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			\| name = Chandra Das [[Rai people\|Rai]]
			\| image = Chandra Das Rai.jpg
			\| nationality = Indian
			\| alma_mater = [[Banaras Hindu University]] <ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.sikkimexpress.com/news-details/chandra-das-rai\|title=www.sikkimexpress.com news-details chandradasrai}}</ref>
			\| spouse =
			\| children = [[Prem Das Rai]]
			\| occupation = Bureaucrat,Journalist,Leader
			\| party = [[Sikkim State Congress]]
			\| birth_place =
			\| birth_date = }}
	'''Chandra Das Rai''' popularly known as '''C.D Rai''' was a pro democracy leader of pre merger [[Sikkim]], bureaucrat and former journalist.<ref>{{cite web\| url=http://sikkimnow.blogspot.com/2014/07/cd-rai-to-be-conferred-bhanu-puraskar.html \|title=CD Rai to be conferred Bhanu Puraskar 2014 \|website=sikkimnow.blogspot.com}}</ref> He was a senior leader in [[Sikkim State Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1959/09/23/archives/2-sikkimese-ask-closer-indian-tie-congress-party-chiefs-urge-full.html\|title=2 SIKKIMESE ASK CLOSER INDIAN TIE; Congress Party Chiefs Urge Full Accession in View of Chinese Threat\|first=Paul\|last=Grimes\|date=September 23, 1959\|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>		'''Chandra Das Rai''' popularly known as '''C.D Rai''' was a pro democracy leader of pre merger [[Sikkim]], bureaucrat and former journalist.<ref>{{cite web\| url=http://sikkimnow.blogspot.com/2014/07/cd-rai-to-be-conferred-bhanu-puraskar.html \|title=CD Rai to be conferred Bhanu Puraskar 2014 \|website=sikkimnow.blogspot.com}}</ref> He was a senior leader in [[Sikkim State Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1959/09/23/archives/2-sikkimese-ask-closer-indian-tie-congress-party-chiefs-urge-full.html\|title=2 SIKKIMESE ASK CLOSER INDIAN TIE; Congress Party Chiefs Urge Full Accession in View of Chinese Threat\|first=Paul\|last=Grimes\|date=September 23, 1959\|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>

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'''Chandra Das Rai''' popularly known as '''C.D Rai''' was a pro democracy leader of pre merger [[Sikkim]], bureaucrat and former journalist.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://sikkimnow.blogspot.com/2014/07/cd-rai-to-be-conferred-bhanu-puraskar.html |title=CD Rai to be conferred Bhanu Puraskar 2014 |website=sikkimnow.blogspot.com}}</ref> He was a senior leader in [[Sikkim State Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1959/09/23/archives/2-sikkimese-ask-closer-indian-tie-congress-party-chiefs-urge-full.html|title=2 SIKKIMESE ASK CLOSER INDIAN TIE; Congress Party Chiefs Urge Full Accession in View of Chinese Threat|first=Paul|last=Grimes|date=September 23, 1959|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>

He also served as the first editor of ''Sikkim Herald''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sikkim.gov.in/departments/information-and-public-relations-department/history-of-ipr-department|title=Information & Public Relations Department | State Portal-Sikkim|website=sikkim.gov.in}}</ref> His son is former member of parliament [[Prem Das Rai]].

==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 [[Government of Sikkim]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* {{Cite book
| last = Bareh
| first = Hamlet
| year = 2001
| title = Encyclopaedia of North-East India: Sikkim
| chapter = Introduction
| publisher = Mittal Publications
| isbn = 978-81-7099-794-8
| chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=jrr7HPr8NAQC
| access-date =19 June 2011
}}

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