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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Wikimedia list article}}<br /> {{More citations needed|date=May 2017}}<br /> {{dynamic list}}<br /> This is a &#039;&#039;&#039;list of [[People of Assam|people]] from [[Assam]], [[India]]&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> <br /> ==Administrators, diplomats and justices==<br /> {{columns-list|colwidth=20em|<br /> * [[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]], 5th president of India; first Assamese to be the president of India<br /> * [[Devakanta Barua]], first Assamese to be the president of [[Indian National Congress]]<br /> * [[Ananda Ram Baruah]], first Indian district magistrate in India; first person to qualify for the civil services (ICS) from Assam and sixth from India; first graduate from Assam; Sanskrit scholar<br /> * [[Ranjan Gogoi]], 46th Chief Justice of India, first person from northeast to held this prestigious position<br /> * [[Bishnuram Medhi]], Governor of Madras State from January 1958 to May 1964; first Assamese governor of an Indian state<br /> * [[Gopinath Bordoloi]], Prime Minister of Assam before independence;Chief Minister after independence; politician; writer; first [[Bharat Ratna]] awardee from Assam<br /> * [[Parbati Kumar Goswami]], first Assamese Justice in Supreme Court of India<br /> * [[Harishankar Brahma]], first election commissioner of India from Assam and the second from North-East India<br /> * [[Baharul Islam]], judge of the Supreme Court of India<br /> * [[Anowara Taimur]], First lady Chief Minister of Assam<br /> * [[Jamchonga Nampui]], first person from Scheduled Tribe of Assam to qualify for the civil services (IAS)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Academicians and scholars==<br /> {{columns-list|colwidth=20em|<br /> * [[Krishna Kanta Handiqui]]<br /> * [[Nabakanta Barua]]<br /> * [[Amalendu Guha]]<br /> * [[Mamoni Raisom Goswami]]<br /> * [[K M Baharul Islam]], professor at [[Indian Institute of Management Kashipur]], Fellow, [[Indian Institute of Advanced Study]]<br /> * [[Mrinal Miri]]<br /> * [[Bhabendra Nath Saikia]]<br /> * [[Indira Miri]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Actors and models==<br /> {{columns-list|colwidth=20em|<br /> * [[Zubeen Garg]]<br /> * [[Pramathesh Barua]]<br /> * [[Jamuna Baruah]]<br /> * [[Kashmiri Saikia Baruah]]<br /> * [[Kenny Basumatary]]<br /> * [[Jaya Battacharya]]<br /> * [[Jaya Seal]]<br /> * [[Ashima Bhalla]]<br /> * [[Aimee Baruah]]<br /> * [[Biju Phukan]]<br /> * [[Devoleena Bhattacharjee]]<br /> * [[Jupitora Bhuyan]]<br /> * [[Barsha Rani Bishaya]] <br /> * [[Seema Biswas]]<br /> * [[Jatin Bora]]<br /> * [[Kopil Bora]]<br /> * [[Panchi Bora]]<br /> * [[Pranami Bora]]<br /> * [[Parineeta Borthakur]]<br /> * [[Plabita Borthakur]]<br /> * [[Priyadarshini Chatterjee]], [[Femina Miss India 2016]]<br /> * [[Ravi Sarma]]<br /> * [[Rewati Chetri]]<br /> * [[Chetana Das]]<br /> * [[Rimpi Das]]<br /> * [[Angoorlata Deka]] <br /> * [[Monikangana Dutta]]<br /> * [[Amrita Gogoi]]<br /> * [[Moloya Goswami]]<br /> * [[Nipon Goswami]]<br /> * [[Aideu Handique]]<br /> * [[Ashraful Haque (actor)|Ashraful Haque]]<br /> * [[Diganta Hazarika]]<br /> * [[Adil Hussain]]<br /> * [[Baharul Islam (actor)|Baharul Islam]]<br /> * [[Pabitra Rabha]]<br /> * [[Rishi Kaushik]]<br /> * [[Urmila Mahanta]]<br /> * [[Shamin Mannan]]<br /> * [[Mohini (Assamese actress)|Mohini]]<br /> * [[Moghai Ojah]]<br /> * [[Rati Pandey]]<br /> * [[Papon (Assamese singer)|Papon]]<br /> * [[Prastuti Parashar]]<br /> * [[Renu Saikia]]<br /> * [[Tapan Das]]<br /> * [[Brajanath Sarma]] <br /> * [[Phani Sarma]]<br /> * [[Arunima Sharma]]<br /> * [[Dipannita Sharma]]<br /> * [[Utpal Das]] <br /> * [[Tara (actress)|Tara]]<br /> * [[Zerifa Wahid]]<br /> * [[Mahika Sharma]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Film directors==<br /> {{columns-list|colwidth=20em|<br /> * [[Jyoti Prasad Agarwala]]<br /> * [[Pramathesh Barua]]<br /> * [[Jahnu Baruah]]<br /> * [[Munin Barua]]<br /> * [[Manju Bora]]<br /> * [[Bhupen Hazarika]]<br /> * [[Zubeen Garg]]<br /> * [[Reema Kagti]]<br /> * [[Bhabendra Nath Saikia]]<br /> * [[Phani Sarma]]<br /> * [[Parvati Prasad Baruva]]<br /> * [[Samarendra Narayan Dev]]<br /> * [[Lakshyadhar Choudhury]]<br /> * [[Suman Haripriya]]<br /> * [[Rima Das]]<br /> * [[Biswajeet Bora]]<br /> * [[Rajni Basumatary]]<br /> * [[Simple Gogoi]]<br /> * [[Kenny Basumatary]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Activists==<br /> *[[Muzammil Haque]], first martyr of Madhyam movement. <br /> *[[Nabin Chandra Bardoloi]], freedom fighter, social activist and writer<br /> * [[Akhil Gogoi]]<br /> * [[Hema Bharali]], freedom fighter and social activist<br /> * [[Birubala Rabha]], social activist<br /> * [[Chobilal Upadhyaya]], freedom fighter and Nepali social activist<br /> <br /> ==Journalists==<br /> {{columns-list|colwidth=20em|<br /> * [[Siva Prasad Barooah]]<br /> * [[Arnab Goswami]]<br /> * [[Ananda Chandra Barua]]<br /> * [[Radha Govinda Baruah]], founder of &#039;&#039;[[The Assam Tribune]]&#039;&#039;<br /> * [[Parag Kumar Das]]<br /> * [[Gauri Shankar Kalita]]<br /> * [[Mahendra Nath Deka Phukan]]<br /> * [[Khiren Roy]]<br /> * [[Wasbir Hussain]]<br /> * [[Atanu Bhuyan]]}}<br /> <br /> ==Music==<br /> {{columns-list|colwidth=20em|<br /> * [[Manas Robin]]<br /> * [[Bhitali Das]]<br /> * [[Jyoti Prasad Agarwala]]<br /> * [[Bishnu Prasad Rabha]]<br /> * [[Bhupen Hazarika]]<br /> * [[Dipali Barthakur]]<br /> * [[Parveen Sultana]]<br /> * [[Jayanta Hazarika]]<br /> * [[Beauty Sharma Barua]]<br /> * [[Rudra Baruah]]<br /> * [[Parvati Prasad Baruva]] <br /> * [[Zubeen Garg]]<br /> * [[Papon (Assamese singer)|Papon]]<br /> * [[Joi Barua]]<br /> * [[Rupam Bhuyan]]<br /> * [[Sagarika Mukherjee]]<br /> * [[Kalpana Patowary]]<br /> * [[Tarali Sarma]]<br /> * [[Jim Ankan Deka]]<br /> * [[Dhrubajyoti Phukan]]<br /> * [[Queen Hazarika]]<br /> * [[Mayukh Hazarika]]<br /> * [[Khagen Mahanta]]<br /> * [[Pratima Barua Pandey]]<br /> * [[Rameshwar Pathak]]<br /> * [[Padmanav Bordoloi]]<br /> * [[Joi Barua]]<br /> * [[Debojit Saha]]<br /> * [[Antara Nandy]]<br /> * [[Nahid Afrin]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Literature==<br /> {{Main|List of Assamese writers with their pen names}}<br /> {{div col}}<br /> * [[Amrit Bhushan Dev Adhikari]]<br /> * [[Ananda Chandra Agarwala]]<br /> * [[Chandra Kumar Agarwala]]<br /> * [[Jyoti Prasad Agarwala]]<br /> * [[Nabin Chandra Bardoloi]]<br /> * [[Debo Prasad Barooah]]<br /> * [[Amulya Barua]]<br /> * [[Ananda Chandra Barua]]<br /> * [[Binanda Chandra Barua]]<br /> * [[Chandradhar Barua]]<br /> * [[Hem Barua]]<br /> * [[Hem Barua (Tyagbir)]]<br /> * [[Hemchandra Barua]]<br /> * [[Jahnavi Barua]]<br /> * [[Jnanadabhiram Barua]]<br /> * [[Kanaklal Barua]]<br /> * [[Nabakanta Barua]]<br /> * [[Ananda Ram Baruah]]<br /> * [[Bhubanmohan Baruah]]<br /> * [[Padmanath Gohain Baruah]]<br /> * [[Parvati Prasad Baruva]]<br /> * [[Lakshminath Bezbaroa]]<br /> * [[Debananda Bharali]]<br /> * [[Chandra Bharati]]<br /> * [[Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya]]<br /> * [[Kamalakanta Bhattacharya (Assam)|Kamalakanta Bhattacharya]]<br /> * [[Nalinidhar Bhattacharya]]<br /> * [[Hiren Bhattacharyya]]<br /> * [[Bhattadeva]]<br /> * [[Nakul Chandra Bhuyan]]<br /> * [[Dhrubajyoti Bora]]<br /> * [[Mahim Bora]]<br /> * [[Satyanath Bora]]<br /> * [[Rajanikanta Bordoloi]]<br /> * [[Homen Borgohain]]<br /> * [[Abani Chakraborty]]<br /> * [[Saurabh Kumar Chaliha]]<br /> * [[Raghunath Choudhary]]<br /> * [[Ambika Charan Choudhury]]<br /> * [[Lakshyadhar Choudhury]]<br /> * [[Rebati Mohan Dutta Choudhury]]<br /> * [[Rita Chowdhury]]<br /> * [[Mithinga Daimary]]<br /> * [[Jogesh Das]]<br /> * [[Birendra Nath Datta]] (1935-)<br /> * [[Bhabananda Deka]]<br /> * [[Harekrishna Deka]]<br /> * [[Nalini Bala Devi]]<br /> * [[Robin Dey]]<br /> * [[Utpal Dutta]]<br /> * [[Srutimala Duara]]<br /> * [[Jatindra Nath Duwara]]<br /> * [[Bhusana Dvija]]<br /> * [[Pitambar Dvija]]<br /> * [[Gopalacharana Dwija]]<br /> * [[Ganesh Gogoi]]<br /> * [[Hiren Gohain]]<br /> * [[Gopaldev]]<br /> * [[Hemchandra Goswami]]<br /> * [[Mamoni Raisom Goswami]]<br /> * [[Sarat Chandra Goswami]]<br /> * [[Krishna Kanta Handique]]<br /> * [[Atul Chandra Hazarika]]<br /> * [[Dhruba Hazarika]]<br /> * [[Mafizuddin Ahmed Hazarika]]<br /> * [[Tabu Taid]]<br /> * [[Banikanta Kakati]]<br /> * [[Ananta Kandali]]<br /> * [[Madhava Kandali]]<br /> * [[Rudra Kandali]]<br /> * [[Durgabar Kayastha]]<br /> * [[Madhavdev]]<br /> * [[Syed Abdul Malik]]<br /> * [[Rongbong Terang]]<br /> * [[Kaliram Medhi]]<br /> * [[Gopala Mishra]]<br /> * [[Dimbeswar Neog]] (1899–1967)<br /> * [[Nilmani Phookan]] (1933-) <br /> * [[Anandaram Dhekial Phukan]]<br /> * [[Mitra Phukan]]<br /> * [[Arupa Kalita Patangia]]<br /> * [[Sarmistha Pritam]]<br /> * [[Anuradha Sharma Pujari]]<br /> * [[Bishnuprasad Rabha]]<br /> * [[Benudhar Rajkhowa]]<br /> * [[Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa]]<br /> * [[Khiren Roy]]<br /> * [[Bhabendra Nath Saikia]]<br /> * [[Jaideep Saikia]]<br /> * [[Sankardev]]<br /> * [[Hema Saraswati]]<br /> * [[Brajanath Sarma]]<br /> * [[Phani Sarma]]<br /> * [[Siddhartha Sarma]]<br /> * [[Imran Shah (writer)|Imran Shah]]<br /> * [[Arun Sharma (dramatist)|Arun Sharma]]<br /> * [[Benudhar Sharma]]<br /> * [[Sonaram Chutia]]<br /> * [[Harivara Vipra]]<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> ===Poets===<br /> {{Main|List of Assamese-language poets}}<br /> {{columns-list|colwidth=20em|<br /> * [[Gopaldeva Bhawanipuria Aata]] (1551–1611)<br /> * [[Hem Barua]], Member of Parliament; poet and writer<br /> * [[Hiren Bhattacharyya]], poet<br /> * [[Haribar Bipra]] (fl. 14th century)<br /> * [[Nalinibala Devi]], poet<br /> * [[Ananta Kandali]] (fl. 16th century)<br /> * [[Madhav Kandali]] (fl. 14th century)<br /> * [[Madhavdev]] (1489–1596)<br /> * [[Sankardev]] (1449–1568)<br /> * [[Hem Saraswati]] (fl. 14th century)<br /> * [[Jayadhwaj Singha]] (died 1663), Ahom King, poet<br /> * [[Rudra Singha]], Ahom King, poet<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Historical figures==<br /> {{columns-list|colwidth=20em|<br /> * [[Kanaklata Baruah]]<br /> * [[Kumārila Bhaṭṭa]]<br /> * [[Badan Chandra Borphukan]]<br /> * [[Lachit Borphukan]]<br /> * [[Chilarai]]<br /> * [[Maniram Dewan]]<br /> * [[Bagh Hazarika]]<br /> * [[Kushal Konwar]]<br /> * [[Joymoti Konwari]]<br /> * [[Tarun Ram Phukan]]<br /> * [[Sati Sadhani]]<br /> * [[Kumar Bhaskara Varman]]<br /> * [[Bhimbor Deori]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Politicians==<br /> {{See also|List of Chief Ministers of Assam|List of Governors of Assam}}<br /> {{columns-list|colwidth=20em|<br /> *[[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]], fifth President of India<br /> * [[Badruddin Ajmal]], President of All India United Democratic Front<br /> *[[Atul Bora]], Cabinet Minister; A Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from the regional party Asom Gana Parishad.<br /> * [[Pramod Boro]], current CEM of BTC; president of [[United People&#039;s Party Liberal|UPPL]]<br /> * [[Siva Prasad Barooah]], politician, tea planter, philanthropist, and humanist<br /> * [[Debakanta Barua]], former president of Indian National Congress.<br /> * [[Gopinath Bordoloi]], first Chief Minister of independent Assam; freedom fighter; only Assamese to date who has been conferred the civil honour of [[Bharat Ratna]] by the Indian Government.<br /> * [[Upendranath Brahma]], Bodo-Fa, the father of Bodoland<br /> * [[Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary]], Bodo nationalist<br /> * [[Bimala Prasad Chaliha]], former Chief Minister of Assam<br /> * [[Mahendra Mohan Choudhury]], former Chief Minister of Assam; former Governor of Punjab<br /> * [[Tarun Gogoi]], former Chief Minister of Assam<br /> * [[Bijoy Krishna Handique]], former Union Minister of state<br /> * [[Jogendra Nath Hazarika]], former Chief Minister of Assam<br /> * [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]], former Chief Minister of Assam<br /> * [[Bishnuram Medhi]], former Chief Minister of Assam; former Governor of Madras State; first Assamese governor<br /> * [[Santosh Mohan Dev]], former Union Minister <br /> * [[Hagrama Mohilary]], ex-BLTF chief, former CEM of BTC<br /> * [[Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary]], former Governor of Meghalaya<br /> *[[Ajanta Neog]], Minister of Finance in Govt of Assam; first woman Finance Minister of Assam; Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<br /> * [[Kabindra Purkayastha]], former Union Minister<br /> * [[Syed Muhammed Saadulah]], first Chief Minister of Assam under British colonial <br /> * [[Hiteswar Saikia]], former Chief Minister of Assam, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Mizoram<br /> * [[Himanta Biswa Sarma]], current Chief Minister of Assam &amp; Convener of the Election Management Committee; Cabinet Minister, Govt. of Assam (2002-2014) (2016-2021)<br /> * [[Sarat Chandra Sinha]], former Chief Minister of Assam<br /> * [[Sarbananda Sonowal]], Former Chief Minister of Assam; former Union Minister<br /> * [[Syeda Anwara Taimur]], first woman Chief Minister of Assam. <br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Radio personality==<br /> {{columns-list|colwidth=20em|<br /> * [[Sujita Das]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Religious leaders==<br /> {{columns-list|colwidth=20em|<br /> * [[Kalicharan Brahma]]<br /> * [[Rupnath Brahma]]<br /> * [[Damodardev]]<br /> * [[Ajan Fakir]]<br /> * [[Pitambar Deva Goswami]]<br /> * [[Madhavdev]]<br /> * [[Sankardev]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Sports==<br /> {{columns-list|colwidth=20em|<br /> * [[Tayabun Nisha]], athlete<br /> * [[Bhogeswar Baruah]], athlete<br /> * [[Dipankar Bhattacharjee]], Indian badminton player<br /> * [[Jamuna Boro]], boxer<br /> * [[Ashmita Chaliha]], Indian badminton player<br /> * [[Durga Boro]], footballer<br /> * [[Hima Das]], athlete<br /> * [[Mahadev Deka]], bodybuilder<br /> * [[Alen Deory]], footballer<br /> * [[Somdev Devvarman]], tennis player<br /> * [[Gautam Kalita]], bodybuilder<br /> * [[Monalisa Baruah Mehta]], table tennis player<br /> * [[Holicharan Narzary]], Indian national footballer<br /> * [[Abu Nechim]], cricketer<br /> * [[Gokul Sharma]], cricket player<br /> * [[Jayanta Talukdar]], archer<br /> * [[Shiva Thapa]], boxer<br /> * [[Baoringdao Bodo]], Indian national footballer<br /> * [[Riyan Parag]], cricketer<br /> * [[Lovlina Borgohain]], boxer <br /> * [[Pranjal Bhumij]], footballer<br /> * [[Jogeswar Bhumij]], cricketer }}<br /> <br /> ==Naturalists==<br /> * [[Robin Banerjee]]<br /> * [[Ananda Chandra Dutta]]<br /> * [[Jadav Payeng]]<br /> <br /> ==Others==<br /> {{columns-list|colwidth=20em|<br /> * [[Rita Kakati-Shah]], social entrepreneur, author, advisor, [[UN SDG]] and gender equality strategist, founder of [[Uma]]<br /> * [[Hemendra Prasad Barooah]], entrepreneur, tea planter and philanthropist<br /> *[[Jitendra Nath Goswami]], astrophysicist <br /> * [[Ranjit Barthakur]], businessman<br /> * [[Sailadhar Baruah]], film producer<br /> * [[Uddhab Bharali]], inventor <br /> * [[Nomal Chandra Borah]], neurologist and founder of [[GNRC]] hospitals<br /> * [[Harishankar Brahma]], election commissioner of India<br /> * [[Ramesh C. Deka]], former Director of AIIMS<br /> * [[Gunaram Khanikar]], herbalist<br /> * [[Achyut Lahkar]], father of Assamese mobile theatre<br /> * [[Tarun Ram Phukan]], freedom fighter<br /> * [[Joyanti Chutia]], scientist, one of the only two women to head any scientific institution in India<br /> * [[Sonaram Chutia]], Vaishnav scholar, freedom fighter, educationist<br /> * [[Shyamkanu Mahanta]], entrepreneur<br /> * [[Anandita Dutta Tamuly]], world record holder<br /> * [[Nayandeep Deka Baruah]], mathematician<br /> * [[Anupam Saikia]], mathematician<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> <br /> * [[Personalities from Western Assam|People from Western Assam]]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:People from Assam| ]]<br /> [[Category:Lists of people from Assam|People]]</div>

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