Template:Infobox ethnic group Dutta, also spelled Datta,Template:Sfn is a Hindu family name found primarily among Bengali Kayasthas, and also among Suvarna Baniks, Gandhabaniks in India.[1][2] The name is also found among certain North Indian 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/DattaTemplate:Sfn (দত্ত) is used by Kayastha caste.Template:Sfn The office of Kayastha (scribe) was instituted before the Gupta periodTemplate:Sfn (c.320 to 550 CE). Originally, Kayastha was composed of people from different Varnas, including BrahminsTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn and Kshatriyas.Template:Sfn After the Gupta reign, the Kayasthas in Bengal developed into a caste,Template:Sfn and gained a higher status,Template:Sfn incorporating the Pala, Sena and Varman Kings and their descendants.Template:Sfn 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.Template:Sfn
Punjab
Punjabi Dutt's belong to the Mohyal Brahmin community.[1] According to the gotra system, Mohyal Dutt's are the descendants of Rishi Bharadwaj.[3] Some consider Gaj Bhavan, the grandson of Rishi Bharadwaj to be the real founder of their clan.[4][5]
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[6] and former politician, Narayan Dutt Tiwari was a Kumaoni Brahmin from Uttarakhand.[7]
Notable people
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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 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
- 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 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 Raman Dutta; music composer
- Rajani Palme Dutt, British politician
- Roby Datta, poet and educator
- Rasamay Dutt, Bengali educationist, first Indian puisne judge of India, first Indian member of the Asiatic Society.
- 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
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.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 97
- ↑ Folk-lore{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Indian Publications(1975)
- ↑ Organiser, Volume 53 By Bharat Prakashan,page 171
- ↑ Reg-i-Surkh: Dut Brahman Imam Husain se Rabt o Zabt, by Mahdi Nazmi, Abu Talib Academy, New Delhi 1984, Pages 63-71.
- ↑ Defence Journal, Pakistan- June 2003:Tribes and Turbulence by Hamid Hussain
- ↑ Yogeshwar Dutt: 11 Reasons to be proud of the unsung hero of Indian wrestling!(2 August 2014).
- ↑ Congress veteran, four-time Chief Minister, controversial Governor and reluctant father.
- ↑ Datta vs Datta. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
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