Chaudhuri

Chaudhuri was an office and honorary title in India and is now a family name, especially in Bangladesh , India and Pakistan. It also occurs in the spellings Chaudhari , Chaudhri , Chaudhry , Chaudhury , Choudhri , Choudhuri , Choudhury , Chowdhuri or Chowdhury .

Origin and meaning

The origin of the name Chaudhuri ( Hindi चौधरी caudhrī , Urdu چودھر, Bengali চৌধুরী caudhurī ) is dark; she is sometimes referred to as the "possessor of four" or from Sanskrit चक्रधर cakradhara ( Prakrit cakradharī ) as "carrying a disc", i.e. H. "Ruler, Governor", interpreted.

In pre-colonial times, the honorary title Chaudhuri in northern India initially referred to a village head, a clan chief or a landowner in the rank directly below the zamindars (large landowners), who was also entrusted with tax collection in his Pargana (district) in cooperation with the Qanungo and the Amīn . In British India , the title was also used to designate the foreman of certain professional groups for carrying out public works, such as market supervision.

Name bearer

Well-known people with this name are:

• Abu Sayeed Chowdhury (1921–1987), Bangladeshi politician, President of Bangladesh
• Ahindra Choudhury (1897–1974), Indian theater and film actor
• AFM Ahsanuddin Chowdhury (1915-2001), Bangladeshi politician
• Ambika Charan Choudhury (1930–2011), Indian writer
• Amit Chaudhuri (* 1962), Indian author
• Amitabha Chowdhury (1927-2015), Indian journalist
• AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury (* 1932), Bangladeshi politician
• Basanta Choudhury (1928-2000), Indian film actor
• Biplab Roy Choudhury (1942–2012), Indian film director
• Bikram Choudhury (* 1946), yoga master
• Chandrahas Choudhury , Indian writer and book critic
• Dijen Kumar Ray-Chaudhuri (* 1933), Indian-American mathematician
• Hamza Choudhury (born 1997), English football player
• Humayun Rasheed Choudhury (1928–2001), Bangladeshi politician and diplomat
• Kabir Chowdhury (1923–2011), Bangladeshi writer
• Khaled Choudhury (1919–2014), Indian theater actor and set designer
• Mithun Chowdhury (* 1989), Bangladeshi football player
• Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury (1928–2006), Bangladeshi politician
• Nasiruddin Chowdhury (* 1985), Bangladeshi football player
• Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri (1897–1999), Bengali writer
• Qayyum Chowdhury († 2014), Bangladeshi painter
• Rama Shankar Choudhury (1903–1972), Indian film director and screenwriter
• Renuka Chowdhury (* 1954), Indian politician
• Roy Choudhury (* 1946), Indian marksman
• Sachindra Chaudhuri (1903-1992), Indian politician
• Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury (1949–2015), Bangladeshi politician
• Salil Choudhury (1925–1995), Indian film music composer
• Santi P. Choudhury (1929–1982), Indian documentary filmmaker
• Sarita Choudhury (born 1966), British actress
• Shahanuddin Choudhury (* 1967), Bangladeshi sprinter
• Shefali Chowdhury (* 1988), British actress
• Souren Choudhury (* 1918), Indian marksman
• Subhashish Roy Chowdhury (* 1986), Indian soccer player
• Subroto Roy Chowdhury (1943-2017), Indian sitar player
• Supriya Choudhury (* 1935), Indian film actress
• Tanvir Chowdhury , Bangladeshi soccer player
• Zahid Parvez Chowdhury (* 1987), Bangladeshi football player

supporting documents

1. ↑ Rank 7 of surnames in Bangladesh 2014 (2% of the population); Surname in Bangladesh
2. ↑ Hobson-Jobson, Glossary, pp. 213 f., With documents from AD 1300; Monier-Williams, Sanskrit-English Dictionary , p. 381; s. a. Mylius, Sanskrit-German Dictionary, p. 151; Böhtlingk, Sanskrit dictionary in shorter version II, p. 203; Platts, A Dictionary of Urdu, p. 450
3. ↑ In the Dechan , the position was called Deshmukh ("mouth of the land", landowner, rich farmer); Richards, The Mughal Empire, p. 81; Gatzlaff-Hälsig, Concise Dictionary Hindi-German, p. 652
4. ^ Richards, The Mughal Empire, pp. 87-88