Ganguly (
Bengali: গাঙ্গুলী), also known as Ganguli, Ganguly, Gangulee, Gangoly or Gangopadhyay is a native
Bengali surname that is used by
Kulin Brahmin group of the
Bengali Brahmin caste. The traditional Bengali version of this surname is Gangopadhyay(a) or Gônggopaddhae.
History
The Gangulys belong to the
Kulin Brahmin class and are also classified as
Rarhi Brahmins.[1] According to texts, King Adisura invited five Brahmins to settle in the region from
Kanauj and designated them higher in social status.[2][3] Multiple accounts of this legend exist; historians generally consider it to be nothing more than myth or folklore, lacking historical authenticity.[4] The tradition continues by saying that these incomers settled and each became the founder of a clan.[5] The five Brahmin clans, which later became known as
Mukherjees,
Chatterjees,
Banerjees, Gangulys and
Bhattacharjees, were each designated as Kulina ("superior") in order to differentiate them from the more established local Brahmins.[6]
Kadambini Ganguly, one of the two Indian women doctors who was first South Asian female physician, trained in western medicine to graduate in South Asia
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