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Tarun Gogoi
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- Born 01 April 1936
- Birth Place Rangajan Tea Estate, Assam Province, British India, Assam, India
- Profession Politician
- Political Party Indian National Congress
- In Office 13th Chief Minister Of Assam 18 May 20011 - 24 May 2016, Minister Of State (Independent Charge) For Food Processing Industries, Government Of India 1993-1995, Member Of Parliament, Lok Sabha 1998-2001, Member Of Assam Legislative Assembly 20 September 2001 - 23 November 2020
- Awards Padma Bhushan (2021; Posthumous)
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Tarun Gogoi BIOGRAPHY
Last Updated : 19 Dec 2024
Tarun Gogoi (April 1 1936 – November 23 2020): A Legacy in Assam Politics
Tarun Gogoi, a prominent figure in Indian politics, served as Assam’s Chief Minister for an unprecedented 15 years (2001-2016), the longest tenure in the state’s history. A lawyer by profession and a member of the Indi...
Tarun Gogoi PERSONAL LIFE
| Spouse | Dolly Gogoi (1972) |
| Children | Chandrima, Gaurav |
| Education | Gauhati University (LLB) |
POSITIONS HELD BY Tarun Gogoi
| Position | Tenure |
|---|---|
| Chief Minister of Assam | 18 May 2001 - 24 May 2016 |
| Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly | N/A |
| Member of the 12th Lok Sabha | N/A |
| Member of the 13th Lok Sabha | N/A |
| Member of the 7th Lok Sabha | N/A |
TARUN GOGOI NEWS
RSS controlling chief secretary, DGP of Assam: Tarun Gogoi
February 06, 2018 4:13 pm
Tarun Gogoi, the former chief minister of Assam and a veteran Congress leader, said that intelligence did not inform him about the bureaucrat's proximity to the RSS when he was appointed at this post.
Congress wants Gauhati High Court to monitor probe into Assam minority leader’s murder
August 08, 2017 7:39 am
Lafikul Islam Ahmed, president of the All BTC Minority Students’ Union (ABMSU) was shot from point blank range in broad daylight last Tuesday at Titaguri, about three km from Kokrajhar town. The police have arrested four persons so far in connection with the case.
MHA withdraws NSG cover for Tarun Gogoi
December 16, 2016 12:52 am
Meanwhile, senior Congress leader and leader of the opposition Debabrata Saikia, complained that it was a political conspiracy.
Former CM Tarun Gogoi takes responsibility for Congress' debacle in Assam
May 25, 2016 4:47 pm
"Yes, I am responsible for the poll debacle. I am the leader. If I am not responsible, then who will be?" said Former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi taking responsibility for poor performance of Congress in the polls.
Assam election results: Nepotism, loss of blue-eyed boy hurt Congress
July 21, 2016 7:01 pm
Gogoi may have put up a brave face on the eve of the results but Congress sympathisers and many within the party had been staring at a debacle even before voting had commenced.
Written off, Tarun Gogoi so confident ‘I stopped taking blood pressure pills’
May 19, 2016 6:34 am
On the eve of the assembly poll results, Gogoi, who has been chief minister for three consecutive terms, refuses to even discuss a scenario of the Congress falling short of the half-way mark in the 126-seat House.
Tarun Gogoi snubs Centre for claiming credit for rhino population; asks, why are lions dying
May 11, 2016 5:57 am
Gogoi, who attributed the rise in rhino population in Assam due to the conservation efforts initiated by the state government, described the decrease in lion population in Gujarat as a failure of the BJP governments at the Centre and in Gujarat.
Assam CM Tarun Gogoi ill, hospitalised
May 01, 2016 3:43 am
The chief minister experienced abdominal upset in the morning, following which he complained of pain.
Tarun Gogoi orders probe into rhino poaching in Kaziranga
April 16, 2016 1:27 am
Tarun Gogoi also asked the Special Task Force constituted to curb poaching to intensify operations against poachers and their accomplice.
Assam CM Gogoi holds press conference on polling day, slams Election Department
April 11, 2016 10:57 pm
Tarun Gogoi further said many BJP leaders are "openly" violating MCC but the Election Department is not taking any action on these.
