Former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi passed away at 86

Former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi died at the age of 86 years. He represents Titabor Assembly constituency in Jorhat district, was among 24 legislators from the state to have contracted the infection.

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Tarun Gogoi (1936 – 2020) was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Indian National Congress.

He served as the Chief Minister of Assam from 2001 to 2016 and was the longest serving Chief Minister of the state.

During his tenure as the chief minister, he is credited with ending militant insurgency and mitigating violence in addition to improving the state’s fiscal condition.

He had also served five terms as a Member of parliament, Lok Sabha and had also served as an Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Food and Ministry of Food Processing Industries.