List of people from Assam

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This is a list of notable people from Assam, India.

Administrators, diplomats and justices[]

  • Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, 5th president of India; first Assamese to be the president of India
  • Devakanta Barua, first Assamese to be the president of Indian National Congress
  • Ananda Ram Baruah, first Indian district magistrate in India; first person to qualify for the civil services (ICS) from Assam and sixth from India; first graduate from Assam; Sanskrit scholar
  • Ranjan Gogoi, 46th Chief Justice of India, first person from northeast to held this prestigious position
  • Bishnuram Medhi, Governor of Madras State from January 1958 to May 1964; first Assamese governor of an Indian state
  • Gopinath Bordoloi, Prime Minister of Assam before independence;Chief Minister after independence; politician; writer; first Bharat Ratna awardee from Assam
  • Parbati Kumar Goswami, first Assamese Justice in Supreme Court of India
  • Harishankar Brahma, first election commissioner of India from Assam and the second from North-East India
  • Baharul Islam, judge of the Supreme Court of India
  • Anowara Taimur, First lady Chief Minister of Assam
  • Jamchonga Nampui, first person from Scheduled Tribe of Assam to qualify for the civil services (IAS)

Academicians and scholars[]

Actors and models[]

Film directors[]

Activists[]

Journalists[]

Music[]

Literature[]

Main article: List of Assamese writers with their pen names

Poets[]

Main article: List of Assamese-language poets
  • Gopaldeva Bhawanipuria Aata (1551–1611)
  • Hem Barua, Member of Parliament; poet and writer
  • Hiren Bhattacharyya, poet
  • Haribar Bipra (fl. 14th century)
  • Nalinibala Devi, poet
  • Ananta Kandali (fl. 16th century)
  • Madhav Kandali (fl. 14th century)
  • Madhavdev (1489–1596)
  • Sankardev (1449–1568)
  • Hem Saraswati (fl. 14th century)
  • Jayadhwaj Singha (died 1663), Ahom King, poet
  • Rudra Singha, Ahom King, poet

Historical figures[]

Politicians[]

See also: List of Chief Ministers of Assam and List of Governors of Assam
  • Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, fifth President of India
  • Badruddin Ajmal, President of All India United Democratic Front
  • Atul Bora, Cabinet Minister; A Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from the regional party Asom Gana Parishad.
  • Abdul Matlib Mazumder, He was one among the prominent muslim MLA and also Cabinet Minister of Assam.As a Muslim leaders of eastern India, he also support Hindu-Muslim unity, opposing the partition of India on communal lines. Mazumdar along with Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (who later became the 5th President of India) became the most prominent Muslim opponents of the demand for a separate Muslim state of Pakistan, especially in the eastern part of the country.
  • Pramod Boro, current CEM of BTC; president of UPPL
  • Siva Prasad Barooah, politician, tea planter, philanthropist, and humanist
  • Debakanta Barua, former president of Indian National Congress.
  • Gopinath Bordoloi, first Chief Minister of independent Assam; freedom fighter; only Assamese to date who has been conferred the civil honour of Bharat Ratna by the Indian Government.
  • Upendranath Brahma, Bodo-Fa, the father of Bodoland
  • Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary, Bodo nationalist
  • Bimala Prasad Chaliha, former Chief Minister of Assam
  • Mahendra Mohan Choudhury, former Chief Minister of Assam; former Governor of Punjab
  • Tarun Gogoi, former Chief Minister of Assam
  • Bijoy Krishna Handique, former Union Minister of state
  • Jogendra Nath Hazarika, former Chief Minister of Assam
  • Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, former Chief Minister of Assam
  • Bishnuram Medhi, former Chief Minister of Assam; former Governor of Madras State; first Assamese governor
  • Santosh Mohan Dev, former Union Minister
  • Hagrama Mohilary, ex-BLTF chief, former CEM of BTC
  • Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary, former Governor of Meghalaya
  • Ajanta Neog, Minister of Finance in Govt of Assam; first woman Finance Minister of Assam; Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from Bharatiya Janata Party.
  • Kabindra Purkayastha, former Union Minister
  • Syed Muhammed Saadulah, first Chief Minister of Assam under British colonial
  • Hiteswar Saikia, former Chief Minister of Assam, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Mizoram
  • Himanta Biswa Sarma, current Chief Minister of Assam & Convener of the Election Management Committee; Cabinet Minister, Govt. of Assam (2002-2014) (2016-2021)
  • Sarat Chandra Sinha, former Chief Minister of Assam
  • Sarbananda Sonowal, Former Chief Minister of Assam; former Union Minister
  • Syeda Anwara Taimur, first woman Chief Minister of Assam.

Radio personality[]

Religious leaders[]

Sports[]

Naturalists[]

  • Robin Banerjee
  • Ananda Chandra Dutta
  • Jadav Payeng
  • Anwaruddin Choudhury

Others[]

See also[]

  • People from Western Assam

References[]

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