Debeswar Sarmah

Debeswar Sarmah (10th October 1896 – 1 August 1993) was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, as a member of the Indian National Congress.Sarmah had been a personage no to be forgotten from the days of India's struggle for independence. He played a pivotal role in the developmental activities of the state. In one of the most important activity during the early post-independent era of India, he shouldered the responsibility of bringing many educational institute to Assam in general, and Jorhat in particular. One of them is CSIR- Regional Research Laboratories, now known as NEIST (North East Institute of Science and Technology). ^[1][2][3] Sarmah died on 1 August 1993.^[4]

Debeswar Sarmah
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1952–1957
Succeeded by	Mofida Ahmed
Constituency	Jorhat
Personal details
Born	10 October 1896 Jorhat,Assam,British India
Died	1 August 1993 (aged 95–96)
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Nirmolmayee Devi
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