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Krishna Govinda Gupta was born in a Baidya-Brahmin family in Bhatpara village, Sadar Police Station, Narsingdi district, near Dhaka, presently located in Bangladesh.<ref name=tibd>{{cite book|title=The Indian Biographical Dictionary|year=1915|url=https://archive.org/stream/indianbiographic00raoc/indianbiographic00raoc_djvu.txt}}</ref> His father was Kali Narayan Gupta, a landlord of Bhatpara, and an eminent person in Brahma society.<ref name="school">{{cite web|url=http://pskgghs.edu.bd/প্রতিষ্ঠানের-তথ্য/|title=প্রতিষ্ঠানের তথ্য|website=pskgghs.edu.bd|access-date=2017-08-29}}</ref> His mother was Annada Sundari Gupta, a daughter of Madhab Chandra Sen. His early education was carried out at Mymensingh Government School and Dacca College. Later, he joined the [[University College, London]] where he successfully took the Open Competitive Examination standing 2nd in the final examination. He became the seventh Indian member of the Indian Civil Service, joining the service as a probationer in 1871 coming out to India in 1873. He was also called to the Bar by [[Middle Temple|The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple]]. His brothers were Peary Mohan Gupta, Ganga Gobinda Gupta and Benoy Chandra Gupta. His sisters were Subala Gupta, Bimala Das, Hemanta Shashi Sen, Soudamini Das, Chapala Dutta, Sarala Das.{{cn|date=March 2018}}  

He was married to Prasanna Tara Gupta, who was a daughter of Nabin Chandra Das. His children were Jatindra Chandra Gupta, Hem Kusum Sen, married to [[Atul Prasad Sen]], Saraju Sen, Ila Gupta and Nilini Gupta, married to [[Sir]] [[Albion Rajkumar Banerjee]], [[Indian Civil Service|ICS]].{{cn|date=March 2018}}

In 25 July 1907, Krishna Govinda Gupta along with Dr. [[Syed Hussain Bilgrami]] became the first Indian to be nominated as member of the Secretary of State's Council of India.<ref name=riddick>{{cite book|first=John F|last=Riddick|title=The History of British India - A Chronology|publisher=Praeger Publishers|year=2006|isbn=0-313-32280-5}}</ref> Later he was also appointed as a member of Lord Esher's Army in India Committee in 1920.

Satyendranath Tagore (1842–1923), an ICS of 1963, was a close associate of Krishna Govinda in his socio literary activities. Taraknath Palit, Monomohun Ghose, Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, Bihari Lal Gupta and Krishna Govinda Gupta were some of the regular participants among the eminent stalwarts of the then Bengal in the ''majlis'' (discussions) arranged from time to time in Satyendranath's house in Park Street and Ballygunge.<ref name=agrawal>{{cite book|editor-first=Lion M. G.|editor-last=Agrawal|title= Freedom Fighters of India - Vol 4|publisher=Isha Books, Delhi|year=2008|isbn=978-81-8205-472-1}}</ref>