Lalit Kumar Doley (25 May 1927 – 16 March 1986) was an Indian politician and a leader of the

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political party in

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 ...

. The first to be elected as the president of

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among the Mishings in 1972 and again in 1980. He is generally regarded as the most prominent leader of the Mishing community. During his life, his selfless devotion to the people of Assam made him widely popular.

Personal life

His daughter Shakuntala Gamlin is a 1984-batch

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- Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre IAS officer. She is presently serving as Secretary, Dept. of Empowerment of Person With Disabilities, Govt. of India. She also served as Chief Secretary of

. She is the first lady IAS from North East to reach a Secretary level post in central ministry. She is the first female IAS officer from Mishing tribe of

. Shakuntala Gamlin was wife of former

Chief Minister,

Jarbom Gamlin Jarbom Gamlin (16 April 1961 – 30 November 2014) was an Indian politician and a leader of the Indian National Congress political party in Arunachal Pradesh and briefly served as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh. Early life Gamlin was b ...

who is an alumnus of St. Stephen's College,

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References

https://web.archive.org/web/20080724022628/http://www.assampcc.org/pastprez.asp 1927 births 1986 deaths Indian National Congress politicians India MPs 1977–1979 Lok Sabha members from Assam Cotton College, Guwahati alumni Indian National Congress politicians from Assam {{Assam-INC-politician-stub