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'''Sengupta''' is a surname found among [[Bengalis]] of [[West Bengal]] and [[Bangladesh]]. They belong to the [[Baidya]] caste.<br />
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{{Infobox Given name<br />
| name = Sengupta<br />
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| region = [[India]], [[Bangladesh]]<br />
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]<br />
| variant = [[Gupta]], [[Dasgupta]], Duttagupta, Kargupta<br />
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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]]s of Bengal were drawn from these three castes, who continue to maintain a collective hegemony in [[West Bengal]].<br />
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==Geographical distribution==<br />
As of 2014, 67.8% of all known bearers of the surname ''Sengupta'' were residents of [[India]] and 22.5% were residents of [[Bangladesh]]. In India, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following [[States and union territories of India|states and union territories]]:<ref name="sengupta2014">[http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/sengupta#surnames Sengupta Surname Distribution]</ref><br />
* 1. [[West Bengal]] (1: 1,621)<br />
* 2. [[Tripura]] (1: 9,413)<br />
* 3. [[Arunachal Pradesh]] (1: 10,887)<br />
* 4. [[Delhi]] (1: 11,950)<br />
* 5. [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] (1: 14,613)<br />
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== Notables ==<br />
*[[Achintyakumar Sengupta]] (1903–1976), Bengali author<br />
*[[Aditya Vikram Sengupta]] (born 1983), Indian film director, cinematographer and graphic designer<br />
*[[Anasuya Sengupta]], Indian poet, author, activist<br />
*[[Anita Sengupta]], British-born American aerospace engineer<br />
*[[Anup Sengupta]], Bengali film director and producer<br />
*[[Apoorva Sengupta]] (1939–2013), Indian cricketer<br />
*[[Arjun Kumar Sengupta]] (1937–2010), Indian politician and Member of the Parliament of India<br />
*[[Arunabha Sengupta]] (born 1973), Indian novelist<br />
*[[Atiha Sen Gupta]] (born 1988), British playwright and screenwriter<br />
*[[Barkha Sengupta]] (born 1979), Indian television and film actress<br />
*[[Barun Sengupta]] (1934–2008), Bengali journalist and founder-editor of Bartaman newspaper<br />
*[[Biswatosh Sengupta]] (born 1944), Indian academic from Kolkata<br />
*[[Bonny Sengupta]], Indian Bengali film actor<br />
*[[Bratin Sengupta]] (born 1963), Indian politician<br />
*[[Deep Sengupta]] (born 1988), Indian chess grandmaster<br />
*[[Gurunath Sengupta]] (1848–1914), Sanskrit scholar from the Jessore District of Bangladesh<br />
*[[Hindol Sengupta]], (born 1979), Indian historian and journalist<br />
*[[Hiranmay Sen Gupta]] (born 1934), Bangladeshi nuclear physicist<br />
*[[Indraneil Sengupta]], Indian model and actor, born in Assam<br />
*[[Jatindra Mohan Sengupta]] (1885–1933), Indian revolutionary, President of then Bengal Provincial Congress Committee and Bengal Swaraj Party<br />
*[[Jatindranath Sengupta]] (1887–1954), Bengali poet and writer<br />
*[[Jisshu Sengupta]], also known as Jisshu, Bengali film actor<br />
*[[Joy Sengupta]] (born 1968), Indian film and stage actor<br />
*[[Joya Sengupta]], Bangladesh Awami League politician, doctor<br />
*[[Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta]] (born 1953), Indian lawyer, Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court<br />
*[[Krishnendu Sengupta]] (born 1970), Indian professor of theoretical physics<br />
*[[Mallika Sengupta]] (1960–2011), Bengali poet, feminist, and reader of Sociology from Kolkata<br />
*[[Mihir Sengupta]], Bengali Indian writer<br />
*[[Moinak Sengupta]] (born 1973), Indian cricketer<br />
*[[N. C. Sen Gupta]], the eleventh Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 19 May to 19 August 1975<br />
*[[Narendra Nath Sen Gupta]] (1889–1944), Indian psychologist, philosopher, and professor<br />
*[[Nares Chandra Sen-Gupta]] (1882–1964), legal scholar and Bengali novelist<br />
*[[Nellie Sengupta]] (1886–1973), Englishwoman who fought for Indian Independence<br />
*[[Nikhil Baran Sengupta]] (1943–2014), Indian art director of Oriya films<br />
*[[Niranjan Sen Gupta]], Bengali Indian revolutionary<br />
*[[Nitish Sengupta]] (1933–2013), Revenue Secretary of the Government of India<br />
*[[Papiya Sengupta]], Indian television actress<br />
*[[Partho Sen-Gupta]] (born 1965), Indian-born French independent film director and screenwriter<br />
*[[Paulami Sengupta]], the editor of three magazines in India: Anandamela, Unish Kuri and Career<br />
*[[Phani Gopal Sen Gupta]] (born 1905), Indian politician, member of Lok Sabha from Purnia (1952–1970)<br />
*[[Piya Sengupta]] (born 1969), Indian film actress, producer, director and writer<br />
*[[Poile Sengupta]] (born 1948), Indian writer, playwright and actress<br />
*[[Prabodh Chandra Sengupta]] (1876–1962), historian of astronomy in ancient India<br />
*[[Pramod Ranjan Sengupta]] (1907–1974), Marxist intellectual and Bengali revolutionary<br />
*[[Priti Sengupta]], Gujarati poet and writer<br />
*[[Pulak Sengupta]] (born 1963), Indian petrologist<br />
*[[Ramananda Sengupta]] (1916–2017), Indian cinematographer<br />
*[[Ratnottama Sengupta]] (born 1955), Indian film journalist, festival curator, and author<br />
*[[Rituparna Sengupta]] (born 1971), Indian actress in Bengali and Hindi films<br />
*[[Rudraprasad Sengupta]] (born 1935), Bengali Indian actor, director and cultural critic<br />
*[[Sachin Sengupta]] (1891–1961), Bengali playwright and theatre producer and director<br />
*[[Sagar Sengupta]] (born 1968), Indian immunologist and cancer biologist<br />
*[[Shantanu Sengupta]], Indian cell biologist<br />
*[[Sohini Sengupta]], Indian film and theatre actress<br />
*[[Stephanie Sengupta]], American producer and writer<br />
*[[Subodh Chandra Sengupta]] (1903–1998), Indian academic and critic of English literature, Shakespearean scholar<br />
*[[Sudipta Sengupta]] (born 1946), professor in structural geology in Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India<br />
*[[Sukhamoy Sen Gupta]], Chief Minister of Tripura in India from 1972 to 1977<br />
*[[Suranjit Sengupta]] (1945–2017), senior Bangladesh Awami League politician<br />
*[[Swatilekha Sengupta]] (1950–2021), Bengali actress<br />
*[[Tarakeswar Sengupta]] (1905–1931), Indian independence activist<br />
*[[Upal Sengupta]], lead vocalist of Bengali band Chandrabinoo<br />
*[[Ushoshi Sengupta]] (born 1988), Indian beauty pageant contestant and winner of Miss India Universe 2010<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Baidya]]<br />
*[[Dasgupta]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
* Bose, Nirmal Kumar (1994). ''Structure of Hindu Society''. Orient BlackSwan. p.&nbsp;163. {{ISBN|978-8-12500-855-2}}.<br />
* Leslie, Charles M. (1976). ''Asian Medical Systems: A Comparative Study''. University of California Press. p.&nbsp;37. {{ISBN|978-0-52003-511-9}}.<br />
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