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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Bishnu Prasad
| image = Bishnu Prasad.jpg
| caption =
| constituency = [[Kaliabor (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kaliabor Constituency]], [[Assam]]
| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term = 1980-1984
| predecessor = [[Bedabrata Barua]]
| successor = [[Bhadreswar Tanti]]
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Assam
| residence = Assam
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = Priti
| children = 2 sons and a daughter
| website =
| alma_mater = [[Gauhati University]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''Bishnu Prasad''' is an Indian politician. He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]], lower house of the [[Parliament of India]] from the [[Kaliabor (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kaliabor Constituency]] of [[Assam]] as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] He was elected to, [[Assam Legislative Assembly]] from [[Samaguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] in 1972 & was the ''Minister for Industry, Power, Irrigation, Flood Control, Trade and Commerce and Cooperative'', Assam (1972–76); Chairman, Assam Financial Corporation, 1981–83 ;Chairman, Estimates Committee, Assam, Legislative Assembly, 1976–78.He was also the Chairman [[National Commission for Linguistic Minorities in India]] [[Government of India]], a Constitutional Office under ''Article 350-B of the Constitution'', 1988–90. He was a Member, Governing Body, [[Indian Council of World Affairs]]; Member, Governing Council, [[Indian Law Institute]], New Delhi. Further he was the National Vice President, ''India-Russia Friendship Society.''

==Political life==
He was General Secretary, 1967–69 and President, 1969–74, of [[Assam Pradesh Youth Congress]]. Thereafter, he was General Secretary, 1978–1983, & Vice President, 1983-2020 of [[Assam Pradesh Congress Committee]]. He is a Member of [[All India Congress Committee]] since 1972

==Early life==
He did his matriculation from Nagaon Government High School and Graduated from '''''[[Cotton University|Cotton College]]''''' and his post graduation M.A. & LL B from [[Gauhati University]].

He was the founder General Secretary of [[Cotton University|Cotton College]] Hostel Boarders Association, 1961 & founder General Secretary of ''Assam Non-party Student's Association'', 1960.
He is an Advocate and had joined the [[Gauhati High Court]] in the year 1969 and subsequently joined the [[Supreme Court of India]] in the year 1985. He is a Member of the ''[[Indian Arbitration Council]].''

==Literary Activities==
He is also a writer and his writings have appeared in dailies and literary journals since 1960 and he has authored 2 books "''Modar Phular Gondh''", 1974 & "''Smriti Aru Chinta"'', 1990.<ref name="Reed1984">{{cite book|author=Sir Stanley Reed|title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kh-2AAAAIAAJ|accessdate=30 March 2018|year=1984|publisher=Bennett, Coleman.|page=846}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Lok Sabha Debates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-UpPAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=30 March 2018|year=1984|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|page=435}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://loksabha.nic.in/Members/statedetailar.aspx?state_name=Assam&lsno=7 | title=Seventh Lok Sabha State wise Details Assam | publisher=[[Lok Sabha]] | accessdate=30 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1140404/jsp/northeast/story_18153771.jsp | title=All in the family | publisher=Telegraph India | work=Sarat Sarma | accessdate=30 March 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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