Nationality Indian | Title Chabilal Babu | |
Known for Prominent Figure of Indian independence movement from Assam Political party First President of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee Children Tankanath Upadhyaya, Social Activist. He translated Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and many more in Nepali language. Relatives Swarup Upadhyaya, former MP from Tezpur -1991 (Grandson), Geeta Upadhyaya, 2 time Sahitya Akademi Awardee and eminent writer (Granddaughter), Arun Upadhyaya, former judge of Gauhati High Court (Grandson) Party Assam Pradesh Congress Committee | ||
Chobilal Upadhyaya (Nepali:छबिलाल उपाध्याय), popularly known as Chabilal Babu was a prominent leader of the Indian Freedom Movement from Assam. He was the first president of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee. He presided the historic meeting of the Assam Association held at Jorhat on 18 April 1921 which decided to convert itself to Assam Pradesh Congress Committee. He played an important role in the education of the indigenous Gorkha community of Assam to which he belonged to by establishing many schools and libraries.
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