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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| office = Minister for Rural Development<br />
| 1blankname = [[List of Chief Ministers of Assam|Chief Minister]]<br />
| 1namedata = [[Hiteswar Saikia]]<br />
| office2 = Member of [[Assam Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term2 = 1991 - 6 May 1996<br />
| term3 = 1983 - 1985<br />
| spouse = [[Ajanta Neog]]<br />
| relatives = [[Rebati Das]] (Mother in law)<br />
| constituency2 = [[Golaghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Golaghat]]<br />
| constituency3 = [[Golaghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Golaghat]]<br />
| predecessor2 = Debeswar Bora<br />
| successor2 = [[Atul Bora]]<br />
| successor3 = Debeswar Bora<br />
| death_date = 6 May 1996<br />
| predecessor3 = Soneswar Bora<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
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'''Nagen Neog''' (died 6 May 1996) was an Indian politician from the state of Assam. He served as Member of [[Assam Legislative Assembly]] for [[Golaghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Golgahat]] and as Rural Development Minister in the Hiteswar Saikia Cabinet until his assassination. He was the husband of the current Finance minister of Assam, [[Ajanta Neog]], and son in law of [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] [[Rebati Das]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Golaghat Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency |url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/golaghat-assam-assembly-constituency#1991 |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=resultuniversity.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-05-17 |title=Gauhati High Court acquitted convicted & jailed ULFA leader Amar Singh alias Arup Konwar |url=https://www.timesofassam.com/headlines/gauhati-high-court-acquitted-convicted-jailed-ulfa-leader-amar-singh-alias-arup-konwar/amp/ |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=TIMES OF ASSAM |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Desk |first=Sentinel Digital |date=2021-03-22 |title=Ajanta Neog from Golaghat: Early Life, Controversy & Political Career - Sentinelassam |url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/assam-election-2021/candidates/phase1/ajanta-neog-from-golaghat-early-life-controversy-political-career-529886 |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=www.sentinelassam.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Hussain |first=Wasbir |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LxTaAAAAMAAJ |title=Homemakers Without the Men: Assam's Widows of Violence |date=2006 |publisher=Indialog Publications |isbn=978-81-87981-86-2 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Political career ==<br />
Neog was the [[Indian National Congress]] candidate for the constituency of [[Golaghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Golaghat]] in the [[1983 Assam Legislative Assembly election]]. He received 2222 votes, 89.34% of the total vote and won the seat, defeating his nearest opponent by 2063 votes. He lost in the 1985 Assam Legislative Assembly election. He was again the Indian National Congress candidate for Golaghat in 1991, when he received 27222 votes, 38.82% of the total vote, and became an MLA again.<ref name=":0" /> He became Rural Development Minister in the [[Hiteswar Saikia]] cabinet.<br />
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=== Death ===<br />
On 6 May 1996, two days after the [[1996 Assam Legislative Assembly election]], Neog was returning home in Baruagaon,15 kilometres from the District Headquarter town of [[Golaghat]]. Neog, with 8 people including his driver and 5 bodyguards were all killed. The accused killers served time in prison but were later acquitted in 2013 on grounds of lack of evidence.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |agency=TNN|date=May 18, 2013 |title=Nagen Neog murder: Ex-Ulfa leader acquitted by HC {{!}} Guwahati News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/nagen-neog-murder-ex-ulfa-leader-acquitted-by-hc/articleshow/20116967.cms |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=EXCLUSIVE |url=https://www.timesofassam.com/topics/exclusive/ |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=TIMES OF ASSAM |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Assam]]<br />
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Assam]]<br />
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