Indrajit Gupta
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The Honourable Leader Indrajit Gupta |
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| Minister of Home Affairs | |
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In office 29 June 1996 – 19 March 1998 |
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| Prime Minister |
H. D. Deve Gowda I. K. Gujral |
| Preceded by | H. D. Deve Gowda |
| Succeeded by | L. K. Advani |
| Member of parliament, Lok Sabha | |
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In office 20 October 1989 – 20 February 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Narayan Choubey |
| Succeeded by | Prabodh Panda |
| Constituency | Midnapore |
| President of World Federation of Trade Unions | |
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In office 1989–1999 |
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| Member of parliament, Lok Sabha | |
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In office 1967–1977 |
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| Preceded by | New Seat |
| Succeeded by | Somnath Chatterjee |
| Constituency | Jadavpur |
| Member of parliament, Lok Sabha | |
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In office 1980–1989 |
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| Preceded by | Alhaj M.A.Hannan |
| Succeeded by | Manoranjan Sur |
| Constituency | Basirhat |
| Member of parliament, Lok Sabha | |
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In office 1960–1967 |
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| Preceded by | Sadhan Chandra Gupta |
| Succeeded by | Ranendra Nath Sen |
| Constituency | Calcutta South West |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
18 March 1919 Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 20 February 2001 (aged 81) Kolkata |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Communist Party of India |
| Spouse(s) | Suraiya |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Indrajit Gupta (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 Union Home Minister in the 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.
Gupta belonged to a Brahmo family of Calcutta. His paternal grandfather, Behari Lal Gupta, ICS, was the Dewan of Baroda and his elder brother, Ranajit Gupta, ICS, was Chief Secretary of West Bengal. His father, Satish Gupta, who belonged to the IA&AS was an Accountant General of India. After his schooling at Simla, where his father was posted, Gupta studied at St. Stephen's College, Delhi and later went to King's College, Cambridge. While studying in England he came under the influence of Rajani Palme Dutt and joined the communist movement. With a Tripos from the University of Cambridge he returned to Calcutta in 1938 to join the peasants' and workers' movement. 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. He went underground in India during 1948–50 when there was a crackdown on Communists.
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.
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