Bose (surname)

Bose, Basu, Bosu, Boshu or Bosh (Bengali: বসু, romanized: Bôsu, Bengali pronunciation: [boʃu]) is a Bengali Kayastha surname found amongst upper caste Kulin Kayasthas of Indian state of West Bengal and Bangladesh. The traditional Bengali version is Bosu, which is sometimes written Basu, which is alternately spelled as Bose. It from Sanskrit वासु (Vāsu, a name of Viṣṇu meaning ‘dwelling in all beings’).[1]

History

Boses belong to Kayastha caste in Bengal. The Bengali Kayasthas evolved between the 5th/6th century AD and 11th/12th century AD, its component elements being putative Kshatriyas and mostly Brahmins, according to André Wink.[2] Boses are considered as Kulin Kayasthas of Gautam gotra, along with Ghoshes, Mitras and Guhas.[3] One of the twelve local rulers was King Pratapaditya of Jessore (currently in southern Bangladesh). At this time, the caste system was pretty much the way of life in India and certain communities were always expected to perform certain tasks. In order to rule the region, the King needed various types of people like Brahmins for religious purposes, Kshatriyas for war and defence, Baniyas for business etc. However, due to the invasion by Bakhtier Khilji, there was a shortage of such people in Bengal. He therefore requested the King of Kanauj (present day state of Uttar Pradesh) to send some appropriate people and it is said that five Brahmins and five Kayasthas (the five surnames Bose, Ghosh, Mitra, Guha and Dutta) were dispatched to Bengal. The first Bose to arrive was Dasarath Bose.

Notables of Indian descent

Notable others

von Bose is an unrelated German surname

Bosé is an unrelated European surname

  • Lucia Bosè (Italian spelling, born Lucia Borloni) or Lucía Bosé (Spanish spelling) (1931–2020), Italian actress
  • Miguel Bosé (born 1956), Spanish singer and son of Lucia Bosè

See also

References
  1. Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. 2013.
  2. Andre Wink (1991). Al-Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World, Volume 1. Brill Academic Publishers. p. 269. ISBN 978-90-04-09509-0. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  3. Hopkins, Thomas J. (1989). "The Social and Religious Background for Transmission of Gaudiya Vaisnavism to the West". In Bromley, David G.; Shinn, Larry D. (eds.). Krishna consciousness in the West. Bucknell University Press. pp. 35–36. ISBN 978-0-8387-5144-2. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
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