Prithibi Majhi

Prithibi Majhi
Majhi (left) in 2014
Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly
In office
30 May 2001 – 19 May 2006
DeputyTanka Bahadur Rai
Preceded byGanesh Kutum
Succeeded byTanka Bahadur Rai
Cabinet Minister, Government of Assam
In office
21 May 2006 – 26 January 2015
Chief MinisterTarun Gogoi
Portfolios
  • Planning and Development (2006–2011)
  • Labour and Employment, Tea Tribes Welfare (2006–2015)
  • Water Resources (2008–2011)
  • Revenue and Disaster Management, Relief and Rehabilitation (2011–2015)
Preceded byTarun Gogoi (Planning)
Rameswar Dhanowar (Labour, Tea Tribes Welfare)
Bharat Narah (WR)
Bhumidhar Barman (R&DM, Relief & Rehab.)
Succeeded byTanka Bahadur Rai (Planning)
Tarun Gogoi (Labour)
Atuwa Munda (Tea Tribes Welfare)
Rajib Lochan Pegu (WR)
Bhumidhar Barman (R&DM)
Tarun Gogoi (Relief & Rehab.)
Deputy Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly
In office
23 March 1993 – 11 May 1996
SpeakerDebesh Chandra Chakravorty
Preceded byDebesh Chandra Chakravorty
Succeeded byNurul Hussain
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
10 April 1984 – 9 April 1990
ConstituencyAssam
Member, Assam Legislative Assembly
In office
1991–1996
Preceded byAtul Chandra Koch
Succeeded byAtuwa Munda
ConstituencyTingkhong
In office
1996–2016
Preceded byHaren Bhumij
Succeeded byRituparna Baruah
ConstituencyLahowal
Personal details
Born (1951-01-24) 24 January 1951 (age 73)
Dibrugarh, Assam, India
Spouse(s)
Anita Majhi
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(m. 1978, d.)​

Tarulata Kakoti Majhi
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(m. 1997)​
Children4
Parent(s)Birsingh Majhi (father)
Sita Majhi (mother)
Source: [1]

Prithibi Majhi is an Indian politician. He was a Member of Parliament, representing Assam in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament representing the Indian National Congress.[1][2][3] He was a Deputy Speaker and Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly and a minister in the Tarun Gogoi cabinet.[4][5][6][7][8]

Early life and education

Prithibi Majhi was born on 24 January 1951 to the Late Birsingh Majhi and Sita Majhi. Majhi received his B.A. from DHSK college in Dibrugarh and L.L.B. from Dispur Law College at Gauhati University.[9]

Political career

Majhi was first elected to the Assembly in 1991 for Tingkhong. He was then elected in 1996 but for Lahowal. He was then a Member of the Rajya Sabha. In 1993 he was made Deputy Speaker and in 2001 he was made Speaker.

Personal life

He first married the late Anita Majhi. After her death, he later married Dr. Tarulata Kakoti Majhi on 10 December 1997. He and his second wife had 2 daughters and 2 sons. His wife is the vice Principal of Dibrugarh Nursing College. Majhi gave his wife the 1st Birsingh Majhi Award in memory of his father in 2012.[10]

Positions

  • Secretary, Assam Tea Garden Tribes Students Association, (1968 to 1978)
  • General Secretary, All Assam Santal Committee
  • Deputy Chief Executive Councillor, Dibrugarh Mahkuma Parishad, Dibrugarh (1979–83)
  • Chief Administrator, Dibrugarh Mahkuma Parishad (1983–84)
  • Member of Working Committee, INTUC (Assam Branch).
  • Vice President, Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha (Affiliated to INTUC), (1993-1996)
  • Member, Working Committee, Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha
  • Adviser, Adibasi Socio-Educational and Cultural Association, Assam
  • Vice Chairman, Assam Tea Employees Welfare Board (1991-1993)
  • General Secretary, Assam Tea Employees Industrial Co-operative Organisation Limited (ATEICOL) Employees Union(1978-1983).
  • Member, Rajya Sabha, (1984-1990).
  • Member of Legislative Assembly from 119-Tingkhong Constituency for 1991-1996 term.
  • Chairman, Assam State Textile Corporation (1991-1993)
  • Deputy Speaker, Assam Legislative Assembly (1993-1996)
  • Member of Legislative Assembly from 117-Lahowal Constituency (1996-2001).
  • General Secretary, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee(I) in 1997.
  • Honorary Member, All India Santal Writers Association.
  • Vice President, Assam Tea & Ex-Tea Tribes, Literature Art & Cultural Parishad under Srimanta Sankardev Kala Khetra, Guwahati.
  • Member of Legislative Assembly from 117-Lahowal Constituency for 2001-2006 term
  • Elected Speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly, 2001.
  • Chairman, NERCPA, 2002
  • Chairman , North East Regional Institute of Parliamentary Studies, Training and Research (2002-2006).
  • Member of Legislative Assembly from 117-Lahowal Constituency for 2006-2011 term
  • Minister, Planning and Development, Labour and Employment and Tea-Tribes Welfare, Government of Assam, from 2006 to 2008.
  • Minister, Water Resources, Labour and Employment and Tea-Tribes Welfare, Government of Assam, from 2008 to 2011.
  • President, International Santhal Council from 2008.
  • Permanent Invitee to Working Committee, INTUC (Assam Branch)
  • Permanent Invitee to Working Committee, Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha.
  • Elected Member of Assam Legislative Assembly from 117-Lahowal Constituency on 2011.
  • Elected Deputy Leader, Congress Legislative Party, Assam Legislative Assembly, in 2011.
  • Minister, Revenue and Disaster Management, Labour and Employment and Tea-Tribes Welfare, Government of Assam, from 2011-2015.

References

  1. ^ "RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 - 2003" (PDF). Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. ^ Rajat Sethi; Shubhrastha (23 November 2017). The Last Battle of Saraighat: The Story of the BJP's Rise in the North-east. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. pp. 147–. ISBN 978-93-87326-32-3. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  3. ^ India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha (2003). Rajya Sabha Members: Biographical Sketches, 1952-2003. Rajya Sabha Secretariat. p. 192. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Who's Who". assamassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Assam Legislative Assembly - Speaker since 1937". assamassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  6. ^ "List of Speakers since 1937". assamassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  7. ^ "List of Deputy Speakers since 1937". assamassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Tarun Gogoi reshuffles Assam ministry, 11 cabinet ministers join". Firstpost. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  9. ^ Guptā, Ramaṇikā (2006). Indigenous Writers of India: North-East India. Concept Publishing Company. ISBN 978-81-8069-300-7.
  10. ^ "Birsingh Majhi Media Fellowship awarded". TIMES OF ASSAM. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2021.