Kayastha : Kshatriyas of Bengal, the most famous of them were Raja Pratāpāditya of Jessore, Raja Kandarpa-Narayan of Chandradwipa & Kedar Rai of Vikrampur, held their own against Akbar who had to wait until they died to conquer Bengal.
... the Karmayogin sets for itself, to popularise this knowledge. The Vedanta or Sufism, the temple Page 20 or the mosque, Nanak and Kabir and Ramdas, Chaitanya or Guru Govind, Brahmin and Kayastha and Namasudra, whatever national asset we have, indigenous or acclimatised, it will seek to make known, to put in its right place and appreciate. And the second thing is how to use these assets so ...
... Gangadhar was overwhelmed: 'What a great honour it for me, sir!' Everyone enjoyed Dada's story. One of them asked: 'We you told us about all these Brahmin titles. Tell us also about the kayastha titles like Ghosh, Bose, Mitra, Dutt, etc. He did they get these titles?' "Ah, you don't know that story, then? During the time BaIIal Sen, five Brahmins from Kannauj were brought Bengal ...
... hands with reverence whenever Rajnarain's name was mentioned in their presence: 'He is our second Vaidyanath.' Indeed, many a high-caste Brahmin considered this remarkable Page 74 Kayastha to be a better Brahmin than himself. Rajnarain dearly loved this grandson of his, Auro, who was a man after his own heart. They talked of many things: "of cabbages —and kings —and why the ...
... drawn up by Paresh Chakraborty and obtained through the efforts of Nirmal Nahar. Anybody with the surname of Ghose belongs to Saukalin Gotra, the descent line founded by Rishi Saukalin. Ghoses are of kayastha caste, and were traditionally cowherds (like Krishna's father Nanda Ghose). Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Hooghly District of Bengal. Konnagar is ...
... impulse in Hindu society is already too strong and with most of us political division by castes is too foreign to our habits of thought to take root. The very idea of making a constituency of Bengal Kayasthas or Bengal Brahmins is absurd. Only where certain classes are much depressed and submerged a temporary strife may be created, but the onward sweep of the national movement, profoundly democratic as ...
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