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.
Tarun Gogoi was an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the 13th Chief Minister of Assam from 2001 to 2016. He was the longest serving Chief Minister of Assam. He was a member of the Indian National Congress. During his tenure as the chief minister,he is credited with ending militant insurgency and mitigating violence in addition to improving the state's fiscal condition.
Santosh Mohan Dev,was an Indian political leader and a key member of the Indian National Congress. Mr. Dev was first elected to the Parliament in 1980,the first of his seven terms in office as the Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha. Out of these seven,he has represented Silchar constituency,Assam five times and he was elected from Tripura West constituency twice. Mr Dev has the rare distinction of being elected from two different states.
Mallipudi Mangapati Pallam Raju is an Indian politician who served as the Cabinet Minister for Human Resources Development and Minister of State for Defence in the Central Government. He is a member of the 9th,14th and 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Kakinada constituency of Andhra Pradesh and is a member of the Indian National Congress.
Sarbananda Sonowal is an Indian politician who serving as 9th Minister of Ports,Shipping and Waterways since 2024. He also the Member of the Rajya Sabha representing Assam since 2021 and also a member of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs since 2021. He is the 14th Chief Minister of Assam from 2016 to 2021 and the former of Assam Legislative Assembly from Majuli from 2016 until he resigned in 2021 and from Moran constituency 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 has 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.
Kabindra Purkayastha is a former union minister of state of India. He served as minister of state for communication in Atal Bihari Vajpayee government from 1998 to 1999. He is a senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party in Assam,India.
Maulana Badruddin Ajmal is an Indian businessman,politician,philanthropist and Islamic theologian from the state of Assam. He is the state-president of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind for Assam. He is also serving as the Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha from Dhubri constituency since 2009 and the Founder and President of the All India United Democratic Front since 2005. He is also Chief Executive Officer of a non-profit organization,Ajmal Foundation which established 25 educational institutions,schools,and hospitals.
Hatsingimari is the headquarter of South Salmara-Mankachar District (Assam),India. Previously,it was the headquarter of South Salmara Mankachar Subdivision. On 26 January 2016,Assam's Chief Minister SriTarun Gogoi announced South Salmara-Mankachar as an administrative district along with other 4 districts. On 9 February 2016,the district was inaugurated. It has a population of 3445 people. It also has a Higher literacy rate of 77.73% as compared to the 73.72% of Assam.
Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav is an Indian politician serving as the Minister of AYUSH since 2024. He is a member of the Shiv Sena party and has been elected to the Lok Sabha from the Buldhana constituency in Maharashtra for four consecutive terms since 2009. Jadhav began his political career in 1986 and served three terms as a Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 1995 to 2009. During this period,he also held the position of Minister of State for Sports,Youth Welfare,and Irrigation in the Shiv Sena-BJP government of Maharashtra from 1997 to 1999. In addition to his political roles,Jadhav is actively involved in various community initiatives and social welfare programmes.
The All India United Democratic Front is a political party active in the Indian state of Assam. It is the 3rd largest political party in Assam Legislative Assembly after BJP and INC.
Partap Singh Bajwa is an Indian politician having served as a member of the Lok Sabha representing Gurdaspur in Punjab from 2009 to 2014. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Punjab.
Anil Kumar Shastri is an Indian politician and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress. He is known for his outspoken views. Presently,he is Chairman of the Hindi Department in All India Congress Committee. He was elected to the ninth Lok Sabha from Varanasi in 1989 as member of Janata Dal and was a Minister in the Ministry of Finance,Govt. of India.
Bhumidhar Barman was an Indian Politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He was the shortest-serving Chief Minister of Assam,with a short period of twenty two days from 22 April 1996 to 14 May 1996. He was a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly being elected 7 times. He was first elected in 1967. In 2015,he was made a Cabinet Minister of Assam.
Salmara South Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam a north east state of India. Salmara is also part of Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency.
Jamunamukh Assembly Constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam a north east state of India. Jamunamukh is also part of Nowgong Lok Sabha constituency.
Abdur Rahim Ajmal is an Indian politician and businessman. He is a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly for the Jamunamukh constituency.
Abdul Khaleque is an Indian politician,journalist and writer belonging to Indian National Congress from Assam who is serving as the Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha representing Barpeta constituency since 2019. Previously,he served as the Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from Jania Constituency from 2016 to 2019 and again from 2006 to 2011.
Jahan Uddin Ahmed,also known as Maulavi Jahan Uddin Ahmed,was an Indian politician of Praja Socialist Party and Member of parliament elected during the 4th General elections in 1967. He contested elections from Dhubri Lok sabha constituency,Assam.
Abdur Rehman Ajmal is an Indian politician and businessman. He is a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly for the Salmara South constituency.
Ajmal Foundation is a non-governmental organization established in 2005,in the Hojai district of Assam,India,that works for social services including education,health,employment,environment,women empowerment,and poverty management.
