Deshbandhu Gupta was born on 14th June 1901 in Panipat. At the age of seven he started his formal education at Municipal School, Arya Vedic High School, Ambala and later at Hindu College, Delhi.

The orthodox atmosphere at home, the impact of the Arya Samaj, the company of Swami Shraddhan and in the Mainwali jail, and the emerging personality of Gandhiji  were important influences on Deshbandhu's young mind.

Deshbandhu's political career started  against the background of the Rowlatt Act and the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy. The latter incident affected him profoundly. He left college  and plunged into the freedom movement. He responded to the call of Gandiji and joined the Non-cooperation Movement and was subsequently jailed. He assisted Lala Lajpat Rai in penning the articles for the Bande Mataram newspaper, thus receiving his first lessons injournalism.

In 1923 Deshbandhu Gupta, along with Swami Shraddhanand founded  the newspaper, the 'Tej', thus beginning his long association with the media. He also owned the News Chronicle (now called the Indian Express) along with Ram Nath Goenka.

He was a founder member and the President of the Indian and Eastern Newspapers Society-lENS (now called INS), and also the President of the All India Newspaper Editors' Conference (AINEC) of which also he was President. In both organizations he was active in upholding the interests of the print media. Deshbandhuji  was  tragically  killed  in a plane crash at Kolkata on November 21, 1951.

India Post is proud to honour Deshbandhu Gupta by issuing a commemorative postage stamp.

Source : Information Folder issued by Indian Posts & Telegraph Department, Government of India