Shri Hiphei (23 August 1937 – 8 April 2020) was an Indian politician from

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Political career

Hiphei began his political career with the Mara Freedom Party in September 1963. He was then elected to the state assembly from the

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constituency as an independent in 1972 and was made deputy speaker. Between 1972 and 2013, he won Mizoram Assembly elections seven times;

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

and

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. He joined the

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in 1978 and then in 1984 switched his affiliation to the

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. He was elected to the upper house of India's Parliament, the

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, for two terms, from 1990 to 1996 and from 1996 to 2002, as a member of the Indian National Congress. He served as the Speaker of

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from 1989 to 1990, and from 2013 until 5 November 2018, but, resigned from the post and joined the

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a few hours later.

Death

Hiphei died in Aizawl on 8 April 2020 following a long illness. He was 82.

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Political career

Death

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