List of Namasudras
This page contains a list of notable people from the Namasudra caste, organized by profession, field, or focus.
Social reformers
- Harichand Thakur, founder of Matua Mahasangha
- Binapani Devi, the matriarch of Matua community, also known as "Boro Maa".[1]
Judiciary and bureaucracy
- Justice B.C. Ray, former judge of the Supreme Court of India[2]
- Upendra Nath Biswas, former joint director and minister (east) of the CBI, MLA from Bagdah[3]
- Mukunda Behari Mullick, former lawyer, professor of Pali, senate member in Calcutta University, founder of All Bengal Namasudra Association, MLA and minister in first Fazlul Haq's government
- Sumit Mullick, IAS officer from the 1982 class and former Chief Secretary of Maharashtra[4]
Politicians
Ministers
- Jogendra Nath Mandal, one of the leading founding fathers of the modern state of Pakistan and first minister of law and labour of the country[5]
- Birat Chandra Mandal, minister and member of Constituent Assembly of Pakistan[6]
- Kanti Biswas, former MLA of Gaighata and minister of Youth Affairs and Home (Passport)[7]
- Manjul Krishna Thakur, MLA from Gaighata and Minister of State
MPs and MLA
- Apurba Lal Majumdar, two-time MLA and former speaker of West Bengal Legislative Assembly[8]
- Kapil Krishna Thakur, former Sanghadhipati of Matua Mahasangha and M.P from Bangaon[9]
- Mamata Bala Thakur, religious mother of the Matua Mahasangha and M.P from Bangaon[10]
- Pramatha Ranjan Thakur, former MLA and head of Matua Mahasangha[11]
- Shantanu Thakur, M.P from Bangaon[12]
Writers and journalists
- Debi Roy, one of the founding fathers of the Hungry generation movement, and the first post-modern Dalit poet in Bengali[13]
- Manoranjan Bayapari, Indian Bengali writer and socio-political activist, also known as the pioneer of ‘Dalit literature in Bengali’[14]
- Manohar Mauli Biswas, bilingual poet, essayist and writer of Bengali Dalit Literature[15]
- Jatin Bala, Bangladeshi, Dalit author
- Baby Haldar, Indian Bengali author
- Kalyani Thakur, Dalit feminist writer[16]
- Rebati Mohan Sarkar, Indian writer, MLC and editor of Namashudra Hitaishi[17]
References
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- Chandra, Uday; Heierstad, Geir; Nielsen, Kenneth Bo (2015-09-25). The Politics of Caste in West Bengal. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-41477-3.
- विस्वास, A. K. Biswas एके (2016-02-12). "A Chandal education minister". Forward Press. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- "FORMER SPEAKER DIES". telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- "Matuas: nobody's people, everybody's votebank". telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- "In Bengal and Assam, BJP-TMC Tussle Over Namasudra Votes Has Reached New Heights". thewire.in. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- Bandyopadhyay, Sekhar (2004-07-01). Caste, Culture and Hegemony: Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal. SAGE Publishing India. ISBN 978-93-5280-072-8.
- "Ground Report: Why BJP's Identity Politics in Bengal's Bongaon Will Likely Fall Flat". thewire.in. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
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- Ghose, Amita. "Why Bengali Dalit feminist poet and writer Kalyani Thakur added Charal (for Chandal) to her name". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- Hashmi, Taj Ul-islam (2019-07-11). Pakistan As A Peasant Utopia: The Communalization Of Class Politics In East Bengal, 1920-1947. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-31037-5.
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