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'''Indrajit Gupta''' ('''ইন্দ্রজিৎ গুপ্ত''') (18 March 1919 – 20 February 2001) was an Indian politician who belonged to the [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI). From 1996 to 1998, he served as [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Union Home Minister]] in the [[United Front (India)|United Front]] governments of prime ministers [[H. D. Deve Gowda]] and [[I. K. Gujral]]. That was a dramatic reversal of roles, as the home ministry had, since independence in 1947, banned the CPI thrice, with many of its members, including Gupta, being sent to prison or pushed underground for long stretches.<ref name = "I&B">{{cite web | '''Indrajit Gupta''' ({{lang-bn|'''ইন্দ্রজিৎ গুপ্ত'''}}) (18 March 1919 – 20 February 2001) was an Indian politician who belonged to the [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI). From 1996 to 1998, he served as [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Union Home Minister]] in the [[United Front (India)|United Front]] governments of prime ministers [[H. D. Deve Gowda]] and [[I. K. Gujral]]. That was a dramatic reversal of roles, as the home ministry had, since independence in 1947, banned the CPI thrice, with many of its members, including Gupta, being sent to prison or pushed underground for long stretches.<ref name = "I&B">{{cite web | ||
| url =http://rrtd.nic.in/indrajeet%20gupta.html| title = Biography – Indrajit Gupta| access-date = 15 March 2007| work = Vol. No. XLIV 07March 2001 B. No.35 (16Phalguna 1922)| publisher = Research, Reference and Training Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India}}</ref> He was the longest-serving member{{Efn|Note Indrajit Gupta is only the longest serving member of [[Lok Sabha]] not [[Indian Parliament]] as [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] has been elected 12 times to [[Indian Parliament]], 10 Times to [[Lok Sabha]] and twice to [[Rajya Sabha]] while Inderjit Gupta has won 11 times}} having been elected eleven times to the [[Lok Sabha]] the lower house of [[Indian Parliament]].He suffered his only electoral reverse when he lost to [[Ashok Krishna Dutt]] in 1977 after the CPI supported [[Indian Emergency|Emergency]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/obituary/story/20010305-freedom-fighter-and-politician-indrajit-gupta-passes-away-775603-2001-03-05 | title=Freedom fighter and politician Indrajit Gupta passes away | publisher=India Today | work=Sumit Mitra | date=5 March 2001 | access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/indrajit-gupta-longest-serving-parliamentarian/story-ywrTqgiKRKRTxTkOnrP0RP.html | title=Indrajit Gupta: longest serving Parliamentarian | publisher=Hindustan Times | date=13 August 2002 | access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref> | | url =http://rrtd.nic.in/indrajeet%20gupta.html| title = Biography – Indrajit Gupta| access-date = 15 March 2007| work = Vol. No. XLIV 07March 2001 B. No.35 (16Phalguna 1922)| publisher = Research, Reference and Training Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India}}</ref> He was the longest-serving member{{Efn|Note Indrajit Gupta is only the longest serving member of [[Lok Sabha]] not [[Indian Parliament]] as [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] has been elected 12 times to [[Indian Parliament]], 10 Times to [[Lok Sabha]] and twice to [[Rajya Sabha]] while Inderjit Gupta has won 11 times}} having been elected eleven times to the [[Lok Sabha]] the lower house of [[Indian Parliament]].He suffered his only electoral reverse when he lost to [[Ashok Krishna Dutt]] in 1977 after the CPI supported [[Indian Emergency|Emergency]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/obituary/story/20010305-freedom-fighter-and-politician-indrajit-gupta-passes-away-775603-2001-03-05 | title=Freedom fighter and politician Indrajit Gupta passes away | publisher=India Today | work=Sumit Mitra | date=5 March 2001 | access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/indrajit-gupta-longest-serving-parliamentarian/story-ywrTqgiKRKRTxTkOnrP0RP.html | title=Indrajit Gupta: longest serving Parliamentarian | publisher=Hindustan Times | date=13 August 2002 | access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref> | ||