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'''T. Myingthungo Lotha''' (1951/1952 – 25 March 2020)<ref name=obit/> was an Indian physician and politician who served in the [[Nagaland Legislative Assembly]].<br />
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Born in Longsa village, Lotha studied medicine at [[Assam Medical College]]<ref name=Page>[https://nagalandpage.com/former-minister-dr-t-m-lotha-passes-away/ "Former Minister, Dr T M Lotha passes away"], ''Nagaland Page'', 26 March 2020.</ref> and the [[All India Institutes of Medical Sciences|All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Calcutta]]<ref>[http://myneta.info/2008Nagaland/candidate.php?candidate_id=135 "Nagaland 2008: Dr. T.M. Lotha"], My Neta.</ref> and became a government assistant surgeon in 1977. After running unsuccessfully in November 1987 for election to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly from the [[Wokha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Wokha constituency]] in [[Wokha district]] as a member of the [[Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party]],<ref name=obit>[http://www.nagalandpost.com/former-minister-dr-tm-lotha-passes-away/213712.html "Former minister Dr. TM Lotha passes away"], ''Nagaland Post'', 26 March 2020.</ref> he was elected in 1989 as a member of the [[Nagaland People's Council]] and twice re-elected, in 2003 as a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and, after losing the election in 2008, in 2013 as a member of the [[Nationalist Congress Party]].<ref name=Page/><ref name=obit/> In 2014 he returned to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] with two other Assembly members.<ref>Xavier Rutsa, [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/3-NCP-MLAs-in-Nagaland-join-BJP/articleshow/36756643.cms "3 NCP MLAs in Nagaland join BJP"], ''Times of India'', 18 June 2014.</ref> He was defeated for re-election in 2018.<ref>[https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2018/nagaland/wokha-election-result/ "Election Result 2018: Wokha"], News 18, retrieved 12 April 2020.</ref> He headed a variety of ministries during his time in the assembly, including the home ministry, medical ministry, and horticulture ministry. He was a founding member of the organization Naga HoHo and chaired its political affairs committee from 2008 to 2012.<ref name=Page/><ref name=obit/><br />
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Lotha was married and had seven children.<ref name=obit/><!-- The other obit says six. --><br />
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