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			\| father = Mahesh Chandra Gupta
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	'''Bhupesh Gupta''' ({{lang-bn\|ভূপেশ গুপ্ত}}) (20 October 1914 – 6 August 1981) was an Indian politician and a leader of the ].

			'''Bhupesh Gupta''' ({{langx\|bn\|ভূপেশ গুপ্ত}}) (20 October 1914 – 6 August 1981) was an Indian politician and a leader of the ]. <ref name=“Parliament”>{{cite book \|title=Eminent Parliamentarian Monograph Series - Bhupesh Gupta \|date=October 1990 \|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat \|location=New Delhi \|page=1 \|url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/58677/1/Eminent_Parliamentarians_Series_Bhupesh_Gupta.pdf \|access-date=4 April 2024}}</ref>

			He was one of the senior communist leaders and parliamentarians in ]. He was elected on 13 May 1952 as a Member of the Rajya Sabha and remained on the post till his death in 1981. He was the longest-serving member of the Rajya Sabha at the time of his death. <ref>{{cite book \|title=Eminent Parliamentarian Monograph Series - Bhupesh Gupta \|date=October 1990 \|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat \|location=New Delhi \|page=8 \|url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/58677/1/Eminent_Parliamentarians_Series_Bhupesh_Gupta.pdf \|access-date=4 April 2024}}</ref>
	==Early life==		==Early life==
			He was born on 20 October 1914, at Itna, in the erstwhile ] of ] in ]. He studied at the ] of the ]. <ref name=“Parliament” /> Bhupesh Gupta joined the freedom movement of India in his early years when he was active in the Bengal revolutionary group ].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article6763.html\|title=Bhupesh: Some Reminiscences \| publisher= Mainstream magazine}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=https://mainstreamweekly.net/article5258.html\|title=Remembering Bhupesh Gupta on his Birth Centenary \| publisher= Mainstream magazine}}</ref>
	He was born on
	October 20, 1914 at Itna in ] of
	of ] in ] (now ]). His father, Shri
	Mahesh Chandra Gupta was a rich landlord. Though
	born in a wealthy family, Bhupesh hardly cared and
	plunged into national movement at the age of 16, and
	never looked back. He chose to remain a life-long
	bachelor with single-minded devotion to the serviceof the country and the communist cause. Bhupesh Gupta: Outstanding Parliamentarian,
	Builder of Communist Movement Bhupesh all along was a
	brilliant student, educated at renowned ] of the ] and ] He passed his F.A. and B.A.
	examinations of Calcutta
	University from Behrampur detention
	camp with distinction. In
	Berhampur, he was in the
	same cell for four years
	as ], a
	founder of CPI in Bihar.

			He did his ] from ] and was called to the ] from the ], London. <ref name=“Parliament” /> In England he was a close friend of Mrs. ] as both they participated in the activities of the ], though their political conviction was different in later course. <ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/2015/jun/21/indira-wanted-soviets-on-board-for-the-emergency-772451.html\|title=Indira Wanted Soviets On Board For The Emergency \| publisher=]}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb\|Datta\|2008\|p=592}}</ref>{{Request quotation\|date=December 2021}}
	==In revolutionary and communist movement==

	Soon Bhupesh was
	drawn into the magic
	circle of national revolutionaries, joining the
	revolutionary group
	] headed by
	].
	He also took an active
	part in Civil Disobedience Movement, and was arrested several times: in
	1930, 1931 and 1933, and was kept in detention till 1937. It was then that he came in touch with the
	Marxist ideology.

	His father wanted Bhupesh to keep off politics, and as such wrote to the government requesting Bhupesh be sent to England for higher studies. Government agreeing, Bhupesh went
	to England to study law and was called to the Bar from the Middle Temple, London.

	But in England he came in contact with the ] and student movement, and turned a communist. He met a large
	number of communists including Indian ones. Bhupesh returned to India in 1941 and devoted himself full-time to ]. Initially he worked
	in the underground head-
	quarters of CPI. He was
	also one of the founders
	of the ] (FSU) in
	1941.

	As a member of Jana
	Raksha Samiti, Bhupesh
	did tremendous amount
	of work during the Great
	Bengal Famine of 1943.
	He also was a founder of
	the People’s Relief Com-
	mittee. He defended the
	accused in [[Tebhaga movement\|Tebhaga
	peasants’ movement]] of
	1946. He also defended
	the workers of Jamshedpur including of TELCO in 1946 in compulsory adjudication under the Defence of India Rules.

	==Later life==		==Later life==
	He was a member of the ] 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.		He was a member of the ] for five terms from West Bengal, from 13 May 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.<ref>{{cite book \|title=Eminent Parliamentarian Monograph Series - Bhupesh Gupta \|date=October 1990 \|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat \|location=New Delhi \|page=11 \|url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/58677/1/Eminent_Parliamentarians_Series_Bhupesh_Gupta.pdf \|access-date=4 April 2024}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
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The Right HonourableBhupesh GuptaMP


Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 1952–1981
Constituency	West Bengal

Personal details
Born	(1914-10-20)20 October 1914 Itna, Mymensingh District, Bengal Province, British India
Died	6 August 1981(1981-08-06) (aged 66) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Parent	Mahesh Chandra Gupta (father)
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.

He was one of the senior communist leaders and parliamentarians in Rajya Sabha. He was elected on 13 May 1952 as a Member of the Rajya Sabha and remained on the post till his death in 1981. He was the longest-serving member of the Rajya Sabha at the time of his death.

Early life

He was born on 20 October 1914, 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 from the Middle Temple, London. In England he was a close friend of Mrs. Indira Gandhi 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 13 May 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

^ Eminent Parliamentarian Monograph Series - Bhupesh Gupta (PDF). New Delhi: Lok Sabha Secretariat. October 1990. p. 1. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
Eminent Parliamentarian Monograph Series - Bhupesh Gupta (PDF). New Delhi: Lok Sabha Secretariat. October 1990. p. 8. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
"Bhupesh: Some Reminiscences". Mainstream magazine.
"Remembering Bhupesh Gupta on his Birth Centenary". Mainstream magazine.
"Indira Wanted Soviets On Board For The Emergency". The New Indian Express.
Datta 2008, p. 592
Eminent Parliamentarian Monograph Series - Bhupesh Gupta (PDF). New Delhi: Lok Sabha Secretariat. October 1990. p. 11. Retrieved 4 April 2024.

Sources

Datta, Asit, ed. (2008), "Some Alumni of Scottish Church College", 175th Year Commemoration Volume, Kolkata, India: Scottish Church College, OCLC 243677369

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