Dear all, May god bless him peace. Definitely he was a stallvert and I would like to know about some other visually impaired legislative assembly members and parliamentarians ;who have done a such a effort by which they could become a leader of masses.
On 10/12/15, avinash shahi <[email protected]> wrote: > With the passing away of Sadhan Gupta, eminent lawyer and > parliamentarian of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), on > September 19, the Left Front lost one of its most respected figures, > who, in spite of being visually challenged, rose to be a stalwart of > the communist movement and an inspiration to his comrades. He was 98 > and had been suffering from age-related ailments. Gupta was the first > visually challenged person in the country to be elected to the Lok > Sabha and to hold the post of Advocate General. > http://www.frontline.in/the-nation/a-stalwart-passes-away/article7702318.ece?homepage=true > Born in Dhaka on November 7, 1917—the day the Provisional Government > of Alexander Kerensky was overthrown by the Bolshevik Revolution in > Russia—Gupta’s long connection with the communist movement appears to > have been right from the time of his birth. His father, Jogesh Chandra > Gupta, was a well-known barrister practising in the Calcutta High > Court and an eminent Congress leader. When he was just one and a half > years old, an attack of small pox rendered Sadhan Gupta blind forever. > Educated at the Calcutta Blind School, Gupta distinguished himself > academically right from the start. He ranked among the top 10 in the > school final examinations and excelled in Presidency College from > where he graduated with honours > > in economics. He did his postgraduation in economics from the same > institution. It was while in college that he got involved with the > leftist movement, and in 1939 he became a member of the undivided > Communist Party of India. > > In 1942, he enrolled as an advocate in the Calcutta High Court after > getting a bachelor’s degree in law from Calcutta University. In 1947, > he was called to the Bar from Middle Temple, United Kingdom. In > India’s first general elections, Gupta contested the Calcutta > South-east Lok Sabha seat against Syama Prasad Mookerjee and lost. > However, after Syama Prasad’s death in 1953, he contested the same > seat in the byelection and won against the internationally renowned > jurist Radha Binode Pal. In 1957, he won from the Calcutta East Lok > Sabha constituency. In 1969, he was elected to the West Bengal > Assembly from Kalighat, and in 1986 he was appointed Advocate General > of West Bengal. > > Sadhan Gupta’s legal career was outstanding. Right at the beginning, > he gained distinction with his argument in “Emperor vs Shibnath > Banerjee” (1945). The case caught the attention of Mahatma Gandhi, who > complimented Jogesh Chandra Gupta on his son’s legal acumen. > Throughout his career Gupta, took up the cause of the downtrodden and > the oppressed, particularly workers and peasants, all over India. > During the CPI(M)-led Left Front government’s massive land reforms > programme in 1977, Gupta’s efforts in courts against the challenge of > large landowners, was an important factor in the success of the > programme. He was an active trade unionist and president of different > unions in various sectors. He also worked indefatigably for the rights > of the disabled. > > Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay > > > -- > Avinash Shahi > Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. 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