Question

Mention the name of the first person from Assam who joined the Indian Civil Service.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Satyendranath Tagore

was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Service.

Answer 2

Answer:

Jamchonga Nampui, also known as Nampui Jam Chonga, worked as a public servant in India.

Explanation:

• He was an Assam-Meghalaya cadre officer with the Indian Administrative Service.
• When he passed the civil services test administered by the Union Public Service Commission in 1954, he became both the first Indian IAS official from a Scheduled Tribe and the first person from Assam to be directly recruited to the IAS.
• He is a member of the northeast Indian tribe of the Biate. On May 2, 1956, Jamchonga Nampui received his first public employment as an Assistant Commissioner in Naga Hills, unincorporated Assam.

He thereafter went on to work for 32 years as an assistant commissioner in the districts of Lakhimpur and Sivasagar and deputy commissioner in the Mizo Hills.

He thereafter went on to work for 32 years as an assistant commissioner in the districts of Lakhimpur and Sivasagar and deputy commissioner in the Mizo Hills.Assam Excise Commissioner

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