Dasgupta
Dasgupta (pronounced [ˈdaʃɡupto]) is a common Bengali last name or surname in West Bengal, India. The surname is found among the members of the Baidya caste.
Baidya is a Bengali Hindu caste community who have generally claimed Brahmin status,[1] but some have been associated with the Ambashtha caste or sub-caste.[2] In the pre-colonial era of Bengal, Baidyas were regarded as the highest Hindu castes along with Brahmins and Kayasthas.
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:[3]
- 1. West Bengal (1: 2,387)
- 2. Tripura (1: 6,243)
- 3. Arunachal Pradesh (1: 15,711)
- 4. Delhi (1: 16,187)
- 5. Daman and Diu (1: 18,685)
- 6. Assam (1: 21,393)
Notables
- Asim Dasgupta (also known as Dr. Asim Kumar Dasgupta), West Bengal Ex Finance and Excise Minister.
- Indrani Dasgupta, Indian Supermodel.
- Partha Dasgupta, economist
- Chidananda Dasgupta (born 1921), filmmaker, film critic and historian
- Buddhadev Das Gupta (born 1933), an Indian classical maestro who plays the sarod
- Buddhadev Dasgupta, (born 1944) Indian film-maker
- Surendranath Dasgupta, Sanskrit scholar and philosopher
- Swapan Dasgupta, Indian journalist
- Biplab Dasgupta, Marxist economist
- Deep Dasgupta, cricketer
- Rana Dasgupta, British-Indian writer
- Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta, singer
- Renuka Dasgupta, singer
- Gurudas Dasgupta (born 1936), senior trade-union leader, Communist Party of India, and Member of Parliament
- Roma Dasgupta (Suchitra Sen before marriage), Indian actress
- Indraadip Dasgupta, music composer
- Khagendra Nath Dasgupta, Independence activist
- Birsa Dasgupta, film director
- Shamik Dasgupta, comic book writer
- Jahar Dasgupta, painter
- Alokeranjan Dasgupta, Bengali poet
- Kurchi Dasgupta, painter and writer
- Basudeb Dasgupta, Bengali novelist and short-story writer
- Kankar Shubra Dasgupta, scientist and academic
- Probal Dasgupta, linguist
- Kamal Dasgupta, Bengali music director
- Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta, Indian physicist
- Shashibhusan Dasgupta, Bengali philosopher
- Hem Chandra Dasgupta, geologist
- Somnath Dasgupta, academic and geologist
- Poonam Dasgupta, actress
- Sudhin Dasgupta, Bengali music director
- Aloke Dasgupta, sitar player
- Amiya Kumar Dasgupta, Indian economist
- Sudhindra Chandra Dasgupta, BJP politician
- Yash Dasgupta, actor and model
- Shamita Das Dasgupta, social activist
- Jishu Dasgupta, Bengali actor
- Chandan Dasgupta, Indian theoretical physicist
- Sayantani DasGupta, Indian-American physician
- Benu Dasgupta, cricketer
- Prokar Dasgupta, urologist
- Prabuddha Dasgupta, photographer
- Sudhangshu Dasgupta, CPI(M) politician
- Purnendu Dasgupta, Indian-American academic
- Nilanjana Dasgupta, social psychologist
- Rahul Dasgupta, Bengali director
- Renuka Dasgupta, Benglai singer
- Rabindra Kumar Das Gupta, scholar
- Mahananda Dasgupta, experimental physicist
- Bijon Dasgupta, Art Director
References
- ^ Bose, Nirmal Kumar (1994). Structure of Hindu Society. Orient BlackSwan. p. 163. ISBN 978-8-12500-855-2.
- ^ Leslie, Charles M. (1976). Asian Medical Systems: A Comparative Study. University of California Press. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-52003-511-9.
- ^ Dasgupta Surname Distribution
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