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{{Short description|Indian mathematician (1894–1985)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Debaprasad Ghosh
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1894|3|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Gava, [[Barisal]], [[Bengal]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|7|14|1894|3|15|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Kolkata, West Bengal]], India
| spouse = Shobharani Ghosh (née Bose)
| children = Six sons, two daughters
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| occupation = Professor
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'''Acharya Debaprasad Ghosh''' ({{lang-bn|আচার্য দেবপ্রসাদ ঘোষ}}) (15 March 1894 – 14 July 1985) was an Indian mathematician, linguist, lawyer, journalist, educationist and statesman.<ref>{{cite book |title =Amit Shah and the March of BJP|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=udOUDwAAQBAJ&q=Amit+Shah+and+the+March+of+BJP|year=2019|author=Anirban Ganguly, Shiwanand Dwivedi|isbn = 9789388134132}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title =Muslim India Will be Like THIS|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FkjpVoSY1XoC&q=Muslims+in+india+will+be+like+THIS|author=Maanoj Rakhit|year =2014|page =310|isbn = 9788189746872}}</ref> He started his career at the age of 21 as a professor of mathematics at the Ripon College. He was actively involved in politics as the President of [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]] from 1956 to 1965, except for the period between 1960 and 1962.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Jana Sangh: a biography of an Indian political party |url=https://archive.org/details/janasanghbiograp0000baxt |url-access=registration |last=Baxter |first=Craig|author-link = Craig Baxter |page=[https://archive.org/details/janasanghbiograp0000baxt/page/206 206] |year=1969 |publisher=[[University of Pennsylvania Press]] }}</ref> He was the longest serving opposition party leader in Indian history, and the fourth longest serving leader of any political party after Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

== Early life ==
Debaprasad was born in a [[Bengali Hindu]] [[Kayastha]] family on 15 March 1894 in the village of Gava, in the district of [[Barisal]], in eastern Bengal, now in Bangladesh. His father Kshetranath Ghosh was professor of philosophy at the [[Brajamohan College]] in [[Barisal]]. His mother Annadasundari Devi was a poet.

Debaprasad ranked first in the Entrance Examination in 1908 from Brajamohan School in Barisal. In 1910, he again ranked first in the I.A. from Brajamohan College. In spite of that he was denied scholarship as both his school and college were connected with the [[Swadeshi Movement]]. In 1912, Debaprasad stood first in B.A.(Mathematics) from [[City College, Kolkata]] and obtained the Ishan scholarship. He completed M.A. in Mathematics in the year 1914. He was also conferred with the title, " Ramanujan of modern times". His impeccable academic record says that he has never stood second ever in his life.His brother, Satyavrata Ghosh and his sister Shantisudha Ghosh were prominent Freedom Fighters. Later he was a professor of mathematics in Rangpur Carmichael college

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.bjp.org/about-the-party/history/?u=time-line-chronology BJP - timeline]

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