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'''Bibhuti Bhusan Das Gupta''' was an [[India]]n freedom fighter and politician.<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Das Gupta was born in the village Sonarang in [[Dhaka District|Dacca District]] in January 1904.<ref name="a">{{cite book|title=India Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cGVmAAAAMAAJ|year=1973|publisher=INFA Publications.|page=284}}</ref> He was the son of Rishi Nibaran Chandra Das Gupta.<ref name="a" /> Das Gupta studied at Rajindra College in [[Faridpur District|Faridpur]].<ref name="o">Lok Sabha. ''[http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/1188.htm Second Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220233335/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/1188.htm |date=20 December 2016 }}''</ref> He didn't finish his college education, but joined the struggle for Indian independence instead.<ref name="a" /><br />
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== Politics ==<br />
In 1921 he acted as village-level secretary of the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name="a" /> Between 1922 and 1948 he was a member of the [[Manbhum]] District Congress Committee and the [[Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee]].<ref name="a" /> Das Gupta was a member of the [[All India Congress Committee]] between 1938 and 1948.<ref name="a" /><br />
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Dasgupta was one of the Congress leaders in Manbhum that was arrest in connection with the [[Salt satyagrah]].<ref name="(India)Sengupta1985">{{cite book|author1=West Bengal (India)|author2=Jatindra Chandra Sengupta|title=West Bengal district gazetteers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KSBuAAAAMAAJ|volume=12|year=1985|publisher=State editor, West Bengal District Gazetteers|pages=104–105}}</ref> Upon release from jail (around 1931-1932) he joined with Nibaranchandra Das Gupta to set up the Lok Sevak Sangh, a [[Gandhi]]an movement working for [[Swaraj]] and social reform.<ref name="(India)Sengupta1985"/> They challenged caste hierarchies, preaching to [[Adivasi]]s and [[Dalits]] to participate in social and political life on equal terms with upper caste Hindus.<ref name="(India)Sengupta1985"/> The organization sought to fight against discrimination against [[leprosy|lepers]].<ref name="(India)Sengupta1985"/><br />
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In 1938-1939 he served as Vice Chairman of [[Purulia]] municipality.<ref name=a/><ref name=o/> He was arrested during the [[Quit India movement]].<ref name="BasuStudy1992">{{cite book|author1=Sajal Basu|author2=Indian Institute of Advanced Study|title=Regional movements: politics of language, ethnicity-identity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A0BiAAAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Indian Institute of Advanced Study|page=113}}</ref> He took part in transforming the [[Lok Sewak Sangh]] into a political party in 1948 and became its general secretary.<ref name=a/><br />
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Das Gupta was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] (lower house of the [[Parliament of India]]) from the [[Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Purulia seat]] in the [[1957 Indian general election]] .<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1957 TO THE SECOND LOK SABHA - VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)]''</ref><br />
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Das Gupta won the [[Purulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Purulia constituency seat]] in the [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name="Committee"/> After the election Das Gupta was named Minister for [[Panchayat]]s and Social Welfare in the first [[United Front (1967)|United Front]] government.<ref>{{cite book|title=Asian Recorder|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QQAuAQAAIAAJ|volume=13|year=1967|page=7634}}</ref><ref name="Kashyap1974">{{cite book|author=Subhash C. Kashyap|title=The politics of power: defections and state politics in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=17u1AAAAIAAJ|year=1974|publisher=National Pub. House|page=509}}</ref><br />
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Das Gupta retained the Purulia seat in the [[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name="Committee"/> He was named Minister of Panchayats in the second United Front government, formed in 1969.<ref name="Committee">{{cite book|author=Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee|title=Election results of West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952-1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CNeNAAAAMAAJ|publisher=The Committee|pages=379, 440}}</ref><br />
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He served as editor of ''[[Mukti (newspaper)|Mukti]]''.<ref name=a/> He lived at Shilpasram in Purulia.<ref name=a/><br />
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