Jogendra Nath Hazarika | |
Birth Date: | 9 September 1924 |
Birth Place: | Tengakhat Mawza, Assam, British India |
Death Date: | 1998 (aged 73–74) |
Death Place: | Assam, India |
Office: | 7th Chief Minister of Assam |
Predecessor: | Golap Borbora |
Successor: | President's rule |
Term: | 9 September 1979 – 11 December 1979 |
Office2: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
Term2: | 1952–1971 |
Constituency2: | Dibrugarh, Assam |
Successor2: | Robindranath Kakoti |
Party: | Janata Party |
Otherparty: | Indian National Congress |
Source: | https://loksabha.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/740.htm |
Predecessor4: | Constituency Established |
Term4: | 1978-1985 |
Successor4: | Amiya Gogoi |
Predecessor3: | Ramesh Chandra Barooah |
Office4: | Member of Assam Legislative Assembly |
Successor3: | Sheikh Chand Mohammad |
Term3: | 21 March 1978 - 4 September 1979 |
Office3: | Speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly |
Constituency4: | Duliajan |
Jogendra Nath Hazarika (9 September 1924 – 1998) was an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Assam from 9 September 1979 to 11 December 1979. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from the Dibrugarh constituency, Assam in 1951, 1957, 1962 and 1967.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] He was also a Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly and Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly.[6] [7]
Hazarika was born in September 1924 in Tengakhat Mawza, Lakhimpur District (now Dibrugarh District) in Assam. His family were Sonowal Kacharis. He attended school in his home town, and in 1949 he graduated and subsequently completed an L.L.B. from University of Calcutta.[8]