Chabilal Upadhyaya was born on 12 May 1882 at Budhigang (Undivided Darrang) present day Biswanath district, was the first (selected) president of the

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 ...

. In 1919 Upadhyaya's family settled at Mazgaon (Gongmouthan), Behali Tehsil.

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Chabilal Upadhyaya, popularly known as Chabilal Babu was a prominent leader of the

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from Assam.Upadhyaya joined the war of independence. On April 18, 1921, a meeting chaired by Upadhyaya was held in jorhat where the '' Assam Association'' was merged with ''

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'' to form ''

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 became the first (selected) president of the

. He was arrested by the British for joining the Congress and paid a jail term of six months by joining the ''

Non-Cooperation movement The Non-cooperation movement was a political campaign launched on 4 September 1920, by Mahatma Gandhi to have Indians revoke their cooperation from the British government, with the aim of persuading them to grant self-governance.

'' under Gandhiji's leadership. Upadhyaya played an important role in establishing various local schools in Gohpur Sub-division. Under his leadership, thirty thousand Nepali speaking people protested against Jinnah's proposal at the call of ''

All India Gorkha League Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League ( ABGL) (also called All India Gorkha League (AIGL/IGL)) is a political party working amongst the Nepali-speaking Gorkha population in Darjeeling District and Kalimpong District of West Bengal, India. The party was ...

''. Now, ''

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, ...

'' announced that an

engineering college Engineering education is the activity of teaching knowledge and principles to the professional development, professional practice of engineering. It includes an initial education (Bachelor's degree, bachelor's and/or master's degree), and any ...

will be established in Behali, Assam which will be named after Chabilal Upadhyaya.

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{{Wikiquote 1882 births 1980 deaths

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 ...

Indian politicians Indian Gorkhas People from Darrang district People of British India

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