Bishnu Prasad is an Indian politician. He was elected to the

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, lower house of the

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from the Kaliabor Constituency of

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as a member of the

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. He was elected to,

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from

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in 1972 & was the ''Minister for Industry, Power, Irrigation, Flood Control, Trade and Commerce and Cooperative'', Assam (1972–76); Chairman, Assam Financial Corporation, 1981–83; Chairman, Estimates Committee, Assam, Legislative Assembly, 1976–78. He was also the Chairman National Commission for Linguistic Minorities in India

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, a Constitutional Office under ''Article 350-B of the Constitution'', 1988–90. He was a Member, Governing Body,

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; Member, Governing Council,

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, New Delhi. Further he was the National Vice President, ''India-Russia Friendship Society.''

Political life

He was General Secretary, 1967–69 and President, 1969–74, of Assam Pradesh Youth Congress. Thereafter, he was General Secretary, 1978–1983, & Vice President, 1983-2020 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 ...

. He is a Member of

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since 1972.

Early life

He did his matriculation from Nagaon Government High School and Graduated from ''

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'' and his post graduation M.A. & LL B from

Gauhati University Gauhati University, also known as GU, is a collegiate public state university located in Guwahati, Assam, India. It was established on 26 January 1948 under the provisions of an Act enacted by the Assam Legislative Assembly. It is the oldest ...

. He was the founder General Secretary of

Hostel Boarders Association, 1961 & founder General Secretary of ''Assam Non-party Student's Association'', 1960. He is an Advocate and had joined the

Gauhati High Court The Gauhati High Court was promulgated by governor general of India on 1 March 1948 after the '' Government of India Act 1935'' was passed. Establishing the High Court of Assam with effect from 5 April 1948, for the then Province of Assam. It ...

in the year 1969 and subsequently joined the

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in the year 1985. He is a Member of the '' Indian Arbitration Council.''

Literary Activities

He is also a writer and his writings have appeared in dailies and literary journals since 1960 and he has authored 2 books "''Modar Phular Gondh''", 1974 & "''Smriti Aru Chinta"'', 1990.

References

India MPs 1980–1984 Living people Lok Sabha members from Assam Year of birth missing (living people) Indian National Congress politicians from Assam Assam MLAs 1972–1978 {{Assam-INC-politician-stub