Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Barpeta
State : Assam
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14
Father's Name : Late Golam Wazid Barbhuiya
Mother's Name : Late Smt. Hayatun Nessa
Date of birth : 01 Apr 1933
Profession : Advocate
Positions held :
1978-82 Member, Assam Legislative Assembly (two terms)1978-81 Cabinet Minister, Public Works Department, Supply, Irrigation and Power, Veterinary, Animal Husbandry and Fishery, Government of AssamChairman, Public Accounts Committee, Assam Legislative AssemblyMember, Library Committee, Assam Legislative Assambly1998 Elected to 12th Lok Sabha1998-99 Member, Committee on EstimatesMember, Committee on Home AffairsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1999-2004 Member, Committee on CommerceMember, Committee on Papers Laid on the TableMember, Committee on Human Resource Development2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Rural Development2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 3rd term)Member, Committee on Rural DevelopmentMember, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development SchemeMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare5 Aug. 2007 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Rural Development7 Aug. 2007 onwards Member, Committee on MPLADS31 March, 2009 Died on 31 March, 2009
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Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Editor, Borak (Published from Silchar and Guwahati as joint editor periodicals weekly in association with S/Shri Amit Nag, Atin Das, Honan Bargohain, etc.); Publisher, Janakranti, Guwahati, Assam; associated with N.G.O. Magazine Compass, published from Calcutta
Social And Cultural Activities
Secretary, Tagore Society for Cultural Integration, Silchar, Assam; and Member of N.G.O. Satadal Sahayak Samiti (Assam)
Special Interests
Tourism, gardening and literary pursuits
Countries Visited
Bangladesh, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Iran, Saudi Arabia and U.K.
Other Information
Secretary, Silchar Bar Association, 1976
