Manas Chaudhuri

Manas Chaudhuri
Born Shillong, Meghalaya, India
Occupation Journalist
Politician
Parent(s) Parsva Nath Chaudhuri
Relatives Ardhendu Chaudhuri
Awards Padma Shri

Manas Chaudhuri is an Indian journalist and the former editor of Shillong Times, an English language daily published from the Meghalayan capital of Shillong.[1] He won as a legislator to the Shillong Assembly twice from Mawprem constituency as an independent candidate. . [2] He is a former cabinet minister of the State[3] and served Shillong Times as its Editor[4] from 1978 to 2008, when he resigned from the post for Patricia Mukhim to take over.[5] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2005, for his contributions to Indian journalism.[6] He is the founder of the Ardhendu Chaudhuri Charitable Trust.

In 2013, he contested the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly elections as a candidate of the Indian National Congress (INC) from South Shillong and lost to Sanbor Shullai. He again lost the 2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly elections to Shullai, who this time was a BJP candidate[7].

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References

  1. ↑ "Shillong media to boycott CM". ReDiff. 12 June 2005. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Manas Chaudhuri first non-tribal to file papers in Meghalaya". The Times of India. 2 February 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "APJ Abdul Kalam's passing away brings global prominence for Shillong". One India. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Indian Online Newspapers". Indian Online Newspapers. 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "About Us". Shillong Times. 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election, 2018", Wikipedia, 2018-08-30, retrieved 2018-09-02


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