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{{Infobox Indian politician<br />
| name = Devi Prasad Tripathi<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1952|11|29|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh|Sultanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|1|2|1952|11|29|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]<br />
| office = [[Member of Parliament|MP]] of [[Rajya Sabha]] for [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| term_start = 3 April 2012<br />
| term_end = 2 April 2018<br />
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| successor = [[Narayan Rane]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]<br />
| constituency = Maharashtra<br />
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]<br />
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| profession = Politician<br />
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'''Devi Prasad Tripathi''' (29 November 1952 – 2 January 2020) was an Indian politician and General Secretary of the [[Nationalist Congress Party]] of [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200806061966.htm |title=NCP asks Left to call off stir against hike in petro prices |publisher=Hindu.com |date=2008-06-06 |accessdate=2012-03-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106224419/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200806061966.htm |archivedate=6 November 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Devi Prasad Tripathi was born in Sultanpur [[Uttar Pradesh]]. As a student, Tripathi was president of [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]] [[Students' Union]], and later taught at [[Allahabad University]] as a professor of politics.<br />
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==Career==<br />
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He was also the editor of the quarterly journal ''Think India''. He spoke Indian and several foreign languages, and lectured in a number of foreign universities.<br />
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Having become involved in politics at the age of sixteen, Tripathi became one of Prime Minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]]'s aides. He left the [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]], however, over his opposition to [[Sonia Gandhi]], the President of the Party, becoming Prime Minister (because of her foreign origin). He joined the [[Nationalist Congress Party]] in 1999, and reached the position of its General Secretary and chief spokesman. He was responsible for negotiating over seat-sharing in [[Maharashtra]].<br />
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