Gopinath Bordoloi (1890-1950) was the first Chief Minister of the Indian state of Assam, and also a leading Indian freedom-fighter. He was a follower of the Gandhian principle of non violence as a political tool. He graduated from the renowned Scottish Church College, Calcutta. Thereafter he joined the Indian National Congress as a volunteer.

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  • Gopinath Bordoloi (1890-1950) was the first Chief Minister of the Indian state of Assam, and also a leading Indian freedom-fighter. He was a follower of the Gandhian principle of non violence as a political tool. He graduated from the renowned Scottish Church College, Calcutta. Thereafter he joined the Indian National Congress as a volunteer. After rising through Congress ranks in the 1930s, Bordoloi's biggest political battle came in 1946-47, when the then Undivided Bengal's Muslim majority politicians wanted to include the overwhelmingly Hindu Assam into the Muslim-majority East Pakistan. Organizing protests and engaging with the colonial government at the highest level prevented mass communal riots in Assam and allowed for it to preserve its territorial integrity within the Union of India. After India's Independence, he worked closely with Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to secure the sovereignty of Assam against China on the one hand and East Pakistan on the other. He also helped to organize the rehabilitation of millions of Hindu refugees who had fled East Pakistan due to widespread violence and intimidation in the aftermath of Partition. His work formed the basis for ensuring communal harmony, democracy and stability which effectively kept Assam secure and progressive right up to the 1971 war over East Pakistan's independence. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously in 1999. (en)
  • Gopinath Bordoloi var en indisk politiker och Assams förste premiärminister (Chief Minister) efter Indiens självständighet. Han emottog Bharat Ratna. (sv)
  • Gopinath Bordoloi (* 6. Juni 1890; † 6. August 1950 in Gauhati, Assam) war ein indischer Politiker des Indischen Nationalkongresses und führender Unabhängigkeitskämpfer. Er war 1938/39 und von 1946 bis zu seinem Tod 1950 Regierungschef in Assam und der erste Chief Minister dieses Bundesstaates. Bordoloi richtete sich während der Teilung Indiens gegen Bestrebungen, das hinduistisch dominierte, noch ungeteilte Assam in das vom Islam dominierte Ostpakistan zu integrieren. Er organisierte unter anderem Proteste. Nur Sylhet wurde nach einen Referendum am 6. Juli 1947 schließlich Ostpakistan eingegliedert. Nach der indischen Unabhängigkeit arbeitete Bordoloi eng mit Vallabhbhai Patel zusammen, um Assam vor dem kommunistischen China und Ostpakistan zu schützen. Auch organisierte er die Rückkehr von Millionen von Flüchtlingen, die wegen Unruhen aus Ostpakistan flohen. Seine Bemühungen führte zu Stabilität und Sicherheit in Assam. Postum wurde ihm 1999 der höchste indische Staatspreis, der Bharat Ratna, verliehen. Der Flughafen in Gauhati trägt seinen Namen. (de)
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  • Gopinath Bordoloi (1890-1950) was the first Chief Minister of the Indian state of Assam, and also a leading Indian freedom-fighter. He was a follower of the Gandhian principle of non violence as a political tool. He graduated from the renowned Scottish Church College, Calcutta. Thereafter he joined the Indian National Congress as a volunteer. (en)
  • Gopinath Bordoloi var en indisk politiker och Assams förste premiärminister (Chief Minister) efter Indiens självständighet. (sv)
  • Gopinath Bordoloi (* 6. Juni 1890; † 6. August 1950 in Gauhati, Assam) war ein indischer Politiker des Indischen Nationalkongresses und führender Unabhängigkeitskämpfer. (de)
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  • Gopinath Bordoloi (en)
  • Gopinath Bordoloi (sv)
  • Gopinath Bordoloi (de)
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