Buddhadev Das Gupta

Buddhadev Das Gupta (1 February 1933 – 15 January 2018) was an Indian classical musician who played the sarod.

In 2011, Das Gupta, was offered the Padma Shri by the Government of India, but he turned it down saying "it was far too late in the day".

Buddhadev Das Gupta was the Guru of many established and prominent musicians like Bhabanisankar Dasgupta, Anirban Dasgupta, Abanindra Maitra, Joydeep Ghosh, Atanu Raksit, Debashish Bhattacharya, Debasmita Bhattacharya, Prattyush Banerjee, Sugato Nag, Abir Hossain, Soumik Datta, Swarnendu Mandal, Arka Roy, Shounak Roy and many more.

Das Gupta died on 15 January 2018 of cardiac arrest at his residence in South Kolkata.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said his death has created a void in the field of classical music.