Dasgupta

Dasgupta (pronounced ) (দাশগুপ্ত) is a common Bengali surname that is used by the Bengali Hindus of West Bengal, Assam, Tripura and Bangladesh. The surname is found among the members of the Baidya caste of Bengal.

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 top 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)

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
 * Piyush Dasgupta, academician, political activist
 * Poonam Dasgupta, actress
 * Prabuddha Dasgupta, photographer
 * Probal Dasgupta, linguist
 * Prokar Dasgupta, urologistist
 * 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
 * Sanjoy Dasgupta, computer scientist
 * 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
 * Sujaya Dasgupta, actress
 * 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