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This is a list of notable people from Assam, India.

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Administrators, diplomats and justices

  • Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, 5th president of India; first Assamese to be the president of India
  • Devakanta Barua, first Assamese to be the president of Indian National Congress
  • Ananda Ram Baruah, first Indian district magistrate in India; first person to qualify for the civil services (ICS) from Assam and sixth from India; first graduate from Assam; Sanskrit scholar
  • Ranjan Gogoi, 46th Chief Justice of India, first Assamese and also the first person from northeast to held this prestigious position
  • Bishnuram Medhi, Governor of Madras State from January 1958 to May 1964; first Assamese governor of an Indian state
  • Gopinath Bordoloi, Prime Minister of Assam before independence;Chief Minister after independence; politician; writer; first Bharat Ratna awardee from Assam
  • Parbati Kumar Goswami, first Assamese Justice in Supreme Court of India
  • Harishankar Brahma, first election commissioner of India from Assam and the second from North-East India
  • Baharul Islam, judge of the Supreme Court of India
  • Anowara Taimur, First lady Chief Minister of Assam
  • Jamchonga Nampui, first person from Scheduled Tribe of Assam to qualify for the civil services (IAS)

Academicians and scholars

Performing artists

Actors and models

Film directors

Musicians

Activists

Journalists

Writers

Main article: List of Assamese writers with their pen names

Poets

Main article: List of Assamese-language poets

Historical figures

Politicians

See also: List of Chief Ministers of Assam and List of Governors of Assam

Religious leaders

Sports

Archer

Athletes

Badminton player

Boxers

Bodybuilding

Cricketers

Footballers

Tennis player

Table tennis player

Naturalists

Others

See also

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