Majumdar

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

Etymology

The name literally translates to ‘record keeper’ or ‘archivist’, from the Arabic ‘‘majmua’’ (মজমুয়া) ‘collection’ + the Persian suffix ‘‘-dar’’ (দার) ‘possessor’. The surname has evolved from this title.

The surname is found among Bengalis and should not be confused with the similar "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 Majumdar, Canadian actress
• Anita Mazumdar Desai, novelist. Sahitya Akademi, 1978. Shortlisted three times for the Booker Prize
• Amiya Bhūşhan Majumdār, novelist
• Apala Majumdar, British mathematician
• Apratim Majumdar, classical musician
• Arun Majumdar, first Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
• Bibhal Majumdar, cricketer
• Boria Majumdar, journalist, author, and cricket historian
• Chanchal Kumar Majumdar, physicist, founder of S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
• 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
• Wing Commander Karun Krishna Majumdar, only IAF pilot to be decorated with a Bar on his DFC
• 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
• Renuka Majumder, Indian cricketer
• 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'

See also

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

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