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|name = Gurudas Dasgupta<br />
|caption = <br />
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|11|3|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Barisal]], [[British India]]<br />
|residence = [[Bhowanipur|Bhawanipur]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
|death_date ={{Death date and age|2019|10|31|1936|11|3|df=y|}}<br />
|death_place =[[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India<br />
|office1 = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]<br />
|term_start1 = 13 May 2004<br />
|term_end1 = 16 May 2009<br />
|constituency1 = [[Panskura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Panskura]]<br />
|predecessor1 = [[Bikram Sarkar]]<br />
|successor1 = ''constituency abolished''<br />
|term_start2 = 16 May 2009<br />
|term_end2 = 16 May 2014<br />
|constituency2 = [[Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ghatal]]<br />
|predecessor2 = ''Office established''<br />
|successor2 = [[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]]<br />
|office3 = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] ([[Rajya Sabha]])<br>for [[Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal|West Bengal]]<br />
|term_start3 = 1985<br />
|term_end3 = 1988<br />
|term_start4 = 1988<br />
|term_end4 = 1994<br />
|term_start5 = 1994<br />
|term_end5 = 2000<br />
|predecessor5 = <br />
|successor5 = <br />
|party =[[Communist Party of India]] <br />
|spouse = {{married|Jayasri Dasgupta|1965}}<br />
|children = 1 daughter<br />
|alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]]<br>[[Asutosh College]] ([[M.Com]])<br />
}}<br />
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'''Gurudas Dasgupta''' (3 November 1936 – 31 October 2019) was an Indian politician and a leader of the [[Communist Party of India]]. In the 1950s and 60s, he held several offices as a student leader. Later he was a member of [[Rajya Sabha]] for three terms from 1985 to 2000 and of [[Lok Sabha]] for two terms from 2004 to 2014.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Gurudas Dasgupta was born to Nihar Devi and Durga Prosanna Dasgupta on 3 November 1936 in [[Barisal]], [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]] (now in [[Bangladesh]]). On 18 June 1965, he married Jayashri Das Gupta.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4088|title=Detailed Profile: Shri Gurudas Dasgupta|website=[[india.gov.in]]|access-date=11 March 2018}}</ref><br />
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He entered politics as a student leader.<ref name=":1" /> He served as the General Secretary of Asutosh College Students' Union in 1957 as well as the President and General Secretary of Undivided Bengal Provincial Students' Federation from 1958 to 1960. In 1965, he was detained under the [[Defence of India act and Defence of India rules, 1962|Defence of India rules]]. He went into hiding several times during the 1950s–60s.<ref name=":2" /><br />
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Dasgupta was the General Secretary of the West Bengal Committee of [[All India Youth Federation]] from 1967 to 1977. He was also General Secretary of West Bengal Youth Festival Preparatory Committee in 1968, 1970 and 1973. He led the Indian delegation at the World Youth Congress held in [[Budapest]] in 1970.<ref name=":2" /> <br />
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He remained in [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI) following its [[1964 split in the Communist Party of India|split in 1964]]. In 1970s, he worked in the labour wing of the CPI.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/cpi-leader-gurudas-dasgupta-passes-away-at-83/1750380/|title=CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta passes away at 83|date=31 October 2019|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US|access-date=31 October 2019}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/cpi-leader-gurudas-dasgupta-passes-away/cid/1715868|title=CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta passes away|website=The Telegraph|language=en|access-date=3 November 2019}}</ref> He served as the Vice President of [[All India Trade Union Congress]] and [[Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union]].<ref name=":2" /><br />
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He worked as a parliamentarian for 25 years. He was elected as a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] in 1985, 1988 and 1994.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> Dasgupta was elected as the General Secretary of the [[All India Trade Union Congress]] (AITUC) in 2001. He was elected as a member of National Secretariat of CPI in 2004.<ref name=":2" /> In 2004, he was elected to the [[14th Lok Sabha]] from [[Panskura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Panskura]] in [[West Bengal]]. In 2009, he was elected to the [[15th Lok Sabha]] from [[Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ghatal]] in West Bengal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jansatta.com/national/veteran-cpi-leader-gurudas-dasgupta-passes-away-age-82-pm-modi-condoles/1207571/|title=नहीं रहे गुरुदास दासगुप्ता: हर्षद मेहता के शेयर घोटाले की संसद में खोली थी पोल|date=31 October 2019|website=Jansatta|language=hi|access-date=31 October 2019}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> He was a member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the [[Harshad Mehta]] scam and on the [[2G spectrum case]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/gurudas-dasgupta-rubbishes-jpc-report-on-2g-scam/article4639234.ece|title=Gurudas Dasgupta rubbishes JPC report on 2G scam|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=21 April 2013|access-date=11 March 2018}}</ref><br />
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Dasgupta died on 31 October 2019 due to complications of [[lung cancer]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/veteran-communist-party-leader-gurudas-dasgupta-dies-at-83-2124952|title=Veteran Communist Party Leader Gurudas Dasgupta Dies At 83|website=NDTV|access-date=31 October 2019}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><br />
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