Tridib Chaudhuri | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 1987–1993 | |
| In office 1993 – 1997 (2 Terms) | |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1952-1984 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Atish Chandra Sinha |
| Constituency | Baharampur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 December 1911 Baharampur, Bengal, British India |
| Died | 1 May 1997 (aged 85) Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
| Political party | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| Residence | Kolkata |
As of 17 September, 2006 Source: [1] | |
Tridib Chaudhuri (12 December 1911 – 11 May 1997) was an Indian politician and Indian independence activist. He was a leader and founder 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 1974 Indian presidential election and became the first Bengali to participate in the presidential election in India. 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.[1] He was one of the founders of the Revolutionary Socialist Party.[2]
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.[3]