Chobilal Upadhyaya


Chobilal Upadhyaya, popularly known as Chabilal Babu was a prominent leader of the Indian Freedom Movement from Assam. He was the first president of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee. He presided the historic meeting of the Assam Association held at Jorhat on 18 April 1921 which decided to convert itself to Assam Pradesh Congress Committee. He played an important role in the education of the indigenous Bengali community of Assam. He belonged to Gorkha Community.