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Barua (also Baruah, Barooah, Baroova, Baroowa, Borooah) is a common Assamese surname. It is also the shared surname of an ethnic minority in Bangladesh, and a Hispanic surname.
In Assam
Originally the title was conferred for most of class of officers in the Ahom kingdom of medieval Assam. The Ahom appointed officers with various title and the title Baruah means a " Leader of 3000 men".
The Baruas'/Baruahs'/Barooahs' of Assam are Hindus by faith and have been a key contributors to the growth of Assamese community.
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Barua (also Baruah, Barooah, Baroova, Baroowa, Borooah) is a common Assamese surname. It is also the shared surname of an ethnic minority in Bangladesh, and a Hispanic surname.
In Assam
Originally the title was conferred for most of class of officers in the Ahom kingdom of medieval Assam. The Ahom appointed officers with various title and the title Baruah means a " Leader of 3000 men".
The Baruas'/Baruahs'/Barooahs' of Assam are Hindus by faith and have been a key contributors to the growth of Assamese community. Baruahs' or Barooahs' especially of Upper - Assam and also to an extent in Lower and Middle/Central-Assam are generally Brahmins (or even may be Kayastha ) representing General Caste people having or carrying specific Gotras i.e., proper Brahmin Identity Surnames. Even Barua and others with middle title or surname such as, Ram, Prasad, Ranjan, Krishnakant, Govind, Chandra - Barooah / Baruah / Barua mostly belong to these upper caste.
Other Barooahs' /Baruahs' /Baruas' may be carrying similar or even same middle-titles are Hindus who are generally Ahoms - (descendants of Ahom Community) or Kalitas (as generally referred in Assam, who worship saints of Assamese community such as; Shankar Dev rather engaging themselves in idol worship.)
Prominent Baruas
Some Baruah of national and international fame are
Ananda Ram Baruah - The fifth Indian Civil Service officer of India and first from Assam.
Jahnu Barua - Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Baruah makes films in Hindi and Assamese.He has till now won nine National Awards and fifteen international awards.
Shiva Prasad Baruah - Pioneer planter, path - breaker in Assamese journalism, renowned philanthropist, politician and humanist, Siva Prasad Barooah was the richest tea planter of India.
Hemendra Prasad Baruah - Hemendra Prasad Barooah born in 1926 obtained MBA from the Harvard Business School, USA - the first person form the North East to get this degree and 6th from India, Barooah joined the family tea plantation business in 1950 and went on to become one of the richest people of India.
Pramathesh Chandra Baruah - Made a brilliant contribution to the Indian Film Industry. Baruah produced the second Indian film "Devdas" followed up Devdas with a series of high quality films - Manzil (1936), Mukti (1937), Adhikar (1938), Rajat Jayanti (1939) and Zindagi (1940).
Shantanu Baruah (Sandy K. Baruah) - Nominated by President Bush in 2005 to serve as the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development. Mr. Baruah has served the Bush Administration since 2001.
Dev Kant Baruah - President of Indian National Congress party at the time of Indian Emergency (1975-1977)
Dhaniram Baruah - Internationally renowned cardiac surgeon who invented the Baruah valve and a artificial heart.He is equally a controversial figure in the Indian medical fraternity having transplant the heart of a pig in a man.
There are many Baruahs who working in corporate sectors have made a mark.
Samir Baruah: Director of IIM , Ahmedabad
Abhijit Baruah: Vice President at SIFY Technologies
Mr. Rana Barua: Vice President of Radio City
Vijit Baruah: Sr.Vice President and Structuring Head at Citigroup
Dr Ranjit Baruah: Chairman, The British Indian Psychiatric Association
Other prominent Baruas / Barooahs of Assam contributing/contributed in different fields to the Assamese society are:
Radha Govinda Baruah (A sports enthusiast, who later introduced Assam to the culture of sports).
Parvati Prasad Baruah (A famous Assamese music composer)
Shri Tara Prasad Barooah (University Prize-man, Gold-medalist in English from Calcutta University who was one of the few Tamra-Patra recipient freedom fighters from Assam).
Shri Debo Prasad Barooah (Highly qualified educationalist of Assam who was the Vice-Chancellor of [[Gauhati]] [[University]]]], eldest son of Shri Tara Prasad Barooah).
Jagannath Barooah (Known for Jagannath Barooah College).
Bisturam Barooah (Famous Tea-Planter of Assam).
Swargajyoti Barooah (Originally Swargajyoti Datta, but married to Shri Tara Prasad Barooah and hence more identified with Barooah surname was one of the first few Assamese/Indian Film actresses).
The most notorious Baruah of Assam is Paresh Baruah, the self-styled commander-in-chief of the militant group ULFA
In Bangladesh
Barua is the last name of Bengali speaking People who are almost exclusively Buddhist and are concentrated heavily in the Chittagong and nearby hill tracts of Bangladesh, who migrated to Rangoon,Calcutta and many other cities during British Raj as Chefs and restaurant owners. The plain Buddhists of Bangladesh known as the Burua-Buddhist are the ancient peoples of Bangladesh who have lived here for five thousand years according to Arakanese chronology. They insist that they came from the Aryavarta or the country of the Aryans which is practically identical to the country later known as the Majjhimadesh or Madhyadesh in Pali literature .
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