After the passing of the Government of India Act of 1935, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1937 and was soon appointed to be Assam’s 1st Prime Minister till 1946.
30 years ago, Himanta Biswa Sarma told his wife he will become CM one day
30 years ago, Himanta Biswa Sarma told his wife he will become CM one day
Himanta Biswa Sarma, who took oath as Assam chief minister on May 10, had told his wife 30 years ago that he will hold the CM s office one day.
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma with wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma (L) and son Nandil Biswa Sarma (R)
Almost 30 years ago, when he was 22-year-old, Himanta Biswa Sarma had told a young Riniki Bhuyan, who later became his wife, that he would become the chief minister of Assam one day.
Borgohain won the battle against Covid-19 a few days ago and was discharged from hospital last week
GUWAHATI: Sahitya Akademi awardee, journalist and noted intellectual Homen Borgohain, passed away at a city hospital on Wednesday morning. He was 88.
Borgohain won the battle against Covid-19 a few days ago and was discharged from hospital last week. He reportedly fell off his bed in the wee hours on Wednesday and was rushed to the hospital. The hospital authority said that he was brought to the emergency department at 6.15 am following a cardiac arrest. “A team of cardiologists, intensivists and neurologists tried to revive him for almost 38 minutes but he failed to respond to all efforts. He was declared dead at 6.58 am,” a spokesperson of the hospital told TOI.
7 of 15 Assam CMs ex-students of 120-yr-old Cotton University
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Guwahati, May 10 : The 120-year-old Cotton University, previously Cotton College, in Guwahati has given Assam seven of the states 15 Chief Ministers, including Himanta Biswa Sarma, who on Monday was sworn-in as the 15th CM of the northeastern state.
As the Education Minister in the previous government led by Sarbananda Sonowal, Sarma, who studied in the varsity from 1985 to 1992, took active initiative to turn Cotton College into a university in 2017 by approving the Cotton University Bill, 2017 in the state Assembly.
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Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma with wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma. Tell your mother, I will be the chief minister one day , Assam s new Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had told a young Riniki Bhuyan, who became his wife later, when he himself was a student of Cotton College in Guwahati.
He was completely focused even in his student days, and very sure of what he wanted to do in the future, the chief minister s wife told reporters after the swearing-in of her spouse as the 15th chief minister of the northeastern state. He was 22 and I was 17 when we first met and I had asked him what I would tell my mother about his future. He had replied- tell her that I will become the chief minister of Assam, she said.