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Dr. Joseph Jogindranath Ghosh (born 1869 - died 1942) of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. He was the son of Jadunath Ghosh of Calcutta who was one of the earliest high-caste Hindu converts to Christianity in Bengal. He was the first Indian to do a D.Litt from a foreign university. He did his D.Litt in Syrian Arabic from Edinburgh University, Scotland in 1909. He was the founder of the the Modern High School in Allahabad which is now named after him. He also served as the headmaster of Jumna High School, Allahabad and taught at St. John's College, Agra earlier. He was the grand-nephew of the first Lord Sinha of Raipur. Author of the book "My Adventures with Evil Spirits." He was also the elder brother of Prof. Nathaniel Nath Ghosh of St. John's College, Agra who was instrumental in framing the syllabus of Geography at Agra University in the early part of the 20th century.Unreferenced|date=December 2006expert
Ghosh (
Bangla ঘোষ) is a surname used byKshatriyas people who areKayastha andKshatriya Hindu Bengalis . Although mainly found in the state ofWest Bengal inIndia , some Ghosh families were originally found in areas inEast Bengal (now in modern day Bangladesh). Ghoshes are also found across India and, as with the broader India diaspora, across the world; particularly in the US and in the UK.The name Ghosh is also found in Palestine and Lebanon, as in the town of
Abu Ghosh . Here it is an Arab name, in which the "gh" represents the Arabic letterghain .Notable Personalities with surname Ghosh
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Dr. Joseph Jogindranath Ghosh , educationist
*Acharya D.P. Ghosh
*Amitav Ghosh , writer
*Amitav Ghosh, banker
*Anup K. Ghosh
*Atulkrishna Ghosh
*Atulya Ghosh
*Sri Aurobindo
*Barindra Kumar Ghosh
*Sri Chinmoy
*Debendra Prasad Ghosh
*Dipu Ghosh
*Ganesh Ghosh
*Gautam Ghose
*Geeta Dutt
*Helen Ghosh
*Jayati Ghosh
*Manmohan Ghose
*Monomohun Ghose , first Indian barrister and nationalist
*Mahesh Chandra Ghosh
*Mukunda Lal Ghosh (Paramahansa Yogananda)
*Pallab Ghosh
*Prafulla Chandra Ghosh
*Robi Ghosh
*Raman Ghosh
*Ranjon Ghoshal
*Rishab Aiyer Ghosh
*Rituparno Ghosh
*Robin Ghosh
*Ruma Guha Thakurta
*Sagarika Ghose
*Sanjoy Ghosh
*Sarat Kumar Ghosh
*Shankha Ghosh
*Shreela Ghosh
*Shibdas Ghosh , Indian communist
*Shiulie Ghosh , BBC & ITN News Anchor
*Shreya Ghoshal
*Dhiman Ghosh
*Subodh Ghosh
*Taposh Ghosh
*Gautam Ghosh
*Soumitra Ghosh References
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