Bengali Brahmos are those who adhere to Brahmoism, the philosophy of Brahmo Samaj which was founded by Raja Rammohan Roy. A recent publication describes the disproportionate influence of Brahmos on India's development post-19th Century as unparalleled in recent times. Brahmo Samaj When is a Brahmo not a Brahmo Samajist? One aspect of Brahmoism is recognition that not only explicit faith and worship makes for a Brahmo, but also genealogy, which is implicit. People with even a single Brahmo parent or a Brahmo guardian are treated as Brahmos until they absolutely renounce the Brahmo faith. This often causes tension within the Samaj, for example, when an offspring of a Brahmo follows communism or atheism or another religious belief without renouncing Brahmoism formally. There are differing views between the Theist and Deist streams of Brahmoism on the retention of such people within the fold. Additionally, a Brahmo who opts not to subscribe to membership of a Brahmo Samaj remains a Brahmo but ceases to be a Brahmo Samajist. People associated with Brahmo Samaj Banerjee Sasipada Banerji (1840–1924), Social reformer. Sir Albion Rajkumar Banerjee, CSI, CIE (1871–1950), Diwan of Cochin. Amiya Charan Banerjee (1891–1968), Vice Chancellor of Allahabad University. Probha Banerji, first lady magistrate of India. Kalyan Banerji, Deputy Managing Director of the State Bank of India. Milon K. Banerji (1928–2010), Attorney General of India. Gourab Banerji, Additional Solicitor General of India. Chakrabarty Nikhil Chakravarty, Founder-Editor, Mainstream Weekly. Sumit Chakravarty, Editor, Mainstream Weekly. Uma Shehanobis (née Chakrabarty), Principal, Patha Bhavan, Calcutta. Chattopadhayay Aghorenath Chattopadhyay, Principal, Nizam's College, Hyderabad. Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949), Politician. Padmaja Naidu (1900–1975), Governor of West Bengal. Leela Naidu (1940–2009), Artist. Suhasini Chattopadhyay, Indian freedom fighter. Virendranath Chattopadhyaya (1880–1937), Indian nationalist. Harindranath Chattopadhyaya (1898–1990), Padma Bhushan, Member of Parliament, Vijayawada. Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya, Padma Vibhushan, Social reformer. Krishna Chattopadhyay (1935–2009), Singer. Bose Rajnarayan Basu, Writer and intellectual of the Bengal Renaissance. Krishnadhan Ghosh (son-in-law of Rajnarayan Basu), Civil Surgeon, Pabna, Bengal. Sri Aurobindo, Indian nationalist; vice principal of Baroda College. Girindrasekhar Bose, Psychoanalyst. Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose (1858–1937), Polymath who was Professor of Physics, Presidency College, Calcutta. Lady Abala Bose (1864–1951), Social reformer who founded the Nari Sikhshya Samities. Debendra Mohan Bose (1887–1975) (Sir J.C. Bose was his maternal uncle), Director, Bose Institute, Calcutta Anandamohan Bose (1847–1906) (brother-in-law of Sir J.C. Bose and paternal uncle of D.M. Bose), Co-founder of Indian National Association; first Indian Wrangler at Cambridge University. Rajsekhar Bose (1880–1960),