Chakraborty

Chakraborty (spelling variations include Chakraborti, Chakrabarti, Chakrabarty and Chakravarty) is a surname of Bengali Hindus and Assamese Hindus of India and Bangladesh, which literally means 'wheels rolling'; metaphorically it denotes a ruler whose chariot wheels roll everywhere without obstruction (čakra 'wheel' + vart- 'to roll').^[1] The surname is used by people of the Bengali Brahmin^[2]^[3]^[4] and Assamese Brahmin^[5]^[6] communities in the states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam.

Male

Abani Chakravarty (1941–1994?), Indian Assamese poet
Ajay Chakraborty (born 1943), Indian politician
Ajoy Chakrabarty (born 1953), Indian singer
Akinchan Chakrabarty (18th century), Bengali poet
Amal Chakraborty, Indian paediatric surgeon
Ambika Chakrabarty (1892–1962), Indian Bengali independence movement activist and revolutionary
Amiya Chakravarty (1901–1986), literary critic, academic, and Bengali poet
Amiya Chakravarty (director) (1912–1957), Indian film director, screenwriter and producer
Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty (1938–2020), Indian microbiologist, party to the U.S. Supreme Court case Diamond v. Chakrabarty
Animesh Chakravorty (born 1935), Indian chemist
Aravinda Chakravarti (born 1954), Indian geneticist
Arindam Chakrabarti, Indian philosopher working in Hawaii
Arjun Chakrabarty, Indian actor
Arnab Chakrabarty (born 1980), Indian musician and Sarod player
Arup Chakraborty, American engineer
Bicky Chakraborty (born 1943), Swedish hotel mogul
Bikas K Chakrabarti (born 1952), Indian physicist
Birendra Narayan Chakraborty (1904–1976), Indian politician
Bonnie Chakraborty, Bengali singer
Byomkes Chakrabarti (1923–1981), Indian linguist
Chiranjeet Chakraborty (born 1960), Indian Bengali film actor
Dhirendra Kishore Chakravarti (1902 – after 1982), Indian geologist and palaeontologist
Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti, Indian archaeologist
Dipesh Chakrabarty (born 1948), Indian historian
Gaurav Chakrabarty (born 1987), Indian actor
Ghanaram Chakrabarty (c. 1669-?), Bengali poet
Haranath Chakraborty (born 1959), Indian Bengali film director
J. D. Chakravarthy (born 1970), Indian film actor and director in Telugu cinema and Bollywood
Janardan Chakravarti (1901–1987), Indian professor of Bengali
K. Chakravarthy (1936–2002), music director in the South Indian film industry
Keshab Chakravarthy (active 1925), Indian revolutionary
Khelaram Chakrabarty (16th century), Bengali poet
Kshitindra Mohan Chakravarty (1900–1988), Indian chemist, fuel technician and teacher
Kushal Chakraborty (born 1968), Bengali actor and film director
M. C. Chakrabarti (died 1972), Indian statistician
Mahaakshay Chakraborty (born 1984), Indian actor
Manoj Chakraborty (born 1954), Indian politician
Mithun Chakraborty (born 1950), Indian actor, director and businessman
Nachiketa Chakraborty (born 1965), Indian Bengali singer-songwriter
Nirendranath Chakravarty (1924–2018), Bengali poet
Nripen Chakraborty (1905–2004), Indian politician
Oliphant Chuckerbutty (1884–1960), English composer and organist of Anglo-Indian descent
Panchanan Chakraborty (1900–1995), Indian revolutionary
Phani Bhusan Chakravartti (1898–1981), first Indian Bengali permanent Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court
Pramod Chakravorty (1929–2004), Indian film director and producer
Praveen Chakravarty (born 1973), Indian businessman
Pritam Chakraborty (born 1971), Indian Bengali music director and composer
Pritish Chakraborty Indian film actor, director, writer, producer, singer in Bollywood
Rahi Chakraborty (born 1988), Indian singer, songwriter, programmer and guitarist
Raj Chakraborty (born 1975), Indian Bengali film director
Rajorshi Chakraborti (born 1977), Indian writer in English
Ranajit Chakraborty, Indian geneticist
Ritwick Chakraborty, Indian film actor
Rupram Chakrabarty (17th century), Bengali poet
S. S. Chakravarthy, Indian Tamil film producer
Sabyasachi Chakrabarty (born 1956), Indian Bengali TV and film actor
Saikat Chakrabarti, American computer programmer, entrepreneur, and political activist
Samiran Chandra Chakrabarti, Indian Indologist and scholar of onomastics & Vedic studies
Samrat Chakrabarti (born 1975), British-American actor and musician
Sandip Chakrabarti (born 1958), Indian astrophysicist
Sankar Chakraborti (born 1970), Indian business leader
Shibram Chakraborty (1903–1980), Bengali writer, humorist and revolutionary
Shibu Chakravarthy (born 1961), Indian lyricist, screenplay and script writer who mainly works in Malayalam cinema
Shyam Sundar Chakravarthy (1869–1932), Bengali revolutionary, independence activist and journalist
Snehasish Chakraborty (born 1989), Indian footballer
Soham Chakraborty, Indian actor, producer, and politician
Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chuckerbutty (c. 1826–1874), one of the earliest Indians to practice modern medicine
Sourav Chakraborty (footballer) (born 1992), Indian footballer
Souvik Chakraborty (born 1991), Indian footballer
Subhas Chakraborty (died 2009), Indian politician, transport minister of West Bengal
Sugato Chakravarty, Indian marketing academic
Sujan Chakraborty (born 1959), Indian politician
Sujit Chakravarty (born 1959), Indian football manager
Suma Chakrabarti (born 1959), British civil servant, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Sumon K Chakrabarti, Indian journalist
Swadesh Chakraborty (born 1943), Indian politician
Swapan Kumar Chakravorty (1954–2021), Director General of the National Library of India, Kolkata
Trailokyanath Chakravarty (1889–1970), British Indian revolutionary, East Pakistani politician
Tulsi Chakraborty (1899–1961), Indian comic actor
Utpalendu Chakrabarty (born 1948), Indian film director
Varun Chakravarthy (born 1991), Indian cricketer
Vijay C Chakravarthy, Indian cinematographer
Vinayak Chakravorty, Indian film critic and film journalist
Vinu Chakravarthy (1945–2017), Tamil actor, scriptwriter and director
Visvanatha Chakravarti (1626? – 1708?), Bengali guru

Female

Bijoya Chakravarty (born 1939), Indian politician from Assam
Dia Chakravarty (born 1984), Bangladeshi-born British political activist and singer
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (born 1942), Indian literary critic
Ipsita Roy Chakraverti (born 1950), Indian Wiccan priestess
Kaushiki Chakrabarty (born 1980), Indian classical vocalist
Lolita Chakrabarti (born 1969), British actor and writer
Megha Chakraborty, Indian actress
Meghna Chakrabarti, American radio personality
Mimi Chakraborty (born 1989), Bengali film actress, singer and a (nominal) Member of Parliament
Reeta Chakrabarti (born 1964), British television journalist
Rhea Chakraborty (born 1992), Indian video jockey and actress
Ritabhari Chakraborty (born 1992), Indian Bengali film actor
Rushmi Chakravarthi (born 1977), Indian tennis player
S. A. Chakraborty (born 1985), American fantasy novelist
Shami Chakrabarti (born 1969), British member of the House of Lords, barrister and civil liberties campaigner
Sharmila Chakraborty (born 1961), Indian cricketer
Sumona Chakravarti, Bollywood actress and celebrity
Uthpala Chakraborty, Indian cricketer

Chakrabarti Inquiry, British Labour Party inquiry into allegations of antisemitism
Chakravartin, an ancient Indian term used to refer to an ideal universal ruler
Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat, a 2015 Indian historical drama TV series

[1]
"How well do you know about the origins of some Indian Occupational Surnames?". TheBizdom. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
[2]
Gupta, Sankar Sen (1976). Folklore of Bengal: A Projected Study. Indian Publications. p. 16. It is said that when the five brahmins went to the court of Adisura, there were 700 families of brahmin residents in Bengal, who were called Saptasatis or Satsatis (meaning 700). These Saptasatis too were honoured by the rulers and often they received grants of villages. Gradually they became priests to the lower castes and thereby descended to the rank of degraded brahmins, even though they have boasted such surnames such as Chakravarty and Bhattacharya
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Clark, Gregory (25 August 2015). The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility. Princeton University Press. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-691-16837-1. This chapter examines social mobility in Bengal from 1860 to the present.. This group [Bengali Brahmins]: Bandopadhyaya/Banerjee, Bhattacharya/Bhattacharjee, Chakraborty/Chakravarty, Chattopadhyaya/Chatterjee, Gangopadhyaya/Ganguly, ...
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Folk-lore. Indian Publications. 1975. p. 172. A few Bengali Surnames that identify a caste – Surname Caste Identification Brahmin Bandyopadhyay (Banerjee), Mukhopadhyay (Mukherjee), Gangopadhyaya (Ganguli), Chattopadhyay (Chatterjee), Chakravarty, Kanjilal, Sanyal, Lahiri ...
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Ghosh, G. K.; Ghosh, Shukla (2003). Brahmin Women. Firma KLM. p. 28. ISBN 978-81-7102-107-9. The Assamese Brahmins The Brahmins of Assam also claim that their ancestors migrated from either Gauda or Bengal and ... on whole the lower Assam group the adopt the surnames like Chakraborty, Bhattacharyaa...
[6]
Singh, K. S. (1992). People of India: Assam (2 pts.). Anthropological Survey of India. p. 168. ISBN 978-81-7046-128-9. The community is divided into two subgroups, Brahman and Kshat- triya. The Brahman enjoys a higher socio - religious position than the Kshattriya . The Brahman group uses surnames, such as, Chakraborty, Sharma,..

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[1] [1]
"How well do you know about the origins of some Indian Occupational Surnames?". TheBizdom. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2022.

[2] [2]
Gupta, Sankar Sen (1976). Folklore of Bengal: A Projected Study. Indian Publications. p. 16. It is said that when the five brahmins went to the court of Adisura, there were 700 families of brahmin residents in Bengal, who were called Saptasatis or Satsatis (meaning 700). These Saptasatis too were honoured by the rulers and often they received grants of villages. Gradually they became priests to the lower castes and thereby descended to the rank of degraded brahmins, even though they have boasted such surnames such as Chakravarty and Bhattacharya

[3] [3]
Clark, Gregory (25 August 2015). The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility. Princeton University Press. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-691-16837-1. This chapter examines social mobility in Bengal from 1860 to the present.. This group [Bengali Brahmins]: Bandopadhyaya/Banerjee, Bhattacharya/Bhattacharjee, Chakraborty/Chakravarty, Chattopadhyaya/Chatterjee, Gangopadhyaya/Ganguly, ...

[4] [4]
Folk-lore. Indian Publications. 1975. p. 172. A few Bengali Surnames that identify a caste – Surname Caste Identification Brahmin Bandyopadhyay (Banerjee), Mukhopadhyay (Mukherjee), Gangopadhyaya (Ganguli), Chattopadhyay (Chatterjee), Chakravarty, Kanjilal, Sanyal, Lahiri ...

[5] [5]
Ghosh, G. K.; Ghosh, Shukla (2003). Brahmin Women. Firma KLM. p. 28. ISBN 978-81-7102-107-9. The Assamese Brahmins The Brahmins of Assam also claim that their ancestors migrated from either Gauda or Bengal and ... on whole the lower Assam group the adopt the surnames like Chakraborty, Bhattacharyaa...

[6] [6]
Singh, K. S. (1992). People of India: Assam (2 pts.). Anthropological Survey of India. p. 168. ISBN 978-81-7046-128-9. The community is divided into two subgroups, Brahman and Kshat- triya. The Brahman enjoys a higher socio - religious position than the Kshattriya . The Brahman group uses surnames, such as, Chakraborty, Sharma,..

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