Know your Politician
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Midnapore (West Bengal )
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Party Name :
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Communist Party of India(CPI)
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Father’s Name
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Shri Satish Chandra Gupta
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Date of Birth
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18.03.1919
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Place of Birth
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Calcutta (West Bengal)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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07 Jun 1981
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Spouse’s Name
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Smt. Suraiya Gupta
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No. of Sons
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1
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No.of Daughters
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3
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Educational Qualifications
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B. A. (Hons.)
Educated at St. Stephen`s College, Delhi and King`s College, Cambridge University (U. K.)
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Profession
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Social Worker
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Permanent Address |
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1, Dover Road, Calcutta-700019 (West Bengal)
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(033) 4753252
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Present Address |
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41, Western Court, Janpath, New Delhi- 110001
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(011) 3367821, 3348918
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Position Held |
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1960
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Elected to 2nd Lok Sabha
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1962
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Re-elected to 3rd Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1967
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Re-elected to 4th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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1971
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Re-elected to 5th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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1980
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Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (5th term)
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1980-90
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General-Secretary, All India Trade Union Congress (A.I.T.U.C.)
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1982 onwards
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Vice-President, W.F.T.U.
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1984
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Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (6th term)
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1985-89
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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1986-87
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Member, Committee on Petitions
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Member, Business Advisory Committee
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1989
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Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (7th term)
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Member, Business Advisory Committee
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1990
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Member, Committee to Review Lok Sabha Secretariat Rules, 1955
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1990-91
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Member, Library Committee
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs
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1990-96
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General-Secretary, Communist Party of India (C.P.I.)
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1990-91
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Member, Rules Committee
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Member, Consultative Committee Constituted under the Punjab State Legislative (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1987
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1991
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Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (8th term)
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
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1995-96
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Chairman, Committee on Defence
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1996
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Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (9th term)
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1996-98
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Union Cabinet Minister, Home Affairs
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1998
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (10th term)
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1998-99
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Member, Committee on Defence and its Sub-Committee-I
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
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Chairman, Committee on State Funding of Elections, West Bengal
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (11th term)
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1999-2000
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Leader, C.P.I. Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
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Chairman, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
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Member, Committee on Defence
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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Book Published
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(i) Capital and Labour in the Jute Industry; and
(ii) Self-Reliance in National Defence
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Special Interests
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Economic affairs, foreign affairs and defence
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Reading, games, sports and walking
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Countries Visited
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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
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Other Information
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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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Reference: Loksabha