Sunil Kumar Gupta

{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Sunil Kumar Gupta | office = Member of Parliament from [[Barisal-5]] | predecessor = Abdul Mannan Howlader | successor = [[M. Matiur Rahman]] | birth_date = 7 July 1914 | birth_place = [[Backergunge District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] | death_date = 29 April 2009 | death_place = [[BIRDEM]], [[Bangladesh]] | party = [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]] | other_party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] | office1 = Member of Parliament from [[Barisal-1]] | office2 = [[Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock (Bangladesh)|Minister of Fisheries and Livestock]] | term_start = 1979 | term_end = 1982 | term_start1 = 1986 | term_end1 = 1990 | predecessor1 = [[Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan]] | predecessor2 = | successor1 = [[Abul Hasnat Abdullah]] | successor2 = | office4 = [[Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources|State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources]] | term_start2 = 1986 | term_end2 = 1990 | term_start4 = 1981 | term_end4 = 1982 | relations = Dr. Ashok Gupta (Son) }} '''Sunil Kumar Gupta''' (7 July 1914 – 29 April 2009) was a [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]] politician and a member of parliament for [[Barisal-1]] and [[Barisal-5]]. He was an organizer of the [[Bangladesh Liberation War|Liberation War of Bangladesh]].<ref name=":0" />

== Early life == Sunil Kumar Gupta was born on 7 July 1914 in [[Barisal District]].

== Career == Gupta was elected a member of parliament from [[Barisal-5]] as a [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] candidate in [[1979 Bangladeshi general election]].<ref name="1979results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf |title=List of 2nd Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=14 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904090815/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf |archive-date=4 September 2018}}</ref> He was elected to parliament from Barisal-1 as a [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]] candidate in 1986 and 1988.<ref>{{cite web |title=List of 3rd Parliament Members |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=9 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918080059/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |archive-date=18 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=List of 4th Parliament Members |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=9 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708101931/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |archive-date=8 July 2019}}</ref> He served as the cabinet minister in several ministries during Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jatiya Party rule (1979 to 1990).

== Personal life == Sunil Gupta was married to Mrs Kamala Gupta and left behind four sons, two daughters and fourteen grandchildren. His eldest son, Mr Samir Gupta is a businessman, managing director of one of the garments factories of Bangladesh. His second son Dr. Ashok Kumar Gupta is the chairman of Bangladesh Trading Corporation- BTC Group, who is the permanent member of UN Info academy.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Dr Gupta made UN information member |url=http://dailyasianage.com/news/21455/?regenerate |access-date=2022-01-12 |work=The Asian Age |location=Bangladesh |language=en}}</ref>

== Death == Sunil Kumar Gupta died on 29 April 2009.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=https://bangla.bdnews24.com/bangladesh/article433998.bdnews |script-title=bn:সাবেক মন্ত্রী সুনীল গুপ্তর অন্তষ্টিক্রিয়া সম্পন্ন |date=1 May 2009 |work=[[Bdnews24.com]] |access-date=22 April 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422095210/https://bangla.bdnews24.com/bangladesh/article433998.bdnews |archive-date=22 April 2020 |language=bn}}</ref> On 30 April, his funeral took place at his ancestral home in Barisal.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

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