Bishnu Prasad is an Indian politician. He was elected to the

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, lower house of the

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from the Kaliabor Constituency of

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as a member of the

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. He was elected to,

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from

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in 1972 & was the ''Minister for Industry, Power, Irrigation, Flood Control, Trade and Commerce and Cooperative'', Assam (1972–76); Chairman, Assam Financial Corporation, 1981–83; Chairman, Estimates Committee, Assam, Legislative Assembly, 1976–78. He was also the Chairman National Commission for Linguistic Minorities in India

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, a Constitutional Office under ''Article 350-B of the Constitution'', 1988–90. He was a Member, Governing Body,

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; Member, Governing Council,

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, New Delhi. Further he was the National Vice President, ''India-Russia Friendship Society.''

Political life

He was General Secretary, 1967–69 and President, 1969–74, of

Assam Pradesh Youth Congress Assam (, , ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in northeastern India by area and the largest in terms of p ...

. Thereafter, he was General Secretary, 1978–1983, & Vice President, 1983-2020 of

Assam Pradesh Congress Committee Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (or Assam PCC) was formed in June 1921. Its headquarters is at Rajiv Bhavan in GS Road Guwahati. Kuladhar Chaliha was the first elected president and Chabilal Upadhyaya was the first selected president of the c ...

. He is a Member of

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since 1972.

Early life

He did his matriculation from Nagaon Government High School and Graduated from ''

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'' and his post graduation M.A. & LL B from

Gauhati University Gauhati University also known as GU, is a collegiate public state university located in Guwahati, Assam, India. It was established on 26 January 1948 under the provisions of an Act enacted by the Assam Legislative Assembly and is the oldest un ...

. He was the founder General Secretary of

Hostel Boarders Association, 1961 & founder General Secretary of ''Assam Non-party Student's Association'', 1960. He is an Advocate and had joined the

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in the year 1969 and subsequently joined the

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in the year 1985. He is a Member of the '' Indian Arbitration Council.''

Writings

His writings have appeared in dailies and literary journals since 1960 and he has authored 2 books "''Modar Phular Gondh''", 1974 & "''Smriti Aru Chinta"'', 1990.

References

India MPs 1980–1984 Living people Lok Sabha members from Assam Year of birth missing (living people) Indian National Congress politicians from Assam Assam MLAs 1972–1978 {{Assam-INC-politician-stub