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	'''Pratap Chandra Chunder''' (1 September 1919 – 1 January 2008) was a union minister of India, educationist and author. He served in the [[Morarji Desai Ministry]] from 1977 to 1980 as a cabinet minister with education and social welfare portfolios.		'''Pratap Chandra Chunder''' (1 September 1919 – 1 January 2008) was a union minister of India, educationist and author. He served in the [[Morarji Desai Ministry]] from 1977 to 1980 as a cabinet minister with education and social welfare portfolios.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|last=KolkataJanuary 1\|first=Indo-Asian News Service\|last2=January 1\|first2=2008UPDATED:\|last3=Ist\|first3=2008 21:24\|title=Former union minister P.C. Chunder dead\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/latest-headlines/story/former-union-minister-p.c.-chunder-dead-21973-2008-01-01\|access-date=2022-01-10\|website=India Today\|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|title=Members Bioprofile\|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2346.htm\|access-date=2022-01-10\|website=loksabhaph.nic.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Ex-Union minister PC Chunder is no more - Indian Express\|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/exunion-minister-pc-chunder-is-no-more/256772/\|access-date=2022-01-10\|website=archive.indianexpress.com}}</ref>

	==Family and education==		==Family and education==
	Chunder was the son of [[Nirmal Chandra Chunder]], a prominent member of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) in the pre-independence era and a member of the Big Five of the Bengal Congress. He completed his BA (Hons.) in History at [[Presidency College, Calcutta]], ranking first class first, and his LLB at the [[University of Calcutta]]. He was awarded a D Phil in Arts from the same university.		Chunder was the son of [[Nirmal Chandra Chunder]], a prominent member of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) in the pre-independence era and a member of the Big Five of the Bengal Congress. He completed his BA (Hons.) in History at [[Presidency College, Calcutta]], ranking first class first, and his LLB at the [[University of Calcutta]]. He was awarded a D Phil in Arts from the same university.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

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'''Pratap Chandra Chunder''' (1 September 1919 – 1 January 2008) was a union minister of India, educationist and author. He served in the [[Morarji Desai Ministry]] from 1977 to 1980 as a cabinet minister with education and social welfare portfolios.

==Family and education==
Chunder was the son of [[Nirmal Chandra Chunder]], a prominent member of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) in the pre-independence era and a member of the Big Five of the Bengal Congress. He completed his BA (Hons.) in History at [[Presidency College, Calcutta]], ranking first class first, and his LLB at the [[University of Calcutta]]. He was awarded a D Phil in Arts from the same university.

==Career==
From an early age Chunder joined the INC and became a member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from 1962-69. He was the Finance and Judicial Minister of West Bengal in 1968. From 1977 to 1979 he was the Education and Social Welfare Minister of India.

Chunder was an attorney-at-law at the [[Calcutta High Court]] and an advocate of the [[Supreme Court of India]]. He was member of Senate and the faculty of law of the Calcutta University between 1961 and 1968.

Chunder was the Founder-Chairman of West Bengal Heritage Commission and the President of the Board of Governors of [[IISWBM]], India's first MBA school. From 2000 to 2005 he was a member of the executive council of the [[Rabindra Bharati University]]. Chunder was the President of the Presidency College Alumni Association from 1989-90 to 1993-94 and again during 1998-99.

Pratap Chandra Chunder died of cardiovascular disease on 1 January 2008, aged 88.<ref>{{cite book|author=India. Parliament. House of the People|title=Parliamentary Debates: Official Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZDVVAAAAYAAJ|date=February 2008|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat.}}</ref>

==Publications==
Chunder authored many historical novels and dramas. They are:

*''Bubhuksha''
*''Smrtira Alinde''
*''Job Charnocker Bibi''
*''Glimpses of Indian Culture: Ancient and Modern''
*''Kautilya on Love and Morals''

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.bagchee.com/books.php?id=19422 Bagchee.com]
*[http://www.bookfinder.com/author/pratap-chandra-chunder/ Bookfinder.com]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927194434/http://education.nic.in/ministerlistpage.asp Education.nic.in]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080108083841/http://www.headlinesindia.com/more/index.jsp?news_code=67251 Headlinesindia.com]

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