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* [[Rita Kakati-Shah]], social entrepreneur, author, advisor, [[UN SDG]] and gender equality strategist, founder of [[Uma]]
* [[Hemendra Prasad Barooah]], entrepreneur, tea planter and philanthropist
* [[Hemendra Prasad Barooah]], entrepreneur, tea planter and philanthropist
*[[Jitendra Nath Goswami]], astrophysicist  
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==See also==
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* [[Personalities from Western Assam|People from Western Assam]]
* [[Personalities from Western Assam|People from Western Assam]]


Latest revision as of 15:29, 14 August 2023


This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

This is a list of people from Assam, India.

Administrators, diplomats and justices[edit]

  • Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, 5th president of India; first Assamese to be the president of India
  • Devakanta Barua, first Assamese to be the president of Indian National Congress
  • Ananda Ram Baruah, first Indian district magistrate in India; first person to qualify for the civil services (ICS) from Assam and sixth from India; first graduate from Assam; Sanskrit scholar
  • Ranjan Gogoi, 46th Chief Justice of India, first person from northeast to held this prestigious position
  • Bishnuram Medhi, Governor of Madras State from January 1958 to May 1964; first Assamese governor of an Indian state
  • Gopinath Bordoloi, Prime Minister of Assam before independence;Chief Minister after independence; politician; writer; first Bharat Ratna awardee from Assam
  • Parbati Kumar Goswami, first Assamese Justice in Supreme Court of India
  • Harishankar Brahma, first election commissioner of India from Assam and the second from North-East India
  • Baharul Islam, judge of the Supreme Court of India
  • Anowara Taimur, First lady Chief Minister of Assam
  • Jamchonga Nampui, first person from Scheduled Tribe of Assam to qualify for the civil services (IAS)

Academicians and scholars[edit]

Actors and models[edit]

Film directors[edit]

Activists[edit]

Journalists[edit]

Music[edit]

Literature[edit]

Main article: List of Assamese writers with their pen names

Poets[edit]

Main article: List of Assamese-language poets

Historical figures[edit]

Politicians[edit]

See also: List of Chief Ministers of Assam and List of Governors of Assam

Radio personality[edit]

Religious leaders[edit]

Sports[edit]

Naturalists[edit]

Others[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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