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{{Infobox Officeholder
|name = Ishwari Prasad Gupta
|image = File:IP Gupta.jpg
|caption = I.P. Gupta <small>IAS</small>
|order = 7th
|office = Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
|term_start = 23 December 1996
|term_end = 25 May 2001
|predecessor = [[Vakkom Purushothaman]]
|successor = [[Nagendra Nath Jha]]
|birth_date = {{birth date|1931|2|5}}
|birth_place = [[Arrah]] ([[Bihar]]) [[India]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|2018|12|12|1931|2|5}}
|death_place = [[New Delhi]] [[India ]]
|spouse = Sushila Gupta
|children = Pramod Gupta & Vinod Gupta ([[son]])<br>Pushpa Verma & Poonam Singh ([[daughter]])
|profession = Retired [[Indian Administrative Service]]
|party =
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}}

'''Ishwari Prasad Gupta''' (5 February 1931, [[Arrah]] - 12 December 2018 Delhi) was a 1958 batch [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]].<ref name="arspindia1">{{cite web |url=http://arspindia.com/members-directory/all-members/ |title=All Members |publisher=ARSP India |date= |accessdate=2013-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190757/http://arspindia.com/members-directory/all-members/ |archive-date=29 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He had been the Joint Secretary to the Government of India, [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]], Chief Secretary to the [[Government of Tripura]] and [[Lt Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands]].

Gupta has also been writing on political and diplomatic issues from time to time in the [[newspaper]]s.{{citation needed|date=May 2013}} He is survived by his spouse and younger son, Vinod Gupta, in [[New Delhi]].<ref name="arspindia1"/>

==Early life==
Ishwari Prasad Gupta was born to Bishwa Nath Gupta and Janki Devi on 5 February 1931 in [[Bihar]]. He was a meritorious student since childhood who passed every class securing first division up to postgraduate standard. He took [[M.Sc.]] degree in [[Mathematics]] with a [[Gold medal]] in 1951 at the age of 20 from the erstwhile [[Patna Science College]], which is now known as [[Patna University]]. He also did [[LL.B.]] from [[Delhi University]] in 1996 after retirement from [[Indian Administrative Service]]. He was inspired by the [[Karmayoga]] doctrines of [[Swami Vivekanand]] throughout his entire life.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}}

==Career==
Gupta joined IAS in 1958 under [[Manipur]] - [[Tripura]] cadre. He served as Secretary, Deputy Commissioner in the Government of [[Arunachal Pradesh]]. From 1969 to 1972 he was the Chief Secretary to the Government of Tripura. Later he was assigned as Director/Deputy Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs from 1972 to 1975.{{fact|date=September 2018}}

==Administrative assignments==
From 1975 to 1976 he remained Hill Commissioner of Manipur. Then he was posted as Chief Secretary to the Government of Arunachal Pradesh in 1976 where he served up to 1981.

From 1981 to 1984 he was assigned the post of Joint Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs. Looking into his previous performances he was again sent to Tripura to serve as Chief Secretary.

He was Additional Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Home affairs from December 1985 to March 1988. Again he was assigned the post of Chief Secretary to Tripura Government.

Later he was Advisor to the [[Governor of Assam]] from November 1990 to June 1991. He was made the Member, Central Administrative [[Tribunal]], Principal Bench, [[New Delhi]] from June 1991 to February 1993.

==State election commissioner==
From October 1994 to February 1996 he remained the state election commissioner for [[Union territory|Union territories]] of [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]], [[Lakshdweep]], [[Daman and Diu]] and [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]].

==Lieutenant Governor==
His last assignment as a diplomat was the [[Lieutenant governor]] of Andaman and Nicobar Islands from 23 December 1996 to 25 May 2001.

==Honored by Bangladesh==
Prime Minister of Bangladesh [[Sheikh Hasina]] honored him recently on 27 March 2012 at [[Dhaka]]. She expressed her sincere gratitude and respect to all the foreign friends of Bangladesh who were honored this day along with Gupta, for their invaluable contributions in the [[Liberation War of Bangladesh]] as well as for their unflinching support.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2012-03-26&nid=5229 |title=Bangladesh honours foreign friends tomorrow |publisher=Newagebd.com |date= |accessdate=2013-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195417/http://www.newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2012-03-26&nid=5229 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=thedailystar.net |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=36705 |title=Breaking & Latest News from Bangladesh |publisher=The Daily Star |date= |accessdate=2013-10-25}}</ref>

==Works==
Some of his published articles in [[English language]] are:
* Article 371A: Implications<ref>''NE SUN'' (Newspaper) [[New Delhi]] October 8–14, 1994 page 24 & 25</ref>
* Humane Touch<ref>''NE SUN'' (Newspaper) [[New Delhi]] October 22–28, 1994 page 24</ref>
* TNV Accord - an assessment<ref>''NE SUN'' (Newspaper) [[New Delhi]] January 14–20, 1995 page 10 & 11</ref>
* Evolution of N-E States<ref>''NORTH EAST SUN'' (Newspaper) [[New Delhi]] October 15–31, 1996 page 28</ref>
* Repatriating the Chakmas<ref>''NORTH EAST SUN'' (Newspaper) [[New Delhi]] 14 November 1996 page 31</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195417/http://www.newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2012-03-26&nid=5229 Bangladesh honours foreign friends tomorrow]
* [http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=36705 PM offers gratitude to friends of Bangladesh]
* [https://archive.today/20130111161543/http://www.exploreandaman.in/about-andamans.html Exploreandaman.in]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040219025457/http://www.hindu.com/2004/01/02/stories/2004010203800300.htm Hindu.com]

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| title=[[Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] | years=1996–2001
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