Mukherjee

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Mukherjee ({{langx|bn|মুখার্জি}}), also Mukerjee, Mookerjea, Mookerjee, Mukerji, Mukherji, Mukhujje or Mookherjee, is a Bengali Hindu Kulin Brahmin surname originating from the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent. The traditional Bengali version is Mukhopaddhae, which is sometimes written Mukhopadhyay.

Origins

All Mukherjees belong to the Bharadvaja gotra or the clan of the rishi Bharadvaja. The Mukherjees belong to the Kulin Brahmin class and are also classified as Rarhi Brahmin group of Bengali Brahmin caste.{{cite book |title=Krishna consciousness in the West |editor1-first=David G. |editor1-last=Bromley |editor2-first=Larry D. |editor2-last=Shinn |first=Thomas J. |last=Hopkins |chapter=The Social and Religious Background for Transmission of Gaudiya Vaisnavism to the West |publisher=Bucknell University Press |year=1989 |isbn=978-0-8387-5144-2 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F-EuD3M2QYoC&pg=PA35 |pages=35–36 |accessdate=31 October 2011}} The origins of most of the Brahmins in Southern Bengal can be traced back to the Gangetic plains of Northern India, from the ancient city of Kanyakubja (Kannauj). It is believed that in the 11th century CE, the ruler of Bengal, Adisara, summoned five Brahmins from Kanyakubja, who were known for their superior rank to the region. These Vedic Brahmins were supposed to have nine gunas (favoured attributes), among which was insistence on same rank marriages.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cwds.ac.in/ocpaper/reflectionsonkulinpolygamy.pdf |title=Reflections on Kulin Polygamy, p2 |access-date=29 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910041843/http://www.cwds.ac.in/ocpaper/reflectionsonkulinpolygamy.pdf |archive-date=10 September 2016 |url-status=dead }}

Notable people with the last name Mukherjee

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Aarti Mukherji, singer
Abaninath Mukherji, revolutionary and co-founder of the Communist Party of India
Abhijit Mukherjee (born 1960), politician
Abir Mukherjee, writer
Ajoy Mukherjee, fourth chief minister of West Bengal, India
Alok Mukherjee
Ankit Mukherjee, footballer.
Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Indian singer-songwriter
Arindam Mukherjee, photojournalist
Arundhati Mukherjee, actress
Ashutosh Mukherjee, writer
Anirban Mukhopadhyay, marketing scholar
Asim Mukhopadhyay, historian
Ayan Mukherjee, director
Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee (1864–1924) Educationist, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta (1906–1924), and referred commonly as 'Bengal Tiger'.
Asoke Kumar Mukerji, Indian Foreign Service (diplomat)

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Banaphool (Balaichand Mukherjee)
Balaram Mukhopadhyay, chemist
Barun Mukherjee, politician
Bela Mukhopadhyay, writer
Benode Behari Mukherjee (1904–1980), painter
Bharati Mukherjee (born 1940), writer
Bijan Kumar Mukherjea (1891–1956), judge
Biswanath Mukherjee, computer scientist
Budhaditya Mukherjee (born 1955), musician
Bhasha Mukherjee - Miss England 2019

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Chandrani Mukherjee, singer
Chayan Mukherjee, IPS officer
Chittaranjan Mukherjee (1919–1943), Indian revolutionary

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Debashis Mukherjee, theoretical chemist
Dhan Gopal Mukerji (1890–1936)
Dwijen Mukherjee, Tagore song exponent

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Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay (1920–1989), music director
Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1922–2006), director
Harendra Coomar Mookerjee, Vice-President of Constituent Assembly of India

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Indrani Mukherjea, former HR Consultant and media executive
Indrani Mukherjee, actress

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Jadugopal Mukherjee (1886–1976), revolutionary
Jaidip Mukerjea (born 1942), tennis player
Jatindra Nath Mukherjee (Bagha Jatin) (1879–1915), Freedom Fighter and Revolutionary Leader
Jiban Mukhopadhyay (died 2025), politician
Joia Mukherjee (born 1964), physician
Jolly Mukherjee, singer, songwriter, producer
Joy Mukherjee (1939–2012), actor and director