Tridib Chaudhuri


Tridib Kumar Chaudhuri was an Indian independence activist and politician. He was a leader and founder of the Revolutionary Socialist Party and a member of Lok Sabha from Baharampur in West Bengal.
Chaudhuri was born to a middle-class zamindari family with roots in Haripur, Pabna District. He passed his BA examination in 1933 and subsequently MA in economics from the University of Calcutta as an external candidate from jail, when he was imprisoned for sedition against the colonial rule.
He was the joint opposition candidate for the 1974 Indian presidential election and became the first Bengali to participate in the presidential election in India. He was a member of Lok Sabha from 1952 to 1984 and Rajya Sabha from 1987 until his death in 1997. He had participated in Goa Liberation Movement. He was one of the founders of the Revolutionary Socialist Party.

Lok Sabha experience

Tridib Chaudhuri was present in seven Lok Sabhas, from 1952 until 1984.
1st Lok Sabha
2nd Lok Sabha
3rd Lok Sabha
4th Lok Sabha
5th Lok Sabha
6th Lok Sabha
7th Lok Sabha

1974 Indian Presidential Election

On 17 August 1974, the Election Commission of India held indirect 6th presidential elections of India. Tridib Chaudhuri lost to Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed by a margin of 189,196 votes.

Books

The Swing Back: A Critical Survey of the Devious Zig-zags of CPI, Political Line.