Famous People with Name Biswas

Biswamoy Biswas            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Biswamoy Biswas: was an Indian ornithologist who was born in Calcutta, the son of a professor of Geology. In 1947, he was awarded a three year fellowship by Sunderlal Hora, then director of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI). It enabled him to study at the British Museum, at the Berlin Zoological Museum under Erwin Stresemann and also at the American Museum of Natural History under Ernst Mayr.He received a Ph.D. in 1952 from the University of Calcutta. He was part of the Daily Mail expedition sent to look for the Yeti around Mount Everest in 1954. He was elected Corresponding Fellow of The American Ornithologists' Union in 1963. He later took charge of the Bird and Mammal Section of the Zoological Survey of India. He won Chapman Grants from the American Ornithologists' Union in 1965, 1966 and 1970, for research at the British Museum. Later, he was Joint Director of the ZSI, until he retired in 1981, and then Emeritus Scientist until 1986.

Basanta Kumar Biswas            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Basanta Kumar Biswas: was a pro-independence activist involved in the Jugantar group who, in December 1912, is believed to have bombed the Viceroy's Parade in what came to be known as the Delhi-Lahore Conspiracy. He was initiated into revolutionary movement by Jugantar leaders

Soma Biswas            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Soma Biswas: an athlete who lives in Kolkata, India and who specialises in the heptathlon. She rose to fame when she won the silver medal in 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea. She won another silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha. She managed to win the 110m hurdles, the 200m and the 800m during that heptathlon. Biswas worked with Kuntal Rai and several foreign coaches.

Dulal Biswas            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Dulal Biswas: is an Indian footballer who is currently playing for Chirag United in the I-League as a Defender.

Gouranga Biswas            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Gouranga Biswas: is an Indiaan footballer who is currently playing for Chirag United in the I-League as a Midfielder.