Tridib Chaudhuri
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The Honourable Leader Tridib Chaudhuri |
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Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) for West Bengal |
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In office 1987–1993 |
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In office 1993 – 1997 (2 Terms) |
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Member of the Indian Parliament for Behrampore |
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In office 1952-1984 |
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| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Succeeded by | Atish Chandra Sinha |
| Constituency | Baharampur |
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12 December 1911 Baharampur, Murshidabad, West Bengal |
| Died | 1 May 1997 (aged 85) |
| Political party | RSP |
| Residence | Kolkata |
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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, 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 17 August 1974. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed with 765,587 votes won over his nearest rival Tridib Chaudhuri who got 189,196 votes.
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