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| Office | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
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| Predecessor | Office established |
| Successor | Nepaldev Bhattacharjee
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| Constituency | West Bengal |
| Born | 1914-10-20 |
| Born | Itna, Kishoreganj District, Bengal Province, British India |
| Died | Template:Death date and age |
| Place of death | Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
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| Political party | Communist Party of India
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| Alma mater | Scottish Church College, University of Calcutta |
| Occupation | Parliamentarian
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Bhupesh Gupta (Template:Langx) (20 October 1914 – 6 August 1981) was an Indian politician and a leader of the Communist Party of India. [1]
He was one of the senior communist leaders and parliamentarians in Rajya Sabha. He was elected on 13 May 1952 as a Member of the Rajya Sabha and remained on the post till his death in 1981. He was the longest-serving member of the Rajya Sabha at the time of his death. [2]
Early life
He was born on 20 October 1914, at Itna, in the erstwhile Mymensingh District of Bengal Province in British India. He studied at the Scottish Church College of the University of Calcutta. [1] Bhupesh Gupta joined the freedom movement of India in his early years when he was active in the Bengal revolutionary group Anushilan Samiti.[3][4]
He did his Barrister-at-law from University College London and was called to the Bar from the Middle Temple, London. [1] In England he was a close friend of Indira Gandhi as both they participated in the activities of the India League, though their political conviction was different in later course. [5][6]Template:Request quotation
Later life
He was a member of the Rajya Sabha for five terms from West Bengal, from 13 May 1952 till his death. He was reelected in 1958, 1964, 1970 and 1976. He was a skilled parliamentarian. He died in Moscow on 6 August 1981.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Eminent Parliamentarian Monograph Series - Bhupesh Gupta{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Lok Sabha Secretariat(October 1990)
- ↑ Eminent Parliamentarian Monograph Series - Bhupesh Gupta{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Lok Sabha Secretariat(October 1990)
- ↑ Bhupesh: Some Reminiscences.
- ↑ Remembering Bhupesh Gupta on his Birth Centenary.
- ↑ Indira Wanted Soviets On Board For The Emergency.
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- ↑ Eminent Parliamentarian Monograph Series - Bhupesh Gupta{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Lok Sabha Secretariat(October 1990)
Sources
- [{{{url}}} 175th Year Commemoration Volume]. Scottish Church College(2008).
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