# Dasgupta

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**Dasgupta** (pronounced ˈdaʃɡupto) (Bengali: দাশগুপ্ত) is a common [Bengali](/source/Bengalis) surname that is used by the [Bengali Hindus](/source/Bengali_Hindus) of [West Bengal](/source/West_Bengal), [Assam](/source/Assam), [Tripura](/source/Tripura) and [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh). The surname is found among the members of the [Baidya](/source/Baidya) caste of [Bengal](/source/Bengal).[1]

## Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 62.2% of all known bearers of the surname *Dasgupta* were residents of [India](/source/India) and 28.9% were residents of [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh). In India, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following [states and union territories](/source/States_and_union_territories_of_India):[2]

- 1. [West Bengal](/source/West_Bengal) (1: 2,387)
- 2. [Tripura](/source/Tripura) (1: 6,243)
- 3. [Arunachal Pradesh](/source/Arunachal_Pradesh) (1: 15,711)
- 4. [Delhi](/source/Delhi) (1: 16,187)
- 5. [Daman and Diu](/source/Daman_and_Diu) (1: 18,685)
- 6. [Assam](/source/Assam) (1: 21,393)

## Notable people

### A

- [Aloke Dasgupta](/source/Aloke_Dasgupta), sitar player
- [Alokeranjan Dasgupta](/source/Alokeranjan_Dasgupta), Bengali poet
- [Amiya Kumar Dasgupta](/source/Amiya_Kumar_Dasgupta), Indian economist
- [Asim Dasgupta](/source/Asim_Dasgupta) (also known as Dr. Asim Kumar Dasgupta), West Bengal Ex Finance and Excise Minister.

### B

- [Basudeb Dasgupta](/source/Basudeb_Dasgupta), Bengali novelist and short-story writer
- [Benu Dasgupta](/source/Benu_Dasgupta), cricketer
- [Bijon Dasgupta](/source/Bijon_Dasgupta), Art Director
- [Biplab Dasgupta](/source/Biplab_Dasgupta), Marxist economist
- [Birsa Dasgupta](/source/Birsa_Dasgupta), film director
- [Buddhadeb Dasgupta](/source/Buddhadeb_Dasgupta) (1944–2021), Indian filmmaker and poet
- [Buddhadev Das Gupta](/source/Buddhadev_Das_Gupta) (1933–2018), Indian classical musician who played the sarod

### C

- [Chandan Dasgupta](/source/Chandan_Dasgupta), Indian theoretical physicist
- [Chidananda Dasgupta](/source/Chidananda_Dasgupta) (born 1921), filmmaker, film critic and historian

### D

- [Deep Dasgupta](/source/Deep_Dasgupta), cricketer

### G

- [Gurudas Dasgupta](/source/Gurudas_Dasgupta) (born 1936), senior trade-union leader, Communist Party of India, and Member of Parliament

### H

- [Hem Chandra Dasgupta](/source/Hem_Chandra_Dasgupta), geologist

### I

- [Indraadip Dasgupta](/source/Indraadip_Dasgupta), music composer
- [Indrani Dasgupta](/source/Indrani_Dasgupta), Indian Supermodel.

### J

- [Jahar Dasgupta](/source/Jahar_Dasgupta), painter
- [Jishu Dasgupta](/source/Jishu_Dasgupta), Bengali actor
- [Jnanendra Das Gupta](/source/Jnanendra_Das_Gupta), Indo-Swedish chemist

### K

- [Kankar Shubra Dasgupta](/source/K._S._Dasgupta), scientist and academic
- [Kamal Dasgupta](/source/Kamal_Dasgupta), Bengali music director
- [Khagendra Nath Dasgupta](/source/Khagendra_Nath_Dasgupta), Independence activist
- [Kurchi Dasgupta](/source/Kurchi_Dasgupta), painter and writer
- [Kinshuk Dasgupta](/source/Kinshuk_Dasgupta), Scientist and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awardee

### M

- [Mahananda Dasgupta](/source/Mahananda_Dasgupta), experimental physicist

### N

- [Nairanjana Dasgupta](/source/Nairanjana_Dasgupta), statistician
- [Nilanjana Dasgupta](/source/Nilanjana_Dasgupta), social psychologist

### P

- [Partha Dasgupta](/source/Partha_Dasgupta), economist
- [Piyush Dasgupta](/source/Piyush_Dasgupta), academic, political activist
- [Poonam Dasgupta](/source/Poonam_Dasgupta), actress
- [Prabuddha Dasgupta](/source/Prabuddha_Dasgupta), photographer
- [Pratim Dasgupta](/source/Pratim_D._Gupta), film director
- [Probal Dasgupta](/source/Probal_Dasgupta) (1953–2026), linguist, Esperantist and academic administrator
- [Prokar Dasgupta](/source/Prokar_Dasgupta), urologist
- [Purnendu Dasgupta](/source/Purnendu_Dasgupta), Indian-American academic

### R

- [Rabindra Kumar Das Gupta](/source/Rabindra_Kumar_Das_Gupta), scholar
- [Rana Dasgupta](/source/Rana_Dasgupta), British-Indian writer
- [Renuka Dasgupta](/source/Renuka_Dasgupta), Bengali singer
- Roma Dasgupta ([Suchitra Sen](/source/Suchitra_Sen) before marriage), Indian actress

### S

- [Sailen Dasgupta](/source/Sailen_Dasgupta), politician
- [Samit Dasgupta](/source/Samit_Dasgupta), mathematician
- [Sanjoy Dasgupta](/source/Dasgupta's_objective), computer scientist
- [Sayantani DasGupta](/source/Sayantani_DasGupta), Indian-American physician
- [Shamik Dasgupta](/source/Shamik_Dasgupta_(writer)), comic book writer
- [Shamita Das Dasgupta](/source/Shamita_Das_Dasgupta), social activist
- [Shashibhusan Dasgupta](/source/Shashibhusan_Dasgupta), Bengali scholar in philosophy, languages and literature
- [Somnath Dasgupta](/source/Somnath_Dasgupta), academic and geologist
- [Sudhangshu Dasgupta](/source/Sudhangshu_Dasgupta), CPI(M) politician
- [Sudhin Dasgupta](/source/Sudhin_Dasgupta), Bengali music director
- [Surendranath Dasgupta](/source/Surendranath_Dasgupta), Sanskrit scholar and philosopher
- [Sujaya Dasgupta](/source/Sujaya_Dasgupta), actress
- [Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta](/source/Swagatalakshmi_Dasgupta), singer
- [Swapan Dasgupta](/source/Swapan_Dasgupta), Indian journalist, MP, Politician

### T

- [Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta](/source/Tanusri_Saha-Dasgupta), Indian physicist

### U

- [Uma Dasgupta](/source/Uma_Dasgupta), Indian actress

### Y

- [Yash Dasgupta](/source/Yash_Dasgupta), actor and model

## References

1. Hood, John W. (2005). [*Films of Buddhadeb Dasgupta*](https://books.google.com/books?id=ymdi_yQzgYYC). Orient Blackswan. p. 2. ISBN 978-81-250-2802-4.

1. [Dasgupta Surname Distribution](http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/dasgupta#surnames)

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