List of people from Assam
Encyclopedia
Technology
- J N Goswami, ISRO scientist, Principal investigator of Chandrayaan-1
- Pabitra Dutta, Inventor of Conductive Disc
- Dr. Dhaniram Barua, Inventor of Artificial Heart called Barua Heart Valve
- Umesh Tahbildar, Nasa Scientist
- Dhruba Borthakur, Lead contributor of Hadoop File System
- Dr. Dhiraj Bora, Head of International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
- Dr Gautam Baruah, Computer Science
- Diganta Barman, Networking & Security,1st Assamese Engr to get Black Belt in Martial Arts
- Deepak Goswami,ICT
- Dr Pinakeshwar Mahanta,Mech Engg
Music
- Bhupen HazarikaBhupen HazarikaBhupen Hazarika was an Indian lyricist, musician, singer, poet and film-maker from Assam. His songs,written and sung mainly in Assamese by the legend himself, are infused with humanity and universalism, and have been translated and sung in many languages, most notable being Bengali ,Hindi and...
, renowned music composer and Dadasaheb Phalke AwardDadasaheb Phalke AwardThe Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in cinema given annually by the Government of India for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. It was instituted in 1969, the birth centenary year of Dadasaheb Phalke, considered as the father of Indian cinema.The award for a particular year is...
winner - Parveen SultanaParveen SultanaBegum Parveen Sultana is an Assamese Hindustani classical singer of the Patiala Gharana. She is among the foremost classical vocalists in India and is known as Queen of Classical Vocal.She was conferred the Padmashri in 1976....
, Hindustani Classical musician - Zubeen GargZubeen GargZubeen Garg is a singer and composer from Assam, India, in the Bollywood and Assamese music scene. He plays dhols, guitar, dotora, mandolin, keyboard and various percussion instruments.-Background:...
, Singer - Angaraag MahantaAngaraag MahantaAngaraag Mahanta known as Papon is a singer, composer and record producer. Born to music duo and legends of Assamese music, Archana Mahanta and Khagen Mahanta, he was introduced to music early on in his childhood. His first language is Assamese and he also sings in hindi and bengali. His initial...
, Singer - Joi BaruaJoi BaruaJoi Barua is a singer, musician, and lead vocalist of the band Joi. He was born in Assam and is currently based in Mumbai, India. He has lent his voice to many Indian movies including 2010's Filmfare Award Winner Udaan and National Film Award Winner Dev D...
, Singer - Khagen MahantaKhagen MahantaKhagen Mahanta is an exponent in folk and traditional music of Assam. He was awarded Sangeet Natak Academy award for folk and traditional music in the year 1992....
, Singer
Movies and modelling
- Pramathesh Chandra Barua, actor, film director
- Jahnu BaruaJahnu BaruaJahnu Barua is a multiple national and international award-winning Indian film director from Assam. He has directed a number of Assamese and Hindi films, and along with Bhabendra Nath Saikia was one of the pioneers of Assamese Art cinema...
, film director - Moloya Goswami, national film award winner for best actressNational Film Award for Best ActressThe National Film Award for Best Actress is an honor presented annually at the National Film Awards of India to an actress who has delivered the best performance in a leading role within the Indian film industry...
- Swargajyoti BarooahSwargajyoti BarooahSwargajyoti Barooah was one of the earliest first few film actresses of Assamese Cinema. She acted as a child artist in the first Assamese film Joymati released way back in 1935. The film was produced and directed by the noted Assamese poet Jyotiprasad Agarwala, and starred Aideu Handique and...
, film actress - Monikangana DuttaMonikangana DuttaMoni Kangana Dutta is an Indian model and actress based in Mumbai. She hails from Guwahati, Assam and studied at the Matreyi College, University of Delhi.-Modeling:In 2001, Dutta won the Metropolitan Top Model Contest of France...
, super model - Aideu HandiqueAideu HandiqueAideu Handique is the first film actress of Assamese cinema. She starred in the film, Jyoti Prasad Agarwala's Joymati . She remained unmarried because she called her co-actor Bongohordeo in the film.-References:...
, the first lady of Assamese cinemaAssamese cinemaAssamese cinema is cinema in the Assamese language, watched primarily in Assam, India. The industry was born in 1935 when Jyoti Prasad Agarwala released his movie Joymoti... - Dipannita SharmaDipannita SharmaDipannita Sharma is a model and an aspiring actress.A well known supermodel and an actress, who came into the limelight after making to the final five of the Miss India 1998 contest. She was also judged the 'Miss Photogenic' in the same contest. She has also done a couple of television shows...
, supermodal,actress, winner of Miss India miss photogenic - Panchi BoraPanchi BoraPanchi Bora, is an Indian television actress and model from Assam. She also used to play a lead role in the Balaji Telefilms soap Kayamath.-Television work:...
, serial actress - Aryan Sharma, model
- Phani SarmaPhani SarmaPhani Sarma was an Assamese theatre actor, playwright, film actor and director. Beginning as a stage actor, he appeared in the first film ever made in Assamese cinema, Joymati...
, actor - Seema BiswasSeema BiswasSeema Biswas is an Indian film and theatre actress from Assam who shot into prominence with the role of Phoolan Devi in Shekhar Kapur's film Bandit Queen . She has a reputation for performing strong character roles.Biswas won the 1996 National Film Award for Best Actress for her role in the film...
, actress, 2006 Best Actress Genie AwardGenie AwardGenie Awards are given out to recognize the best of Canadian cinema by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. From 1949-1979, the awards were named the Canadian Film Awards... - Bhabendra Nath SaikiaBhabendra Nath SaikiaDr. Bhabendra Nath Saikia was a novelist, short story writer and film director from Assam. He had a PhD in Nuclear Physics from the University of London and later taught at Gauhati University. He won many literary awards, including Sahitya Academy , and was also recognised with the Padma...
, filmmaker - Jatin BoraJatin BoraJatin Bora is an Indian actor who has appeared in Assamese language movies. He is regarded as the present numero uno of the Assamese film industry....
, actor - Biju PhukanBiju PhukanBiju Phukan is a senior Assamese cine-actor of great fame. He was born in Dibrugarh , where he studied in the hallowed "Kanoi College". He acted in more than thirty Assamese movies of the 80s and has contributed a lot towards Assamese cinema. His first movie was Dr...
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Literature
- Hemchandra Barua, grammarian, lexicographer
- Parvati Prasad Baruva, poet, lyricist
- Lakshminath Bezbaruah, father of modern Assamese literatureAssamese literatureAssamese literature is the entire corpus of poetry, novels, short stories, documents and other writings in the Assamese language. It also includes popular ballads in the older forms of the language during its evolution to the contemporary form. The literary heritage of the Assamese language can...
- Major Satyabrata Lahkar, litterateur
- Amulya BaruaAmulya BaruaAmulya Barua was a pioneer of modern Assamese poetry. He was born at Jorhat on June 30, 1922. In 1941, he passed matriculation examination from Jorhat Govt High School with letter marks in Assamese and in 1945 he passed his B.A. examination from Jagannath Barooah College, Jorhat. Then he went to...
, Revolutionary Poet - Indira Goswami, littérateur and Jnanpith AwardJnanpith AwardThe Jnanpith Award is a literary award in India. Along with the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, it is one of the two most prestigious literary honours in the country...
winner - Hem BaruaHem BaruaHem Barua was a prominent Assamese poet and politician from Assam.-Early life:Born on the 22 April 1915, at Tezpur, Hem Barua obtained his M.A. degree from Calcutta University in 1938 and joined the J.B. College, Jorhat, in 1941 as lecturer in Assamese and English. He left it next year during the...
, poet - Homen BorgohainHomen BorgohainHomen Borgohain is an Indian writer, poet, critic, columnist and editor in the Assamese language. He was awarded the 1978 Sahitya Akademi Award in Assamese language for his novel, Pita Putra....
littérateur - Bhabananda DekaBhabananda DekaProf Bhabananda Deka , is a multi-faceted writer of one hundred twelve books, textbooks on economics, literature and political science, and articles from Assam, a state in the north-eastern part of India.-Biography:...
, Littérateur, Poet - Nilamani Phukan (1879–1978), poet, journalist and politician
- Nilmani PhookanNilmani PhookanNilmani Phookan is an Indian poet in Assamese language and an academic. His work replete with symbolism, is inspired by French symbolism and is representative of the genre in Assamese poetry...
, (b. 1933) poet - Dimbeswar Neog (1899–1967) Indradhedu Poet Assamese literatureAssamese literatureAssamese literature is the entire corpus of poetry, novels, short stories, documents and other writings in the Assamese language. It also includes popular ballads in the older forms of the language during its evolution to the contemporary form. The literary heritage of the Assamese language can...
- Syed Abdul Malik (1919–2000), writer, poet
Politicians
- Hiteswar SaikiaHiteswar SaikiaHiteswar Saikia was the chief minister of Assam for two terms, first from February 27, 1983 to December 23, 1985 and then from June 30, 1991 to April 22, 1996. He was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress...
, Former Chief Minister of Assam - Gopinath BordoloiGopinath BordoloiGopinath Bordoloi was the first Chief Minister of the Indian state of Assam, and also a leading Indian independence activist. He was a follower of the Gandhian principle of non violence as a political tool...
, first Chief MinisterChief MinisterA Chief Minister is the elected head of government of a sub-national state, provinces of Sri Lanka, Pakistan, notably a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British Overseas Territory that has attained self-government...
of AssamAssamAssam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...
and Indian freedom fighter - Fakhruddin Ali AhmedFakhruddin Ali AhmedFakhruddin Ali Ahmed was the fifth President of India from 1974 to 1977.-Early life and background:Fakhruddin's grandfather, Khaliluddin Ali Ahmed, of Kacharighat near Golaghat, Assam, married in one of the families who were the relics of Emperor Aurangzeb's bid to conquer Assam Ahmed was born on...
, fifth President of IndiaPresident of IndiaThe President of India is the head of state and first citizen of India, as well as the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. President of India is also the formal head of all the three branches of Indian Democracy - Legislature, Executive and Judiciary... - Prafulla Kumar MahantaPrafulla Kumar MahantaPrafulla Kumar Mahanta was the leader of the Assam Movement, a former Chief Minister of Assam and belongs to the Asom Gana Parishad , a major political party in the Indian state of Assam...
, past Chief Minister of Assam, leader of Assam Movement - Tarun Kumar GogoiTarun Kumar GogoiTarun Kumar Gogoi is the Chief Minister of the state of Assam in India.Gogoi was born on the Rangajan tea estate in the Jorhat district of Assam. He was a student of Jorhat Government Boys School and failed his HSLC exam in his first attempt...
, present Chief Minister of Assam - Kabindra PurkayasthaKabindra PurkayasthaKabindra Purkayastha is a former union minister of state of India. He served as minister of state for communication in Atal Bihari Vajpayee government from 1998 to 1999. He is a senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party in Assam....
, former union minister - Upendranath BrahmaUpendranath Brahma-Early life and education:Upendranath Brahma was born on 31st March, 1956 at Boragari Village near Dotma, a small township at Kokrajhar District of Assam, India. He was the son of Monglaram Brahma and Lefsri Brahma. He was the fifth child of their parents. He was the youngest. He was called...
, Bodo-Fa, the father of BodolandBodolandBodoland is an area located in the north bank of Brahmaputra river in the state of Assam in north east region of India, by the foothills of Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh; inhabited predominantly by the Bodo people. Currently the map of Bodoland includes the Bodoland Territorial Areas District ... - Hagrama MohilaryHagrama MohilaryHagrama Mohilary alias Hagrama Basumatary is the Chief Executive Member of Bodoland Territorial Council. He was previously the chief of BLTF . With the surrender of 2641 BLTF cadres on December 6, 2003, BTC was formed as aforesaid in the Memorandum of Settlement signed by the Government of India...
, ex-BLTF chief, current CEM of BTC - Sansuma Khunggur BwiswmuthiarySansuma Khunggur BwiswmuthiarySansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Kokrajhar constituency of Assam. He is an Independent member and leader of the All Bodo Students Union....
, Bodo nationalist - Moni Kumar SubbaMoni Kumar SubbaMoni Kumar Subba was a member of the 12th Lok Sabha, 13th Lok Sabha and 14th Lok Sabha of India from 1998 to 2009. He represented the Tezpur constituency of Assam and is a member of the Indian National Congress political party....
, Assamese-NepalNepalNepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
i politician, current Member of ParliamentParliament of IndiaThe Parliament of India is the supreme legislative body in India. Founded in 1919, the Parliament alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all political bodies in India. The Parliament of India comprises the President and the two Houses, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha...
from Tezpur AssamAssamAssam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country... - Somnath ChatterjeeSomnath ChatterjeeSomnath Chatterjee is an Indian politician who had been associated with the Communist Party of India for most of his life, though he is currently an independent...
, speaker of the Lok SabhaLok SabhaThe Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
(born 1929)
Social reformers
- Srimanta SankardevaSrimanta SankardevaMahapurusha Srimanta Shankardeva , was the greatest Assamese saint-scholar, playwright, social-religious reformer and a colossal figure in the cultural and religious history of Assam, India...
, poet, dramatist, social reformer - Sri MadhavdevaMadhavdevaSri Sri Madhabdeva is an important preceptor of the Mahapuruxiya Dharma known for his loyalty to his guru, Srimanta Sankardeva as well as his artistic brilliance. Initially a sakta worshipper, he was converted to Mahapuruxiya Dharma by the Sankardeva and became his most prominent disciple...
, poet, dramatist, disciple of Srimanta SankardevaSrimanta SankardevaMahapurusha Srimanta Shankardeva , was the greatest Assamese saint-scholar, playwright, social-religious reformer and a colossal figure in the cultural and religious history of Assam, India...
Religious Leaders
- Kalicharan BrahmaKalicharan BrahmaKalicharan Brahma , originally Kalicharan Mech, was a 20th century social and religious reformer of Bodo society. He joined a new religion called Brahmo Dharma / Brahmoism Adi Brahmo Samaj faction in Calcutta around 1906, and he is reverentially called Gurudev or Guru Brahma by Bodo people of...
, religious, social reformer - Rupnath BrahmaRupnath BrahmaRup Nath Brahma was a Bodo poet and religious scholar. He is credited with helping establish Brahma Dharma ....
, establisher of Brahma Dharma and BodoBodo peopleThe Bodos are an ethnic and linguistic community, early settlers of Assam in the North-East of India. According to the 1991 census, there were 1.2 million Bodos in Assam which makes for 5.3% of the total population in the state. Bodos belong to a larger ethnic group called the Bodo-Kachari. The...
scholar
Others
- Jyoti Prasad AgarwalaJyoti Prasad AgarwalaJyoti Prasad Agarwala was a great Assamese playwright, songwriter, poet, writer and film maker from Assam. He was considered as Assamese cultural icon, deeply revered for his creative vision and output and is popularly called the Rupkonwar of Assamese culture...
, multifaced artist, political thinker - Bhogeshwar Barua, Asian games winner of sprint
- B S Barua, Asian games winner of sprint
- Jayanta TalukdarJayanta TalukdarJayanta Talukdar is an Indian archer.-Career:Talukdar was part of the Indian team that won the silver medal at the 2004 Junior World Championships. He followed up with a gold medal at the FITA Meteksan World Cup in 2006, becoming the first Indian archer to win gold at the event...
, archery - Bhaskar Varman, famous ruler of powerful Varman dynasty, the dynasty that the Guptas were not able to defeat.
- Piyoli Phukan, Indepence fighter
- Kanaklata Barua, Independence fighter
- Bishnuprasad RabhaBishnuprasad RabhaBishnu Prasad Rabha was born in Dhaka on 31 January 1909. He was a multifaceted artist and revolutionary singer of Assam. A doyen of the Arts, he is popularly known as Kala Guru . From an early stage, he played an active role in the struggle for Indian independence. However, he never joined Indian...
, multifaceted artist, revolutionary activist - Robin BanerjeeRobin BanerjeeRobin Banerjee was a noted wildlife expert, environmentalist, painter, photographer and documentary filmmaker who lived at Golaghat in the Indian state of Assam.-Biography:...
, naturalist - Lachit BorphukanLachit BorphukanLachit Borphukan was a commander and Borphukan in the Ahom kingdom known for his leadership in the 1671 Battle of Saraighat that thwarted a drawn out attempt by Mughal forces under the command of Ramsingh I to take back Kamrup...
, defeated Moughals in Battle of Saraighat