Chandra Das Rai (13 April 1924 - 8 August 2020) popularly known as C.D Rai was a politician of pre merger

Sikkim Sikkim (; ) is a state in Northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Province No. 1 of Nepal in the west and West Bengal in the south. Sikkim is also close to the Siligur ...

, bureaucrat and former journalist. He was a senior leader in

Sikkim State Congress The Sikkim State Congress, or ''SSC'', was an annexationist political party in the Kingdom of Sikkim. It was founded in 1947 and worked closely with the Indian National Congress (INC) to successfully achieve the annexation of Sikkim to India. Oth ...

Personal life

Chandra Das Rai was born on April 13, 1924 at Mikhola, South Sikkim. He completed his primary education at the local village school and then went to Darjeeling where he completed his secondary education from St. Robert's School in 1945. Former

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

Prem Das Rai Prem Das Rai (born 31 July 1954) is an Indian politician from the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) party. Rai was a Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from the Sikkim constituency of Sikkim, India, first elected in 2009 election and re-elected in ...

is his son.

Career

Rai along with Tashi Tshering, Gobardhan Pradhan, DB Tiwari, DS Lepcha, Sonam Tshering, LD Kazi, Roy Choudhary and Helen Lepcha are among the founder members of the

. The Congress started agitation in February 1949 demanding the formation of an interim government and democratic reforms following which Rai and five others were arrested. This was followed by Congress supporters encircling the Palace on 1 May 1949. On 8 May 1949, he was made Minister for Education and Transport in the short lived ministry of the first CM of erstwhile Kingdom, Tashi Tshering. However the government was dismissed within 29 days by the Indian Political Officer Harishwar Dayal.

Other Works

In 1960, he became the Sikkim correspondent for Ananda Bazar Patrika. He also served as the first editor of ''Sikkim Herald''. He was the editor of ''Himali Bela'' and ''Gangtok Times''.

Awards

* 2010- Kanchenjunga Kalam BBC Purashkar- Awarded by Press Club of Sikkim * 2014- Bhanu Purashkar- Awarded by Nepali Sahitya Parishad, Sikkim * 2018- Kashiraj Pradhan Lifetime Journalism Award- Presented by

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References

* People from Sikkim Journalists from Sikkim Sikkim politicians 1924 births 2020 deaths Rai people {{Sikkim-politician-stub