Bhupesh Gupta
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Bhupesh Gupta | |
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Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
In office 1952–1981 | |
Constituency | West Bengal |
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Born | Itna, Mymensingh District, Bengal Province, British India | 20 October 1914
Died | 6 August 1981 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | (aged 66)
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Occupation | Parliamentarian |
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Bhupesh Gupta (Bengali: ভূপেশ গুপ্ত) (20 October 1914 – 6 August 1981) was an Indian politician and a leader of the Communist Party of India. [1]
He was one of the senior communist leaders and parliamentarian in Rajya Sabha. He was elected on 13 May 1952 as a Member of the Rajya Sabha and remained on the post till his death in 1981. He was the longest serving member of the Rajya Sabha at the time of his death. [2]
Early life
He was born on 20 October 1914, at Itna, in the erstwhile Mymensingh District of Bengal Province in British India. He studied at the Scottish Church College of the University of Calcutta. [1] Bhupesh Gupta joined the freedom movement of India in his early years when he was active in the Bengal revolutionary group Anushilan Samiti.[3][4]
He did his Barrister-at-law from University College London and was called to the Bar from the Middle Temple, London. [1] In England he was a close friend of Mrs. Indira Gandhi as both they participated in the activities of the India League, though their political conviction was different in later course. [5][6][need quotation to verify]
Later life
He was a member of the Rajya Sabha for five terms from West Bengal, from 13 May 1952 till his death. He was reelected in 1958, 1964, 1970 and 1976. He was a skilled parliamentarian. He died in Moscow on 6 August 1981.[7]
References
- ^ a b c Eminent Parliamentarian Monograph Series - Bhupesh Gupta (PDF). New Delhi: Lok Sabha Secretariat. October 1990. p. 1. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ Eminent Parliamentarian Monograph Series - Bhupesh Gupta (PDF). New Delhi: Lok Sabha Secretariat. October 1990. p. 8. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "Bhupesh: Some Reminiscences". Mainstream magazine.
- ^ "Remembering Bhupesh Gupta on his Birth Centenary". Mainstream magazine.
- ^ "Indira Wanted Soviets On Board For The Emergency". The New Indian Express.
- ^ Datta 2008, p. 592
- ^ Eminent Parliamentarian Monograph Series - Bhupesh Gupta (PDF). New Delhi: Lok Sabha Secretariat. October 1990. p. 11. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
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