<p>CPM’s Sadhan Gupta was the first visually-challenged Indian to enter the Lok Sabha in 1953.</p>.<p>He was also the first such Advocate General of a state.</p>.<p>An accomplished singer of Rabindra Sangeet and folk songs, Gupta first fought against Sangh ideologue Shyama Prakash Mukherjee in Calcutta South-East seat but lost.</p>.<p>In 1953, Gupta won when the seat became vacant after Mukherjee’s death.</p>.<p>Gupta, who lost his vision as an infant after a smallpox attack, died in September 2015 at the age of 98.<br /> </p>
<p>CPM’s Sadhan Gupta was the first visually-challenged Indian to enter the Lok Sabha in 1953.</p>.<p>He was also the first such Advocate General of a state.</p>.<p>An accomplished singer of Rabindra Sangeet and folk songs, Gupta first fought against Sangh ideologue Shyama Prakash Mukherjee in Calcutta South-East seat but lost.</p>.<p>In 1953, Gupta won when the seat became vacant after Mukherjee’s death.</p>.<p>Gupta, who lost his vision as an infant after a smallpox attack, died in September 2015 at the age of 98.<br /> </p>