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She was the daughter of Sarat Datta Gupta, [[Indian Audits and Accounts Service|IAAS]], Accountant General of India | She was the daughter of Sarat Kumar Datta Gupta, [[Indian Audits and Accounts Service|IAAS]], who retired as the Accountant General of India and later served as Agent (Railway Finance) of Jaipur State and Sarajubala Datta Gupta (née Sen). She was born on 5 October in her maternal grandparents' home in [[Dhaka]]. Her paternal ancestors owned substantial tracts of land on the Tarpasha side of Jainshar village in Dacca, Bikrampur, which the family held until the second partition of Bengal in 1947. Her paternal relatives were however not too significantly affected by the partition since most members of the family had been living and working in Calcutta since the end of the nineteenth century. In Calcutta she lived with her parents for the most part of her life at 41, Hazra Road. | ||
Shanti Dasgupta, MLA, who was an education minister in the Government of West Bengal (1972–77) was her nephew. [[Barun De]], the historian, was a nephew-in-law.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}} Ardhendu Sen, IAS, a former Chief Secretary of West Bengal, is a grandnephew of hers. | Shanti Dasgupta, MLA, who was an education minister in the Government of West Bengal (1972–77) was her nephew. [[Barun De]], the historian, was a nephew-in-law.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}} Ardhendu Sen, IAS, a former Chief Secretary of West Bengal, is a grandnephew of hers. | ||