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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office = Revenue Minister of the [[Government of Assam]]
| successor3 = [[Majendra Narzary]]
| children = 4
| other_party = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| death_place = [[Siliguri]], [[West Bengal]]
| death_date = 10 July 2017 (aged 92)
| successor4 = Tajendra Narzary
| office3 = Member of [[Assam Legislative Assembly]]
| predecessor4 = Jatindra Narayan Das
| predecessor3 = Tajendra Narzary
| office2 = Minister for Labour and Employment
| constituency4 = [[Gossaigaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gossaigaon]]
| constituency3 = [[Gossaigaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gossaigaon]]
| term4 = 1957 - 1991
| term3 = 2001 - 2006
| 1blankname2 = [[List of Chief Ministers of Assam|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata2 = [[Hiteswar Saikia]]
| 1namedata = [[Tarun Gogoi]]
| 1blankname = [[List of Chief Ministers of Assam|Chief Minister]]
| occupation = Politician
| spouse = {{marriage|Rahe Sakm|1958}}
| term = 7 June 2002 - 21 May 2006
| term2 = 1991 - 1996
}}

'''Mithius Tudu''' ({{Circa|1930}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Assembly |first=Assam (India) Legislature Legislative |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=psNQAQAAMAAJ |title=Assam Legislative Assembly Who's who |date=1978 |publisher=Assam Legislative Assembly. |language=en}}</ref> – 10 July 2017) was an [[Indian politician]] from the state of [[Assam]]. He was an 8 time Member of [[Assam Legislative Assembly]] for [[Gossaigaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gossaigaon]]. He was also a Minister in the [[Hiteswar Saikia]] cabinet and [[First Tarun Gogoi Ministry|Tarun Gogoi Cabinet]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2017-07-10 |title=Former Assam ministers Rameswar Dhanowar, Mithius Tudu pass away after prolonged illness |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/former-assam-ministers-rameswar-dhanowar-mithius-tudu-pass-away-after-prolonged-illness-4744609/ |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Desk |first=Sentinel Digital |date=2017-07-11 |title=Former minister Mithius Tudu passes away - Sentinelassam |url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/news/former-minister-mithius-tudu-passes-away/ |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=www.sentinelassam.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-03-31 |title=26 kins of political leaders in Assam poll fray |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/26-kins-of-political-leaders-in-assam-poll-fray/story-ywXrbAm456X1sKGSGqFcaP.html |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Gossaigaon Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency |url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/gossaigaon-assam-assembly-constituency |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=resultuniversity.com}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{cite web |title=Tudu ministership |url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/50847/10/10_chapter%201.pdf |publisher=shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/ |accessdate=2018-11-05}}</ref>

== Education ==
Tudu was educated at [[Sapatgram]] Bengali high school and at [[Cotton College, Gauhati|Cotton College]] in [[Gauhati University|Gauhati]].<ref name=":0" /> After graduating from Cotton College, Tudu joined Grahampur High School as a teacher.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Veteran Congress leaders die |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/veteran-congress-leaders-die/cid/1435295 |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>

== Political career ==
Tudu was the [[Indian National Congress]] candidate for [[Gossaigaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gossaigaon]] in the [[1957 Assam Legislative Assembly election]]. He received 8361 votes and became [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] for the constituency.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=🗳️ Mathias Tudu winner in Gossaigaon, Assam Assembly Elections 1957: LIVE Results & Latest News: Election Dates, Polling Schedule, Election Results & Live Election Updates |url=https://www.latestly.com/elections/assembly-elections/assam/1957/gossaigaon/ |access-date=2022-03-12 |website=LatestLY |language=en}}</ref>

Tudu was again the Congress candidate for Gossaigaon in the [[1962 Assam Legislative Assembly election]]. He received 7350 votes and was reelected unopposed for the constituency.<ref>{{Cite web |title=🗳️ Mathius Tudu, Gossaigaon Assembly Elections 1962 LIVE Results {{!}} Election Dates, Exit Polls, Leading Candidates & Parties {{!}} Latest News, Articles & Statistics {{!}} LatestLY.com |url=https://www.latestly.com/elections/assembly-elections/assam/1962/gossaigaon/mathius-tudu/ |access-date=2022-03-12 |website=LatestLY |language=en}}</ref>

In the [[1967 Assam Legislative Assembly election]], Tudu was again reelected unopposed and received 19326 votes.

He was reelected in the [[1972 Assam Legislative Assembly election]], he received 22242, 66.32% of the total vote. He defeated his nearest opponent by 16503 votes.<ref name=":3" />

He was again reelected in the [[1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election]], he received 14562 votes, 35.18% of the total vote, and defeated his nearest opponent by 5191 votes.<ref name=":3" />

He was again reelected in the [[1983 Assam Legislative Assembly election]]. He received 16141 votes, 41.72% of the total vote. He defeated his nearest rival by 7571 votes. He was made a minister in the [[Hiteswar Saikia]] cabinet.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" />

He was reelected in the [[1985 Assam Legislative Assembly election]], polling 21548 votes, 39.52% of the total vote. He defeated his nearest rival by 13722 votes.<ref name=":3" />

In 1991, he received 20970 votes, 24.98% of the total vote. He came second to independent candidate Tajendra Nazary by 38339 votes, after being an MLA for 34 years.<ref name=":4" />

In the 1996 Assam Legislative Assembly election, Tudu was the Congress candidate for Gossaigaon again. He received 19418 votes, 27.04% of the total vote, again losing to Tajendra Nazary.<ref name=":3" />

In the 2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election, Tudu was again the congress candidate. He received 61504 votes, 54.92% of the total vote and again became MLA for Gossaigaon. He was made a minister in the [[First Tarun Gogoi Ministry|Tarun Gogoi cabinet]]. He did not seek reelection in [[2006 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2006]] when his son became the Congress candidate but lost.<ref name=":3" />

== Personal life and death ==
Tudu enjoyed sports and reading. He married Rahe Sakm in 1958 and they had 1 son and 3 daughters. His son, Chrisostum Tudu, unsuccessfully sought the Gossaigaon seat in [[2006 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2006]] and [[2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2011]].<ref name=":0" />

In July 2017, Tudu suffered a stroke at his residence in Grahampur. A week later on 10 July 2017, Tudu died due to old-age ailment at Subham Private Nursing Home at [[Siliguri]] in [[West Bengal]] on Monday at around 12.30 pm, the same day as congress minister [[Rameswar Dhanowar]]. [[List of chief ministers of Assam|Chief Minister]] [[Sarbananda Sonowal]] and [[Leader of the Opposition]] [[Debabrata Saikia]] both paid tribute, with Sonowal saying “Both Tudu and Dhanowar were people’s representatives for long years and had contributed significantly to the socio-political life of Assam. Their contributions as politicians and social workers will be remembered for long.”<ref name=":1" /> His body was buried at his birthplace Grahampur under [[Gossaigaon]] subdivision in [[Kokrajhar district]].<ref name=":2" />

== References ==
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[[Category:Assam MLAs 1985–1991]]
[[Category:Assam MLAs 1983–1985]]
[[Category:Assam MLAs 1957–1962]]
[[Category:Assam MLAs 1972–1978]]
[[Category:Assam MLAs 1962–1967]]
[[Category:Assam MLAs 1978–1983]]
[[Category:Assam MLAs 1967–1972]]
[[Category:Assam MLAs 2001–2006]]
[[Category:2017 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Assam]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Assam]]
[[Category:People from Kokrajhar district]]

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