गुप्त या गुप्ता एक प्रमुख वैश्य उपनाम
Gupta /ˈɡuːptə/ (Hindi: गुप्ता) is a common surname of Indian
origin of Vaishya Bania Community, Gupt or Gupta always use as a surname of
vaishya community.
According to some academicians, the
name Gupta is derived from Sanskrit goptri, meaning military governor. A more
direct translation of the Sanskrit word gupta is 'secret' or 'hidden'.
According to prominent historian R. C. Majumdar, the surname Gupta was adopted
by several different vaishya communities in northern and eastern India at
different times. In south vaishya communities use sur name chetty, shetty,
setty, settigar etc.
In northern India, the surname Gupta
has been adopted mainly by the Agarwal communities.
Below is a list of various Vaishya
communities which adopt the surname Gupta
Agarwal : Haryana,
Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi
Barnwal: Uttar Pradesh,
Rajasthan
Kesarwani : Uttar Pradesh
Khandelwal: Rajasthan
Mahajan: Jammu, Punjab,
Himachal
Mahawar: Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan,
Himachal Pradesh, Delhi
Maheshwari: Rajasthan
Mathur: Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan
Dhromer: Uttar Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh, Delhi
Porwal: Rajasthan
Rastogi: Haryana, Uttar Pradesh,
Rajasthan
Rauniyar or Roniyar: Uttar Pradesh,
Bihar, Jharkhand, Nepal,
Varshney: Western Uttar Pradesh,
Eastern Rajasthan
Omer : Southern Uttar Pradesh
Agrahari: Uttar Pardesh, Rajasthan,
Bihar, West Bengal
List of people with the name Gupta
Monarchs
Chandragupta Maurya, founder of the
Mauryan Empire
Maharaja Sri-Gupta, founder of the
Gupta Empire
Ghatotkacha (Gupta Ruler), father of
Chandragupta I
Chandragupta I, first Gupta emperor
Samudragupta
Chandragupta II, also known as
Chandragupta Vikramaditya
Kumaragupta I
Skandagupta
Vishnugupta (Gupta Empire)
Scientists
Brahmagupta (589–668), Indian
mathematician and astronomer
Academics
Aghore Nath Gupta, an Indian scholar
of Buddhism and a preacher of the Brahmo Samaj
Akhil Gupta, professor at the
University of California, Los
Angeles, in the field of social and
cultural anthropology
Amar Gupta, professor and scientist
Amlan Das Gupta, Indian professor of
English in Jadavpur University, Kolkata
M K Das Gupta, Indian professor and
scientist
Modadugu Vijay Gupta, Indian
biologist
S. P. Gupta, Indian archaeologist
and art historian
Suraj N. Gupta, Indian-American
physicist
In business and management
Mahendra Mohan Gupta, owner of the
Dainik Jagran group of Hindi newspapers
N. C. Sen Gupta, eleventh Governor
of the Reserve Bank of India
Raj Gupta, CEO and president of Rohm
and Haas
Rajat Gupta, United Nations special
advisor on management reforms, former director of Goldman Sachs and former head
of McKinsey Consulting
Rajiv Gupta, general manager of
Hewlett Packard's E-speak project
S. K. Gupta, vice president of
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Vinod Gupta, chairman and CEO of
infoUSA
Subodh Gupta, chairman and CEO of
HemtroN Lightings,www.rouniyar.com,Rouniyar Sewa Sansthan Delhi
In entertainment
Aditi Gupta, Indian television
actress
Anil Gupta, British writer and
producer (radio and television)
Buddhadev Das Gupta, Indian
classical sarod musician and teacher
Neena Gupta, Indian film and
television actress
Rajendra Gupta, actor in cinema for
good character roles.
Partho Sen-Gupta, Indian film
director and script writer
Puja Gupta, winner of Miss India
Universe in 2007
Tanika Gupta, British playwright of
Indian origin
Sanjay Gupta (director), Bollywood
director
Yana Gupta, Indian model-actress of
Czech-origin
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, American
teleneurosurgeon and CNN senior medical correspondent
Eesha Gupta, Film Actress
In journalism
Shekhar Gupta, editor-in-chief of
Indian Express
Rajat Gupta, Editor Dainik
Jagran
In literature
Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian Hindi
poet
Baldev Raj Gupta, Indian writer
Ishwar Chandra Gupta, Indian Bengali
poet and writer
Jagadish Gupta, Bengali poet and
writer
Mahendranath Gupta, Indian spiritual
writer and disciple of
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Shashibhusan Dasgupta, Bengali
scholar in philosophy, languages and literature
In politics
Banarsi Das Gupta, former chief
minister of Haryana
Indrajit Gupta, Indian Communist
leader, Union Minister for Home Affairs during 1996-98
Ram Prakash Gupta, Indian politician;
former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and governor of Madhya Pradesh
Shyama Charan Gupta, Indian
politician
Badal Gupta, Indian revolutionary
Dinesh Gupta, Indian revolutionary
Ram Prakash Gupta, Indian social
worker and participant in the Indian Independence movement and Bhoodan movement
Manmath Nath Gupta, Indian
revolutionary and author of autobiographical, historical and fictional books in
Hindi, English and Bengali
Niranjan Sen Gupta, Indian
revolutionary
Nolini Kanta Gupta, Indian
revolutionary, linguist, scholar, critic, poet, philosopher and mystic
In sports
Famous Mathur Vaishya Players :-
Abhinn Shyam Gupta, Indian badminton
player
Pankaj Gupta, Indian sports
administrators
Sandip Gupta, Kenyan cricketer
Abhijeet Gupta, Indian chess player
