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People's Consultative Group
The People's Consultative Group (PCG) was a citizen's group in Assam, India, comprising 11 members and established by the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) on September 8, 2005. Its objective was to initiate the peace talk process as mediator between the central government and ULFA. The PCG was dissolved by ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa in February 2011. ULFA continued the peace talk process without the PCG on 10 February 2011 in New Delhi. Members The following is a list of PCG members released by ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa. Mamoni Raisom Goswami was appointed as the chief interlocutor between ULFA and the government. Some of its members are believed to be ULFA sympathizers or ex-ULFA cadres. #Mamoni Raisom Goswami (Jnanpith Awardee writer) # Reboti Phukan (Former footballer and childhood friend of Paresh Baruah) # Arup Borborah (Lawyer) # Lachit Bordoloi (MASS leader) # Mukul Mahanta (Engineer) # Ajit Bhuyan (Editor, ''Aji'') # Haider Hussain (Editor, '' Asomiya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ULFA
The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) (Assamese: সংযুক্ত মুক্তি বাহিনী, অসম) is an armed separatist organisation operating in the Northeast Indian state of Assam. It seeks to establish an independent sovereign nation state of Assam for the indigenous Assamese people through an armed struggle in the Assam conflict. The Government of India banned the organisation in 1990 citing it as a terrorist organisation, while the United States Department of State lists it under "other groups of concern." According to ULFA sources, it was founded on 7 April 1979 at Rang Ghar and began operations in 1990. Sunil Nath, former Central Publicity Secretary and spokesman of ULFA has stated that the organisation established ties with the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland in 1983 and with the Burma based Kachin Independent Army in 1987. Military operations against the ULFA by the Indian Army began in 1990 and continue into the present. On 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mukul Mahanta
Mukul is an Indian/South-Asian given name, which means "Blossom, blossoming". Mukul may refer to: Given name *Mukul Sharma, Sydney based hotelier, hospitality professional *Mukul Chadda, Indian actor *Mukul Chowdhury, Bangladeshi lyricist and musical artist *Mukul Deora, Indian film producer, musician, conceptual artist and entrepreneur *Mukul Dev, Indian artist, actor in films, TV serials and in music albums *Mukul Deva, Indian English author *Mukul Dey, Bengali-Indian artist and pioneer of drypoint-etching in India *Mukul Kesavan, Indian writer and essayist *Mukul Roy, Bengali-Indian politician and member of Parliament *Mukul Sangma, Indian politician *Mukul Shivputra, Indian classical vocalist *Mukul Wasnik, Indian politician and minister Family name *M. R. Akhtar Mukul, Bengali author and journalist Others *Mukul Niketon School, a private school in Mymensingh District, Dhaka, Bangladesh {{disambiguation, given name, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guwahati
Guwahati (, ; formerly rendered Gauhati, ) is the biggest city of the Indian state of Assam and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the seat of the Government of Assam. A major riverine port city along with hills, and one of the fastest growing cities in India, Guwahati is situated on the south bank of the Brahmaputra. It is called the ''Gateway to North East India''. The ancient cities of Pragjyotishpura and Durjaya (North Guwahati) were the capitals of the ancient state of Kamarupa. Many ancient Hindu temples like the Kamakhya Temple, Ugratara Devalaya, Ugratara Temple, Basistha Temple, Doul Govinda Temple, Umananda Temple, Navagraha temples#Navagraha Temple in Assam, Navagraha Temple, Sukreswar Temple, Rudreswar Temple, Manikarneswar Temple, Aswaklanta Temple, Dirgheshwari temple, Dirgheshwari Temple, Asvakranta Temple, Lankeshwar Temple, Bhubaneswari Temple, Shree Gane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nalbari
Nalbari (Pron: nɔ:lˈbɑ:rɪ) is a town and a municipal board in Nalbari district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Assam. Nalbari town is also the headquarters of Nalbari district, Nalbari District. The town is one of many towns covered under the proposed Dispur, State capital region. Etymology The word ''Nalbari'' is derived from and . is a variety of Reed (plant), reed, while means 'enclosed ground with plantation'. History The history of Nalbari dates back to many centuries B.C. Arthashastra of Kautilya mentioned the import of various economic products from Nalbari. The Sonkuriha, Suvarnakundya village near Nalbari town produced the finest silk of Kautilya's time. The area also produced a special perfume among others. The Chandan and Aguru products were highly exported to faraway places including north India. Western Assam was known as Kamarupa from earlier times to the pre-modern period; which existed in harmony with Davaka of central Assam. Kam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarun Gogoi
Tarun Gogoi (11 October 1936 – 23 November 2020) was an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Assam from 2001 to 2016. He was a member of the Indian National Congress and led the party to a record three consecutive electoral victories and was the longest serving chief minister of the state. During his tenure as the chief minister, he is credited with ending militant insurgency and mitigating violence in addition to improving the state's fiscal condition. He also served six terms as a Member of parliament, Lok Sabha and served as a Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Food and Ministry of Food Processing Industries. He was posthumously awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian honour, in 2021. Early life Tarun Gogoi was born on 11 October 1936 into an ethnic Assamese Tai-Ahom family at Rangajan Tea Estate, erstwhile Sibsagar District, now the Jorhat District of Assam. His father, Kamaleshwar Gogoi was a medical practitioner at Rangajan Tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Chief Ministers Of Assam
The Chief Minister (India), chief minister of Assam, an Indian States and territories of India, state, is the head of government, head of the Government of Assam. As per the Constitution of India, the governor (India), governor is the state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Assam Legislative Assembly, the governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose Cabinet (government), council of ministers are Cabinet collective responsibility, collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.Durga Das Basu. ''Introduction to the Constitution of India''. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. . Note: although the text talks about Indian state governmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Assam
The Government of Assam is the subnational government of Assam, a state of India. It consists of the Governor appointed by the President of India as the head of the state, currently Jagdish Mukhi. The head of government is the Chief Minister, currently Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is the leader of the group that commands a majority in the unicameral Assam Legislative Assembly. The Assam Assembly is elected by universal adult suffrage for a period of five years. The Chief Minister is assisted by a Council of Ministers that he nominates, the size of which is restricted. In 2021, the National Democratic Alliance National Democratic Alliance (NDA) () is a Centre-right politics, centre-right to Right-wing politics, right-wing and Conservatism, conservative Indian big tent political alliance led by the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It was foun ... won a majority of seats in the legislature, with 75 seats, followed by Congress with 29 seats and AIUDF with 16. Cabin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiranya Saikia ("Golden Great Monastery"), a Buddhist vihara in Patan ...
Hiranya ("gold" in Sanskrit) may refer to: Given name * Hiranya Peiris (born 1974), British astrophysicist *Hiranya Herath (born 1986), Sri Lankan lawyer and politician *Hiranyamayee Lama, Bhutanese politician, elected to the Tshogdu in 1979 Other *''Hiranya'', a 2009 album by Merzbow *Hiranyakeshi river, a tributary of the Ghataprabha River in India See also * Hiranyagarbha ("golden womb/egg"), a term for the source of universal creation in Vedic philosophy *Hiranyagarbha (donation), an ancient Indian ceremony of donating a golden vessel *Hiranyakashipu ("clothed in gold"), an Asura mentioned in the Puranas *Hiranyaksha ("golden-eyed"), an Asura *Hiranya Varna Mahavihar Hiraṇyavarṇa Mahāvihāra ( ne, हिरण्यवर्ण महाविहार), also Kwa Baha: ( ne, क्वबहा:) informally called The Golden Temple with literal meaning "Gold-colored Great Monastery", is a historical vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilip Patgiri
Dilip may refer to: People * Dilīpa, king in Hindu mythology * Dilip Chhabria, Indian automobile designer * Dilip Chitre (1938–2009), Indian writer and critic * Dilip D'Souza (born 1960), Indian writer and journalist * Dilip Dholakia (1921–2011), often credited as D. Dilip or Dilip Roy, an Indian music composer and singer * Dilip Doshi (born 1947), former Indian cricketer * Dilip Hiro, playwright and analyst specializing in India and the Islamic world * Dilip Jajodia (born 1944), Indian businessman * Dilip Joshi (born 1968), Indian film and television actor * Dilip Kumar (1922–2021), Indian actor, also known as Mohammed Yousef Khan * Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti (born 1941), archaeologist and professor of South Asian archaeology at Cambridge University * Dilip Mahalanabis (born 1934), Indian pediatrician * Dilip P. Gaonkar (born 1945), associate professor of communication studies at Northwestern University * Dilip Prabhavalkar (born 1944), Indian Marathi film and television actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asomiya Pratidin
''Asomiya Pratidin'' ( as, অসমীয়া প্ৰতিদিন) is an Assamese daily newspaper, caters whole Assam with five editions published from Guwahati, Bongaigaon, Dibrugarh, and North Lakhimpur, Assam, India. The fifth edition is the web version, available to all. It is the largest circulated Assamese daily. The other periodical and magazines published under Pratidin group are ''Sadin'', ''Nandini'' and ''Satsori''. Awards : # Shri Jayanta Baruah and Asomiya Pratidin had been awarded by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, in 2008 for the outstanding contribution of vernacular daily. Indian Language Newspapers Association (ILNA) hosted this award. # Inclusion of Asomiya Pratidin in the LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS – 2008, as one of the most highly circulated newspapers of North Eastern States. Sister Publications & Organisation: # Sadin # Nandini # Satsori # Pratidin Time Pratidin Time is a 24-hour Assamese news channel. The programs of the channel include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
