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Kanakeswar Narzary
Kanakeswar Narzary (2 January 1943 – 12 October 2003) was an Indian politician and the founder General Secretary of All Bodo Students' Union. He was born on 2 January 1943 at Tengaigaon (Gwmwbil) village under Serfanguri police station of Kokrajhar district in Assam. He was the son of Narayan Narzary and Dwislung Narzary. He died on 12 October 2003 at a private nursing home in Kolkata. His early education started at Gosainichina village. After passing the final examination of MV School from there, he studied at Sapatgram Amalgamated Academy and passed his matriculation examination in 1964. He passed his P.U examination in 1965 and BA in Political science with honours from Kokrajhar College in 1968. Since his school days, Kanakeswar Narzary was an active member of student organization. In 1967, he was associated with various meetings for the formation of ABSU. In this year, when All Bodo Students' Union was formally formed, he became the General Secretary of the union. Therea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kokrajhar District
Kokrajhar district is an administrative district in Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam. It is predominantly inhabited by the Boro tribe. The district has its headquarters located at Kokrajhar Town and occupies an area of . It has two civil sub-divisions namely Parbatjhora and Gossaigaon and five revenue circles namely Kokrajhar, Dotma, Bhaoraguri, Gossaigaon and Bagribari. History Kokrajhar was a part the undivided Goalpara district. In 1957, under the administration of Bimala Prasad Chaliha as the Chief Minister of Assam, three sub-divisions were created one of which was Kokrajhar. This sub-division was made into a district on 1 July 1983. On 29 September 1989 Bongaigaon district was created from parts of Kokrajhar and Goalpara. Geography Kokrajhar district occupies an area of , comparatively equivalent to Russia's Waigeo Island. Kokrajhar district is located on the northern bank of the Brahmaputra river. It forms the gateway to the Seven Sister States. Kokrajhar share ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kokrajhar College
Kokrajhar Govt. College Kokrajhar Govt. College (then Kokrajhar College) was established in 1959 at the heart of the town with a noble vision of bringing higher education to common people in general and the tribal people in particular. The Kokrajhar Govt. College played a vital role in imparting higher education to the socio-economically backward tribal people as well as other communities in the area. Theme Kokrajhar Govt. College believes in discipline and excellence and has been quite successful in maintaining this over the years. A very significant one-liner is embedded in the cover of the Kokrajhar Govt. College prospectus "A lesson missed is missed forever". Affiliating university and council The college was affiliated to Gauhati University for degree level until 2019-20 now college is affiliated to Bodoland University and the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council for Higher Secondary level. Courses Kokrajhar Govt. College offers the following courses: R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodoland
The Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR), informally Bodoland, is an autonomous region and a proposed state in Assam, Northeast India. It is made up of five districts on the north bank of the Brahmaputra river below the foothills of Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh. It is administered by an elected body known as the Bodoland Territorial Council which came into existence under the terms of a peace agreement signed in February 2003 and its autonomy was further extended by an agreement signed in January 2020. The agreement materialised as a result of the efforts taken by a naval veteran – Cdr. Robin Sharma (retd.), who is now the present president of the Bodoland. The region covers an area of over nine thousand square kilometres and is predominantly inhabited by the Bodo people and other indigenous communities of Assam. Etymology of ''Bodoland'' The Plains Tribes Council of Assam had demanded, since its inception in 1967, for a separate union territory for the Boro and other plain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1943 Births
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2003 Deaths
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