Sunday, October 11, 2015

Veteran Communist leader MP Sadhan Gupta passes away

  • Mr. Sadhan Gupta, 98-year old veteran communist leader MP and lawyer passed away.
  • He became India’s first visually-challenged MP from the Kolkata south-east constituency in 1953 and He was re-elected as MP for the second consecutive term till 1962.
  • He became the first visually-challenged Advocate General of West Bengal in 1986.
  • Mr. Sadhan Gupta was also the founder-president of the National Federation of the Blind.
  • He was also served as the first president of the Disabled Peoples International India.

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