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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gayen, GainPronunciation | গায়েন (Ga-en) |
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Meaning | Bard |
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Region of origin | Bengal |
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Gayen, sometimes anglicised as Gain, is a Bengali surname found in the Indian subcontinent, mainly in West Bengal and Bangladesh.[1]InBengali, the title Gayen (গায়েন) referred to anyone involved in the medieval bardic tradition, i.e. composition of poetry and music.[2]
Notable people
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Anil Kumar Gain (1919–1978), Cambridge mathematician and founder of Vidyasagar University
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Swapan K. Gayen, Bengali-American physicist, researcher at City University of New York
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Kaberi Gain (born 1970), author and social activist, researcher at University of Edinburgh
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Chhanda Gayen (1979–2014), first Bengali woman to climb Mount Everest
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Prasun Gain (born 1977), Indian actor
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Margaret Gayen (born 1994), Indian-Australian long jumper
In popular culture
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References
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^ Mookerjee, S. (September 1959). "Bengalee surnames" (PDF). Annals of Library and Information Studies. 6 (3): 6.
^ Sen Gupta, Shankar (1965). Folklorists of Bengal (Volume 1 ed.). Calcutta, India: Indian Publications.
External links
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The Gayen Estate - Description of the Gayen Zamindari Estate in Dhanyakuria, West Bengal
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