Thakur
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- Thakur (ठाकुर) Hindi surname
- Thakur (ঠাকুর) Bengali surname
- Thakur Muslim surname
Thakur may refer to:
- Hindu Gods: In Bengali, deities are refer to as Thakur.
- Bengali Brahmins: Also refer to as Thakur.
- Brahmins: In Bengal, Brahmins are also refer to as Thakur.
- Titles in India, Thakur, as title, has respective meaning in different states in India.
- Indian family names: (Fem. Rhakurani or Thakurain)
- Noble titles: Anglicized form of Thakur is Tagore, meaning "lord".
- Tagore family: Tagore (the anglicised form of the Bengali title Thakur) is the name of a prominent Bengali family of intellectuals, writers and artists, generally known as the Tagore family.
People - Jorasanko branch of the Tagore family
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- Dwarkanath Tagore (1794 – 1846) – businessman and aristocrat, called Prince by the foreigners for his lavish life style.
- Ramanath Tagore (1801 – 1877) – prominent social figure associated with British Indian Association and Hindu Mela.
- Debendranath Tagore (1817 – 1905) – Brahmoism founder.
- Dwijendranath Tagore (1840 – 1926) – poet, philosopher, writer, musician, pioneer in Bengali shorthand and musical notations
- Ganendranath Tagore (1841 – 1869) – theatre personality, musician, founder of Jorasanko Natyashala and Hindu Mela.
- Satyendranath Tagore (1842 – 1923) – musician, reformer, and the first Indian to join the ICS in 1863.
- Jyotirindranath Tagore (1849 – 1925) – theatre personality, musician
- Rabindranath Tagore (1861 – 1941) – poet, philosopher, playwright, author, musician, artist, reformer, educationist and the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in 1913.