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Jorhat (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Jorhat Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam state in north-eastern India. Assembly segments Jorhat Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments: Members of Parliament Election results General election 2019 General elections 2014 Jorhat District, Assam. Expenditure Details of Contesting Candidates'' General elections 2009 See also * Jorhat district * List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, is made up of Members of Parliament ( MPs). Each MP, represents a single geographic constituency. There are currently 543 constituencies while maximum seats will fill up to 550 (after ar ... References External linksJorhat lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule {{coord, 26.8, 94.2, display=title Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam Jorhat district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, the incumbent Indian prime minister. The BJP is aligned with right-wing politics, and its policies have historically reflected a traditional Hindu nationalist ideology; it has close ideological and organisational links to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). , it is the country's largest political party in terms of representation in the Parliament of India as well as state legislatures. The party's origins lie in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, which was founded in 1951 by Indian politician Shyama Prasad Mukherjee. After The Emergency of 1975–1977, the Jana Sangh merged with several other political parties to form the Janata Party; it defeated the then-incumbent Indian National Congress in the 1977 general election. After three years in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jogen Mohan
Jogen Mohan (born 1 November 1963) is an Indian politician from the state of Assam. He is a member of Assam Legislative Assembly who represents the Mahmora constituency. He is the Revenue & Disaster Management, Hills Area Development, Mines & Minerals minister in Himanta Biswa Sarma led-Cabinet. Mohan was also a minister in Sarbananda Sonowal led Government. Mohan is a resident of Jyotipur village in the Sivasagar district Sivasagar district (Pron: or ), formerly known as ''Sibsagar'', is one of the 34 districts of Assam state in Northeast India. Sivasagar city is the administrative headquarters of this district. This historic place is also known for its rich bio ... of Assam . References Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Assam Assam MLAs 2016–2021 People from Sivasagar district Assam MLAs 2021–2026 1963 births {{Assam-BJP-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charaideo District
Charaideo or Che-Rai-Doi (Literally: ''the shining city on the hills'' in Ahom language) is a town in Charaideo district, Assam, India and was also the first capital of the Ahom kingdom established by the first Ahom king Chao Lung Siu-Ka-Pha in 1253. Even though the capital moved to other places over the course of the 600 years of rule, Charaideo remained the symbol of Ahom power. It is now known for its collection of ''maidams'', tumuli or burial mounds of the Ahom kings and Ahom royalty. It is about 30 km from Sivasagar town located in Charaideo district. Etymology Charaideo (also Ahom: ''Che-Rai-Doi''; ''Charai-khorong''), the permanent settlement of the first Ahom king Chaolung Sukaphaa, was earlier called ''Che-Tam-Doi-Phi'' (literally ''City-Hill-God'') meaning "city of the sacred hill". The name Charaideo originated from Tai-Ahom word ''Che Rai Doi'' or ''Doi Che Rai'' which means ''the shining city on the hills''The Che-Rai-Doi Assamised into Charaideo or Chara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debabrata Saikia
Debabrata Saikia ( Assamese: দেবব্ৰত শইকীয়া; born 14 December 1964) is an Assamese politician. He is the incumbent Leader of Opposition in the Assam Legislative Assembly. Saikia was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly in 2011 from Nazira constituency. He was reelected in both 2016 and 2021. He is the son of Hiteswar Saikia and Hemoprova Saikia. Early and personal life Saikia was born on 14 December 1964, at Nazira, Sivasagar, Assam. He is the son of former Chief Minister of Assam, Hiteswar Saikia and former minister Hemoprova Saikia. Sri Saikia had completed his graduation in Arts from Calcutta University. He married Smti Bandana Saikia. Saikia and his wife have two children, Luit and Krishnika. Political career Sri Saikia became the General Secretary of Assam Pradesh Youth Congress Committee in the year 1992–93 and the Self-Employed Review Committee formed by Assam Pradesh Youth Congress in 1992–93. He had been the Vice President of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prodip Hazarika
Prodip Hazarika is an Asom Gana Parishad politician from Assam. He has been elected in Assam Legislative Assembly The Assam Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Assam. It is housed in Guwahati, the capital city of Assam, geographically situated in present Western Assam region. The Legislative Assembly comprises 126 Me ... election in 1985, 1996, 2006 and 2016 from Amguri constituency. References Living people Asom Gana Parishad politicians People from Sivasagar district Assam MLAs 2016–2021 Assam MLAs 1996–2001 Assam MLAs 1985–1991 Year of birth missing (living people) {{Assam-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sivasagar District
Sivasagar district (Pron: or ), formerly known as ''Sibsagar'', is one of the 34 districts of Assam state in Northeast India. Sivasagar city is the administrative headquarters of this district. This historic place is also known for its rich biodiversity. The districts covers an area of 2668 square kilometers (of the total area of 78438 square kilometers of Assam). The district comprises two sub-divisions – ''Sivasagar'' and ''Nazira''. The district of Sivasagar lies between 26.45°N and 27.15°N latitudes and 94.25°E and 95.25°E longitudes. The district is bounded by the Brahmaputra River to the north, Nagaland to the south, the Charaideo district to the east and the Jhanji River to the west. The Sivasagar district has acquired its distinct identity due to the co-existence of different races, tribes, languages and cultures. History The Sivasagar was established by Ahoms. Before the arrival of Ahoms, the area under the district was inhabited by the indigenous Tibeto-Burman tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renupoma Rajkhowa
Renupoma Rajkhowa (born 1 July 1955) is an Asom Gana Parishad politician from Assam, India. She was elected into the Assam Legislative Assembly election in 1991, 1996 2016 from Teok constituency. She is the wife of Lalit Chandra Rajkhowa who she succeeded as the Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from the Teok constituency in 1991. She was also Deputy Speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly The Assam Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Assam. It is housed in Guwahati, the capital city of Assam, geographically situated in present Western Assam region. The Legislative Assembly comprises 126 Me .... References Living people Asom Gana Parishad politicians People from Jorhat district Assam MLAs 1991–1996 Assam MLAs 1996–2001 Assam MLAs 2016–2021 Assam MLAs 2021–2026 1955 births {{Assam-politician-stub ... [...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] |
Rupjyoti Kurmi
Rupjyoti Kurmi (born 24 July 1977) is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party. In May 2021, he was elected as a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from Mariani (constituency). He defeated Ramani Tanti of Bharatiya Janata Party by 2,446 votes in 2021 Assam Assembly election. In June 2021, he was expelled from Indian National Congress due to disagreement of promotion of the youngster in the party and for his anti-party activities. He joined Bharatiya Janata Party in presence of Chief Minister of Assam 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 .... He is the son of former cabinet minister, Rupam Kurmi.He sparked a controversy in April 2023, asking to demolish Taj Mahal and Qutub Minar to build Hindu temples in their sites. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitendra Nath Goswami
Hitendra Nath Goswami is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party. He served as Speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly from 30 January 2017 to 20 May 2021. Goswami is a member of Assam Legislative Assembly from Jorhat constituency. He was a member of Asom Gana Parishad until 16 February 2013, when he resigned from the party membership "expressing his frustration at the failure of the party leadership to bring in new blood to revive the regional force". He joined BJP on 10 March 2014 in New Delhi. However, he made it clear that he has nothing against the aims and objectives of the regional force and he would always continue his anti-Congress stand. Early life and education Hitendra Nath Goswami is the sixth among eight siblings of Late Shrinath Deva Goswami and Late Smt. Rambha Goswami, who was the Satradhikar of Madhu-Mishra Satra and a prominent citizen of Jorhat. His father was a Gold Medalist of University of Calcutta and founder of three educational Institutions name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
