Golap Borbora

Golap Borbora (29 August 1926 – 19 March 2006) was an Indian politician and a chief minister of the Indian state of Assam from 1978 to 1979. He was the first non-Congress chief minister of Assam. Borbora was a member of Rajya Sabha between 1968 and 1974.

Early life He was born in Golaghat and had his early schooling in Tinsukia and then studied at the University of Calcutta.

Personal Background

He was a non-smoker but a "paan and chai addict". and Jai Prakash Narayan and was imprisoned several times during the freedom movement. He spent his last years away from active politics. He was also an office bearer of the North East Frontier Railway Employees' Union and other labour organisations and was also associated with several social and educational institutions.

Commemorative efforts

As an attempt to commemorate the contributions of Borbora, College Students Welfare Committee, an N.G.O has instituted the C.S.W.C Golap Borbora Scholarship Programme that extends scholarship assistance to meritorious students. The same organisation also hosts the annual C.S.W.C Golap Borbora Memorial Lecture. The organisation is Presided by Mr. Abhinav P Borbora who is the grandson of the former Chief Minister.^^