Aich (surname)

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Aich (also spelled as Aitch) is a Hindu Bengali surname belonging to the Maulika Kayastha caste as well as some other Bengali castes. [1]

Notable people with this surname include:

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References

  1. Bhattacharya, Jogendra Nath (1896). Hindu Castes and Sects: An Exposition of the Origin of the Hindu Caste System and the Bearing of the Sects Towards Each Other and Towards Other Religious Systems. Thacker, Spink. p. 179.