Guwahati: Veteran Congress leader and former Bihar governor Devananda Konwar passed away after prolonged illness in Guwahati on Saturday.
Konwar, who was also a senior lawyer was 83 who breathed his last at his own residence in Guwahati early in the morning.
He started his political career in 1955 as he was a student and represented Thowra assembly constituency in Sivasagar district.
He was a senior cabinet minister during the Hiteswar Saikia and Tarun Gogoi regimes before being appointed as governor in Bihar.
For a short spell of time he served as West Bengal and Tripura governor.
After his retirement as governor he preferred to stay away from active politics and...
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