Chandra Das Rai

Chandra Das Rai
Minister for Education and Transport
In office
8 May 1949 – 6 June 1949
MonarchTashi Namgyal
Personal details
Born13 April 1924
Mikhola, South Sikkim, Kingdom of Sikkim
Died8 August 2020 (aged 96)
NationalityIndian
Political partySikkim State Congress
ChildrenPrem Das Rai
Alma materBanaras Hindu University[1]
OccupationBureaucrat,Journalist,Leader

Chandra Das Rai (13 April 1924 – 8 August 2020) 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][4]

  1. ^ "www.sikkimexpress.com news-details chandradasrai".
  2. ^ "CD Rai to be conferred Bhanu Puraskar 2014". sikkimnow.blogspot.com. 4 July 2014.
  3. ^ Grimes, Paul (23 September 1959). "2 SIKKIMESE ASK CLOSER INDIAN TIE; Congress Party Chiefs Urge Full Accession in View of Chinese Threat". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  4. ^ "A life so long and so well lived". Sikkim Express. Retrieved 17 January 2023.