Padma Kumari Gohain
Padma Kumari Gohain | |
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| Minister for Social Welfare, Sericulture and Weaving | |
| In office 11 November 1970 – 31 January 1972 | |
| Chief Minister | Mahendra Mohan Choudhry |
| Preceded by | Abdul Matlib Mazumdar |
| Succeeded by | Uttam Chandra Brahma |
| Minister of State for Social Welfare, Relief and Rehabilitation | |
| In office 1967 – 1970 | |
| Chief Minister | Bimala Prasad Chaliha |
| Member of Assam Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1957 – 1972 | |
| Preceded by | Ghana Kanta Gogoi |
| Succeeded by | Tarun Chandra Chutia |
| Constituency | Moran |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Padmavati Kumari Gohain 24 February 1913 |
| Died | 1987 (aged 74) |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Other political affiliations | Independent |
| Spouse | Jogesh Chandra Borgohain (died 1944) |
| Children | Shanti Gogoi |
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| Relatives | Rajeswar Singha (fourth great-grandfather) Kesab Chandra Gogoi (son-in-law) Ranjan Gogoi (grandson) Anjan Gogoi (grandson) |
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Padmavati Kumari Gohain (24 February 1913 – 1987) was an Indian stateswoman, social worker, writer, and descendant of the Ahom dynasty who served as Minister for Social Welfare, Sericulture and Weaving from 1970 to 1972. She previously served as Minister of State for Social Welfare, Relief and Rehabilitation from 1967 to 1970. A member of the Indian National Congress, she was the Member of Assam Legislative Assembly for Moran for three terms from 1957 to 1972.
Gohain was the first post-independence female cabinet minister in Assam, the only woman to contest every general election from 1946 to 1967, the first woman to contest for a general Assam assembly seat, and one of the first female MLAs in Assam. She was the mother-in-law of Chief Minister Kesab Chandra Gogoi, and maternal grandmother of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi.