DEATH
Gopinath Bordoloi

Date

5th Aug 1950

Time

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India
76 Years ago

Bharat Ratna

Gopinath Bordoloi

Gopinath Bordoloi an indian independence activist, politician, gandhian, statesman.

First Chief Minister of undivided Assam after Indian independence.

Chairman of North-East Frontier Tribal areas and Assam Excluded and Partially Excluded Areas Sub-Committee.

Key leader of the Indian National Congress in Assam.

He is widely celebrated for his masterstroke statesmanship during Partition, which successfully prevented Assam from being merged into East Pakistan.

Instrumental in establishing institutions such as Gauhati University and Assam Medical College.

Popularly known as "Lokapriya" (Beloved Leader).

Recipient of India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.
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