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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Iswar Prasanna Hazarika
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1937|1|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[North Lakhimpur]], [[Assam]], [[British India]]
| residence =
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| constituency = [[Tezpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tezpur]]
| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term_start = 1996
| term_end = 1998
| predecessor = [[Swarup Upadhyay]]
| successor = [[Moni Kumar Subba]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
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| religion =
| spouse = Chhaya Hazarika
| children =
| website =
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| source = http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3687.htm
}}

'''Iswar Prasanna Hazarika''' is an Indian politician and civil servant. He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the [[Parliament of India]] from the [[Tezpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tezpur constituency]] as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name="Sabha1997">{{cite book|author=India. Parliament. Lok Sabha|title=Lok Sabha Debates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xLFXAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=24 December 2020|year=1997|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat.|page=85}}</ref><ref name="Sabha2003">{{cite book|author=India. Parliament. Lok Sabha|title=Indian Parliamentary Companion: Who's who of Members of Lok Sabha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZLZVAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=24 December 2020|year=2003|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|page=186}}</ref><ref name="IndiaSabha1996">{{cite book|author1=Election Commission of India|author2=India. Parliament. Lok Sabha|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1996 to the Eleventh Lok Sabha: Detailed results|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W0KNAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=24 December 2020|year=1996|publisher=Election Commission of India|page=45}}</ref>

Dilip Kumar Neog's book titled "A Voice for Assam in Parliament" presents a collection of speeches and questions raised by Hazarika during his tenure as an MP.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hazarika|first=Ishan Kashyap|date=1 October 2021|title=A Voice for Assam in Parliament|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59121329-a-voice-for-assam-in-parliament?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Ej4xvzd0bv&rank=1#|url-status=live|archive-date=|access-date=24 October 2021|website=[[Goodreads]]}}</ref>

== Life ==
Iswar Prasanna Hazarika was born in 1937 to lawyer Tirtheswar Hazarika from [[North Lakhimpur]] and Mokshada Devi, both active in the Indian independence movement.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kalra|first=Siddhant|date=18 August 2017|title="Assam Still Remains Isolated," Rues 80-Year-Old Freedom Fighter|url=https://www.thequint.com/voices/blogs/80-year-old-freedom-fighter-sad-about-isolation-of-assam-in-some-other-parts-of-the-country#read-more|url-status=live|access-date=30 September 2021|website=[[The Quint]]}}</ref> Hazarika studied at [[Banaras Hindu University]] and the [[Delhi School of Economics]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Biographical Sketch, Member of Parliament, XI Lok Sabha, Hazarika Shri Ishwar Prasanna|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3687.htm|url-status=live|access-date=30 September 2021|website=Official Website of the Lok Sabha}}</ref> and went on to become a civil servant, serving at key positions related to public sector undertakings, including as the Director of the Board of [[NTPC Limited|NTPC]] and the chairman and managing director of [[MMTC Ltd|MMTC]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ishwar Prasanna|url=https://aad.assam.org/content/iswar-prasanna|url-status=live|website=Assamese at Delhi/ NCR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Neog|first=Dilip Kumar|title=A Voice for Assam in Parliament|publisher=Rainbow Publications|year=2014|isbn=978-93-82624-94-3|location=[[Guwahati]]|pages=iii-iv}}</ref>

In 1996, Hazarika was elected as a member of the [[Lok Sabha]] from the [[Tezpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tezpur Lok Sabha constituency]], [[Assam]].

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3687.htm Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]

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[[Category:11th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Assam]]
[[Category:1937 births]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Assam]]
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