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	'''Prithibi Majhi''' is an Indian politician. He was a [[Member of Parliament]], representing [[Assam]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]] the [[upper house]] of [[Parliament of India\|India's Parliament]] representing the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/m.pdf\| title=RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 - 2003 \| publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]] \| accessdate=21 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="SethiShubhrastha2017">{{cite book\|author1=Rajat Sethi\|author2=Shubhrastha\|title=The Last Battle of Saraighat: The Story of the ~~BJP’s~~ Rise in the North-east\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pLU8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT147\|accessdate=23 December 2020\|date=23 November 2017\|publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited\|isbn=978-93-87326-32-3\|pages=147–}}</ref><ref name="Sabha2003">{{cite book\|author=India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha\|title=Rajya Sabha Members: Biographical Sketches, 1952-2003\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VtpFJucR0foC\|accessdate=23 December 2020\|year=2003\|publisher=Rajya Sabha Secretariat\|page=192}}</ref> He was a Deputy Speaker and Speaker of the [[Assam Legislative Assembly]] and a minister in the [[Tarun Gogoi]] cabinet.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Who's Who\|url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/prithibi-majhi.html\|access-date=2021-08-28\|website=assamassembly.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Assam Legislative Assembly - Speaker since 1937\|url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/biodata-speaker-2001-06.html\|access-date=2021-08-28\|website=assamassembly.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=List of Speakers since 1937\|url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/speaker-list.html\|access-date=2021-08-28\|website=assamassembly.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=List of Deputy Speakers since 1937\|url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/dyspeaker-list.html\|access-date=2021-08-28\|website=assamassembly.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=2015-01-23\|title=Tarun Gogoi reshuffles Assam ministry, 11 cabinet ministers join-Politics News , Firstpost\|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/tarun-gogoi-reshuffles-assam-ministry-11-cabinet-ministers-join-2061027.html\|access-date=2021-08-28\|website=Firstpost}}</ref>		'''Prithibi Majhi''' is an Indian politician. He was a [[Member of Parliament]], representing [[Assam]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]] the [[upper house]] of [[Parliament of India\|India's Parliament]] representing the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/m.pdf\| title=RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 - 2003 \| publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]] \| accessdate=21 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="SethiShubhrastha2017">{{cite book\|author1=Rajat Sethi\|author2=Shubhrastha\|title=The Last Battle of Saraighat: The Story of the BJP's Rise in the North-east\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pLU8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT147\|accessdate=23 December 2020\|date=23 November 2017\|publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited\|isbn=978-93-87326-32-3\|pages=147–}}</ref><ref name="Sabha2003">{{cite book\|author=India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha\|title=Rajya Sabha Members: Biographical Sketches, 1952-2003\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VtpFJucR0foC\|accessdate=23 December 2020\|year=2003\|publisher=Rajya Sabha Secretariat\|page=192}}</ref> He was a Deputy Speaker and Speaker of the [[Assam Legislative Assembly]] and a minister in the [[Tarun Gogoi]] cabinet.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Who's Who\|url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/prithibi-majhi.html\|access-date=2021-08-28\|website=assamassembly.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Assam Legislative Assembly - Speaker since 1937\|url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/biodata-speaker-2001-06.html\|access-date=2021-08-28\|website=assamassembly.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=List of Speakers since 1937\|url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/speaker-list.html\|access-date=2021-08-28\|website=assamassembly.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=List of Deputy Speakers since 1937\|url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/dyspeaker-list.html\|access-date=2021-08-28\|website=assamassembly.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=2015-01-23\|title=Tarun Gogoi reshuffles Assam ministry, 11 cabinet ministers join-Politics News , Firstpost\|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/tarun-gogoi-reshuffles-assam-ministry-11-cabinet-ministers-join-2061027.html\|access-date=2021-08-28\|website=Firstpost}}</ref>

	== Early life and education ==		== Early life and education ==
	Prithibi Mahji was born on 24 January 1951 to the Late Birsingh Majhi and Sita Mahji. Mahji received his [[Bachelor of Arts\|B.A]] from [[Dibrugarh Hanumanbax Surajmall Kanoi College\|DHSK college]] in [[Dibrugarh]] and [[Bachelor of Laws\|L.L.B]] from [[Dispur Law College]] at [[Gauhati University]].<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Guptā\|first=Ramaṇikā\|url=https://books.google.~~co.uk~~/books?id=FWCiWWeRCU4C~~&pg=PA100&lpg=PA100~~&dq=Tarulata+Kakoti+Majhi&~~source~~=~~bl&ots=fvS_caBCLk&sig=ACfU3U082l_PiFMJCrIum8kT5sJA0uFkYA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjN64L9wtTyAhVJQMAKHUPCCr8Q6AF6BAgcEAM#v=onepage&q=Tarulata%20Kakoti%20Majhi&f=false~~\|title=Indigenous Writers of India: North-East India\|date=2006\|publisher=Concept Publishing Company\|isbn=978-81-8069-300-7\|language=en}}</ref>		Prithibi Mahji was born on 24 January 1951 to the Late Birsingh Majhi and Sita Mahji. Mahji received his [[Bachelor of Arts\|B.A]] from [[Dibrugarh Hanumanbax Surajmall Kanoi College\|DHSK college]] in [[Dibrugarh]] and [[Bachelor of Laws\|L.L.B]] from [[Dispur Law College]] at [[Gauhati University]].<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Guptā\|first=Ramaṇikā\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FWCiWWeRCU4C&dq=Tarulata+Kakoti+Majhi&pg=PA100\|title=Indigenous Writers of India: North-East India\|date=2006\|publisher=Concept Publishing Company\|isbn=978-81-8069-300-7\|language=en}}</ref>

	== Political Career ==		== Political Career ==

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Prithibi Majhi
| birth_name =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|1|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Baughpara Tea Estate, [[Dibrugarh]], [[Assam]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = Minister, Revenue and Disaster Management, Labour and Employment and Tea-Tribes Welfare
| term = 2011 - 23 January 2015
| predecessor =
| successor =
| office2 = Speaker of the [[Assam Legislative Assembly]]
| predecessor2 = [[Ganesh Kutum]]
| successor2 = [[Tanka Bahadur Rai]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Anita Mahji|1978||end={{abbr|d.|died}}}} <br> {{marriage|Tarulata Kakoti Majhi<br>|10 December 1997}}
| children = 4
| footnotes =
| date =
| year =
| source = https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/m.pdf
| 1blankname3 = Speaker
| parents = Birsingh Majhi (Father) <br> Sita Mahji (Mother)
| term5 = 1996 - 2016
| successor6 = Atuwa Munda
| predecessor6 = Atul Chandra Koch
| constituency6 = [[Tingkhong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tingkhong]]
| term6 = 1991 - 1996
| constituency5 = [[Lahowal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lahowal]]
| predecessor5 = Haren Bhumij
| successor5 = [[Rituparna Baruah]]
| office5 = Member of the [[Assam Legislative Assembly]]
| term4 = 10 April 1984 - 9 April 1990
| 1blankname = [[List of Chief Ministers of Assam|Chief Minister]]
| term3 = 23 March 1993 - 11 May 1996
| successor3 = [[Nurul Hussain]]
| predecessor3 = Debesh Chakraborty
| deputy2 = [[Tanka Bahadur Rai]]
| office3 = [[Deputy Speaker]] of the [[Assam Legislative Assembly]]
| office4 = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| term2 = 30 May 2001 - 19 May 2006
| 1blankname1 = [[List of Chief Ministers of Assam|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata1 = [[Tarun Gogoi]]
| 1namedata = [[Tarun Gogoi]]
| office1 = Minister, Water Resources, Labour and Employment and Tea-Tribes Welfare, Government of Assam, from 2008 to 2011
| term1 = 2008 - 2011
| 1namedata3 = Debesh Chandra Chakravorty
}}

'''Prithibi Majhi''' is an Indian politician. He was a [[Member of Parliament]], representing [[Assam]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]] the [[upper house]] of [[Parliament of India|India's Parliament]] representing the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/m.pdf| title=RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 - 2003 | publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]] | accessdate=21 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="SethiShubhrastha2017">{{cite book|author1=Rajat Sethi|author2=Shubhrastha|title=The Last Battle of Saraighat: The Story of the BJP’s Rise in the North-east|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pLU8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT147|accessdate=23 December 2020|date=23 November 2017|publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited|isbn=978-93-87326-32-3|pages=147–}}</ref><ref name="Sabha2003">{{cite book|author=India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha|title=Rajya Sabha Members: Biographical Sketches, 1952-2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VtpFJucR0foC|accessdate=23 December 2020|year=2003|publisher=Rajya Sabha Secretariat|page=192}}</ref> He was a Deputy Speaker and Speaker of the [[Assam Legislative Assembly]] and a minister in the [[Tarun Gogoi]] cabinet.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Who's Who|url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/prithibi-majhi.html|access-date=2021-08-28|website=assamassembly.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Assam Legislative Assembly - Speaker since 1937|url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/biodata-speaker-2001-06.html|access-date=2021-08-28|website=assamassembly.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=List of Speakers since 1937|url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/speaker-list.html|access-date=2021-08-28|website=assamassembly.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=List of Deputy Speakers since 1937|url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/dyspeaker-list.html|access-date=2021-08-28|website=assamassembly.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-01-23|title=Tarun Gogoi reshuffles Assam ministry, 11 cabinet ministers join-Politics News , Firstpost|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/tarun-gogoi-reshuffles-assam-ministry-11-cabinet-ministers-join-2061027.html|access-date=2021-08-28|website=Firstpost}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Prithibi Mahji was born on 24 January 1951 to the Late Birsingh Majhi and Sita Mahji. Mahji received his [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A]] from [[Dibrugarh Hanumanbax Surajmall Kanoi College|DHSK college]] in [[Dibrugarh]] and [[Bachelor of Laws|L.L.B]] from [[Dispur Law College]] at [[Gauhati University]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Guptā|first=Ramaṇikā|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=FWCiWWeRCU4C&pg=PA100&lpg=PA100&dq=Tarulata+Kakoti+Majhi&source=bl&ots=fvS_caBCLk&sig=ACfU3U082l_PiFMJCrIum8kT5sJA0uFkYA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjN64L9wtTyAhVJQMAKHUPCCr8Q6AF6BAgcEAM#v=onepage&q=Tarulata%20Kakoti%20Majhi&f=false|title=Indigenous Writers of India: North-East India|date=2006|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-8069-300-7|language=en}}</ref>

== Political Career ==
Mahji was first elected to the [[Assam Legislative Assembly|Assembly]] in 1991 for [[Tingkhong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tingkhong]]. He was then elected in 1996 but for [[Lahowal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lahowal]]. He was then a [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Member of the Rajya Sabha]]. In 1993 he was made Deputy Speaker and in 2001 he was made Speaker.

== Personal life ==
He first married the late Anita Majhi. After her death, he later married Dr. Tarulata Kakoti Majhi on 10 December 1997. He and his second wife had 2 daughters and 2 sons. His wife is the vice Principal of Dibrugarh Nursing College. Mahji gave his wife the 1st Birsingh Mahji Award in memory of his father in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-02-21|title=Birsingh Majhi Media Fellowship awarded|url=https://www.timesofassam.com/headlines/birsingh-majhi-media-fellowship-awarded/|access-date=2021-08-28|website=TIMES OF ASSAM|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Positions ==

* Secretary, Assam Tea Garden Tribes Students Association, (1968 to 1978)
* General Secretary, All Assam Santal Committee
* Deputy Chief Executive Councillor, Dibrugarh Mahkuma Parishad, Dibrugarh (1979-83)
* Chief Administrator, Dibrugargh Mahkuma Parishad(1983-84)
* Member of Working Committee, INTUC(Assam Branch).
* Vice President, Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha(Affiliated to INTUC), (1993-1996)
* Member, Working Committee, Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha
* Adviser, Adibasi Socio-Educational and Cultural Association, Assam
* Vice Chairman, Assam Tea Employees Welfare Board(1991-1993)
* General Secretary, Assam Tea Employees Industrial Co-operative Organisation Limited(ATEICOL) Employees Union(1978-1983).
* Member, Rajya Sabha,(1984-1990).
* Member of Legislative Assembly from 119-Tingkhong Constituency for 1991-1996 term.
* Chairman, Assam State Textile Corporation(1991-1993)
* Deputy Speaker, Assam Legislative Assembly(1993-1996)
* Member of Legislative Assembly from 117-Lahowal Constituency(1996-2001).
* General Secretary, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee(I) in 1997.
* Honorary Member, All India Santal Writers Association.
* Vice President, Assam Tea & Ex-Tea Tribes, Literature Art & Cultural Parishad under Srimanta Sankardev Kala Khetra, Guwahati.
* Member of Legislative Assembly from 117-Lahowal Constituency for 2001-2006 term
* Elected Speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly, 2001.
* Chairman, NERCPA, 2002
* Chairman , North East Regional Institute of Parliamentary Studies, Training and Research(2002-2006).
* Member of Legislative Assembly from 117-Lahowal Constituency for 2006-2011 term
* Minister, Planning and Development, Labour and Employment and Tea-Tribes Welfare, Government of Assam, from 2006 to 2008.
* Minister, Water Resources, Labour and Employment and Tea-Tribes Welfare, Government of Assam, from 2008 to 2011.
* President, International Santhal Council from 2008.
* Permanent Invitee to Working Committee, INTUC(Assam Branch)
* Permanent Invitee to Working Committee, Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha.
* Elected Member of Assam Legislative Assembly from 117-Lahowal Constuency on 2011.
* Elected Deputy Leader, Congress Legislative Party , Assam Legislative Assembly, in 2011.
* Minister, Revenue and Disaster Management, Labour and Employment and Tea-Tribes Welfare , Government of Assam, from 2011-2015.

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