Jogendra Nath Hazarika

{{Short description|7th Chief Minister of Assam}}

{{Use Indian English|date=June 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Jogendra Nath Hazarika

| image = File:Jogendra Nath Hazarika Lok Sabha photo.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|9|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tengakhat Mawza, Assam, British India

| residence =

| death_date = 1998 (aged 73–74)

| death_place = Assam, India

| salary =

| office = 7th Chief Minister of Assam

| predecessor = Golap Borbora

| successor = President's rule

| term = 9 September 1979 – 11 December 1979

| office2 = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

| term2 = 1952–1971

| constituency2 = Dibrugarh, Assam

| predecessor2 =

| successor2 = Robindranath Kakoti

| party = Janata Party

| otherparty = Indian National Congress

| spouse =

| children =

| website =

| footnotes =

| date =

| year =

| source = https://loksabha.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/740.htm

| predecessor4 = Constituency Established

| term4 = 1978–1985

| successor4 = Amiya Gogoi

| predecessor3 = Ramesh Chandra Barooah

| office4 = Member of Assam Legislative Assembly

| successor3 = Sheikh Chand Mohammad

| term3 = 21 March 1978 – 4 September 1979

| office3 = Speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly

| constituency4 = Duliajan

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Jogendra Nath Hazarika (9 September 1924 – 1998) was an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Assam from 9 September 1979 to 11 December 1979. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from the Dibrugarh constituency, Assam in 1951, 1957, 1962 and 1967.{{cite book|author=India. Parliament. Lok Sabha|title=Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S7UeAQAAMAAJ|access-date=24 December 2020|year=1957|publisher=Lok Sabha.|page=152}}{{cite book|author=Sir Stanley Reed|title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G5AjAQAAMAAJ|access-date=24 December 2020|year=1956|publisher=Times of India Press|page=954}}{{Cite web|url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/cm-list.html|title=Assam Legislative Assembly - Chief Ministers since 1937|website=assamassembly.gov.in}}{{Cite web |url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok01/state/01lsas.htm |title=MEMBERS OF FIRST LOK SABHA Assam |access-date=4 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010074100/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok01/state/01lsas.htm |archive-date=10 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/mla-1978-83.html|title=Assam Legislative Assembly - MLA 1978-83|website=assamassembly.gov.in}} He was also a Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly and Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly.{{Cite web|title=Assam Legislative Assembly - MLA 1978-83|url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/mla-1978-83.html|access-date=2021-07-31|website=assamassembly.gov.in}}{{Cite web|title=Duliajan Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/duliajan-assam-assembly-constituency|access-date=2021-07-31|website=resultuniversity.com}}

Early life

Hazarika was born in September 1924 in Tengakhat Mawza, Lakhimpur District (now Dibrugarh District) in Assam. His family were Sonowal Kacharis. He attended school in his home town, and in 1949 he graduated and subsequently completed an L.L.B. from University of Calcutta.:as:যোগেন্দ্ৰ নাথ হাজৰিকা

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