Madan Kalita
: Madan Kalita (1952 - 2022) was an Indian politician hailing from Nalbari Nalbari (Pron: nɔ:lˈbɑ:rɪ) is a town and a municipal board in Nalbari district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Assam. Nalbari town is also the headquarters of Nalbari district, Nalbari District. The town is one of ma ..., Assam. Kalita was elected as a legislator of the Assam Legislative Assembly from Nalbari Assembly constituency in 2001. Kalita was denied as a candidate by the Indian National Congress in 2006, and contested in Assam assembly elections in 2006 and 2011 but lost to opponent candidate. Kalita died on 21 January 2022 following a cardiac arrest. References 1952 births 2022 deaths Assam MLAs 2001–2006 People from Nalbari Indian National Congress politicians from Assam {{Assam-INC-politician-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Assam Legislative Assembly
The Assam Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Assam. It is housed in Guwahati, the capital city of Assam, geographically situated in present Western Assam region. The Legislative Assembly comprises 126 Members of Legislative Assembly, directly elected from single-seat constituencies. Its term is five years, unless sooner dissolved. History According to provisions of the Government of India Act 1935, a bicameral legislature of Assam province came into existence in 1937. After the Government of India Act 1935 was passed, it paved the way for the formation of Assam Legislative Assembly, and became a bicameral legislature. The strength of the House was 108, where all the members were elected. The Legislative Council (Upper House) was not less than 21 and not more than 22 members. The first sitting of its lower house, the Assam Legislative Assembly, took place on 7 April 1937 in the Assembly Chamber at Shillong. Shillong was the capital of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nalbari (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
The Nalbari Assembly constituency (নলবাৰী বিধান সভা সমষ্টি) is number 59 out of 126 in the Assam Legislative Assembly. This seat is a mix of urban and rural voters as well. The assembly constituency comes under the Mangoldoi Lok Sabha constituency. The Convenor, Sh. Manash Deka Bharatiya Janata Party for North East, Delhi Pradesh did school education in this assembly constituency. Members of Legislative Assembly * 1978: Narendra Nath Dutta, Communist Party of India (Marxist) * 1983: Chandradhar Kalita, Independent * 1985: Nagen Sarma, Independent * 1991: Nagen Sarma, Asom Gana Parishad * 1996: Nagen Sarma, Asom Gana Parishad * 2000: Alaka Sarma, Asom Gana Parishad * 2001: Madan Kalita, Indian National Congress * 2006: Alaka Sarma, Asom Gana Parishad * 2011: Jayanta Malla Baruah, Indian National Congress * 2016: Ashok Sarma, Bhartiya Janata Party * 2021:Jayanta Malla Baruah, Bhartiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alaka Sarma
Dr. Alaka Desai Sarma (mostly known as Alaka Sarma) is a two-time MLA from the Nalbari constituency of Assam Legislative assembly, and a woman activist, who joined Asom Gana Parishad after her husband's death. Sarma first won the by-poll following the death of then MLA Nagen Sarma of the Nalbari constituency in 2000 for a period of 1 year. In 2001, Sarma lost to Indian National Congress candidate Madan Kalita. In 2006, Sarma won the Assam Legislative assembly election from the Nalbari constituency. In 2019, Sarma was appointed Commissioner of 'Parents Responsibility and Norms for Accountability and Monitoring (PRANAM) Commission' by the Assam government. Dr. Alaka Sarma was the wife of the former Assam PWD minister Nagen Sarma, who was assassinated by ULFA The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) (Assamese: সংযুক্ত মুক্তি বাহিনী, অসম) is an armed separatist organisation operating in the Northeast Indian state of Assam. It ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, the Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. The Congress led India to independence from the United Kingdom, and significantly influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire. Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, along with its main rival the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is a " big tent" party whose platform is generally considered to lie in the centre to of Indian politics. After Indian independence in 1947, Congress emerged as a catch-all and secular party, dominating Indian politics for the next 20 years. The party's first pr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nalbari
Nalbari (Pron: nɔ:lˈbɑ:rɪ) is a town and a municipal board in Nalbari district in the Indian state of Assam. Nalbari town is also the headquarters of Nalbari District. The town is one of many towns covered under the proposed State capital region. Etymology The word ''Nalbari'' is derived from and . is a variety of reed, while means 'enclosed ground with plantation'. History The history of Nalbari dates back to many centuries B.C. Arthashastra of Kautilya mentioned the import of various economic products from Nalbari. The Suvarnakundya village near Nalbari town produced the finest silk of Kautilya's time. The area also produced a special perfume among others. The Chandan and Aguru products were highly exported to faraway places including north India. Western Assam was known as Kamarupa from earlier times to the pre-modern period; which existed in harmony with Davaka of central Assam. Kamarupa was divided into Kamarupa Pithas or geographical divisions; Nalbari was pla ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur to the east; Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and Bangladesh to the south; and West Bengal to the west via the Siliguri Corridor, a wide strip of land that connects the state to the rest of India. Assamese language, Assamese and Boro language (India), Boro are the official languages of Assam, while Bengali language, Bengali is an additional official language in the Barak Valley. Assam is known for Assam tea and Assam silk. The state was the first site for Oil well, oil drilling in Asia. Assam is home to the one-horned Indian rhinoceros, along with the wild water buffalo, pygmy hog, tiger and various species of Asiatic birds, and provides one of the last wild habitats for the Asian e |