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'''Dasgupta''' (pronounced {{IPA-bn|ˈdaʃɡupto|}}) is a common [[Bengali people|Bengali]] last name or surname in [[West Bengal]] and [[Bangladesh]]. The surname is found among the members of the [[Baidya]] caste.

{{Infobox Given name
| name = Dasgupta
| image =
| caption =
| pronunciation = {{IPA-bn|ˈdaʃɡupto|}}
| meaning =
| region = [[India]], [[Bangladesh]]
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| variant = [[Gupta]], [[Sengupta]], Duttagupta
| footnotes =
}}

Baidya<ref name="CasteCulture&Hegemony">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rlgcrSezHT4C&pg=PA24 |page=24,25, 240 |title=Caste, Culture and Hegemony: Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal |first=Śekhara |last=Bandyopādhyāẏa |publisher=SAGE |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-76199-849-5|quote=(24)Access to the higher professions or greater opportunities in life were restricted only to the upper stratum of the society , constituted by the three higher castes of Bengal - the Brahman, Kayastha and Baidya(240)The most poweful status group in Bengal, the Bhadralok, initially comprised mainly the three traditional higher castes - the Brahman, Kayastha and Baidya - who had control over landholding , education and professions.}}</ref> or Vaidya<ref>{{cite book|last=Dutt|first=Nripendra Kumar|title=Origin and growth of caste in India, Volume 2|year=1968|publisher=Firma K. L. Mukhopadhyay |page=69 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N0AwAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA69}}</ref> is a [[Hindu]] community of [[Bengal]]. A caste/''[[jāti]]'' of Ayurvedic physicians, Baidyas have long occupied a place of pre-eminence in society alongside [[Bengali Brahmins|Brahmins]] and [[Bengali Kayastha|Kayasthas]]. In the colonial era, the [[Bhadralok|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 of India|states and union territories]]:<ref name="dasgupta2014">[http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/dasgupta#surnames Dasgupta Surname Distribution]</ref>
* 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 Das Gupta|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===
* [[K. S. Dasgupta|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]]

== References ==
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