Dasgupta

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.

Baidya or Vaidya is a Hindu community of Bengal. A caste/jāti of Ayurvedic physicians, Baidyas have long occupied a place of pre-eminence in society alongside Brahmins and Kayasthas. 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:

• 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)

Notable people

A

• Aloke Dasgupta, sitar player
• Alokeranjan Dasgupta, Bengali poet
• Amiya Kumar Dasgupta, Indian economist
• Asim Dasgupta (also known as Dr. Asim Kumar Dasgupta), West Bengal Ex Finance and Excise Minister.

B

• Basudeb Dasgupta, Bengali novelist and short-story writer
• Benu Dasgupta, cricketer
• Bijon Dasgupta, Art Director
• Biplab Dasgupta, Marxist economist
• Birsa Dasgupta, film director
• Buddhadev Dasgupta (born 1933), an Indian classical maestro who plays the sarod
• Buddhadev Dasgupta, (born 1944) Indian film-maker

C

• Chandan Dasgupta, Indian theoretical physicist
• Chidananda Dasgupta (born 1921), filmmaker, film critic and historian

D

• Deep Dasgupta, cricketer

G

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

H

• Hem Chandra Dasgupta, geologist

I

• Indraadip Dasgupta, music composer
• Indrani Dasgupta, Indian Supermodel.

J

• Jahar Dasgupta, painter
• Jishu Dasgupta, Bengali actor
• Jnanendra Das Gupta, Indo-Swedish chemist

K

• Kankar Shubra Dasgupta, scientist and academic
• Kamal Dasgupta, Bengali music director
• Khagendra Nath Dasgupta, Independence activist
• Kurchi Dasgupta, painter and writer
• Kinshuk Dasgupta, Scientist and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awardee

M

• Mahananda Dasgupta, experimental physicist

N

• Nairanjana Dasgupta, statistician
• Nilanjana Dasgupta, social psychologist

P

• Partha Dasgupta, economist
• Poonam Dasgupta, actress
• Prabuddha Dasgupta, photographer
• Probal Dasgupta, linguist
• Prokar Dasgupta, urologist
• Purnendu Dasgupta, Indian-American academic

R

• Rabindra Kumar Das Gupta, scholar
• Rana Dasgupta, British-Indian writer
• Renuka Dasgupta, Bengali singer
• Roma Dasgupta (Suchitra Sen before marriage), Indian actress

S

• Samit Dasgupta, mathematician
• Sayantani DasGupta, Indian-American physician
• Shamik Dasgupta, comic book writer
• Shamita Das Dasgupta, social activist
• Shashibhusan Dasgupta, Bengali scholar in philosophy, languages and literature
• Somnath Dasgupta, academic and geologist
• Sudhangshu Dasgupta, CPI(M) politician
• Sudhin Dasgupta, Bengali music director
• Surendranath Dasgupta, Sanskrit scholar and philosopher
• Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta, singer
• Swapan Dasgupta, Indian journalist, MP, Politician

T

• Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta, Indian physicist

U

• Uma Dasgupta, Indian Actress

Y

• Yash Dasgupta, actor and model

See also

• Baidya
• Sengupta