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{{Short description|9th Chief Minister of Assam}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kesab Chandra Gogoi
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|09|29|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| residence =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1998|08|05|1925|09|29|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Dibrugarh]], [[Assam]], [[India]]
| salary =
| term = 13 January 1982 – 19 March 1982
| office = Chief Minister of Assam
| predecessor = [[President's rule]] [[Anwara Taimur]]
| successor = [[President's rule]] [[Hiteswar Saikia]]
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| office3 = Minister for Public Enterprises
| term3 = 18 October 1991 - 27 November 1991
| 1namedata3 = [[Hiteswar Saikia]]
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister
| office4 = Minister for Planning and Development
| 1namedata4 = [[Hiteswar Saikia]]
| 1blankname4 = Chief Minister
| term4 = 30 June 1991 – 18 October 1991
| office5 = Minister for the PWD
| term5 = {{circa}}1984 – 23 December 1985
| 1namedata5 = [[Hiteswar Saikia]]
| 1blankname5 = Chief Minister
| office6 = Minister for the Revenue and Industries
| term6 = 27 February 1983 – {{circa}}1984
| 1namedata6 = [[Hiteswar Saikia]]
| 1blankname6 = Chief Minister
| office7 = Minister of Finance, Power, Steel and Mines and Parliamentary Affairs
| 1namedata7 = [[Anwara Taimur]]
| 1blankname7 = Chief Minister
| term7 = 6 December 1980 – 30 June 1981
| office8 = Minister of Finance, Revenue, Law, Sports, Students and youth welfare
| 1namedata8 = [[Jogendra Nath Hazarika]]
| 1blankname8 = Chief Minister
| term8 = 9 September 1979 – 11 December 1979
| office9 = Minister for Finance, Judicial, Legislative (Law)
| term9 = 12 March 1978 – 14 July 1979
| 1blankname9 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata9 = [[Golap Borbora]]
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| governor = [[Prakash Mehrotra]]
| party = [[All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)]] (1996) [[Indian National Congress]] (1980-1995) [[Janata Party]] (1978-1980)
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| spouse = {{marriage|[[Shanti Borgohain]]|1951|}}
| children = {{hlist|[[Anjan Gogoi|Anjan]]|[[Ranjan Gogoi|Ranjan]]|Nirjan|Indira|Nandita}}
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| office2 = Member of [[Assam Legislative Assembly]]
| termstart2 = 21 March 1978
| termend2 = 11 June 1996
| predecessor2 = [[Ramesh Chandra Barooah]]
| order = 9th
| successor2 = [[Kalyan Kumar Gogoi]]
| constituency2 = [[Dibrugarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dibrugah]]
| occupation = {{hlist|[[Politician]]|[[advocate]]|[[social worker]]|[[lawyer|practitioner]]}}
| nationality = {{IND}}n
| relatives = [[Jogesh Chandra Borgohain]] (father-in-law) [[Padma Kumari Gohain]] (mother-in-law)
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'''Kesab Chandra Gogoi''' (29 September 1926 – 5 August 1998) was an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the 9th [[Chief Minister of Assam]] from January to March 1982. He was the Member of [[Assam Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) for [[Dibrugarh]] from 1978 to 1996. Gogoi held various ministerial positions under numerous Chief Ministers between 1978 and 1991, most prominently serving as [[Finance minister]] under three different governments.

Born into a family of [[Ahom people|Tai-Ahom]], Gogoi married [[Shanti Gogoi|Shanti Borgohain]] in 1951. Shanti was the daughter of [[Jogesh Chandra Borgohain]], an [[Member of the Legislative Council (India)|MLC]] in the 1930s, and of [[Padma Kumari Gohain]], the first [[Post-independence History of India|post-independence]] female [[cabinet minister]] in [[Assam]]. Kesab and Shanti Gogoi had five children, including their eldest son [[Anjan Gogoi|Anjan]] who became an [[Air marshal (India)|Air Marshal]] in the [[Indian Air Force]], and their second son, [[Ranjan Gogoi]], who became the 46th [[Chief Justice of India]] and a [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Member of the Rajya Sabha]]. Kesab Gogoi was an [[advocate]] at [[Gauhati High Court]] and a practitioner in [[Dibrugarh district|Dibrugarh]] district court, as well as being a social worker before his entry to politics.

Gogoi was elected the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] for [[Dibrugarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dibrugarh]] for the [[Janata Party]] in [[1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1978]]. He became the [[Borbora ministry|finance minister]] under [[Golap Borbora]] in March 1978 before he was dismissed from the position in a July 1979 reshuffle. He returned to the government in September of the same year, [[Hazarika ministry|as finance minister]], under [[Jogendra Nath Hazarika]]. In 1980, he defected to the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) where he then returned as [[Taimur ministry|finance minister]] under [[Anwara Taimur]] until [[President's rule]] was imposed in June 1981. Gogoi was appointed Chief Minister of Assam on 13 January 1982 ending the President's rule that had existed since the dissolution of the Taimur ministry. During his tenure, he furthered implementation of National Rural Employment Scheme and emphasised the 20-point programme launched by [[Indira Gandhi]]. Gogoi later resigned amid a [[motion of no confidence]] vote in March, having served for 66 days.

After being reelected for Dibrugarh in the [[1983 Assam Legislative Assembly election]], Gogoi returned to government as the [[First Saikia ministry|Revenues and Industries Minister]] under [[Hiteswar Saikia]]. He was later appointed Minister for the Public Works Department (PWD), serving until the defeat of the INC in the [[1985 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1985 election]]. He was reelected for Dibrugarh in the [[1991 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1991 election]], and subsequently was appointed Minister for Planning and Development in the [[Second Saikia ministry|Second Saikia Ministry]]. Gogoi was appointed Minister for Public Enterprises in October 1991 before being dismissed the following month for alleged anti-party activities. He was expelled from the INC in 1995, and was instead nominated as the [[All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)|All India Indira Congress (tiwari)]] for Dibrugarh in the [[1996 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1996 election]] but was defeated by the INC candidate. Gogoi's eighteen-year long political career ended in the year 1996, and he died at the age of 72 in 1998.

== Early life and education ==
Gogoi was born in a family of [[Tai-Ahom]] on 29 September 1926.<ref name=":0" /> Gogoi had a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A]] and [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Assembly |first=Assam (India) Legislature Legislative |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=psNQAQAAMAAJ |title=Assam Legislative Assembly Who's who |date=1978 |publisher=Assam Legislative Assembly. |language=en}}</ref> Gogoi was an [[advocate]] at [[Gauhati High Court]] and a practitioner in [[Dibrugarh district|Dibrugarh]] district court, as well as being a social worker before his entry to politics.<ref name=":0" />

== Political career ==

=== Early career (1978–1982) ===
Gogoi was elected to [[Assam Legislative Assembly]] in [[1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1978]] as a [[Janata Party]] candidate in [[Dibrugarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dibrugarh]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dibrugarh Election Results 2016, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up and Current MLAs|url=https://www.elections.in/assam/assembly-constituencies/dibrugarh.html|access-date=30 July 2021|website=Elections in India}}</ref> He received 22003 votes, 57.84% of the total vote and defeated his nearest opponent by 11930 votes.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Dibrugarh Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency |url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/dibrugarh-assam-assembly-constituency#1978 |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=resultuniversity.com}}</ref> He became the Minister for Finance, Judicial, Legislative (Law) in the [[Golap Borbora]] cabinet. On 14 July 1979, [[Golap Borbora|Borbora]] reconstituted his ministry. The re-allocation of portfolios saw the exit of two senior cabinet members, one being Gogoi.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=25 February 2014 |title=Golap Chandra Borbora ministry in Assam on its way out |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19790815-golap-chandra-borbora-ministry-in-assam-on-its-way-out-822667-2014-02-25 |access-date=3 April 2022 |magazine=India Today |language=en}}</ref> After the [[Golap Borbora|Borbora]] ministry collapsed, Gogoi went over to [[Jogendra Nath Hazarika]]'s group and returned as finance minister in [[Hazarika ministry|Jogendra Nath Hazarika's cabinet]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Affairs |first=India Ministry of Home |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Official_Directory/Yc_jlj7ZpFcC?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=jogendra%20hazarika%20ministry%20gogoi%20finance |title=Official Directory |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs |language=hi}}</ref>

With the 1980 [[Indira Gandhi]] wave, he joined the [[Indian National Congress (I)|Indian National Congress]] and became Minister of Finance, Power, Steel and Mines and Parliamentary Affairs in the [[Anwara Taimur]] cabinet.<ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19810415-anwara-taimur-govt-in-assam-survives-no-confidence-motion-772860-2013-11-22 Anwara Taimur govt in Assam survives no-confidence motion]</ref> He served until 1981.

=== Chief Ministership (1982) ===
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[[List of presidents of India|President]] [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy|N Sanjiva Reddy]] issued a proclamation revoking [[President's rule]] imposed on Assam on 30 June 1981, and extending for another term of six months. The [[President's rule]] was imposed when the government of [[Anwara Taimur]] failed to get the Assam appropriation bill passed by the assembly. Gogoi became one of the [[Chief Ministers of Assam]] on 13 January 1982, ending 197 days of [[President's rule]] in [[Assam]].<ref name=":2">[https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19820215-assam-congressi-factional-tussle-resolved-with-appointment-of-keshab-chandra-gogoi-as-cm-771423-2013-10-22 Assam Cong(I) factional tussle resolved with the appointment of Keshab Chandra Gogoi as CM]</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=14 January 2022 |title=January 14, 1982, Forty Years Ago: Assam Has New CM |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/40-years-ago-assam-has-new-cm-7722006/ |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> Just before his selection, 4 supporters of [[Anwara Taimur]] resigned from the party. However, Taimur proposed Gogoi for the leadership, as did future [[List of chief ministers of Assam|Chief Minister]] [[Hiteswar Saikia|Hiteswar Saika]]. Earlier, the Taimur camp had encouraged [[Hiteswar Saikia|Saikia]] to contest Gogoi's claim but an opinion poll before the final selection showed there were only 8 backers of [[Hiteswar Saikia|Saikia]] among the 35 partymen assembled while 24 supported Gogoi and 3 remained neutral.<ref name=":2" />

Gogoi told the press a day before his swearing-in that he had backing of 63 out of 125 members of the [[Assam Legislative Assembly|Assembly]]. Minutes after it was known that the [[List of governors of Assam|Governor]], [[Prakash Mehrotra]], had accepted Gogoi's claim, Gogoi was sworn in a ceremony at Raj Bhavan.<ref name=":3" /> Gogoi said that he was giving top priority to the solution of the foreigners issue and the maintenance of law and order. Gogoi allocated himself the ministries of home, administration reforms, public relations, khadi and village industries, rural development, public works, tourism and all other departments not allocated.<ref name=":2" />

During his tenure, he gave more emphasis on the implementation of National Rural Employment Scheme. He also emphasised the 20 point programmes launched by [[Indira Gandhi]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Gogoi ministry |url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/50847/10/10_chapter%201.pdf |publisher=shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/ |accessdate=5 November 2018}}</ref>

On 17 March 1982 a [[Motion of no confidence|Motion of No Confidence]] was moved against the 65-day-old [[Kesab Chandra Gogoi Ministry|ministry of Gogoi]]. The motion was moved against Gogoi jointly by [[Sarat Chandra Singha]], [[Golap Borbora]], Hemen Das, [[Promode Gogoi]], Zainal Abedin, Premadhar Bora and Romesh Mohan Kouli. The [[Sheikh Chand Mohammad|speaker]] admitted the motion and fixed the discussion for 18 March 1982. However, the [[Sheikh Chand Mohammad|speaker]] adjourned the house ''[[Adjournment sine die|sine die]]'' after he received a message stating that Gogoi tendered in his resignation to the [[Prakash Mehrotra|Governor]]. On 19 March, the [[President of India|President]] [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy|Sanjiva Reddy]] then issued a proclamation which dissolved the [[Assam Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly]] and brought the state under [[President's rule]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Malhotra |first=G. C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DFqbAAAAMAAJ |title=Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature: Motions of Confidence and No-confidence in Lok Sabha and State Legislatures |date=2004 |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat |isbn=978-81-200-0400-9 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/cm-list.html |title=Assam Legislative Assembly – Chief Minister of Assam since 1937|access-date=31 October 2014}}</ref>

=== Post-Chief Ministership (1982–1996) ===
In the [[1983 Assam Legislative Assembly election]], he was reelected, polling 4905 votes as the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] candidate in [[Dibrugarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dibrugarh]].<ref name=":1" /> He was the Revenue and Industries Minister<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bp_iAAAAMAAJ |title=Focus on Regional Events |date=1983 |publisher=Institute of Regional Studies |language=en}}</ref> and later PWD minister in the [[Hiteswar Saikia]] cabinet from 1983 to 1985.<ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19820215-an-in-depth-analysis-of-pm-indira-gandhis-attempts-to-carry-out-her-campaign-promises-771448-2013-10-21 An in-depth analysis of PM Indira Gandhi's attempts to carry out her campaign promises]</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fk5DAAAAYAAJ |title=India Today |date=1984 |publisher=Thomson Living Media India Limited |language=en}}</ref>

In the [[1985 Assam Legislative Assembly election]], Gogoi received 24100 votes, 44.87% of the total vote and he was reelected in [[Dibrugarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dibrugarh]], defeating his nearest opponent by 4055 votes.<ref name=":1" />

In the [[1991 Assam Legislative Assembly election]], he received 20278 votes, 42.38% of the total vote. He was reelected and he defeated his nearest opponent by 9070 votes.<ref name=":1" /> He was made minister for Planning and Development in the second [[Hiteswar Saikia]] ministry on 30 June 1991. On 18 October 1991, Gogoi was given charge of Public Enterprises.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o4FDAAAAYAAJ |title=Data India |date=1991 |publisher=Press Institute of India |language=en}}</ref> On 27 November 1991, he was removed from the Cabinet for alleged anti-party activities.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R-yNAAAAMAAJ |title=The Journal of Parliamentary Information |date=1992 |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat |language=en}}</ref> He was expelled from the Indian National Congress on 3 March 1995 for alleged anti-party activities for a period of 6 years.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AYVDAAAAYAAJ&q=kesab%20gogoi%20expelled%20march%203 |title=Data India |date=1995 |publisher=Press Institute of India |language=en}}</ref> He remained MLA for [[Dibrugarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dibrugarh]] until 1996, where he did not get the congress nomination. He instead was the [[All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)|All India Indira Congress (tiwari)]] candidate but came 4th in the election, losing his seat to [[Kalyan Kumar Gogoi]].<ref name=":1" />

== Personal life ==

Gogoi enjoyed indoor games, reading, gardening and cultivation.<ref name=":0" /> He married Smt [[Shanti Gogoi|Shanti Priya Gogoi]] ([[née]] Borgohain; 30 August 1934 - 9 April 2021) in 1951<ref>{{Cite web|title=Socio Educational Welfare Association - SEWA NGO|url=https://www.sewango.org/about|access-date=11 April 2021|website=www.sewango.org}}</ref> and they had 5 children; [[Anjan Gogoi]], [[Ranjan Gogoi]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Karmakar |first=Rahul |date=8 September 2018 |title=Who is Ranjan Gogoi, and what is he known for? |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/who-is-ranjan-gogoi-and-what-is-he-known-for/article24903500.ece |access-date=14 September 2018 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Nirjan Gogoi, Indira Gogoi and Nandita Hazarika.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|last=Desk|first=Sentinel Digital|date=10 April 2021|title=Noted social activist and writer Shanti Gogoi passes away - Sentinelassam|url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/assam-news/noted-social-activist-and-writer-shanti-gogoi-passes-away-533209|access-date=11 April 2021|website=www.sentinelassam.com|language=en}}</ref> His wife was the daughter of Jogesh Chandra Borgohain and [[Padma Kumari Gohain]]. Padma Kumari Gohain was the Member of the [[Assam Legislative Assembly]] for [[Moran (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Moran]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=🗳️ Padma Kumari Gohain, Moran Assembly Elections 1962 LIVE Results {{!}} Election Dates, Exit Polls, Leading Candidates & Parties {{!}} Latest News, Articles & Statistics {{!}} LatestLY.com |url=https://www.latestly.com/elections/assembly-elections/assam/1962/moran/padma-kumari-gohain/ |access-date=21 March 2022 |website=LatestLY |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Grover |first1=Verinder |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xQFuAAAAMAAJ |title=Development of Politics and Government in India |last2=Arora |first2=Ranjana |date=1994 |publisher=Deep & Deep Publications |isbn=978-81-7100-548-2 |language=en}}</ref> and was a minister in the [[Third Chaliha ministry|Bimala Prasad Chaliha]] and [[Mahendra Mohan Choudhry ministry|Mahendra Mohan Choudhury’s cabinets]]. His eldest son Anjan Kumar Gogoi, went on to become [[Air marshal (India)|Air Marshal]] in the Indian Air Force. His son Justice [[Ranjan Gogoi]] was the 46th chief justice of the [[Supreme Court of India]] and later became a [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Member of the Rajya Sabha]].<ref name=":4">{{cite web | url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/who-is-ranjan-gogoi-first-cji-from-north-east-son-of-ex-assam-cm-all-you-need-to-know/1335324/ | title=Who is Ranjan Gogoi? First CJI from North east, son of ex-Assam CM; all you need to know | publisher=Financial Express | date=3 October 2018 | access-date=24 December 2020}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ranjan-gogoi-has-always-followed-the-right-path-says-brother/articleshow/65800766.cms | title='Ranjan Gogoi has always followed the right path,' says brother | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=Prabin Kalita | date=18 September 2018 | accessdate=24 December 2020}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite news |last=Nair |first=Sobhana K. |date=19 March 2020 |title=As former CJI Ranjan Gogoi takes oath as Rajya Sabha member, Opposition walks out |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/former-cji-ranjan-gogoi-takes-oath-as-rajya-sabha-member/article31106321.ece |access-date=4 May 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> His son Nirjan became a Consultant Urologist in the [[United Kingdom]] and his two daughters, Indira and Nandita, became members of the Assam civil service.

== Death ==
Kesab Chandra Gogoi died on 5 August 1998 in [[Dibrugarh]], at the age of 72.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Archived copy|url=http://www.hindu.com/revents/04/19980499.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031231094013/http://www.hindu.com/revents/04/19980499.htm|archive-date=31 December 2003|access-date=6 December 2012}}</ref> He was survived by his wife, children and grandchildren.<ref name=":6" />

His wife, [[Shanti Gogoi]], died on 9 April 2021 after a short illness at a hospital at Escorts Hospital, [[New Delhi]] due to age related ailments.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Former CJI Ranjan Gogoi's mother passes away in Delhi|url=https://dy365.in/assam/former-cji-ranjan-gogoi’s-mother-passes-away-in-delhi-7934|access-date=26 August 2021|website=DY365}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web|date=9 April 2021|title=Ex-CJI Ranjan Gogoi's mother Shanti Gogoi passes away after brief illness|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/ex-cji-ranjan-gogois-mother-shanti-gogoi-passes-away-after-brief-illness-972512.html|access-date=26 August 2021|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref> Her mortal remains were later brought back to Dibrugarh where the former CJI and her son [[Ranjan Gogoi]] performed her last rites.<ref name=":7" /> Many admirers and politicians paid tributes. [[List of chief ministers of Assam|Chief Minister]] [[Sarbananda Sonowal]], cabinet ministers [[Atul Bora]] and [[Keshab Mahanta]] offered condolences to Shanti Gogoi at her residence in [[Dibrugarh]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cabinet ministers Atul Bora and Keshab Mahanta Condolences to Shanti Gogoi |url=https://twitter.com/atulbora2/status/1380880816574623749 |access-date=4 May 2022 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal condolences to Shanti Gogoi |url=https://twitter.com/sarbanandsonwal/status/1381284150578016257 |access-date=4 May 2022 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref>

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