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Sen (surname)

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Sen (pronounced Shen) is a Bengali Hindu surname derived from the Sanskrit word for "Army", Sena.

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It is found in the east of the Indian Subcontinent; namely Bangladesh & West Bengal, India mainly among Baidya and Kayastha communities. Instances of the surname are also found in the Nepalese community.

Notables

  • Sena Dynasty, the successors to the Pala Empire and the last Hindu kings of Greater Bengal

    • A

  • Amarendra Nath Sen, jurist
  • Amartya Sen, economist, Nobel Prize winner
  • Anil Kumar Sen, jurist
  • Aparna Sen, film director and actress
  • Ashoke Sen, theoretical physicist
  • Ashoke Kumar Sen former law minister, lawyer, and parliamentarian

    • B

  • Benoyendranath Sen, theologian of New Dispensation Brahmoism
  • Binay Ranjan Sen, former Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  • Binayak Sen, human rights activist

    • D

  • Dinesh Chandra Sen, researcher of Bengali folklore

    • K

  • Kaushik Sen, actor
  • Keshab Chandra Sen, social reformer of India
  • Konkona Sen, actress

    • M

  • Mihir Sen, swimmer
  • Moonmoon Sen, actress
  • Mrinal Sen, Dadasaheb Phalke award winning film director

    • N

  • Nabinchandra Sen, poet and writer
  • Nandana Sen, daughter of Amartya Sen, actress in Hindi cinema

    • P

  • Pabitra Kumar Sen, scientist and social reformer
  • Palash Sen, Band member of Euphoria (Indian band)
  • Probir Sen, wicket keeper, the only wicket keeper to have stumped out Sir Donald Bradman
  • Prafulla Chandra Sen, former chief minister of West Bengal

    • R

  • Ramprasad Sen, singer and lyricist
  • Raima Sen, actress
  • Reema Sen, actress
  • Rimi Sen, actress
  • Riya Sen, actress

    • S

  • Samar Sen, poet
  • Shyamal Kumar Sen, jurist and former governor of West Bengal
  • Suchitra Sen, actress
  • Sudeep Sen, poet
  • Sukumar Sen, First Chief Election Commissioner of India
  • Sukumar Sen, Bengali linguist
  • Susmit Sen, member of the band Indian Ocean
  • Sushmita Sen, actress, former Miss Universe
  • Surya Sen, Indian freedom fighter

    • Fictional characters

  • Banalata Sen, fictional character in Jibanananda Das's poem
  • Mr. Saurav Sen, fictional characters in Jhumpa Lahiri's short story, Mrs. Sen's, from her collection of short stories, Interpreter of Maladies.

    • References

    Sen (surname) Wikipedia
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