Bhupesh Gupta ( bn, ভূপেশ গুপ্ত) (20 October 1914 – 6 August 1981) was an Indian politician and a leader of the
Communist Party of India
Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur (formerly known as Cawnpore) on 26 December 1925.
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, He was one of the senior communist leaders and parliamentarian in
Rajya Sabha.
Early life
He was born at Itna, in the erstwhile
Mymensingh District of
Bengal Province in
British India. He studied at the
Scottish Church College of the
University of Calcutta. Bhupesh Gupta joined the freedom movement of India in his early years when he was active in the Bengal revolutionary group
Anushilan Samiti.
He did his
Barrister-at-law from
University College London and was called to the
Bar
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from the
Middle Temple, London. In England he was a close friend of Mrs.
Indira Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (; Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was elected as third prime minister of India in 1966 ...
as both they participated in the activities of the
India League, though their political conviction was different in later course.
Later life
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.
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Communist Party of India politicians from West Bengal
1914 births
1981 deaths
Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal
Scottish Church College alumni
University of Calcutta alumni
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