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'''Ajoy Kumar Dutta''' is an Indian social worker from the northeast Indian state of [[Assam]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://goassam.com/12480/prahlad-chandra-tasa-and-ajoy-kumar-dutta-from-assam-wins-the-padma-shri-awards | title=Prahlad Chandra Tasa and Ajoy Kumar Dutta from Assam wins the Padma Shri awards | website=Go Assam | date=25 January 2016 | access-date=28 July 2016 }}<br>- {{cite web | url=http://bordoisila.in/social/This-Is-How-Assam-Shines-Bright-on-the-67th-Republic-Day-Today.-Elated!.php | title=This Is How Assam Shines Bright on the 67th Republic Day Today | website=Bordoisila | date=26 January 2016 | access-date=28 July 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820042937/http://bordoisila.in/social/This-Is-How-Assam-Shines-Bright-on-the-67th-Republic-Day-Today.-Elated!.php | archive-date=20 August 2016 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> He is a [[Guwahati]]-based activist who is associated with several [[non governmental organizations]] working in the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jan2616/at055 |title=4 from State get Padma Shree |work=The Assam Tribune |date=26 January 2016 |access-date=28 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815114910/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jan2616%2Fat055 |archive-date=15 August 2016 }}</ref> A former municipal councillor at the [[Guwahati Municipal Corporation]], he successfully contested the Assam Assembly Elections of 1978 as a [[Janata Party]] candidate<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/preview.aspx?candid=30560&p=&cid=53 | title=Affidavit Details of Ajoy Kumar Dutta |website=Empowering India | date=2016 | access-date=29 July 2016}}</ref> defeating Nandeshwar Talukdar of the [[Communist Party of India]] by polling close to 34&nbsp;percent of the total votes polled,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=18&cid=53 | title=Assam Assembly Election 1978 | publisher=Empowering India | date=2016 | access-date=29 July 2016}}</ref> and represented the [[Gauhati East (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Guwahati East constituency]] in the Assembly.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.elections.in/assam/assembly-constituencies/gauhati-east.html | title=Gauhati East (Assam) Election Results 2016 |website=Elections.in | date=2016 | access-date=29 July 2016}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2016, for his contributions to society.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/PadmaAwards_25012016.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2016 | access-date=3 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803085913/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/PadmaAwards_25012016.pdf | archive-date=3 August 2017 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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* {{cite web | url=http://thenortheasttoday.com/tag/ajoy-kumar-dutta/ | title=Six from Northeast to receive Padma Shri, one Padma Bhushan |website=The Northeast Today | date=26 January 2016 | access-date=28 July 2016}}<br />
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