Bhadreswar Buragohain (1947 – 26 February 2020) was an Indian politician from

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

belonging to

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 Octobe ...

. He was a member of the

Rajya Sabha The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. , it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using si ...

and

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 ...

. He also served as the deputy speaker of the

too.

Biography

Buragohain was a founding member of the

United Liberation Front of Assam 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 indep ...

. Later, he entered politics. Buragohain was elected as a member of the

from

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in 1985. He also served as the deputy speaker of the

from 1 April 1986 to 10 April 1990. Then, he was elected as a member of the

from

in 1990. Buragohain died on 26 February 2020 at the age of 74.

References

1947 births 2020 deaths Asom Gana Parishad politicians Assam MLAs 1985–1991 Deputy Speakers of the Assam Legislative Assembly Rajya Sabha members from Assam ULFA members {{Assam-politician-stub