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Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

last name or surname in

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

and

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

. The surname is found among the members of the

Baidya Baidya or Vaidya is a Hindu community located in Bengal. Baidyas, a caste (''jāti'') of Ayurvedic physicians, have long had pre-eminence in society alongside Brahmins and Kayasthas. In the colonial era, the Bhadraloks were drawn primarily, b ...

caste. Baidya or Vaidya is a

Hindu Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

community of

Bengal Bengal ( ; bn, বাংলা/বঙ্গ, translit=Bānglā/Bôngô, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, predom ...

. A caste/''

jāti ''Jāti'' is the term traditionally used to describe a cohesive group of people in the Indian subcontinent, like a tribe, community, clan, sub-clan, or a religious sect. Each Jāti typically has an association with an occupation, geography or t ...

'' of Ayurvedic physicians, Baidyas have long occupied a place of pre-eminence in society alongside

Brahmins Brahmin (; sa, ब्राह्मण, brāhmaṇa) is a varna as well as a caste within Hindu society. The Brahmins are designated as the priestly class as they serve as priests (purohit, pandit, or pujari) and religious teachers (guru o ...

and Kayasthas. In the colonial era, the Bhadraloks of Bengal were drawn from these top three castes, who continue to maintain a collective hegemony in

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 62.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Dasgupta'' were residents of

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

and 28.9% were residents of

. In India, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following states and union territories:Dasgupta Surname Distribution
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(1: 2,387) * 2.

Tripura Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 36.71 lakh ( 3.67 million). It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the east a ...

(1: 6,243) * 3.

Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh (, ) is a state in Northeastern India. It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and became a state on 20 February 1987. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south. It shares int ...

(1: 15,711) * 4.

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

(1: 16,187) * 5.

Daman and Diu Daman and Diu (; ) was a former union territory in northwestern India. With an area of , it was the smallest administrative subdivision of India on the mainland. The territory comprised two districts, Damaon and Dio island, geographically sep ...

(1: 18,685) * 6.

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

(1: 21,393)

Notable people

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Aloke Dasgupta Aloke Dasgupta is an Indian sitar player in the North Indian classical tradition. He lives in the United States in Torrance, California. Dasgupta studied under the sarod player Ali Akbar Khan, and has performed with George Harrison, V.G. Jog, ...

, sitar player *

Alokeranjan Dasgupta Alokeranjan Dasgupta (6 October 1933 – 17 November 2020) was a Bengali poet who was the author of over 20 books of poetry. He translated Bengali and Santal poetry and plays into English and German, and also translated literature from German an ...

, Bengali poet *

Amiya Kumar Dasgupta Amiya Kumar Dasgupta (16 July 1903 – 14 January 1992) (অমিয় কুমার দাশগুপ্ত) was an Indian economist who has been described as "one of the founding fathers of modern economics in India" and "a true pioneer in ...

, Indian economist *

Asim Dasgupta Dr. Asim Kumar Dasgupta (born 30 October 1945) is an Indian economist and politician. He served as minister of finance and excise in the Left Front ministry in the Indian state of West Bengal. He was the MLA of Khardaha constituency for twent ...

(also known as Dr. Asim Kumar Dasgupta), West Bengal Ex Finance and Excise Minister.

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Basudeb Dasgupta Basudeb Dasgupta (31 December 1938 – 31 August 2005) is an Indian novelist and short-story writer associated with the Hungry generation movement in Bengali literature. He is considered one of the most significant avant-garde and controvers ...

, Bengali novelist and short-story writer *

Benu Dasgupta Ashok Kumar (Benu) Dasgupta (born Kolkata, India, 7 March 1928; died 21 April 2010) was an Indian cricketer. He was active during the 1950s and played for the Bengal and Bihar cricket teams. Dasgupta was one of the main pillars of Bengal's batti ...

, cricketer *

Bijon Dasgupta Bijon Dasgupta ( Bengali: বিজন দাশগুপ্ত) born April 30, 1951 is an Art Director of Indian Film Industry. Life and career Dasgupta made his debut as an art director with Shekhar Kapur's Masoom and the first film itself ga ...

, Art Director *

Biplab Dasgupta Biplab Dasgupta (2 January 1938 – 17 July 2005) was a Marxian economist, former member of Rajya Sabha , Lok Sabha and the Bengal state committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), CPI(M). He was the author of several books on the agr ...

, Marxist economist *

Birsa Dasgupta Birsa Dasgupta (born 2 November 1979) is an Indian Bengali film director based in Tollywood.He is well known for directing films such as Shudhu Tomari Jonyo, Gangster, Psycho (2021 film) Early life Born in Kolkata, his grandfather was no ...

, film director *

Buddhadev Dasgupta Buddhadeb Dasgupta (11 February 1944 – 10 June 2021) was an Indian filmmaker and poet best known for his Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali-language films like ''Bagh Bahadur'', ''Tahader Katha'', ''Charachar'' and ''Uttara (film), Uttara''. Five ...

(born 1933), an Indian classical maestro who plays the sarod *

, (born 1944) Indian film-maker

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Chandan Dasgupta Chandan Dasgupta ( bn, চন্দন দাশগুপ্ত), (born 1951) is an Indian theoretical physicist known for his contributions in condensed matter physics and statistical physics. He is at present a professor at Indian Institute ...

, Indian theoretical physicist *

Chidananda Dasgupta Chidananda Das Gupta ( bn, চিদানন্দ দাশগুপ্ত) (20 November 1921 – 22 May 2011)—family name sometimes spelled 'Dashgupta' and 'Dasgupta'—was an Indian filmmaker, film critic, a film historian and one of the ...

(born 1921), filmmaker, film critic and historian

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Deep Dasgupta Deep Dasgupta (; born 7 June 1977) is a former Indian cricketer who played in eight Test matches and five One Day Internationals between 2001 and 2006 as the national wicketkeeper and was later replaced by Ajay Ratra. He is now a Hindi and Engl ...

, cricketer

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Gurudas Dasgupta Gurudas Dasgupta (3 November 1936 – 31 October 2019) was an Indian politician and a leader of the Communist Party of India. In the 1950s and 60s, he held several offices as a student leader. Later he was a member of Rajya Sabha for three term ...

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

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* Hem Chandra Dasgupta, geologist

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Indraadip Dasgupta Indraadip Dasgupta (born 17 January 1973) is an Indian composer whose range of music is well known in various Bengali Films. In 2017 he worked with Anu Malik in ''Begum Jaan'', composed the film background music . Film director Music dir ...

, music composer *

Indrani Dasgupta Indrani Dasgupta is an Indian model and television presenter. She has worked on advertising campaigns for brands like Reebok, Lakmé and Allen Solly. Early life and education Raised in Muscat in a Bengali family of engineers, Dasgupta studied ...

, Indian Supermodel.

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* Jahar Dasgupta, painter *

Jishu Dasgupta Jishu Dasgupta (3 September 1956 – 21 December 2012) was an Indian Bengali television director and actor. After suffering from cancer for nine months, he died on 21 December 2012 in a hospital in Kolkata. Works Television ; Director * ...

, Bengali actor * Jnanendra Das Gupta, Indo-Swedish chemist

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* Kankar Shubra Dasgupta, scientist and academic *

Kamal Dasgupta Kamal Dasgupta (28 July 1912 – 20 July 1974), also known as ''Kamal Uddin Ahamed'' was a Bangla music director, composer and folk artist. Rāga and Thumri were the main elements of his music. Early life and career Dasgupta was born on 28 July 1 ...

, Bengali music director * Khagendra Nath Dasgupta, Independence activist *

Kurchi Dasgupta Kurchi Dasgupta (born 1974 in Kolkata, West Bengal) is an Indian painter, art critic, actor and translator. She currently lives between Kathmandu, Nepal and Kolkata, India. Background Dasgupta gained a diploma in commercial art in 1994 and earn ...

, painter and writer * Kinshuk Dasgupta, Scientist and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awardee

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Mahananda Dasgupta Mahananda (Nanda) Dasgupta FAA, FAIP, FAPS is an experimental physicist at thHeavy Ion Accelerator Facilityin the Department of Nuclear Physics of the Australian National University, whose work focuses on accelerator-based nuclear fusion and f ...

, experimental physicist

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Nairanjana Dasgupta Nairanjana (Jan) Dasgupta is an Indian statistician at Washington State University, where she is Boeing Distinguished Professor in Mathematics and Statistics. Her research interests include large-scale multiple testing in bioinformatics, as wel ...

, statistician * Nilanjana Dasgupta, social psychologist

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Partha Dasgupta Sir Partha Sarathi Dasgupta (born on 17 November 1942), is an Indian-British economist who is the Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom and Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge. Personal ...

, economist *

Poonam Dasgupta Poonam Dasgupta is an Indian actress. She is known for her roles in B-grade Bollywood films. She has also acted in Hindi television serials and in plays. After retiring from the film industry, she made a comeback with the play ''Begum Sahiba'' co- ...

, actress *

Prabuddha Dasgupta Prabuddha Dasgupta (21 September 1956 – 12 August 2012) was an Indian fashion and fine-art photographer. Known for his black and white imagery, he worked as a fashion photographer for more than three decades. His books included ''Women'' ...

, photographer *

Probal Dasgupta Probal Dasgupta (born 1953 in Kolkata, India) is an Indian linguist, Esperanto speaker and activist. Dasgupta's interest in linguistics started at a very young age. He published his first article in phonology at the age of eighteen inIndian Li ...

, linguist *

Prokar Dasgupta Prokar Dasgupta is an Indian-born British surgeon and academic who is professor of surgery at the surgical academy at King's Health Partners, London, UK. Since 2002, he has been consultant urologist to Guy's Hospital, and in 2009 became the first ...

, urologist * Purnendu Dasgupta, Indian-American academic

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* Rabindra Kumar Das Gupta, scholar *

Rana Dasgupta Rana Dasgupta (born 5 November 1971 in Canterbury, England) is a British Indian novelist and essayist. He grew up in Cambridge, England, and studied at Balliol College, Oxford, the Conservatoire Darius Milhaud in Aix-en-Provence, and, as a Fu ...

, British-Indian writer *

Renuka Dasgupta Renuka Dasgupta (; 22 August 1910 – 1 January 1991) was a Bengali singer, best known for the songs of Atulprasad Sen. She was a direct disciple of Atulprasad Sen, Kazi Nazrul Islam and Dilipkumar Roy. Early life Born in Konnagar, West ...

, Bengali singer * Roma Dasgupta (

Suchitra Sen Suchitra Sen ( ; born as Roma Dasgupta (; 6 April 1931 – 17 January 2014) was an Indian actress who worked in Bengali and Hindi cinema. The movies in which she was paired opposite Uttam Kumar became classics in the history of Bengali cinema ...

before marriage), Indian actress

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Samit Dasgupta Samit Dasgupta is a professor of mathematics at Duke University working in algebraic number theory. Biography Dasgupta graduated from Montgomery Blair High School in 1995 and placed fourth in the 1995 Westinghouse Science Talent Search with a ...

, mathematician * Sayantani DasGupta, Indian-American physician *

Shamik Dasgupta Shamik Dasgupta is an Indian comic book writer. He has done work for Virgin Comics, specifically for '' Ramayan 3392 A.D.'' a series based on the ancient Hindu epic ''Ramayana'' and set in a distant future. He has also written a one shot horror ...

, comic book writer *

Shamita Das Dasgupta Shamita Das Dasgupta (Bengali: শমীতা দাশ দাশগুপ্ত; born 1949) is an Asian Indian scholar and activist. A social activist since early 1970s, she co-founded Manavi in 1985. It is the first organization of its kind ...

, social activist *

Shashibhusan Dasgupta Shashibhusan Dasgupta, or Shashi Bhushan Dasgupta, Shashibhusan and Shashi Bhusan Das Gupta (1911–1964) was a Bengali scholar of philosophy, languages, literature (particularly Bengali literature), literary critic, author and theologian. Das ...

, Bengali scholar in philosophy, languages and literature * Somnath Dasgupta, academic and geologist * Sudhangshu Dasgupta, CPI(M) politician *

Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta ( bn, সুধীন দাশগুপ্ত; 9 October 1929 – 10 January 1982) was a prolific Bengali music director, lyricist, and singer. He worked in various other Indian languages, such as Hindi, Assamese and Oriya ...

, Bengali music director *

Surendranath Dasgupta Surendranath Dasgupta (18 October 1887 – 18 December 1952) was an Indian scholar of Sanskrit and Indian philosophy. Family and education Surendranath Dasgupta was born to a Vaidya family in Kushtia, Bengal (now in Bangladesh), on Sunday, O ...

, Sanskrit scholar and philosopher *

Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta () is a Bengali musician and exponent of Rabindra Sangeet. Early life Dasgupta was born into a musical family, the daughter of Late Shri Pabitra Dasgupta, a lecturer at Bhatkhande Marris Music College in Lucknow, who tra ...

, singer *

Swapan Dasgupta Swapan Dasgupta (born 3 October 1955) is an Indian journalist and politician. He is influential within the Indian right wing, writing columns for leading English dailies espousing Hindu nationalism. He is a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha. ...

, Indian journalist, MP, Politician

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Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta is an Indian physicist. She is a Senior Professor and Director at S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences. Life She graduated from the renowned Rajabazar Science College, University of Calcutta The University of ...

, Indian physicist

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* Uma Dasgupta, Indian Actress

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Yash Dasgupta Yash Dasgupta (born as Debashish Dasgupta on 10 October 1985) is an Indian actor, television personality, politician. He works Hindi and Bengali language, Bengali Film industry. He started his career in television, and his movie debut was in t ...

, actor and model

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