Pratap Chandra Chunder
Pratap Chandra Chunder | |
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Sathiavani Muthu | |
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 1977–1980 | |
Preceded by | Hirendranath Mukherjee |
Succeeded by | Sunil Maitra |
Constituency | Calcutta North East |
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
In office 1962–1967 | |
Preceded by | Jatindra Chandra Chakraborty |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Constituency | Muchipara |
In office 1967–1968 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Jatindra Chandra Chakraborty |
Constituency | Sealdah |
Personal details | |
Born | British India | 1 September 1919
Died | 1 January 2008 Kolkata, West Bengal, India | (aged 88)
Political party | Janata Dal |
Other political affiliations | Janata Party Indian National Congress |
Spouse | Leena Chunder |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | B.A (hons) in history Presidency College Calcutta University |
Pratap Chandra Chunder (1 September 1919 – 1 January 2008) (Bengali: প্রতাপচন্দ্র চন্দ্র) was a union minister of India, educationist and author. He served in the
Family and education
Chunder was the son of
Career
From an early age Chunder joined the Congress Party and became a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 1962-68. He was briefly the Finance and Judicial Minister of West Bengal in 1968 under Prafulla Chandra Ghosh. From 1977 to 1979 he was the Education and Social Welfare Minister of India, having been elected from Calcutta North East constituency a Janata Party candidate, defeating the sitting 5 - time MP Hirendranath Mukherjee of CPI. He lost his seat in 1980 to CPI(M)'s Sunil Maitra, in which he came third. Chunder stood as the Janata Dal candidate in 1991 general elections in which he came second & failed to defeat incumbent Ajit Kumar Panja of INC(I)
Chunder was an attorney-at-law at the Calcutta High Court and an advocate of the Supreme Court of India. He was member of Senate and the faculty of law of the Calcutta University between 1961 and 1968.
Chunder was the Founder-Chairman of West Bengal Heritage Commission and the President of the Board of Governors of
Pratap Chandra Chunder died of cardiovascular disease on 1 January 2008, aged 88.[4]
Publications
Chunder authored many historical novels and dramas. They are:[2]
- Bubhuksha
- Smrtira Alinde
- Job Charnocker Bibi
- Glimpses of Indian Culture: Ancient and Modern
- Kautilya on Love and Morals
References
- ^ a b "Former union minister P.C. Chunder dead". India Today. 1 January 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
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- ^ "Ex-Union minister PC Chunder is no more - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ India. Parliament. House of the People (February 2008). Parliamentary Debates: Official Report. Lok Sabha Secretariat.