Dasgupta
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Dasgupta is a common Bengali surname in West Bengal, India. The Dasguptas are members of the Baidya caste (which is a Brahmin caste). They belonged to the vaid (physician) community in ancient India.
Some notable Dasguptas are:
1. Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta - Economist
2. Buddhadev Dasgupta - Prominent Indian Film maker
3. Surendranath Dasgupta - Sanskrit Scholar and Philosopher
4. Swapan Dasgupta - Senior Indian Journalist
5. Biplab Dasgupta - Marxist economist
6. Deep Dasgupta - Cricketer
7. Rana Dasgupta - British-Indian writer
8. Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta - Singer
9. Gurudas Dasgupta - Indian Politician
10. Roma Dasgupta (Suchitra Sen after marriage) - Famous Indian Actress
[edit] References
- http://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/faculty/dasgupta/
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0201949/
- http://www.ranadasgupta.com/
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gupta_%28name%29
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_%28surname%29