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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