Bhupesh Gupta
Bhupesh Gupta (Bengali: ভূপেশ গুপ্ত) (20 October 1914 – 6 August 1981) was an Indian politician and a leader of the Communist Party of India.
Bhupesh Gupta | |
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| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 1952–1981 | |
| Constituency | West Bengal |
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| Born | 20 October 1914 Itna, Mymensingh District, Bengal Province, British India (now in Bangladesh) |
| Died | 6 August 1981 (aged 66) Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union (now Moscow, Russia) |
| Occupation | Parliamentarian |
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Early life
He was born at Itna, in the erstwhile Mymensingh District of Bengal Province in British India. He studied at the renowned Scottish Church College of the University of Calcutta.[1]
Bhupesh Gupta joined Bengal revolutionaries in his school days.
Later life
He was a member of the Rajya Sabha for five terms from West Bengal, from 3 April 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.
References
- Datta 2008, p. 592
Sources
- Datta, Asit, ed. (2008), "Some Alumni of Scottish Church College", 175th Year Commemoration Volume, Kolkata, India: Scottish Church College, OCLC 243677369
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