Chandrakar was born on 1 January 1920 in Nipani village in
Durg district. Chandrakar became a journalist 1945 for the
Hindustan Times, with stories also published in other Indian and foreign newspapers.. He reported on nine
Olympic Games and three
Asian Games. Chandrakar served as an editor at Daily India. In 1970, Chandrakar was elected to the
Lok Sabha for the first of five times. He served as the minister of tourism,
civil aviation,
agriculture, rural development. Chandrakar became a general secretary of All India Committee and a spokesman of the
Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee. Chhattisgarh remained the President of State All-Party Forum Chandrakar died on February 2, 1995. The
Chhattisgarh government established the Chandulal Chandrakar Fellowship in his memory ==References==