Charu Chandra Biswas

Charu Chandra Biswas CIE (21 April 1888 – 9^{[citation needed]} December 1960) was an Indian National Congress politician.

Charu Chandra Biswas
Minister of Law and Justice
In office 1952–1958
Prime Minister	Jawaharlal Nehru
Preceded by	B. R. Ambedkar
Succeeded by	Ashoke Kumar Sen
2nd Leader of the House, Rajya Sabha
In office February 1953 – November 1954
Preceded by	N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
Succeeded by	Lal Bahadur Shastri
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 1952-1960
Constituency	West Bengal
Personal details
Born	(1888-04-21)21 April 1888 Calcutta, British India[1]
Died	12 December 1960(1960-12-12) (aged 72)[citation needed]
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Suhasini Biswas
Children	6 daughters
Parent	Ashutosh Biswas (father)
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Life and career

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.^[2] In February 1940, he was appointed a judge of the Calcutta High Court^[3] 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.^[4][5][6][7]