Know your Politician
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Constituency : |
Jorhat(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 Shri Krishna Kanta Handique
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Date of Birth
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01.12.1934
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Place of Birth
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Jorhat (Assam)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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22 Jan 1965
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Spouse’s Name
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Smt. Swarup Rani Handique
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No.of Daughters
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3
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Educational Qualifications
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M.A. (English Literature)
Educated at Presidency College, Calcutta University, Kolkata, West Bengal
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Profession
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Social Worker
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Permanent Address |
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Kushal Konwar Path,
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Jorhat – 785 001
Assam
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Tels. (0376) 2320166
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Present Address |
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2, Tughlak Road,
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New Delhi – 110 001
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Tels. (011) 23022401, 23022400 (O)
Telefax. (011) 23014736, 23014753, 23019761 (R),
Fax. (011) 23062754 (O)
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Position Held |
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1972-76
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Member, Assam Legislative Assembly
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1973-78
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President, District Congress Committee (D.C.C.), Jorhat
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1973
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Member, All India Congress Committee (Indira) [A.I.C.C. (I)]
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1974-77
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Chairman, Estimates Committee, Assam Legislative Assembly
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Chairman, Inquiry Committee on Assam State Electricity Board
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Member, Committee on Government Assurances, Assam Legislative Assembly
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1980-85
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Member, Rajya Sabha
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1980-90
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Vice-President, Pradesh Congress Committee [P.C.C. (I)], Assam
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1982-84
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Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
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1984-85
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Member, Committee of Privileges
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Member, Government Assurances Committee
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1980-90
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Education and Sports Affairs
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1991
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Elected to 10th Lok Sabha
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1991-96
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
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Member, Committee on Official Language
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Member, Committee on External Affairs
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Member, Committee on Food and Civil Supplies
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1992
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Member, All India Congress Committee [A.I.C.C. (I)]
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1996
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Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1997-98
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Member, Committee on External Affairs
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1998
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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1998-99
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Chairman, Railway Convention Committee
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Member, Committee on Industry
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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1999-2000
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Member, Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals
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1999-2004
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs
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2002
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Member, Congress Working Committee, AICC
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Member, Rules Committee, Lok Sabha
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2004
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 5th term)
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May 2004 – Jan. 2006
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Union Minister of State, Ministry of Defence
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May 2004-Apr. 2007
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Union Minister of State, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
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Jan. 2006-May 2009
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Union Minister of State, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers
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Apr. 2007-May 2009
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Union Minister of State, Ministry of Mines
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2009
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Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (6th term)
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31 May 2009 – 18 Jan 2011
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Union Cabinet Minister, Mines; Development of North Eastern Region
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19 Jan 2011-19 July 2011
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Union Cabinet Minister, Development of North Eastern Region
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3 May 2013
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Member, Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes (OBCs)
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Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
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Published poems in Anthology of American poetry entitled “The Other Side of the Mirror” and “American Poetry Anthology” (Vol. IX, No. 4)
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Promotes crafts skills among women and set up community halls for tea plantation workers and the minority population; organises relief work after natural calamities;and involved in preservation of Tai cultural heritage, language and literature
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Special Interests
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Developmental work, environment and foreign affairs
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Reading, poetry and bird-watching
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Sports and Clubs
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Organised sports events for the local youth in rural areas of Jorhat and Sivasagar.
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Countries Visited
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Bangladesh, Chile, China,Cyprus, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mauritius,Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco,Poland, Philippines, Russia, South Africa,South Korea,Switzerland, The Netherlands, U.K. and U.S.A.
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Other Information
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Founder member and active participant in the management of following instructions; Chairman, (i) Kushal Konwar
Indoor Stadium Committee; (ii) Jyoti Chitrobon-Film Studio Society (a Government
Undertaking–the first film studio in public sector in the country), 1973-78; (iii) North-Eastern
Handicrafts and Handlooms Development Corporation (a Government of India Undertaking);
and (iv) Inquiry Committee on Assam State Electricity Board; Member, (i) Executive Council,
Dibrugarh University; (ii) Court of North-Eastern Hill University, 1980-84; (iii) Tea Board; (iv)
E.S.I. Corporation, 1980-84; (v) Wild Life Board of India, 1985; (vi) Indian Council of Cultural
Relations (I.C.C.R.), 1985; and (vii) Trade delegation sponsored by the Trade Development Authority
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Reference: Loksabha