Seal (surname)
Appearance
Shil (Bengali: শীল), also spelled Sil, Sheel, Shilsharma or Sheelsharma, is a native Bengali surname that is used by the Bengali Hindu community of India and Bangladesh. It literally means the quality of being devoted. Basically the surname used by the Napit caste of Bengal. In various regions Kayastha caste is the associated sub caste category to it. [1]
Notable people
[edit]- Mutty Lall Seal (1792–1854), Indian entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Brajendra Nath Seal (1864–1938), Indian philosopher and academic
- Sudhangshu Seal (born 1945), Indian politician
- Arindam Sil (born 1964), Indian actor, producer and director
- Aditya Seal (born 1988), Indian actor
References
[edit]- ^ Bhattacharya, Jogendra Nath (1896). Hindu Castes and Sects. Kolkata: Thacker, Spink And Co. p. 611. Retrieved July 13, 2012.