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Mahmara (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Mahmara Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly. Mahmara forms part of the Jorhat Lok Sabha constituency. Members of Legislative Assembly * 1967: R. Konwar, Indian National Congress * 1972: Khagen Gogoi, Indian National Congress * 1978: Budha Barua, Revolutionary Communist Party of India * 1983: Narad Kamar, Indian National Congress * 1985: Chandra Arandhara, Independent * 1991: Lakhi Prasad Borgohain, Indian National Congress * 1996: Hiranya Kumar Konwar, Asom Gana Parishad * 2001: Sarat Saikia, Indian National Congress * 2006: Sarat Saikia, Indian National Congress * 2011: Sarat Saikia, Indian National Congress * 2016: Jogen Mohan, Bharatiya Janata Party * 2021: Jogen Mohan, Bharatiya Janata Party Election results 2016 result External links * References {{Reflist Assembly constituencies of Assam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Election Commission Of India
The Election Commission of India (ECI) is a constitutional body. It was established by the Constitution of India to conduct and regulate elections in the country. Article 324 of the Constitution provides that the power of superintendence, direction, and control of elections to parliament, state legislatures, the office of the president of India, and the office of vice-president of India shall be vested in the election commission. Thus, the Election Commission is an all-India body in the sense that it is common to both the Central government and the state governments. The body administers elections to the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, State Legislative Assemblies, State Legislative Councils and the offices of the President and Vice President of the country. The Election Commission operates under the authority of Constitution per ''Article 324'', and subsequently enacted Representation of the People Act. The commission has the powers under the Constitution, to act in an appropria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorhat Lok Sabha Constituency
Jorhat Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam state in north-eastern India. Assembly segments Jorhat Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments: Members of Parliament Election results General election 2019 General elections 2014 Jorhat District, Assam. Expenditure Details of Contesting Candidates'' General elections 2009 See also * Jorhat district * List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, is made up of Members of Parliament (MPs). Each MP, represents a single geographic constituency. There are currently 543 constituencies while maximum seats will fill up to 550 (after art ... References External linksJorhat lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule {{coord, 26.8, 94.2, display=title Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam Jorhat district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Khagen Gogoi
Khagen Gogoi was an Indian politician belonging to Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected as a member of Assam Legislative Assembly as an Indian National Congress candidate from Mahmora in 1972. He joined Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the List of ruling p ... in 1996. He died on 5 March 2019 at the age of 92. References Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Assam 2019 deaths Assam MLAs 1972–1978 1920s births Indian National Congress politicians from Assam {{Assam-BJP-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budha Barua
Budha ( sa, बुध) is a Sanskrit word that connotes the planet Mercury. Budha, in Hindu legends, is also a deity. He is also known as Soumya (Sanskrit: सौम्य, lit. ''son of Moon''), Rauhineya and Tunga and is the Nakshatra lord of Ashlesha, Jyeshtha and Revati. Planet Budha as a planet appears in various Hindu astronomical texts in Sanskrit, such as the 5th century ''Aryabhatiya'' by Aryabhatta, the 6th century ''Romaka'' by Latadeva and ''Panca Siddhantika'' by Varahamihira, the 7th century ''Khandakhadyaka'' by Brahmagupta, and the 8th century ''Sisyadhivrddida'' by Lalla. These texts present Budha as one of the planets and estimate the characteristics of the respective planetary motion. Other texts such as ''Surya Siddhanta'' dated to have been complete sometime between the 5th century and 10th century present their chapters on various planets with deity mythologies. The manuscripts of these texts exist in slightly different versions, present Budha' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revolutionary Communist Party Of India
The Revolutionary Communist Party of India ( RCPI) is a political party in India. The party was founded as the Communist League by Saumyendranath Tagore in 1934, breaking away from the Communist Party of India (CPI). RCPI led armed uprisings after the independence of India, but later shifted to parliamentary politics. The party is active in the Kerala, West Bengal and Assam. The party was represented in the West Bengal while being a part of Second United Front Cabinet (1969) as well as in various state government during the Left Front (West Bengal), Left Front rule in the state (1977–2011). In Assam, the party won four Legislative Assembly seats in 1978, but its political influence has since declined in the state. Ideology The RCPI works toward a socialist revolution, rather than a People's democracy (Marxism–Leninism), people's democratic revolution, a national democratic revolution or a New Democracy, new democratic revolution. The party strives to build socialism under th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandra Arandhara
Chandra ( sa, चन्द्र, Candra, shining' or 'moon), also known as Soma ( sa, सोम), is the Hindu god of the Moon, and is associated with the night, plants and vegetation. He is one of the Navagraha (nine planets of Hinduism) and Dikpala (guardians of the directions). Etymology and other names The word "Chandra" literally means "bright, shining or glittering" and is used for the "Moon" in Sanskrit and other Indian languages.''Graha Sutras'' by Ernst Wilhelm, published by Kala Occult Publishers p. 51 It is also the name of various other figures in Hindu mythology, including an asura and a Suryavanshi king. It is also a common Indian name and surname. Both male and female name variations exists in many South Asian languages that originate from Sanskrit. Some of the synonyms of Chandra include ''Soma'' (distill), ''Indu'' (bright drop), ''Atrisuta'' (son of Atri), ''Shashin'' or ''Shachin'' (marked by hare), ''Taradhipa'' (lord of stars) and ''Nishakara'' (the ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakhi Prasad Borgohain )
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Lakhi ( fa, لاخي) may refer to: * Dafi (also known as Lākhī) * Lukhi, Fariman (also known as Lākhī) * Lakhi, Sindh - (a town in Shikarpur District of Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiranya Kumar Konwar ("Golden Great Monastery"), a Buddhist vihara in Patan, ...
Hiranya ("gold" in Sanskrit) may refer to: Given name *Hiranya Peiris (born 1974), British astrophysicist *Hiranya Herath (born 1986), Sri Lankan lawyer and politician *Hiranyamayee Lama, Bhutanese politician, elected to the Tshogdu in 1979 Other *''Hiranya'', a 2009 album by Merzbow *Hiranyakeshi river, a tributary of the Ghataprabha River in India See also *Hiranyagarbha ("golden womb/egg"), a term for the source of universal creation in Vedic philosophy *Hiranyagarbha (donation), an ancient Indian ceremony of donating a golden vessel *Hiranyakashipu ("clothed in gold"), an Asura mentioned in the Puranas *Hiranyaksha ("golden-eyed"), an Asura *Hiranya Varna Mahavihar Hiraṇyavarṇa Mahāvihāra ( ne, हिरण्यवर्ण महाविहार), also Kwa Baha: ( ne, क्वबहा:) informally called The Golden Temple with literal meaning "Gold-colored Great Monastery", is a historical vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asom Gana Parishad
Asom Gana Parishad (translation: ''Assam People's Council'', AGP) 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. The party split in 2005, with former Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta forming the Asom Gana Parishad (Progressive), but regrouped on 14 October 2008 in Golaghat. The party won 14 seats out of 126 in the 2016 Legislative Assembly Elections; a historic win for the party. Further, it shares power with the Bodoland People's Front and Bharatiya Janata Party. Currently it is a part of North-East Regional Political Front consisting of political parties of the northeast which has supported the National Democratic Alliance (India). The party will form an all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
