GUPTA, SHRI INDRAJIT
C.P.I - 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

Positions Held :
   
1960Elected to Lok Sabha (Second)
1962Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Third)
1967Elected to Lok Sabha (Fourth) for the third time
1971Elected to Lok Sabha (Fifth) for the fourth time
1980Elected to Lok Sabha (Seventh) for the fifth time
1980-90General Secretary, A.I.T.U.C.
1982 onwardsVice-President, W.F.T.U.
1984Elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth) for the sixth time
1985-89Member, General Purposes Committee
1986-87Member, Committee on Petitions 
Member, Business Advisory Committee
1989Elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth) for the Seventh time
Dec. 1989Member, Business Advisory Committee
1990-91Member, Library Committee
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of IndiaPress Affairs
1990-96General Secretary, Communist Party of India
Jan. 1990-91Member, Rules Committee
Member, Consultative Committee constituted under the 
Punjab State 
Legislative (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1987
Oct. 1990Member, Committee to Review Lok Sabha Secretariat 
Rules, 1955
1991Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) for the eighth time
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
1995-96Chairman, Standing Committee on Defence
1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the ninth time
28 June 1996 onwardsUnion Cabinet Minister, IndiaPress Affairs

Books Published:
(i) 'Capital and Labour in the Jute Industry' 
(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;  Delegate  to  I.P.U.  Conference, London 1975; 
Delegate  to  I.P.U.  Conference,  Madrid,  1976;  Member, Prime 
Minister's delegation to Namibia in March 1990

Other Information :
Went underground for one-and a half-year during 1948-50; suffered 
imprisonment in  1953, 1959  and  1969;  President, Several Trade 
Union  Organisations;  Member,  Council  of  Indian  Institute of 
Technology, 1990

Election Result :
   
Midnapore Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate10,51,814
Total votes polled 8,89,188
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates :
(1) Shri Indrajit Gupta (C.P.I.)4,88,569
(2) Shri D.P. Roy (I.N.C.)2,77,920
(3) Shri Manoranjan Datta (B.J.P.)  58,751
(4) Shri Sudeb Banprasthi (Ind.)      9,290