# Tridib Chaudhuri > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tridib_Chaudhuri > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tridib_Chaudhuri.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tridib_Chaudhuri > Source revision: 1349221243 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Indian independence activist and politician}} {{Use Indian English|date=June 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = ''[Comrade](/source/Comrade)'' | education = BA and MA | name = Tridib Kumar Chaudhuri | image = | caption = | office = [Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha](/source/Member_of_Parliament%2C_Rajya_Sabha) | term_start = 1987 | term_end = 1997 | predecessor = | successor = [Abani Roy](/source/Abani_Roy) | constituency = [West Bengal](/source/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_West_Bengal) | office1 = [Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha](/source/Member_of_Parliament%2C_Lok_Sabha) | term1 = 1952–1984 | predecessor1 = ''Constituency established'' | successor1 = [Atish Chandra Sinha](/source/Atish_Chandra_Sinha) | constituency1 = [Baharampur, West Bengal](/source/Baharampur_Lok_Sabha_constituency) | birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|12|13|df=y}} | birth_place = [Dhaka](/source/Dhaka), [Eastern Bengal and Assam](/source/Eastern_Bengal_and_Assam), [British India](/source/British_Raj)
(now in [Dhaka Division](/source/Dhaka_Division), [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh)){{cite book|date=2004 |title=Tridib Kumar Chaudhuri |url=https://eparlib.sansad.in/bitstream/123456789/761786/1/Tridib_Kumar_Chaudhuri_English.pdf |location=New Delhi |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|access-date=9 September 2025}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1997|12|21|1911|12|13|df=y}} | death_place = Calcutta, West Bengal, India | party = [Revolutionary Socialist Party](/source/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)) | other_party = {{ubl|[Indian National Congress](/source/Indian_National_Congress)|[Congress Socialist Party](/source/Congress_Socialist_Party)}} | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = [Calcutta University](/source/Calcutta_University) | website = | footnotes = | date = 17 September | year = 2006 | source = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4088 }} '''Tridib Kumar Chaudhuri''' (13 December 1911 – 21 December 1997) was an [Indian independence activist](/source/Indian_independence_activist) and politician. He was a leader and founder of the [Revolutionary Socialist Party](/source/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)) and a member of [Lok Sabha](/source/Lok_Sabha) from [Baharampur](/source/Baharampur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)) in [West Bengal](/source/West_Bengal). Chaudhuri was born to a middle-class ''zamindari'' family with roots in Haripur, [Pabna District](/source/Pabna_District). He passed his BA examination in 1933 and subsequently MA in economics from the [University of Calcutta](/source/University_of_Calcutta) as an external candidate from jail, when he was imprisoned for [sedition](/source/sedition) against the colonial rule.[http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article4232.html Tridib Chowdhuri and his Growing Relevance by Pramothes Mukherjee] He was the joint opposition candidate for the [1974 Indian presidential election](/source/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](/source/Rajya_Sabha) from 1987 until his death in 1997. He had participated in [Goa Liberation Movement](/source/Goa_Liberation_Movement).[http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/lsdeb/ls12/ses1/02250398.htm parliamentofindia obituary] He was one of the founders of the [Revolutionary Socialist Party](/source/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)).{{cite web| url =http://murshidabad.gov.in/history2.htm | title = History of Murshidabad | access-date = 2010-10-01 | publisher = Murshidabad district administration}} ==Lok Sabha experience== Tridib Chaudhuri was present in seven [Lok Sabha](/source/Lok_Sabha)s, from 1952 until 1984. • [1st Lok Sabha](/source/1st_Lok_Sabha) • [2nd Lok Sabha](/source/2nd_Lok_Sabha) • [3rd Lok Sabha](/source/3rd_Lok_Sabha) • [4th Lok Sabha](/source/4th_Lok_Sabha) • [5th Lok Sabha](/source/5th_Lok_Sabha) • [6th Lok Sabha](/source/6th_Lok_Sabha) • [7th Lok Sabha](/source/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](/source/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 (1947–50). ==References== {{reflist}} {{First to Tenth Lok Sabha, West Bengal}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chaudhuri, Tridib}} Category:1911 births Category:1997 deaths Category:Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) politicians Category:Lok Sabha members from West Bengal Category:India MPs 1952–1957 Category:India MPs 1957–1962 Category:India MPs 1962–1967 Category:India MPs 1967–1970 Category:India MPs 1971–1977 Category:India MPs 1977–1979 Category:India MPs 1980–1984 Category:Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal Category:Candidates for President of India Category:University of Calcutta alumni Category:People from Murshidabad district Category:Krishnath College alumni {{WestBengal-politician-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Tridib Chaudhuri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tridib_Chaudhuri) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tridib_Chaudhuri?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.