Pranab Kumar Gogoi (19 August 1936 – 3 February 2020) was an Indian lawyer and politician from

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belonging to

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. He was elected four times as a legislator of the

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. He also served as the speaker of the

and minister of the

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Early life and education

Gogoi was born on 19 August 1936 in

Guwahati Guwahati () the largest city of the Indian state of Assam, and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the seat of the Government of Assam. Th ...

to Girindra Nath Gogoi and Hiranyalata Gogoi. His father was a minister of the

. He received LLB degree from

Guwahati 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 ...

in 1961.

Political career

Gogoi was elected as a legislator of the

from

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in 2001. He was also elected from that constituency in 2006. He served as a minister of the

from 2006 to 2011. In 2011 he was elected from

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too. He was appointed the speaker of the

on 6 June 2011. He served in the post till 28 May 2016. During this time he took steps for " Assamese" definition in 2015. After consultations with 53 organisations he recommended the year 1951 be taken as the cut off period for the definition of Assamese and

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. In 2016 he was elected as a legislator of the

from

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for the fourth consecutive time.

Personal life and death

Gogoi was married to Mohini Gogoi. Together they had 3 sons - Manjir, Sameer and Prameer. Gogoi died on 3 February 2020 at a private hospital in

at the age of 83. He was survived by his wife, his sons, their spouses and their children.

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, former

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and other politicians all paid tribute.

Funeral

Gogoi's body, wrapped in the national flag, was brought to his residence located at Red Cross Road on 4 February at around 7 p.m. His body was taken to Rajiv Bhavan and Sibsagar Bar Association where Congress members and members of the bar association paid tribute. Gogoi was cremated with full state honours at Hahchara Jathipatia village in

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in presence of relatives and leaders from political parties. His mortal remains were cremated by his three sons Manjir, Sameer and Prameer at 2 PM amidst gun salute by Assam Police personnel. Hundreds of mourners came to the cremation site. Leaders of different political parties and organizations laid wreaths on the mortal remains and a gun salute was given before the last rites.

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Debabrata Saikia,

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, BJP leaders, administrative officials, including Sivasagar Deputy Commissioner MS Lakshmi Priya were present.

References

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