Charu Chandra Biswas | |
Birth Date: | 21 April 1888 |
Birth Place: | Calcutta, British India[1] |
Nationality: | Indian |
Office: | Minister of Law and Justice |
Primeminister: | Jawaharlal Nehru |
Term Start: | 1952 |
Term End: | 1958 |
Predecessor: | B. R. Ambedkar |
Successor: | Ashoke Kumar Sen |
Office2: | 2th Leader of the House, Rajya Sabha |
Term Start2: | February 1953 |
Term End2: | November 1954 |
Predecessor2: | N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar |
Successor2: | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
Office3: | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
Constituency3: | West Bengal |
Term3: | 1952-1960 |
Party: | Indian National Congress |
Spouse: | Suhasini Biswas |
Children: | 6 daughters |
Source: | https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/b.pdf |
Parents: | Ashutosh Biswas (father) |
Charu Chandra Biswas CIE (21 April 1888 – 9 December 1960) was an Indian National Congress politician.
Biswas began his career as a lawyer in the Calcutta High Court. The imperial British government appointed him a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in the 1931 Birthday Honours list. In February 1940, he was appointed a judge of the Calcutta High Court. and subsequently as Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta in 1949–50.
Biswas was elected to the Upper House of Indian Parliament the Rajya Sabha from 1952 to 1960 from West Bengal. He was the leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha from 1953 to 1954. He was also a Minister of State and then Union Minister of Law and Minority Affairs, the latter from 1952 to 1957.[2] [3] [4] [5]