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Siddhartha Shankar Ray (20 October 1920 – 6 November 2010) was an Indian lawyer, diplomat and Indian National Congress politician from West Bengal.
Siddhartha Shankar Ray is the controversial, yet popular, Congress veteran who was also a former Punjab Governor and served as the Indian Ambassador to the US as well. A confidant of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in the 70s, he was appointed Union Minister (in-charge of West Bengal affairs) in 1971.
Oct 20, 2020 · Siddhartha Shankar Ray was pulled into tasks involving the two Bengals — administering West Bengal, and a diplomatic outreach to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Sep 11, 2014 · Siddhartha Shankar Ray, 57, the former strong-man of West Bengal and union cabinet minister has been described as the "architect" of the Emergency, though he himself objects to the description.
Nov 6, 2010 · The former Chief Minister of West Bengal, Siddhartha Shankar Ray, passed away at his residence here on Saturday. He was 90. Mr. Ray was Governor of Punjab during the State's turbulent period in...
Oct 31, 1994 · Siddhartha Shankar Ray talked about his success, failures and the lessons in diplomacy that he has learnt to Senior Editor shekhar gupta and Correspondent Tania Anand. When Siddhartha Shankar Ray took over as India's ambassador to the US, no one gave him the remotest chance.
Dec 2, 2010 · Siddhartha Shankar Ray's death marks the end of an era in West Bengal politics. UPON hearing the news of the death of his close friend and old political adversary Jyoti Basu in January...
Nov 6, 2010 · Sophisticated and articulate, Siddhartha Shankar Ray was an administrator par excellence who crushed the Naxalite movement in West Bengal and was the first envoy to put business on the...
Nov 6, 2010 · KOLKATA: Siddhartha Shankar Ray, former West Bengal chief minister, veteran Congress leader and legal luminary, passed away at 6.50 pm in his Kolkata residence on Saturday after battling a protracted illness. He was 90 and is survived by his wife Maya Ray, who like him is also a barrister.
Siddhartha Shankar Ray, aristocrat Bengali politician. Like his grandfather before him, the legendary Chittaranjan Das, who played a major role in the Indian independence movement, he was both a barrister and politician.
