Iswar Prasanna Hazarika

Iswar Prasanna Hazarika
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1996–1998
Preceded bySwarup Upadhyay
Succeeded byMoni Kumar Subba
ConstituencyTezpur
Personal details
Born(1937-01-22)22 January 1937
North Lakhimpur, Assam Province, British India
Died13 May 2024(2024-05-13) (aged 87)
New Delhi, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
Other political
affiliations		Bharatiya Janata Party
SpouseChhaya Hazarika
Parent
Source: [1]

Iswar Prasanna Hazarika (22 January 1937 – 13 May 2024) was an Indian politician and civil servant. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from the Tezpur constituency as a member of the Indian National Congress.[1][2][3]

Life and career

Iswar Prasanna Hazarika was born on 22 January 1937 to lawyer and independence activist Tirtheswar Hazarika from North Lakhimpur and Mokshada Devi, both active in the Indian independence movement.[4] Hazarika studied at Banaras Hindu University and the Delhi School of Economics,[5] and went on to become a civil servant, serving in key positions related to public-sector undertakings, including as the Director of the Board of NTPC and the chairman and managing director of MMTC.[5][6][7]

In 1996, Hazarika was elected as a member of the Lok Sabha from the Tezpur Lok Sabha constituency, Assam.

Dilip Kumar Neog's 204 book A Voice for Assam in Parliament presents a collection of speeches and questions raised by Hazarika during his tenure as an MP.[8]

Hazarika died as a result of "prolonged heart ailment and associated complications" on 13 May 2024, at the age of 87.[9]

References

  1. ^ India. Parliament. Lok Sabha (1997). Lok Sabha Debates. Lok Sabha Secretariat. p. 85. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  2. ^ India. Parliament. Lok Sabha (2003). Indian Parliamentary Companion: Who's who of Members of Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha Secretariat. p. 186. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  3. ^ Election Commission of India; India. Parliament. Lok Sabha (1996). Statistical Report on General Elections, 1996 to the Eleventh Lok Sabha: Detailed results. Election Commission of India. p. 45. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  4. ^ Kalra, Siddhant (18 August 2017). ""Assam Still Remains Isolated," Rues 80-Year-Old Freedom Fighter". The Quint. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Biographical Sketch, Member of Parliament, XI Lok Sabha, Hazarika Shri Ishwar Prasanna". Official Website of the Lok Sabha. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Ishwar Prasanna". Assamese at Delhi/ NCR.
  7. ^ Neog, Dilip Kumar (2014). A Voice for Assam in Parliament. Guwahati: Rainbow Publications. pp. iii–iv. ISBN 978-93-82624-94-3.
  8. ^ Hazarika, Ishan Kashyap (1 October 2021). "A Voice for Assam in Parliament". Goodreads. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  9. ^ Former Tezpur MP Iswar Prasanna Hazarika Passes Away at 88