munshi

Use in Bengal

The surname "Munshi" (Bengali: মুন্সি) is used by both Bengali Hindu and Bengali Muslim families in West Bengal, India and in Bangladesh. The surname is commonly associated with former Zamindari families in Bengal from the time of the Nawabs of Bengal in the early 18th-century.

Use in Kashmir

Munshi is used as a last name by Kashmiri Pandits and Kashmiri Muslims, native to the Kashmir Valley of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It was a title given to some groups of elite upper-caste Hindu Kashmiris for their mastery over the Persian language.

Notable people

Aditi Munshi (born 1988), Indian singer and politician

A. F. M. Fakhrul Islam Munshi (1947–2023), Bangladeshi politician

Amulya Munshi (1904–1984), last zamindar of Chougachi

Annada Munshi (1905–1985), Father of Commercial Art in India

Ashfaq Munshi, former CTO of Yahoo

Aziz A. Munshi, four-term Attorney General of Pakistan

Banwari Munshi (1848–1917), Zamindar of Chougachi

Bhagat Munshi Ram (1906–1998), Indian spiritual guru

Bubu Eklund née Munshi (born 1951), Bengali singer

Deepa Dasmunsi (born 1960), Indian politician

Harendranath Munshi (1914–1938), Indian revolutionary

Hounsh Munshi (born 1993), Indian figure skater

Ibrahim Munshi (1934–2003), Sindhi-language Poet

Iskandar Beg Munshi (1561–1633), Iranian historian

Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887–1971), Indian independence movement activist and politician

Kaumudi Munshi (1929–2020), Indian classical music musician

Lilavati Munshi (1899–1978), Indian politician

Mahmudul Haque Munshi (born 1987), Bangladeshi human rights activist

Manjurul Ahsan Munshi, Bangladeshi politician

Manu Munsi, (1924–2009) Indian Mother-of-Pearl artist

Mohit Kumar Munshi, soldier of British Indian Army, aristocrat, author and editor

Muhammad Sadeq Ali (1798–1862), Bengali district judge and most well-known writer to have used the Sylheti Nagri script

Munsi Kabir Uddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi Superintendent of Police

Munshi Abdullah (1796–1854), Malayan writer

Munshi Abdul Latif, Bangladeshi politician

Munshi Abdul Majid (born 1952), Afghan politician

Munshi Abdul Karim (1863–1909), the Indian attendant of Queen Victoria

Munshi Abdur Rouf (1943–1971), Bangladeshi freedom fighter

Munshi Balaram Das, 17th century artistocrat and one of the early scions of Kadirpara zamindar family

Munshibari family of Comilla, a British Raj era Zamindar family from Bengal Presidency

Munshibari family of Ulipur, a British Raj era Zamindar family from Bengal Presidency

Munshi family of Kadirpara and Chougachi, an extended British Raj era Zamindar family from Bengal Presidency

Munshi Harakh Lal (early 19th century), founder of Sahay noble family

Munshi Mohammad Fazle Kader (1928–2019), Indian citizen who was awarded Friends of Liberation War Honour

Munshi Nawal Kishore (1836–1895), Indian book publisher

Munshi Premchand (1880–1936), pioneer of Hindi and Urdu social fiction

Munshi Raisuddin (1901–1973), Bangladeshi musician, Ekushey Padak awardee

Munshi Raziuddin (1912–2003), Pakistani Qawwali singer

Munshi Siddique Ahmad (1924–2011), Bangladeshi rice scientist

Munshi Wadud, Bangladeshi lyricist

Mohan Lal Kashmiri (1812–1877), Indian diplomat involved in the Great Game

Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi (1945–2017), former Indian Union Minister

Ritabrata Munshi (born 1976), Indian mathematician

S. C. Munshi, Indian cardiologist

Shayan Munshi (born 1980), Indian actor

Shahzad Munshi (born 1969), Pakistani politician

Shweta Munshi (born 2008), Indian actress

Tipu Munshi (born 1950), Bangladeshi politician

Vidya Munshi (1919–2014), leader of Communist Party of India and arguably the first woman journalist of India

Zainon Munshi Sulaiman (1903–1989), Malaysian politician

Other

Munshigiri, Bangladeshi film

Abdul Karim (the Munshi)

Munshi Aziz Bhat Museum of Central Asian and Kargil Trade Artefacts, Public Museum in Kargil

Munshi Pulia metro station, metro station

Munshi Premchand Mahavidyalaya, college

Munshiganj District, a district of Bangladesh