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Baidya<ref name="CasteCulture&Hegemony">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rlgcrSezHT4C&pg=PA24 |page=24,25, 240 |title=Caste, Culture and Hegemony: Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal |first=Śekhara |last=Bandyopādhyāẏa |publisher=SAGE |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-76199-849-5|quote=(24)Access to the higher professions or greater opportunities in life were restricted only to the upper stratum of the society , constituted by the three higher castes of Bengal - the Brahman, Kayastha and Baidya(240)The most poweful status group in Bengal, the Bhadralok, initially comprised mainly the three traditional higher castes - the Brahman, Kayastha and Baidya - who had control over landholding , education and professions.}}</ref> or Vaidya<ref>{{cite book|last=Dutt|first=Nripendra Kumar|title=Origin and growth of caste in India, Volume 2|year=1968|publisher=Firma K. L. Mukhopadhyay |page=69 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N0AwAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA69}}</ref> is a [[Hindu]] community of [[Bengal]]. A caste/''[[jāti]]'' of Ayurvedic physicians, Baidyas have long occupied a place of pre-eminence in society alongside [[Bengali Brahmins|Brahmins]] and [[Bengali Kayastha|Kayasthas]]. In the colonial era, the [[Bhadralok|Bhadraloks]] of Bengal were drawn from these three castes, who continue to maintain a collective hegemony in [[West Bengal]].
Baidyas, a [[Caste system in India|caste]] (''[[jāti]]'') of [[Ayurveda|Ayurvedic]] physicians, along with [[Bengali Brahmins|Brahmins]] and [[Bengali Kayastha|Kayasthas]], are regarded among the three traditional higher castes that comprise the "upper layer of Hindu society".<ref name="CasteCulture&Hegemony2">{{cite book|last=Bandyopādhyāẏa|first=Śekhara|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GPqHAwAAQBAJ&q=kayastha|title=Caste, Culture and Hegemony: Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal|publisher=SAGE|year=2004|isbn=978-0-76199-849-5|page=20}}</ref>In the colonial era, the [[Bhadralok|Bhadraloks]] of Bengal were drawn from these three castes, who continue to maintain a collective hegemony in [[West Bengal]].


==Geographical distribution==
==Geographical distribution==

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Dasgupta (pronounced [ˈdaʃɡupto]) is a common Bengali last name or surname in West Bengal and Bangladesh. The surname is found among the members of the Baidya caste.

Dasgupta
Pronunciation[ˈdaʃɡupto]
Language(s)Bengali
Origin
Region of originIndia, Bangladesh
Other names
Variant form(s)Gupta, Sengupta, Duttagupta

Baidyas, a caste (jāti) of Ayurvedic physicians, along with Brahmins and Kayasthas, are regarded among the three traditional higher castes that comprise the "upper layer of Hindu society".[1]In the colonial era, the Bhadraloks of Bengal were drawn from these three castes, who continue to maintain a collective hegemony in West Bengal.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 62.2% of all known bearers of the surname Dasgupta were residents of India and 28.9% were residents of Bangladesh. In India, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following states and union territories:[2]

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  • Gurudas Dasgupta (born 1936), senior trade-union leader, Communist Party of India, and Member of Parliament

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See also

References

  1. ^ Bandyopādhyāẏa, Śekhara (2004). Caste, Culture and Hegemony: Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal. SAGE. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-76199-849-5.
  2. ^ Dasgupta Surname Distribution
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