basu](/source/Amrita_Basu), (b. 1953) American scholar
* [Amar Bose](/source/Amar_Bose), (1929 – 2013) Founder and chairman of [Bose Corporation](/source/Bose_Corporation) which make [Bose home audio products](/source/Bose_home_audio_products). [Indian American](/source/Indian_American) entrepreneur and academic. Professor at the [Massachusetts Institute of Technology](/source/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology) (MIT).
* [Anurag Basu](/source/Anurag_Basu) film director
* [Bani Basu](/source/Bani_Basu), (b. 1939), Bengali Indian author, essayist, critic, and poet
* [Benoy Basu](/source/Benoy_Basu), (1908–1930), Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter
* [Bipasha Basu](/source/Bipasha_Basu), Bollywood actress and model
* [Buddhadeb Bosu](/source/Buddhadeb_Bosu), (1908–1974), Bengali writer
* [Chandranath Basu](/source/Chandranath_Basu), (1844–1910), Bengali conservative litterateur
* [Debabrata Basu](/source/Debabrata_Basu), (1924 - 2001) Indian statistician who proved [Basu's theorem](/source/Basu's_theorem)
* [Durga Das Basu](/source/Durga_Das_Basu), (1910 - 1997), Indian jurist and lawyer who wrote the ''Commentary on the Constitution of India'' and ''Casebook on the Indian Constitutional Law''
* [Jagadish Chandra Bose](/source/Jagadish_Chandra_Bose), (1858 - 1937), Biologist, physicist, botanist and an early writer of science fiction. One of the fathers of radio science, inventor of crescograph, founder of Bose Institute.
* [Jyoti Basu](/source/Jyoti_Basu), (1914–2010), founding member of the [Communist Party of India (Marxist)](/source/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)) . Barrister, longest serving chief minister of [West Bengal](/source/West_bengal).
* [Jyotirmoy Basu](/source/Jyotirmoy_Basu), (1920–1982), Indian politician for CPM party .
* [Kaushik Basu](/source/Kaushik_Basu), (b. 1952), Indian economist
* [Khudiram Bose](/source/Khudiram_Bose), (1889–1908), Indian Freedom Fighter
* [Kumudini Basu](/source/Kumudini_Basu) (1873–1942), [Bengali](/source/Bengalis) writer, social reformer and women's rights activist in [British India](/source/British_India).
* [Kunal Basu](/source/Kunal_Basu), author of the novel ''Racists''
* [Maladhar Basu](/source/Maladhar_Basu), a poet of the Hossain-Shahi period in Bengal history, writer of Sri Krishna Vijaya (শ্রীকৃষ্ণবিজয়, Triumph of Lord Krishna)
* [Mankumari Basu](/source/Mankumari_Basu) (1863–1943), Bengali poet
* [Neil Basu](/source/Neil_Basu) (b. 1968), senior British police officer.
* [Nagendranath Basu](/source/Nagendranath_Basu) (1866–1938), encyclopedia compiler, archaeologist, and historian
* [Nandita Basu](/source/Nandita_Basu), Indian-born American environmental engineer
* [Nandalal Bose](/source/Nandalal_Bose), seminal painter and sculptor
* [Pam Basu](/source/Pam_Basu) (1958{{ndash}}1992), victim of carjacking and murder
* [Rajnarayan Basu](/source/Rajnarayan_Basu), (1826–1899), writer and intellectual of the [Bengal Renaissance](/source/Bengal_Renaissance)
* [Rajshekhar Basu](/source/Rajshekhar_Basu) (1880–1960), Bengali writer, chemist and lexicographer
* [Rash Behari Basu](/source/Rash_Behari_Bose) (1886–1945), Indian Revolutionary Leader
* [Samaresh Basu](/source/Samaresh_Basu), writer; winner of the 1980 Sahitya Akademi Award
* [Samit Basu](/source/Samit_Basu), (b. 1979), Indian author
* [Sankar Basu](/source/Sankar_Basu), electrical engineer
* [Satyendra Nath Bose](/source/Satyendra_Nath_Bose), (1894 – 1974), Indian mathematician and physicist. Best known for his work on [quantum mechanics](/source/quantum_mechanics), [Bose–Einstein statistics](/source/Bose%E2%80%93Einstein_statistics) and [Bose–Einstein condensate](/source/Bose%E2%80%93Einstein_condensate). Elementary particles [Bosons](/source/Bosons) were named after him.
* [Satyendranath Bosu](/source/Satyendranath_Bosu), (1882–1908), Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter
* [Sekhar Basu](/source/Sekhar_Basu), (1952–2020), Indian nuclear scientist who served as the chairman of the [Atomic Energy Commission](/source/Atomic_Energy_Commission_of_India), Awarded the [Padma Shri](/source/Padma_Shri) in 2014
*[Siddhartha Basu](/source/Siddhartha_Basu), Indian television producer-director and quiz show host
* [Sreyashi Jhumki Basu](/source/Sreyashi_Jhumki_Basu), (1977–2008) American science educator
* [Subhas Chandra Bose](/source/Subhas_Chandra_Bose), (1897–1945), Indian nationalist leader
==See also==
* [Sakyu and Inkyu Basu](/source/Yandere_Simulator) a.k.a. the Basu Sisters, characters from ''Yandere Simulator''
* [Jyoti Basu (disambiguation)](/source/Jyoti_Basu_(disambiguation))
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
Category:Surnames
Category:Bengali Hindu surnames
Category:Kayastha
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