Promode Gogoi

Promode Gogoi
Minister for Flood Control and Irrigation
(Government of Assam)
In office
1996 - 2001
Constituency Sibsagar
Personal details
Born September 29, 1930
Sibsagar, India
Died April 6, 2012 (aged 81)
Guwahati, India
Political party Communist Party of India (CPI)
As of April 07, 2012
Source: Times of Assam

Promode Chandra Gogoi (September 29, 1930 – April 6, 2012) was an Indian politician from the state of Assam. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Assam for five terms, and also served as the Minister for Flood control & Irrigation of the state from 1996 till 2001.[1]

Early life

Gogoi was born in the Sibsagar district of Upper Assam.

Political career

Promode was associated with the All India Students Federation during his student days.[2] He joined the Communist Party of India (CPI) in 1948 and was elected to the state assembly of Assam from Sibsagar constituency for the first time in 1967.

He was a member of the central secretariat of the CPI and was reappointed to its national executive days before his death at the Patna congress of the party. He was also the President of the All India Trade Union Congress and Vice-President of the World Federation of Trade Unions.[3]

Death

After experiencing epistaxis, he was admitted to the Guwahati Neurological Research Centre (GNRC) on 2 April 2012. His condition worsened as he suffered a stroke and subsequently, the doctors declared him dead. He remained a bachelor and is survived by granddaughter Purabi Gogoi, a civil servant.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "CPI leader Pramod Gogoi passes away". Times of Assam. April 6, 2012. Retrieved April 7, 2012.
  2. ↑ "CPI veteran Promod Gogoi dies". NDTV (Guwahati). Indo-Asian News Service. April 6, 2012. Retrieved April 7, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Promode Gogoi passes away - CPI leader’s cremation in Sivasagar". The Telegraph. April 6, 2012. Retrieved April 7, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Pramode Gogoi passes away". The Times of India (Guwahati). April 6, 2012. Retrieved April 7, 2012.