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Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates During the Mughal Empire, Munshi (Template:Langx) came to be used as a respected title for persons who achieved mastery over language and politics in the Indian subcontinent.[1]Template:Short description
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.[2][3][4][5][6]
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.[7][8][9][10][11]
Notable people
- Aditi Munshi (born 1988), Indian singer and politician
- A. F. M. Fakhrul Islam Munshi (1947-2023), Bangladeshi politician
- 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
- Bhagat Munshi Ram (1906–1998), Indian spiritual guru
- Bubu Eklund née Munshi (born 1951), Bengali singer
- 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
File:Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi 1988 stamp of India.jpg Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi 1988 stamp of India - 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
- 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, Afghan politician
File:Munshi Abdul Majid in June 2011-cropped.jpg Munshi Abdul Majid, Afghan politician - Munshi Abdul Karim, the Indian attendant of Queen Victoria
- Munshi Abdur Rouf (1943–1971), Bangladeshi freedom fighter
- 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 Chaugachha, a British Raj era Zamindar family from Bengal Presidency
- Munshi Hakimuddin (1839–1894), Chief Secretary at Bhopal state
- 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
File:The Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Priyaranjan Dasmunsi meeting the Press in New Delhi on November 22, 2005.jpg The Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Priyaranjan Dasmunsi - 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
File:Esther Cooper, Vidya Kanuga, white woman.jpg Vidya Munshi, leader of Communist Party in 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
References
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