Charu Chandra Biswas

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1888|4|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Calcutta]], [[British India]]<ref name="RaoBinani1954">{{cite book|author1=T. V. Rama Rao|author2=G. D. Binani|title=India at a Glance: A Comprehensive Reference Book on India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2b9NOnb8WigC|year=1954|publisher=Orient Longmans|page=17}}</ref>
| death_date = {{death date and age |1960|12|12|1888|4|21|df=y}}
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| nationality = [[India]]n
| office = [[Ministry of Law and Justice (India)|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)|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]]
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| spouse = Suhasini Biswas
| children = 6 daughters
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| source = https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/b.pdf
| parents = Ashutosh Biswas (father)
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'''Charu Chandra Biswas''' [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]] (21 April 1888 – 9 December 1960) was an [[Indian National Congress]] politician.

==Details==
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.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33722 |date=2 June 1931 |page=3628 |supp=y |nolink=y}}</ref> In February 1940, he was appointed a judge of the Calcutta High Court.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34799 |date=23 February 1940 |page=1106 |supp= |nolink=y}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/b.pdf | title=Previous Members Biography Rajya Sabha | publisher=Rajya Sabha | accessdate=18 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx | title=Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952 | publisher=Rajya Sabha | accessdate=18 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="singh2015">{{cite book|first=Virendra | last=Singh|title=INDIAN POLITY with Indian Constitution & Parliamentary Affairs: Special Focus on CSAT and Different State PSC Prelims & Mains, Graduate & Post Graduate Course (Public Administration & Political Science) Staff Selection Commission Examination (Metric & Graduate level and also helpful for different Law examination|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PEX5CQAAQBAJ&pg=PA201|year=2015|publisher=Neelkanth Prakashan|isbn=978-81-925472-9-9|page=201}}</ref><ref name="Council1960">{{cite book|author=West Bengal (India). Legislature. Legislative Council|title=Council Debates: Official report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=phetVxOEg_IC|year=1960|publisher=West Bengal Government Press|page=367}}</ref>

==References==
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{{University of Calcutta Vice chancellors}}
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Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha

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| residence = 8, Teen Murti Marg, [[New Delhi]], [[Delhi]], [[India]]<ref>http://164.100.47.193/councilofministers/files/councilofministers.pdf</ref>
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| incumbent = [[Piyush Goyal]]
| incumbentsince = 14 July 2021
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The '''Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha''' ([[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration|IAST]]: {{lang|hi-Latn|Rājya Sabhā ke Sadana Netā}}) is the leader and parliamentary chairperson of the majority party in the [[Rajya Sabha]] and is normally either a cabinet minister or another nominated minister. The Leader of the House is responsible for organizing government meetings and business in the House. This office is not enshrined in the constitution and provided under the Rules of Rajya Sabha.

==List of Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha==
The following individuals have held the office of the Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha:<ref>http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/whoswho/former_leader_of_house.asp</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#00f;"
! {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! Portrait
! Name
! colspan="3" | Tenure
! colspan="2" | Party
|-
|1
|[[File:Gopalaswamy Ayyangar.jpg|77x77px]]
|[[N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar]]
|May 1952
|February 1953
|
| rowspan="12" | [[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="12" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|-
|2
|
|[[Charu Chandra Biswas]]
|February 1953
|November 1954
|
|-
|3
|
|[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
|November 1954
|March 1955
|
|-
|4
|[[File:Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant.jpg|98x98px]]
|[[Govind Ballabh Pant]]
|March 1955
|February 1961
|
|-
|5
|
|[[Hafiz Mohammad Ibrahim]]
|February 1961
|August 1963
|
|-
|6
|[[File:Y B Chavan (cropped).jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Yashwantrao Chavan]]
|August 1963
|December 1963
|
|-
|7
|[[File:Jaisukh lal Hathi.png|89x89px]]
|[[Jaisukhlal Hathi]]
|February 1964
|March 1964
|
|-
|8
|[[File:Mohamed Ali Currim Chagla.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[M. C. Chagla]]
|March 1964
|November 1967
|
|-
|(7)
|[[File:Jaisukh lal Hathi.png|89x89px]]
|[[Jaisukhlal Hathi]]
|November 1967
|November 1969
|
|-
|9
|
|[[Kodardas Kalidas Shah]]
|November 1969
|May 1971
|
|-
|10
|
|[[Uma Shankar Dikshit]]
|May 1971
|December 1975
|
|-
|11
|
|[[Kamalapati Tripathi]]
|December 1975
|March 1977
|
|-
|12
|[[File:Lkadvani.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[L. K. Advani]]
|March 1977
|August 1979
|
| [[Janata Party]]
|bgcolor="{{Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|-
|13
|[[File:Shri K.C Pant (cropped).jpg|91x91px]]
|[[K. C. Pant]]
|August 1979
|January 1980
|
| rowspan="6" | [[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="6" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|-
|rowspan ="2"|14
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Pranab_Mukherjee_Portrait.jpg|105x105px]]
|rowspan ="2"|[[Pranab Mukherjee]]
|January 1980
|July 1981
|
|-
|August 1981
|December 1984
|
|-
|15
|[[File:V. P. Singh (cropped).jpg|109x109px]]
|[[Vishwanath Pratap Singh]]
|December 1984
|April 1987
|
|-
|16
|[[File:Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg|103x103px]]
|[[N. D. Tiwari]]
|April 1987
|June 1988
|
|-
|17
|
|[[P. Shiv Shankar]]
|July 1988
|December 1989
|
|-
|18
|
|[[M. S. Gurupadaswamy]]
|December 1989
|November 1990
|
| rowspan="2"|[[Janata Dal]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" |
|-
|19
|[[File:Yashwant Sinha IMF.jpg|108x108px]]
|[[Yashwant Sinha]]
|December 1990
|June 1991
|
|-
|20
|[[File:Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India (cropped).jpg|97x97px]]
|[[Shankarrao Chavan]]
|July 1991
|April 1996
|
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|-
|21
|
|[[Sikander Bakht]]
|20 May 1996
|31 May 1996
|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}"|
|-
|22
|[[File:Inder Kumar Gujral 071.jpg|110x110px]]
|[[Inder Kumar Gujral]]
|June 1996
|November 1996
|
| rowspan="3"|[[Janata Dal]]
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" |
|-
|23
|[[File:Deve Gowda BNC.jpg|113x113px]]
|[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
|November 1996
|April 1997
|
|-
|(22)
|[[File:Inder Kumar Gujral 071.jpg|110x110px]]
|[[Inder Kumar Gujral]]
|April 1997
|March 1998
|
|-
|(21)
|
|[[Sikander Bakht]]
|19 March 1998
|13 October 1999
|{{Ayd|19 march 1998|13 october 1999}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|-
|24
|[[File:Jaswant Singh (cropped).jpg|102x102px]]
|[[Jaswant Singh]]
|13 October 1999
|22 May 2004
|{{Ayd|13 october 1999|22 may 2004}}
|-
|rowspan ="2"|25
| rowspan="2" |[[File:IBSA-leaders Manmohan Singh.jpg|99x99px]]
|rowspan ="2"|[[Manmohan Singh]]
|1 June 2004
|18 May 2009
|
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|-
|29 May 2009
|26 May 2014
|
|-
|26
|[[File:The official photograph of the Defence Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley (cropped).jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Arun Jaitley]]
|26 May 2014
|11 June 2019
|{{Ayd|26 may 2014|11 june 2019}}
| rowspan="3" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|-
|27<ref>{{Cite web|last1=DelhiJune 11|first1=India Today Web Desk New|last2=June 11|first2=2019UPDATED|last3=Ist|first3=2019 23:57|title=Thawarchand Gehlot to replace Arun Jaitley as Leader of House in Rajya Sabha|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/thawarchand-gehlot-to-replace-arun-jaitley-as-leader-of-house-in-rajya-sabha-1546935-2019-06-11|access-date=2021-07-19|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
|[[File:Thawar Chand Gehlot appointed as the new governor of karnataka (cropped).JPG|91x91px]]
|[[Thawar Chand Gehlot]]
|11 June 2019
|7 July 2021
|{{Ayd|11 june 2019|7 july 2021}}
|-
|28<ref>{{Cite web|title=Piyush Goyal appointed Leader of House in Rajya Sabha|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/piyush-goyal-appointed-leader-of-house-in-rajya-sabha/784878|access-date=2021-07-14|website=timesnownews.com|language=en}}</ref>
|[[File:Piyush Goyal.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Piyush Goyal]]
|14 July 2021
|''Incumbent''
|{{Ayd|14 july 2021}}
|}

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|-
! style="background:#ccc;" | #

! style="background:#ccc;" |'''Name'''
! style="background:#ccc;" |'''Portrait'''
! style="background:#ccc;" |'''Took Office'''
! style="background:#ccc;" |'''Left Office'''
! style="background:#ccc;" |'''Appointed by'''
! style="background:#ccc;" |'''Ref'''
|-
| 1
| [[Piyush Goyal]]
| [[File:Piyush Goyal.jpg|100px]]
| 12 June 2019
| 13 July 2021
| rowspan=2| [[Venkiah Naidu]]
|
|-
| 2
| style="background:| [[Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi]]
|style="background:| [[File:Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.jpg|100px]]
| style="background:| 19 July 2021
| style="background:| 7 July 2022
| <ref name="Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi appointed Deputy Leader of House in Rajya Sabha">{{cite news |title=Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi appointed Deputy Leader of House in Rajya Sabha |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/mukhtar-abbas-naqvi-appointed-deputy-leader-of-house-in-rajya-sabha-7412696/ |access-date=25 October 2022 |work= |date=20 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025101653/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/mukhtar-abbas-naqvi-appointed-deputy-leader-of-house-in-rajya-sabha-7412696/ |archive-date=25 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
*[[Vice President of India]] (Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha)
*[[Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha]]
*[[Leader of the House in Lok Sabha]]
*[[Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha]]
*[[Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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Charu Chandra Biswas

Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha