Debaprasad Ghosh

{{Short description|Indian mathematician (1894–1985)}}

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| name = Debaprasad Ghosh

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1894|3|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Gava, Barisal, Bengal, British India

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|7|14|1894|3|15|df=yes}}

| death_place = Kolkata, West Bengal, India

| spouse = Shobharani Ghosh (née Bose)

| children = Six sons, two daughters

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| occupation = Professor

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Acharya Debaprasad Ghosh ({{langx|bn|আচার্য দেবপ্রসাদ ঘোষ}}) (15 March 1894 – 14 July 1985) was an Indian mathematician, politician, lawyer, journalist and educationist.{{cite book |title =Amit Shah and the March of BJP|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=udOUDwAAQBAJ&q=Amit+Shah+and+the+March+of+BJP|year=2019|author=Anirban Ganguly, Shiwanand Dwivedi| publisher=Bloomsbury |isbn = 9789388134132}}{{cite book|title =Muslim India Will be Like THIS|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FkjpVoSY1XoC&q=Muslims+in+india+will+be+like+THIS|author=Maanoj Rakhit|year =2014|page =310| publisher=Maanoj Rakhit |isbn = 9788189746872}} He started his career at the age of 21 as a professor of mathematics at the Ripon College. He was actively involved in politics as the President of Bharatiya Jana Sangh from 1956 to 1965, except for the period between 1960 and 1962.{{cite book |title=The Jana Sangh: a biography of an Indian political party |url=https://archive.org/details/janasanghbiograp0000baxt |url-access=registration |last=Baxter |first=Craig|author-link = Craig Baxter |page=[https://archive.org/details/janasanghbiograp0000baxt/page/206 206] |year=1969 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press }}