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Revision as of 11:02, 13 June 2013 by Sitush (talk | contribs) (WP:INDICSCRIPT)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Tridib Chaudhuri (1911–1997) was an Indian politician and Indian independence activist. He was a leader 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 Indian presidential election in 1974. 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. He was one of the founders of the RSP.
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.
The Election Commission of India held indirect 6th presidential elections of India on August 17, 1974. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed with 765,587 votes won over his nearest rival Tridib Chaudhuri who got 189,196 votes.
References
- parliamentofindia obituary
- "History of Murshidabad". Murshidabad district administration. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
- Tridib Chowdhuri and his Growing Relevance by Pramothes Mukherjee
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