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	Assam.org - The Assam Portal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi was the first, and only, man from the entire northeastern region of the country to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award.
		Bordoloi was the first Congress chief minister of the undivided state of Assam and was one of the key leaders who had taken an important role in opening up the North East for the Congress.
		Gopinath Bordoloi's place is next only to the Mahapurush as the prime architect of the modern polity of Assam based on a solid structure as enunciated in the preamble to the Constitution of India.
	www.assam.org /content.php?menu=90406&page_id=175 (1230 words)

	PIB Press Release
		She was a source of immense strength and support for her husband, the great leader, Bharat Ratna — Gopinath Bordoloi, who was instrumental in shaping Assam’s destiny, before and after Independence.
		Bordoloi was a highly respected, dignified and pious lady who made great sacrifices along with the great Gopinath Bordoloi during the freedom struggle.
		Surabala and Bharat Ratna, Gopinath Bordoloi, both of whom were actively associated with progress of Assam.
	pib.nic.in /release/rel_print_page1.asp?relid=3473 (179 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Guwahati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Draped in the Tricolour, Bordoloi’s body was carried from her residence to Sarania Ashram, the Assam branch of the Kasturba Gandhi Memorial Trust, where scores of admirers paid their last respect to the departed soul.
		From Sarania Ashram, with which Bordoloi was actively associated, the funeral procession made its way to the B. Barooah College, Assam Pradesh Mahila Samity, Rastra Bhasha Prachar Samity and the Silpukhuri Naamghar before reaching the crematorium.
		Assam police personnel fired 108 rounds as son Biren Bordoloi lit the funeral pyre at 4 pm.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040826/asp/guwahati/story_3675772.asp (299 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: Bharat Ratna for Ravi Shankar, Gopinath Bordoloi
		Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar and late Assamese politician Gopinath Bordoloi have been awarded the Bharat Ratna.
		This is the second time the country's highest civilian award has been announced this year and makes Ravi Shankar and Bordoloi the third and fourth persons, respectively, to be selected by the Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition government.
		Bordoloi, a former chief minister of Assam, has also been selected posthumously for the award.
	www.rediff.com /news/1999/jan/30ratna.htm (333 words)

	Guwahati Zoo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Guwahati Zoo, officially known as the Assam State Zoo, is located on the R. Baruah Road in the city of Guwahati, Assam, India.
		It is close to the Guwahati railway station, and one and a half hours drive from the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport.
		The zoo is located in the natural and sylvan environment of the lush green Hengrabari Reserved Forest.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guwahati_Zoo (128 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> India -> Kalam unveils statues of freedom veterans in House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		New Delhi: Statues of four national leaders Gopinath Bordoloi, C N Annadurai, S Satyamurthi and Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar were unveiled by President A P J Abdul Kalam in Parliament House on October 1.
		While the statues of Thevar and Satyamurthi, both sculpted by Kishore J Nagappa, were donated by Former Union Minister Subramanian Swami, Annadurai's was given by the government of Tamil Nadu and Bordoloi's by the Assam government.
		Bordoloi, a freedom fighter, was the first Chief Minister of United Assam and Annadurai, a former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, was an eminent Parliamentarian who founded the DMK party.
	news.indiainfo.com /2002/10/01/01kalam.html (242 words)

	Guwahati East to witness keen contest
		Political observers predicted that the fight for the seat would mainly be confined among four candidates- three nominated from major political parties and an independent.
		Mr Bordoloi is a former minister and sitting MLA from Dispur constituency.
		His father Gopinath Bordoloi was the first Chief Minister of Asom.
	news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/India/20060331/293926.html (268 words)

	HISTORY
		Later Tarun Ram Phookan became the president and the reconstituted APCC elected Phookan, Gopinath Bordoloi, Bimala Prasad Chaliha, Chandranath Sarmah, Krishna Nath Sarmah and Kanak Chandra Sarmah as members of the All India Congress Committee.
		Under the initiative of the new committee Gandhiji was invited to Assam in 1921 to propagate the message of non-co-operation amongst the masses.
		The contributions of the Congress leadership of Assam in the process of nation building starting from the conceptual exercises to final implementation of plans and policies are far too many to be elaborated here.
	www.assampcc.org /history.asp (901 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Frontpage
		New Delhi, Oct. 1: A statue of Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi was unveiled by President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in Parliament House today.
		The statue of Bordoloi, sculpted by the late Pranabendu Bikash Dhar, was donated by the Assam government.
		“This is a great day for Assam and it was long overdue,” said Robin Bordoloi, Assam minister and son of Gopinath Bordoloi.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1021002/asp/frontpage/story_1254554.asp (98 words)

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		The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, today unveiled life-size statues of national leaders, C.N. Annadurai, Gopinath Bordoloi, Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar, and S. Satyamurti, at a special function in Parliament House today.
		The statue of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Annadurai, an eminent parliamentarian, social reformer and scholar was sculpted by Mohandass and donated by the Tamil Nadu Government.
		Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi, who was an eminent freedom fighter, outstanding parliamentarian, progressive administration and a Gandhian, nurtured the dream of a modern and progressive Assam.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2002100201400900.htm&date=2002/10/02/&prd=th& (192 words)

	Sylhet Referendum
		In his words ‘It was indeed the lifetime opportunity for the Assamese leadership "to get rid of Sylhet" and carve out a linguistically more homogenous province.
		The shrewd politician that he was Gopinath Bordoloi played the game well by his time.
		But look at the result, by marganilising the bengali (sylheti) hindus he paved the way for larg scale islamisation of the state that we see now.
	www.sylheti.com /messages/SylhetReferendum.html (1127 words)

	Intercultural Resources - The Existence and Functioning of ADC in Meghalaya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Sri Gopinath Bordoloi was the Chairman of the North - East Frontier (Assam) Tribal and Excluded Areas Sub-Committee; so it is known as Bordoloi Committee.
		The Bordoloi Committee recommended the setting up of the administration of tribal areas, based on the concept of regional autonomy in all matters affecting their customs, laws of inheritance as well as administration of justice, land, forest etc. The subcommittee's report was submitted on July 28, 19473.
		By the Act 1935, the Tribal Areas in Assam were kept as 'Excluded Areas' in the Constitution of India, 1950, and provision was made for the constitution of Autonomous District councils4.
	www.icrindia.org /indigenous_perspectives/the_existence_and_functioning_of_adc_in_meghalaya.html (2771 words)

	Netguruindia News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		May 13: Asom Gana Parishad president and chief minister of Assam, Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, was defeated in prestigious Dispur Assembly seat by Congress candidate captain Robin Bordoloi by 19,480 votes.
		Bordoloi defeated Bora, who had won from the constituency for four consecutive terms since 1985, by 2410 votes.
		Bordoloi, son of Assam's first premier and chief minister Lokopriyo Gopinath Bordoloi, polled 43,057 votes, Bora 40,647 votes, while Mahanta trailed far behind with 23,577 votes.
	www.netguruindia.com /news/May01/14/NAT8.html (139 words)

	BBC News \| South Asia \| Top award for Ravi Shankar
		The Indian government has awarded the country's highest civilian honour, the "Bharat Ratna", to the Indian classical musician, Ravi Shankar and posthumously to the freedom fighter, Gopinath Bordoloi.
		Ravi Shankar is an internationally acclaimed Sitar player, while Gopinath Bordoloi fought against British rule in India.
		Mr Bordoloi later became the chief minister of the north eastern state of Assam.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/south_asia/266017.stm (75 words)

	Welcome to Sentinel
		The cause of the suicide is not known.
		The 53rd death anniversary of Assam’s first Chief Minister, Bharat Ratna Gopinath Bordoloi, was observed today by the APCC by paying glowing tributes to him and an all-religion prayer meeting.
		Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi recalled the contributions made by Lokopriya Bordoloi and asked the younger generation to follow his ideals and also extend help to the government in its efforts for development of the State.
	www.sentinelassam.com /sentinel_en/archives/aug0603/briefs.htm (2014 words)

	Indian Express: Bordoloi feted, but 49 yrs later
		When the demand for Pakistan was raised and the two-nation theory put forth by the British, it was visualised that Pakistan would comprise the Muslim-majority provinces in the West as also Bang-E-Islamcomprising Bengal and Assam in the East.
		The grouping plan was foiled and Assam was saved from becoming a part of Pakistan,'' said Assam Governor S K Sinha in his recent report to the President.
		Says Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta: ``It was Bordoloi who foiled the British plan to make Assam a part of Pakistan.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19990204/ige04072p.html (506 words)

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		The Assam Governor S.K.Sinha unveiled the marble plaque to mark the ceremonial renaming of the airport.
		The Chief Minister, P.K.Mahanta thanked the Central Government for allowing to name the Guwahati airport as Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi airport.
		Mrs Surabala Bordoloi, the wife of the Lokapriya was was present in the function.
	www.cs.uccs.edu /~kalita/assam/news/1998/1998-08-24.html (968 words)

	India Claims Strategy for North-east Insurgents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Patil held marathon discussions with Indian army and paramilitary chiefs in the aftermath of the explosions.
		The Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi at the Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi Airport also briefed him about the law and order situation this evening.
		Gogoi said that the Assam government has asked the home ministry to launch a Bhutan-like operation in Burma as most of the insurgent members have infiltrated through the porous Indo-Burma border.
	www.mizzima.com /archives/news-in-2004/news-in-october/04-Octob04-02.htm (263 words)

	Mizoram History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		A sub-Committee, under the chairmanship of Gopinath Bordoloi was formed to advise the Constituent Assembly on the tribal affairs in the North East.
		Following the Bordoloi Sub-Committee's suggestion, a certain amount of autonomy was accepted by the Government and enshrined in the Six Schedule of the constitution.
		The Lushai Hills Autonomous District Council came into being in 1952 followed by the formation of these bodies led to the abolition of chieftanship in the Mizo society.
	www.maratechnology.com /Mizoram_History.htm (2803 words)

	outlookindia.com \| wired
		President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam today gave away the prestigious 'Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi Memorial Award for National Integration, 2001', to noted Gandhian and social activist Nirmala Deshpande and prominent journalist and freedom fighter Satish Chandra Kakati.
		The award was instituted by the Assam government in the memory of the state's first chief minister and freedom fighter Bharat Ratna Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi.
		Presenting the award at a simple function at the Pragjyoti-ITA centre here, Kalam called for unity of minds to make the country prosperous and developed by 2020.
	www.outlookindia.com /pti_news.asp?id=270552 (452 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: Bharat Ratna conferred on Amartya Sen, Jayaprakash Narayan
		President K R Narayanan today conferred the Bharat Ratna, the nation's high civilian award, on Nobel laureate Professor Amartya Sen, sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan (posthumously) and Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi (posthumously) for their services to the nation in various fields.
		After him, Surabala Bordoloi received the award on behalf of her late husband and former chief minister of Assam.
		She was taken in a wheelchair to the dais to receive the award.
	www.rediff.com /news/1999/feb/16ratna.htm (223 words)

	House concerned over 'Greater Bangla' move (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Raising the issue during the zero-hour in the State Assembly today, Sri Dilip Kumar Saikia (AGP) said that the State Government should take up the matter seriously with the Government of India.
		He pointed out that way back in 1947, the leaders of the erstwhile East Pakistan tried their best to include Assam in their country but that move was thwarted because of the bold leadership of Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi.
		From that time, the Bangladeshi leaders and intellectuals have raised the issue on several occasions, he added.
	www.hvk.org /hvk/articles/0201/131.html (339 words)

	Congress confident of emerging as largest party - Assembly Elections 2003 - HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		AICC observer for Mizoram polls Wasim Ahmed on Friday exuded confidence that his party would emerge as the single largest party in the assembly elections.
		In case, "Congress does not get more than 15 seats in Mizoram then we are open to alliances with parties other than the BJP and secular force to form the government", he said.
		Guwahati, Nov 21 (PTI) AICC observer for Mizoram polls Wasim Ahmed today exuded confidence that his party would emerge as the single largest party in the assembly elections.
	www.hindustantimes.com /2005/May/20/6560_467489,001600290010.htm (550 words)

	Dina Medhi: ZoomInfo Business People Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Dina Medhi's summary was automatically generated using 1 reference found on the Internet.
		When the Congress Party came out victorious in the General Election of 1946, Medhi joined the Ministry of Gopinath Bordoloi as the Finance Minister.
		On August 5, 1950, after the death of Lokapriya Gopinath Bardoloi, Medhi became the Chief Minister of Assam.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Medhi_Dina_320178111.htm (414 words)

	Bordoloi feted, but 49 yrs later
		GUWAHATI, Feb 3: The Centre's decision to award the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour to Assam's first Chief Minister Gopinath Bordoloi 49 years after his death, has been questioned by several sections of Assamese society.
		The United Liberation Front of Asom dubbed it an ``insult to the builder of modern Assam.''
		Bordoloi, the leader of Assam during the peak of the freedom struggle, had not only successfully foiled the attempt of Mohammed Ali Jinnah to make the North-East a part of Pakistan, but also engaged in a war of words with Jawaharlal Nehru for granting ``fullest possible autonomy'' to the province in the wake of Independence.''
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19990204/ige04072.html (442 words)

	Man in jail for 54 years without trial : Hindustantimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Machal Lalung was arrested at the age of 23 years in 1951 under Section 326 of the IPC for voluntarily causing grievous injuries.
		However, he spent his life as an under-trial languishing in Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi Mental Hospital, Tezpur before being released this year.
		Ironically, his case never came up for hearing in the last five decades even once.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/7454_1543630,0008000500010000.htm (275 words)

	SHAHEED GUNNER UDDHAB DAS
		The insurgent group is allegedly passing information about troop movements and other defence-related details to Pakistan to enable it to destabilise the north-eastern region.
		The mood at Anchali village was tense as the mortal remains of Das were brought from the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport by an Indian Airlines flight at noon yesterday.
		Almost the entire village broke into tears as the casket was brought to the martyr’s house for religious rituals.
	www.kashmir-information.com /Heroes/uddhab.html (245 words)

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