Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta (18 March 1919 – 20 February 2001) was an Indian politician who belonged to the Communist Party of India (CPI). From 1996 to 1998, he served as Union Home Minister in the United Front governments of prime ministers H. D. Deve Gowda and I. K. Gujral. That was a dramatic reversal of roles, as the home ministry had, since independence in 1947, banned the CPI thrice, with many of its members, including Gupta, being sent to prison or pushed underground for long stretches. He was the longest-serving member having been elected eleven times to the Lok Sabha the lower house of Indian Parliament. He suffered his only electoral reverse when he lost to Ashok Krishna Dutt in 1977 after the CPI supported Emergency.

Indrajit Gupta
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
29 June 1996 – 19 March 1998
Prime MinisterH. D. Deve Gowda
I. K. Gujral
Preceded byH. D. Deve Gowda
Succeeded byL. K. Advani
President of World Federation of Trade Unions
In office
1989–1999
Preceded bySándor Gáspár
Succeeded byIbrahim Zakaria
General Secretary of the Communist Party of India
In office
1990–1996
Preceded byChandra Rajeswara Rao
Succeeded byArdhendu Bhushan Bardhan
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
20 October 1989 – 20 February 2001
Preceded byNarayan Choubey
Succeeded byPrabodh Panda
ConstituencyMidnapore, West Bengal
In office
1980–1989
Preceded byAlhaj M.A.Hannan
Succeeded byManoranjan Sur
ConstituencyBasirhat, West Bengal
In office
1967–1977
Preceded byNew Seat
Succeeded bySomnath Chatterjee
ConstituencyAlipore, West Bengal
In office
1960–1967
Preceded byBiren Roy
Succeeded byGanesh Ghosh
ConstituencyCalcutta South West
Personal details
Born(1919-03-18)18 March 1919
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died20 February 2001(2001-02-20) (aged 81)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Political partyCommunist Party of India
SpouseSuraiya
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