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{{Short description|Indian judge and politician}}
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{{Infobox Politician
| name                = 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}}
| death_place         = 
| 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)
}}

'''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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[[Category:Leaders of the Rajya Sabha]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal|Biswas Charu Chandra]]
[[Category:1888 births]]
[[Category:1960 deaths]]
[[Category:Law Ministers of India]]
[[Category:Members of the Cabinet of India|B]]
[[Category:Judges of the Calcutta High Court]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian judges]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire]]
[[Category:Vice Chancellors of the University of Calcutta]]

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