Guhathakurta

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Template:Guha Guhathakurta is a Bengali feudal dynasty, originated from a place called Banaripara Barisal which is presently situated in Bangladesh (Erstwhile East Pakistan). All the Guhathakurtas shares the common royal bloodline and they have their own Holy Grail named as Lotika, it traces back to 600 year old family Indo-Aryan lineage.

Despite small in number,the family have their own active community page at Orkut, exclusively open for members of the family only.

1 Origin
2 Caste Theory
3 Scions
4 External Links

[edit] Origin

Many years back a king named Adishur decided to perform a yajna for his son.But none of the Brahmins of the Bengal were ready to participate in that yajna,so they sugggested the king to call Brahmins from Uttar Pradesh. So five Brahmins came from Kanyakujwa or Kannauj to perform the yajna. To protect the Brahmins, five Kshatriya came with them.Later on these five Kshatriyas came to known as the Kaysthas.Guha (गुह) is the surname,another name for lord Kartikeya and Thakurta is the title which means "Protector of the God" .Guhathakurta dynasty was founded by Birat Guha who came from Kanyakubja and is a descendent of Saint Kashyap.

[edit] Caste Theory

Among the castes found in Bengal, besides Brahmana, the highest is the Kayastha. This caste is said to have sprung from the Kshatriya caste.The Kayasthas were divided into the Uttara Rarhis, the Dakshina Rarhis and the Bangajas; the last being the original Kayastha inhabitants of Bengal and they now chiefly live in East Bengal. The Dakshina Rarhis at present have largely spread over this part of Bengal, They are subdivided into two classes, viz :- The Kulins and the Mauliks. The Ghoshes, the Basus and the Mitras (three surnames of the Kayasthas) are the Kulins; all the rest being the Mauliks. The Mauliks again are divided into two classes; the Deys, the Dutts, the Kars, the Palits, the Sens, the Sinhas, the Dasses and the Guhas are of the first class, the rest (which number 72) being of the 2nd class, The Guhathakurtas of the Bangaja Kayasthas are Kulin means Royal.

[edit] Scions

Late Jyotirmay Guhathakurta - Bangladeshi Freedom Fighter, Assasinated by Pakistani Army during Bangladesh Liberation War 1971

Late Jiban Guha Thakurta - Indian freedom fighter incarcerated (1932-38),Prisoner No: 135 Cellular Jail,S/o Nagendra Nath Guha, banaripada, Barisal, Bangladesh. For violation of Government orders and restrictions in Krishnanagar, he was arrested and sentenced 5 and half years prison term . Deported to Cellular Jail in 1932. Released.

Ruma Guha Thakurta - versatile singer and actress
Tapati Guha Thakurta - Professor of History, D.Phil(University of Oxford) Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta - Dean, School of Convergence
Dr.Puragra Guhathakurta - Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics Astronomer,UC Observatories/Lick Observatory
Tirthankar Guha Thakurta - Film-maker
Dr.Madhulika Guha Thakurta - Astrophysicist, NASA
Subhrajit Guhathakurta - Associate Professor,School of Planning and the International Institute for Sustainability - Arizona State University
Late Srila Audulomi Thakur - Spiritual Guru, Srimad BKAS Sewaashram
Meghna Guha Thakurta - Executive Director, Research Initiatives Bangladesh (RIB)(Daughter of Late.Jyotirmay Guhathakurta
Surup Guha Thakurta - Cricketer