Chandra Das Rai

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Chandra Das Rai
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Minister for Education and Transport
In office
8 May 1949 – 6 June 1949
Personal details
NationalityIndian
Political partySikkim State Congress
ChildrenPrem Das Rai
Alma materBanaras Hindu University[1]
OccupationBureaucrat,Journalist,Leader

Chandra Das Rai popularly known as C.D Rai was a politician of pre merger Sikkim, bureaucrat and former journalist.[2] He was a senior leader in Sikkim State Congress.[3]

In 1949, he was made Minister for Education and Transport in the short lived ministry of the first CM of erstwhile Kingdom, Tashi Tshering. He also served as the first editor of Sikkim Herald.[4] His son is former member of parliament Prem Das Rai.

Awards[]

  • 2010- Kanchenjunga Kalam BBC Purashkar- Awarded by Press Club of Sikkim
  • 2014- Bhanu Purashkar- Awarded by Nepali Sahitya Parishad, Sikkim
  • 2018- Kashiraj Pradhan Lifetime Journalism Award- Presented by Government of Sikkim

References[]

  1. ^ "www.sikkimexpress.com news-details chandradasrai".
  2. ^ "CD Rai to be conferred Bhanu Puraskar 2014". sikkimnow.blogspot.com.
  3. ^ Grimes, Paul (September 23, 1959). "2 SIKKIMESE ASK CLOSER INDIAN TIE; Congress Party Chiefs Urge Full Accession in View of Chinese Threat" – via NYTimes.com.
  4. ^ "Information & Public Relations Department | State Portal-Sikkim". sikkim.gov.in.
  • Bareh, Hamlet (2001). "Introduction". Encyclopaedia of North-East India: Sikkim. Mittal Publications. ISBN 978-81-7099-794-8. Retrieved 19 June 2011.


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