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  2. Biswas - Wikipedia

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    Biswas (Bengali: বিশ্বাস) (pronounced in Bengali as "bish-shash") is a native Bengali surname, commonly used by the Bengali community of India and Bangladesh. The surname was an honorary title bestowed on persons who were relied upon for the work of accounts, receipts and expenditure. [1] The word Biswas means faith or trust in ...

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  4. Anglicisation of names - Wikipedia

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    Anglicisation of non-English-language names was common for immigrants, or even visitors, to English-speaking countries. An example is the German composer Johann Christian Bach, the "London Bach", who was known as "John Bach" after emigrating to England.

  5. Manohar Mouli Biswas - Wikipedia

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    Manohar Mouli Biswas occupies a venerable position as the current President of Bangla Dalit Sahitya Sanstha. He has steered the editorial direction of the ground-breaking bi-monthly literary magazine "Dalit Mirror" in English for over a decade. This periodical serves as a staunch advocate for the Dalits in Bengal.

  6. Arun Kumar Biswas - Wikipedia

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    Arun Kumar Biswas (6 July 1934 – 30 November 2015) was a professor at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (India) during 1963–95. [1] [2] He is well known for his contributions in the area of mineral engineering, archaeometallurgy, minerals and gems in antiquity, history of science, philosophy, science and music, etc. Biswas was the founding member of Indian Institute of Mineral ...

  7. Hemanga Biswas - Wikipedia

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    Hemanga with Debabrata Biswas, Omar Sheikh, Niranjan Sen and others. Hemanga Biswas was responsible for a number of popular Bengali songs. A fierce debate once ensued between Salil Choudhury and him on the method of translating the ideal of people's art: [4] He sang a duet with Bhupen Hazarika, Debabrata Biswas and Pete Seeger. Through his ...

  8. World Book Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    The World Book Dictionary is a two-volume English dictionary published as a supplement to the World Book Encyclopedia.It was originally published in 1963 by Field Enterprises under the editorship of Clarence Barnhart, who wrote definitions for the Thorndike-Barnhart graded dictionary series for children, based on the educational works of Edward Thorndike whom Clarence Barnhart had known and ...

  9. Hebraization of surnames - Wikipedia

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    Poster in the Yishuv offering assistance to Palestinian Jews in choosing a Hebrew name for themselves, 2 December 1926. The Hebraization of surnames (also Hebraicization; [1] [2] Hebrew: עברות Ivrut) is the act of amending one's Jewish surname so that it originates from the Hebrew language, which was natively spoken by Jews and Samaritans until it died out of everyday use by around 200 CE.