Basu

Basu (Variants: Bosu, Boshu, Bose) is a common Indian surname specifically for Bengali Hindu Kayasthas.

The home state of the Basu family is West Bengal. A theory is the founder of the clan was Dasharath Basu who migrated from Kannauj to Bengal in the 10th century. The Anglicized form of the name is Bose.

Basu's

Some famous Basus are:

• Satyendra Nath Bose, physicist
• Jagdish Chandra Bose, physicist, biologist, botanist, archaeologist, science fiction writer, and father of radio science
• Subhas Chandra Bose, one of the most prominent leaders in the Indian independence movement and is a legendary figure in India today.
• Amrita Basu, (b. 1953) American scholar
• Bani Basu, (b.1939), Bengali Indian author, essayist, critic and poet
• Benoy Basu, (1908-1930), Bengali Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter
• Debabrata Basu, (1924 - 2001) Indian statistician who proved Basu's theorem
• Jyoti Basu, (1914-2010), Founding member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• Kaushik Basu, (b. 1952), Indian economist
• Kunal Basu, author of the novel Racists
• Rajnarayan Basu, (1826-1899), writer and intellectual of the Bengal Renaissance
• Samit Basu, (b. 1979), Indian author
• Siddhartha Basu, Indian TV producer
• Bipasha Basu, Bollywood actress
• Benoy Krishna Basu, freedom fighter
• Amar Gopal Bose, chairman and founder of Bose Corporation. Listed on the 2007 Forbes 400 with a net worth of $1.8 billion