BISWAS is a common surname in West Bengal and Bangladesh and they are Indian Hindus and belong to Kayastha Caste. Some Christians and Muslims also have the surname of Biswas. Biswas was merely a title bestowed by the British (when they ruled India) to the family name after someone of the family served them well & was loyal & trusted;'Biswas', after all means trustworthy.

This surname is pronounced in Bengali as BISH-SHASH and not BIS-WAS.The latter is merely the English pronunciation.

People

• Abdur Rahman Biswas (Bengali: আব্দুর রহমান বিশ্বাস) (born 1926), Bangladeshi politician
• Anil Biswas (composer) (अनिल विश्वास) (1914–2003), Indian film music composer
• Anil Biswas (politician) (nickname 'Keru') (1944–2006), Indian politician
• Antara Biswas, Indian actress
• Ashim Biswas (born 1982), Indian football player
• Basanta Kumar Biswas (1895–1915), pro-independence activist involved in the Jugantar group
• Biswamoy Biswas (1923–1994), Indian ornithologist
• Chhabi Biswas (Bengali: ছবি বিশ্বাস Chhobi Bishshash) (1900–1962), Bengali character actor
• Charu Chandra Biswas Union Law Minister 1952–1957
• Debabrata Biswas (Bangla: দেবব্রত বিশ্বাস) (1911–1980), Bengali singer
• Debabrata Biswas (politician), politician from All India Forward Bloc
• Dulal Biswas, Indian footballer
• Gouranga Biswas, Indian footballer
• Jayant Biswas, (born 1964), Well-known Cave Scientist and environmentalist from India
• Hemanga Biswas, exponent of the Bhantiali folk music, originally popular among the fishermen of Bangladesh
• Lieut. (Col.) Suresh Biswas, famous 19th century adventurer from India.
• Nirod Biswas, Bishop of Assam in the mid 20th century
• Pratim Biswas, Professor of Environmental Engineering Science at Washington University in St. Louis
• Pulak Biswas (born 1941), artist and children's book illustrator from India
• Robert Biswas-Diener (born 1972), positive psychologist, researcher, author and instructor at Portland State University
• Sanjit Biswas, co-founder of Meraki, Inc
• Seema Biswas (Hindi: सीमा बिस्वास, Assamese: সীমা বিশ্বাস) (born 1965), Indian film and theatre actress
• Soma Biswas (born 1978), athlete who lives in Kolkata, India
• Suresh Biswas (Bengali: সুরেশ বিশ্বাস), famous 19th century adventurer from India
• Ujjal Biswas, Indian politician and the present Minister for Youth Services in the Government of West Bengal
• Upen Biswas, Indian politician and the present Minister for Backward Class Welfare in the Government of West Bengal

Other

• A House for Mr. Biswas, 1961 novel by V. S. Naipaul
• Biswas Nao Korte Paren, 2006 film

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