35 Facts About Tarun Gogoi

Tarun Gogoi was an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the 13th Chief Minister of Assam from 2001 to 2016.

Tarun Gogoi was the longest serving Chief Minister of Assam.

Tarun Gogoi was a member of the Indian National Congress.

Tarun Gogoi was the member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from 2001 to until his death in 2020 from Titabar constituency and from Margherita constituency from 1996 to 1998.

Tarun Gogoi was the member of Lok Sabha representing Kaliabor from 1991 to 1996 and again from 1998 to 2001 and Jorhat constituency from 1971 to 1984.

Tarun Gogoi was posthumously awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian honour, in 2021.

Tarun Gogoi was born on 1 April 1936 into an ethnic Assamese Tai-Ahom family at Rangajan Tea Estate, erstwhile Sibsagar District, now the Jorhat District of Assam.

Tarun Gogoi is the elder brother of Dip Gogoi, who served as Member of Parliament for Kaliabor and Member of Assam Legislstive Assembly for Titabar.

Tarun Gogoi passed his Higher Secondary School Certificate from the Jorhat Government High School, before graduating from the Jagannath Barooah College.

Tarun Gogoi obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from the Gauhati University.

Tarun Gogoi represented Jorhat in Lok Sabha through the next two terms until 1985.

Tarun Gogoi represented Kaliabor in the Tenth Lok Sabha between 1991 and 1996, and the Twelfth and Thirteenth Lok Sabha between 1998 and 2001.

Tarun Gogoi quit the Thirteenth Lok Sabha, mid-term, to assume office as the Chief Minister of Assam in 2001, serving a total of six terms as a member of parliament.

Tarun Gogoi later served as the General Secretary of the AICC, from 1985 to 1990, under Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

Tarun Gogoi was a member of the Committee on Government Assurances, Consultative Committee, Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, and Committee on External Affairs in the Tenth Lok Sabha.

Tarun Gogoi served as the President of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee between 1986 and 1990, before being appointed as the President again in 1996.

Tarun Gogoi first represented the Margherita constituency between 1996 and 1998, and the Titabar constituency since 2001.

On 18 May 2001, Tarun Gogoi was unanimously elected leader of the Congress legislative party and was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Assam.

Tarun Gogoi further alleged that the Government had not taken any steps for the detection and deportation of foreigners.

Tarun Gogoi said that the AGP had no right to criticise the present Government as they had ruined the socio-economic condition of State when it was in power.

Tarun Gogoi gave a detailed description of the increase in the tax collection, revenue collection and per capita income and said the State was making progress on diverse fronts.

Tarun Gogoi again led Congress in the 2006 Assam Legislative Assembly Election and Congress received 53 seats, 9 less than the 64 needed for a majority, Tarun Gogoi's initiative in this direction paid dividends with the Congress returning to power for the second consecutive term, albeit with lesser seats, and formed the government in alliance with its coalition partner Bodoland People's Front.

Tarun Gogoi gave importance to implementation of the schemes of the Central Government by different departments of the state.

Tarun Gogoi took initiative to solve the insurgency problems of Assam through negotiation.

Tarun Gogoi is credited with improving the state's fiscal position, getting the state out from close to bankruptcy, and engineering an economic turnaround in the implementation of various state government-led relief schemes, particularly for the rural areas.

Tarun Gogoi was posthumously included in the list of Padma Bhushan awardees, India's third-highest civilian honour, for 2021.

Tarun Gogoi married Dolly Tarun Gogoi, a post-graduate in zoology from Gauhati University, on 30 July 1972.

Tarun Gogoi's son holds a degree in Public administration from the New York University.

Tarun Gogoi visited several countries in his lifetime, and by 2014 had made 18 official foreign trips since 2001.

Countries Tarun Gogoi visited included Indonesia, Singapore, Canada, the UK, Italy, Sri Lanka, the US, China, Switzerland, France, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Spain, Belgium, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam and Thailand.

Tarun Gogoi had had multiple heart surgeries during the latter part of his second term as the chief minister, including Bypass surgery, Aortic valve replacement, and a procedure to artificially enlarge the aorta, at Mumbai's Asian Heart Institute.

Tarun Gogoi had an additional surgery just before the elections for his third term in 2011, to replace his Artificial cardiac pacemaker.

Tarun Gogoi had gone on to lead his party to a third term victory, recovering from these health issues.

On 23 November 2020, at 5:34 PM, Tarun Gogoi was pronounced dead at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital due to COVID-19 induced complications and multiple organ failure, aged 84.

Tarun Gogoi's body was kept at Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra, a cultural institution in Guwahati, for people to pay their final tributes.