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Siddhartha Shankar Ray

Siddhartha Shankar Ray
Union Minister of Education
In office
18 March 1971 – 20 March 1972
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Preceded byV. K. R. V. Rao
Succeeded bySaiyid Nurul Hasan
Indian Ambassador to the United States
In office
1992–1996
Prime MinisterP. V. Narasimha Rao
Preceded byAbid Hussain
Succeeded byNaresh Chandra
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1971–1972
Preceded byChapala Kanta Bhattacharjee
Succeeded byMaya Ray
ConstituencyRaiganj
Chief Minister of West Bengal
In office
20 March 1972 – 30 April 1977
GovernorAnthony Lancelot Dias
Preceded byPresident's rule
Succeeded byPresident's rule
Governor of Punjab
Administrator of Chandigarh
In office
2 April 1986 – 8 December 1989
Chief MinisterSurjit Singh Barnala
President's rule
Preceded byShankar Dayal Sharma
Succeeded byNirmal Mukarji
Leader of Opposition, West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
1969–1971
Preceded byKhagendra Nath Dasgupta
Succeeded byJyoti Basu
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
1991–1992
Preceded byDebiprasad Chattopadhyaya
Succeeded byAnil Chatterjee
ConstituencyChowranghee
In office
1972–1977
Preceded byMahammad Gafurur Rahman
Succeeded byShubhendu Chowdhury
ConstituencyMaldaha
In office
1967–1971
Preceded byBidhan Chandra Roy
Succeeded byShankar Ghosh
ConstituencyChowranghee
In office
1957–1967
Preceded byMira Datta Gupta
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyBhabanipur
Personal details
Born(1920-10-20)20 October 1920
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died6 November 2010(2010-11-06) (aged 90)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Height6 ft 4 in (193 cm)[1]
SpouseMaya Ray
Alma materPresidency College, Calcutta
Inner Temple (Barrister-at-Law)
ProfessionLawyer, 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, including Chief Minister of West Bengal (1972–77), Union Minister of Education (1971–72), Governor of Punjab (1986–89) and Indian Ambassador to the United States (1992–96). He was, at one point, the main troubleshooter for the Congress Party.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

  1. ^ Bengal's Political Aristrocrat Retrieved 3 December 2010.
  2. ^ "National : S.S. Ray in hospital". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 28 March 2010. Archived from the original on 3 April 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Welcome to Sri Chinmoy Library". srichinmoylibrary.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
  4. ^ "Siddhartha Shankar Ray ill – Yahoo! India News". in.news.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
  5. ^ "A Wily Survivor". outlookindia.com. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
  6. ^ "There Are More Anti-American Indians Than Anti-Indian Americans". outlookindia.com. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
  7. ^ "Ray recalls his fights, friendship with a great human being". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 18 January 2010. Archived from the original on 21 January 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
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