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{{Infobox musical artist<br />
| honorific_prefix = [[Pandit]]<br />
| name = Buddhadev Das Gupta<br />
| image = Pandit_Buddhadev_Dasgupta_at_a_concert_accompanied_by_Pandit_Chandra_Nath_Shastri_in_Tabla.jpg<br />
| caption = Das Gupta at a concert accompanied by Pandit [[Chandra Nath Shastri]] with tabla, Calcutta, 1987.<br />
| birth_name =<br />
| alias =<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|2|1|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bhagalpur]], [[Bihar]], India<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2018|1|15|1933|2|1}}<br />
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India<br />
| occupation = [[Musicians]]<br />
| instrument = [[sarod]]<br />
| genre = [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani classical]]<br />
| label = [[Nimbus Records]]<br />
| associated_acts = [[Chandra Nath Shastri]]<br>[[Radhika Mohan Maitra]]<br>[[All India Radio]]<br />
| website = {{URL|http://www.buddhadevdasgupta.com}}<br />
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'''Buddhadev Das Gupta''' (1 February 1933 – 15 January 2018) was an Indian classical musician who played the [[sarod]].<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p38256/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Buddhadev Das Gupta|last=Hunt|first=Ken|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|access-date=2 May 2010}}</ref> He used to reside in [[Kolkata]], India. He was one of the artists featured in [[Nimbus Records]]' ''[[The Raga Guide]]''.<br />
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==Early life and training==<br />
Buddhadev Das Gupta was born on 1 February 1933 in his maternal home at [[Bhagalpur]], India to parents Prafulla Mohan Dasgupta and Bhabani Dasgupta. His father was [[District Magistrate]] by profession and an avid lover of music although he never learnt music.<br />
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Das Gupta stood second in the [[Matriculation]] Examination, held in 1948. He then studied [[mechanical engineering]] at the [[Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur|Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur]] and stood second there, too. Much later in life, on 16 February 2010, the university awarded him an honorary D.Litt. degree.<br />
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At a very early age, Buddhadev started taking sarod lessons from the sarod [[maestro]] [[Radhika Mohan Maitra]]. His first program on the [[All India Radio]] was as a guest artist. He eventually performed more than 17 national programs on All India Radio.<br />
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==Felicitation==<br />
In 2011, Das Gupta, was offered the [[Padma Shri]] by the government of India, but he turned it down saying "it was far too late in the day". In January 2012, he had been conferred with the Padma Bhushan.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=79881|title= Padma Awards|publisher=pib|date= 27 January 2013 |access-date= 27 January 2013 }}</ref><br />
He was awarded [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1993 and [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] Tagore Ratna in 2011.<br />
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==Autobiography==<br />
His autobiography ''[[Bamaner Chandrasparshavilash]]'' (meaning: "The desire of a [[Dwarf (mythology)|dwarf]] to touch the moon"), was periodically published in a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] [[Magazine]] "[[Disha Magazine|Disha]]" and has been published in the form of book in 2004 (part-I) and in 2010 (part-II).<br />
He is the guru of Bhabanisankar dasgupta, Anirban Dasgupta, Abanindra Maitra, Joydeep Ghosh, Atanu Raksit and others.<br />
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==Death==<br />
Das Gupta died on 15 January 2018 of cardiac arrest at his residence in South Kolkata. He was 84. He had been suffering from respiratory problems for the last few days. At the time of his death, he was survived by wife and two sons. [[West Bengal]] Chief Minister [[Mamata Banerjee]] said his death has created a void in the field of classical music. "A great loss for the world of classical music. Rest in Peace. Condolences to his family," she said in a tweet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/sarod-maestro-pt-buddhadev-dasgupta-passes-away-5025577/|title=Indian Express : Sarod Maestro Pt Buddhadev Dasgupta passes away}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{Official Website|www.buddhadevdasgupta.com}}<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121104203505/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-26/kolkata/28376693_1_padma-shree-padma-award-honour Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com]<br />
*[http://www.raga.com/interviews/210int1.html Raga.com]<br />
*[http://www.parabaas.com/GRISHMO2/LEKHA12/bSaxat.html Parabaas.com]<br />
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[[Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]<br />
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[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in arts]]<br />
[[Category:Musicians from Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male classical musicians]]<br />
[[Category:People from Bhagalpur]]<br />
[[Category:Musicians from Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian musicians]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century male singers]]<br />
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