Asom Gana Parishad is a political party in the state of Assam,India. The AGP was formed following the historic Assam Accord of 1985 and formally launched at the Golaghat Convention held from 13 to 14 October 1985 in Golaghat,which also allowed Prafulla Kumar Mahanta who was the youngest chief minister of the state to be elected. The AGP has formed government twice once in 1985 then again in 1996. The popularity of AGP surged in the late 1980s but declined in the 2000s. After a 20-year gap,AGP,in alliance with NDA,won a Lok Sabha seat in 2024.
Bhupen Hazarika was an Indian playback singer,lyricist,musician,poet,actor,artist,editor,filmmaker,professor and politician from Assam,widely known as Sudha Kontho. His songs were written and sung mainly in the Assamese language by himself,are marked by humanity and universal brotherhood and have been translated and sung in many languages,most notably in Bengali and Hindi.
Sarbananda Sonowal is an Indian politician who has served as Minister of Ports,Shipping and Waterways since 2021. He also has been the Member of the Rajya Sabha representing Assam since 2021 and also a member of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs since 2021. He previously served as the 14th Chief Minister of Assam from 2016 to 2021 and as a member of Assam Legislative Assembly for Majuli from 2016 to 2021 and for Moran from 2001 to 2004. Sonowal earlier served as the Assam state unit President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2012 to 2014 and again from 2015 to 2016. He also served as the Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs,Government of India,from 2014 to 2016 and the Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Skill Development from 2014 to 2014 and the member of the Lok Sabha from Lakhimpur from 2014 to 2016 and from Dibrugarh from 2004 to 2009. He was also the member of the Asom Gana Parishad from 2001 to 2011.
Bijoya Chakravarty,is an Indian politician of Bharatiya Janata Party. She served as the Member of the Lok Sabha from Gauhati from 2009 to 2019 and from 1999 to 2004. She was the Union Minister of State for Water Resources from 1999 to 2004. She was also the Member of the Rajya Sabha from 1986 to 1992 as a member of the Asom Gana Parishad. She was one of the first members of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She was awarded India's fourth highest civilian award the Padma Shri in 2021.
The 2004 Indian general election polls in Assam were held for 14 seats in the state. The result was United Progressive Alliance winning 9 out of the 14 seats,while the National Democratic Alliance,captured only 2 seats. Asom Gana Parishad managed to get 2 seats.
Chandra Mohan Patowary is an Indian politician from Assam who is currently serving as the Minister of Environment and Forests,Act East Policy Affairs,Welfare of Minorities in the cabinet of Himanta Biswa Sarma since 2021. He was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly six times from the Dharmapur constituency. He had also served as a cabinet minister between 1996 and 2001 and from 2016 and 2021 and as the Leader of the Opposition in the Assam Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2011. He was the health minister of Assam from 1985 to 1990 and agriculture minister from 1996 to 2001. He was the president of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) during 2008–2011. He resigned owning responsibility for the party's poor performance in the 2011 Assam Legislative Assembly elections. In 2014,he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of then BJP National President Rajnath Singh and State President of BJP Assam Pradesh Shri Sarbananda Sonowal.
Jagadish Bhuyan is an Indian student leader and politician associated with the Assam Movement,who served two terms as an MLA of the Assam Legislative Assembly from the Sadiya legislative assembly constituency in Tinsukia district,and as tourism minister in the Prafulla Kumar Mahanta government from 1998 to 2001. Originally a leader in the Asom Gana Parishad,in June 2015 he abandoned the faltering AGP for the Bharatiya Janata Party. He served as the chairman of Assam Petro-Chemicals until 2019.
The Assam Legislative Assembly Election of 2016 was held in two phases,on 4 and 11 April 2016,to elect members of the 126 constituencies in Assam,a state in North-eastern India. The overall voter turnout was 84.72%,which set a new record for Assam. The turnout was an increase from the 2011 Assembly election figure of 75%.
The Sonowal ministry was the state ministry of Assam headed by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal from 2016 till 2021. The ministry was formed on 24 May 2016 on the aftermath of the 2016 legislative assembly election which resulted in the Bharatiya Janata Party emerging as the majority party.
Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi is an Assamese writer. He was formerly deputy commissioner. His first literary creation is a poem named Junbai'.
Sootea Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly. Sootea forms part of the Tezpur Lok Sabha constituency.
Bhabesh Kalita is an Indian politician and businessman of Bharatiya Janata Party from Assam who is serving as the President of BJP,Assam state unit since 2021. He represents the Rangiya constituency in the Assam Legislative Assembly since 2016. He joined the BJP in 1991 and was secretary of the BJP,Assam state unit in 2006 to 2011 and general secretary from 2011. He was Minister of State for Irrigation and Minister of State for Education in Sarbananda Sonowal ministry from 2016 to 2021.
Binod Hazarika is an Indian politician and a Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Assam. He was elected in 2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election from Chabua.
Sushila Hazarika is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Assam. She was elected in Assam Legislative Assembly election in 1996 and 2006 from Dergaon constituency.
Pijush Hazarika is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Assam. He has been a member of Assam legislative assembly since 2011. He was elected in Assam Legislative Assembly election in 2011 from Raha constituency and in 2016 and 2021 from Jagiroad constituency.
Pabindra Deka was an Asom Gana Parishad politician from Assam. He was elected to Assam Legislative Assembly election in 2016 from Patacharkuchi constituency. Just before Assembly Election 2021,he joined Assam Jatiya Parishad and is contesting from Patacharkuchi Constituency against BJP state president Shri Ranjit Das.
The Thengal Kachari Autonomous Council (TKAC),is an autonomous district council for the Thengal Kachari people in the state of Assam,India.
The Sarma ministry is the current council of ministers of the Government of Assam which has been in office since 10 May 2021. The ministry is headed by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and consists of 16 cabinet ministers. The chief minister and 14 other ministers were sworn-in into office by Governor Jagdish Mukhi on 10 May 2021.
Rajen Sharma,commonly known as Uddipta Hazarika,was the first publicity secretary of the militant organisation United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA). Popular for his poem Mor Rakta Borna Protigya,Sharma was killed on 8 October 1989.
Bhimananda Tanti is an Indian politician from the state of Assam. He is a former Member of Assam Legislative Assembly and a former Deputy Speaker of the Assembly.
