K. Asungba Sangtam

K. Asungba Sangtam
Born (1945-07-27) 27 July 1945
Chare, Tuensang district, Nagaland, India
Occupation Politician
Social worker
Industrialist
Known for Indian National Congress
Spouse(s) Yashila Asung
Children Two sons and two daughters
Parent(s) Hopongki
Awards Padma Shri

K. Asungba Sangtam is an Indian politician, industrialist, social worker and a former member of Lok Sabha.[1] He was a member of the 12th and 13th Lok Sabha representing Nagaland Lok Sabha constituency.[2][3]

Born on 27 July 1945 at Chare, a small village in Tuensang district of the Northeast Indian state of Nagaland to Hopongki, Sangtam did his early schooling at St. Edmund's School, Shillong (1962) and completed his pre-university course at St. Edmund's College, Shillong in 1964, before securing his graduate degree in 1970 from the Fazl Ali College, Mokokchung in Nagaland.[4] Aligned with the Indian National Congress, he is a member of the Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee, serving it as a joint secretary in 1987 and as a secretary in 1989. During his tenure as a member of Lok Sabha, he served as a member of the Committee on Communications and as a member of the Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture.[1] He also contested the general elections of 2004 and 2009, though unsuccessfully.[5] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2009, for his contributions to society.[6]

Sangtam, who is the president of the Baptist Church Trust Association (BCTA), Delhi, a partner organization of the BMS World Mission,[7] is married to Yashila Asung and the couple has two sons and two daughters. He lives at Shamrock Dale at Mokokchung, in Nagaland.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Biographical Sketch - Member of Parliament". India Press. 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1998" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 18, 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1999" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 18, 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  4. ↑ "National Election Watch - 2009". My Neta. 2009. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Nagaland: NPF nominee to be lone representative in LS". First Post. 16 May 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Top honour for Indian partner". BMS World Mission. 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2016.

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