Tanka Bahadur Rai
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Tanka Bahadur Rai | |
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| Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 29 May 2006 – 19 May 2011 | |
| Deputy | Pranati Phukan |
| Preceded by | Prithibi Majhi |
| Succeeded by | Pranab Kumar Gogoi |
| Cabinet Minister, Assam | |
| In office 30 May 2011 – 26 January 2015 | |
| Chief Minister | Tarun Gogoi |
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| Deputy Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 3 April 2002 – 14 May 2006 | |
| Speaker | Prithibi Majhi |
| Preceded by | Renupoma Rajkhowa |
| Succeeded by | Pranati Phukan |
| Member, Assam Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 13 May 2001 – 19 May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Prafulla Goswami |
| Succeeded by | Ganesh Kumar Limbu |
| Constituency | Barchalla |
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| Born | 14 October 1950 (age 75) |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse |
Chandra Maya Rai
(m. 1974) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent | Pancha Bahadur Rai (Father) Dhansiri Rai (Mother) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Tanka Bahadur Rai (born 14 October 1950)[1] is an Indian National Congress politician from the state of Assam. He was a Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from the Indian National Congress for Barchalla constituency.[2] He served first as deputy speaker[3] and then as speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly.[4] He was also a minister in the Tarun Gogoi cabinet.[5][6]
Tanka Bahadur Rai was born on 14 October 1950 to the late Pancha Bahadur Rai and the late Dhansiri Rai in Singri. He completed HSLC in 1967, Pre University (1968), B.A (Distinction) from Darrang College in 1971 and M.A (Ist Class) from Gauhati University in 1973 and an LLB from Guwahati University Law College in 1978.
Early career
Rai was the Organising Secretary of Darrang Nepali Students Union from 1969-1971. He was a member of the Executive Committee, Darrang College Students Union from 1970-1971. He was also an Executive Committee Member (Departmental Representative) of Post Graduate Students Union, Gauhati University from 1972-1973. He was also General Secretary of the Political Science Society, Gauhati University from 1972-1973.
Rai was lecturer, Lok Nayak Omiya Kr.Das College, Dhekiajuli, Sonitpur, Assam from July 1973 to September 1973. He was then a Lecturer at Kohima College, Kohima, Nagaland from 1973 to 1979 while also being a part time lecture from 1978-1981 at Kohima Law college. He has been an advocate at Kohima, Tezpur and Guwahati since 1979. He was President of Kohima Bar Association 1987-1988. He was also President of the Reception Committee of the Convention of North East Gorkha Students Federation held at Tezpur, Assam on 23,24 & 25 November 1997. He has been General Secretary, Assam Gorkha Sammelan since 1997.
