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He was a graduate of [[Dibrugarh University]]. He also obtained Law Degree from [[Gauhati University]].<ref name="Phukan Reference1" /> He became closely involved in the students union movement during the university days that catapulted him to its leadership.<ref name="Phukan Reference1" /> He had been in the vanguard of the anti-foreigners agitation for six years during which period Assam was rocked by unprecedented blood-letting which left close to 900 people dead.<ref name="Phukan Reference1" /> | He was a graduate of [[Dibrugarh University]]. He also obtained Law Degree from [[Gauhati University]].<ref name="Phukan Reference1" /> He became closely involved in the students union movement during the university days that catapulted him to its leadership.<ref name="Phukan Reference1" /> He had been in the vanguard of the anti-foreigners agitation for six years during which period Assam was rocked by unprecedented blood-letting which left close to 900 people dead.<ref name="Phukan Reference1" /> | ||
== Political | == Political career == | ||
He was the general secretary of [[All Assam Students Union]] during 1979-85 and jointly spearheaded the Assam Movement<ref name="Phukan Reference1" /> with [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]] over the issue of [[Bangladesh]]i influx. He was one of the three signatories of the [[Assam Accord]] of 1985 along with [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]].<ref name="Phukan Reference1" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20151221-india-today-40th-anniversary-the-rajiv-gandhi-years-shekhar-gupta-820977-2015-12-10|title=The Rajiv Gandhi years|work=India Today|accessdate=15 March 2021}}</ref> | He was the general secretary of [[All Assam Students Union]] during 1979-85 and jointly spearheaded the Assam Movement<ref name="Phukan Reference1" /> with [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]] over the issue of [[Bangladesh]]i influx. He was one of the three signatories of the [[Assam Accord]] of 1985 along with [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]].<ref name="Phukan Reference1" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20151221-india-today-40th-anniversary-the-rajiv-gandhi-years-shekhar-gupta-820977-2015-12-10|title=The Rajiv Gandhi years|work=India Today|accessdate=15 March 2021}}</ref> | ||
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==Personal life == | ==Personal life == | ||
He died of multiple organ failure on 20 March 2006 in | He died of multiple organ failure on 20 March 2006 in the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi]] and is survived by his wife Indira and a daughter Upasa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/bhrigu-phukan-dies-at-49/cid/971274|title=Bhrigu Phukan, R.I.P.|accessdate=15 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/bhrigu-phukan-rip/371629|title=Bhrigu Phukan dies at 49|work=The Outlook|accessdate=15 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/phukan-journey-from-grassroot-to-become-charismatic-leader/371658|title=Phukan: journey from grassroot to become charismatic leader|accessdate=15 March 2021}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||