Tridib Chaudhuri

Tridib Chaudhuri
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
1987–1993
In office
1993 – 1997 (2 Terms)
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1952-1984
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byAtish Chandra Sinha
ConstituencyBaharampur
Personal details
Born(1911-12-12)12 December 1911
Baharampur, Bengal, British India
Died1 May 1997(1997-05-01) (aged 85)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Political partyRevolutionary Socialist Party
ResidenceKolkata
As of 17 September, 2006
Source: [1]

Tridib Chaudhuri (12 December 1911 – 11 May 1997) was an Indian politician and Indian independence activist. He was a leader and founder of the Revolutionary Socialist Party and a member of Lok Sabha from Baharampur in West Bengal in India. He was the joint opposition candidate for 1974 Indian presidential election and became the first Bengali to participate in the presidential election in India. He was member of Lok Sabha from 1952 to 1984 and a member of Rajya Sabha from 1987 to 1997 until his death. He had participated in Goa Liberation Movement.[1] He was one of the founders of the Revolutionary Socialist Party.[2]

He passed his BA examination in 1933 and subsequently MA in economics from the University of Calcutta as an external candidate from jail, when he was imprisoned for sedition against the colonial rule.[3]

Lok Sabha experience

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Tridib Chaudhuri was present in seven Lok Sabhas.

1st Lok Sabha

2nd Lok Sabha

3rd Lok Sabha

4th Lok Sabha

5th Lok Sabha

6th Lok Sabha

7th Lok Sabha

1974 Indian Presidential Election

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On 17 August 1974, the Election Commission of India held indirect 6th presidential elections of India. Tridib Chaudhuri lost to Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed by a margin of 189,196 votes.

Books

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• The Swing Back: A Critical Survey of the Devious Zig-zags of CPI, Political Line (1947–50).

References

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  1. ^ parliamentofindia obituary
  2. ^ "History of Murshidabad". Murshidabad district administration. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  3. ^ Tridib Chowdhuri and his Growing Relevance by Pramothes Mukherjee