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Ranee Narah
Official portrait, 2012
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
3 April 2016 – 2 April 2022
Preceded byNaznin Faruque
Succeeded byPabitra Margherita
ConstituencyAssam
Minister of State of Tribal Affairs, Government of India
In office
28 November 2012 – 23 May 2014
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byMahadeo Singh Khandela
Succeeded byMansukhbhai Vasava
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2009 – 16 May 2014
Preceded byArun Kumar Sarmah
Succeeded bySarbananda Sonowal
ConstituencyLakhimpur
In office
10 March 1998 – 13 May 2004
Preceded byArun Kumar Sarmah
Succeeded byArun Kumar Sarmah
ConstituencyLakhimpur
Personal details
BornJahanara Choudhury
(1965-10-31) 31 October 1965 (age 60)
Guwahati, Assam, India
PartyIndian National Congress
SpouseBharat Narah
Children2 sons
Alma materGauhati University
Source: [1]

Ranee Narah (born 31 October 1965) is an Indian politician from Assam and a member of the Indian National Congress. She represented Assam as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Parliament, from 2016 to 2022. She also represented Lakhimpur in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament, from 1998 to 2004, and again from 2009 to 2014. Narah served as the Minister of State for Tribal Affairs in the Union Government of India from 2012 to 2014.

Biography

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Narah is a graduate of Gauhati University.[1] She played professional cricket and captained the Assam state team.[2] She served as the President of the Women's Cricket Association of India and the President of the Assam Women's Cricket Association.[3] After the Women's Cricket Association of India disbanded in 2006, she became a member of the Board of Control for Cricket in India Women's Committee.[4][5] She was also Vice-President of the Assam Cricket Association and the Assam Football Association.[6][7]

Narah was elected President of the Assam Pradesh Youth Congress (APYC) in 1998.[8] In the same year, she was elected to the Lok Sabha from Lakhimpur constituency by defeating the Asom Gana Parishad candidate, Arun Kumar Sarmah.[9] She was re-elected from Lakhimpur in 1999, defeating the Asom Gana Parishad candidate, Sarbananda Sonowal. While APYC President in 2000, Narah led an Assam Bandh demanding the imposition of President's rule against the Asom Gana Parishad government of Chief Minister, Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, after the United Liberation Front of Assam carried out mass-killings of Hindi-speaking migrants.[10][11] In 2003, Narah was elected to the National Council of the Indian Youth Congress.[12]

In 2004, Narah was nominated as the candidate for Lakhimpur despite opposition from the Indian National Congress Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi, and many party MLA's in Lakhimpur constituency.[3][13][14] She lost the election to the Asom Gana Parishad candidate, Arun Kumar Sarmah. In 2009, Narah was nominated as the candidate for Lakhimpur despite opposition from the Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi, and many party MLA's in Lakhimpur constituency.[2][15][16][17] She won the election by defeating the Asom Gana Parishad candidate, Arun Kumar Sarmah. After re-entering parliament in 2009, Narah was appointed Deputy Chief Whip of the Indian National Congress in the Lok Sabha.[18]

In 2012, Narah was inducted into the Union Cabinet of India as Minister of State in the Tribal Affairs ministry.[1] In 2014, she lost her re-election campaign from Lakhimpur against the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate, Sarbananda Sonowal, who became the Chief Minister after the 2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election.[19] In 2016, Narah was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Assam, and represented the state until 2022.[20] In 2024, the Indian National Congress did not nominate Narah as the candidate from Lakhimpur.[21]

Narah — born as Jahanara Choudhary into an Assamese Muslim family in Guwahati's Gandhibasti — is married to Bharat Narah, a six-term member of the Assam Legislative Assembly, and former cabinet minister in the Assam government.[2][22] The couple married in 1986, and she converted to Hinduism, the religion of her indigenous tribal husband whose Mishing people live mostly in Upper Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.[23] Their marriage has repeatedly come under attack by supporters of the Asom Gana Parishad and the Bharatiya Janata Party, including conspiracy theories that she was a spy for the Indian National Congress to convince her husband — an Asom Gana Parishad legislator — to join the Indian National Congress with her in 1995.[24][25]

References

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  2. ^ a b c Karmakar, Rahul (26 March 2009). "Ex-cricketer clean bowls dissidence". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  3. ^ a b Das, Ripunjoy (21 April 2004). "Tiding over dissidence". The Telegraph (India). Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  4. ^ Vasu, Anand (13 November 2006). "WCAI to be disbanded shortly". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  5. ^ Sharma, Deepika (13 November 2006). "Women's game, BCCI empowered". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  6. ^ Sport Reporter (10 November 2008). "Women footballers honoured". The Assam Tribune. Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  7. ^ Staff Reporter (6 August 2012). "Dynamo Triumph". Yahoo. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  8. ^ Kalita, Prabin (29 October 2012). "Ranee Narah replaces Agatha Sangma in Cabinet". Times of India. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  9. ^ Rajput, Pam; Thakkar, Usha (2023). Women in State Politics in India: Missing in the Corridors of Power. Taylor & Francis. p. 234. ISBN 978-1000851618.
  10. ^ Gogoi, Nitin (11 November 2000). "Infighting plagues Assam Congress unit". Rediff.com. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  11. ^ Himal Associates, 2000: Himāl: The South Asian Magazine. Vol. 13., p. 39. Himal Incorporated.
  12. ^ Tribune News Service (17 July 2003). "Govt playing politics with relief, says Surjewala". The Tribune India. Archived from the original on 6 December 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  13. ^ Iyer, Lakshmi (12 April 2004). "Gender injustice in Congress, Sonia struggles to balance". India Today. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  14. ^ Ahmed, Abu Nasar Saied; Baruah, Joydeep Usha; Bhuyan, Ratna (2006). Election Politics in Assam: Issues, Trends, and People's Mandate. Akansha Publishing House. p. 83. ISBN 978-8183700573.
  15. ^ Staff Reporter (12 March 2009). "Gogoi wins naming game". The Telegraph (India). Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  16. ^ Staff Reporter (24 March 2009). "Anti-Ranee revolt ends". The Telegraph (India). Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  17. ^ Das, Ripunjoy (22 April 2009). "Dissidence muddies Cong hopes - Ranee Narah has her task cut out in Lakhimpur against Sarma & Pegu". The Telegraph (India). Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  18. ^ "Ranee deputy whip of LS". The Assam Tribune. 25 November 2009. Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  19. ^ Singh, Vinod (2 April 2014). "Old foes from North & South". The Telegraph (India). Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  20. ^ Kashyap, Samudra Gupta (22 March 2016). "Assam: Ahead of assembly polls, Congress wins both Rajya Sabha seats in cross-voting". The Indian Express. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  21. ^ Atiqul, Habib (19 March 2024). "Assam Congress fields Uday Shankar Hazarika for Lakhimpur LS seat, Ranee Narah denied ticket: Sources". India Today NE. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  22. ^ "Hereditary politics: Political families of India". India Today. 12 April 2004. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  23. ^ Rai, Shirin M.; Spary, Carole (2018). Performing Representation: Women Members in the Indian Parliament. OUP India. p. 140. ISBN 978-0199093854.
  24. ^ Gupta, Shekhar (30 June 1986). "Assam CM P.K. Mahanta under attack from partymen, accused of dictatorial functioning". India Today. Archived from the original on 27 December 2025. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  25. ^ Sethi, Rajat; Shubhrastha (2016). The last battle of Saraighat: the story of the BJP's rise in the North-east. Akansha Publishing House. p. 58. ISBN 978-0670090273.