Gupta, Shri Indrajit Constituency   : Midnapore (West Bengal) Party Name     : Communist Party of India (CPI)

Father’s Name Shri Satish Chandra Gupta Date of Birth 18 Mar 1919 Place of Birth Calcutta (West Bengal) Marital Status Married Date of Marriage 07 Jun 1981 Spouse’s Name Smt. Suraiya Gupta No. of Sons 1 No.of Daughters 3 Educational Qualifications B. A. (Hons.) Educated at St. Stephen`s College, Delhi and King`s College, Cambridge University (U. K.) Profession Social Worker Permanent Address 1, Dover Road, Calcutta-700019 (West Bengal) (033) 4753252 Present Address 41, Western Court, Janpath, New Delhi- 110001 (011) 3367821, 3348918 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 onwards Vice-President, W.F.T.U.

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 Member, Committee to Review Lok Sabha Secretariat Rules, 1955

1990-91 Member, Library Committee

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home 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

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, Home 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

Chairman, Committee on State Funding of Elections, West Bengal

President, W.F.T.U.

1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (11th term)

1999-2000 Leader, C.P.I. Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha

Chairman, Committee on Subordinate Legislation

Member, Committee on Defence

Member, General Purposes Committee

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 years during 1948-50; suffered imprisonment in 1953,1959 and 1969; Conferred `Outstanding Parliamentarian` Award, 1992; President of Several Trade Union Organisations; Member, Council of Indian Institute of Technology, 1990

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