Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
12th Lok Sabha
GUPTA, SHRI INDRAJIT
[COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA - MIDNAPORE (WEST BENGAL)]
Father's Name Shri Satish Chandra Gupta
Date of Birth 18 March 1919
Place of Birth Calcutta (West Bengal)
Marital Status Married on 7 June 1981
Spouse's Name Smt. Suraiya Gupta
Children One son and three daughters
Educational Qualifications
B.A. (Hons.)
Educated at St. Stephen's College, Delhi and
King's College, Cambridge University (U.K.)
Profession
Political and Social Worker
Permanent Address
1, Dover Road,
Calcutta-700019
(West Bengal)
Tel. (033) 4753252
Present Address
41, Western Court,
New Delhi - 110001
Tels. (011) 3367821
Positions Held
1960 Elected to 2nd Lok Sabha
1962 Re-elected to 3rd Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1967 Re-elected to 4th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
1971 Re-elected to 5th Lok Sabha (4th term)
1980 Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (5th term)
1980-90 General-Secretary, All India Trade Union
Congress (A.I.T.U.C.)
1982 Vice-President, W.F.T.U.
onwards
1984 Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (6th term)
1985-89 Member, General Purposes Committee
1986-87 Member, Committee on Petitions
Member, Business Advisory Committee
1989 Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (7th term)
Member, Business Advisory Committee
1990-91 Member, Library Committee
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of IndiaPress
Affairs
1990-96 General-Secretary, Communist Party of India (C.P.I.)
1990-91 Member, Rules Committee
Member, Consultative Committee constituted
under the Punjab State Legislative (Delegation
of Powers) Act, 1987
1990 Member, Committee to Review Lok Sabha Secretariat
Rules, 1955
1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (8th term)
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
Defence
1995-96 Chairman, Committee on Defence
1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (9th term)
1996-98 Union Cabinet Minister, IndiaPress Affairs
1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (10th term)
1998-99 Member, Committee on Defence and its
Sub-Committee-I
Member, General Purposes Committee
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
Defence
Books Published
(i) Capital and Labour in the Jute Industry; and
(ii) Self-Reliance in National Defence
Special Interests
Economic affairs, foreign affairs and defence
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading, games, sports and walking
Countries Visited
Widely travelled; Member, (i) Indian Parliamentary Delegation
to I.P.U. Conference, London 1975; (ii) Indian Parliamentary
Delegation to I.P.U. Conference, Madrid, 1976; and (iii)Prime
Minister's delegation, Namibia, 1990
Other Information
Went underground for one-and-a-half year during 1948-50; suffered
imprisonment in 1953, 1959 and 1969; Conferred 'Outstanding
Parliamentarian' Award, 1992; President, Several Trade Union
Organisations; Member, Council of Indian Institute of
Technology, 1990; Elected President, W.F.T.U., 1998
Election Result of
Midnapore Lok Sabha Constituency
Total electorate 10,81,863
Total votes polled 8,74,531
Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates
(1) Shri Indrajit Gupta (C.P.I.) 4,52,671
(2) Shri Manoranjan Dutta (B.J.P.) 1,77,152
(3) Dr. Nitish Sengupta (W.B.T.C.) 1,31,352
(4) Shri Satish Chandra Jana (I.N.C.) 90,737
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