The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is a centre-right to right-wing conservative Indian political alliance led by the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It was founded in 1998 and currently controls the government of India as well as the government of 15 Indian states and one Union territory.
Asom Gana Parishad 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.
Bhupen Hazarika BR was an Indian playback singer,lyricist,musician,poet,actor,filmmaker 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 from Assam who is the current Cabinet Minister of Ports,Shipping and Waterways and Cabinet Minister of AYUSH in the Government of India. He is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Assam and also a member of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs. He is a former Chief Minister of Assam and a former Member of the Legislative Assembly (India) in Assam Legislative Assembly. Sonowal earlier served as the Assam state President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2012 to 2014 and again in 2015 to 2016. He has also served as the Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs,Government of India,from 2014 to 2016. He was chosen to be the Chief Minister of Assam after the 2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election and he became the first Chief Minister of Assam from Bharatiya Janata Party. During the cabinet reshuffle on 7 July 2021,he was inducted Cabinet minister in the 2nd Modi Cabinet.
Bijoya Chakravarty,is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party. She was awarded India's fourth highest civilian award the Padma Shri in 2021.
Atul Chandra Hazarika (1903–1986) was a prominent Assamese poet,dramatist,children's writer and translator. He was bestowed the epithet "Sahitycharjya" by Asam Sahitya Sabha,the premier literary organization of Assam..
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.
Mahim Bora was an Indian writer and educationist from Assam. He was elected as a president of the Assam Sahitya Sabha held in 1989 at Doomdooma. He was awarded most notably the Padma Shri in 2011,the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2001 and the Assam Valley Literary Award in 1998. Assam Sahitya Sabha conferred its highest honorary title Sahityacharyya on him in 2007.
Chandra Mohan Patowary is an Indian politician from Assam. As an MLA,he represented the Dharmapur constituency from 1985-1990,1991-1996,1996-2001,2006-2011,2016-till date and served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Assam Legislative Assembly from 2006-2011. He was the Health Minister of Assam from 1985-1990 and Agriculture Minister from 1996-2001. 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 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%.
Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi is an Indian writer. He was formerly deputy commissioner. His first literary creation is a poem named Junbai'(জোনবাই).
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 a Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Assam. He has been elected in Assam Legislative Assembly election in 2016 and 2021 from Rangiya constituency. He joined the BJP in 1991 and was secretary of the State BJP in 2006 and general secretary from 2011. He was Minister of State for Irrigation as well as Minister of State for Education in Sarbananda Sonowal ministry from 2016 to 2021. He was elected as BJP Assam President on 26 June 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.
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.
