Kesab Chandra Gogoi

Kesab Chandra Gogoi was an Indian politician who was the Chief Minister of the state of Assam for two months in 1982. He was member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from Dibrugarh constituency.
Political career.
Gogoi was elected to Assam Legislative Assembly in 1978 as a Janata Party candidate. He became a minister in the Golap Borbora cabinet, then went over to Jogendra Nath Hazarika's group and again a cabinet minister during Jogendra Nath Hazarika's chief ministership. He joined the Indian National Congress and became Minister of Finance Anwara Taimur cabinet.
He became one of the Chief Ministers of Assam in January 1982 but his chief ministership lasted for 66 days only. He was also a minister in the Hiteswar Saikia cabinet from 1983 to 1985.
Personal life.
He was born in a family of Tai-Ahom. He married Smt Shanti Gogoi (1934-2021) in 1951 and they had 5 children; Anjan Gogoi, Ranjan Gogoi, Nirjan Gogoi, Indira Gogoi and Nandita Hazarika. His eldest son Anjan Kumar Gogoi, went on to become Air Marshal in the Indian Air Force. His son Justice Ranjan Gogoi was the 46th chief justice of the Supreme Court of India. His son Nirjan is a Consultant Urologist in the United Kingdom and his two daughters, Indira and Nandita, were members of the Assam civil service until their retirement recently. He died on 5 August 1998.