List of people from Assam

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This is a list of lisflpeople from Assam, India.

Administrators, diplomats and justices

  • Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, 5th president of India; first Assamese to be the president of India
  • Devakanta Barua, first Assamese to be the president of Indian National Congress
  • 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
  • Gopinath Bordoloi, Prime Minister of Assam before independence;Chief Minister after independence; politician; writer; first Bharat Ratna awardee from Assam
  • Harishankar Brahma, first election commissioner of India from Assam and the second from North-East India
  • Jamchonga Nampui, first person from Scheduled Tribe of Assam to qualify for the civil services (IAS)
  • Ranjan Gogoi, judge of the Supreme Court of India
  • Baharul Islam, judge of the Supreme Court of India
  • Bishnuram Medhi, Governor of Madras State from January 1958 to May 1964; first Assamese governor of an Indian state

Freedom fighters

Academicians and scholars

Actors and models

Film directors

Activists

Journalists

Music

Literature

Poets

Historical figures

Politicians

Religious leaders

Sports

Naturalists

Others

See also

References

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