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, British India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseChhaya Hazarika
Parent
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Iswar Prasanna Hazarika is 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]

Dilip Kumar Neog's book titled "A Voice for Assam in Parliament" presents a collection of speeches and questions raised by Hazarika during his tenure as an MP.[4]

Life

Iswar Prasanna Hazarika was born in 1937 to lawyer and freedom fighter Tirtheswar Hazarika from North Lakhimpur and Mokshada Devi, both active in the Indian independence movement.[5] Hazarika studied at Banaras Hindu University and the Delhi School of Economics,[6] and went on to become a civil servant, serving at key positions related to public sector undertakings, including as the Director of the Board of NTPC and the chairman and managing director of MMTC.[6][7][8]

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

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. ↑ Hazarika, Ishan Kashyap (1 October 2021). "A Voice for Assam in Parliament". Goodreads. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  5. ↑ Kalra, Siddhant (18 August 2017). ""Assam Still Remains Isolated," Rues 80-Year-Old Freedom Fighter". The Quint. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Biographical Sketch, Member of Parliament, XI Lok Sabha, Hazarika Shri Ishwar Prasanna". Official Website of the Lok Sabha. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  7. ↑ "Ishwar Prasanna". Assamese at Delhi/ NCR.
  8. ↑ Neog, Dilip Kumar (2014). A Voice for Assam in Parliament. Guwahati: Rainbow Publications. pp. iii–iv. ISBN 978-93-82624-94-3.
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