Majumdar

Majumdar (also Mojumdar, Majumder, Mojumder, Mazumdar, Mozumdar, Mazumder, Mozumder, Majoomdar, Mojoomdar, Majoomder, Mojoomder, Mazoomdar, Mozoomdar, Mazoomder, Mozoomder, or Muzumdar) is a title used as a family name.

Majumdar Name Meaning

Indian (Assam and Bengal) and Bangladeshi: Hindu (several communities) and Muslim name meaning ‘record keeper’, ‘archivist’, from Arabic "majmua" (মজমুয়া) ‘collection’ + the Persian suffix "-dar"(দার) ‘possessor’. The surname has evolved from an official title.^[1]

The title is found among Bengalis and should not be confused with the etymologically similar "মজুমদার ,"Mujumdar or Muzumdar, found among Maharashtrians, and to some extent among the peoples of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh.

People named Majumdar (and its variations)

• Aarti Majumdar American actress of Indian descent, better known as Aarti Mann
• Akhoy Kumar Mozumdar, first Indian to earn American citizenship
• Anita Mazumdar Desai, novelist. Sahitya Akademi, 1978. Shortlisted three times for the Booker Prize
• Amiya Bhūşhan Majumdār, novelist
• Apratim Majumdar, classical musician
• Arun Majumdar, first Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
• Bibhal Majumdar, cricketer
• Charu Majumdar, Maoist revolutionary and founder of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)
• Chittabrata Majumdar (1935 – 2007), General Secretary of Centre of Indian Trade Unions
• Gouri Prasanna Majumdar (1924 –1986), Indian lyricist
• Hemen Majumdar, Indian painter
• Kamal Kumar Majumdar (1914 – 1979), writer
• Karun Krishna Majumdar, Wing Commander, only IAF pilot to be decorated with a Bar on his DFC
• Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairman and Managing Director of Biocon India
• Lakshmi Mazumdar, recipient of Padma Shri and the Bronze Wolf, the highest award in scouting
• Leela Majumdar, author
• Mohitlal Majumdar (1888 – 1952), author
• Protap Chunder Mozoomdar, Brahmo delegate to the World Parliament of Religions. Distinguished researcher on Christianity
• Raakhee, Indian actress
• R. C. Majumdar, 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 Majumdar, flautist
• Samaresh Majumdar, author. Magsaysay awardee. Sahitya Akademi, 1984
• Shaun Majumder, Canadian comedian and actor
• Silajit Majumder, songwriter and actor
• Shipra Mazumdar, member of the first women's team to climb Mt. Everest successfully
• Simon Majumdar, British-American chef, author, and television personality
• Air Commodore S. K. Majumdar, India's first military helicopter pilot
• Sreela Majumdar, actress
• Sudhansu Datta Majumdar, physicist
• Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar, former Chief Minister of Tripura
• Tarun Majumdar, director. National Film Award, 1979
• Tejendra Majumdar, sarod player
• Vina Mazumdar, feminist, the 'grandmother of Women’s Studies in India'
• Bhuban Bijoy Majumder, former Public Leader of regional party and social worker Tripura
• Amol Muzumdar, Retired Indian cricketer Maharashtra

See also

• All pages with titles containing Majumdar
• All pages with titles containing Mazumdar

References

External links

• White House press release announcing Arun Majumdar's nomination
• Biography of Karun Krishna Majumdar, DFC
• Times of India coverage of Arpita Majumdar's protest
• Air Commodore S.K. Majumdar