List of Bangladeshi Hindus

Last updated February 19, 2025

This is an incomplete list of notable and prominent Hindus from Bangladesh.

Martyrs and Freedom Fighters in 1971

Dhirendranath Datta, martyred intellectual, politician
Jagat Joity Das (Bir Bikrom), first Bir Shreshtho of Bangladesh Liberation war, founder of Das Party, martyred freedom fighter
Dr. Govinda Chandra Dev, martyred intellectual, scholar, philosopher, Dhaka University professor
Jogesh Chandra Ghosh, martyred intellectual, scholar, Ayurveda practitioner, entrepreneur and philanthropist
Jyotirmoy Guhathakurta, martyred intellectual, scholar, Dhaka University professor
Dr. Santosh Chandra Bhattacharya, martyred intellectual, scholar, Dhaka University professor
Ranada Prasad Saha, businessman and philanthropist (founded educational institutes like Bharateswari Homes, Kumudini College and Debendra College). Martyred during the War of Liberation.
Bishnu Chattopadhyay, freedom fighter and leader of peasant movement.Martyred during the War of Liberation.
Nutan Chandra Singha, martyred intellectual, industrialist, a pioneer of women's education in Chittagong, a social reformer and a charitable man
Sukharanjan Samaddar, martyred freedom fighter, Sanskrit scholar, educationalist, Rajshahi University professor
Saroj Kumar Nath Adhikari, martyred intellectual, educationist
Harinath Dey, martyred intellectual, biochemist, research scientist
Anudvaipayan Bhattacharya, martyred intellectual, lecturer in Physics, Dhaka University
Laxman Das, martyred intellectual
Madhusudan Dey, martyred intellectual, social worker and businessman
Moni Singh, freedom fighter, communist leader
Chitta Ranjan Dutta (Bir Uttam), sector commander during the War of Liberation
Manik Lal Ray, freedom fighter, communist politician, teacher, pioneer of mass-education
Purnendu Dastidar, freedom fighter, communist leader, writer and lawyer
Suranjit Sengupta, freedom fighter, politician
Monikrishna Sen, freedom fighter, Bangladeshi communist revolutionary
Ashutosh Bhardwaj, freedom fighter, Bangladeshi communist revolutionary
Bipul Bhattacharya, freedom fighter, vocalist of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra during Bangladesh liberation war
Pankaj Bhattacharya, coordinator of the NAP-Communist Party-Students Union Special Guerrilla Forces

Politics

Manorama Basu, political activist, social reformer
Pijush Kanti Bhattacharjee, Former Member of Parliament
Shukhen Bhattacharjee, martyred communist politician, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
Swapan Bhattacharjee, Former Member of Parliament
Chitra Bhattacharya, Former Member of Parliament
Gaan Chakraborty, Bangladeshi communist revolutionary and writer
Sourendra Nath Chakraborty, Former Member of Parliament
Trailokyanath Chakravarty, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
Raj Kumar Chakraverty, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
Gautam Chakroborty, Former Member of Parliament, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician
Narayan Chandra Chanda, Former Member of Parliament, Former Minister of Land
Sris Chandra Chattopadhyaya, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
Bhupati Bhushan Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician, freedom fighter and businessman
Binod Bihari Chowdhury, Bangladeshi social worker and an anti-colonial revolutionary, politician, one of the companions of Surya Sen during Chittagong armoury raid
Nipun Roy Chowdhury, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician, lawyer, activist
Nitai Roy Chowdhury, Former Member of Parliament, vice chairman of the Central Committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Shankar Gobind Chowdhury, Former Member of Parliament, freedom fighter
Mrinal Kanti Das, Former Member of Parliament
Sukhendu Dastidar, a revolutionary, Bangladeshi communist leader, freedom fighter, one of the companions of Surya Sen during Chittagong armoury raid
Pran Gopal Datta, Former Member of Parliament
Pulin De,^[1] politician, professor
Manoranjan Dhar, Bangladeshi politician, diplomat, lawyer
Aroma Dutta, Bangladeshi politician and human rights activist
Chitta Ranjan Dutta, a leader of the minority communities, former military personnel
Kamini Kumar Dutta, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
Manoranjan Shill Gopal, Former Member of Parliament
Jiten Ghosh, an armed revolutionary, communist leader, writer and freedom fighter
Sunil Kumar Gupta, Former Member of Parliament, Jatiya Party (Ershad) and Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician
Gopal Krishna Maharatna, politician, one of the founding members of Sarbadaliya Sangram Parishad, social worker
Ranesh Maitra, Bangladeshi politician, journalist and columnist
Jnanendra Chandra Majumdar, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
Manu Majumdar, Former Member of Parliament
Phani Bhushan Majumder, Former Member of Parliament
Sadhan Chandra Majumder, Former Member of Parliament, Former Minister of Food ^[2]
Nani Gopal Mandal, Former Member of Parliament
Anil Chandra Mukhopadhyay, Bangladeshi communist revolutionary and writer
Bhabesh Chandra Nandi, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
Pankaj Nath, Former Member of Parliament
Soumendra Prasad Pandey, Former Member of Parliament
Barun Roy, Bangladeshi communist leader, freedom fighter, former member of Parliament
Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Former Member of Parliament, vice-president of Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Rupnarayan Roy, a veteran communist and peasant leader
Satish Chandra Roy, Former Member of Parliament
Dhirendra Nath Saha, Former Member of Parliament, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician
Hemonto Sarkar, Bangladeshi communist revolutionary and writer
Ranjit Chandra Sarkar, Former Member of Parliament
Amal Sen, Bangladeshi communist politician, founding president of the Workers Party of Bangladesh
Bijan Sen, martyred communist politician, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
Dr. Samanta Lal Sen, Former Member of Parliament, Former Minister of Health and Family Planning
Ramesh Chandra Sen, Former Member of Parliament
Sailendra Kumar Sen, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
Joya Sengupta, Former Member of Parliament
Suranjit Sengupta, Former Member of Parliament
Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu, Former Member of Parliament
Biren Sikder, Former Member of Parliament
Kamparam Singh, martyred communist politician, pre-independence politician of Bangladesh
Comrade Moni Singh, founding general secretary of Bangladesh Communist Party
Dipankar Talukdar, Former Member of Parliament
Kujendra Lal Tripura, Former Member of Parliament, Former State Minister of Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs

Advisers of interim/caretaker governments

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh

Surendra Kumar Sinha, Chief Justice of Bangladesh (2015–2017)^[3]

Justices of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh

Bhishmadev Chakrabortty, justice of the High Court Division
Bimalendu Bikash Roy Chowdhury, former justice and adviser of Caretaker Government
Ashish Ranjan Daash, justice of the High Court Division
Biswajit Debnath, justice of the High Court Division
Krishna Debnath, justice of the High Court Division
Bhabani Prasad Singha, justice of the High Court Division ^{[ citation needed ]}
Gour Gopal Saha, justice of the High Court Division
Sashanka Shekhar Sarkar, justice of the High Court Division
Gobinda Chandra Tagore, justice of the High Court Division

Military and Police

Chitta Ranjan Dutta (Bir Uttam), Retired Major General
Jibon Kanai Das, retired Major General
Banaj Kumar Majumder, Additional Inspector-general of police
Devdas Bhattacharya, Additional Inspector-general of police
Krishna Pada Roy, Additional Inspector-general of police
Proloy Kumar Joarder, superintendent of police

Civil Service

Sunil Kanti Bose, former Secretary of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology and the former chairperson of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission
Pradip Ranjan Chakrabarty, retired Secretary, Chairman of the Bangladesh Competition Commission
Phani Bhoushon Choudhury, Secretary of the government of Bangladesh, member of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission, chief of the Criminal Investigation Department, former police officer
Tapan Kanti Ghosh, Bangladeshi retired bureaucrat and former Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, vice-chairman of Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute
Satyajit Karmaker, Secretary of the Planning Division
Shib Nath Roy, Bangladeshi civil servant, former Ambassador of Bangladesh to Bhutan
Manik Lal Samaddar, Bangladeshi civil servant and former special assistant to the Chief Advisor of the Caretaker government
Nepal Chandra Sarker, retired Bangladeshi Civil Servant and former Commissioner of the Information Commission
Sukesh Kumar Sarker, Director General (Secretary) of NAPD

Lawyers and Legal Writers

Debesh Bhattacharya, Human rights activist, lawyer, jurist and judge.
Sir Nikhilesh Dutta, Deputy Attorney General, Bangladeshi barrister and activist.
Rana Dasgupta, Senior Advocate and General Secretary of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council.

Activism

Arts

Shishir Bhattacharjee, cartoonist, academic
Devdas Chakraborty, fine artist, Chittagong University professor
Samarjit Roy Chowdhury, one of the pioneers of contemporary art in Bangladesh, Dhaka University professor
Shib Narayan Das, designer of the first national flag of Bangladesh, vexillographer, student leader
Dhruba Esh, cover-artist and writer
Uttam Guho, stage and art director
Kalidas Karmakar, painter
Nitun Kundu, sculptor, businessman
Partha Pratim Majumder, pioneer mime-artist
Sarker Protick or Protick Sarkar

Music

Sanjit Acharya, Chittagonian folk lyricist, playwright, singer
Shayan Chowdhury Arnob, singer-songwriter, artist
Shyam Sundar Baishnab, folk singer
Bipul Bhattacharya, producer, composer, music director and folk music artist
Deebo Bhattacharya, musician, painter and singer
Kumar Bishwajit, pop singer
Dia Chakravarty, singer, political activist, tax consultant, barrister, journalist
Amaresh Roy Chowdhury, classical vocalist
Gouri Choudhury, singer and music teacher
Probal Chowdhury, singer
Sanjeeb Chowdhury, singer-songwriter, member of Dalchhut
Tapan Chowdhury, singer of modern songs and former frontmant of Souls
Alaka Das, classical music artist
Haimanti Rakshit Das, playback singer
Kalipada Das, singer
Ramkanai Das, Bangladeshi singer
Samar Das, music composer
Sudhin Das, Nazrul Sangeet artist and Swaralipikar
Kamal Dasgupta, music director
Sunil Dhar, classical musician
Shuvro Dev, pop-artist, singer-songwriter, music director, composer
Pabitra Mohan Dey, instrumental musician
Kalyani Ghosh, singer of Chittagonian folk
Robin Ghosh, music director
Shefali Ghosh, singer of mostly Chittagonian folk music
Priyanka Gope, singer
Pantho Kanai, singer, member of Bangla, Arnab and Friends
Bappa Mazumder (Shubhashish Mazumder Bappa), singer, and son of Ustad Barin Mazumder, member of Dalchhut
Chandana Mazumdar, Lalon-geeti singer
Ila Majumder, Bangladeshi classical vocalist
Ustad Barin Mazumder, classical singer
Mitali Mukherjee, Bangladeshi classical and playback singer
Mihir Kumar Nandi, Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer and classical vocalist
Subir Nandi, singer^[4]
Timir Nandi, singer, writer, activist, anchor
Ajit Roy, Rabindra Sangeet singer
Anima Roy, Rabindra Sangeet singer
Kiran Chandra Roy, playback singer
Rathindranath Roy, singer
Emon Saha, music director
Satya Saha, music director
Bijoy Sarkar, baul singer, lyricist, composer and poet
Chandan Sinha, playback singer, producer

Cinema and television

Animesh Aich, director
Amalendu Biswas, stage actor of the jatra-pala genre
Anam Biswas, director, screenwriter, composer and writer
Pijush Bandyopadhyay, actor, director, CEO of Ekushey Television
Malay Bhowmick, actor, director and educationist
Subhasish Bhowmik, actor
Apu Biswas, contemporary actress
Aruna Biswas, television, stage and film actress
Jyotsna Biswas, stage-actress of jatra-pala genre, recipient of Ekushey Padak
Amol Bose, actor
Juwel Aich, magician
Jayanta Chattopadhyay, actor
Bappy Chowdhury, actor
Chanchal Chowdhury, actor, singer, lecturer
Chayanika Chowdhury, television drama director
Brindaban Das, Bangladeshi playwright, actor, writer and director
Shankha Dasgupta, director, filmmaker
Sumita Devi (Hena Bhattacharya), actress
Sumit Sengupta, actor
Dipankar Sengupta Dipon, director, screenwriter
Sanchita Datta, actress, model and lawyer
Subhash Dutta, filmmaker, actor
Anju Ghosh, actress, starred in record-breaking Beder Meye Josna
Aparna Ghosh, contemporary actress
Maya Ghosh, actress
Chitralekha Guho, television actress
Urmila Srabonti Kar, contemporary television actress
Tamalika Karmakar, actress and model.
Ashish Kumar Louho, film actor, playwright, dialogue writer and story writer
Bidya Sinha Saha Mim, contemporary actress
Ramendu Majumdar, actor and theatre-activist
Narayan Ghosh Mita, film director and writer
Kalyan Mitra, writer, actor, director and playwright
Prabir Mitra, film actor
Mousumi Nag, actress
Manoj Pramanik, actor
Yash Rohan, actor
Puja Cherry Roy, contemporary actress
Shabnam (Jharna Basak), actress
Subrata, actor
Sujata (Tandra Majumder), actress
Srabosti Dutta Tinni, television actress and model

Literature

Tapan Bagchi, poet, rhyme composer, researcher, and journalist
Kajal Bandyopadhyay, poet, translator and academic
Topon Chakrabarti, writer on science, technology and environment
Jyoti Prakash Dutta, short-story writer, novelist, newspaper editor and professor
Nirmalendu Goon, poet
Karunamaya Goswami, musicologist and litterateur
Bimal Guha, poet and academic
Ranesh Das Gupta, writer, journalist, and politician
Harishankar Jaladas, novelist
Radhapada Roy, poet
Mahadev Saha, poet
Ashim Saha, poet and novelist.
Arunabh Sarkar, poet, columnist, literary-editor and freedom fighter
Satyen Sen, author, founder of Udichi
Nikhil Sen, dramatist
Niloy Chatterjee, atheist blogger and writer of Hindu origin, martyred by extremists
Ananta Bijoy Das, atheist blogger and writer of Hindu origin, martyred by extremists
Avijit Roy, atheist blogger and writer of Hindu origin, martyred by extremists
Malay Bhowmick, playright and academic.

Academia

Debapriya Bhattacharya, Bangladeshi economist and public policy analyst
Satya Prasad Majumder, 14th Vice-Chancellor of BUET
Shishir Bhattacharja, writer, researcher, linguist, professor of French
Swadesh Bose, economist and Language-movement activist
Govinda Chandra Dev, martyred academic, philosopher, Dhaka University professor
Santosh Chandra Bhattacharya, martyred academic, scholar, Dhaka University professor
Sukharanjan Samaddar, martyred freedom fighter, Sanskrit scholar, educationalist, Rajshahi University professor
Soumitra Sekhar Dey, 6th Vice-chancellor of Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University
Anupam Sen, Vice-Chancellor of the Premier University, author, sociologist, and social activist
Gautam Buddha Das, former Vice-chancellor of Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU)
Swadesh Chandra Samanta, Bangladeshi Agronomist and Vice-chancellor of Patuakhali Science and Technology University
Arup Ratan Choudhury, dental surgeon, consultant and academician
Neem Chandra Bhowmik, professor at Dhaka University and a leader of the hindu minority community in Bangladesh
Rangalal Sen, academician and writer
Kaberi Gayen, columnist, academic
Biswajit Ghosh, Bangladeshi essayist, researcher and academic
Meghna Guhathakurta, academic, activist
Ajoy Roy, academic and leader of secular-humanist movement in Bangladesh
Sanat Kumar Saha, essayist, economist, professor and Tagore-exponent
Jatin Sarker, author and Marxist philosopher

Science and Technology

Harinath Dey, biochemist, research scientist, martyred intellectual
Rakhal Chandra Das, physician, martyred intellectual
Arun Kumar Basak, physicist, professor
Purabi Basu, pharmacologist, writer and activist
Baren Chakraborty, physician, writer, professor
Suvagoto Chowdhury, physician, writer, professor
Pran Gopal Datta, physician, ex-vice chancellor of BSMRMU and member of parliament
Debjani Ghosh, researcher, engineer
Hiranmay Sen Gupta, nuclear physicist, professor
Ripon Nath, audio engineer
Indrajit Prasad,^[5] endocrinologist, academic and medical researcher
Bibhuti Roy, researcher, engineer, professor
Shuvo Roy, research scientist, bioengineer, writer
Samir Kumar Saha, microbiologist, public health expert, professor
Senjuti Saha, research scientist
Dwijen Sharma, naturalist and science writer
Bijan Kumar Shill, microbiologist, scholar, and teacher

Journalism

Gautam Das, print journalist and bureau chief of Dainik Samakal
Ajoy Dasgupta, journalist, writer and lecturer at Dhaka University and Jagannath University
Shyamal Dutta, journalist and editor of Bhorer Kagoj
Samudra Gupta, poet and journalist
Santosh Gupta, journalist and writer
Ranesh Maitra, journalist, columnist and politician
Swadesh Roy, journalist, writer and political analyst
Manik Chandra Saha, journalist, recipient of Ekushey Padak
Munni Saha, journalist, television presenter
Nirmal Kumar Sengupta, journalist, politician

Business and philanthropy

Subir Chowdhury Bangladeshi-American author, world renowned expert in quality and management and philanthropist (founded the Subir-Maliny Center for Bangladesh Studies at the University of California-Berkeley)
Nitun Kundu, sculptor and founder of Otobi
Ranada Prasad Saha, entrepreneur, philanthropist, successful businessman, founder of Kumudini College and Kumudini Hospital at Mirzapur Upazila, Tangail)

Sports

Arup Kumar Baidya, football
Khitindra Chandra Baishya, swimmer
Tapash Baishya, cricket
Rajani Kanta Barman, football
Topu Barman, football
Biplob Bhattacharjee, football
Disha Biswas, cricket
Lily Rani Biswas, cricket
Kesto Kumar Bose, football
Puja Chakraborty, cricket
Narayan Chandra, cricket
Mithun Chowdhury, football
Shuvagata Hom Chowdhury, cricket
Sunil Krishna Dey Chowdhury, football
Brojen Das, swimmer
Litton Das, cricket
Linkon Dey, cricket
Bishwanath Ghosh, football
Dhiman Ghosh, cricket
Pinak Ghosh, cricket
Taposh Ghosh, cricket
Asim Gope, hockey
Alok Kapali, cricket
Pritom Kumar, cricket
Pran Govinda Kundu, football
Shibu Lal, tennis
Amit Majumder, cricket
Avishek Mitra, cricket
Kochi Rani Mondal, kabaddi
Arun Nandi, swimmer
Debabrata Barua Paul, cricket
Chandon Roy, football
Dipok Roy, football
Sandip Roy, cricket
Subashis Roy, cricket
Ranjit Saha, football
Sanjit Saha, cricket
Sumon Saha, cricket
Krishna Rani Sarkar, football
Soumya Sarkar, cricket
Uttam Kumar Sarkar, cricket
Amalesh Sen, football
Jony Talukdar, cricket
Rony Talukdar, cricket
Bimal Chandra Tarafdar, track and field
Sushanto Tripura, football

Religion and spirituality

Mahanambrata Brahmachari, a yogi, monk, philosopher, writer and religious master
Sri Sri Ram Thakur (Ram Chandra Chakraborty), a yogi, monk and spiritual teacher of Hindu philosophy

References

↑ Rose, Saul (1959). Socialism in southern Asia. Internet Archive. London, New York, Oxford University Press. pp. 65. OCLC 951919875.
↑ "Hasina axes heavyweights". The Daily Star. 2019-01-07. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
↑ "Bangladesh sentences former chief justice to 11 years in jail". Al Jazeera. 10 November 2021.
↑ "Subir Nandi: Of songs and successes". New Age. 1 March 2019.
↑ "Professor Dr. Indrajit Prasad". Sasthya Seba.

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[1] Rose, Saul (1959). Socialism in southern Asia. Internet Archive. London, New York, Oxford University Press. pp. 65. OCLC 951919875.

[2] "Hasina axes heavyweights". The Daily Star. 2019-01-07. Retrieved 2019-10-30.

[3] "Bangladesh sentences former chief justice to 11 years in jail". Al Jazeera. 10 November 2021.

[4] "Subir Nandi: Of songs and successes". New Age. 1 March 2019.

[5] "Professor Dr. Indrajit Prasad". Sasthya Seba.

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