Bhupesh Gupta
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Bhupesh Gupta | |
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Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
In office 1952–1981 | |
Constituency | West Bengal |
Personal details | |
Born | Itna, Mymensingh District, Bengal Province, British India (now in Bangladesh) | 20 October 1914
Died | 6 August 1981 Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union (now Moscow, Russia) | (aged 66)
Occupation | Parliamentarian |
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Bhupesh Gupta (Bengali: ভূপেশ গুপ্ত) (20 October 1914 – 6 August 1981) was an Indian politician and a leader of the Communist Party of India.
Early life[edit]
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][need quotation to verify]
Bhupesh Gupta joined Bengal revolutionaries in his school days.
Later life[edit]
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[edit]
- ↑ Datta 2008, p. 592
Sources[edit]
- Datta, Asit, ed. (2008), "Some Alumni of Scottish Church College", 175th Year Commemoration Volume, Kolkata, India: Scottish Church College, OCLC 243677369