Early Life and Education
Upendranath Brahma was born on 31 March 1956 at Boragari village near Dotma, a small township at Kokrajhar District of Assam, India. He was the son of Monglaram Brahma and Lefsri Brahma. He was the fifth, and youngest, child. He was called "Thopen" during his childhood. He grew up in poverty.
From 1963, Brahma studied at various schools, including Dotma High School, Kokrajhar High School and, in 1973, at Sakti Ashram High and Vocational School under the guidance of Swamiji. In 1975, he passed the matriculation examination in the first division with letter marks in Mathematics. He secured 67% marks in the examination. Thereafter he obtained a BSc honours degree in Physics from Cotton College before enrolling at Guwahati University in 1981 for his MSc degree. Brahma also worked as a graduate science teacher at the Nehru Vocational High School in Gossainichina, and studied for a BA at Kokrajhar College during that period. He obtained his BA in 1985 and his MSc in 1986. He had also been admitted to study law on an LLB course in 1984 but this ended abruptly due to him being bullied.
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