Ajoy Kumar Dutta Explained
Ajoy Kumar Dutta |
Birth Place: | Assam, India |
Occupation: | Social worker |
Known For: | Social service |
Awards: | Padma Shri |
Ajoy Kumar Dutta is an Indian social worker from the northeast Indian state of Assam.[1] He is a Guwahati-based activist who is associated with several non governmental organizations working in the state.[2] A former municipal councillor at the Guwahati Municipal Corporation, he successfully contested the Assam Assembly Elections of 1978 as a Janata Party candidate[3] defeating Nandeshwar Talukdar of the Communist Party of India by polling close to 34 percent of the total votes polled,[4] and represented the Guwahati East constituency in the Assembly.[5] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2016, for his contributions to society.[6]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Prahlad Chandra Tasa and Ajoy Kumar Dutta from Assam wins the Padma Shri awards . Go Assam . 25 January 2016 . 28 July 2016 .
- Web site: This Is How Assam Shines Bright on the 67th Republic Day Today . Bordoisila . 26 January 2016 . 28 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160820042937/http://bordoisila.in/social/This-Is-How-Assam-Shines-Bright-on-the-67th-Republic-Day-Today.-Elated!.php . 20 August 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
- Web site: 4 from State get Padma Shree . The Assam Tribune . 26 January 2016 . 28 July 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160815114910/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jan2616%2Fat055 . 15 August 2016 .
- Web site: Affidavit Details of Ajoy Kumar Dutta . Empowering India . 2016 . 29 July 2016.
- Web site: Assam Assembly Election 1978 . Empowering India . 2016 . 29 July 2016.
- Web site: Gauhati East (Assam) Election Results 2016 . Elections.in . 2016 . 29 July 2016.
- Web site: Padma Awards . Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India . 2016 . 3 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170803085913/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/PadmaAwards_25012016.pdf . 3 August 2017 . dead . dmy-all .