Brindaban Goswami was a leader of

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 ...

and former Education Minister in

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, ...

. He was one of the student leaders who came into limelight during

Assam Agitation The Assam Movement (also Anti-Foreigners Agitation) (1979–1985) was a popular uprising in Assam, India, that demanded the Government of India to detect, disenfranchise and deport illegal aliens. Led by All Assam Students Union (AASU) and Al ...

. He was member of split group of

known as

Natun Asom Gana Parishad Natun Asom Gana Parishad ('New Assamese People's Association') was a political party in the Indian state of Assam. NAGP was formed through a split of Asom Gana Parishad (AGP). NAGP was led by former Union Law Minister and MP Dinesh Goswami and ...

when it was formed due to

Prafulla Kumar Mahanta Prafulla Kumar Mahanta is an Indian Politician who was the leader of the Assam Movement, a former Chief Minister of Assam (two terms) and the former President of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), a major political party in the Indian state of Assam ...

. He was also President of

for brief period of time.Cabinet Portfolio Names for BJP-led Govt in Assam
/ref> During Assam Legislative Assembly election in 2006, Goswami was named as chief ministerial candidate of

. He is also five times

Member of Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. S ...

from Tezpur constituency.

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1957 births Living people Assam MLAs 1985–1991 Assam MLAs 1996–2001 Assam MLAs 2001–2006 Assam MLAs 2016–2021 Asom Gana Parishad politicians State cabinet ministers of Assam Place of birth missing (living people) {{Assam-politician-stub