List of people from Assam

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This is a list of people from Assam, India.

Contents 1 Music 2 Movies 3 Literature 4 Politicians 5 Social reformers 6 Religious Leaders 7 Others 8 References

[edit] Music

• Bhupen Hazarika, renowned music composer and Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner
• Parveen Sultana, Hindustani Classical musician
• Zubeen Garg, popular singer
• Anjali Brahma, Popular singer and in whose name best singer award is conferred in Kokrajhar district Bihu Committee

[edit] Movies

• Pramathesh Chandra Barua, filmmaker
• Seema Biswas, actress, 2006 Best Actress Genie Award
• Jahnu Barua, film director
• Bhabendra Nath Saikia film maker
• Fakaruddin Ali film maker

• Moyola Goswami actress.
• Jatin Bora actor

[edit] Literature

• Hemchandra Barua, grammarian, lexicographer
• Parvati Prasad Baruva, poet, lyricist
• Lakshminath Bezbaruah, father of modern Assamese literature.
• Indira Goswami, litterateur and Jnanpith Award winner
• Hem Barua, poet
• Homen Borgohain litterateur
• Lakhinandan Bora litterateur

[edit] Politicians

• Hiteswar Saikia, Former Chief Minister of Assam
• Gopinath Bordoloi, first Chief Minister of Assam and Indian freedom fighter
• Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, fifth President of India
• Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, past Chief Minister of Assam, leader of Assam Movement
• Tarun Kumar Gogoi, present Chief Minister of Assam
• Kabindra Purkayastha, former union minister
• Upendranath Brahma, Bodo-Fa, the father of Bodoland
• Hagrama Mohilary, ex-BLTF chief, current CEM of BTC
• Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary, Bodo nationalist
• Moni Kumar Subba, Assamese-Nepali politician, current Member of Parliament from Tezpur Assam
• Somnath Chatterjee, speaker of the Lok Sabha (born 1929)

[edit] Social reformers

• Srimanta Sankardeva, poet, dramatist, social reformer
• Srimanta Madhabdeva, disciple of Srimanta Sankardeva

[edit] Religious Leaders

• Kalicharan Brahma, religious, social reformer
• Rupnath Brahma, establisher of Brahma Dharma and Bodo scholar

[edit] Others

• Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, multifaced artist, political thinker
• Bishnuprasad Rabha, multifaceted artist, revolutionary activist
• Robin Banerjee, naturalist.

[edit] References

• [[1]], Data Bank Of Indian Personalities