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{{short description|Indian family name and surname}}
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{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Dutta
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| regions = [[Bangladesh]] and [[India]]
| rels = [[Hinduism]]
| related = [[Indo-Aryan peoples]]<br />[[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman peoples]]
}}
'''Dutta''', also spelled '''Datta''',{{sfn | Hanks | 2003 | p=504}} is a [[Hindu]] [[family name]] found primarily among [[Bengali Kayastha]]s, and also among [[Suvarna Banik|Suvarna Baniks]], [[Gandhabanik|Gandhabaniks]] in [[India]].<ref name="pb">[https://books.google.com/books?id=WKuvh2fgQzsC&q=seven+clans+of+mohyals&dq=seven+clans+of+mohyals&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjly-P6hp7jAhUTfysKHXgwBu4Q6AEILjAB The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 97]</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IMvjAAAAMAAJ&q=Gandhabanik|title=Folk-lore|date=1975|publisher=Indian Publications|pages=172|language=en}}</ref> The name is also found among certain [[North India]]n [[Brahmin]] communities garol means "given" or "granted" in [[Sanskrit]] and is also an alternative name for the Hindu deity [[Dattatreya]].

== Bengal ==
According to Indian historian Tej Ram Sharma, in Bengal the surname Dutta/Datta{{sfn|Clark|2014|p=148}} (দত্ত) is used by Kayastha caste.{{sfn|Sharma|1978|p=115}} The office of Kayastha (scribe) was instituted before the [[Gupta Empire|Gupta period]]{{sfn|Sharma|1978|p=115}} (c.320 to 550 CE). Originally, Kayastha was composed of people from different [[Varna (Hinduism)|''Varnas'']], including [[Brahmin]]s{{sfn|Sharma|1978|p=115}}{{sfn|Wink|1991|p=269}} and [[Kshatriya]]s.{{sfn|Wink|1991|p=269}} After the [[Gupta Empire|Gupta reign]], the Kayasthas in Bengal developed into a caste,{{sfn|Sekhar|2004|p=20}} and gained a higher status,{{sfn|Sekhar|2004|p=20}} incorporating the [[Pala Empire|Pala]], [[Sena dynasty|Sena]] and Varman Kings and their descendants.{{sfn|Wink|1991|p=269}} 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.{{sfn|Inden|1976 | p=1}}

== Punjab ==
Punjabi Dutt's belong to the [[Mohyal Brahmin]] community.<ref name="pb"/> According to the [[gotra]] system, Mohyal Dutt's are the descendants of [[Rishi]] [[Bharadwaj]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=8OM-AQAAIAAJ Organiser, Volume 53 By Bharat Prakashan,page 171]</ref> Some consider Gaj Bhavan, the grandson of Rishi Bharadwaj to be the real founder of their clan.<ref>Reg-i-Surkh: Dut Brahman Imam Husain se Rabt o Zabt, by Mahdi Nazmi, Abu Talib Academy, New Delhi 1984, Pages 63-71.</ref><ref name="hussain">Defence Journal, Pakistan- June 2003:[http://www.defencejournal.com/2003/june/tribesandturbulence.htm Tribes and Turbulence] by Hamid Hussain</ref>

== Other Regions ==

"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]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.com/buzz/yogeshwar-dutt-11-reasons-to-be-proud-of-the-unsung-hero-of-indian-wrestling-108547/|title=Yogeshwar Dutt: 11 Reasons to be proud of the unsung hero of Indian wrestling!|date=2 August 2014}}</ref> and former politician, [[Narayan Dutt Tiwari]] was a [[Kumauni people|Kumaoni]] [[Brahmin]] from [[Uttarakhand]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/congress-veteran-fourtime-chief-minister-controversial-governor-and-reluctant-father/article9488085.ece|title = Congress veteran, four-time Chief Minister, controversial Governor and reluctant father}}</ref>

== Notable people ==
{{See also|Dutt}}
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* [[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 Awards (2000–2009)|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
* [[Pundit Hulasa Ram Dutta|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 Datta|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 Romon|Radha Raman Dutta]]; music composer
* [[Rajani Palme Dutt]], British politician
* [[Rabindranath Datta|Roby Datta]], poet and educator
* [[Rasamay Dutt]], Bengali educationist, first Indian puisne judge of India, first Indian member of the Asiatic Society.
* [[Romesh Dutt|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
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== In popular culture ==
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.<ref name="Outlook Datta vs Datta">{{cite web |title=Datta vs Datta |url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=756131 |work=Outlook |access-date=16 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224125101/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=756131 |archive-date=24 December 2013 }}</ref>

== References ==
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== Sources ==
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* {{Citation |last=Clark |first=Gregory |year=2014 |title=The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility |publisher=Princeton University Press}}
* {{cite book | last=Hanks | first=P. | title=Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set | publisher=Oxford University Press, USA | issue=v. 1 | year=2003 | isbn=978-0-19-508137-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vG7MZ9J6dAgC | access-date=25 May 2019}}
* {{Citation |last=Inden |first=Ronald B. |year=1976 |title=Marriage and Rank in Bengali Culture: A History of Caste and Clan in Middle Period Bengal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P8b9A7J_v-UC&pg=PA1 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-02569-1 |page=1}}
* {{Citation |last=Rigopoulos |first=Antonio |title=Dattatreya: The Immortal Guru, Yogin, and Avatara : A Study of the Transformative and Inclusive Character of a Multi-Faceted Hindu Deity |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QTzuXx64d8wC&pg=PA27 |access-date=11 June 2012 |year=1998 |publisher=State University of New York Press |isbn=978-0-7914-3695-0 |pages=27–28}}
* {{Citation |first=Sekhar |last=Bandyopadhyay |title=Caste, Culture, and Hegemony: Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rlgcrSezHT4C&q=Kayastha |year=2004 |publisher=Sage Publications |isbn=978-81-7829-316-5 |page=20}}
* {{Citation |last=Sharma |first=Tej Ram |title=Personal and Geographical Names in the Gupta Inscriptions |year=1978 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |location=New Delhi |page=115 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WcnnB-Lx2MAC}}
* {{Citation |last=Wink |first=Andre |title=Al-Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World, Volume 1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bCVyhH5VDjAC |access-date=3 September 2011 |year=1991 |publisher=Brill Academic Publishers |isbn=978-90-04-09509-0 |page=269}}
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