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| name = Bhubaneswar Kalita<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|04|01|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Rangiya]], Assam, India<br />
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| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]]<br />
| constituency = [[Assam]]<br />
|term_start = 10 April 2020<br />
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| office1 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]]<br />
| constituency1 = [[Assam]]<br />
| term1 = 10 April 2014 - 5 August 2019<br />
| constituency2 = [[Assam]]<br />
| constituency3 = [[Assam]]<br />
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| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br/>({{as of|2019|8|9}}) <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/former-congress-rajya-sabha-chief-whip-bhubaneshwar-kalita-joins-bjp/article28950263.ece|title=Former Congress Rajya Sabha chief whip Bhubaneshwar Kalita joins BJP|date=2019-08-09|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-08-09|others=PTI|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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|term_start2=2008|term_end2=2014|term_start3=1990|term_end3=1996|term_start4=1984|term_end4=1990<br />
|office5= [[Member of Parliament]] In [[12th Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha]]<br />
|term_start5=1998|term_end5=1999|office6=Member of [[Assam Legislative Assembly]]<br />
|term_start6=2001|term_end6=2006|constituency6=Rangiya|predecessor5=Prabin Chandra Sharma|successor5=[[Bijoya Chakravarty]]|constituency5=[[Gauhati (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gauhati]]|office7=Minister of Commerce, Industry and Information Technology, [[Government of Assam]]|term_start7=2002|term_end7=2004|office8=President, [[Assam Pradesh Congress Committee]]|term_start8=2004|term_end2006=2014|predecessor2=Dwijendra Nath Sharmah|successor3=Prakanta Warissa|predecessor8=[[Paban Singh Ghatowar]]|successor8=[[Anjan Dutta (politician)|Anjan Dutta]]|otherparty=[[Indian National Congress]] | alma_mater = [[Gauhati University]]}}<br />
'''Bhubaneswar Kalita''' (born 1 April 1951) is an Indian social worker, politician and was a Member of Parliament ([[Rajya Sabha]]) elected from [[Assam]] being an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate. He quit his party on 5 August citing the party is opposed to national interest and is paving its own way for destruction.<ref name=india-gov>{{cite web|title=Pankaj Bora|url=http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=1034 |publisher= Government of India |accessdate= 14 October 2015}}</ref> He joined BJP on 9 August 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/former-congress-rajya-sabha-chief-whip-bhubaneshwar-kalita-joins-bjp/article28950263.ece|title=Former Congress Rajya Sabha chief whip Bhubaneshwar Kalita joins BJP|date=2019-08-09|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-08-09|others=PTI|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He Was Elected Unopposed To Rajya Sabha On 18 March As A [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] Candidate<ref>https://www.sentinelassam.com/top-headlines/bhubaneswar-kalita-biswajit-daimary-ajit-kumar-bhuyan-elected-to-rajya-sabha/</ref><br />
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He has completed Masters in Arts in 1974 and L.L.B.in 1978 from Gauhati University. Earlier he had studied B.A. from Cotton College, Guwahati in 1971 and had done Matriculation from Rangia High School at Rangia in 1967.<ref name=myNeta>{{cite web|title=Rajya Sabha Affidavits|url=http://myneta.info/rajsab09aff/candidate.php?candidate_id=482|accessdate=14 October 2015}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Assam]]<br />
[[Category:1951 births]]<br />
[[Category:People from Kamrup district]]<br />
[[Category:12th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Assam]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Assam]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Assam]]<br />
[[Category:Assam MLAs 2001–2006]]<br />
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