Urkhao Gwra Brahma
Urkhao Gwra Brahma (born 1 July 1963) is an Indian politician, poet, and the leader of the United People's Party, Liberal (UPPL). He has been serving as the Minister for Handloom, Textile & Sericulture, Soil Conservation, and Welfare of Bodoland Department in the Government of Assam since 2021. Representing the 63 No.
Urkhao Gwra Brahma
- Name
- Urkhao Gwra Brahma
- Born
- 1 July 1963
- Nationality
- India
- Occupation
- politician · writer
- Honours
- Sahitya Akademi Award in Bodo
- Languages
- Bodo
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Urkhao Gwra Brahma (born 1 July 1963) is an Indian politician, poet, and the leader of the United People's Party, Liberal (UPPL). He has been serving as the Minister for Handloom, Textile & Sericulture, Soil Conservation, and Welfare of Bodoland Department in the Government of Assam since 2021. Representing the 63 No.
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Chapaguri constituency in the Assam Legislative Assembly since 2021, he has played a significant role in the political and cultural landscape of Assam. Previously, he was a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from 2002 to 2008 as an Independent candidate. Alongside his political journey, he is deeply involved in literature and was honored with the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2014 for his poetry collection उदांनिफ्राय गिदिंबोफिन्नानै (Return from Freedom). In 2015, he founded the UPPL and became its president. His contributions to Bodo literature have been widely recognized, and on 1 March 2025, he was honored with the prestigious विशिष्ट क्षेत्रीय भाषा सम्मान (बिनेश्वर ब्रह्म शिखर सम्मान) at the BPA Foundation & India Netbooks Sahityakar Sammanotsav 2025 in New Delhi.
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• Name — Urkhao Gwra Brahma • Born — 1 July 1963 • Office — Cabinet Minister, Assam • Term Start — 10 May 2021 • Term End — 18 October 2025 • 1blankname — Chief Minister • 1namedata — Himanta Biswa Sarma • 2blankname — Departments • Office1 — Member, Assam Legislative Assembly • Term Start1 — 2 May 2021 • Term End1 — 4 May 2026 • Predecessor1 — Thaneswar Basumatary • Constituency1 — Chapaguri • Party — United People's Party Liberal (since 2015) • Other Party — Independent (20022015) • Website — https: upplofficial.com/ • Office2 — Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha • Constituency2 — Assam • Term Start2 — 10 April 2002 • Term End2 — 9 April 2008
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