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| 1namedata1 = [[Surjit Singh Barnala]] | | 1namedata1 = [[Surjit Singh Barnala]] | ||
| predecessor1 = [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]] | | predecessor1 = [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]] | ||
| successor1 = | | successor1 = Nirmal Mukarji | ||
| order2 = 6th | | order2 = 6th Chief Minister of West Bengal | ||
| term_start2 = 19 March 1972 | | term_start2 = 19 March 1972 | ||
| term_end2 = 21 June 1977 | | term_end2 = 21 June 1977 | ||
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| successor2 = [[Jyoti Basu]] | | successor2 = [[Jyoti Basu]] | ||
| office3 = | | office3 = Minister of Education | ||
| term_start3 = 1967 | | term_start3 = 1967 | ||
| term_end3 = 1972 | | term_end3 = 1972 | ||
| primeminister3 = [[Indira Gandhi]] | | primeminister3 = [[Indira Gandhi]] | ||
| predecessor3 = | | predecessor3 = V.K.R.V. Rao | ||
| successor3 = [[ | | successor3 = [[Saiyid Nurul Hasan]] | ||
|office6 = | |office6 = | ||
|constituency6 = [[Bhabanipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhawanipur]] | |constituency6 = [[Bhabanipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhawanipur]] | ||
|term_start6 = 1957 | |term_start6 = 1957 | ||
|term_end6 = 1967 | |term_end6 = 1967 | ||
|predecessor6 = | |predecessor6 = Mira Dutta Gupta | ||
|successor6 = ''constituency abolished'' | |successor6 = ''constituency abolished'' | ||
|office5 = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] | |office5 = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] | ||
|constituency5 = | |constituency5 = Chowranghee | ||
|term_start5 = 1967-1971 | |term_start5 = 1967-1971 | ||
|term_end5 = 1991-1993 | |term_end5 = 1991-1993 | ||
|predecessor5 = | |predecessor5 = Debi Prasad Chattopadhyay | ||
|successor5 = [[Anil Chatterjee]] | |successor5 = [[Anil Chatterjee]] | ||
|office4 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]] | |office4 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]] | ||
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|term_start4 = 1971 | |term_start4 = 1971 | ||
|term_end4 = 1972 | |term_end4 = 1972 | ||
|predecessor4 = | |predecessor4 = Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee | ||
|successor4 = [[Maya Ray]] | |successor4 = [[Maya Ray]] | ||
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|10|20|df=y}} | | birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|10|20|df=y}} | ||
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| party = [[Indian National Congress]] | | party = [[Indian National Congress]] | ||
| spouse = [[Maya Ray]] | | spouse = [[Maya Ray]] | ||
| alma_mater = | | parents = Sudhir Kumar Ray (Father) | ||
| profession = [[Lawyer]], [[ | Aparna Debi (Mother) | ||
| alma_mater = Presidency College, Calcutta<br>Inner Temple (Barrister-at-Law) | |||
| profession = [[Lawyer]], [[Politician]], Diplomat | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''Siddhartha Shankar Ray''' (20 October 1920 – 6 November 2010) was an Indian lawyer, diplomat and [[Indian National Congress]] politician from West Bengal. In his political career he held a number of offices, | '''Siddhartha Shankar Ray''' (সিদ্ধার্থ শংকর রায়) (20 October 1920 – 6 November 2010) was an Indian lawyer, diplomat and [[Indian National Congress]] politician from West Bengal. In his political career he held a number of high offices of the state, such as Union Minister of Education (1967–72), Chief Minister of West Bengal (1972–77), Governor of the Punjab (1986–89) and India's Ambassador to the United States (1992–96). He was at one point the main troubleshooter for the Congress Party.<ref>{{Cite news |url= http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/28/stories/2010032856151000.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100403030349/http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/28/stories/2010032856151000.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= 3 April 2010 |title=National : S.S. Ray in hospital |access-date=30 March 2010|location=Chennai, India|work= [[The Hindu]] |date=28 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url = http://www.srichinmoylibrary.com/books/1154/5/1 |title = Welcome to Sri Chinmoy Library |work = srichinmoylibrary.com |access-date = 30 March 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110716125130/http://www.srichinmoylibrary.com/books/1154/5/1 |archive-date = 16 July 2011 |df = dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url = http://in.news.yahoo.com/20/20100327/1416/tnl-siddhartha-shankar-ray-ill.html |title = Siddhartha Shankar Ray ill – Yahoo! India News |work = in.news.yahoo.com |access-date = 30 March 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100329034855/http://in.news.yahoo.com/20/20100327/1416/tnl-siddhartha-shankar-ray-ill.html |archive-date = 29 March 2010 |df = dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?200042 |title=A Wily Survivor |work=outlookindia.com |access-date=30 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?200571 |title=There Are More Anti-American Indians Than Anti-Indian Americans |work=outlookindia.com |access-date=30 March 2010}}</ref><ref name="wbpcc">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/18/stories/2010011858291200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100121160554/http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/18/stories/2010011858291200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 January 2010|title= Ray recalls his fights, friendship with a great human being|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2010-03-29|location=Chennai, India|date=18 January 2010}}</ref> | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== |