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Pabitra Mukhopadhyay

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Does your surname has a story, a history or a character in it?

Take mine. It is a conjoint Sanskrit word having two parts. Mukh stands for Chief, Principal or Head and Upadhyay stands for a teacher.
Historically it corroborates. Mukhopadhyay were Brahmins brought by Kings of Sen Dynasty in medieval Bengal for enlightenment of his subjects.
Of course, in course of time Mukhopadhyays are teachers exclusively, in fact there are illiterate Mukhopadhyays too.
I wonder what does your surname stand for and if any insight can be gleaned from it.

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    Kate Blake 50+

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    Feb 20 2013: My surname was strongly associated with mischief, so guess that would be a good description of me. Definitely from the British Isles where my ancestors came from. So no startling story, history or character but one I'm proud of because my father and the line he descended from were good people!
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      Feb 20 2013: This is off topic but I can't resist my association with the surname Blake. In my school days there used to be a very popular book in Bengali having a title like "Mr. Blake of Class VII" which was about a school boy who emulated a very popular detective character named Mr. Blake. :)
      I do not mind a little mischief honestly. Anyway, you share your surname with someone who is considered a seminal figure in history.
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blake
      Cheers!
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        Kate Blake 50+

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        Feb 20 2013: Interesting story, I find criminology fascinating and I write a lot of poems ... But am not related to Mr Blake but there is a theme there.

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