Indrajit Gupta

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Indrajit Gupta
Calcutta South West
Personal details
Born(1919-03-18)18 March 1919
British India
Died20 February 2001(2001-02-20) (aged 81)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Political partyCommunist Party of India
SpouseSuraiya

Indrajit Gupta (18 March 1919 – 20 February 2001) was an Indian politician who belonged to the

Emergency.[4][5]

Early life

Gupta belonged to a

Rajani Palme Dutt and joined the communist movement.[8] With a Tripos from the University of Cambridge[7] he returned to Calcutta in 1938 to join the peasants' and workers' movement.[8] He not only had to go to jail for his communist activities but was also sentenced to 'party jail' in 1948 for adopting a soft stand within the party.[8] He went underground in India during 1948–50 when there was a crackdown on Communists.[3]

Parliamentarian

Gupta was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament of India, for the first time in 1960, in a by-election. Thereafter, except for a short period from 1977 to 1980, he was a member till his death. In later years, as a result of his being the oldest member of the Lok Sabha he served as pro tem Speaker in 1996, 1998 and 1999. The office of pro tem Speaker is a ceremonial one mainly to conduct the swearing in of the newly elected members.[3][9][10]

Gupta served on a number of parliamentary committees with distinction. He was chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on defence during 1995–1996 and was chairman of the committee on subordinate legislation from 1999 till his death. He was a member of the rules committee during 1990–1991, general purposes committee during 1985–1989 and from 1998 onwards; committee on defence from 1998–2000, committee on petitions during 1986–1987, business advisory committee from 1986–1987 and in 1989, library committee during 1990–1991 and the committee to review Lok Sabha Secretariat rules in 1990.[9]

Gupta was conferred with the ‘Outstanding Parliamentarian’ Award in 1992.

K.R. Narayanan paid a tribute, using three characteristics in his condolence message that suitably describes the man: "Gandhian simplicity, democratic outlook and deep commitment to values."[3]

Works

Capital and Labour in the Jute Industry and Self Reliance in National Defence[3]

Notes

  1. Indian Parliament, 10 Times to Lok Sabha and twice to Rajya Sabha
    while Indrajit Gupta has won 11 times

References

  1. ^ "Members bio profile of Lok Sabha website". National Informatics Centre, New Delhi & Lok Sabha. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Of principled social commitment".
  3. ^ a b c d e "Biography – Indrajit Gupta". Vol. No. XLIV 07March 2001 B. No.35 (16Phalguna 1922). Research, Reference and Training Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2007.
  4. ^ "Freedom fighter and politician Indrajit Gupta passes away". Sumit Mitra. India Today. 5 March 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Indrajit Gupta: longest serving Parliamentarian". Hindustan Times. 13 August 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Obituary Reference" (PDF). Lok Sabha Debates. 33 (3): 651. 9 September 1964. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  7. ^ a b Mitra, Sumit. "Gentleman Communist". Obituary. India Today. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2007.
  8. ^ a b c Bose, Anjali, Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan (Biographical dictionary), Appendix of Vol II, 2005, p. 9, (in Bengali), Sansad
  9. ^ a b c "References made to passing away of Shri Indrajit Gupta". Part II Proceedings other than Questions and Answers (XIII Lok Sabha). Lok Sabha Debates. Archived from the original on 19 July 2003. Retrieved 15 March 2007.
  10. ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections 1999 to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume I (National and State abstracts). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2007.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Union Minister for Home Affairs of India

1996–1998 		Succeeded by
Lal Krishna Advani
Trade union offices
Preceded by President of the World Federation of Trade Unions
1989–1990 		Succeeded by
Ibrahim Zakharia
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