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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian pro-democracy leader}}<br />
{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Chandra Das [[Rai people|Rai]]<br />
| image = Chandra Das Rai.jpg<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| alma_mater = [[Banaras Hindu University]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sikkimexpress.com/news-details/chandra-das-rai|title=www.sikkimexpress.com news-details chandradasrai}}</ref><br />
| spouse = <br />
| children = [[Prem Das Rai]]<br />
| occupation = Bureaucrat,Journalist,Leader<br />
| party = [[Sikkim State Congress]]<br />
| birth_place = <br />
| birth_date = }}<br />
'''Chandra Das Rai''' popularly known as '''C.D Rai''' was a pro democracy leader of pre merger [[Sikkim]], bureaucrat and former journalist.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://sikkimnow.blogspot.com/2014/07/cd-rai-to-be-conferred-bhanu-puraskar.html |title=CD Rai to be conferred Bhanu Puraskar 2014 |website=sikkimnow.blogspot.com}}</ref> He was a senior leader in [[Sikkim State Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1959/09/23/archives/2-sikkimese-ask-closer-indian-tie-congress-party-chiefs-urge-full.html|title=2 SIKKIMESE ASK CLOSER INDIAN TIE; Congress Party Chiefs Urge Full Accession in View of Chinese Threat|first=Paul|last=Grimes|date=September 23, 1959|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref><br />
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He also served as the first editor of ''Sikkim Herald''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sikkim.gov.in/departments/information-and-public-relations-department/history-of-ipr-department|title=Information & Public Relations Department &#124; State Portal-Sikkim|website=sikkim.gov.in}}</ref> His son is former member of parliament [[Prem Das Rai]].<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* 2010- Kanchenjunga Kalam BBC Purashkar- Awarded by Press Club of Sikkim<br />
* 2014- Bhanu Purashkar- Awarded by Nepali Sahitya Parishad, Sikkim<br />
* 2018- Kashiraj Pradhan Lifetime Journalism Award- Presented by [[Government of Sikkim]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
* {{Cite book<br />
| last = Bareh<br />
| first = Hamlet<br />
| year = 2001<br />
| title = Encyclopaedia of North-East India: Sikkim<br />
| chapter = Introduction<br />
| publisher = Mittal Publications<br />
| isbn = 978-81-7099-794-8<br />
| chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=jrr7HPr8NAQC<br />
| access-date =19 June 2011<br />
}}<br />
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