Party Name : Congress
Constituency : Golghat - Jorhat
State : Assam
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 1
More Information :
SARMAH, SHRI DEBESWAR, B.A., B.L., Cong. (Assam— Golghat-Jorhat—1952): S. of late Tankeswar Sharma; B. Jorhat (Assam), 1897; ed. at Cotton College, Gauhati and Ripon Law College, Calcutta; m. Shrimati Nirmolmayee Devi, 1919; 2 S. and 2 D.; Sportsman; Secured All Assam Tennis Championship, 1916; Took leading part in Non-Co-operation Movement, 1920; Imprisoned, 1920-21; Secretary, Volunteer Board and General-Officer-Commanding, Volunteer Corps of 42nd Session of Indian National Congress at Gauhati in 1926; President, Jorhat Distt. Congress Committee and member, A.I.C.C. for several years; Took leading part in 1930—33 Congress Movement; Member, Assam Legislative Assembly, 1937; Chief Whip, Congress Party and Congress Coalition Government, Assam, 1937—40; Member, Tea Garden Labour Enquiry Committee constituted by the Assam Government in 1938; Member, Retrenchment Committee (on Assam Government Administration); Joined Satyagrah Movement, 1940 and imprisoned, 1940-41; Security prisoner from the 9th August, 1942 to the 19th March, 1945; Member and Speaker, Assam Legislative Assembly, 1946-47; Agent for Indian Dominion in Manipur State, 1947-48; President, Assam Provincial Congress Committee, 1948—50; President, Assam Provincial Political Conference, 1949; Member, Working Committee, Indian National Congress, 1949-50; President, Union of Posts and Telegraph Workers, Assam, 1952—54; Member, Estimates Committee, 1952—54. Recreation: Sports. Permanent address: Nehru Park, Jorhat (Assam).
