Membor Gogoi (1 October 1937 - 16 December 2016) was an

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politician from

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. He was a 3 time Member of the

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for

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from 2001 to 2016. He also contested for the Teok seat in 1991 and 1996 but lost to the current MLA for

Renupoma Rajkhowa Renupoma Rajkhowa (born 1 July 1955) is an Asom Gana Parishad politician from Assam, India. She was elected into the Assam Legislative Assembly election in 1991, 1996 2016 from Teok constituency. She is the wife of Lalit Chandra Rajkhowa who s ...

. He was the brother in law of

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Hiteswar Saikia Hiteswar Saikia (3 October 1936 – 22 April 1996) was the chief minister of Assam for two terms, first from 28 February 1983 to 23 December 1985 and then from 30 June 1991 to 22 April 1996. Family and education Hiteswar Saikia was born on 3 ...

Early life

Gogoi was born on 1 October 1937 to the late Jhanuram Gogoi and the late Mehmala Gogoi. He had a B.E.E.

Political career

Prior to his joining Congress party in 1988 Gogoi was working as a superintending engineer in Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB). Gogoi was the 1991 Indian National Congress choice for MLA for

. He lost to

by 1550 votes. He was again the Indian National Congress choice for MLA for

in 1996 but he again lost to

by 5540 votes. However, in 2001 he defeated

by 15834 votes and he again defeated her in

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. He did not contest in

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due to ill-health so his daughter in law, Pallabi Gogoi, contested as

candidate but she lost the polls to

Personal life

Gogoi was married to Aimoni Gogoi (

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Saikia) on 11 May 1965. His wife was the daughter of Haladhar Saikia (1896-1988) and sister of

. She was also a famed

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dancer. Together they had 3 sons. His son Deba Jyoti Gogoi married Pallabi Gogoi who contested for the

seat in

but lost. Membor Gogoi was President of Tai-Ahom Sanskrity Sangraikhyan & Siksa Bikash Committee Jorhat from 1983 to last part of 1988. He was also He was also chairperson of the Atate agricultural marketing board. His wife predeceased him.

Death and tributes

On 16 December 2016, Gogoi died aged 79 following of

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ailments. Several politicians including

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, former

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, MLA

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and

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President

Ripun Bora Ripun Bora is a leader of the All India Trinamool Congress party hailing from Assam. He is now serving as President of the Assam Trinamool Congress. He was the former President, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee, MP of Rajya Sabha for Assam a ...

all offered condolences and tributes on

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. The Chairman in-charge, members, officers and staff of the

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expressed their deep sorrow at the passing away of Gogoi, who was a former member of the APSC. They conveyed their heartfelt sympathies to the bereaved family and prayed for eternal peace of his departed soul. A condolence meeting for Gogoi was layer held. Several politicians, such as former

and

, paid tribute to him.

said that Membor Gogoi "rendered selfless service to the people" and that "the party lost a sincere, honest and hardworking member."

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gogoi, Membor 1937 births Assam MLAs 2001–2006 Assam MLAs 2006–2011 Assam MLAs 2011–2016 2016 deaths Indian National Congress politicians from Assam