Chatterjee

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Chatterjee (Bengali: চ্যাটার্জি), also known as Chattopadhyay is a Bengali Hindu surname, used by the Kulin group of the Bengali Brahmin caste.[1] Together with Banerjees, Mukherjees, Bhattacharjees, and Gangulys, Chatterjees form the Kulin Brahmins, the highest tier of the Bengali caste system.[2] They belong to Rarhi clan of Bengali Brahmins and the Kashyapa gotra.

  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick (2003). "Chatterjee". Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 320. ISBN 9780195081374.
  2. ^ Bromley, David G.; Larry D. Shinn, eds. (1989). Krishna Consciousness in the West. Lewisburg, Pa.: Bucknell University Press. ISBN 0-8387-5144-X. OCLC 17984402.