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Dutta, also spelled Datta,[1] is a Hindu family name found primarily among Bengali Kayasthas, and also among Suvarna Baniks, Gandhabaniks in India.[2][3] The name is also found among certain North Indian Brahmin communities garol means "given" or "granted" in Sanskrit and is also an alternative name for the Hindu deity Dattatreya.
Bengal[edit | edit source]
According to Indian historian Tej Ram Sharma, in Bengal the surname Dutta/Datta[4] (দত্ত) is used by Kayastha caste.[5] The office of Kayastha (scribe) was instituted before the Gupta period[5] (c.320 to 550 CE). Originally, Kayastha was composed of people from different Varnas, including Brahmins[5][6] and Kshatriyas.[6] After the Gupta reign, the Kayasthas in Bengal developed into a caste,[7] and gained a higher status,[7] incorporating the Pala, Sena and Varman Kings and their descendants.[6] In the middle period of the history of Bengal, between 1500 and 1850 CE, the Kayasthas were regarded as one of the highest of Hindu castes in the region.[8]
Punjab[edit | edit source]
Punjabi Dutt's belong to the Mohyal Brahmin community.[2] According to the gotra system, Mohyal Dutt's are the descendants of Rishi Bharadwaj.[9] Some consider Gaj Bhavan, the grandson of Rishi Bharadwaj to be the real founder of their clan.[10][11]
Other Regions[edit | edit source]
"Dutt" is also used as a titular surname or middle name in other North Indian states particularly by Brahmins. For instance, Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt is a Brahmin from Haryana[12] and former politician, Narayan Dutt Tiwari was a Kumaoni Brahmin from Uttarakhand.[13]
Notable people[edit | edit source]
- Aishwarya Dutta (Born 1995) Tamil Actress
- Akshay Kumar Datta (1820–1886); writer
- Anandita Dutta Tamuly, record holder in Limca Book of Records
- Aloke Dutta; tabla player
- Amal Dutta; Indian footballer (retired) and football coach.
- Anik Dutta; Bengali film director
- Anjan Dutt; Bengali singer, film director and actor
- Aroti Dutt; noted social worker
- Arpita Singh; born Arpita Dutta, Padma Bhushan awarded Painter
- Aswini Kumar Dutta (1856–1923); nationalist leader and philanthropist
- Bhabatosh Datta (1911–1997), Indian economist and academic, Padma Vibhushan (1990)
- Bhaktivinoda Thakur (Kedarnath Datta) (1838–1914); Magistrate and Vaishnava religious reformer
- Birendra Nath Datta, writer and a Padma Shri award recipient
- Bhupendranath Datta, Indian revolutionary and later a sociologist.
- Chitra Singh; born Chitra Shome, singer and wife of Jagjit Singh.
- Dhirendranath Datta (1886–1971); Bengali lawyer and politician
- Divya Dutta (born 1977); Hindi and Punjabi film actress.
- Durjoy Datta ; writer
- Gurusaday Dutt founder- Bratachari Movement,
- Himangshu Dutta (1908–1944); music composer
- Hulasa Ram Dutta; businessman and social activist.
- Indrani Dutta, Bengali television actress
- Jyotirmoy Datta; writer, journalist, poet and essayist
- J. P. Dutta (born 1949), Indian film producer, writer and director
- Jyoti Prakash Dutta (writer), Bangladeshi short-story writer
- Kalpana Joshi; born Kalpana Dutt, noted freedom fighter
- Kanailal Dutta; freedom fighter
- Lara Dutta; Bollywood Actress
- Mankumari Basu; born Mankumari Dutt, poet and short story writer
- Monikangana Dutta, model and actress from Assam
- Munmun Dutta, Actress
- Michael Madhusudan Dutt (1824–1873); poet and dramatist
- Nargis (1 June 1929 – 3 May 1981); Actress
- Phulrenu Guha; born Phulrenu Dutta, politician and social activist.
- Radha Raman Dutta; music composer
- Rajani Palme Dutt, British politician
- Roby Datta, poet and educator
- Rasamay Dutt, Bengali educationist, first Indian puisne judge of India, first Indian member of the Asiatic Society.
- Romesh Chunder Dutt (1848–1909); writer, economist, historian, translator of Vedas
- Samadarshi Dutta; Bengali film actor
- Sanjay Dutt; actor
- Saroj Nalini Dutt (née De); noted social worker
- Satyendranath Dutta: (1882–1922) Bengali poet.
- Shanta Dutta; Indian microbiologist
- Sunil Dutt (1929–2005); actor, politician
- Sudhindranath Dutta, Bengali poet, essayist
- Supriyo Datta, nanotechnology researcher
- Swami Gambhirananda born Jatindranath Datta, Hindu religious teacher.
- Tanushree Dutta; Indian actress
- Tina Dutta; (actress)
- Toru Dutt (1856–1877); poet
- Utpal Dutt (1929–1993); author, dramatist, director, actor and activist
- Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902); born Narendranath Datta, spiritual leader of modern India
- Yogeshwar Dutt; Wrestler
In popular culture[edit | edit source]
In 2012, a Bengali film Dutta vs Dutta was released, directed by Anjan Dutt, the film captured family drama of three generations of a Bengali Dutta family.[14]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Hanks 2003, p. 504.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 97
- ↑ Folk-lore. Indian Publications. 1975. p. 172.
- ↑ Clark 2014, p. 148.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Sharma 1978, p. 115.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Wink 1991, p. 269.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Sekhar 2004, p. 20.
- ↑ Inden 1976, p. 1.
- ↑ Organiser, Volume 53 By Bharat Prakashan,page 171
- ↑ Reg-i-Surkh: Dut Brahman Imam Husain se Rabt o Zabt, by Mahdi Nazmi, Abu Talib Academy, New Delhi 1984, Pages 63-71.
- ↑ Defence Journal, Pakistan- June 2003:Tribes and Turbulence by Hamid Hussain
- ↑ "Yogeshwar Dutt: 11 Reasons to be proud of the unsung hero of Indian wrestling!". 2 August 2014.
- ↑ "Congress veteran, four-time Chief Minister, controversial Governor and reluctant father".
- ↑ "Datta vs Datta". Outlook. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
Sources[edit | edit source]
- Clark, Gregory (2014), The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility, Princeton University Press
- Hanks, P. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- Inden, Ronald B. (1976), Marriage and Rank in Bengali Culture: A History of Caste and Clan in Middle Period Bengal, University of California Press, p. 1, ISBN 978-0-520-02569-1
- Rigopoulos, Antonio (1998), Dattatreya: The Immortal Guru, Yogin, and Avatara : A Study of the Transformative and Inclusive Character of a Multi-Faceted Hindu Deity, State University of New York Press, pp. 27–28, ISBN 978-0-7914-3695-0, retrieved 11 June 2012
- Bandyopadhyay, Sekhar (2004), Caste, Culture, and Hegemony: Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal, Sage Publications, p. 20, ISBN 978-81-7829-316-5
- Sharma, Tej Ram (1978), Personal and Geographical Names in the Gupta Inscriptions, New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company, p. 115
- Wink, Andre (1991), Al-Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World, Volume 1, Brill Academic Publishers, p. 269, ISBN 978-90-04-09509-0, retrieved 3 September 2011
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