| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Word/name | Bengali Hindu |
| Region of origin | Bengal |
Chakraborty (spelling variations includeChakraborti,Chakrabarti,Chakravarty,Chakravarti,Chakrabartty andChakrabarty) is a surname used byBengali Hindus andAssamese Hindus ofIndia andBangladesh, as well as by some communities ofsouthern India. It 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 mainly used by people of theBengali Brahmin[2][3][4] andAssamese Brahmin[5][6] communities in the states ofWest Bengal,Tripura andAssam. The surname is also used by theJains of southern India.[7]
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 asChakravarty and Bhattacharya
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, ...
A few Bengali Surnames that identify a caste – Surname Caste Identification Brahmin Bandyopadhyay (Banerjee), Mukhopadhyay (Mukherjee), Gangopadhyaya (Ganguli), Chattopadhyay (Chatterjee),Chakravarty, Kanjilal, Sanyal, Lahiri ...
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 likeChakraborty, Bhattacharyaa...
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,..
