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 ==Biography==
-Ray was born in a [[Vaidya]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dutta-Ray|first=Sunanda|author-link=Sunanda_K._Datta-Ray|date=2016-06-04|year=2016|title=WB Polls: Mamata's triumph, a victory of class over caste|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/wb-polls-mamatas-triumph-a-victory-of-class-over-caste-sunanda-k-datta-ray|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-26|website=Free Press Journal|publisher=The Free Prees Journal|language=en|type=News Paper}}</ref>family. Ray's father, Sudhir Kumar Ray, was a well known barrister of [[Calcutta High Court]] and a member of the Indian National Congress and his mother Aparna Devi, was the elder daughter of the barrister and nationalist leader [[Chittaranjan Das]] and [[Basanti Devi]] grew up in England. Ray's sister is [[Justice]] [[Manjula Bose]] (1930–2016) who was a senior judge of the [[Calcutta High Court]]; along with Padma Khastagir, she was one of the first female judges of the Calcutta High Court. Ray was also related to [[Sudhi Ranjan Das]], a former Chief Justice of India and [[Satish Ranjan Das]], a former Advocate General of Bengal and a Law Member of the [[Viceroy's Executive Council]].{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
+Ray was born in a Bengali [[Vaidya|Baidya]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dutta-Ray|first=Sunanda|author-link=Sunanda_K._Datta-Ray|date=2016-06-04|year=2016|title=WB Polls: Mamata's triumph, a victory of class over caste|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/wb-polls-mamatas-triumph-a-victory-of-class-over-caste-sunanda-k-datta-ray|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-26|website=Free Press Journal|publisher=The Free Prees Journal|language=en|type=News Paper}}</ref>family. Ray's father, Sudhir Kumar Ray, was a well-known barrister of the [[Calcutta High Court]] and a member of the Indian National Congress. His mother Aparna Devi, the elder daughter of the barrister and nationalist leader [[Chittaranjan Das]] and [[Basanti Devi]], grew up in England. Ray's sister was Justice Manjula Bose (1930–2016), who was a senior judge of the [[Calcutta High Court]]; she was one of the first women judges of the High Court of Calcutta.
-Ray studied at, Mitra Institution, [[Bhowanipore]] Branch, Calcutta, [[Presidency College, Calcutta]] and University Law College, of the [[University of Calcutta]]. In college and university, he was active in both sports and politics. In 1941, he was elected as student Under-Secretary in the Calcutta University Institute Elections and was put in charge from time to time of various departments including Students' Aid Fund, Debates, Sports and Socials. He was also the Debate Secretary and later the General Secretary of the Calcutta University Law College Union. As a sportsman he captained the Presidency College cricket team. He was the captain of the team that won the Inter Collegiate cricket Championship in 1944. He had scored three double centuries and 1000 runs for three consecutive seasons. He was also a keen footballer in Calcutta playing for the Kalighat Club. He was a University Blue in this sport and represented the Calcutta University in inter-varsity matches. In 1939, he was the captain of the victorious Presidency College football team which won both the Elliot and Hardinge Birthday Shields. He was also interested in lawn tennis and table tennis.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
+Ray was also related to [[Sudhi Ranjan Das]], a former Chief Justice of India and [[Satish Ranjan Das]], a former Advocate General of Bengal and a Law Member of the [[Viceroy's Executive Council]], who later founded the Doon School.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
-Later Ray was called to the [[Bar (law)|bar]] by the Honourable Society of [[Inner Temple]], [[London]], in 1947.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sengupta|first1=Ranjana|title=A man of many faces|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19880925&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|access-date=14 February 2018|work=The Indian Express|date=25 September 1988|page=24}}</ref> While in London he played cricket for the [[Indian Gymkhana Club]].
+Ray studied at, St. Xavier's Collegiate School, Calcutta, Mitra Institution (Bhowanipore Branch), Calcutta, Presidency College, Calcutta and University Law College of the [[University of Calcutta]]. In college and university, he was active in both sports and politics. In 1941, he was elected as Student Under-Secretary in the Calcutta University Institute Elections and was put in charge, from time to time, of various departments including Students' Aid Fund, Debates, Sports and Socials. He was also the Debate Secretary and later the General Secretary of the Calcutta University Law College Union.
+As a sportsman he captained the Presidency College cricket team. He was the captain of the team that won the Inter Collegiate cricket Championship in 1944. He had scored three double centuries and 1000 runs for three consecutive seasons. He was also a keen footballer in Calcutta, playing for the Kalighat Club. He was a University Blue in this sport and represented the Calcutta University in inter-varsity matches. In 1939, he was the captain of the victorious Presidency College football team which won both the Elliot and Hardinge Birthday Shields. He was also interested in lawn tennis and table tennis.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
+Later, Ray was called to the Bar by the Honourable Society of Inner Temple, [[London]], in 1947.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sengupta|first1=Ranjana|title=A man of many faces|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19880925&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|access-date=14 February 2018|work=The Indian Express|date=25 September 1988|page=24}}</ref> While in London he played cricket for the Indian Gymkhana Club.
 ==Career==