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Gauhati Medical College and Hospital


, Dibrugarh, was established and it stands as the first medical college in Assam. With increasing demands for health care and health education, the need for more medical colleges in Assam was felt. The state government in 1959 headed by Mr. B.P. Chaliha, the then Chief Minister of Assam, Mr. Fakaruddin Ali Ahmed, the then Finance Minister, and Mr. RupNath Brahma as the then Medical Minister of Assam decided to have a second medical college in Assam. On 7 November 1959 the state government set up a committee to go into
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Assam Medical College


College, Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh was established on 3 November 1947, in the erstwhile US Military hospital of the second world war at Borbari, Dibrugarh through a process of up-gradation of Berry White Medical School immediately after independence, inaugurated formally by First chief Minister of Assam, Late Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi. The admission of the first batch of students was completed in September 1947 with 6 seats. In 1910 the college imported two x-ray machines from England, which were the first in India, and opened the country
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Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development


Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development is an autonomous Institute situated in Guwahati, Assam. It was established in 1989 under the joint initiative of Government of Assam and Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi. It promotes and coordinates research on problems and processes of social transformation and development of Assam and other States of the North Eastern region of India. Formerly the instruction was known as the Institute for Social Change and Development, the Government of Assam renamed it after the first Education Minister of Assam
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Prithimpassa Family


Mirza Khanof Murshidabad. Ali Haider was a Minister of Agriculture in the cabinet of the Prime Minister of Assam, Sir Syed Muhammad Sadullah. He was also a Minister of Power and Water Development in Gopinath Bordoloi's cabinet. Ali Haider was the leader of the Independent Muslim Party. In 1945 he was, in the Parliamentary Board which was formed with Assam Congress Coalition and Independent Muslim Parliamentary Party of which he was the leader, along with Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (who later became the President of India), and Gopinath Bordoloi.
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Gopinath Bordoloi


Gopinath Bordoloi (10 June 1890 - 5 August 1950) was a politician and Indian independence activist who served as the first Chief Minister of Assam. He was a follower of the Gandhian principle of non-violence as a political tool. Due to his unselfish dedication towards Assam and its people, the then Governor of Assam Jayram Das Doulatram conferred him with the title "Lokapriya" (loved by all). Gopinath Bordoloi was born on 10 June 1890 at Raha His father was Buddheswar Bordoloi and mother Praneswari Bordoloi. He lost
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Secondary Education Board of Assam


functioned at Bhagawati Prasad Baruah Bhawan which housed the Chairman, the Education Officers and the Evaluation Unit during 1965-66. The Board office was shifted to the Assam type building constructed on its own premises at Bamunimaidan, Guwahati-21 on 16 January 1976. On this occasion the opening ceremony was held with Sri H.N. Talukdar p(Hon’ble Education Minister of Assam) in the chair and Sri Sarat Chandra Sinha, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Assam as chief-guest. The present site comprising 6 bighas of land was allotted by the Government of Assam to
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Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport


Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport , also known as Guwahati International Airport and formerly as 'Borjhar Airport', is the primary international airport of the North-Eastern States of India.It is the 11th busiest airport in India. It is located at Borjhar, 26 km (16 mi) from Dispur, the capital city of the state of Assam and 28 km (18 mi) from Guwahati and is named after Late Gopinath Bordoloi, a freedom fighter and the first Chief Minister of Assam after India's independence. The airport
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Lokanayak Omeo Kumar Das College


leading "Gandhian" leader and the first Education Minister of Assam in Independent India. With a small batch of 116 students in 1970, the college has traveled a long way and at present it imparts education to more than 3500 students with three faculties: Arts, Science and Commerce. The college is affiliated to Gauhati University which is an institute of higher repute in the country. Having contributed significantly to the academic and cultural life of Dhekiajuli, in the college has not only withstood the test of time but has also carved a
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Natun Asom Gana Parishad


Natun Asom Gana Parishad ('New Assamese People's Association') was a political party in the Indian state of Assam. NAGP was formed through a split of Asom Gana Parishad (AGP). NAGP was led by former Union Law Minister and MP Dinesh Goswami and former Assam Home Minister Bhrigu Kumar Phukan. Goswami and Phukan had been prominent leaders of the Assam Agitation led by All Assam Students Union and All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad in the early 1980s. Other prominent leaders of the party included former Assam Education Minister Brindaban Goswami
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Langpih


. Assam Chief Secretary P. C. Sharma rebutted that his state would not allow this. Langpih is the subject of a long-running dispute between the Meghalaya and Assam state governments, one of twelve such disputed territories. According to Meghalaya Chief Minister Donkapur Roy, the British annexed the village to Assam's Kamrup district, but then after Indian independence, it was assigned to the United Khasi and Jaintia Hills district, a district in today's Meghalaya state. The Meghalaya government claims that Assam's 1951 demarcation shows the area as part
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Government College of Art & Crafts Assam


Neog, late Joy Bhadra Hagjer, the then Education Minister, Assam, veteran journalist Shri S. C. Kakati, Prof. Nva Kanta Baruah, honorable Ministers, Education and others inaugurated the exhibitions year after year. A sad part of the story was on 31 January 1964, when Shri Jibeswar Baruah became mortally sick. The school was still not its full grown state. The School of Art was without a foothold; without a piece of land and building to stand on ; the only asset it had was the monthly grant of Rs
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Williamson A. Sangma


in the United Khasi-Jaintia Hills, three seats in Garo Hills, and one seat in Mikir Hills and North Cachar Hills. Bimala Prasad Chaliha with confidence from hills people, became the Chief Minister of Assam. In 1957, Sangma was elected to Assam Legislative Assembly. In the following year, he joined the cabinet of Assam to look after the departments of tribal regions, information, publicity, and transport. After the Indian independence, when the Nagas declared war against India, the tribes inhabiting the Khasi-Jhantia-
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Dip Gogoi


Dip Gogoi (; born 17 December 1951) is an Indian politician who was a Member of Parliament from Lok Sabha. He represents the Kaliabor constituency in Assam and is a member of the Indian National Congress. Dip Gogoi is a brother of Tarun Gogoi who was former chief minister of Assam. Dip Gogoi was educated at Dibrugarh University and graduated with a B.Sc. degree. He is married to Mitali Gogoi. Gogoi has served one term as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). He was elected to the Assam state
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Ralengnao Khathing


on advice from the then Maharaja of Manipur, retired from the Army after the war and joined the Government of Manipur as the Minister for Hills Administration. After the Indian independence, he was elected to the first Manipur Assembly, in 1948, representing Sadar constituency and served as the Minister for Hills Administration and Manipur Rifles till the assembly was dissolved in 1949, upon assimilation into Indian Union. The next year, he was selected as the Assistant Commandant of the 2nd Battalion of Assam Rifles. During his tenure there, he was
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Hailakandi district


Bangladesh). Mazumdar along with Basanta Kumar Das (then Home Minister of Assam) travelled throughout the valley organising the Congress and addressing meetings educating the masses about the outcome of partition on the basis of religion. On 20 February 1947, Moulvi Mazumdar inaugurated a convention – Assam Nationalist Muslim's Convention at Silchar. There after another big meeting was held at Silchar on 8 June 1947. Both the meetings, which were attended by a large section of Muslims paid dividend. He was also among the few who were instrumental in retaining
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Anwara Taimur


Syeda Anwara Taimur (born 24 November 1936) is an Indian politician, who was the chief minister of the Indian state of Assam from 6 December 1980 to 30 June 1981. She is a leader of the Indian National Congress party in Assam and a member of the All India Congress Committee (AICC). In the history of Assam, she is the only female and Muslim Chief Minister of the state. In Indian history also, Syeda Anwara Taimur is the first Muslim woman Chief Minister of any state. Her term as
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Omeo Kumar Das


the activities of Indian independence activists such as Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Bal Gangadhar Tilak and started getting involved in student politics. He was one of the leaders of the Civil disobedience movement of 1930 in Assam and was jailed many times during the freedom struggle. He successfully contested the Assam legislative Assembly and the Constituent Assembly elections of 1937 and 1945 respectively and, after the Indian independence, he represented Dhekiajuli Assembly constituency for three consecutive terms, 1951, 57 and 62. During these periods, he served as the minister in various portfolios
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History of Beltola


and succumb to his wounds, leaving his wife Rani Lakshmipriya Devi and his three minor children, two sons and one daughter. After India’s independence from British rule, Guwahati became the prominent city of Assam, but the Beltola Mouza was still not a part of Guwahati city. Beltola and Guwahati were separate places at that time. In 1973 CE, Sarat Chandra Singha, the then Chief Minister of Assam, decided to shift the capital of Assam from Shillong. A small village named Dispur in Beltola Mouza was selected temporarily as
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United Bengal


United Bengal is a political ideology for a unified Bengali-speaking nation in South Asia. The ideology developed among Bengali nationalists after the first partition of Bengal in 1905. The British-ruled Bengal Presidency was divided into Western Bengal and Eastern Bengal and Assam to weaken the independence movement; after much protest Bengal was reunited in 1911. The United Bengal proposal was the bid made by the Bengali Prime Minister Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy and nationalist leader Sarat Chandra Bose to found a united and independent nation-state of Bengal. The proposal was
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Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha


. After the Independence of India, the Indian National Congress leaders in Assam sought to strengthen INTUC in order to counter the influence of communist unions affiliated with the All India Trade Union Congress. ACMS was set up by the Dibrugarh Congress leader Mohendra Nath Sarmah and a grouping of tea garden trade unionist leaders. An agreement was reached between the Assam Chief Minister Gopinath Bordoloi, INTUC and the Indian Tea Association (ITA). INTUC promised the plantation owners not to engage in 'disruptive' union activism whilst Indian Tea Association promised INTUC
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Golaghat Engineering College


Golaghat Engineering College was established in 2018 by Assam Government at Golaghat district, Assam. On 31 March 2012, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi laid the foundation stone of the Golaghat Engineering College in Golaghat district, which was proposed by the Assam Government officially. It was officially inaugurated by chief minister, Sarbananda Sonowal on 5 February 2019. The college starts to offer BTech degree from academic year 2018-19. The college is accredited by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) The institution is affiliated to Assam Science and Technology University
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Government of Assam


The Government of Assam is the governing authority of Assam, a state of India. It consists of the Governor nominated by the Government of India as the head of the state, currently Jagdish Mukhi. The head of government is the Chief Minister, currently Sarbananda Sonowal, who is the leader of the group that commands a majority in the unicameral Assam Legislative Assembly. The Assam Assembly is elected by universal adult suffrage for a period of five years. The Chief Minister is assisted by a Council of Ministers that he nominates, the
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Assam


and Assam in 1905 after the partition of Bengal (1905–1911) and re-established in 1912 as Assam Province . After a few initially unsuccessful attempts to gain independence for Assam during the 1850s, anti-colonial Assamese joined and actively supported the Indian National Congress against the British from the early 20th century, with Gopinath Bordoloi emerging as the preeminent nationalist leader in the Assam Congress. Bordoloi's major political rival in this time was Sir Saidullah, who was representing the Muslim League, and had the backing of the influential Muslim cleric
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Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed


Indian National Congress and actively participated in the Indian Freedom Movement. In 1942 he was arrested during the Quit India Movement and sentenced to 3 1/2 years' imprisonment. He was a member of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee from 1936 and of AICC from 1947 to 1974, and remained the Minister of Finance, Revenue and labour in 1938 Gopinath Bordoloi Ministry. After Independence he was elected to the Rajya Sabha (1952–1953) and there after became Advocate-General of the Government of Assam. He was elected on Congress ticket to the
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Sri Prakasa


Sri Prakasa (3 August 1890 – 23 June 1971) was an Indian politician, freedom-fighter and administrator. He served as India's first High Commissioner to Pakistan from 1947 to 1949, Governor of Assam from 1949 to 1950, Governor of Madras from 1952 to 1956 and Governor of Bombay from 1956 to 1962. Sri Prakasa was born in Varanasi in 1890. In his early days, he participated in the Indian independence movement and was jailed. After India's independence, he served as an administrator and cabinet minister.
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Asom Gana Parishad


Education Minister Brindaban Goswami, Assam Legislative Assembly speaker Pulakesh Barua and others formed the Natun Asom Gana Parishad ("natun" means "new" in Assamese). This fraction came back to the party fold in 1992. In 2000, former Assam PWD minister and senior party leader Atul Bora (Senior) moved away along with Pulakesh Barua and formed Trinamool Gana Parishad. After the second AGP Government's reign under Prafulla Kumar Mahanta came to an end and Congress regained power, numerous allegations were raised against him related to the corruption
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Omeo Kumar Das


. It was during his tenure as the Labour minister, the "Worker's Provident Fund" for the labourers of the tea plantations was instituted, an initiative reported to be among first such instances in Asia. As the minister of Education, his contributions were noted in the implementation of basic education scheme in Assam. He also served as the minister of Food and Civil Supplies for a period of time. Das is credited with the publication of several books, including "Mor Satya Aneshwanar Kahini", an Assamese language translation of
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List of chief ministers of Assam


has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits. Since 1946, Assam has had 14 chief ministers. Ten of these belonged to the Indian National Congress, including Gopinath Bordoloi, the first Chief Minister of Assam, and Anwara Taimur, India's first female Muslim chief minister. Congress monopoly in the state was brought to an end when Golap Borbora led the Janata party to victory in the 1978 assembly elections. Borbora consequently became the first non congress Chief
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Muhammed Saadulah


Sir Syed Muhammad Saadulla, KCIE (; 21 May 1885 – 8 January 1955) was the Prime Minister of Assam in British India. He was also the chairman of Gauhati Municipality in 1919 and Minister-in-Charge of Education and Agriculture for Assam from 1924 to 1934. He was educated at Cotton College, Guwahati and at Presidency College, Calcutta. He was knighted in the 1928 Birthday Honours and appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE) in the 1946 Birthday Honours. Syed Muhammad Saadulla was
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Siddhartha Bhattacharya


Siddhartha Bhattacharya (born 10 June 1961) is a politician from the state of Assam. He is a Cabinet Minister of Education of Assam and a Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from Bharatiya Janata Party. He had joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 1995 and was party President of Assam unit in 2014 but was replaced by Sarbananda Sonowal ahead of 2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election. He is a National Spokesperson for the Bharatiya Janata Party for the North Eastern region. Bhattacharya was defeated from Gauhati East constituency seat in 2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election
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Tyagbir Hem Baruah College


Tyagbir Hem Baruah College () is an institution for higher education located in Jamugurihat in Naduar area under Sonitpur district of Assam, India. The college was established in 1963. The college is named after Tyagbir Hem Barua, a noted Indian independence activist, social worker and writer of Assam. Tyagbir Hem Baruah College is an institution for higher education. The college was established in 1963. The college is located at Karchantola within the Naduar area and is about 4.5 km away from the heart of Jamugurihat towards east. The campus has
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Secondary Education Board of Assam


the Board in 1965. The then Education Minister, Sri D.K. Barooah allotted these 6 bighas to the Board on 99 years’ lease. The lease was executed by the Board by paying Rs.1 (one) lakh as advance rent for the entire period. The present multi-storeyed building (plinth area 1575 sq. metres) constructed by the side of the Assam type building was completed in 1989. ... The jurisdiction of SEBA was the territory of the erstwhile State of Assam comprising the entire North East region of the country.
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Assam Rifles


militants. This led to Operation Bluebird, which was a devastating counter-insurgency operation that has left scars in the Oinam village to this day. Members of the Assam Rifles have received the following military decorations since Indian independence: The Director General Assam Rifles (DG AR) is the head of the Assam Rifles. The DG AR has their office in the Headquarters DGAR at Shillong. Appointed by the Government of India, the DG AR reports to the Minister of Home. The Director General is an Indian Army officer of the
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Majuli University of Culture


Majuli University of Culture is a public state university located in Majuli, Assam dedicated for research, teaching and education in the field of culture. The university is established by "Majuli University of Culture Bill, 2017" which was passed by the Government of Assam on 7 September 2017. On 13 July 2018 Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation stone for the state's first cultural university at Majuli to be built at an estimated cost of Rs 300 crore. On 10 June 2019 Prof. Dr Dambarudhar Nath was appointed the first Vice
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Atul Chandra Barua


his studies started imparting education to the students in various institutions like Sipajhar High School, Mangaldai High School Patharighat ME School, Kamrup Academy High School (now a senior secondary school), St Mary's College and St Edmund's College in Shillong in Meghalaya (then in Assam) etc. at various times. He also rendered his services in the Assam Secretariat in Shillong from 1943 to 1947. In independent India appearing in the Assam Civil Service Examination held in 1949 for the first lime, he stood second in rank to bag
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Asom Gana Parishad


governments in New Delhi led to the signing of the Assam Accord on 15 August 1985 between the AASU and the government, with prime minister Rajiv Gandhi standing witness to it. The movement, known as Assam Agitation could have come to be remembered as one of the longest peaceful movements in the world after the freedom movement of India. But the Nellie massacre remains as one of the most barbaric incidents of independent India. Following this, the State Assembly was dissolved and the Congress government headed by Hiteswar Saikia, which came to power
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Tarun Gogoi


of Assam. He first represented Margherita constituency in the legislature in 1996–98. Gogoi has represented the Titabar constituency since 2001. Gogoi was elected Chief Minister of Assam in 2001 after he led the Indian National Congress to victory in the state elections. He has since led the party to a record three consecutive electoral victories in the state as Chief Minister. But outcome of the recent Lok Sabha has put him in hard time managing his own cabinet colleagues. Congress won only three out of 14 Lok Sabha seats from Assam. On the
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Prafulla Kumar Mahanta


Prafulla Kumar Mahanta (born 23 December 1952) is an Indian Politician who was the leader of the Assam Movement, a former Chief Minister of Assam (two terms) and the President of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), a major political party in the Indian state of Assam. He became the chief minister in the state when the AGP came to power in 1985. He served as the chief minister of the state for two terms, 1985–1990 and 1996–2001. He is a former president of the All Assam Students Union
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Irredentism


in 1994: United Bengal is a political ideology of a Unified Bengali-speaking Nation in South Asia. The ideology was developed by Bengali Nationalists after the First Partition of Bengal in 1905. The British-ruled Bengal Presidency was divided into Western Bengal and Eastern Bengal and Assam to weaken the Independence Movement; after much protest, Bengal was reunited in 1911. The second attempt by the British to partition Bengal along communal lines was in 1947. The United Bengal proposal was the bid made by Prime Minister of Bengal Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
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Assam Province


dyarchy, whereby certain responsibilities such as agriculture, health, education, and local government, were transferred to elected ministers. Some of the Indian ministers under the dyarchy scheme were Sir Syed Muhammad Saadulla (Education and Agriculture 1924-1934) and Rai Bahadur Promode Chandra Dutta (Local Self-government). The Government of India Act 1935 provided provincial autonomy and further enlarged the elected provincial legislature to 108 elected members. In 1937 elections were held for the newly created Assam Legislative Assembly established in Shillong. The Indian National Congress had
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Politics of Assam


The political structure of Assam in India is headed by the ceremonial post of the Governor. He is assisted by a council of ministers, headed by the Chief Minister, who are members of the Assam Assembly. In recent years the Governor has become more powerful, especially because the last two Governors have been ex-Army generals and the Army is entrusted with anti-insurgency operations against ULFA and other armed groups . The Assam legislative structure is unicameral and consists of the 126-member Assam Assembly. Members are elected for a period of
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Bodoland People's Front


Tiwa Jatiya Aikya Manch (1). In the 2016 Assembly Elections, the BPF won 12 seats and the alliance was established after Bharatiya Janata Party led National Democratic Alliance which also includes Asom Gana Parishad formed its first government in Assam with Pramila Rani Brahma and Rihon Daimary sworn in as ministers in the Sarbananda Sonowal ministry.Later during the cabinet expansion Shri Chandan Brahma was inducted as Cabinet minister for Tourism and other departments. In May 2016, after the Bharatiya Janata Party led National Democratic Alliance formed its first government in Assam,
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Secondary Education Board of Assam


The Board of Secondary Education, Assam commonly known as SEBA (Assamese: অসম মাধ্যমিক শিক্ষা পৰিষদ ) is the state level authority for conducting examinations and providing assurance for the quality of education imparted in schools within Assam, India that are affiliated to it. High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) is the award given through the authority of this board to students who have passed the HSLC examination successfully. The Assam Secondary Education Act, 1961 (Assam Act, XXV of 1961) was passed to provide for the establishment of a Board
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First Assembly of Madras State


simple majority to form an independent Government. C. Rajagopalachari (Rajaji) of the Indian National Congress became the Chief Minister after a series of re-alignments among various political parties and Independents. Rajaji was resigned in 1954 after the heavy opposition to his Hereditary education policy. In the ensuing leadership struggle, Kamaraj defeated Rajaji's chosen successor C. Subramaniam and became the Chief Minister on March 31, 1954. The Cabinet under Rajagopalachari was sworn in on 10 April 1952. Members of cabinet who served between April 13, 1954 - April
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Golaghat Convention


The Golaghat Convention was a historic national convention of the people of Assam, organised in Golaghat for 2 days from 13–14 October 1985. The 2 days' convention led to the formation of Assam's first major political party under the name and style of Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), and formally launched in Golaghat on 14 October 1985. After intense negotiations with the then New Delhi government, headed by the prime minister "Rajiv Gandhi", the All Assam Students Union (AASU) agreed to sign–off the Assam Accord
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St Francis de Sales School, Dhemaji


St. Francis de Sales School, also known as Francis de Sales or SFS, is a co-educational private English Medium school in Dhemaji, Assam. Privately funded and independent, it was founded in 1979, by Fr Verketh Veliadeth. The school is a recognized Christian minority private institution run by the Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales and affiliated to the Board of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA) .The school also topped the list of schools in Assam particularly Dhemaji for its academic excellence . In 1978 the principal cum spiritual head
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Williamson A. Sangma


there should be a Cabinet minister as in-charge of administration of the hill areas - Hill minister would have to act according to the norms of Cabinet government. "Nehru plan", however, was opposed by Government of Assam, Chief Minister of Assam, and the Congress party itself in Assam. After the death of Nehru, Indira Gandhi had chaired as Prime Minister of India in 1966. APHLC, having decided to boycott 1967 general elections. submitted another memorandum to Indira Gandhi demanding a separate Hill state when she visited
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Barak Valley Engineering College


Barak Valley Engineering College was established in 2017 by Assam Government at Karimganj district, Assam. On 2 March 2011, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi laid the foundation stone of the Barak Valley Engineering College in Karimganj district, which was proposed by the Assam Government officially. The college starts to offer B.E. degree in Computer Science and Engineering and Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from academic year 2017-18. The college is accredited by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The institution is affiliated to Assam Science and Technology University.
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Radha Govinda Baruah


Assam Tribune in 1939. He was a sports enthusiast, who was president of the Assam Cricket Association for over a decade. He is also noted for his contributions to the society and culture of Assam. He is called "the architect of modern Assam" for his being "instrumental in realising the educational needs" of the Assamese people. Radha Govinda Baruah College (or R G Baruah College) in Guwahati is named after him. He is called the "Lion Man". In 2000, he was honoured with a
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in tremendous casualties of lives and property. The rebellion was suppressed but the kingdom was severely weakened by the civil war. Political rivalry between Prime Minister Purnananda Burhagohain and Badan Chandra Borphukan, the Ahom Viceroy of Western Assam, led to an invitation to the Burmese by the latter, in turn leading to three successive Burmese invasions of Assam. The reigning monarch Chandrakanta Singha tried to check the Burmese invaders but he was defeated after fierce resistance. A reign of terror was unleashed by the Burmese on the Assamese people, who fled to
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All Assam Students Union


the Prime Minister that the influx from Bangladesh had posed serious threat to the existence of the indigenous people of the state of Assam and the entire North Eastern region and changed the demography of the region. Finally the central government signed the historic Assam Accord in 1985 to resolve the matter. The agitation ended and AGP won the election to the state Legislative Assembly and its leader became the chief minister of the state. However, the central government never implemented many clauses of the accord. Under the Assam Accord, a person who came
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Ministry of Youth and Sports (Turkey)


November 3 for the first time, and İsmet Sezgin was appointed as its first minister. After the 1983 general election, the ministry was renamed National Education, Youth and Sports on December 14. The Ministry of Youth and Sports was re-established as an independent ministry on June 29, 2011 after the forming of Cabinet Erdoğan III. In the past, the governmental activities on youth and sports affairs were carried out by different governmental agencies subordinated to a state minister, who had also other responsibilities. Those organizations were brought together
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Sardar Muhammad Yusuf Khan


'Sardar Muhammad Yousaf Khan' S/O Sardar Hans Khan was a Kashmiri politician who served as the Minister of Education of Azad Kashmir in 1972 and as Minister of Development in 1974. After General Zia dissolved the AJK assembly he was elected as a state counselor. He was born in Poonch in 1939 and shifted to town of Bagh after the independence of Pakistan in 1947. He was an important member of Pakistan Peoples Party and established a strong education system in Azad Kashmir during his tenure as the Minister of Education. He
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Tarun Gogoi


Tarun Gogoi () is an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Assam from 2001 to 2016. He is a member of the Indian National Congress and led the party to a record three consecutive electoral victories in Assam. He completed 15 consecutive years as Chief Minister of Assam on 18 May 2016. Gogoi was born on 11 October 1936 into an ethnic Assamese Tai-Ahom family at Rangajan Tea Estate, erstwhile Sivasagar District, now the Jorhat District of Assam. His father, Dr Kamaleshwar Gogoi was a medical practitioner
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Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning


in which to protect the independence of the fledgling education system in the colony. From 1873, with the independence of the role of President well established, the responsibility for education within the Parliament was held by the Minister for Justice and Public Instruction. However this situation did not last and the independent council was abolished with the passing of the "Public Instruction Act 1880" by Sir Henry Parkes' third government. The Act dissolved the Council of Education and transferred its responsibilities to a new Minister for Public Instruction, who had the
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Hill tribes of Northeast India


was a moderate. More radical Khasis such as Wickliffe Syiem could not accept loss of independence for the Khasi states, and after trying to get support for the separatist cause at the United Nation went into exile in Bangladesh. Assamese became the official language of Assam State in 1960, stimulating non-Assamese to seek separate states. In 1972 Assamese became the medium of education throughout Assam State, leading to demands by the people off Khasi-Jaintia snd Garo Hills for formation of Meghalaya State. There were violent riots in 1960 and
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Assam Rifles


to 1965, this force was under the Ministry of External Affairs who were looking after NEFA affairs. It was transferred to the Ministry of Home Affairs when the latter took over this responsibility. From a nominal complement of only five battalions in 1947, it has grown to 33 with several range HQs. A training center, and a number of logistics units function under the HQ DG AR, Shillong. The Assam Rifles Public School is a much sought after education institute in the North East.The role of the Assam Rifles continued
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Paban Singh Ghatowar


Paban Singh Ghatowar () (born 6 December 1950) in Sivasagar, Assam is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Indian National Congress and has been elected Member of Parliament for five times: 10th Loksabha, 11th Lok Sabha, 12th Lok Sabha, 13th Lok Sabha and 15th Lok Sabha. He was the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Development of North Eastern Region and Parliamentary Affairs from July 2011 to May 2014. The five-time Dibrugarh MP first entered the Lok Sabha in 1991 after
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Assam Medical College


's first radiology department. Recently the Assam government has decided to preserve the Berry White Medical School building. On 12 February 2016, Union minister of health and family welfare laid the foundation of 192 bedded super specialty hospital with 60 bedded intensive care unit, 1 cath lab and specialty in the department of neurology, neurosurgery, Cardio thoracic vascular surgery, nephrology and paediatrics. The college provides Ungergraduate and Post graduate education in: Medicine, Nursing, Midwifery, pharmacy, Orthopaedics, Cardiology, ENT, General Surgery, Anatomy, Pathology
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Sarbananda Sonowal


he was also elected as Member of Parliament, 16th Lok Sabha from Lakhimpur Constituency, he was then appointed as Union Minister of State-Independent Charge, of the Government of India under the Modi Government at the centre. He was selected as the CM candidate of BJP for the 2016 Assam Assembly Election. On 19 May 2016, Sarbananda Sonowal won the Assembly Election from Majuli Constituency making himself the next Chief Minister of Assam from Bharatiya Janata Party . Sarbananda Sonowal resigned from all executive posts within AGP and left the party, due
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History of Indian Institutes of Technology


in Delhi, there was a long gap in any notable development in the history of IITs. However, in the beginning of the 1990s, widespread student agitations in Assam led to Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi promising another IIT in Assam. Rajiv Gandhi agreed to it on the spot considering it a minor request of IIT although eventually it cost over Rs 1,500 crore. The IIT Guwahati campus was established in 1994 and started functioning in 1995. In the beginning of the 21st century, Dr Murli Manohar Joshi (the Education Minister of India
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Assam ferry sinking


and the Border Security Force launched rescue efforts. The Government of Assam announced a 150,000 compensation for the victims. State Transport Minister Chandan Brahma said,'Besides, 50,000 would be given to those boat passengers who sustained serious injuries and all those admitted in hospitals would receive free treatment.' He added, 'Anybody found guilty of any violation of rule would not be spared.' The President of India Pratibha Patil expressed grief over the incident, whereas Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assured the Chief Minister of Assam, Tarun Gogoi, that all help
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Bengal Legislative Assembly


1947, the region of Sylhet in Assam voted in a referendum to join East Bengal. The allocation of 250 seats in the assembly was based on the communal award. It is illustrated in the following. The following results are recorded by the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. The first ministry was formed by Prime Minister A. K. Fazlul Huq lasted between 1 April 1937 and 1 December 1941. Huq himself held the portfolio of Education, Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin was Home Minister, H. S. Suhrawardy was Commerce and Labour Minister, Nalini Ranjan Sarkar
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Government College of Art & Crafts Assam


eluding them. It was the hardest of times art was never taken for seriously the Press though friendly by the time, could help little; the Government officials and ministers were too busy with matters more of national importance. For them art could always wait, others are not. It was the first phase of the history in its second phase in Sanitipur the school had its opportunity. It was the latter part of the sixties a benevolent Chief Minister, an equally benevolent Education Minister, legislators known for their service to art throughout
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Bishnuram Medhi


and preventing from being a part of East Pakistan under grouping during India's Independence. When provincial autonomy was introduced in 1935, Bishnuram served as a minister in Gopinath Bordoloi's cabinet. In 1950, Bishnuram was elected Chief Minister of Assam and served from 1950 to 1957.As the Chief Minister, Medhi understood the gravity of the illegal influx from Bangladesh posing serious threat to the local population. He took stern action against illegal settlers which made him unpopular amongst few powerful members of his own party who considered the settlers as prominent vote bank
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2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election


The 13th Assam Legislative Assembly election was held in two phases on 4 and 11 April 2011 to elect members from 126 constituencies in Assam, India. The result was announced on 13 May. BJP was accused of turning the anti-immigrant feeling in Assam into a Hindu-Muslim row. The election resulted in a landslide victory for the Indian National Congress and its incumbent Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi was sworn in for the third straight term. Tarun Gogoi becomes the second Chief Minister (the first was Bimala Prasad Chaliha) to be elected
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Lim Chi-jung


first in Pyongyang and Seoul, then nationwide. They supported education, industrialization, and military action for independence. In 1910, Lim was implicated after an attempt was made to assassinate Masatake Terauchi, the Governor-General of Korea (Chôsen Sôtoku). A young Korean man named An Myeong-Gun, was alleged to have attempted to shoot Terauchi at Suncheon Station. An was a cousin of An Jung-geun buddah, a Korean independence activist who assassinated Itō Hirobumi (伊藤博文), the first Prime Minister of Japan and
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Outline of Assam


. While the Indian economy grew at 6 percent per annum over the period of 1981 to 2000, the same of Assam's grew only by 3.3 percent. Physical geography of Assam Protected areas of Assam – Assam has five national parks (2.51% of State's geographical area) and 18 wildlife sanctuaries (1.88% of State's geographical area, including proposed) wildlife sanctuaries. Districts of Assam – Assam had 27 districts till 15 August 2015 after which the Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi announced 5 more new districts taking the
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Assan Musa Camara


Verde during his time in office. In September 1972, he was appointed as vice president following the dismissal and resignation of Sheriff Mustapha Dibba. While he was still vice president, he became Minister of Local Government and Lands. A few months later, he converted to Islam and adopted the name Assam Musa. After the 1977 election, he was appointed as Minister of Finance and Trade and was replaced by Alieu Badara Njie as vice president. He also served briefly as Minister of Education. In August 1978, he once again
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Mizoram


60 chiefs. After Christian missionaries arrived with the gospel, the majority of the population became Christians in the first half of the 20th century. By the time India gained independence from the British Empire, the number of tribal chiefs had increased to over 200. The educated elites among the Mizos campaigned against the tribal chiefdoms under the banner of the Mizo Union. As a result of their campaign, the hereditary rights of the 259 chiefs were abolished under the Assam-Lushai District ("Acquisition of Chief's Rights") Act
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Jonbeel Mela


the atmosphere one of joy and fun. On January 17, 2009 the Government of Assam announced an "Annual Royal Allowance" for the 19 customary kings from communities under the Gobha Kingdom that includes parts of three districts of present Assam: Morigaon, Nagaon and Kamrup. The Education Minister of Assam, Gautam Bora, distributing the bank cheques among the kings, said that the monetary assistance will be something between Rs. 3000 to Rs. 10,000 depending on the population count under them. Expressing their great delight at the initiative taken
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Bhabananda Deka


Professor at Assam Engineering Institute. He also worked as Principal of 4 (four) other Graduate and Postgraduate Colleges in Assam. These Colleges were: Tamulichiga GKB College, Jorhat; Hajo BEd College, Dadara; Sarukehtri College, Borkapla and Guwahati Night College, Guwahati, Assam. He was one of the first Assamese to form Asomiya Sahitya Samaj in India's capital city of New Delhi along with India Government's Minister Bijoy Chandra Bhagawati, former Assam Chief Minister and Member of Indian Parliament Jogendra Nath Hazarika, Parikshit Hazarika, Upendra
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Moinul Hoque Choudhury


Moinul Hoque Choudhury (1923–1976) was an Indian politician from Assam. A five-time MLA; he was the minister of Industry during Indira Gandhi regime in 1971. Moinul Choudhury was born on 13 May 1923 in a well off family of Sonabarighat in Cachar district of Assam. He was born to mother Mona Bibi and father Montajir Ali. His father Montajir Ali was educated, and was always concerned about getting his son well educated. Choudhury took his primary education from ME School of Sonabraighat. He passed Matriculation from Silchar Government
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Debabrata Saikia


Debabrata Saikia (দেবব্ৰত শইকীয়া) (born 14 December 1964 in Nazira, Assam) is the current Leader of Opposition in the Assam Legislative Assembly. Saikia was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly in 2011 from Nazira constituency and retained his seat in 2016. He is the son of former Chief Minister of Assam, Hiteswar Saikia.He is the most popular leader among the current congress party in assam. Being in a respectable position in the political scenario of Assam, Sri Saikia, MLA of Nazira, is a visionary who has
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Gopinath Bordoloi


him during that period of crisis is in doubt. After India's Independence, he worked closely with Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to secure the sovereignty of Assam against China on one hand and Pakistan on the other. He also helped to organise the rehabilitation of millions of Hindu refugees who had fled East Pakistan due to widespread violence and intimidation in the aftermath of Partition. His work formed the basis for ensuring communal harmony, democracy and stability which effectively kept Assam secure and progressive right up to the 1971 war over East Pakistan's independence.
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List of chief ministers of Assam


The Chief Minister of Assam, an Indian state, is the head of the Government of Assam. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is the state's "de jure" head, but "de facto" executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Assam Legislative Assembly, the governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that he
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Paban Singh Ghatowar


's name appeared. The news was carried out in many newspapers in Assam including "The Assam Tribune". Ghatowar later denied having any such account. Incidentally, Ram Jethmalani, had filed a petition in the Supreme Court submitting a list of at least 20 persons holding accounts in Swiss banks. According to his petition, a former Union minister from Assam (name not mentioned) has Rs 3,908 crore in a Swiss bank account. The matter is referred to the Supreme Court He is B.A. Educated at Gauhati University, Guwahati,
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Golaghat


capital. Golaghat is the birthplace of "Assamese Political Renaissance", where the historic "Golaghat Convention" led to the formation of Assam's first major political party – AGP (Assam Gana Parishad). AGP was a result of six year's Assam Movement against illegal infiltration of foreigners from Bangladesh into Assam, led by All Assam Students Union (AASU). The long agitation ended with the signing of the Assam Accord on the "independence day" in 1985. The leaders of the Assam Agitation formed the "AGP"
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Aligarh Muslim University


, the then Viceroy of India and it was named after him as Lytton Library. The present seven-storied building was inaugurated by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India in 1960 and the Library was named after Abul Kalam Azad popularly known as Maulana Azad, the first Education Minister of the independent India. The Social Science Cyber Library was inaugurated by Pranab Mukherjee, the then President of India, on 27 December 2013. In 2015 the Cybrary was accredited with the International Standard Organisation certification and in October 2016 registered
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Janaki Ballabh Patnaik


Janaki Ballabh Patnaik; (3 January 1927 – 21 April 2015) was an Indian politician who had been Governor of Assam from 2009 to 2014. A leader of the Indian National Congress, he was Chief Minister of Odisha from 1980 to 1989 and again from 1995 to 1999, holding that post for the longest time on record before Naveen Patnaik. After the completion of his early education at Khurda High School, he passed his B.A. degree in Sanskrit from the Utkal University in 1947 and passed his M.A. degree in Political Science from
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Pachhunga University College


). In 2017, the University Grants Commission made it College with Potential for Excellence. After the independence of India from the British Empire in 1947, the Mizo people were governed under the Government of Assam as Lushai Hills district. By 1950s, many Mizo people had completed secondary education with no further opportunity. J. Malsawma made the first provocative petition for the establishment of college by writing an open letter titled "Vana Pa College" in "MZP Magazine"; but to no avail. He and H.K. Bawichhuaka, set up
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Assam Higher Secondary Education Council


The Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (abbreviated as AHSEC) is a board of education under the state government of Assam. It is the regulating body for higher secondary (10+2 stage) education in the state of Assam. The Assam Higher Secondary Education Council was established by the Assam government on 1 June 1984 to regulate, supervise and develop the system of higher secondary education in the State of Assam. AHSEC officially announce the results in June. On 2018 AHSEC exam three papers containing math, physics and chemistry questions were
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Saradha Group financial scandal


paintings by Mamata Banerjee, whose government later issued a notification that public libraries should buy and display Saradha Group newspapers. The group bought the loss-making company Landmark Cement, which was co-owned by textiles minister Shyamapada Mukherjee. The group also had financial dealings with Ganesh Dey, the confidential assistant of the finance minister of the erstwhile Left Front government, who was later expelled. Politicians outside West Bengal also benefited from Saradha Group. Himanta Biswa Sarma, the Health and Education Minister of Assam, may have profited personally from
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Assam Rifles


rank of Lieutenant General and is assisted by three Inspector Generals, each holding the rank of a Major General, and other senior officers heading various staff appointments. The Additional Director General of the Assam Rifles who is a Major General ranked officer serves as the second-in-command to the Director General. The first Director General post-Independence was Mr HG Bartly who assumed the appointment on 17 September 1947. First Indian Director General was Colonel Sidhiman Rai, MC appointed on 15 August 1948. The rank of officers holding the
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Andris Piebalgs


March 1990 parliamentary election. It was the first time since the Soviet occupation that candidates from various political parties were allowed to take part. On 7 May 1990, Andris Piebalgs was appointed as Minister of Education in the new Government, and one year later, in August 1991, Latvia regained full independence. Andris Piebalgs' main task was then to put in place the first independent education system in Latvia. In 1993, Andris Piebalgs won a seat in the Latvian Parliament, when the first elections after the restoration of independence were
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Basanti Devi


Basanti Devi (23 March 1880 – 1974) was an Indian independence activist during the British rule in India. She was wife of activist Chittaranjan Das. After Das' arrest in 1921 and death in 1925, she took active part in various movements and continued with social work post-independence. She received Padma Vibhushan in 1973. Basanti Devi was born on 23 March 1880 to Baradanath Haldar, a "diwan", financial minister to Assam state under British colonial rule. Basanti studied at the Loreto House, Kolkata, where
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Brindaban Goswami


Brindaban Goswami was a leader of Asom Gana Parishad and former Education Minister in Government of Assam. He was one of the student leader came into limelight during Assam Agitation. He was member of split group of Asom Gana Parishad knowns as Natun Asom Gana Parishad when was formed due to Prafulla Kumar Mahanta. He was also President of Asom Gana Parishad for brief period of time. During Assam Legislative Assembly election in 2006, Goswami was named as chief ministerial candidate of Asom Gana Parishad. He is also five times Member of Legislative Assembly
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Chandraprava Saikiani


of seven years and also headed the Al India Assam Peasants' Conference. After the Indian independence, she joined the Socialist Party but returned to the Indian National Congress and unsuccessfully contested in the 1957 Assam Legislative Assembly, becoming the first Assamese woman to contest an election. Her son, Atul Saikia, is a politician and a former member of Assam Legislative Assembly. Saikiani died on her 72nd birthday on 16 March 1972 succumbing to cancer. A couple of months before her death, the Government of India awarded her the civilian honour
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Undivided Assam


Undivided Assam refers to the then undivided greater state of Assam in India soon after the Indian Independence in 1947 till 1963. In addition to the present-day Assam, it included the current states of Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Mizoram. The capital of this state was Shillong, currently the capital of Meghalaya. Prior to the Partition of India, Sylhet was a part of Assam. Undivided Assam had a total area of 234,568 sq. km which is slightly smaller than the nation of Ghana. The present day population
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Hem Barua (Tyagbir)


Cotton College Student Union. During that period upon the call of Mahatma Gandhi in 1921, he left college and participated in the Indian independence movement and went to prison for six months. Later in 1925 in Calcutta he completed his legal education. Barua was the president of the Golaghat convention of the Assam Chatra Sanmilan in 1919. He was also elected as secretary of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee in 1922. He went to jail again in 1930 and 1933. Tezpur Academy, a pioneer education institution of that time was built in
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Shaxlo Maxmudova


Shaxlo Nasimovna Maxmudova () is an Uzbekistani politician; her first name is sometimes romanized as Shakhlo, while her last name is sometimes given as Makhmudova or Mahmudova. She was the first Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country after independence, serving from 1991 until 1992. Mahmudova received her education at the Taskhent Textile Institute, and began her political career with the Komsomol in the Soviet era. Eventually she rose to become secretary of the Young Communist League of the Uzbek SSR. Soon after independence, President Islam Karimov named her Minister
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2012 Assam violence


In July 2012, violence in the Indian state of Assam broke out with riots between Bodos and Bengali speaking Muslims . The first incident was reported to have taken place on 20 July 2012. As of 8 August 2012, 77 people had died and over 400,000 people were taking shelter in 270 relief camps, after being displaced from almost 400 villages. Eleven people have been reported missing. On 27 July 2012, Assam's Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi blamed the UPA led national government for a "delay in army deployment to riot-
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Santosh Mohan Dev


British for his resistance activities. In the mid Sixties in an independent India he was offered the governorship of Bihar, but he turned it down, preferring to stay in his hometown of Silchar. A member of the Dev family has occupied an elected office from South Assam for all but 10 years since Indian Independence. Santosh Mohan Dev was educated at G.C college in Silchar, Assam and has an MBA from the Welsh College In Cardiff UK. Shri Dev has four daughters and his wife Bithika Dev was a Member of the state
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Zoramthanga


to which he has been actively pushing for the re-location of Assam Rifles outside the city of Aizawl. He was made a Minister in the interim government of the state. When the Mizo National Front formed the government in 1987 under the leadership of Laldenga, he looked after Finance and Education departments. In 1990, when Laldenga died, he became the President of the Mizo National Front. When the assembly elections were held at the end of 1998, he led his party to victory and became the fifth Chief Minister of
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Upendra Devkota


a classmate friend of Baburam Bhattarai from class eight to Isc. He did intermediate of sciences (I Sc) education from Amrit Science college, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal and got Colombo Plan fellowship to pursue medical education in India. He completed Bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery (MBBS) in 1978 from Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh, Assam, India and worked some years in Bir Hospital under Dr DN Gongol. He had also been a Health Minister of then His Majesty government of Nepal. For advanced training in
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Chandra Prasad Saikia


Chandra Prasad Saikia (1927–2006) was a writer from Assam, India. He was the president of the Asam Sahitya Sabha held at Hajo and Jorhat district, Assam in 1999 and 2000, respectively. Saikia was born on 9 July 1927 at Jalukgaon, Amguri in Sivasagar district, Assam. After having primary education in Sivasagar he had left for Kolkata for higher education. Saikia was also editor of various journals and newspapers, including "Goriyoshi", "The Assam Tribune", "Prakash", "Natun Dainik",
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Silchar Medical College and Hospital


Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH), established in 1968, is a government-run medical college cum hospital in Silchar in southern Assam, one of the oldest medical college of North East India. It is the only referral hospital in the southern part of Assam, also referred to as the Barak Valley, and serves neighbouring states including Mizoram, North Tripura, West Manipur and South Meghalaya. Before Indian independence, people from Assam and other North Eastern states had to go to other states for medical education and advanced medical
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Upinderjit Kaur


portfolio of Technical Education and Industrial Training, Cultural Affairs and Tourism, Housing and Urban Development. She was re-elected from Sultanpur in 2002 and 2007. She was again made cabinet minister in 2007 and was minister of Education, Civil Aviation, Vigilance and Justice. In October 2010, she was made minister of finance after the removal of Manpreet Singh Badal. She is the first woman finance minister in the independent India. She has remained member of various Vidhan Sabha Committees, such as Public Accounts Committee, Estimates Committee,
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Tea-tribes of Assam


labor or may protest against exploitation. Even after the independence, the amount spent on tea garden education in the first five-year plan was just 0.26 million (2.6 lakhs) .i.e. not even ten paise per tea garden labourer. The medium of instruction had also created problems in the tea gardens. Different tribes and castes had their own language and literature in the school owing largely to their original places. In tea gardens, three languages were primarily spoken by the labours, viz. Santhali, Kurukh, Mundari. But
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Asom Gana Parishad


Asom Gana Parishad (translation: "Assam Peoples Association", AGP) is a state political party in Assam, India. The AGP was formed after the historic Assam Accord of 1985 and formally launched at the Golaghat Convention held from 13–14 October 1985 in Golaghat, that let Prafulla Kumar Mahanta to be elected as the youngest chief minister of the state. The AGP has formed government twice from 1985 to 1989 and from 1996 to 2001. The party split, with former Chief Minister, Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, forming the Asom Gana
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