Urkhao Gwra Brahma (born 1964) is an Indian politician and poet of

United People's Party Liberal The United People's Party Liberal ( UPPL) is a political party founded in Assam. The party has its headquarters in Kokrajhar Town. The party was actively participated in 2020 Bodoland Territorial Council Election under the presidency of Pramod ...

and current Minister for Handloom & Textile, Soil Conservation and Welfare of Bodoland,

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, ...

since 10 May 2021. He was a former

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of the

Parliament of India The Parliament of India (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: ) is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. It is a bicameralism, bicameral legislature composed of the president of India and two houses: the R ...

representing

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 ...

in the

Rajya Sabha The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. , it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using si ...

, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He got

Sahitya Academy The Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India. Founded on 12 March 1954, it is supported by, though independent of, the Indian government. Its of ...

Award for his poetry ''उदांनिफ्राय'' ''गिदिंबोफिनन्नाय (Return from Freedom)'' in 2014. He was a founder president of the

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References

External links

Profile on Rajya Sabha website
Tribal people from Assam Rajya Sabha members from Assam Bodo people Living people People from Kokrajhar district National Democratic Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election Independent politicians in India Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Bodo United People's Party Liberal politicians Assam MLAs 2021–2026 1964 births {{Assam-politician-stub