Know your Politician
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Constituency : |
Barpeta (Assam )
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Party Name :
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Indian National Congress(INC)
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Email Address :
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[email protected]
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Father’s Name
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Late Golam Wazid Barbhuiya
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Mother’s Name
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Late Smt. Hayatun Nessa
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Date of Birth
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01.04.1933
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Place of Birth
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Silchar, Distt. Cachar (Assam)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Spouse’s Name
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Smt. Jahanara Begum
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No. of Sons
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2
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No.of Daughters
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1
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Educational Qualifications
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B.A., LL.B. and Barrister-at-Law
Educated at Dacca University (now in Bangladesh), Calcutta University
(West Bengal) and Lincoln’s Inn, London (U.K.)
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Profession
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Advocate
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Permanent Address |
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Wazid Manzil, Water Works Road,
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Silchar-1 (Assam)
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(03842) 235440
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( ii )B-2, F-2, Housing Colony Hengrabari,
Guwahati- 781 006 (Assam)
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Tel. (0361) 2263137
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Present Address |
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28-30 South Avenue,
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New Delhi – 110 011
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Tels. (011) 23792164, 23793545
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Position Held |
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1978-82
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Member, Assam Legislative Assembly (two terms)
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1978-81
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Cabinet Minister, Public Works Department, Supply, Irrigation and Power, Veterinary, Animal Husbandry and Fishery, Government of Assam
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Chairman, Public Accounts Committee, Assam Legislative Assembly
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Member, Library Committee, Assam Legislative Assambly
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1998
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Elected to 12th Lok Sabha
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1998-99
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Member, Committee on Estimates
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Member, Committee on Home Affairs
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1999-2004
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Member, Committee on Commerce
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Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table
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Member, Committee on Human Resource Development
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2000-2004
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Rural Development
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2004
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 3rd term)
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Member, Committee on Rural Development
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Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
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5 Aug. 2007 onwards
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Member, Standing Committee on Rural Development
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7 Aug. 2007 onwards
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Member, Committee on MPLADS
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31 March, 2009
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Died on 31 March, 2009
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Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
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Editor, Borak (Published from Silchar and Guwahati as joint editor periodicals weekly in association with S/Shri Amit Nag, Atin Das, Honan Bargohain, etc.); Publisher, Janakranti, Guwahati, Assam; associated with N.G.O.
Magazine Compass, published from Calcutta
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Secretary, Tagore Society for Cultural Integration, Silchar, Assam; and Member of
N.G.O. Satadal Sahayak Samiti (Assam)
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Special Interests
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Tourism, gardening and literary pursuits
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Countries Visited
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Bangladesh, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Iran, Saudi Arabia and U.K.
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Other Information
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Secretary, Silchar Bar Association, 1976
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Reference: Loksabha