Sachindra Chaudhuri
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Sachindra Chaudhuri (24 February 1903General Assembly of the United Nations.[1]
Political career
Sachindra Chaudhuri was member of
Ghatal constituency.[citation needed] He was Minister of Finance of India. During his term, Indian economy went into a 2-year recession for the first time since Independence. Real GDP growth fell by 3% in 1965 and 1% in 1966. Consequently, the Rupee was devalued for the first time.[citation needed
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Personal life
Sachindra Chaudhuri was born on 24 February 1903, in
Calcutta. His father was Prabhodh Chandra Chaudhuri. He educated at Rani Bhabani School in Calcutta, later he studied at Presidency College in Calcutta and later at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. He also was at Lincoln's Inn. He married Seeta Mitter on 11 December 1930. He had two sons and two daughters.[1]
His family originally belongs to the renowned Zamindar house called "Baksha Chowdhury Bati" at a place called Baksha, Hooghly, West Bengal (nearest railway station is Janai Road)and "Baksha Chowdhury Bati" is famous for its Dol Utsav(festival of colour) and Durgapuja more than 400 years old.[citation needed]
He died on 12 June 1992 after a long illness.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Profile on Lok Sabha website". loksabha.nic.in. Lok Sabha/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ^ "Fourth Session of the Tenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Lok Sabha Debates. 13 (1): 3–4. 8 July 1992. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
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