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Ardhendu Kumar Dey
Ardhendu Kumar Dey (24 March 1938 – 27 July 2022) was an Indian politician and Minister of Irrigation and Soil Conservation in the Government of Assam. He was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly from Hojai constituency from 1991 till 2006 as a member of INC. He was re-elected as an MLA from Hojai from 2011 to 2016. In April 2021, he left the Indian National Congress. Personal life He was born on 24 March 1938 to Aswini Kumar Dey and Hemalata Dey. He was a resident of Hojai, Assam. In 1966, he married Maya Dey, with whom he had one son. Death and reaction Death He was admitted into Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) where he was undergoing treatment. On 27 July 2022, he passed away at the same hospital, aged 84. His mortal remains were taken to his residence at Hojai where the last rites were performed. Reaction Many political figures and leaders including Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Minister of Health & Family Welfare Keshab Mahanta, President ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badarpur, Assam
Badarpur is a town and a town area committee in Cachar district in the state of Assam, India. Badarpur. Together with adjacent Badarpur Railway Town, it forms the Badarpur Urban Area, one of two notified urban areas in the district. The area is also popularly known as "Gateway to the Barak Valley" of Assam. History After the Conquest of Sylhet in 1303, a disciple of Shah Jalal known as Adam Khaki migrated and settled in present-day Deorail, Badarpur. Along with him Syed Shah Badaruddin settled in Bundashil area of present day . Badarpur is also very much popular in the valley because of its geographical point of view. Now a days it has become the centre for various educational institutions including higher education like B.pharm,D.pharm etc. at Allama TR college of Pharmacy which is located at Hasanpur,Srigauri Hospital Road. The railway junction under the Northeast Frontier Railway, the Badarpur Junction is the first railway station in the valley. It was first enacted and int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Himanta Biswa Sarma
Himanta Biswa Sarma (born 1 February 1969) is an Indian politician serving as the 15th and incumbent Chief Minister of Assam. A former member of the Indian National Congress political party. Sarma joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 23 August 2015. He is a five time Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from Jalukbari, having been elected in 2001. Sarma studied at Cotton College and later obtained a bachelor of laws from Government Law College in Guwahati. He later became a solicitor and practised law at Gauhati High Court before his entry to politics. Sarma was the Congress candidate for Jalukbari in 2001 and he defeated AGP leader Bhrigu Phukan. He was made a minister of state in the First Tarun Gogoi cabinet twice. He was inducted into the Second Tarun Gogoi cabinet and was upgraded to a cabinet minister. He served in the third cabinet before he resigned from congress. Sarma cited mismanagement by Rahul Gandhi as the reason for his defection from the Indian Nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 Births
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Pallab Lochan Das
Pallab Lochan Das (born December 31, 1978 in Biswanath Chariali, Assam) is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Assam. He was elected in Assam Legislative Assembly election in 2011 (from Behali Vidhan Sabha constituency) and 2016 from Rangapara constituency. He is the current Member of Parliament from Tezpur (Lok Sabha constituency). He became a minister in the Sarbananda Sonowal Sarbananda Sonowal ( Assamese: সৰ্বানন্দ সোণোৱাল / IPA: xɔɹbanɔndɔ xʊnʊwal; born 31 October 1962) is an Indian politician from Assam who is the current Cabinet Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and ...-led government in 2016. References Living people Indian National Congress politicians Lok Sabha members from Assam Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Assam India MPs 2019–present People from Lakhimpur district State cabinet ministers of Assam Assam MLAs 2011–2016 Assam MLAs 2016–2021 1978 births {{Assam-BJP-politician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayanta Malla Baruah
Jayanta Mallabaruah is an Indian politician from the state of Assam. He was a two term member of the Assam Legislative Assembly, from 2011 to 2016 and 2021 to present. He has been appointed Cabinet Minister in the Government of Assam headed by Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma. Mallabaruah currently holds the portfolio of Public Health Engineering, Skill, Employment & Entrepreneurship and Tourism. Before this he was the Political Secretary to the Chief Minister of Assam. In 2017, he was appointed the Chairman of the Assam Tourism Development Corporation. During his tenure as Chairman of ATDC he drew attention by holding the Filmfare award show in Assam, the first time that the show was held outside Mumbai in its 65-year history. Constituency Baruah represented the Nalbari (Vidhan Sabha constituency). Baruah won the seat on an Indian National Congress ticket, beating the sitting Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly Alaka Sarma from the Asom Gana Parishad by about 9000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajanta Neog
Ajanta Neog (born in 1964) is an Indian politician who is currently the Finance and Social Welfare Minister in the Government of Assam. She is the first woman Finance Minister of Assam. She has been representing the Golaghat Assembly seat consecutively for the past five terms since 2001. She also holds the record for being the longest serving female legislator from Assam. Currently, she is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party which she joined in December 2020. After she resigned her post as a MLA . Early life and education Ajanta Neog was born in Guwahati to the late Sasadhar Das and the late Rebati Das. Her mother Rebati Das, was a former Member of Assam Legislative Assembly for Jalukbari. She has secured her MA, LLB and LLM from Gauhati University, she is an alumna of Handique Girls College. After completing her degrees she practiced law as an advocate in Gauhati High Court for a few years. She was married to Karmashree Nagen Neog before he was killed in 1996. Her husban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilip Saikia
Dilip Saikia is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, from Mangaldoi in Assam in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is currently the national General secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi .... He is a former state Secretary and state organising secretary of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad ABVP Assam Pradesh. References External links * Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website India MPs 2019–present Lok Sabha members from Assam Living people 1973 births Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Assam {{Assam-BJP-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhupen Kumar Borah
Bhupen Kumar Borah (born 30 October 1970) is an Indian National Congress politician from the state of Assam, India. He is a former two time member of Assam Legislative Assembly politician from Bihpuria constituency. Bhupen Kumar Borah was appointed president of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (or Assam PCC) was formed in June 1921. Its headquarters is at Rajiv Bhavan in GS Road Guwahati. Kuladhar Chaliha was the first elected president and Chabilal Upadhyaya was the first selected president of the com ... on 24 July 2021. Electoral statistics References {{DEFAULTSORT:Borah, Bhupen Indian National Congress politicians from Assam Living people 1970 births Assam MLAs 2006–2011 Assam MLAs 2011–2016 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (or Assam PCC) was formed in June 1921. Its headquarters is at Rajiv Bhavan in GS Road Guwahati. Kuladhar Chaliha was the first elected president and Chabilal Upadhyaya was the first selected president of the committee when it was founded. Bhupen Kumar Borah is appointed as the new president on 24 July 2021 replacing Ripun Bora. Assam Legislative Assembly election List of Presidents Structure and Composition See also * All India Congress Committee * Congress Working Committee * Indian National Congress * Pradesh Congress Committee * Chabilal Upadhyaya * Kuladhar Chaliha Kuladhar Chaliha (20 September 1887 in Sivasagar – 19 January 1963) was a prominent freedom fighter and leader of Assam from the Indian National Congress. Chaliha played a significant role in the Indian independence movement, led by Mahatma Ga ... References External links * Nurul Islam - Secretary of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee Politics of Assam In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atul Bora
Atul Bora is an Indian politician from Assam belonging to a regional party, Asom Gana Parishad. In July 2014 he was elected president of the party. Currently he is the Minister for Agriculture and Veterinary in the Cabinet of Assam Government headed by Himanta Biswa Sarma. Early career Bora started his career of leadership from his student days. He was born in a family of Chutia ethnicity at Borahi Gaon, Athgaon Mouza of Golaghat District. He is the eldest son of Sri Mehuram Bora and Smti. Punya Probha Bora. He completed his primary education at Saraimoria LP School and Torfat ME school. Thereafter he got himself admitted to Kacharihat High School from where he passed the HSLC Examination. Subsequently, he took admission in Debraj Roy College, Golaghat and after graduation, he joined Gauhati University and obtained his master's degree in Political Science and also obtained LLB Degree from Gauhati University Law College. Political career Bora participated actively in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asom Gana Parishad
Asom Gana Parishad (translation: ''Assam People's Council'', AGP) is a state political party in Assam, India. The AGP was formed after the historic Assam Accord of 1985 and formally launched at the Golaghat Convention held from 13–14 October 1985 in Golaghat, that let Prafulla Kumar Mahanta to be elected as the youngest chief minister of the state. The AGP has formed government twice from 1985 to 1989 and from 1996 to 2001. The party split in 2005, with former Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta forming the Asom Gana Parishad (Progressive), but regrouped on 14 October 2008 in Golaghat. The party won 14 seats out of 126 in the 2016 Legislative Assembly Elections; a historic win for the party. Further, it shares power with the Bodoland People's Front and Bharatiya Janata Party. Currently it is a part of North-East Regional Political Front consisting of political parties of the northeast which has supported the National Democratic Alliance (India). The party will form an al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirajuddin Ajmal
Sirajuddin Ajmal (born 21 February 1958) is an Indian politician of All India United Democratic Front who is serving as the Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly representing Jamunamukh constituency since 2021 and from 2006 to 2014. He was also served as the Member of the Parliament, Lok Sabha from Barpeta constituency from 2014 to 2019. His brother, Badruddin Ajmal is also the Member of the Lok Sabha. Biography Ajmal was born on 21 February 1958 to a Bengali Muslim family from Hojai in central Assam. His family traces their origins to the Sylhet district of eastern Bengal. He is the son of Haji Ajmal Ali, a rice farmer who moved to Mumbai in 1950 to try to succeed in the perfume industry using the '' oud'' plant. After the opening of the first store in the 1960s, the Ajmal perfume brand quickly grew to become a large brand in the Middle East. Career He is one of the Director of Ajmal Foundation ( NGO) which is actively involved in Social Welfare Activities in the state o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
