Dutta
Dutta, also spelled Datta, Dutt and Datt,[1] is a Hindu family name found primarily among Bengali Kayasthas and Punjabi Mohyals in India.[2] The name is also found among certain North Indian Brahmin communities.
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Datta means "given" or "granted" in Sanskrit and is also an alternative name for the Hindu deity Dattatreya.[3]
Bengal
According to Indian historian Tej Ram Sharma, in Bengal the surname Dutta/Datta[4] (দত্ত) is used by Maulika Kayastha caste.[5] The office of Kayastha (scribe) was instituted before the Gupta period[5] (c.320 to 550 CE). Originally, Kayastha was composed of people from different Varnas, including Brahmins[5][6] and Kshatriyas.[6] After the Gupta reign, the Kayasthas in Bengal developed into a caste,[7] and gained a higher status,[7] incorporating the Pala, Sena and Varman Kings and their descendants.[6] 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.[8] Some members of the Baidya caste use Dutta/Datta as a surname, although they more often use compounded variations such as Duttagupta or Duttasharma instead.
Punjab
Punjabi Duttas belong to the Mohyal community.[2] According to the gotra system, Mohyal Duttas are the descendants of Rishi Bharadwaj.[9] Some consider Gaj Bhavan, the grandson of Rishi Bharadwaj to be the real founder of their clan.[10][11]
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[12] and former politician, Narayan Dutt Tiwari was a Kumaoni Brahmin from Uttarakhand.[13]
Notable people
- 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
- 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
- Yogeshwar Dutt; Wrestler
- Swami Vivekananda ; born as Narendranath Dutta ; Philosopher, Religious leader
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.[14]
References
- Hanks 2003, p. 504.
- The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 97
- Rigopoulos 1998, p. 27–28.
- Clark 2014, p. 148.
- Sharma 1978, p. 115.
- Wink 1991, p. 269.
- Sekhar 2004, p. 20.
- Inden 1976, p. 1.
- 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
- https://www.india.com/buzz/yogeshwar-dutt-11-reasons-to-be-proud-of-the-unsung-hero-of-indian-wrestling-108547/
- https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/congress-veteran-fourtime-chief-minister-controversial-governor-and-reluctant-father/article9488085.ece
- "Datta vs Datta". Outlook. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
Sources
- Clark, Gregory (2014), The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility, Princeton University Press
- Hanks, P. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. Retrieved 25 May 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Inden, Ronald B. (1976), Marriage and Rank in Bengali Culture: A History of Caste and Clan in Middle Period Bengal, University of California Press, p. 1, ISBN 978-0-520-02569-1
- Rigopoulos, Antonio (1998), Dattatreya: The Immortal Guru, Yogin, and Avatara : A Study of the Transformative and Inclusive Character of a Multi-Faceted Hindu Deity, State University of New York Press, pp. 27–28, ISBN 978-0-7914-3695-0, retrieved 11 June 2012
- Bandyopadhyay, Sekhar (2004), Caste, Culture, and Hegemony: Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal, Sage Publications, p. 20, ISBN 978-81-7829-316-5
- Sharma, Tej Ram (1978), Personal and Geographical Names in the Gupta Inscriptions, New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company, p. 115
- Wink, Andre (1991), Al-Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World, Volume 1, Brill Academic Publishers, p. 269, ISBN 978-90-04-09509-0, retrieved 3 September 2011