Guha (surname) Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guha_(surname)
Guha (Bengali: গুহ, romanized: Guho) is an Indian surname found mostly, albeit not uniquely, among Bengali Hindus. It is also another name for the Hindu deity Kartikeya .
Guhas mostly belong to Kayastha caste in Bengal. The Bengali Kayasthas evolved as a caste from a category of officials, between the 5th/6th century AD and 11th/12th century AD, its component elements being putative Kshatriyas and mostly Brahmins.[1] Guhas (and Guhathakurtas[2]) are considered as Kulin Kayasthas of Kashyapa gotra, along with Boses, Ghoshes and Mitras.[3]
Notable people[edit]
- Anita Guha (1932–2007), Indian Bengali actress
- Biraja Sankar Guha (1894-1951), Indian physical anthropologist
- Buddhadeb Guha (born 1936), Indian Bengali writer
- Chinmoy Guha (born 1958), Indian author and academician
- Isa Guha (born 1985), British cricketer
- Ramachandra Guha (born 1958), Indian historian.
- Ranajit Guha (born 1923), Indian historian
- Subrata Guha (1946-2003), Indian cricketer
- Sujoy K. Guha (born 1940), Indian biomedical engineer
- Prof B C Guha, Indian scientist - founder of Department of Biochemistry, Calcutta University; regarded as the father of modern biochemistry in India.
- Phulrenu Guha - Well known Bengali social activist and political personality, wife of famous scientist Dr. B C Guha, founder of Department of Biochemistry, Calcutta University
- Jatindra Charan Guho - Gobar Guha , was an Indian wrestler and practitioner of Pehlwani. He was the first Asian to win the World Light Heavyweight Championship in the United States
Notable others[edit]
Anton-Andreas Guha - German journalist and author.
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