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==Career== | ==Career== | ||
Upon his return from England in 1946, Ray joined the Calcutta Bar as a junior of Justice Ramaprasad Mukherjee, who later became a Judge and Chief Justice (Acting) of the High Court of Calcutta. In 1954 he became one of the three junior Central Government counsels in [[Calcutta]]. | Upon his return from England in 1946, Ray joined the Calcutta Bar as a junior of Justice Ramaprasad Mukherjee, who later became a Judge and then Chief Justice (Acting) of the High Court of Calcutta. In 1954 he became one of the three junior Central Government counsels in [[Calcutta]]. | ||
In 1957 he was elected to the Bhowanipore Assembly seat which he won by a large majority, becoming the youngest member of the West Bengal Cabinet under the leadership of Dr. [[Bidhan Chandra Roy]]. He was appointed as Minister of Tribal Welfare and | In 1957 he was elected to the Bhowanipore Assembly seat which he won by a large majority, becoming the youngest member of the West Bengal Cabinet under the leadership of Dr. [[Bidhan Chandra Roy]]. He was appointed as Minister of Tribal Welfare and Law Department, West Bengal. In 1962, he was re-elected to the state's Legislative Assembly as an Independent Candidate. In 1966, he became the Union Cabinet Minister of Education & Youth Services for the Government of India. He was also the Union Cabinet Minister of West Bengal Affairs of the Government of India. | ||
After the Congress won the General Election of 1972, he became the | After the Congress won the General Election of 1972, he became the Chief Minister of West Bengal from March 19, 1972 to June 21, 1977. He took office shortly after the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]], and his administration was faced with the massive problem of resettling over a million refugees in various parts of the state. The crackdown on Naxalites also took place during this period.<ref name="Austin">{{Cite book | last = Austin | first = Granville | title = Working a Democratic Constitution - A History of the Indian Experience | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 1999 | location = New Delhi | pages = 237 | ||
| isbn = 0-19-565610-5 }}</ref> | | isbn = 0-19-565610-5 }}</ref> | ||
Later, he had the distinction of serving as the | Later, he had the distinction of serving as the Governor of Punjab from April 2, 1986 to December 8, 1989. When the Congress came back to power once again in Delhi in 1991, Ray was sent as India's Ambassador to the United States. He remained in the United States from 1992 to 1996. Prior to that, he was the Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 1991-1992. | ||
=== Role in the emergency === | === Role in the emergency === | ||
Siddhartha Shankar Ray had a major role in the imposition of | Siddhartha Shankar Ray had a major role in the imposition of the first emergency in India from 1975 to 1977. He proposed to the prime minister [[Indira Gandhi]] to impose a state of "internal emergency" and also drafted a letter for the President to issue the proclamation. He is said to have showed her how democratic freedom could be suspended while remaining within the ambit of the Constitution.<ref>{{cite book|author=Lt. Gen J.F.R. Jacob|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=99BbBAAAQBAJ&q=%22minister+of+Tripura%2C+Sen+Gupta%2C+was+openly+encouraging+the+entry+of+Bangladeshis+into+Tripura+in+order+to+change+the+ethnic+balances%27&pg=PT120|title=An Odyssey in War and Peace|publisher=Roli Books Private Limited|year= 2012|isbn=9788174369338|location=262|pages=189}}</ref><ref name="The Hans India">{{cite news |last= Narayan|first= S|date=25 June 2020|title=[Explained] Why Did Indira Gandhi Impose Emergency In 1975?|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/hans/opinion/news-analysis/why-did-indira-gandhi-impose-emergency-in-1975-630015|newspaper=The Hans India}}</ref> | ||
==Retirement== | ==Retirement== | ||