Sachindra Chaudhuri en Rajkumar Raghunath Sinha (1966)

Sachindra Chaudhuri (24 February 1903 – 12 June 1992) was an Indian lawyer and

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who was

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of the

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from 1965 to 13 March 1967, under

Lal Bahadur Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri (; 2 October 1904 – 11 January 1966) was an Indian politician and statesman who served as the 2nd Prime Minister of India from 1964 to 1966 and 6th Home Minister of India from 1961 to 1963. He promoted the White Re ...

and Indira Gandhi. He also was Director of several companies, member of Central Board of State Bank of India, member of

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and member of Indian delegation to

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Political career

Sachindra Chaudhuri was member of

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for Ghatal constituency. He was

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.

Personal life

Sachindra Chaudhuri was born on 24 February 1903, in

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. 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 Fitzwilliam College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , establish ...

. He also was at Lincoln's Inn. He married Seeta Mitter on 11 December 1930. He had two sons and two daughters. 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. He died on 12 June 1992 after a long illness.

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1903 births 1992 deaths Place of birth missing Finance Ministers of India Ministers for Corporate Affairs Politicians from Kolkata India MPs 1962–1967 20th-century Indian lawyers Alumni of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Lok Sabha members from West Bengal People from Paschim Medinipur district {{WestBengal-politician-stub