August 02, 2017: In Assam, senior congress leader and former union minister Santosh Mohan Dev passed away today at a hospital in Silchar. He was 83.
Santosh Mohan Dev was first elected to the Parliament in 1980, the first of his seven terms in office as the Member of Parliament.
Out of these seven, he has represented Silchar, Assam five times and he was elected from Tripura twice. Mr Dev has the rare distinction of being elected from two different states. (AIR NEWS)
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