Chanda (Bengali: চন্দ) (pronounced [t͡ʃɔndɔ]) is primarily a native Bengali surname that is found among the Bengali Kayasthas, Barujibis, Baishya Kapalis and some other Bengali castes in the Indian states of West Bengal, Assam and Tripura as well as in Bangladesh.
[1][2][3] The origin of this surname was a Sanskrit word čandra which means ‘pleasant shining; moon’.
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