Tarun Gogoi

( Apr 01 1936 - Nov 23 2020 )

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Tarun Gogoi (1 April 1936 – 23 November 2020) was an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Assam from 2001 to 2016. He was a member of the Indian National Congress and led the party to a record three consecutive electoral victories 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 also served six terms as a Member of parliament, Lok Sabha and served as a Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Food and Ministry of Food Processing Industries. He was posthumously awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian honour, in 2021. Gogoi was born on 11 October 1936[2] into an ethnic Assamese Tai-Ahom family at Rangajan Tea Estate, erstwhile Sibsagar District, now the Jorhat District of Assam. His father, Kamaleshwar Gogoi was a medical practitioner at Rangajan Tea Estate[8] and his mother, Usha Gogoi, was the younger sister of the Assamese poet Ganesh Gogoi. He is the elder brother of Dip Gogoi, who also served as Member of Parliament for Kaliabor and Member of Assam Legislstive Assembly for Titabar. He began his primary education at No. 26 Rangajan Nimna Buniyadi Vidyalaya (lower foundation school), before moving on to Jorhat Madrassa School (through class IV), and Bholaguri High School (through class VI). He passed his Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSLC) from the Jorhat Government High School, before graduating from the Jagannath Barooah College. He obtained his Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from the Gauhati University. He had had multiple heart surgeries during the latter part of his second term as the chief minister, including Bypass surgery, Aortic valve replacement, and a procedure to artificially enlarge the aorta, at Mumbai's Asian Heart Institute. He had an additional surgery just before the elections for his third term in 2011, to replace his Artificial cardiac pacemaker. Gogoi had gone on to lead his party to a third term victory, recovering from these health issues. Gogoi tested positive for COVID-19 on 25 August 2020. He was admitted to the Guwahati Medical College and Hospital on 26 August. On 31 August after a sudden fall in oxygen saturation level, he was given a blood plasma transplant and was later stable. On 16 September, Gogoi tested negative for COVID. On 24 September, he was later readmitted to the ICU following post-COVID-19 complications. On 25 October, Gogoi was discharged from hospital, though Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated his further treatment would continue at his official residence. Gogoi was hospitalised again on 2 November after he complained of breathing problems the previous night and was immediately shifted to the ICU to put him on NIV because of high ammonia levels, a week after he had been discharged. On 21 November, Gogoi suffered a multi-organ failure and was on dialysis with his blood pressure fluctuating, and was put on ventilator support. His son Gaurav, along with Chief Secretary Jishnu Barua rushed to visit him. Gogoi's daughter, Chandrima arrived from the US on 21 November in Guwahati and arrived at GMCH on 22 November to visit Gogoi. On 23 November 2020, at 5:34 PM, Gogoi was pronounced dead at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital due to COVID-19 induced complications and multiple organ failure, aged 84. His wife, Dolly, his son Gaurav and daughter Chandrima, were all at his side among other relatives. He was survived by his wife, son, son in law, daughter, daughter in law and grandchildren.

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Chief Minister of Assam

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Assam, India