Dulal Chandra Baruah (1 January 1932 - 4 October 2008) was a politician from

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state unit President. He was deputy chief minister and PWD minister in

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in 1979. He was a Member of

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for

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Early life and education

Baruah was born on 1 January 1932, the son of the late Jogendra Nath Baruah. He had a

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from 1957. He was educated at

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and St Anthony’s College, Shillong.

Early career

Barua was appointed a secret agent of the Congress organisation for passing secret and important messages in 1942. He represented All India Student Congress, New Delhi in 1947. He entered government service in 1951 and resigned in 1960 to join post graduate classes.

Political career

Baruah was an

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candidate in the 1962 Assam Legislative Assembly election. He received 7848 votes and won the

seat. He served until the 1967 Assam Legislative Assembly election where he did not seek reelection in

. He was succeeded by J. Saikia. In the 1972 Assam Legislative Assembly election, Baruah sought the newly established constituency of Charaibahi as an

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. Baruah received 13082 votes, 50.33% of the total vote. He defeated his nearest opponent an Indian National Congress Candidate, by 3208 votes. He served until the 1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election, when the constituency was later abolished. He instead sought in the 1978 Assam Legislative Assembly Election the Jorhat seat as a

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candidate. He received 22530 votes, 53.88% of the total vote. He defeated his nearest opponent by 14963 votes and became the MLA for Jorhat again. Baruah was made

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under

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as well as being the PWD minister. He served until 1979. He did not seek reelection in Jorhat in the

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. He joined

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in 1999 at the behest of

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after being promised a ticket but was later denied this due to him being a newcomer in

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. He resigned from the party and later joined AGP, he was then made the AGP candidate for the Jorhat Lok Sabha constituency but lost.

Death

Suffering from cancer, he died on 4 October 2008 in a private hospital in

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and was survived by his daughter and two sons. His wife had predeceased him.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baruah, Dulal 2008 deaths Deputy chief ministers of Assam Janata Party politicians Janata Dal (United) politicians Asom Gana Parishad politicians Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Assam 1929 births Assam MLAs 1962–1967 Assam MLAs 1972–1978 Assam MLAs 1978–1983