Neogi are from which part of India?

Answer 1

The word Neogi means "the appointed" and was a title used for ministers/advisors to the the courts of the Nawab (King/Emperor) of Bengal while Bengal was a Muslim kingdom in pre-British days. During this time a lot of the Nawab's advisors were Hindus and were granted this title. The correct way to address them were lastname-title so someone named Raja Mitra would become Raja Mitra-Neogi (Raja Mitra, the appointed). In time many advisors and their descendents people dropped their last name and simply kept Neogi as a last name. Some people still use a double barrel name such as "Guha-Neogi", "Basu-Neogi", but most Neogis are simply "Neogi" AJ Neogi