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List of people from Assam

This is a list of people from Assam, India.

Administrators, diplomats and justices

  • Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, 5th president of India; first Assamese to be the president of India
  • Devakanta Barua, first Assamese to be the president of Indian National Congress
  • Ananda Ram Baruah, first Indian district magistrate in India; first person to qualify for the civil services (ICS) from Assam and sixth from India; first graduate from Assam; Sanskrit scholar
  • Ranjan Gogoi, 46th Chief Justice of India, first person from northeast to held this prestigious position
  • Bishnuram Medhi, Governor of Madras State from January 1958 to May 1964; first Assamese governor of an Indian state
  • Gopinath Bordoloi, Prime Minister of Assam before independence;Chief Minister after independence; politician; writer; first Bharat Ratna awardee from Assam
  • Parbati Kumar Goswami, first Assamese Justice in Supreme Court of India
  • Harishankar Brahma, first election commissioner of India from Assam and the second from North-East India
  • Baharul Islam, judge of the Supreme Court of India
  • Anowara Taimur, First lady Chief Minister of Assam
  • Jamchonga Nampui, first person from Scheduled Tribe of Assam to qualify for the civil services (IAS)

Academicians and scholars

Actors and models

  • Zubeen Garg
  • Pramathesh Barua
  • Jamuna Baruah
  • Kashmiri Saikia Baruah
  • Kenny Basumatary
  • Jaya Battacharya
  • Jaya Seal
  • Ashima Bhalla
  • Aimee Baruah
  • Biju Phukan
  • Devoleena Bhattacharjee
  • Jupitora Bhuyan
  • Barsha Rani Bishaya
  • Seema Biswas
  • Jatin Bora
  • Kopil Bora
  • Panchi Bora
  • Pranami Bora
  • Parineeta Borthakur
  • Plabita Borthakur
  • Priyadarshini Chatterjee, Femina Miss India 2016
  • Ravi Sarma
  • Rewati Chetri
  • Chetana Das
  • Rimpi Das
  • Angoorlata Deka
  • Monikangana Dutta
  • Amrita Gogoi
  • Moloya Goswami
  • Nipon Goswami
  • Aideu Handique
  • Ashraful Haque
  • Diganta Hazarika
  • Adil Hussain
  • Baharul Islam
  • Rishi Kaushik
  • Urmila Mahanta
  • Shamin Mannan
  • Mohini
  • Moghai Ojah
  • Rati Pandey
  • Papon
  • Prastuti Parashar
  • Renu Saikia
  • Tapan Das
  • Brajanath Sarma
  • Phani Sarma
  • Arunima Sharma
  • Dipannita Sharma
  • Utpal Das
  • Tara
  • Zerifa Wahid

Film directors

Activists

  • Muzammil Haque, first martyr of Madhyam movement.
  • Nabin Chandra Bardoloi, freedom fighter, social activist and writer
  • Akhil Gogoi
  • Hema Bharali, freedom fighter and social activist
  • Birubala Rabha, social activist
  • Chobilal Upadhyaya, freedom fighter and Nepali social activist

Journalists

  • Siva Prasad Barooah
  • Arnab Goswami
  • Ananda Chandra Barua
  • Radha Govinda Baruah, founder of The Assam Tribune
  • Parag Kumar Das
  • Gauri Shankar Kalita
  • Mahendra Nath Deka Phukan
  • Khiren Roy

Music

Literature

Main article: List of Assamese writers with their pen names
  • Amrit Bhushan Dev Adhikari
  • Ananda Chandra Agarwala
  • Chandra Kumar Agarwala
  • Jyoti Prasad Agarwala
  • Nabin Chandra Bardoloi
  • Debo Prasad Barooah
  • Amulya Barua
  • Ananda Chandra Barua
  • Binanda Chandra Barua
  • Chandradhar Barua
  • Hem Barua
  • Hem Barua (Tyagbir)
  • Hemchandra Barua
  • Jahnavi Barua
  • Jnanadabhiram Barua
  • Kanaklal Barua
  • Nabakanta Barua
  • Ananda Ram Baruah
  • Bhubanmohan Baruah
  • Padmanath Gohain Baruah
  • Parvati Prasad Baruva
  • Lakshminath Bezbaroa
  • Debananda Bharali
  • Chandra Bharati
  • Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya
  • Kamalakanta Bhattacharya
  • Nalinidhar Bhattacharya
  • Hiren Bhattacharyya
  • Bhattadeva
  • Nakul Chandra Bhuyan
  • Dhrubajyoti Bora
  • Mahim Bora
  • Satyanath Bora
  • Rajanikanta Bordoloi
  • Homen Borgohain
  • Abani Chakraborty
  • Saurabh Kumar Chaliha
  • Raghunath Choudhary
  • Ambika Charan Choudhury
  • Lakshyadhar Choudhury
  • Rebati Mohan Dutta Choudhury
  • Rita Chowdhury
  • Mithinga Daimary
  • Jogesh Das
  • Nitoo Das
  • Birendra Nath Datta (1935-)
  • Bhabananda Deka
  • Harekrishna Deka
  • Nalini Bala Devi
  • Robin Dey
  • Utpal Dutta
  • Srutimala Duara
  • Jatindra Nath Duwara
  • Bhusana Dvija
  • Pitambar Dvija
  • Gopalacharana Dwija
  • Ganesh Gogoi
  • Hiren Gohain
  • Gopaldev
  • Hemchandra Goswami
  • Mamoni Raisom Goswami
  • Manoj Kumar Goswami
  • Sarat Chandra Goswami
  • Krishna Kanta Handique
  • Atul Chandra Hazarika
  • Dhruba Hazarika
  • Mafizuddin Ahmed Hazarika
  • Tabu ram Taid
  • Banikanta Kakati
  • Ananta Kandali
  • Madhava Kandali
  • Rudra Kandali
  • Durgabar Kayastha
  • Madhavdev
  • Syed Abdul Malik
  • Kaliram Medhi
  • Gopala Mishra
  • Dimbeswar Neog (1899–1967)
  • Nilmani Phookan (1933-)
  • Anandaram Dhekial Phukan
  • Mitra Phukan
  • Arupa Kalita Patangia
  • Sarmistha Pritam
  • Anuradha Sharma Pujari
  • Bishnuprasad Rabha
  • Benudhar Rajkhowa
  • Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa
  • Khiren Roy
  • Bhabendra Nath Saikia
  • Jaideep Saikia
  • Sankardev
  • Hema Saraswati
  • Brajanath Sarma
  • Phani Sarma
  • Siddhartha Sarma
  • Imran Shah
  • Arun Sharma
  • Benudhar Sharma
  • Sonaram Chutia
  • Harivara Vipra

Poets

Main article: List of Assamese-language poets
  • Gopaldeva Bhawanipuria Aata (1551–1611)
  • Hem Barua, Member of Parliament; poet and writer
  • Hiren Bhattacharyya, poet
  • Haribar Bipra (fl. 14th century)
  • Nalinibala Devi, poet
  • Ananta Kandali (fl. 16th century)
  • Madhav Kandali (fl. 14th century)
  • Madhavdev (1489–1596)
  • Sankardev (1449–1568)
  • Hem Saraswati (fl. 14th century)
  • Jayadhwaj Singha (died 1663), Ahom King, poet
  • Rudra Singha, Ahom King, poet

Historical figures

Politicians

See also: List of Chief Ministers of Assam and List of Governors of Assam
  • Siddhartha Bhattacharya, He is a Cabinet Minister of Education of Assam and a Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from Bharatiya Janata Party.
  • Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, fifth President of India
  • Badruddin Ajmal, President of All India United Democratic Front
  • Siva Prasad Barooah, politician, tea planter, philanthropist, and humanist
  • Debakanta Barua, former president of Indian National Congress
  • Gopinath Bordoloi, first Chief Minister of independent Assam; freedom fighter; only Assamese to date who has been conferred the civil honour of Bharat Ratna by the Indian government
  • Upendranath Brahma, Bodo-Fa, the father of Bodoland
  • Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary, Bodo nationalist
  • Bimala Prasad Chaliha, former Chief Minister of Assam
  • Mahendra Mohan Choudhury, former Chief Minister of Assam; former Governor of Punjab
  • Tarun Gogoi, former Chief Minister of Assam
  • Bijoy Krishna Handique, former Union Minister of state
  • Jogendra Nath Hazarika, former Chief Minister of Assam
  • Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, former Chief Minister of Assam
  • Bishnuram Medhi, former Chief Minister of Assam; former Governor of Madras State; first Assamese governor
  • Hagrama Mohilary, ex-BLTF chief, current CEM of BTC
  • Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary, former Governor of Meghalaya
  • Kabindra Purkayastha, former union minister
  • Syed Muhammed Saadulah, first Chief Minister of Assam under British colonial
  • Hiteswar Saikia, former Chief Minister of Assam
  • Himanta Biswa Sarma, Member, BJP & Convener of the Election Management Committee; Cabinet Minister, Govt. of Assam (2002-2014) (2016-2021)
  • Sarat Chandra Sinha, former Chief Minister of Assam
  • Sarbananda Sonowal, Present Chief Minister of Assam
  • Manash Deka, First Assamese inducted in Delhi Pradesh BJP unit,Eastern Arunachal Pradesh BJP Incharge in 2019 state assembly election ,Vikasit Assam Campaign started during 2016 Assam assembly Election
  • Syeda Anwara Taimur, first woman Chief Minister of Assam.

Radio personality

  • Sujita Das

Religious leaders

Sports

  • Tayabun Nisha, athlete
  • Bhogeswar Baruah, athlete
  • Dipankar Bhattacharjee, badminton player
  • Jamuna Boro, boxer
  • Abhijeet Bhattacharya, volleyball player
  • Durga Boro, footballer
  • Hima Das, athletics
  • Mahadev Deka, bodybuilder
  • Alen Deory, footballer
  • Somdev Devvarman, tennis
  • Gautam Kalita, bodybuilder
  • Monalisa Baruah Mehta, table tennis player
  • Holicharan Narzary, footballer
  • Abu Nechim, cricketer
  • Gokul Sharma, cricket player
  • Jayanta Talukdar, archer
  • Shiva Thapa, boxer
  • Baoringdao Bodo, Indian national footballer
  • Riyan Parag, cricketer
  • Lovlina Borgohain, boxer

Naturalists

Others

  • Jitendra Nath Goswami, astrophysicist
  • Ranjit Barthakur
  • Sailadhar Baruah
  • Uddhab Bharali, inventor
  • Nomal Chandra Borah, neurologist and founder of GNRC hospitals
  • Harishankar Brahma, election commissioner of India
  • Ramesh C. Deka
  • Gunaram Khanikar, herbalist
  • Achyut Lahkar
  • Tarun Ram Phukan, freedom fighter
  • Joyanti Chutia, scientist, one of the only two women to head any scientific institution in India
  • Sonaram Chutia, Vaishnav scholar, freedom fighter, educationist
  • Anandita Dutta Tamuly
  • Nayandeep Deka Baruah, mathematician
  • Anupam Saikia, mathematician

See also

  • People from Western Assam

References

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