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Assam Chief Ministers: Election results have come in Assam and once again Himanta Biswa Sharma’s government is being formed there. Himanta is going to become CM for the second consecutive time. There have been 15 Chief Ministers in Assam so far, out of which 7 CMs have emerged from a university in Assam. Let us know which is this university, which has given 7 Chief Ministers to Assam?
After all, which university is that?
In the politics of Assam, the university that has produced 7 Chief Ministers is Guwahati’s Cotton University (formerly Cotton College). It would not be wrong to call this university the center of Assam politics. It was established in 1901 even before independence. At that time people had to go to Kolkata for higher education. In such a situation, the then Chief Commissioner Sir Henry Stedman Cotton laid its foundation, and it was officially recognized as a university by Himanta Biswa Sharma in 2017.
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Which Chief Ministers have been students of this university?
The then Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sharma became the Chief Minister of Assam in 2021 and he was the 7th Chief Minister to study from this university, before him also 6 other Chief Ministers had been students of this university. Some of their names are as follows:
- Gopinath Bordoloi: He was the Chief Minister from 26 January 1950 to 06 August 1950.
- Mahendra Chaudhary: He was the Chief Minister from 11 November 1970 to 30 January 1972.
- Sarat Chandra Sinha: He was the Chief Minister from 31 January 1972 to 12 March 1978.
- Jogendra Nath Hazarika: He was the Chief Minister from 09 September 1979 to 11 December 1979.
- Hiteshwar Saikia: From 27 February 1983 to 23 December 1985 and again from 30 June 1991 to 22 April 1996.
- Bhumidhar Burman: 22 April 1996 to 14 May 1996.
- Himanta Biswa Sharma: From 10 May 2021 till now.
Role of Cotton College in the beginning of politics of Himanta Biswa Sharma
Cotton College (now Cotton University) played a big role in the beginning of politics of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma. From here he obtained Bachelor’s (BA) degree in Political Science in 1990 and Master’s (MA) degree in the same subject in 1992. He was also very active in student politics here and was the General Secretary of the Student Union of Cotton College thrice between 1988 and 1992.
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