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The Koch dynasty ruled parts of eastern Indian subcontinent in present day Assam and Bengal. Biswa Singha established power in the erstwhile Kamata kingdom which had emerged from the decaying Kamarupa kingdom.

Madhava Kandali is credited with the task of translating Valmiki's Ramayana into the Assamese language as early as the 14^th century.

Omeo Kumar Das, popularly addressed as Lok Nayak, was an Indian social worker, Gandhian, educationist, writer and a former minister at the Government of Assam. He held various ministerial portfolios such as Education, Labour and Food and Civil Supplies, during various periods, in the state of Assam. He translated The Story of My Experiments with Truth, the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, into Assamese language and contributed to the implementation of Tea Plantation Worker’s Provident Fund in the state.

The book 'Discovery of Assam' was written by Satis Chandra Kakati.

The Assam Legislative Assembly elected Mohammad Sadullah to the Constituent Assembly of India in 1947 and the later elected him to the drafting committee. Thus he helped in the preparation of the Constitution of the Republic of India. He was the only member from the North-East India to be elected to the Drafting Committee.

Moloya Goswami was the first Assamese actress to win the National Film Award for Best Actress. Moloya Goswami was awarded for her performance in Assamese film Firingoti (1992). Firingoti, meaning Spark in English, was directed by Jahnu Barua.

Parbati Kumar Goswami (born 1^st January) was an Indian Jurist, acting Governor of Assam and Nagaland and former Judge of the Supreme Court of India. He was the first Assamese Justice in Supreme Court of India.

Gopinath Bordoloi served as the first Chief Minister of Assam. Assam has had 14 chief ministers since 1946. Ten of these were members of the Indian National Congress, including Assam's First Chief Minister Gopinath Bordoloi and India's first female Muslim chief minister Anwara Taimur.