https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Biraj_Kumar_Sarma Biraj Kumar Sarma - Revision history 2026-07-30T19:47:13Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.4 https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Biraj_Kumar_Sarma&diff=260400&oldid=prev ->Editrite! at 03:31, 11 September 2021 2021-09-11T03:31:39Z <p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use Indian English|date=October 2017}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Biraj Kumar Sarma&#039;&#039;&#039; was an [[Asom Gana Parishad]] politician from [[Assam]]. He was born 1948. He was popularly referred to as &quot; the people&#039;s leader&quot;.[6]<br /> <br /> Mr. Sarma was one of three representatives of the [[Assam Agitation]] against illegal immigrants (1979-85) who signed the [[Assam Accord]] in presence of former Prime Minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]]. He was the general secretary of the [[All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad]] (AAGSP) while the other two signatories — [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]] and [[Bhrigu Kumar Phukan]] — were leaders of the [[All Assam Students’ Union]] (AASU).[5]<br /> He was a front ranking leader of the six-year-long [[Assam Movement]] led by the All Assam Students Union from 1979 which had culminated in the signing of the Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) [[Assam Accord]] in 1985 between AASU and representatives of central and Assam governments.<br /> <br /> Sarma had participated in the Assam Movement as an active member of Sadou Asom Gana Sangram Parishad and co-founded [[Asom Gana Parishad]] (AGP), which was formed by the Assam agitation leaders in 1985. He was the general secretary of the party and later its vice-president.<br /> <br /> He remained with the AGP since its formation till his death and had represented Gauhati East assembly constituency twice.<br /> <br /> He had survived a gun attack on him by the proscribed [[United Liberation Front of Assam]] (ULFA) in 1998.[7]<br /> He was elected in [[Assam Legislative Assembly]] election in 1985 and 1996 from [[Gauhati East (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gauhati East constituency]].&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=oct1516/state053 AGP has not drifted away from goals: Atul Bora]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=sep3016/city054 Call to oppose move on post-25 March, ’71 migrants]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/assam-govt-has-failed-in-dealing-with-floods-erosion-ajycp-2951863/ Assam govt has failed in dealing with floods, erosion: AJYCP]&lt;/ref&gt; [5][6]<br /> <br /> He died on 15 January 2019 at the age of 70.<br /> At the time of death he was the adviser to the [[UNESCO]] Associations, Guwahati, president to the UNA, Assam and the vice president of the Assam Gana Parishad.&lt;ref&gt;[https://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/assam-signatory-of-assam-accord-biraj-kumar-sarma-passes-away.html Assam: One of signatories of Assam Accord Biraj Kumar Sarma passes away]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Sarma, Biraj Kumar}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:2019 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:Asom Gana Parishad politicians]]<br /> [[Category:Members of the Assam Legislative Assembly]]<br /> [[Category:Politicians from Guwahati]]<br /> 7.https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/story/assam-accord-signatory-and-agp-co-founder-biraj-kumar-sarma-passes-away-1432690-2019-01-17</div> ->Editrite!