Prithibi Majhi

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Anita Majhi
(m. 1978,d.)

Tarulata Kakoti Majhi
(m. 1997)
Prithibi Majhi
The Minister for Labour and Employment, Revenue and Disaster Management, Assam, Shri Prithibi Majhi addressing at the Public Information Campaign on Bharat Nirman, organized by Press Information Bureau, Guwahati.jpg
Majhi (left) in 2014
Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly
In office
30 May 2001 19 May 2006
Children4
Parent(s)Birsingh Majhi (father)
Sita Majhi (mother)
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Prithibi Majhi is an Indian politician representing the Indian National Congress. He was a Member of Parliament, representing Assam in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of India's Parliament. [1] [2] [3] He was a Deputy Speaker and Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly and a minister in the Tarun Gogoi cabinet. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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Early life and education

Prithibi Majhi was born on 24 January 1951 to the Late Birsingh Majhi and Sita Majhi. Majhi received his B.A. from DHSK College in Dibrugarh and L.L.B. from Dispur Law College at Gauhati University. [9]

Political career

Majhi was first elected to the Assembly in 1991 from Tingkhong. He was then elected in 1996 but for Lahowal. He was then a Member of the Rajya Sabha. In 1993 he was made the Deputy Speaker and in 2001 the Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly.

Personal life

He first married the late Anita Majhi. After her death, he later married Dr. Tarulata Kakoti Majhi on 10 December 1997. He and his second wife had 2 daughters and 2 sons. His wife is the vice Principal of Dibrugarh Nursing College. Majhi gave his wife the 1st Birsingh Majhi Award in memory of his father in 2012. [10]

Positions

References

  1. "RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 - 2003" (PDF). Rajya Sabha . Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. Rajat Sethi; Shubhrastha (23 November 2017). The Last Battle of Saraighat: The Story of the BJP's Rise in the North-east. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. pp. 147–. ISBN   978-93-87326-32-3 . Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  3. India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha (2003). Rajya Sabha Members: Biographical Sketches, 1952-2003. Rajya Sabha Secretariat. p. 192. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  4. "Who's Who". assamassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  5. "Assam Legislative Assembly - Speaker since 1937". assamassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  6. "List of Speakers since 1937". assamassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  7. "List of Deputy Speakers since 1937". assamassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  8. "Tarun Gogoi reshuffles Assam ministry, 11 cabinet ministers join". Firstpost. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  9. Guptā, Ramaṇikā (2006). Indigenous Writers of India: North-East India. Concept Publishing Company. ISBN   978-81-8069-300-7.
  10. "Birsingh Majhi Media Fellowship awarded". TIMES OF ASSAM. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2021.