Deaths
Published: 01:07 AM, 06 November 2018
Siddhartha Shankar Ray
Siddhartha Shankar Ray was a lawyer and Indian National Congress politician from West Bengal. In his political career he held a number of offices, including Union Minister of Education (1971-72), Chief Minister of West Bengal (1972-77), Governor of Punjab (1986-89) and Indian Ambassador to the United States (1992-96).
During his retirement between 1996 and 2010, Ray returned to his law practice, once again making his mark as an eminent Barrister of the High Court of Calcutta. Ray studied at, Mitra Institution, Bhowanipore Branch, Calcutta, Presidency College, Calcutta and University Law College, of the University of Calcutta. In college and university, he was active in both sports and politics.Ray died of renal failure on 6 November 2010 at the age of 90.
